Chapter 6 The Scam

One bag and one bag are all of Zhang Xiaobai's belongings. Except for the big willow tree and the three graves, he has no ties to Wolong Village anymore.

The slowest green leather train makes a "clang bang" sound, and the dirty air in the carriage is noisy.

Squeezing through the crowd, Zhang Xiaobai put the luggage away and sat on the seat. The seat next to him was a tall, thin middle-aged man, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a suit and leather shoes with his hair parted, and he was meticulously dressed.

This kind of dress is a bit out of place with the whole carriage. Looking up, most of them are rural people who can be seen at a glance.

The gap between rich and poor can be distinguished by what kind of car you take.

Zhang Xiaobai was used to this train, and after sitting down, he took out a book called "Principles of Economics". This book was extremely well preserved and looked extremely neat.

There is a sentence written on the title page of the book - the longing life starts here! Gift from Su Tong! August 18, 1997.

The middle-aged man glanced at the book, then at the young man reading the book, with a hint of curiosity flashing across his face.

Zhang Xiaobai seemed to have noticed something, raised his eyes and looked at each other, and the two nodded and smiled to greet each other.

The train was moving forward amidst the noise, and the waiter pushed the trolley and began to sell boxed lunches. It was lunch time.

Zhang Xiaobai closed the book and rubbed his eyes, took out a piece of biscuit from his bag, chewed it slowly.

He has always eaten slowly, and he is used to living a hungry life and cherishes food, so he must ensure that the food in his mouth is completely digested.

After eating the cakes and drinking water, Zhang Xiaobai took out a cucumber and gnawed on it. The fragrance immediately permeated the entire carriage, attracting people's envious eyes.

Zhang Xiaobai smiled, thinking of the scene of doing business on the train.

After lunch, the carriage gradually became quiet, and the passengers took a nap with their eyes closed.

A simple-looking rural man opened a can of drink, took a sip and carefully measured it with the lid of the drink, then asked a well-educated man next to him: "Brother, help me see What's written on it? I can't read!"

The man adjusted his glasses and was shocked after seeing it, "Young man, you have won a lottery, ten thousand yuan!"

When the words came out, the eyes of the entire carriage were focused on that seat.

Zhang Xiaobai leaned on the back of the seat, never opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a mocking smile.

The rural man snatched the lid of the drink with a ruddy face and asked, "Is what you said true?"

The man with glasses curled his lips, "I'm a teacher, how can I lie? You really won the lottery, you have to go to Yanjing to receive the award, and it expires the day after tomorrow!"

The rural people cried, "Ah, I don't have time to accept the award. I have to accompany my mother when she is sick and hospitalized!"

As he spoke he began to cry.

The man with glasses was silent for a while, and said, "Why don't you sell this cover to me, and I'll give you cash!"

The rural people stopped crying and nodded gratefully.

The man with glasses said again: "I can't give you 10,000 yuan. I have to go to Yanjing and I have to stay in a hotel and take a taxi. It's all expenses. You have to be cheaper."

Then the two began to haggle over the price, and finally settled the deal at 6,000 yuan. The man with glasses took change from his exquisite leather bag.

Taking out a wad of money, the man in glasses spit and counted. After counting, he showed a regretful expression, "I'm only three thousand now!"

The rural people pouted and were unhappy, "No, it's too little, I won't sell it to you", and then shouted to the entire carriage, "Everyone who wants to go to Yanjing for 6,000 yuan can get 10,000 yuan. !"

Rural people shook the bottle caps and started yelling, changing the entire carriage. More people were just curious, but still no one bought it.

Seeing no one, the rural people started crying again.

The man with glasses stood up and cupped his fists and said, "My fellow passengers, this young man is not easy. Please help him, and he can still make money. I have three thousand here. Who can come up with another three thousand? This cover belongs to us together." all."

While talking, the man with glasses started to walk around in the carriage, and he was the first to arrive at Zhang Xiaobai's seat, but he didn't talk to him, but to the person next to him.

"Brother, look at your clothes, you are not an ordinary person, do good deeds!"

Zhang Xiaobai just opened his eyes and frowned, but stretched out his leg under the seat and seemed to accidentally touch the man in the suit.

The man in the suit smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry this trip, so I didn't bring that much cash."

The man with glasses continued to walk elsewhere.

In the end, the man with glasses did find one. He didn't look rich, but he had two thousand cash in his pocket. After discussing with the rural man, I finally bought the bottle cap for 5,000 yuan.

The man in glasses was very generous and gave the bottle cap to the person who came later.

Another stop.

Get out of the car and get in the car. After a burst of noise, the rural people and the man with glasses can no longer be seen.

The man holding the bottle cap suddenly slapped himself a few times, howling!

Zhang Xiaobai turned a deaf ear and continued to read.

The man in the suit beside him said, "Thank you! Little brother!"

Zhang Xiaobai smiled, "You're welcome, it's easy!"

The man in the suit sighed, "That man is too pitiful!"

Zhang Xiaobai smiled and said nothing, the poor man must have something to hate.

The two said nothing more, and the train continued on.

In fact, many people in the carriage saw the deception, but they didn't make a sound.

In such an indifferent era, everyone wears defensive armor, rarely strikes up a conversation with others, and even less is kind to others.

It has become people's motto to hang on high, and they would rather be a spectator more often.

A journey without scenery is always a long time, and people are just doing one thing - to spend time.

Zhang Xiaobai's heart was very quiet. Although he had read this book once, he found it even more obscure and difficult to understand after reading it a second time. From time to time, he would frown and think, or look away to clear his mind.

At this time, he felt that what Su Tong said made sense.

For a book, read the thick first, and then the thin, and then you can understand the book.

Before I knew it, it was already twelve o'clock in the night.

Most of the passengers were fast asleep, and people in the aisle were also resting with their eyes closed.

Zhang Xiaobai suddenly opened his eyes.

As far as the eye can see, a woman sitting outside is holding a child in her arms, holding a bag in her hand, and has fallen asleep at this moment.

There were three standing men beside her, two of them were blocking other people's view, one of them was leaning on the seat, squatting down slowly, his hand was about to reach into the woman's bag.

Zhang Xiaobai had paid attention to the woman, even if the child was noisy and mischievous, the cloth bag never left his hand, anyone with a heart could tell at a glance that there was something in the bag.

Zhang Xiaobai sighed lightly and closed his eyes again.

The man in the suit next to him also put everything in his eyes, saw Zhang Xiaobai's performance, shook his head slightly, and then stood up.