From the time travel, I became extraordinary

Chapter 73 Selling Birds for the First Time

Time flies, and it's already three days later.

In today's countryside, you can still not see any concrete roads, and there are still green trees everywhere.

Holding a homemade slingshot, Jiang Yao walked along the country path. Every few steps, he would stop and look up at the branches of the trees above his head.

As soon as he saw a bird chirping above, he picked up his slingshot and fired it with a snap.

"It's another starling, Uncle Yao, your bird-shooting skills are truly amazing!" Bingzai followed Jiang Yao closely, and when he saw the bird fall from the tree, he ran over without saying a word.

He picked up a starling from a patch of grass with many sharp thorns, and ran back to Jiang Yao as if offering a treasure, and said happily.

The only thing that puzzled him was that every bird shot down by Jiang Yao was intact, without any scars on it.

For this purpose, he also specifically asked Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao’s reply to him was that this was like a frightened bird.

Although Bingzai had not received many years of education, he still knew the story of the frightened bird.

Following Jiang Yao's example, he also tried to scare the birds with a slingshot, but unfortunately, the birds not only did not fall down out of fear, but instead dropped some bird droppings on his head.

After the actual experiment, he already knew that Jiang Yao's description of a frightened bird was purely a lie, but since Jiang Yao was unwilling to say more, he did not ask any more questions.

"How many birds have you shot?" Jiang Yao asked casually while raising his head and continuing to look for the target.

Just yesterday, he and Gao Liqiang had already reached an agreement on the purchase of the birds.

Sparrows are too small and people don't want them. But for slightly larger birds like starlings and magpies, after they have their feathers and internal organs removed, Gao Liqiang offers them for seven yuan per pound, which is a little more expensive than pork.

After considering for a while, Jiang Yao felt that the price was reasonable, so he agreed.

As for how much the product was sold for, he was too lazy to ask or care.

"Not many, only about twenty."

"You're not going to hit the sparrows, so if you only hit these big birds, there won't be much to kill!" Soldier responded casually as he put the starling he had just picked up into a plastic bag.

"Only twenty or so? We'll have to circle around here a few more times!" Jiang Yao nodded. He found another target bird, picked up the slingshot, and with a snap, the bird fell from the tree again.

The slingshot in his hand didn't even have a bullet, it was purely used to deceive people.

After all, he and Bingzai were hanging around here, and there were more than just one or two people who saw him shooting birds.

If he didn't take anything and just looked at the bird on the tree for a few seconds and then made it fall from the tree, it would be quite eye-catching.

As for Bingzai, even if he discovered Jiang Yao's abnormality, he didn't care at all.

With the help of Bingzai, his efficiency in hunting birds will definitely be much higher.

After all, when birds fall from trees, they often land in bushes or places full of thorns. With soldiers helping to pick up the birds, Jiang Yao only needs to find the target.

Of course, Jiang Yao didn't treat Bingzai badly.

Eight dollars a day, a small wage, helping Jiang Yao do these jobs is much easier than working as a laborer on a construction site.

Bingzai was flattered by this and naturally had no objection.

If Jiang Yao hadn't insisted on doing so and he hadn't been able to refuse, he would have felt that the money was too much.

At about 2:00 p.m., the two returned with a full load. Because they had to remove the feathers and internal organs, it was not until about 4:00 that Jiang Yao finally arrived at Gao Liqiang's place, carrying a plastic bag of bird meat.

"Brother, how was your harvest?" As soon as he saw Jiang Yao, Gao Liqiang immediately walked over with a smile and handed him a cigarette.

"It's okay, weigh it!" Jiang Yao took the cigarette, shook the plastic bag in his hand and responded.

"Nine pounds and four ounces, a total of sixty-five dollars and eighty dollars. I'll make it sixty-six dollars for you, because that's a lucky number!" Brother Qiang swiftly took the plastic bag from Jiang Yao's hand, finished weighing it quickly, and started to take out money.

There is no problem with the weight. Jiang Yao had actually weighed it in advance when he was at home.

When he used the ghost to fish, he was exhausted and his income was not stable. Apart from the time when he was lucky enough to catch a big carp, he could only earn a few dozen dollars from his fish on weekdays.

If you calculate it this way, using trickery to enter a dream and shoot birds is definitely much more cost-effective than fishing.

More importantly, apart from the fact that his feet were a little tired from wandering around, hunting birds not only did not consume much mental energy, but it actually increased his mental strength a little bit.

Although this growth is extremely subtle, if it accumulates over time, perhaps after a year or two, his mental power will far exceed that of ordinary people.

In this way, he should be able to use the two magic tricks of possession and dreaming on real people.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yao felt extremely excited.

"My nephew often goes to the outskirts of the city to shoot birds with an air rifle. But if he can shoot more than a dozen birds in a day, it's considered very good."

"Brother, you are really awesome. There must be at least hundreds of birds in this bag!"

Handing the money to Jiang Yao, Gao Liqiang picked up the plastic bag, rummaged through it, and sighed.

Jiang Yao took the money from the bird seller and put it in his pocket. He shrugged and replied with a smile: "How can I kill so many birds by myself? To be honest, what I brought here today is the result of a day's hard work by more than a dozen of us brothers."

"The money from selling the bird is divided equally among everyone, so each person can only get a few dollars."

"There's nothing we can do. Rural kids like us don't have any connections. We have to find ways to make money. When we feel like smoking, we can only pick up cigarette butts on the ground."

……

Jiang Yao naturally would not tell Gao Liqiang the real truth in detail.

He laughed it off, found a plausible excuse, and said it perfunctorily.

"It took more than a dozen people? No wonder they could kill so many birds and sell them?" Although it seemed like a casual question, Gao Liqiang was actually testing him.

After hearing what Jiang Yao said, he suddenly understood and immediately believed it: "Brother, it's almost dinner time. I have to deliver these goods to the customers quickly."

"Cui Cui, come out and look after the store!" After greeting Jiang Yao, he shouted towards the store again.

As he finished speaking, a dark-skinned middle-aged woman came out of the store.

"This is my cousin Cuicui. Come here to sell bird meat. If I weren't here, it would be the same if you sold it to her!" Pointing at the woman, Gao Liqiang introduced her to Jiang Yao.

"Got it. Hello, Sister Cui!" Jiang Yao nodded and greeted the woman with a smile.

If it was really the legendary aunt, he might have stayed here for a while longer. But now, Gao Liqiang was ready to go out to deliver the goods, so Jiang Yao naturally had no interest in staying here any longer.

After saying hello, he got on his bike and left.

(End of this chapter)