pjbooks Chapter 10 A Sudden Change
Chapter 10 A Sudden Change
Lin Chuan refused Lin Hongmei's suggestion to buy a turtle, but asked for her address and said he would send her another one as soon as possible.
The thugs, carrying fish, followed Liu Jianshe to the police station. Lin Chuan suspected that Liu Jianshe just wanted to find free labor.
Otherwise, for things that don't cause any serious consequences, the police usually just give a verbal warning, since their resources are limited.
News of Lin Chuan taking down ten thugs with a slingshot spread, attracting onlookers who actually helped him sell his slingshot faster.
Around 10 o'clock, everything was sold out. Lin Chuan first bought a pack of cigarettes and became acquainted with Lei Dazhuang, the market's security guard.
Although Liu Jianshe had given the order, being proactive and being passive are two different things.
After saying hello, Lin Chuan rode his bicycle with Lin Feng, taking them further and further off the beaten path until they finally arrived in the suburbs.
"Brother, why did we run so far?"
"Counting money? There are so many people in the city, you can't count it on the street."
Lin Chuan lifted the car up, found a patch of tall grass, pressed it down a few times to create a sealed environment, and took out his money so the two of them could start counting.
「18块1，18块6，18块8，哥这些零钱是18块8。」
"These are all 668 yuan, so that adds up to 6688 yuan, 8 yuan, a good omen."
Lin Feng grinned from ear to ear; he never imagined he could earn over six hundred yuan a day.
Six hundred yuan is a considerable amount of money in later generations. Even without considering other factors, it could be enough to buy groceries and feed oneself for several months.
In those days, some families didn't even have that much in savings; it was equivalent to a television set plus a bicycle.
Lin Feng still felt something was amiss, so he started counting the money again, afraid that he had miscounted it before.
Lin Chuan watched with a smile, letting out a sigh of relief. Finally, his family wouldn't have to wear tattered clothes and worn-out shoes anymore.
Just as Lin Feng was about to count to the third time, Lin Chuan slapped him on the shoulder, pulled out fifty yuan, and handed it to him:
"Look at you, so easily excited about a few hundred dollars. You can spend this money however you want."
"Brother, is this for me?"
"Hmm."
Lin Feng held the five ten-yuan bills in his hand and looked at them again and again. In all his life, he had never had fifty yuan that was completely his own, and neither had Lin Chuan.
Lin Feng admired them for a moment, then pulled out four bills and handed them to Lin Chuan:
"Brother, you keep it. Go back and save it for Mom. I'll just keep ten yuan for myself."
"Really, no."
"don't want."
Seeing Lin Feng's serious expression, Lin Chuan didn't press the issue. He figured that once they earned more money, their spending habits would naturally change.
"Come on, let's take a walk around the neighborhood."
"Brother, what's the point of getting out of this desolate wilderness? We might as well go back to the mountains and wander around. Maybe we'll run into wild boars again."
"We haven't finished our business, why are we going back? Come with me and see if there are any pheasants or rabbits around here. We'll hunt them and send them to Sister Hongmei along with the turtle."
"Brother, someone just said they wanted to buy it but you wouldn't sell it, so why are you sending it over to them now?"
"Selling and giving away are different. If you gave it away earlier, no one would want it. If you give it away now, it's just a turtle and it's a bit light. It would be better to add something else with it."
Seeing Lin Feng hesitate, Lin Chuan smiled and said:
"What, do you think I'm flattering you?"
"Um."
Lin Chuan wasn't angry. It was normal for a young man to have a youthful spirit and not be able to contain his dark and sinister side. He pulled Lin Feng forward, chatting as they walked:
"Xiao Feng, our country is a society that values personal connections. We don't have any connections, so it's not wrong to try to maintain the relationships we can..."
Lin Chuan had learned some lessons through trial and error, and he slowly explained them to Lin Feng. Lin Feng might not understand them, but it was enough to give him a general idea.
"Don't move, squat down."
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Lin Feng asked in a low voice. Although he didn't fully understand the reasoning Lin Chuan had just told him, he still enjoyed the feeling. Lin Chuan's sudden interruption made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"Look over there, a pheasant."
Lin Chuan pointed in a direction and saw five pheasants pecking at food there.
"Don't move, I'm going to get closer."
After saying that, Lin Chuan slowly shuffled toward the pheasants. There were some bushes in front of him, and if he startled the pheasants and they scattered, he would be unable to hit them from certain angles.
Lin Chuan's target was a large tree ahead. The area under the tree should be open, and since he had finally spotted pheasants, it would be best to wipe them out completely.
Once he reached his position, Lin Chuan took out five mud pellets and placed them on the ground. He was no longer the same person he used to be. Five prey, five mud pellets—even one more would be disrespectful to the slingshot's perfect completion.
"call out."
The mud ball made a sound as it broke through the air, and a pheasant's head burst into a cloud of blood mist, causing it to fall to the ground, its wings still flapping.
The other pheasants were startled and scattered in all directions.
They were fast, and Lin Chuan was not slow either. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, three more pheasants were blown off their heads. Only one was left, and it had already run quite far away.
However, it's not a big problem; it's still within range.
Lin Chuan raised his bow, and suddenly his hair stood on end. The world seemed to quiet down, and all the chirping of insects and birds disappeared.
A garland serpent appeared in front of Lin Chuan, no more than twenty centimeters from his face, as it fell from the sky.
The vegetal snake was in freefall, so lively and bouncy, and Lin Chuan's senses were stimulated to the maximum at this moment.
Time seemed to slow down; the patterns on the snake's body were clearly visible to him, and he even saw the snake flick its tongue.
Without thinking, Lin Chuan grabbed the snake's tail and swung it up the tree. Only when he heard the notification "Harvested one rat snake" did he stand there panting heavily, still shaken.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Lin Feng ran over when he saw the commotion.
"It's alright, a snake just fell from the tree. Go pick up the pheasant first."
After Lin Feng left, Lin Chuan recalled the feeling he had just experienced, a feeling that resembled the slow-motion effect in movies and TV shows.
Is this what they mean by a sudden and dramatic change?
When the slingshot was fully charged, a passive skill appeared that Lin Chuan had never understood before, but now he was experiencing it.
However, it's better not to try it out. I hope I'll use it as few times as possible. Lin Chuan's mind wandered until Lin Feng returned.
The four pheasants added 9 points to Lin Chuan's score, and the snake added a little over 5 points, bringing the total harvest points to 253.
The lack of skills to add is frustrating, and Lin Chuan urgently needs to develop new skills.
However, they still had to take it one step at a time. He led Lin Feng to the hidden bicycle and rode towards the address provided by Lin Hongmei.
Green Willow Community is a very realistic name. It seems that this older sister or brother-in-law's family is not ordinary. This is the earliest community in Luo County, which is equivalent to the rich area of Luo County.
The five-story buildings were arranged in a pleasing, staggered pattern, much more attractive than the mud houses in the countryside. Lin Feng, who was walking side by side with them, unconsciously fell a few steps behind.
Lin Chuan grabbed him and made him register at the gate. In a small county town, even decades later, there's no rule against entering a residential area. Making him register is already considered professional.
After Lin Feng finished speaking hesitantly, the gatekeeper casually scribbled something in his notebook and waved his hand.
"Go in, turn right, walk to the end, then turn left."
"Oh, thank you, sir."
Lin Feng's voice was loud, and he felt inexplicably happy.