Speaking of "knife people", there are too many stories about them in the countryside. The author heard an old man in the village tell about a matter of earlier years, a "knife man" with a knife on his back came to the village, according to the knife man, there are two ways to buy the knife in his hand: one is to buy it on the spot, the price is slightly more expensive; The other is that you don't need to give money on the spot, you can take the knife back and use it, and when the wheat rises to 1 yuan, it will come back to collect the money.
And at that time, don't talk about wheat, that is, pork is two or three cents a pound. The farmers in the village all thought that the price of wheat could not rise to a dollar a pound, and the farmers naturally felt that the knife man was a liar, and most of them saw the excitement and no one used the knife. It's just that a few farmers thought the quality of the knives was good and bought two. Only an old bachelor in our village, usually in his 50s, is also a good and lazy master, and he feels that he doesn't care whether he cheat or not, so he took credit and promised to give money when the wheat rose to a pound of a dollar. But since then, the knife man is gone.
I heard the old man say that until the old man who had the knife died, the knife man did not appear again, but the quality of the knife was really good and was used by others. The author is also fortunate to know a descendant of a knife man, because no one does this now, so the rules of the industry are not as strict as before. If only in the past, the secrets of this industry could not be revealed.
According to this descendant, the "knife man", when he came back to withdraw money, he said casually, not to mention that the peasants they said that it was impossible to achieve, that is, they themselves thought it was impossible to achieve. Naturally, the knife man does not expect to come back and find the money.
This is more of an advertising effect, and the knife man uses the banner of "credit knife" to attract farmers to gather, and says a rhetoric that everyone thinks is impossible. Such a dare to use the knife on credit is a minority, more to see the liveliness. And the quality of the knife of the credit knife man is indeed better. Discerning farmers will buy them instead of using them on credit when they see the quality, but their knives are more expensive than ordinary knives on the market, and the profits are considerable. Even if someone really comes to use the knife on credit, it will not lose money by giving away a few.
At this point, it is actually very clear that the knife man just uses the gimmick of "credit" to attract the attention of others, just like the current roadside stall loudspeaker broadcast or live demonstration, it has an advertising effect, and there is not much mystery. There is another way of saying that only on credit you never come back to collect money for your financial luck! Those who understand never use knives on credit!