A pair of black goggles was exposed under the wide hat. She observed it for a moment without any obstruction, then found a place to block her body and entered the space.
After a moment, a figure that was thinner than before appeared again, with a skateboard under his feet.
It was a full twenty miles away, and she didn't want to walk there one foot deep and one foot shallow. Since there was a better way, why not use it?
Cheng Xi was a master who never wronged himself, so he naturally enjoyed himself as much as he wanted.
He put his left foot on the ground with a little force, bent his lower body, and the figure quickly stepped on the skateboard and paddled out.
The villagers walking on the road only felt a "swish" flash in front of their eyes, and when they tried to look again, they found nothing.
"?!"
"......what happened?"
"Something just passed by, didn't it?"
"Ah, it seems there is, but it seems there isn't?"
Passers-by walking doubt life.
What a hell.
There must be too much snow and wind!
Cheng Xi skated all the way until he was about a mile outside the city gate before he stopped, and found a deserted place to change back into the same outfit as going out.
No one noticed anything unusual from beginning to end.
At this time, two soldiers in armor were standing at the city gate, trying to sleep and trembling.
Cheng Xi: "..."
She twitched the corner of her mouth and coughed slightly, successfully waking the two of them up.
"who?!"
"Brothers, I want to go to the city."
"Entering the city? Oh, yes, yes, this is the city gate."
The two of them suddenly seemed to be in a dream, rubbed their hands and stretched out their hands, "Give us two coins and you can enter the city."
Cheng Xi did as he was told and soon entered the city gate, hearing two faint complaints from behind him.
"Damn, it's too cold!"
"Who could have imagined that it would snow so heavily this year? It almost froze me to death!"
"There's nothing we can do, the door still needs to be guarded."
"Not many people have gone into the city these days. It's snowing so heavily. Who dares to go out?"
"Because not many people came, we reduced the number of people from four to two. If we bear with it, we can change shifts later."
Cheng Xi suddenly realized after hearing the conversation.
No wonder I always feel like something is wrong. It's because there are fewer people standing guard.
However, there were really few people along the way, which allowed her to increase the speed of her skateboard to the highest speed.
***
Due to heavy snowfall, the streets in Fucheng were greatly affected.
The terrain here is already low, with heavy snow covering almost half of the city, and the snow on both sides has almost reached the windows.
And half of the originally bustling market was closed, and only food stalls were left open except for necessities.
Cheng Xi stood at the street corner and took a quick look. He could see where he was going without spending too much effort.
——Without him, there are too many people lining up in front of the grain store.
"Don't be too crowded, don't be too crowded, there's enough food in the shop!"
"Ouch, please slow down, you stepped on me——"
"What? A pound of black noodles has increased by three cents? This is a money grab!"
"Oh my god, why don't we let people live? You are a bunch of black-hearted businessmen!"
"Oh, there's nothing we can do. It's said that there's a snowstorm in the north, so why can't we raise the price if we can't transport food?"
"What's the price of that rice?"
"It's increased by two cents."
"What happened? The south was also hit by a disaster?"
"That's not true, but if there are more people buying, the price will rise accordingly."
"If you don't buy it, don't buy it. Wait until the snow stops. I don't believe it will continue to rise!"
Cheng Xi: "..."
There is no need to go in at all.
She was originally inquiring about food prices, but thanks to this group of people, she knew everything!
Cheng Xi turned around and left without any pause.
Compared to the grain store, the front door of the grocery store can be described as empty - on a cold day, who wants to go out and suffer the cold if they have something at home?
At that time, the only clerk in the grocery store was huddled in a corner packing mushrooms.
The temperature has dropped to a new low in the past few days. Most other stores are closed, but his store owner insists on keeping it open.
What's the use of leaving it open?
Half a day passed and he didn't see a single customer come in!
"Hey, what are you trying to do? Don't I get paid?"
Dude doesn’t understand, dude doesn’t understand.
However...the next second he was slapped in the face by reality.
"Boss, do you have any more salt?"
"Yes, yes! How much salt do you want to buy, little lady?"
Someone, really someone, is a beautiful little lady!
The waiter jumped up on the spot and looked at the only customer in the store with gleaming eyes.
Cheng Xi glanced at him strangely, his eyes moving across the merchandise one by one.
"How much salt do you have here?"
"Uh, it's a full one hundred and fifty pounds. Madam, you..."
Why are you asking?
"All of them."
Without saying anything, Cheng Xi took out three banknotes and placed them at the counter.
"All, all???"
Dude is stupid.
"All of them, that's all, right?"
"right."
"Okay, I'll take it."
Cheng Xi was always a resolute person. After paying the money, he grabbed a sack in one hand and walked out of the grocery store effortlessly.
The guy gasped, dumbfounded again.
"?!"
What just happened? Was he awake and dreaming?
However, the three fifty-tael banknotes at the counter clearly told him that it was the truth.
"No wonder the shopkeeper keeps the shop open. I bet he knows he has big customers!"
He must have secretly read the almanac himself!
Here Cheng Xi found a deserted place, threw the two bags into the space, and wandered around again.
First, he went to the embroidery shop and bought a lot of embroidery thread for Xingqi. Then he took out the medicinal materials that Shen Xingluo had given him from the space and exchanged them for two hundred taels of silver at the drug store.
"Now my wallet is full again."
The previous 3,000 taels of silver had already been spent, and finally something was credited to the account.
Shennong Mountain is a big treasure house. Occasionally, if you have no money, you can buy some goods. This is much more profitable than working hard at the dock selling food.
"As the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the return. Economists do not deceive me!"
Cheng Xi decided to go there often when he had time.
Even if you can't come across precious medicinal materials, scaring small animals can still increase the fun, right?
For the last stop, she went directly to the inn in the south of Lin'an Prefecture. As Shen Xingluo expected, Cheng Daqian's latest family letter had arrived.
"Xiaoxi, are you here to get the letter?"
"Yes, does Brother Sun have any news from the north? I heard there is a snowstorm over there."
"Indeed."
Sun Xiaorong carefully observed the surroundings and took Cheng Xi to find a quieter place.
"The snowstorm in the north is quite serious. Many people have frozen to death. Some people from several state capitals have even decided to move south."
"so serious?"
"The prefect has received the news... Well, I am afraid that the price of food will rise in the future. Please prepare more."
Cheng Xi was surprised. He didn't expect him to be so well-informed.
But what happened to the pause just now?
Isn't the prefect Zhou Xuzhi's father? My son is not a good bird, and I guess I am not too kind either.
Cheng Xi glanced at Sun Xiaorong again and gradually understood the meaning of his words.
"I understand, Brother Sun, please prepare more."
