Those people enjoyed spicy food and there was nothing surprising about Xu Lingqiong, and no one provoked him.
After Xu Ling finished chewing the pears, he found a remote place and hugged the package tightly. He was still trying to sort out his thoughts. Who knew that when he tilted his head, he fell asleep from exhaustion.
When Xu Ling woke up again, he was awakened by noisy footsteps. He was in a daze, and when he got up, he randomly asked someone, "Have you arrived in Lingbao Town?"
"We're here! Lingbao Town is outside!"
Xu Ling quickly ran to the deck of the ship and took a look. It was still dark, and the moon was hanging in the sky, illuminating the world as brightly as if it were covered with a layer of silver frost.
Lingbao Town is indeed very big, as you can tell from the busy docks alone, not to mention the Yanliu Painted Bridge hidden in the moonlight in the distance, the towers and pavilions, and the lights across the river in the middle of the river not far away. , what a lively ancient scene!
Xu Ling finally saw some different scenery, which gave him more sense of reality.
He really entered a different world.
Xu Ling put his baggage on his back and followed the crowd on the planks extending from the deck to get off the ship.
Everyone has somewhere to go, but not him.
Xu Ling walked around the pier and decided to take Li Zi to the market.
Although it is not yet dawn, there are still some people who are awake in Lingbao Town. The wonton stalls that set up stalls late at night until dawn are full of heat. The fire and heat are dense, exuding a hungry aroma.
Xu Ling almost couldn't walk.
But he didn't have half a penny on him.
While walking around the wonton stall, Xu Ling took out two pears from his bag and shamelessly asked the couple if he could exchange the pears for a bowl of wontons to fill his stomach.
The man was a little reluctant, but his wife pushed him and winked. Finally, he accepted the three pears and made Xu Ling a bowl of wontons.
The woman is a bit fat, but her hands and feet are very nimble. The wontons are freshly made, and she can almost make one by pinching them. A dozen wontons are quickly thrown into the hot water pot, and her man is responsible for eating the wontons.
While waiting, the woman asked Xu Ling out of curiosity: "Where are the guests coming from, and what are they doing here?"
It’s a really good question. First of all, it’s the second of the three major philosophical questions in life.
Who is it, where is it from, where is it going.
Xu Ling laughed a little. He said that he was here to visit relatives, but he was defrauded of all his money. He was so hungry that he shamelessly exchanged pears from his hometown for a bowl of hot rice.
I don't know if he still has the bad habits of the original owner, or if there are too many mysteries in Xu Ling's body that are difficult to solve. He is still unwilling to explain too much and tell the whole truth.
The lie was mixed with the truth. The kind-hearted couple believed what happened to Xu Ling. The woman even pinched a few more wontons and threw them into the pot.
A bowl of hot wontons was served, with chopped green onion and dots of sesame oil floating on it. The aroma was fragrant. Xu Ling devoured it, stuffing it into his mouth desperately regardless of how hot it was.
His eating looks were so outrageous that women were even more willing to believe his words.
After Xu Ling finished a bowl of wontons, he felt as if his light body had landed on the ground and finally stepped on the ground. Only then did he feel in the mood to listen to what the couple were talking about.
Scratching his head in embarrassment, Xu Ling smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm too hungry."
The woman waved her hand, "Everyone is in trouble, are you still hungry? I'll give you another bowl."
"Why is this so embarrassing?" Xu Ling was really embarrassed now. In his memory, the original owner didn't meet so many kind-hearted people? But then I thought about it, maybe the kind of people I would meet along the way.
Regardless of his refusal, the woman scooped out a dozen more cooked wontons and put them in his bowl, "Eat it, eat it, you are all poor people."
Xu Ling blinked his moist eyes, smiled sheepishly, and started eating again, but this time he was a little more calm and began to taste the fillings of the wontons.
His mouth was numb and he could only taste the meat in the wontons.
"Brother, where does your relative live? Lingbao Town is very big. If you don't know, it might not be easy to find." The man asked kindly.
Xu Lingdao: "I don't remember clearly. I just remember where he lived near the market. Do you know where the largest and busiest market here is? I'll look for it, maybe I'll remember it."
The man told him about several places. There was a large market near Lingbao Temple in the east of the town, and there was also a lively market in the center of the town, near the East Gate.
Xu Ling secretly wrote down these locations and asked where the nearest market was.
The man told him it was the East City Gate.
After Xu Ling had a full stomach, he sat down and chatted with his wife for a while, until there were more people on the road and they started to get busy. Xu Ling left two more pears and quietly left the wonton stall and went straight to the east city gate.
The couple didn't lie to him. The area near the east city gate was indeed very lively. It was dark, and there were many villagers who came to the city to buy and sell things, occupying the space to place their things.
Xu Ling rubbed his face to wake himself up. He came early, took a good seat, arranged the pears neatly and beautifully, and waited for the customer to ask the price.
It was about six o'clock in the morning, and there were more and more people on the street. Women, servants, and maids who came out to buy things early in the morning were carrying baskets and picking at the stalls of the small vendors in Dongcheng, trying to buy the lowest prices. Get the best deals on fruits and vegetables.
The pears sold by Xu Ling quickly stood out among these small vendors. The pears he sold were huge, one was as big as an adult's fist. Their eyes were green with yellow, and there were two or three branches and leaves hanging on the handles. , with a little crystal dew on it.
Just looking at it makes people feel happy and thinks this pear is absolutely delicious!
In fact, these are just some of Xu Ling's tricks.
Someone asked about the price, and Xu Ling quoted: "Seven cents per catty, twenty cents per catty."
Lingbao Town is not a small place. If such good pears arrive in a place like this, even if they are sold at a higher price, there will definitely be people who will buy them.
Xu Ling would rather spend more time.
Sure enough, the person who asked the price didn't even blink. The price was obviously not high.
Xu Ling felt a little regretful. He didn't have time to do market research. Maybe these pears could be sold for ten cents a pound!
However, the price had already been announced and it would not be appropriate to change it. He decided to change the place next time and sell it at a higher price.
The pear buyers picked and picked again and again. All of these pears were good-looking, big and fragrant, and there were no signs of damage.
Xu Ling had already weighed the pears on a scale. A fist-sized pear weighed about eighty taels to one catty, which meant that twenty cents would buy at most three large pears.
If they were smaller, he would give them four.
Some people who bought pears were not happy, fearing that Xu Ling would miss her a few taels, so Xu Ling had to borrow a weight from another vendor and weigh it for her. When she saw that she was given an extra two taels, they had nothing to say.
Xu Ling was busy selling pears, picking pears, and collecting money for an hour. The 70 kilograms of pears that were placed were quickly sold out.
He counted carefully and found that he had actually earned 440 coins!
