Xu Ling's heart felt hot and he quickly put the money into the space, fearing that someone would be interested in him.
When eating wontons in the morning, the couple reminded him that there were many pickpockets in Lingbao Town and asked him to keep all valuable things.
Xu Ling left the money for the boat ride and went to the dock to look for the boat back to Qinghe Town. After asking many people, the boat only left in the middle of the night and the ticket price remained the same.
Xu Ling happened to go shopping in Lingbao Town. There was a shop selling donkey meat sesame cakes on the street. It cost six cents for a big cake. There was only a thin layer of meat filling inside, but it tasted very good.
Xu Ling bought a piece of cake for six cents and asked where there were more people. The vendor kindly gave him directions to the east of Lingbao Town. There was a temple called Lingbao Temple. People will go there to burn incense and worship Buddha on the 15th day of the lunar month. It happens to be the first day of September, so I'm afraid the place will also become lively.
Today is the penultimate day of August. Xu Ling made some calculations in his mind and decided to pick out pears to sell. He went to the entrance of Lingbao Temple. Those devout pilgrims would definitely be willing to buy some good pears.
But the top priority was to see what he could buy in Lingbao Town and then sell it to Qinghe Town.
Very much like a running businessman in a game.
It's just that Xu Ling was running around on his own two legs. Over the past two days, his shoes were torn and the blisters on his feet had broken and grown, and when they had grown, they turned into thick calluses.
Xu Ling walked around Lingbao Town and saw that everything was sold here, including candied haws, candied man, fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as daily necessities, farm tools, and iron tools.
The most common ones are in the bookstores, where the scholars wearing green blouses and scarves have an air of pride on their faces that ordinary pedestrians don't have.
Xu Ling was dressed in linen shorts, which were covered with patches and rough edges. The only pair of decent cloth shoes he wore had worn toes on his toes, exposing his toes in embarrassment.
He walked into the bookstore and wandered around the bookstore like those scholars, attracting a lot of attention.
After all, he is a hard worker, so he is indeed a bit out of place in a place like this.
A man dressed as a waiter came over quickly, looked Xu Ling up and down, and said with a smile: "Guest, what do you want to buy?"
Xu Ling said: "I want to see it."
The smile on the waiter's face solidified a bit, but he still managed to say: "This..."
"Behave yourself, those books are not cheap! Each book costs two taels of silver! Handle them with care! If you dirty them, you won't even want this month's monthly money!"
At this moment, the shopkeeper behind the bookcase pretended to remind the waiter and nodded Xu Ling.
Xu Ling was not stupid, so how could he not know that this was directed at him?
I had no choice but to leave calmly.
When he was leaving, he looked back at the name of the bookstore, "Lin Family Bookstore".
Xu Ling thought about the more than four hundred coins in the space, and instantly felt that the money seemed worthless. Although it was a bit embarrassing to be kicked out, at least they didn't throw him out.
Xu Ling comforted himself for a long time, and finally he could only think of one sentence: Don't bully young people into poverty, don't bully middle-aged people into poverty, don't bully old people into poverty...
He walked around Lingbao Town, holding four hundred coins and still not knowing what to buy. After all, if he couldn't sell it, it would waste his time to buy pears.
But Xu Ling's wandering around was not in vain, at least he knew more about Lingbao Town.
Lingbao Town has two large rivers flowing through it, and it happens to be located at the intersection of the two rivers. Therefore, shipping is very developed, and it is also a place where goods from many nearby places are transferred. It can be said that many people here rely on these two large rivers for their lives.
Lingbao Town is very large, with about 40,000 residents, which is almost as many as the average state capital. The incense in Lingbao Temple is very good. People from a radius of ten miles come to burn incense and worship Buddha every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, even every February and There is also a temple fair in early August.
Extremely lively.
Xu Ling came a little late. The August temple fair had already passed, but the red silk lanterns at the foot of Lingbao Temple had not yet been taken down. You could still get a glimpse of the bustling temple fair at that time.
Therefore, Xu Ling is even more looking forward to worshiping Buddha on the first day of the new year in two days.
He caught the night boat and arrived at Qinghe Town before noon the next day. He ate something to fill his stomach and then headed straight to Mrs. Li's house without stopping.
This time, Xu Ling did not meet Mrs. Li. There was only a twenty-seven or eight-year-old woman washing clothes in the yard, and Hu Tou was playing in the mud in the yard.
Seeing Xu Ling, Hutou rushed over, "Mom! The uncle selling dates is here!"
Xu Ling bowed to the woman and said, "Sister-in-law, is Mrs. Li at home?"
The woman was a little flustered, speaking in country slang, and said incoherently, "My mother-in-law's sister has gone. She went back to her parents' house to take care of things. She is not at home right now."
Xu Ling didn't expect such an accident at all. He was afraid of delaying the pear buying business, so he quickly asked if there was anyone in charge at home.
The woman only knew that her man was carrying goods at the dock in the town, and she did not know when he would return home.
After that, she covered the lower half of her face, coughing violently, and her face became paler.
Xu Ling thought that a few days ago, he seemed to have heard from Mrs. Li that her daughter-in-law had aborted a child.
It's only been a few days, but you have to go to the ground to do laundry and take care of the children?
Xu Ling gained more understanding of the fate of women in this era.
Xu Ling talked about his difficulties. He was in a hurry to buy Li's pears and transport them to sell elsewhere. Hu Tou Niang asked Hu Tou to go to the village to call for help.
Soon, an old man came.
He claimed to be Grandpa Hutou's cousin. Hearing that Xu Ling wanted to buy the Li family's pears to sell, he took Xu Ling to the backyard.
The price has not changed, it is still the price agreed upon by Mrs. Li and Xu Ling.
This made Xu Ling breathe a sigh of relief.
Grandpa Hutoutang helped pick pears and put them in Xu Ling's basket. He couldn't help but ask questions, asking him where he wanted to transport the pears to sell and whether he needed many.
Xu Ling still found some half-truths, and Grandpa Hutou Tang said: "I also have a pear tree at home. I transplanted branches from this tree and it survived. The pears are also very good. Do you want it?" Go take a look?"
Naturally, Xu Ling would not refuse.
He filled the basket and cloth bag with almost seventy or eighty kilograms, paid one hundred and fifty-six cents, and then left Lijiazhuang on the pretext of transporting the pears to the rented warehouse at the dock.
When he arrived at a place where no one was around, Xu Ling took the pears into his space, hovered outside the village for a long time, and quickly returned to Lijiazhuang.
Grandpa Hutoutang was surprised by his fast feet. Xu Ling scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "You can only do small things."
People didn't have any doubts. After Xu Ling made two such trips, the money he earned turned into two hundred catties of pears.
When picking pears, one or two branches would inevitably be broken. Xu Ling remembered what Grandpa Hutou Tang said, so he secretly hid a few broken branches in the space to see if they could be planted.
After returning to the town with 200 kilograms of pears, it was already dark. Xu Ling went to the pier without stopping to find the boat to Lingbao Town.
The boss of the ship got to know him and asked him to go to the cabin early to wait for the ship to sail. As soon as he lay down on the hay bed, Xu Ling tilted his head and fell asleep.
