Because she usually trains by driving a horse-drawn carriage, she only travels a short distance along the small path above the village and the nearby official road, and each trip takes her dozens of miles.

So she dared not be distracted at all, but this Akhal-Teke horse was particularly clever. It would slow down when it saw passersby and move to the side when it saw a carriage coming from the opposite direction, which saved her a lot of trouble.

Moreover, Qiao Lian'er sensed that the horse seemed very familiar with this road, indicating that it had carried passengers countless times before.

This gave her a bit more courage, she loosened up a bit, and she felt much more comfortable all over.

The journey to Yongguan County was smooth. Qiao Lian'er first led her family to stall number eight on Changqing Street, asking them to light the charcoal fire and fetch water.

She drove the carriage away.

"Little Lian'er, where are you going? I'll go with you." Qiao Zhizhi thought to herself, how could Lian'er go alone?

"Sister Zizi, you stay here at the stall. I'll go get the things to sell. They're nearby, so it'll be quick. Don't worry."

Qiao Lian'er drove the carriage to a place where her family couldn't see her, at the entrance of a less crowded alley.

Then they went into the carriage and took out fifty catties each of the ripe corn, potatoes, peanuts, etc. They expected to harvest several dozen more catties after noon.

When Qiao Lian'er returned and lifted the carriage curtain, everyone saw that there were many more things inside.

Da Meng and Xiao Meng carried the bags down one by one, and when they opened them, they were dumbfounded.

"Scythe, what is this? I've never seen it before."

“This one is round, this one is long, and this one is small like a thumb.” Qiao Zhizhi picked them up one by one to examine them.

Qiao Yunni also looked puzzled.

It looks like food, but I've never seen it before.

Is this what they're selling today? It seems a bit unreliable.

"We'll sell things that customers haven't seen before, things that others haven't sold, to avoid competing with others," Qiao Lian'er said, picking up each item one by one to demonstrate to everyone.

"This thing is called corn. Pick it up and peel it like this, remove the ears, and put it directly into the pot to boil."

"These are peanuts. You can eat them raw, fried, or boiled." As he spoke, he peeled them and distributed them to the group.

Everyone chewed and nodded, saying it was delicious, crunchy, sweet, and had a milky aroma.

"But it tastes even better when stir-fried or boiled. Before boiling, you have to wash it thoroughly and boil it with the shell on. Then you have to stir-fry some of it, and everyone peels it out one by one."

"This thing is called a potato. There are all sorts of ways to eat it. You can roast it, cut it into chunks and fry it, cut it into strips to make French fries, boil it, or mash it into a puree."

"This is a sweet potato. You can boil it or roast it."

"This is called chili pepper. It's a spicy flavoring seasoning that works much better than mustard or minced ginger. We stir-fry it until dry, then crush it and sprinkle it on fried potato chunks when customers want."

Then everyone noticed that Qiao Lian'er had also brought a stone mortar and pestle for pounding things.

After Qiao Lian'er finished speaking, she clapped her hands and said, "Let's get to work, there's a lot of work to do today."

If we don't have enough manpower, we'll bring two more people tomorrow.