Xiao Yunying went to the village entrance. She arrived even earlier than the oxcart. By the time Old Man Zhang drove the oxcart over, she had been waiting for quite a while.

Before the news of last night had spread, Old Zhang saw Xiao Yunying's head and asked, "How did you hurt your head?"

"It's nothing, it was an accident, Uncle Zhang. I want to talk to you about something. Could you take fewer passengers today? I'd like to buy more grain, or I can charter a car."

Old Zhang thought of saving Xiao Yunying a few coins: "Then I'll bring fewer people."

Old Zhang said he would only take a few people, but in reality he only took three people, including Xiao Yunying, before setting off. His oxcart was quite large; it could normally carry eight or nine people.

The other two young women were more honest and didn't cause any trouble for Xiao Yunying. They quietly made their way to the city gate.

Xiao Yunying had Zhang Laobo drive the cart directly into the city. The oxcart's entry fee was more expensive than that for people, costing three coins. Xiao Yunying paid five coins and had Zhang Laobo drive the oxcart to the grain store.

The same familiar waiter greeted her, and Xiao Yunying ordered 300 catties of white rice and 50 catties of flour.

She paid first: "Pack the rice into 50-pound bags, could you help me carry them to the oxcart outside?"

He received a big order early in the morning, and the shop assistant grinned from ear to ear: "Young lady, please wait a moment, I'll go and get you some rice right away."

After buying the grain, Xiao Yunying asked Old Zhang to drive the cart to the meat stall. She bought ten catties of pork belly, packaged in five-catty portions, and the stall owner gave her two large bones as a bonus.

Old Zhang was astonished by Xiao Yunying's generosity, but he didn't say anything.

After buying the heavier items, Xiao Yunying asked Old Man Zhang to wait for her at the city gate while she went to the market to sell snow fungus.

Before she could find a place to put down her basket, someone called out to her.

"Miss, Miss Xiao, we've finally waited for you."

Xiao Yunying recognized the visitor as the head of the Chen family's kitchen: "Auntie, is there something you need? Is there something wrong with Xue Er?"

"No problem. My mother saw your snow fungus and thought it was rare, so she wanted to buy more from you. Do you have any snow fungus left?"

"some."

Xiao Yunying put down her basket, lifted the cloth wrapping, and took out a plant: "Look, it's the same quality as last time."

The steward looked at the snow fungus in his hand; it was indeed as good as the last one. "Not bad. How much do you have here, young lady?"

"About twenty or so, do you want them all?"

"My old lady said that good things are rare and hard to come by. Once this opportunity is gone, it's gone forever. We should take them all if we can. Miss, would you like to come with me to the mansion to calculate the amount of money?"

"good."

Just as Xiao Yunying was about to carry her basket to the Chen residence, a young girl dressed as a maid came over and said, "Wait a moment."

"Is there something you need, young lady?"

The maid raised her chin and said, "I'll take all of your snow fungus."

Adhering to the principle that the customer is always right, Xiao Yunying decided to tolerate the other party's attitude this time: "Miss, you're too late. The snow fungus has already been taken by this aunt."

"Her?" The maid looked the steward up and down with a sidelong glance and said, "A poor old woman, does she have the money to buy such precious snow fungus? I'll offer two taels of silver per plant, I'll take them all."

She was being treated like a fool. Xiao Yunying was too lazy to pay attention to her: "Auntie, let's go."

The Chen family steward rolled his eyes at the maid: "You snobbish thing! Our family will pay eight taels of silver per plant for this snow fungus. Two taels of silver, go buy some scraps to eat."

Judging by appearance alone, she was indeed not dressed as well as this maid, but she was busy in the kitchen all day long, and she would not bear to let her nice clothes be ruined by the oil fumes, so it was not that she could not afford to wear them.

The maid's face immediately turned ugly. The two ignored her and walked past her towards the Chen residence.

"Stop right there! Who said you could leave?"

A strange male voice came, and then several servants surrounded Xiao Yunying.

A wealthy, well-dressed, plump young man approached and said, "You're not going to sell this snow fungus today, you're taking it!"

This person is really fat. Judging by his height, he's about 1.75 meters tall and must weigh over 200 pounds.

Xiao Yunying turned around and said with a normal expression, "I'm sorry, young master, the snow fungus has already been taken by this aunt. Why don't you go ask someone else?"

When the fat young master saw Xiao Yunying's appearance, his eyes lit up. He strode over and got so close that Xiao Yunying had to take two steps back.

The portly young master coughed twice, then unfolded his folding fan with a whoosh and fanned himself incessantly, trying his best to appear dashing and debonair.

Xiao Yunying couldn't see how dashing the other person was; she just thought he was crazy. What season was it for him to be fanning himself? Didn't he feel cold?

“My maid didn’t know the value of snow fungus and quoted a random price. I’ll offer eight taels of silver per plant, but please sell it to me, miss.”

The steward of the Chen family disagreed: "I don't know which family this young master is from, but we should respect the order of arrival. I've already made my reservation. If you want snow fungus, come back next time."

The plump young master coughed lightly, and the maid beside him said, "My young master's surname is Tang, and he lives in the Tang Mansion on East Street. Old woman, you'd better think carefully. Do you really want to compete with my young master for snow fungus?"

Xiao Yunying knew that the people living on East Street were all powerful and wealthy, but she was really not familiar with the powerful and wealthy people in Donglin City. If you just give an address, who will know who you are?