Xue Huan patted his shoulder and said, "I'm going to be away in a couple of days. I'll be sorry to see you through everything here."

"Miss, what are you talking about? The fact that you can entrust me with such an important matter is enough to show your trust in me. I will never let you down."

Chen Tian is responsible for miscellaneous tasks on the construction site, while Zhou Ao is responsible for professional matters. With the cooperation of the two, the construction progress is very encouraging.

Xue Huan felt relieved.

She went home again, said hello to her family, and said she was going back to the village. Xue's mother now has her own career, Xue Yao and Xue Jun are studying hard, and Pei Ji has also become a disciple. They go out early and come back late every day. Everyone is busy with their own things and will not revolve around any one person.

That's good.

In this family, Xue Huan is in charge of the village vegetable garden. Since she has established cooperative relationships with several major restaurants in the city, she has to go back to the village from time to time to check on the growth of vegetables and livestock.

The time may be long or short, so Xue's mother and others have become accustomed to it.

Pei Ji, the only one who knew the truth, knew that she was planning to take the opportunity to escape and do something else.

However, he couldn't show it on his face, so he could only maintain the illusion of a child, acting coquettishly to her and expressing his reluctance to leave.

*

Yujing City.

On the stone arch bridge over the moat, cars and people come and go, and both sides are filled with stalls selling food, rouge and powder, cloth, clothing, jewelry, daily necessities... There are also fortune tellers, medical practitioners, and bone readers... It's like a whole market of vendors.

It's very lively.

Of course, most of the people here sell raw materials. After all, Yujing City is the origin of jadeite and a famous jade market in the world.

Even the stone bridges are built with jade rough materials. Some of the rough materials, exposed to wind, sun and rain, gradually reveal the jade flesh inside, which sparkles with bright green light under the sunlight.

It is a city worthy of its nickname "Emerald City".

Because Yujing is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the climate is very warm even in winter, and the clothes worn by passers-by are not bulky or cumbersome.

A tall and handsome young man was strolling on the bridge, his eyes lingering on the stalls on both sides with great interest.

This man was none other than Xue Huan in disguise.

With the help of illusion, her disguise effect can be said to be flawless. In addition, she deliberately practiced men's steps and postures, so there was no sense of incongruity when she dressed up as a man.

She was not in a hurry to go into the city, but strolled slowly on the bridge.

"Selling powder! Five cents a bowl, cheap and delicious—"

"Tanghulu! Two cents a bunch! Big, sweet Tanghulu!"

"Braised pork rice! Fragrant braised pork rice, delicious and filling! Would you like a bowl, sir?"

From time to time, vendors carrying loads on their shoulders passed by, calling for business in a leisurely voice. The owners of the fixed snack stalls were also unwilling to be lonely and greeted customers loudly.

Xue Huan happened to be hungry, so she bought a bowl of braised pork rice. The stall owner took out a bamboo tube as thick as a teacup, filled it with the braised pork rice and handed it to her, also adding a wooden spoon.

The braised pork is cut into minced meat and poured over the perfectly cooked rice together with the amber marinade. It is then sprinkled with a layer of fragrant fried sesame seeds, a spoonful of pickles, a few pieces of fresh fruit, and a full bamboo tube. It is full of color, aroma and taste, and only costs eight cents.

Xue Huan took a sip, scooped up a spoonful and put it into her mouth, and instantly squinted her eyes in happiness.

"Gee! Get out of the way!" A man came galloping on horseback, completely ignoring the many pedestrians on the bridge.

Everyone screamed and dodged to the sides, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while.

A little boy was holding a candied haws and biting it with great effort when he heard a noise behind him. He turned around and looked when he saw a tall horse rushing towards him. He was so scared that he froze in place.

Xue Huan flew forward and grabbed the child. The candied haws in the child's hand fell to the ground and was crushed to pieces by the galloping horse's hooves.

Looking at his empty hands and then at the crushed candied haws on the ground, the child burst into tears.

Xue Huan hurriedly comforted him: "Don't cry, don't cry, sister, brother will buy you another one, okay?"

The child stopped crying and looked at her with his big eyes blinking. Xue Huan laughed, wiped his tears, and bought him a string of the largest candied haws.

The child took the candied haws and licked it happily, with the corners of his mouth stained with crystal syrup. He said crisply, "Thank you, big brother!"

At this moment, a young woman suddenly rushed over, hugged the child, and then slapped him hard on the buttocks several times, "I told you not to run around! Don't run around! If you...call me mother, how can you live!"

The woman was beating him while crying, her body trembling slightly. God knows how scared she was when she saw her son almost being trampled to death by a horse! She almost lost her mind!

There were so many people between them, she wished she could grow wings and fly over!

Fortunately, her brother Fu was rescued, otherwise she would have really died by crashing into the stone bridge.

The woman wiped away her tears and knelt down in front of Xue Huan. "Thank you, benefactor, for saving my Brother Fu! I kowtow to you!"

His head hit the ground directly.

Xue Huan quickly pulled her up, "Big sister, hurry up! You absolutely can't do this! I just did it for the sake of convenience. No one else would have the heart to see Fu Ge'er suffer."

The woman refused and insisted on kowtow to her, but she was no match for Xue Huan in the end and was pulled up by her.

"May I ask your name, benefactor?"

"Zhao Yu." Xue Huan made up a pseudonym.

Before the woman could say anything, a man called out to her from a distance, "Fu Ge'er's mother, someone wants to buy the wool from your stall. Come over here quickly!"

Xue Huan took the opportunity to say, "Big sister, go quickly."

She touched Fu Ge'er's head, turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

"My benefactor..." The woman wanted to chase after him, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

She had no choice but to take Fu Ge'er back to her stall and greet customers.

Xue Huan, who had disappeared, reappeared in the crowd. She had just used a trick.

Saving the child was just a casual act, and I really don't deserve such heavy gratitude from the child's mother.

Xue Huan was about to continue eating the braised pork rice, but when she looked over, she realized there was no braised pork rice in her hand. She slapped her forehead, remembering that she had thrown the bamboo tube of braised pork rice away in a hurry to save someone.

Alas, she had only taken a bite, and such delicious food was wasted.

However, there were many other delicious foods on the bridge. Xue Huan bought some while walking around. She tried some of them and found them delicious, so she bought a few more, thinking that she would crack the recipe and make them for her family later.

She also took a look at the hot-selling goods - the raw materials, but in her previous life she had only come into contact with finished jade jewelry. She liked jade very much, so she specially collected a complete set of jade jewelry, from headbands, earrings to bracelets and anklets.

Of course, she definitely wouldn't wear all of them on a regular basis. At most, she would only wear one or two, and would occasionally take out the rest to touch and look at them.

My understanding of jade is only superficial, and as for the rough materials, I am even more confused.

At first glance, she couldn't tell the characteristics of the wool materials at all, and could only distinguish them by their appearance and color.

For example, this round one looks like a big watermelon, and this flat one looks like a big flying saucer...

It would be great if she also had a golden finger like Zheng Yunu. As soon as she touched the rough material, she could judge whether there was jade inside and the quality of the jade by the reaction of the jade beads.

Wait, although she doesn’t have the jade beads, she has spiritual consciousness!

If spiritual consciousness can penetrate the ground, it should be able to penetrate stones as well, right?