It was already noon.

Lin Heng found a noodle stall on the street and ordered a bowl of vegetarian noodles. While eating the noodles, he listened to the people around him chatting.

"There's no water in Wangjia Village recently. I heard someone even died of thirst!"

"What you did is nothing. I heard that people from the upper and lower mountain villages fought over water and several people were killed."

"Yes, it's so hot today. Many livestock can't stand the temperature and are sick."

"Speaking of livestock, everyone in the village next to my sister's is sick. I heard they can't stop coughing and nothing can cure them."

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.

Lin Heng felt something was not good when he heard this.

If everyone in a village gets sick, is it a plague?

Will it spread to their Zhaojia Village?

If they don't leave quickly, will they be blocked and not allowed to leave?

He quickly finished his vegetarian noodles, took ten copper coins and gave them to the boss to put on the table, then hurriedly prepared to leave.

But he happened to meet Lin Wan who came out to look for him.

The two talked for a while, and Lin Wan gave all the eight taels of silver in her family to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng knew his sister's intention and took all the money.

This also strengthened his determination to take his sister away.

He told Lin Wan to get ready and then left.

Lin Heng thought as he walked.

The most worrying thing now is the travel permit, as only their family is safe.

If we add my father-in-law's family and my sister's family, we definitely won't be able to issue a pass for so many people.

Lin Heng thought of the only three apples left in the backpack and the palm-sized thing called a mirror that his daughter had stuffed into his hand that morning, and he immediately had an idea.

Just because he has no connections doesn’t mean others don’t have connections either.

In his opinion, the things that worried him so much could be easily solved by someone else.

So he returned to Moxiang Bookstore to find the owner.

When Shopkeeper Zhang saw him coming back, he hurriedly asked him why he came back.

Lin Heng took out a big, red apple and said to Shopkeeper Zhang, "I just got something good from somewhere else. I'll give it to you to try."

When Shopkeeper Zhang saw the fruit Lin Heng took out, he was so shocked that he froze in place.

This fruit must weigh more than one pound, and is as big as a child's head. It is bright red, like a huge agate, and looks moist and as if it is glowing.

You can smell a sweet scent from a distance.

Before I even put it in my mouth, I could already feel my saliva watering.

"What kind of fruit is this? It seems like I've never seen it before."

Shopkeeper Zhang thought that if he could present this thing to his boss, his boss might transfer him to a wealthy place in the south to be a shopkeeper.

"It seems to be called Apple, which means peace and safety."

"Apple, apple..."

Shopkeeper Zhang held the fruit in his hands as if he were holding a rare treasure. He recited the two words while stroking his specially grown beard.

"Good, good, good fruit, good meaning!!!"

"How many of these have you got? Can I buy them all?"

"There are only four of them. Don't ask me whether I want to buy them or not. I'll give them to you."

When Shopkeeper Zhang heard there were only four, he put his thoughts aside.

If there was only one basket, I could send it to my employer, but if there were four, there would be no need to show off.

However, it’s not wrong to buy some for your mother, wife and children to try.

"Why don't you take this good thing back and let your precious daughter have a taste of it?"

Shopkeeper Zhang had worked with Lin Heng for a long time and knew that he treasured his daughter the most, so he teased.

"Hey, didn't I leave two for my daughter?"

Lin Heng said this and took out a slightly smaller apple and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"This is for you too. Take it home and let your sister-in-law taste it."

"No, I'll just take two and bring them back for the kids to try.

You can also take the other two back for Auntie and the children to taste. Such good-looking fruits are rare!"

Seeing Lin Heng put the two smaller apples back into the backpack, Shopkeeper Zhang nodded with satisfaction.

"You kid, do you have something to ask me?"

Lin Heng gave the shopkeeper a thumbs up.

"The shopkeeper is wise."

Shopkeeper Zhang smiled and said, "Okay, stop flattering me. Just tell me what you want to say."

"Don't worry, I have something good here for you to check out."

Lin Heng knew that two apples were not enough to impress people.

But he didn't want people to know that he had a lot of apples, as that would only bring him endless trouble.

So he took out the thing called a mirror that his daughter had given him in the morning.

The layers of cloth were opened to reveal a bronze mirror with a handle and carved with rich flowers.

The mirror is only the size of a palm, but its exquisiteness is evident in every detail.

Shopkeeper Zhang came closer and saw his own appearance clearly shown before him.

Shopkeeper Zhang showed an expression of disbelief on his face.

The person in the mirror showed the same expression.

With shaking hands, he pointed at the palm-sized object in front of him and asked, "What, what is this?"

Lin Heng appears to be as calm as an old dog on the surface, but he is actually extremely panicked inside.

In fact, he had never carefully looked at this thing called a mirror. He just knew that his daughter gave it to him casually so that he could use it as some money when he was short of money.

At that time, I thought the outer shell of this thing was very exquisite, and I didn’t expect that this mirror could reflect a person so clearly.

This, this might not be something from the fairyland.

Would the gods blame me for leaking the things from the fairyland? Would it bring trouble to my daughter?

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