Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Wait until I make money to buy you snacks...

Without waiting for Qin Run to put the biscuits over, Xu Yunfan quickly closed the box and pushed it back under the bed. "Just eat it if I give it to you. I'm used to it and don't think it's that delicious."

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

Qin Run wondered what kind of life Xu Yunfan had lived before?

The food was so delicious and looked beautifully packaged, but he actually said he had eaten too much and was tired of it.

Things that other people are tired of eating are delicious delicacies to him.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. So, isn’t it natural for Xu Yunfan to want to leave?

Xu Yunfan had no idea that his unintentional words had caused Qin Run to start to have wild thoughts again.

At this moment, he stood in the bathroom and said, "Qin Run, don't leave. This oil lamp is not bright enough. I'm afraid it will go out and I will fall. Wait for me outside for a while."

Xu Yunfan wasn't that scared last night, but it was mainly because he had too many thoughts in his mind when he came back tonight, and he became timid.

Qin Run, holding two bags of biscuits, said: "Okay, I'll wait for you outside."

Qin Run knew that the gaps between the wooden boards used to build the bathroom were large, so he consciously sat outside the kitchen.

Qin Run, who was sitting down, suddenly remembered that Xu Yunfan was sitting at the door just now. If he was taking a shower inside, wouldn't Xu Yunfan...

Even after Xu Yunfan came out of the shower, the heat on Qin Run's face had not subsided.

Xu Yunfan came out with an oil lamp. The wind blew and the smoke from the lamp covered his face. "The smell of this oil lamp is really disgusting. The smoke is so thick. It's much worse than a candle. Don't you have any candles at home?"

"Candles?" Qin Run shook his head. "That thing is much more expensive than oil." Their family couldn't afford it.

Xu Yunfan was stunned. "Ah? Candles are more expensive than oil? Are you sure?"

Qin Run knew that Xu Yunfan didn't understand many things here, so he patiently said, "No, candles are quite expensive here. Villagers only buy them during festivals, weddings, or funerals. They're sold in the town's grocery stores, and they're five cents a candle, which is not cheap."

Until he lay in bed, Xu Yunfan was still thinking about whether he had found a business opportunity to make a fortune.

The next morning, Qin Run got up early and cooked a pot of porridge. Afraid that the porridge would make him feel hungry, he threw a few sweet potatoes into the stove ashes to roast.

When Xu Yunfan and Qin An got up, the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes made Xu Yunfan, who was originally drowsy, suddenly become energetic.

At the dinner table, Qin Run said to Qin An, "Brother An, your brother Xu and I are going to town. You stay home and take good care of the house, okay? If it rains, remember to put the corn away. We'll be back around noon."

Qin An had never been to the town, but he knew from Dadan, who went with him to pick grass for pigs, that the town was very lively and fun.

He had always wanted to go, but he knew that someone had to be at home, the pigs had to be fed, the corn had to be dried, and his eldest brother must have something to do in town, so he couldn't make a fuss: "Okay, eldest brother, come back soon."

Qin An didn't say what he wanted, he knew his family had no money.

Seeing that it was already dawn, Qin Run put a few roasted sweet potatoes in his backpack and went back to the room to get a bag of biscuits for Qin An. "This is for you, Brother Xu. Eat it slowly. Remember to say thank you to Brother Xu."

"Thank you, brother-in-law." Qin An smiled shyly, tore open the bag in his hand, took out two pieces and handed them to Xu Yunfan and Qin Run respectively, asking them to eat.

Qin Run shook his head and touched the top of Qin An's head, "Brother doesn't want to eat, you eat it."

Xu Yunfan gave Qin Run a look and said, "Isn't there still one pack? Where's yours?"

"I..." Qin Run was reluctant to eat it and naturally would not take it out. He thought that this was given to him by Xu Yunfan and he should keep it. In this way, when Xu Yunfan passed away in the future, at least he would still have something to think about.

Xu Yunfan said, "Just eat what I give you. When I make money, will you still worry about not having snacks to eat?"

The porridge I drank this morning was so watery, as if it was from a famine. I probably digested it in one pee.

Under Xu Yunfan's gaze, Qin Run had to go back to his room to take out his bag of biscuits and put them in his backpack before they went out together.

Today is not market day, so Grandpa Sun naturally won't drive the ox cart to town.

It takes half an hour, or about an hour, to walk from Dali Village to Qinghe Town.

Xu Yunfan had the habit of jogging in the morning when he was in modern times. But after coming here, he was exhausted every day. He did physical work that he had never done before, and the food he ate was very greasy. Who would have the energy to go for a morning jog?

It's just because I have nothing better to do.

An hour's walk is no problem for Xu Yunfan.

Qin Run was used to it. In the past, when he went to the mountains to look for mountain products, he could walk for two hours without stopping. This time he was walking on the village road, which was much flatter than the mountain road.

"There are roasted sweet potatoes in the backpack. Do you want to eat some?" Qin Run suddenly asked.

"No, I just had two bowls of porridge. I'll eat when I'm hungry." Xu Yunfan glanced at Qin Run and asked, "Do you go to town often?"

Qin Run: "During my free time, I will go to the town to find work. I am quite familiar with the town."

Xu Yunfan: "Okay, then when we get to town, take me to a rouge shop. Do you guys here like rouge too? Do they also apply rouge?"

Hearing this, Qin Run subconsciously thought of Qin San's wife. "The boys from wealthy families would buy some rouge, but the boys in the village rarely use it. It's still more commonly used by women."

Rouge is not cheap either. Unmarried boys will buy some, but married boys rarely buy it.

Xu Yunfan understood that no matter what era, it is easier to make money from women.

It drizzled in the early morning, and the weeds on the roadside were covered with raindrops. Stepping on them could easily wet your trouser legs.

Fortunately, the road in Dali Village is relatively good. Part of the road surface is compacted, and grass only grows in places where the soil is loose and cannot be crushed by the ox wheels.

Xu Yunfan didn't want to get his shoes wet, so he only chose "clean" places to walk.

Qin Run watched and knew that Xu Yunfan liked cleanliness, so he didn't say anything.

After walking for half an hour, the two finally arrived in town.

Because it is the busy farming season, there are not many people in the town, but it is still quite lively, with many small vendors selling their wares on the roadside.

"Steamed buns, hot, filling, thin-skinned meat buns, would you like one, Auntie?"

"Wontons, delicious wontons, only four cents a bowl."

Xu Yunfan looked around, but his pockets were empty, so he could only look.

In the past, Xu Yunfan didn’t care about meat buns, but when he smelled the buns in the boss’ steamer, his saliva secretion became too strong and he had to swallow several times.

Xu Yunfan pulled Qin Run's clothes and said, "Qin Run, take me to the rouge shop. We won't go anywhere else."

For those who haven't eaten meat for a few days, this smell is unbearable.

"Okay." Qin Run took Xu Yunfan to the town center. Xu Yunfan looked at the houses on both sides of the street. Some of them were two or three stories high and looked full of ancient charm. There was a plaque hanging in front of each shop with the name of the shop written on it.

Xu Yunfan discovered that those characters were no different from modern characters. He could understand both traditional and simplified characters.

The streets of Qinghe Town are very wide, with numerous alleys and houses. Xu Yunfan followed Qin Run around and found that the town had a complete range of shops.

There are bookstores, grocery stores, rice stores, clothing stores, dessert stores, etc.

Because of the weather, although Xu Yunfan and his friends arrived in the town early, there were already many people out shopping and strolling. After all, it was noon and the sun was scorching, and no one wanted to go out.

Xu Yunfan followed Qin Run and stood outside the rouge shop. He originally wanted to go in, but changed his mind and stopped.

He and Qin Run came to compete with the owner of the rouge shop for customers. It was okay to rob them outside, but it was too much to rob them inside the shop. If they were not careful, they would be kicked out by the owner.

So, after Xu Yunfan took Qin Run in for a walk, the two of them went out and squatted in the open space next to the rouge shop, and began to look around, searching for target customers.

Qin Run didn't know what Xu Yunfan was going to do, but after seeing him change his posture several times, he knew that his feet were numb from squatting.

"Wait for me here." Qin Run put down the backpack, got up and left.

Before Xu Yunfan could ask, Qin Run disappeared into the crowd. After a while, Qin Run borrowed a stool from somewhere and said, "Sit here."

Xu Yunfan looked at the stool, then at Qin Run, "You sit here, what are you sitting on?"

"I'm used to it. My feet don't feel numb anymore." Qin Run used to come to the town to find a job and would squat for most of the day. He was really used to it.

Qin Run squatted down, took the backpack, took out a roasted sweet potato from it and began to peel it. As for the several slightly gold-colored boxes that Xu Yunfan put in this morning, he took a few glances at them and didn't dare to move.

Xu Yunfan watched Qin Run peeling the baked sweet potato. When Qin Run handed the peeled sweet potato to him, Xu Yunfan did not take it. Instead, he took a bite from Qin Run's hand and said incoherently, "So sweet, so delicious."

Qin Run saw this and smiled, "There's more in the backpack, you can eat this."

Xu Yunfan shook his head, "Take it and feed it to me. My hands can't get dirty."

Hearing this, Qin Run didn't say anything. After Xu Yunfan swallowed the roasted sweet potato in his mouth, he handed the roasted sweet potato to him and watched Xu Yunfan eat it bite by bite.

Xu Yunfan's appearance is so outstanding that even if she is sitting aside eating roasted sweet potatoes without any image, she still attracts attention.

People coming and going couldn't help but take a second look at him.

Those girls and boys would look back frequently even after they walked away. Some of them even walked back and forth several times, just wanting to take a few more glances at Xu Yunfan.

Xu Yunfan was already used to being stared at by others. He ate roasted sweet potatoes while searching for his target.

When he saw a young girl approaching the rouge shop with her maid from the other end, Xu Yunfan immediately stood up and walked over. "Miss, are you here to buy rouge?"

The girl that Xu Yunfan considered as a target client had single eyelids, small eyes, a slightly collapsed nose, light eyebrows, and lips that were not rosy enough.

The maidservant following the girl was suddenly approached by a man and became angry. She was about to scold this shameless lecher who dared to approach their lady, but when she saw Xu Yunfan's charming face, she could not bring herself to curse.

This man looks so fairy-like, let alone chatting him up, even...

Can’t you see that their lady is already stunned?

"Miss?" Xu Yunfan spoke, interrupting the girl's infatuation.