Xixi floated above the warehouse, gazing in surprise at the shelves before her, waving her little hands excitedly.
She happily reached out her bracelet, wanting to put everything inside.
Suddenly, I remembered that the storage space on my bracelet had been reset, and it could only hold clothes that didn't take up much space.
Thinking of this, Xixi pouted, feeling wronged, and reached out to the shelf in a depressed mood.
At the same time, Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng, led by Chen Xiang, finally met the merchant with whom the village head had previously made a deal.
The merchant was a slightly overweight middle-aged man, dressed in a dark blue brocade robe, with a gleaming thumb ring on his hand.
He was strolling around in front of the basket full of cotton with a look of disgust, occasionally taking a few clumps of cotton out of the basket to examine it.
"Some of this cotton is damp and won't work."
"Shopkeeper, although the cotton is damp, the variety is good. You're in the cotton business, haven't you noticed how strange the weather has been lately?"
Zhu Chenfeng did not become self-conscious because of the shopkeeper's disdain. He shook his sleeves, put one hand behind his back, and calmly and confidently retorted.
The shopkeeper was surprised that the simply dressed man in front of him spoke with such eloquence that he was no less eloquent than the literati in the city, and his impression of Zhu Chenfeng improved.
"Indeed, these past few days, when I get up at dawn, it feels freezing cold, as if winter is just around the corner, even though it's only June now."
"I was fortunate enough to meet a wise man, who told me that a strange phenomenon was about to occur, and that we should quickly sell the cotton we had to exchange for money to buy some winter clothes."
Seeing that the shopkeeper believed his story, Zhu Chenfeng immediately pressed his advantage, adding details to Xixi's suggestion to make the story even more credible.
Sure enough, after these words were spoken, the shopkeeper, who had previously been critical of the cotton, immediately became serious and turned to his assistant.
"Send a few people out to take inventory."
Upon hearing the shopkeeper's words, the shop assistants hurriedly ran out and carried the bamboo baskets from the cart into the shop.
Then, the accountant handed the accounts to the manager, who took the ledger, nodded, and took out a bag of silver and gave it to Zhu Chenfeng.
"The cotton is indeed of good quality, but it will be unusable if it gets damp. Here you go, fifty baskets in total..."
Just as the shopkeeper was about to state the number, Zhu Chenfeng hurriedly reached out to interrupt him and turned to look at Zhu Haotian and Tao Shi.
Seeing this, the two pulled Zhu Dabao, Zhu Xiaobao, and Pei Sining, and the group stood in front of Chen Xiang, shielding Zhu Chenfeng behind them.
After confirming that Chen Xiang couldn't see him, Zhu Chenfeng took out ten gold ingots from his sleeve and put them into his silver pouch.
"Shopkeeper, could you please exchange this gold ingot for silver?"
The shopkeeper stared blankly at the gold in the money bag, then turned to look at Chen Xiang, as if he understood something.
“Alright, according to the current market price, one gold ingot can be exchanged for twelve taels of silver, so I will exchange these ten gold ingots for one hundred and twenty taels of silver.”
Zhu Chenfeng nodded gratefully, "Please, you can say loudly how much money is in this money bag later."
The shopkeeper, being an experienced man, smiled and nodded without saying a word.
A moment later, the shopkeeper came out with a silver bag and handed it to Zhu Chenfeng. "Young friend, this money bag contains a total of two hundred and twenty taels of silver. Please keep it safe."
Zhu Chengfeng excitedly grasped the money pouch in his hand, pursed his lips, and nodded, "Thank you, shopkeeper."
After completing the transaction, Zhu Chenfeng led everyone through the alley to find the village head and others, and handed the money bag to the village head.
"Village head, there are two books containing twenty taels of silver. Keep them safe."
The village headman took the money bag in surprise, his eyes filled with tears as he looked at the gleaming silver inside.
"Finally, all this cotton has been sold. I have not disappointed you!"
With tears welling up in his eyes, he sighed for a moment before handing half the silver in his purse to Zhu Chenfeng.
"You'll need money for your journey, so please take this money."
Zhu Chenfeng pretended to hesitate for a moment, then grasped the village head's hand and choked up as he spoke.
“Village head, you can’t go back to Lujia Village now. Why don’t you find a new place to live?”
The village head felt that Zhu Chenfeng made sense. Although Lujia Village was their root, if they stayed any longer, the children of Lujia Village might never grow up.
"Okay, we've thought it through. We won't go back. We'll go live with my wife's family."
Zhu Chenfeng knew that this parting might mean he would never see the village head again, and he suppressed the bitterness in his heart.
He led his elder brother, sister-in-law, and nephews, bowed to the village head, and said loudly.
"Wishing you a safe and healthy journey."
The village head's face was full of sorrow, his eyes were red, and he nodded before slowly leading the children away with his back hunched over.
Hearing the sound, Chen Xiang walked over and looked at the village head's dejected figure, sighing, "Alright, the matter is settled, hurry up and leave!"
"Lord Chen, why don't we buy some supplies first, and then go out of the city to meet up with the others?"
Zhu Chenfeng handed the money bag to Chen Xiang, then looked anxiously out of the alley, wondering how Xixi was doing.
While Xixi was organizing supplies, she was surprised to find that the bracelet was flashing, and then several large characters appeared on the bracelet.
[Accumulate 1000 merit points to upgrade the bracelet's storage space and use it permanently.]
Merit points? Xi Xi tilted her head in confusion, completely unable to understand the meaning on the bracelet.
However, she understood the words "space upgrade". Does this mean that her space has been expanded?
Thinking of this, she quickly scanned the bracelet across everything in the warehouse.
Unexpectedly, the shelves and supplies were put into the bracelet, and in the blink of an eye, the warehouse of several thousand square meters was emptied, leaving it completely empty.
Xi Xi happily spun around in mid-air, and after hearing footsteps, she hurriedly flew towards the space.
After she entered the space, the scene connecting to the county government's warehouse also disappeared.
Now she finally understood that these images led to different warehouses and vaults.
In other words, she will be able to fill the space very quickly.
She has her own space now.
"Xixi, wake up, don't scare your mother."
Just as Xixi was happily rolling around on the ground, she heard Liu's voice from outside the space.
Remembering that her original body hadn't woken up yet, she looked around blankly, closed her eyes, and rushed towards the white wall.
Let Xixi out quickly, Xixi wants to see her mother!
Xixi originally thought that hitting the white wall would hurt a lot, but not long after, she slowly opened her eyes and curiously looked at Liu's haggard face.
"Mother, Xixi is awake."
Liu turned around excitedly to look at Old Lady Zhu and her sister-in-law, and hugged her daughter tightly while crying.
At this moment, Old Lady Zhu and Madam Sun were pleading with the doctor to save Xixi. When they heard what Madam Liu said...
The two men excitedly turned around and came to her side, carefully reaching out to touch Xixi's face.
"It's warm...it's warm now..."
"It's finally warm up. You little rascal, you scared your aunt to death."
Old Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Sun were both in tears, and together with Mrs. Liu, they hugged each other and cried loudly.
Just now, the doctor determined that Xixi wouldn't live past tonight and told them to go back and make arrangements for her funeral.
Neither Old Lady Zhu nor Madam Sun believed the result, so they knelt before the doctor and begged him pleadingly.
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