Yue Jiuyue acted as a mountain king for a while, inspecting all ten of her mountain strongholds. She found that everything was proceeding according to plan and everything was in good order. So she lost interest in her family and started thinking about running away again.
However, the horse-drawn carriage was not at home, the oxcart was too slow, and although the balance bike had been repaired long ago, it had been neglected by the family and placed in the storage room. There were no other means of transportation at home, so they couldn't very well use the electric scooter again.
Although she thought the electric scooter was quite convenient, it was autumn! The mountains were crowded with people, which was inconvenient! Inconvenient! She would easily be spotted!
As for walking there...
It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go back to frugality! She's much weaker now than when she first transmigrated. She didn't participate in the autumn harvest activities this year and is practically useless now. How could she possibly walk such a long distance?
But wandering around this small plot of land at home every day, there are no flowers to see, no fruit to pick, and all the crops in the fields have been harvested, leaving only bare land. All that's left are people building houses and newly built houses, as well as houses under construction.
Even the once beautiful lotus pond is now just a pavilion standing there. There's no water in the pond at all; it's just a big, dry pit. But it's been surrounded by bluestone bricks, so there's no need to worry about the mud around the lake falling off and causing any accidents anymore.
In addition, it is now late autumn, and the two technicians hired to help with planting cuttings and teach Zhou Laoda's family how to plant fruit trees have gone home. The threshing ground is clean and tidy. Apart from building houses, people dig up some medicinal herbs and clear the remaining mountain land to pass the time.
But none of this mattered much to Yue Jiuyue. After all, she was now a landlady herself, and she didn't have to do all the work herself. So, Yue Jiuyue was bored.
When you're bored, you have to find your own fun, and Yue Jiuyue is good at that.
Since we can't go to the county town for the time being, let's go somewhere else. The neighboring town isn't far, only thirty or forty miles away. That's no problem for Yue Jiuyue, who's only in her early thirties.
So, Yue Jiuyue, who was impulsive, greeted Liu Shi and went out by herself with a basket on her back.
She disliked driving the oxcart because it was too troublesome, not to mention the dawdling and the huge lumps of poop, so she preferred to walk.
Yue Jiuyue walked slowly for over thirty miles and arrived in less than two hours.
From the outside, Guangshan Town next door looks similar to Huandong Town. In fact, once you go inside, they are not that different either. After all, they are two adjacent towns and belong to the same county, so how big can the difference be?
Before entering the town, Yue Jiuyue put lotus roots in her basket, but they weren't dug from her family's lotus pond; they were freshly bought from the mall and looked plumper.
Yue Jiuyue randomly found a spot and started calling out her wares:
"Lotus root for sale! Lotus root for sale! It's delicious whether stir-fried, boiled, or served cold! Only twenty coins a pound!"
She just wanted to make a little extra money, and since she was the only one in the entire county selling lotus roots, she wasn't afraid of disrupting the market price. She could sell them for whatever price she wanted without worrying about anyone coming to overturn her stall.
However, this is not a county town after all. Many people come to see the novelty, but no one wants to spend money to buy anything.
After shouting for fifteen minutes, Yue Jiuyue gave up.
Carrying the basket, I went straight to the nearest restaurant.
"Hey! Waiter! Does your restaurant want lotus root? It's very cheap, only twenty coins a pound!"
Yue Jiuyue thought that even a small restaurant in a small town should know about lotus root, even if they hadn't seen it before.
As a result, the waiter simply flung his handkerchief around and chased him away with a long face.
"Get away from me! Get away from me! We don't accept random stuff in our shop!"
Yue Jiuyue didn't feel hurt or anything, but she felt that the waiter had no sense of service. Even if she was wearing coarse linen or patched-up clothes, no matter what she came for, as long as she wasn't there to cause trouble, the waiter should have greeted her with a smile.
Sigh! She's overthinking again. But she can learn from this experience. When she opens her own shop in the future, she must put respecting every customer, and even everyone who walks in, first.
Say more nice things and smile at people. It won't hurt you. Why be fierce or treat people differently based on their status and annoy them?
Yue Jiuyue carried the basket and went to the clinic again. She refused to believe that the lotus roots would really not sell today. The restaurant owner might not have heard of it, but the people at the clinic would definitely recognize it!
There is only one clinic in this town. Perhaps it is because traditional Chinese medicine is so profound and extensive that it is already very rare for a town to have even one clinic. At least Yue Jiuyue thinks that doctors, especially those practicing traditional Chinese medicine, are truly very, very amazing people!
Especially those top-notch doctors, whose medical skills are so superb that they are more powerful than the most advanced machines. Otherwise, why would they be called miracle doctors?
There were patients in the clinic, but Yue Jiuyue didn't disturb them. Instead, she chose a corner to sit quietly and wait until there were no more patients in the clinic before she went up to ask:
"Hello Dr. Zhang! Do you buy lotus roots at your clinic?"
This doctor appeared to be the most skilled and oldest doctor in the clinic. Such a doctor gave people a great sense of security, and Yue Jiuyue was no exception, even though she wasn't there for treatment.
"Lotus root? You have lotus root to sell? Where is it? Show it to me!"
Dr. Zhang was exhausted and on the verge of collapse. After all, he was getting old, and after concentrating on seeing patients for half a day, his body was protesting. He used to need his apprentice's help to stand up, but when he heard the word "lotus root," he immediately perked up and walked towards Yue Jiuyue on his own.
"The lotus roots are in the basket, Dr. Zhang, please take a look!"
Yue Jiuyue opened the lid of the basket, inside which were neatly arranged lotus roots, resembling the chubby little legs of a baby, which looked rather eerie.
Of course, this is the feeling of everyone except Yue Jiuyue and Doctor Zhang.
Doctor Zhang's mind was completely focused on the medicinal lotus root, while Yue Jiuyue was used to seeing it and never thought of anything else. Although some people use "lotus root-like arms and legs" to describe a chubby baby, Yue Jiuyue had never seen it described in reverse.
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