After everyone else had left, only Tang Baozhu and Gu Chengxu remained standing there.
Tang Baozhu was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
Gu Chengxu coughed and silently cheered himself on.
"Tang Zhiqing, I've been thinking about you ever since we last met. I'm so glad to run into you again today. I wanted to tell you about myself. I'm not from here; I came from the south to serve in the army. I'm 24 years old, a deputy battalion commander, and I have no particular bad habits. I don't smoke and drink occasionally. I have a lot of good feelings towards you. I wonder what your impression of me is?"
Tang Baozhu did have a bit of his image in her heart, but it wasn't very deep. For someone like her who didn't know where the end of her life was, it seemed that whether she was in love or got married didn't matter.
If you meet someone you click with, then be together. If things don't work out, then it's okay to stay single.
"Comrade Gu, I think I'm too young and it might not be suitable for me to be in a relationship so early. Why don't you find someone else?"
Tang Baozhu had just turned 18 after the New Year. She was quite comfortable living alone and didn't want to start dating so early.
Gu Chengxu couldn't stand hearing the young girl telling him to find someone else. "Comrade Tang, I'm not saying we should date and get married right away. I'm just thinking of giving each other a chance to get to know each other better. I also hope you'll give me a chance. If Comrade Baozhu decides I'm not suitable after we've spent some time together, then we can talk about it."
He was definitely lying when he said that last thing. He didn't believe it. He thought that after spending time together, the girl wouldn't like him. Even if she didn't like him, he would keep pursuing her until she agreed.
Tang Baozhu really didn't feel there was anything inappropriate about it. She had so many secrets, and the other person was a soldier. She felt that she wouldn't be able to keep her secrets from him.
He wasn't a smart person to begin with, and when he gets sold out, he might still be helping the other person count the money.
"I'm still young, I don't want to date so early. I'm going to the market now, goodbye."
After Tang Baozhu finished speaking, she ran away. She was quite fond of his military uniform and his face, but she was unsure if she could live the kind of life that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl had.
Feeling she hadn't thought things through, she decided to simply run away. As for whether the man would be chased away by someone else? So what if he was? She wasn't in a hurry anyway.
Once inside the market, I started looking for things that interested me. This time, I found that the old man who sold medicinal wine was still there. I greeted him and then went to the old lady's stall next door.
It's all insoles and embroidered shoes. Even though she's just setting up a stall here, the old lady's hands are never idle; she keeps making shoes non-stop.
Tang Baozhu didn't actually want to buy them; she just thought the floral patterns on them were particularly beautiful. During the winter she spent at home with nothing to do, she also made shoes for herself, including insoles.
The shoes she made herself were all very simple and plain, and even the flowers she embroidered were elegant ones like bamboo and lotus. The shoes at the old lady's stall, on the other hand, were all brightly colored with large, vibrant flowers.
The colors were originally rather gaudy, but after being put together, they actually look quite nice; I guess you could say I learned a trick from someone else.
After watching for a while and having a general idea of what was going on, I left the stall and walked a little further. I found a place selling sesame paste, which was made at home by frying flour, sesame seeds, and peanuts. It smelled delicious.
"Auntie, how do you eat this? It smells so delicious."
The old lady at the stall was very happy to hear someone asking. Locals usually make it themselves, and the only people who buy it are outsiders and educated youth sent to the countryside.
"Little girl, let me tell you, this stuff smells delicious, but it tastes even better when you eat it. Just pour boiling water over it. How much boiling water you use is up to you. If you want it thicker, use less boiling water; if you want it thinner, use more boiling water."
Tang Baozhu asked about the price, and because the ingredients used inside were of good quality, it cost one yuan per kilogram.
Tang Baozhu felt that she might not be able to cook this kind of thing well enough, so she decided to buy ten catties first. If it was delicious, she would buy more after she finished eating it.
When the old woman heard that the little girl wanted ten pounds, she was worried that the little girl would regret it, so she quickly put it in a clean cloth bag and weighed it.
It was done in less than a minute, and Tang Baozhu didn't say anything, since it did smell delicious to her.
I handed over ten yuan, silently feeling a pang of regret. I had less than a hundred yuan left in my savings. It seemed I needed to start making some money.
I put the sesame paste in the basket on my back, and even carrying ten pounds of it, I didn't feel the weight at all. I'm definitely becoming more and more like a tomboy, a tomboy with a delicate appearance.
I kept walking forward, and I could find most of the things I saw along the way, so I didn't stop. When I got to the very front, I saw a place selling fresh herbs.
Thinking that he still didn't have any wild ginseng from the Zongying, he walked straight up.
"Uncle, do you have ginseng here?"
The middle-aged man glanced at the young girl in front of him, wondering if she could produce any money.
The girl's clothes looked quite new, so she must be a sent-down youth, which means she shouldn't be short of money.
"Yes, there are several bottles that are less than 10 years old, one bottle that is 30 years old, and one bottle that is 50 years old."
"Uncle, can you replant your ginseng? I want the kind that's still wrapped in soil, so I can plant it after I buy it."
The uncle was speechless at what the young girl said. When others harvest ginseng, they would definitely process it immediately. Who would wrap it in soil? The locals know how difficult it is to grow ginseng, and no one has ever succeeded.
"Young lady, don't joke with me. If you want fresh ginseng, unless you give me advance notice, I won't wrap it in soil for you when I find it. Otherwise, who would just dig it up and process it directly, worried about ruining its medicinal effects?"
Hearing the uncle's words, Tang Baozhu instantly felt like a fool. All the medical skills she had learned in her previous life had been wasted. It seemed she still needed to study more and find all those old medical books to review them again.
"Uncle, can I order one from you? The year doesn't matter, what matters is that I want to plant it, so it absolutely can't be processed. It's best if it's delivered shortly after being taken out of the soil, so I don't have to worry about it not surviving."
The uncle selling medicinal herbs looked at Tang Baozhu with a complicated expression. "Young lady, I'm not lying to you, but no one has ever successfully grown this before. Are you sure you want it?"
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