By this time, it was broad daylight, and a few scattered pedestrians could be seen on the road. Some were driving mule carts and oxcarts, some were riding donkeys, and some were walking like Lin Momo.
People who travel on foot are always envious of those who have carts and donkeys, and they can't help but glance at them with envy whenever those people pass by.
Lin Momo was also envious, but also quite depressed.
She owns a car too, you know.
The only problem is that the bicycles in the space cannot be displayed in front of people. They can only ride them when there is no one on the road or under the cover of night.
She couldn't possibly show it off in broad daylight, otherwise she would become the most dazzling person on the street.
It's best not to use it as a conspicuous bag; it might even cause someone's death!
But Lin Momo is not someone who gives in so easily.
When one path proved blocked, she came up with another idea: why not try hitchhiking?
At worst, we'll just give the car owner a few coins; only a fool wouldn't make money when there's an opportunity.
Suddenly, a carriage slowly approached from not far ahead.
On the country roads between villages, this horse-drawn carriage was particularly eye-catching, attracting the attention of many passersby.
Lin Momo couldn't help but look at the carriage out of curiosity.
The people in the carriage didn't seem to be in a hurry; they seemed to be on a leisurely trip.
The horse did not run, but walked slowly with its nimble hooves, as if afraid of disturbing the peaceful dreams of the people inside the carriage.
The driver flicked his whip and called out to those behind him, "Master, Lin Family Village should be just ahead."
The carriage curtain was then lifted, and the old man inside craned his neck to look outside, muttering, "We've finally arrived!"
She turned around, lowered the curtain, and gently nudged the boy who was curled up asleep on the soft pillow, saying, "Guangyao, we're almost there. Get up and wake up."
"Grandfather, have we arrived?" The seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy opened his sleepy eyes and asked in a daze.
The next moment, he fully regained consciousness.
It was because a bright light suddenly flashed across his chest.
The boy was immediately invigorated. He grabbed the tassel woven from the thin rope around his neck and pulled, and a jade pendant jumped out from under the layers of his collar.
The pendant was enveloped in a halo of light, its color becoming even more vibrant and beautiful, its brilliance dazzling.
But it seemed to be seen only by him.
Seeing his grandson looking blank and dazed, the grandfather couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Why are you staring at that piece of jade like that? Are you still half asleep? Why don't you get out of the car and walk around a bit, stretch your muscles and get some exercise."
As he spoke, he lifted the curtain again and instructed the driver, "Zhu Zi, stop the car and let Guang Yao get out and walk around."
After the boy got off the bus, he looked up and saw a simply dressed, thin and short boy walking alone on the other side of the road.
Before he could even take a closer look, he was surprised to find that the jade's radiance had become even brighter, which puzzled him greatly.
After arriving here, the first time this jade stone showed its extraordinary phenomenon was when my grandfather said he was going to take him out to visit friends.
Upon arriving at this place, strange phenomena appeared again.
The boy couldn't help but feel excited.
Does this mean that the person he's looking for is nearby?
Because it got close to her, the little thing became excited and showed its strange behavior again.
Although he knew that others couldn't see the light, he still panicked and quickly stuffed it back into his clothes.
Lin Momo, standing ten steps away, stared in astonishment at the flickering light ahead, her mouth agape. What on earth was that boy wearing on his chest?
Could it be that he wore a luminous pearl around his neck?
wrong!
A luminous pearl wouldn't glow during the day, would it?
As she passed him, Lin deliberately glanced at his chest. There were no luminous pearls or anything like that, but the light was still there, and it seemed even brighter.
She had a strange feeling in her heart, and for no apparent reason, she thought of her jade pendant.
But since there was no actual object in front of her, Lin Momo began to wonder if she was seeing things.
Her sidelong glance startled the young man, giving him an inexplicable feeling that his secret had been discovered.
He wondered to himself, could it be that "he" could also see the light emitted by the jade?
Could "he" be the person that the jade pendant and I are looking for?
This absurd thought flashed through the boy's mind.
When he wanted to take another look at the boy, he had already passed by, and could only see a thin, small figure. Soon after, even that figure was blocked by passersby.
At this moment, his own carriage had already left him behind. Without thinking twice, he immediately caught up with it.
*
In the end, Lin Momo managed to hitch a ride on a mule cart and arrived in the county town at ten o'clock in the morning.
It's neither too early nor too late; Fan Chongyang is probably in class right now. She doesn't want to bother him abruptly, so she'll just call him out while he's eating lunch.
Since it's rare for a country girl like her to come to the city, she might as well take a look around first.
There was a steamed bun shop not far ahead, and the enticing aroma wafted into her nose. She decided to try their steamed buns and see if they were any good.
She had already eaten some of the two baskets of steamed buns she had made earlier, and if this place's buns were good, she would stock up on some more.
In short, there's no harm in stocking up on food these days.
On the bustling streets, vendors' cries rose and fell, pedestrians came and went in a constant stream, and animals pulled all kinds of carts past from time to time.
Lin Momo was tiny; walking in a crowd was like a drop of water flowing into a river, causing no ripples and remaining completely inconspicuous.
Since there was nothing she wanted to buy, she wandered around aimlessly, buying whatever she needed from the stalls and putting it in her newly bought basket.
The basket the Lin family had was too big for her size, and it was also old and worn out; she could easily get pricked by the bamboo strips if she wasn't careful.
This size is just right.
She came across a stall selling bamboo woven tools, and Lin Momo thought that she was about to leave the Lin family and should prepare these daily necessities for herself.
We got two baskets of each size (small, medium, and large), and of course, we also needed to prepare fishing tools such as fish baskets and shrimp baskets, as well as a set of large and small winnowing baskets for drying things.
Lin Momo was almost overwhelmed by all these things. It took her a lot of effort to drag everything into a deserted alley and instantly put it all into her spatial storage.
Then leave from the other end of the alley.
When Lin Momo reappeared on the street, she was carrying only a small basket, the kind that the village used for thirteen or fourteen-year-old children.
As I strolled around...
They arrived at the entrance of a medical clinic.
Upon confirming that this was not the same clinic she had sought medical treatment at last time, Lin Momo's heart skipped a beat.
After leaving, she returned shortly after. If you looked closely, you would notice that the basket on her back seemed to have sagged a bit, as if it contained something heavy.
Carrying a basket full of Poria cocos on her back, Lin Momo stepped straight into the clinic.
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