The next morning, Xu Xingchen and Jun Haoyue went to town.
The two spent the entire morning searching for the herbs at various pharmacies in town, but couldn't find any. The shop owner said someone had bought them a while ago, so they had sold them all and were now out of stock.
If you want this herb, you have to wait at least half a month.
Xu Xingchen walked out the door dejectedly.
"If it takes half a month to buy, I'm afraid the wheat will be eaten by insects. Alas, the business opportunity I found with great difficulty is gone just like that."
Jun Haoyue followed and said, "Don't worry, isn't there Mundun'er?"
The same thing applies when we wait for Munduner to come back and ask him to bring some herbs.
Xu Xingchen nodded.
The two of them ate a quick lunch at the stall and planned to go home to process the herbs. But just as they were about to get up, a figure approached them. "What a coincidence! I actually ran into you in town!"
Xu Xingchen looked closely and found that the person coming was Zhao Gan with a smile on his face, and he immediately smiled too.
"It's quite a coincidence indeed."
Zhao Gan must have just returned from outside. After sitting down, he poured himself a cup of tea and drank it. It took him a while to recover.
He was a little confused: "I saw you looking depressed just now, are you having any troubles?"
As soon as he said this, Xu Xingchen became worried.
"It's not a difficult task, but I've run into something quite troublesome." Xu Xingchen told Zhao Gan about his plan to develop an insecticide. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked, "You usually travel with the caravan, so you should know a lot of merchants, right? I wonder if there are any medicinal herb merchants among them?"
Zhao Gan laughed out loud: "I'm afraid the aconite you need isn't available at the pharmacy."
In recent days, many drug dealers have asked him to pay attention and try to buy some medicinal materials from outside.
Xu Xingchen's eyes dimmed slightly.
She was about to give up when she heard Zhao Gan say, "The drug dealer doesn't have it, but my sister might have it. She loves to tinker with all kinds of herbs. She even has a herb garden in the backyard dedicated to growing all kinds of herbs. I'll ask her when I get back. If she has it, I'll send it to you."
Xu Xingchen seemed to see a glimmer of hope again and thanked him repeatedly.
Jun Haoyue, who was standing aside, frowned as he watched the two of them chatting happily.
If this continues, he doesn't know when he can go back. He deliberately lowered his voice and said, "It's getting late. We should go back."
Xu Xingchen looked at the sky in confusion: "Isn't it just noon?"
Jun Haoyue's expression remained unchanged: "The herbs I picked yesterday haven't been processed yet, and the farm work in the fields hasn't been completed yet."
Xu Xingchen thought so too, and said to Zhao Gan, "I'll leave the matter of the medicinal herbs to you. I'll treat you to a meal some other day!"
Zhao Gan smiled and agreed.
Before Xu Xingchen could finish her polite words, Jun Haoyue grabbed her hand and took her away. Xu Xingchen, who was being dragged away, asked, "...Is there any need to be so anxious?"
Jun Haoyue straightened his back and said, "We can't be careless about things in the fields."
Xu Xingchen chuckled and poked his arm with his finger.
"I think some people have other ideas."
The two of them laughed and joked as they set off on their journey home. Unbeknownst to them at this moment, a rumor about them was slowly spreading in Sanwan Village.
The villagers gathered under the banyan tree at the entrance of the village, their eyes wide open: "Aunt Wang, did you really see that? You can't talk nonsense about this!"
Aunt Wang said confidently, "Of course I saw it, otherwise how could I tell you? Their clothes are all messed up!"
"Especially Xu Xingchen, his face was red, it was obvious that he had experienced that kind of thing."
Seeing that Aunt Wang's words were so convincing, many villagers believed that Xu Xingchen and Jun Haoyue were having an affair, and began to whisper to each other.
Aunt Wang was extremely happy when she saw this scene. She just hoped that those two people would not be able to get along!
Just then, Xu Xingchen and the other person came back.
The villagers were discussing something quite loudly, so she clearly heard her name and Jun Haoyue's name. She immediately frowned and asked, "What are you discussing?"
Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "The young widow is back!" and everyone started to move away.
Only Aunt Wang was still mocking her: "What little widow? She's a little slut!"
Xu Xingchen's brows furrowed even tighter. "What nonsense are you talking about!"
Aunt Wang put her hands on her hips and sneered, "I'm not talking nonsense. I saw it all clearly yesterday evening from the foot of the mountain. You and Jun Haoyue came down the mountain, and you were still wearing his clothes! Humph, you two were alone, a man and a woman, and your clothes were in disarray. Anyone could see what happened on the mountain! Pity your husband who died so early, his grave is now covered in green!"
Xu Xingchen was so angry that she finally understood why the villagers looked at her strangely.
Jun Haoyue stepped forward and protected her behind him: "You misunderstood, my cousin and I are innocent."
"Haha, you call each other cousins on the surface, but who knows what you're doing behind the scenes! We're all from the same village, we see everything you're like!"
A villager heard this and joined in the fun: "Yeah, you two are a little too close."
"What does being close mean?"
Xu Xingchen retorted, "My cousin is the only relative I have in the village. If I don't stay close to him, how can I stay close to you? I have nothing to fear from my own shadow, so I'll be honest with you! Yesterday, my cousin and I went up the mountain to collect herbs. The herbs needed for insecticide can only be found in the mountains! But the road was difficult to walk on, and my clothes were torn by thorns, so my cousin lent me his coat.
"Don't speculate about us with such dirty thoughts, that's it! If anyone talks nonsense again in the future, don't ask me for insecticide! Cousin, let's go!"
After saying that, Xu Xingchen took Jun Haoyue back home.
Everyone looked at their backs and looked at each other in confusion.
If they are not allowed to use pesticides, it would really be the end of them. Now who in Sanwan Village doesn’t know that Xu Xingchen’s family has good crops?
Compared to gossip, food is more important!
Everyone shut up and dispersed, and soon, only a few people were left there.
Among them are Zhang Xiaochun and Chen Pi.
Chen Pi frowned and said, "It seems we can't gossip about Xu Xingchen anymore. Otherwise, if she doesn't give us the insecticide, we'll have less food at home."
Zhang Xiaochun glared at him and said dissatisfiedly, "What are you afraid of? You talk as if insecticide is very valuable."
Chen Pi was confused: "It's really rare..."
Zhang Xiaochun hated hearing Xu Xingchen praised the most. Even if it was true, she wouldn't accept it: "I can also make insecticide, and it's more effective than hers!"
"You're worthy of being the one I like. You're so smart!"
Chen Pi's eyes lit up, and the two of them went to Zhang Xiaochun's house hand in hand to tinker with insecticide.
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