Baicao Valley has been renovated. On this day, Xia Yuanqiu put a space ring on his son's finger and said: "Lin'er, here are some things prepared by your parents and grandparents for you. Take it with you on the road!" "
Lin'er looked at her mother's red eyes and haggard face, and felt a faint pain in her heart: "Mom, I don't want to travel anymore. I can go directly to Kunlun in three months."
Zhu Yan reached out and patted him on the shoulder, sighing: "Silly boy, you are already sixteen years old, but you don't even know what this world looks like, so we are not at ease just letting you go to Kunlun. It’s for my parents.”
Lin'er held back her tears and didn't cry. Her father said that men don't shed tears easily. It's just a temporary separation. They will be reunited again. At that time, it will be a true reunion of their family. Have confidence in yourself.
Lin'er walked away and left Baicao Valley without looking back. It wasn't that he didn't want to go back, but he didn't want his parents and grandparents to see the tears on his face.
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"I'm selling flowers, I'm selling flowers—"
"Selling fish, fresh herring, sir, do you want to buy fish?"
"Selling steamed buns, large steamed buns with vegetarian fillings, small pork buns, steamed buns, steamed buns -"
This was his first time coming to the market, and everything felt so fresh. It turned out that this is how people outside Baicao Valley lived!
He walked up to an old man selling candied haws, and looked at the bright red and delicious candied haws with a smile.
"Want one?" The old man looked at the young man in front of him with strange eyes. The young man looked at the candied haws in a strange way, as if he had never seen one before and wanted to eat it but couldn't afford the money.
The old man looked at him cautiously and took a step back involuntarily. He couldn't let this young man snatch his candied haws. He couldn't catch up with his body.
Zhu Lin asked with a smile: "How much does this cost?" Aunt Fang had told him about the candied haws before, saying it had a sweet and sour taste and was very delicious. His mother also made it for him in Baicao Valley, but it was a pity that it was not made. It looks different from this one, but I don’t know how the taste compares to what my mother made.
The old man said: "Five cents a piece!"
Five cents? Zhu Lin scratched his head. He didn't know how much five cents was, so he took out a piece of silver worth two taels and said to the old man, "Are these enough?"
The old man's eyes widened. It turned out that this kid was not too poor to afford it, but that he was stupid because he had so much money!
The old man swallowed his saliva at the silver ingot and said with a smile: "Enough, enough, enough. Buying them all is enough!"
Zhu Lin shook his head: "I just want one!" He handed the money to the old man. Although the old man wanted to take it, he didn't dare. Who knows who this kid is? If he cheated him, the family would be in trouble soon. If someone comes to find him, wouldn't he be in big trouble
The old man looked confused: "There are too many, I, I can't find them!"
Zhu Lin exclaimed: "Is it too much?" So he pinched the silver ingot, broke off a small piece from the top and handed it to the old man: "Is it okay now?"
The old man was completely dumbfounded. How strong is this guy's finger? He can break the silver coins easily. Fortunately, he just scolded him for being stupid in his heart and didn't say it out loud. If he was displeased, he would break him like this. Isn't he finished
Seeing that the old man still didn't answer, Zhu Lin raised his eyebrows: "Is there more?"
The old man nodded: "There's more, or you can buy them all!" As he said that, he handed over a whole stick of candied haws.