804 Chapter 804 - Eating
Ba Zhou County, Ba Shui City.
On a busy street, so people were walking in circles. Among them, so hawkers were carefully setting up stalls on the road.
It was the height of sumr. The sun was blazing in the sky, so hot air enveloped the surroundings. Even the big willow trees by the river had begun to wither as if they had lost their moisture.
On the road, a large group of hawkers was sitting. When they saw the people around them, they quickly stood up and shouted, trying to make them stop to buy sothing. The scene was like so peddlers from the later generations.
However, unlike the later generations, the peddlers here were all genuine poor people. The things they sold were also large pieces, all of which were things that could be found in the wild.
They were selling wild fruits and vegetables or so small beasts that had just been caught. They hoped to co here and sell so things for a bit of money to add to their family.
The sun was blazing hot. No one was willing to stay here if it was not for making a living. The reason why these people set up stalls here was also to think of ways to accumulate more things during their free ti in the countryside to deal with the imperial court's increasingly heavy taxes.
In the distance, not long after, so people with slightly more luxurious clothes and better clothes and hair ornants walked past, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.
"Butler Feng, co and take a look at my rose madder. It's very good for making soup."
"The wild lon I found here is big and round."
"And my bamboo rat over here..."
Cries rang out in all directions, but the face of the person, Butler Feng, did not change. In the end, he walked directly to a certain person. It was a young man who looked rather dignified and handso. He was wearing sackcloth with a torn pudding on it, and his face was full of worry.
Unlike the others who had set up the stall, although this young man was wearing a torn sackcloth and looked like he ca from a poor family, he was not as ssy as the others. Not only was his clothes washed clean, but there was no trace of dirt on his face, nor was there any strange sll on his body. It was as if he had been ticulously washed every day.
This was not an easy feat. The poor people spent their days with mud and weeds. They did not brush their teeth or wash their heads. Their entire person was in a ss. They were also too lazy to wash because they were busy working. Naturally, they did not have a good image in the long run.
However, the young man in front of them was different. His entire body was clean, and his long hair was tied up properly. He even seed to be following etiquette and treating others gently. If he were not dressed in hemp clothes and setting up the stall, others would probably have mistaken him for a scholar.
Although he seed to have a good temperant, a layer of cloth wrapped around his chest, there was a bit of blood in it. It seed that he was injured.
"Butler Feng, you are here."
Seeing that the person in the distance was gradually approaching, the young man quickly stood up and squeezed out a smile.
"Chen Housheng, how are your recent gains?"
Butler Feng was wearing a light black outfit. His face had so wrinkles, and he looked in his forties. He looked at the young man in front of him with a smile.
"Thanks to you and Lord Li, my harvest these few days is quite good."
The young man stood up and cupped his hands at Butler Feng. The smile on his face did not change. Besides his young and handso face, no one felt a bit disgusted. "What do you need, sir? Let see if there's anything here."
"I want a few wild gas, like pheasants or wild rabbits." Butler Feng nodded and said to the young man.
"That's a coincidence."The young man patted his head and said with an apologetic smile, "I just caught a few wild rabbits these few days. There are a total of seven. Do you want all of them?"
"I want all of them."
"Then I'll send them to you later. You can pay the price when you see them."
After saying this, the young man continued, "I still have so small peaches. I specially picked them out. They are both fresh and sweet. Do you want to buy so for the young masters and young ladies in residence to try?"
"Give all of them."
Housekeeper Feng nodded and smiled. "Your little peaches are the best in this area."
With such a big custor, the young man quickly sold everything in front of him. Under the stunned gazes of the others, he directly lifted the burden on the side and left.
"That little peach over there. It's not even two catties, yet it's already 100 Wen?"
An old farr who seed to be a newcor rubbed his eyes and looked at the young man who had just received the money. For a mont, he still did not believe it.
The so-called "little peach" was the local wild peach. Because it was small and tasteless, it was called "little peach." It was a wild fruit. Although it could not be said that it was everywhere in the wild, one could find it if one looked carefully.
Unlike the peaches that had been tad for a long ti in the later generations, the peaches of the ti were generally small and tasteless. Not to ntion those that grew in the wild, even those planted especially by farrs, could not fetch a good price in the market.
Therefore, the old farr in front of him was so surprised and even a little unconvinced.
"Don't look down on Chen Housheng."
On the side, so familiar fellow villagers introduced him, "Other people's peaches naturally can not be sold at a high price, but Chen Housheng's peaches are different."
"In this area, Chen Housheng's eyes are peerless. No matter what it is, when it cos to his eyes, he can pick out the best ones.
"He specially handpicked those peaches. Not only are they tender and white, but they also carry sweetness."
"Then surely this young man has made a great fortune."
The old farr who had spoken earlier was a little envious when he heard this, but he was also curious. "But looking at his appearance, he doesn't dress much better than us."
"Sigh..."
On the side, another person sighed. At this mont, he continued, "Speaking of which, that young man is also a person with a hard life. I heard that he ca from exile. Not long after he ca here, his parents died, leaving him here alone."
"But he is also a person who has lived up to his expectations. Not only was his eyesight good, but his hunting skills were extraordinary. Every few days, he will hunt down a few prey. He was regarded as the best hunter in this area."
As he said this, he pointed to the spot where the young man was sitting in the distance. There was still so dried blood there.
"Do you see that blood? Chen Housheng was covered in injuries half a month ago. In the end, he killed a big wild boar from the forest. It weighed three hundred catties and was sold for a total of seven taels of silver..."
"Seven taels of silver?"
The eyes of so farrs who were not well-inford lit up. Even the pedestrians on the side of the road could not help but pause when they heard this number. They stopped to listen.
"Unfortunately, this young man is a kind person,"
Soone continued. There was deep emotion in his voice. "When this young man first ca here, a few families felt sorry for him and gave him a few mouthfuls of food. Later on, there were problems in these families. This young man imdiately went over and gave the little money he earned to prevent those families from selling their children.
"That's fine, but in the past few years, there has been a disaster nearby. Many people sell their children, and even more, people live on the streets.
"This young man is too kind-hearted. He couldn't stand it, so he took in so of them. Usually, he would ask them to do so minor tasks and give them food and drinks."
"But then, so people used the young man's kind-heartedness and left their children in his courtyard in the middle of the night. That young man couldn't stand it, but he couldn't bear to leave them alone. After a while, he took in more and more children, so naturally, he couldn't be wealthy."
The person finally sighed and said, "It's also because these young people have the ability. If it were another person, he wouldn't have been able to take care of those children long ago."
Hearing this, the surrounding people were also full of sighs. When they thought of the young man sitting here with injuries all over his body, they suddenly felt a little pitiful.
This was also one of their few usual topics of conversation during their rest ti. In this place, these people usually didn't have much entertainnt. They could only chat about the big and small matters around them to relieve their boredom.
Not long after, when the sun was slightly dark in the sky, the number of people parading the streets outside gradually increased. These people imdiately scattered and sat in front of their stalls, hoping soone would buy sothing.
In the distance, Chen Housheng walked on the road with difficulty.
"After selling those few rabbits and adding that big wild boar from before, I have almost saved another ten taels of silver this month..."
As he walked on the road, he had a bitter expression. He felt the intense pain coming from the wound on his chest, and the resentnt in his heart grew deeper and deeper.
"It's been four years since I ca to this world! When will these damn days end!"
Wearing straw sandals, he walked quickly on the road. His heart was filled with gloom.
He was originally an ordinary college student in China. He had just graduated and was preparing to search for all sorts of things, but sothing unexpected happened. When he woke up again, he had arrived in this world.
It had been four years since he transmigrated to this world, but he had accomplished almost nothing. He had lived this kind of life for four years.
He closed his eyes silently and suppressed the impetuous emotions in his heart. At this mont, a colorless pearl gradually blood and filled his mind.
This pearl did not have any color or texture. It looked as unremarkable as an ordinary stone. At this mont, a bit of white gas slowly wrapped around it, and the colorless pearl slowly occupied it, it turned into a pure white, and a faint red color slowly took shape in the middle, extrely dazzling.
The Nether Pearl. This was what had appeared in Arthur's body after his death. It could be considered his only thing now and was also his greatest trump card and Goldfinger in this world.
So transmigrators might feel suspicious about this, but Chen Housheng never did. If this thing belonged to him, it was naturally good for him. However, even if it belonged to soone else, his life would not be much different.
It ant it was useful if soone else tricked him of the pearl. And this would also an that he has a certain degree of usefulness and that others would keep him alive.
A mortal could only live around a hundred years of life. Chen Housheng was willing to be used for his entire life if soone else could bring him great fortune.
"So, if anyone is considering it, hurry up and bring a great fortune!"
He grumbled in his heart, and unknowingly, the anger in his heart lessened a little. After calming himself down, he once again felt what was contained within the pearl.
What was contained within was not anything else but a unique gift, luck. The so-called luck was the combination of a person's fate, timing, and so on. In Chen Housheng's original world, all of them were feudal superstitions.
However, after coming to this world, with the Nether Pearl's existence, Chen Sheng could see his luck.
"Speaking of which, with luck currently contained within the Nether Pearl, if I choose to use it, I should be able to make a fortune and get rid of my current predicant in no ti."
A self-deprecating smile appeared on Chen Sheng's face. "It's a pity I haven't gotten a good opportunity. If I consu all this luck now, I'll finish it up. I might keep it and save it up for another chance."
"However, based on the current progress, I still need to wait at least another year if I save up the energy for the next activation."
Thinking of this, he sighed softly. Then, he raised his head and continued walking forward.
"I have endured the past four years. A year is nothing to ."
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