Quick Travel: Jing Yuan's Wanderings

Lunch was a small bowl of tomato and egg noodles.

The noodles were specially rolled and dried by my cheap daughter when she came back last time.

A whole month's supply.

My stepdaughter and son both have one day off per month, usually in the middle of the month, but the time is not fixed.

After dinner, Jing Yuan picked up an axe and chopped 10 bamboos in a row. He peeled off the bamboo leaves to feed the sheep, and put the bamboo poles directly into the life space. He asked System 003 to command the farming robot to split them into strips and polish them smooth.

As expected of a StarCraft product, the efficiency is damn high!

Just after I finished a bowl of boiled water, I received a friendly reminder from System 003: The bamboo strips have been processed.

Whenever I think of it, I can’t help but feel deeply regretful: Why can’t the farming robot weave bamboo baskets?

Helpless, he sighed and continued to work hard.

Practice makes perfect, and it took me two full hours to finally finish weaving a flower basket.

The sun was setting and it was almost five o'clock.

At 20:15, the evening drum sounded, the city gates were closed, and a curfew was enforced.

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan counted the time carefully by counting on his fingers.

Seeing that there was still time, he picked up two half-sized bamboo baskets:

One holds five watermelons and the other holds 50 cantaloupes.

He tied a small flower basket at each end of the carrying pole with ropes, and then hurried to the back door of the Duke of England's mansion.

The person in charge of the concierge was a lame old man with particularly sharp eyes.

It is said that he was the old master's former personal guard.

His leg was injured on the battlefield while saving the old duke.

Very trusted by the owner.

Seeing Jing Yuan coming with a shoulder pole from afar, she quickly called a little maid to go look for Jing Xiaoman and Jing Chuxia.

"Brother Jing, are you here to see the child again? What good stuff did you bring this time?"

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan put down his carrying pole and handed over a watermelon with a smile.

"Brother Jiang, take this and have a taste!"

After Jiang Ershan took it, he put his ear close to the melon rind and tapped it gently.

"Oh, this watermelon is good. It has a clear and crisp sound. Did you find it there?"

"Eh? Brother Jiang, look at what you're asking.

You don't know me yet. Watermelon is a precious item. How can I afford to buy it when I can't even fill my stomach?

This one I planted myself.

In the spring, when I had nothing to do, I planted a few melon seedlings in the backyard.

Luckily it worked.

I can't finish it all by myself.

So I thought about picking them all and giving them to the two children to try."

"Oh, I don't trust you. You can't even finish it by yourself. I think you don't even want to eat it.

OK, I won't take advantage of you for nothing.

This little basket you wove is very exquisite.

The palace was planning to purchase a batch of lightweight items for storing fruits and vegetables.

I think this little basket is very nice.

Brother Jing, don't just stand there, take off the basket quickly, I'll ask someone to go ask..."

"Thank you so much, brother..."

As Lieutenant General Jing Yuan spoke, he quickly took off the small flower basket and very tactfully put five melons in it.

"Brother Jing, I like this about you. You are a person who can get things done..."

Jiang Ershan happily took the small flower basket, took out a cantaloupe, rubbed it on his body, and took a bite.

Fruity, crisp, sweet and juicy.

Jiang Ershan nodded continuously while eating.

"Mm, not bad, delicious!"

Then, he turned around and handed the small flower basket to the errand boy who was waiting on the side.

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan smiled and continued, "It's delicious. You can eat more. They are all grown at home."

His hands kept moving as he swiftly took off another small flower basket, filled it with five melons and handed it over.

Seeing this, Jiang Ershan smiled even more brightly.

"Then I won't be polite. I have a torn dress here. You can take it back and wear it later."

As they were talking, the housekeeper who was in charge of purchasing the dowry for the Duke's wife arrived first.

"Brother Jiang, you are so unkind that you start eating right away.

This fruit smells so good!

Give me one, so I can try it too!"

After he finished speaking, he took out a cantaloupe from the small basket in Jiang Ershan's hand, pulled out a handkerchief from under his armpit, wiped it carefully, and then took a delicate bite.

"Yeah, delicious!"

"Brother Jing, please leave two cantaloupes and one watermelon for the two children. For the rest, you name a price and I'll take them all."

"This, this is for my child..."

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan scratched his head, a little hesitant. The most important thing was that he hadn't found out the prices yet.

Jiang Ershan obviously saw Jing Yuan's embarrassment and quickly spoke up to help, "Mr. Zhang, you are embarrassing Brother Jing!

There were only so many melons in his house, and he couldn't bear to eat any of them, so he gave them all to his two children.

How would he know the exact price?

I have to say, the taste of this melon is really amazing.

Don’t you often go to Caishi Street to shop?

Just pay the price of top-quality fruits and vegetables, that’s it.”

"Oh, look at my brain, it's all confused by the sweetness of this melon.

Okay, I’ll listen to Brother Jiang.

Let’s discuss this.

The cantaloupe is 15 cents each.

The melons grown by Brother Jing are so delicious, so the watermelons must be good too.

The watermelons are of the best quality, 250 wen each.

Three for 750 wen.

Brother Jing, do you still remember how many melons there are?"

"There are 40 cantaloupes left in this basket. Take away two, and there will be 38."

Lieutenant General Jing Yuan answered as he took out two cantaloupes and a watermelon from the basket.

"40 pieces, 15 wen each, that's 600 wen, minus 30 wen, there's 570 wen left.

All together, it’s 320 coins per ounce!

I saw that small bamboo basket, it is very exquisite.

Put it together and I'll give you one and a half taels.

Xiaolian..."

Xiaolian, a maid in green, came out and handed a purse to Lieutenant General Jing Yuan.

"Oh, this little basket is exquisite. It is very suitable to put fruits in it and pass it to the master.

It'll be 150 cents each. You can deliver of them tomorrow morning. The money will be kept with Brother Jiang and you can settle it with him.

If you have cantaloupes and watermelons in the future, just send them to me and I promise to give you a fair price."

Seeing Lieutenant General Jing Yuan nod, he winked at the servant who was waiting by the side with a carrying pole.

The servant hurried forward, picked up the bamboo basket, and entered the courtyard.

"Brother Jiang, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. I'll treat you to tea another day!"

After saying this, without waiting for a reply, he turned around and left in a hurry.

Leading the servant, he munched on melons as he hurried to the main courtyard.

After a round of compliments, he presented all the watermelons and cantaloupes to his master as a gift.

She served the Lady of England one by one and tried the cantaloupe and watermelon ice bowls, and was rewarded with a silver hairpin, then left happily.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Jing Yuan didn’t know!

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