Shopkeeper Hu immediately paid the two men a thousand taels of silver notes, and the ten taels were exchanged into pieces of silver and copper coins at their request.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling thanked him, got up and left.
"It's really great. It was sold at a good price! Aya, you are so awesome!" Hu Ling grinned and gave a thumbs up.
Zhao Liya smiled and said: "Now our hands are much looser!"
"yes!"
One thousand taels of silver seems like a lot, but a lot of it will be spent immediately.
The two of them also had to buy two Ganoderma lucidum plants to prepare for their business trip, and they planned to buy one between 40 and 60 years old.
First, I found a drugstore, which was unkind and tried to rip them off because they didn't understand anything. One plant cost one thousand taels. Finally, I expressed my heartfelt sympathy to them and gave them a discount, one plant only cost four hundred taels.
The two of them turned around and left without saying a word.
I finally found a reliable one and bought two plants, about 50 years old, for 250 taels, which was about the same price as the guy from Yu Qingtang said.
If it weren't for selling and buying at the same time, people would be suspicious, so they simply bought it at Yu Qingtang.
After shopping, the two of them hired a car to return to Gaolian County the next morning without buying anything else in the provincial capital.
It's too far away to get it, but you can buy it in the county town.
Unexpectedly, we were unlucky. There was a landslide halfway through, blocking the entire road and making it impossible to cross. God knows how long we would have to wait.
The hired coachman refused to wait here with them, and they didn't want to go back to the provincial capital, so they paid half of the fare here. The coachman turned around and went back to the provincial capital. The two of them decided to go over the mountains and bypass this section.
You can also hire an ox cart from a nearby village to take you back to the county town.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two people reached the top of the mountain, a dark cloud came from the sky, and soon it started to rain with a "boom!"
It is very dangerous to travel in the mountains in heavy rain, and it is easy to get lost.
Fortunately, they saw a mountain temple not far away, and the two of them quickly ran over to take shelter from the rain.
Not long after they arrived at the mountain temple, they heard the sound of horse hooves. A group of seven or eight people rode horses to the mountain temple. They dismounted in front of the temple and entered the temple to take shelter from the rain.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling looked at each other with calm faces but secretly vigilance in their hearts.
The other party obviously did not expect to meet a strange young man and woman here. He was slightly startled, but soon felt relieved.
On rainy days, it’s normal to run into people while sheltering from the rain.
It's not easy for a woman to dress up as a man. It can be done for a while, but the secret is easily revealed. Zhao Liya has changed back to women's clothes. The world is not so chaotic, and there are Hu Ling accompanying her, who in the right mind would dare to make random decisions?
Besides, I thought I could get home today by carriage...
Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to have any intention of striking up a conversation with them. He cleared a place opposite them and sat down, muttering something in a low voice. Apart from sizing them up when he first came in, he didn't show any unusual behavior.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling breathed a sigh of relief.
The leader on the opposite side is a young man in his twenties, with handsome eyes and eyebrows, thin lips slightly pursed, a handsome face with cold lines that is very noble, and a light blue arrow-sleeved riding suit that is tailored to fit, adding to the momentum and making people subconscious.
My scalp feels tight and I dare not look directly.
There are no extraneous decorations on his body. The hosta that binds his hair looks simple and plain. The material of his clothes seems ordinary, but upon closer inspection, it is not simple.
When he first stepped in, Zhao Liya subconsciously looked up and met his eyes inadvertently. His eyes were as sharp as a sword and almost made her lose her composure and change her expression.
With great difficulty, she managed to keep her face expressionless and look back without any trouble.
Zhao Liya thought to herself that this person must be very rich, and maybe his status is unusual.
You can't mess with such people, the best way is to stay away.
Zhao Liya couldn't help but look into the rain, praying that the rain would stop soon.
On a June day, children's faces change at a moment's notice. They thought that a shower like this would stop after a while, and it would be clean and tidy. But they didn't expect it to look like this, as if it had no intention of stopping...
Unknowingly, the sky turned dark, the rain continued unabated, and a layer of wet mist appeared in the mountains, making the vision increasingly blurry.
Hu Ling whispered to Zhao Liya: "What should we do? Do we have to spend the night here tonight?"
The driver showed them the way. From here, they would cross mountains and ridges and follow the widest mountain road. They would encounter a village less than ten miles away.
At that time, I want to hire a donkey cart in the village. An ox cart will not be a problem, and I will definitely be able to return to Gaolian County before dark.
Now I regret it. I knew I would not take shelter from the rain. Who knew it would rain for so long? Now it is getting dark and the fog has risen. I don’t dare to risk walking around.
If it was just the two of them, it wouldn't matter if they spent the night here. The weather was actually safer. But who would have thought that they would meet a group of strangers by chance.
Zhao Liya was absent-minded: "There's nothing we can do about it. Let's just spend the night."
A cold light flashed, and the sharp flying knives shot out, and with a "Zheng!" sound, they were nailed to Zhao Liya's side! The attack was so fast that Zhao Liya and Hu Ling were both stunned and did not react at all!
When Zhao Liya screamed "Ah!", the flying knife was already nailed to her side!
"What are you doing-" Hu Ling stood up suddenly, and his stern question was instantly stuck. A snake covered in black and white stripes was writhing on the ground, and its abdomen was firmly nailed to the ground with a flying knife.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling's expressions changed and they were startled.
If it hadn't been for this flying knife, I'm afraid Zhao Liya would have suffered. Although they didn't know what kind of snake it was, the color looked weird, and it was probably not a good kind.
Zhao Liya stood up, composed herself, nodded to the young master and said gratefully: "Thank you, master!"
Zhou Hansheng glanced at her and nodded slightly, then paused and said, "You're welcome."
A follower beside him ran over, took back the flying knife, pinched the seven inches of the snake, crushed it to death and threw it out. He said with a smile: "Young Master is the best, no one else has this speed and accuracy!"
Several subordinates laughed and laughed in agreement.
The attendant raised his eyebrows at Zhao Liya again and said with a smile: "The girl is so brave, she didn't even scream when she was scared. I even covered my ears!"
Not only did his brothers laugh and scold him, Zhao Liya and Hu Ling also couldn't help but laugh.
Thanks to that snake, the atmosphere in the mountain temple became less distinct and became more lively and relaxed.
Zhao Liya smiled: "I was also frightened. It's just that the young master took action too quickly and didn't have time to scream. When I reacted and saw what was going on, I wasn't scared anymore."
She casually handed out a good person card: "You are such good people!"
These good people seemed to have never been praised as "good people" before. They were slightly stiff for a moment and laughed.
There was a tacit understanding, and no one asked curiously about each other's identity, where they were from, etc. They couldn't help but complain about the weather, which changed at every turn and caught people off guard.