Chen Shi stepped forward, "Mate, how much for a steamer?"
"Six copper coins per steamer, six large scallion buns!"
"I’ll take four steamers."
The server hurriedly grabbed some lotus leaves, dumped the buns onto them, wrapped them up quickly, making four packs in total.
Chen Shi handed one pack to Red Mountain Lady, one to Black Pot, kept one for himself, and gave the last one to the wooden cart.
The server took the money and was counting the copper coins when he caught sight of the dog person standing up, holding a lotus leaf in one paw and stuffing buns into its mouth with the other, leaving him stunned.
He rubbed his eyes and then saw another lotus leaf floating in the air, with a bun also floating and suddenly missing a piece, turning his face somewhat pale.
The wooden cart emitted white smoke as its body opened up a Blood Pool-sized mouth, red flesh and white teeth visible, teeth four to five times larger than tiger teeth, throwing the lotus leaves and buns into its mouth, then stretched out its long tongue, lovingly licking its frame.
The crimson tongue of the wooden cart was about to lick the steamer when Chen Shi slapped it, making it quickly retract.
Seeing the server’s expression, Chen Shi hastily said, "Black Pot, get to work!"
Black Pot glanced over, the server seemed to have spaced out, shook his head, showing a puzzled look, and muttered to himself, "Everything is normal, my eyes must be blurry... I thought there was an Evil Spirit. Haha, how could there be an Evil Spirit outside Red Mountain Hall!"
Black Pot perked up, eating the buns and closely following Chen Shi.
The residents of the streets were stable, seemingly accustomed to seeing the unusual.
Occasionally, a young girl’s shrill scream in surprise, pointing at them fearfully, but with a glance from Black Pot, she too acted as if she had seen it all before and acted nonchalantly.
Red Mountain Lady had a small body with a large appetite, the morning market was full of food and nothing else for sale, pulling Chen Shi along, buying and eating with great enthusiasm.
Chen Shi was the first to be full, followed by Black Pot.
Later even the wooden cart had its fill, but she was still excitedly pushing forward.
"I want to eat this!" she said crisply, turning her head.
"Buddies from Red Mountain Hall, how long has this lady been starved?" Chen Shi complained internally.
Red Mountain Lady ate her way through three streets, eating until the silver and copper coins in Chen Shi’s pocket were spent, forcing him to take out a hundred silver note and convert it at the bank into more silver and copper coins to continue satisfying Red Mountain Lady’s appetite.
After the morning market, other shops also opened, with the bustle not decreasing but rather increasing.
Red Mountain Lady led Chen Shi around, curious about every item, Gongzhou City being much more lively and prosperous than Xinxiang County, with various business being done. fгeewebnovёl.com
At each stall and each shop, she would run over, or squat down, or lean in close, curiously watching how the shop owners shouted out and sold their goods.
Soon, she bought all the toys from the peddler’s stand.
The girl held a windmill in one hand, a sugar figurine in another, grew another arm to grab a kite, and another arm to grab a rattle drum...
With dozens of toys on the peddler’s stand, the girl grew dozens of arms to grab all kinds of toys, enjoying herself immensely.
Others couldn’t see her, only the various toys floating in the air, windmills spinning whooshing, kites flying, rattle drums swinging left and right making continuous booming sounds...
Chen Shi, quite nervous, hastily said, "Can you keep it under control?"
Black Pot was even more nervous, doing its utmost to control the psyche of everyone on the street, panting with its mouth open, tongue hanging out.
It was fully exerting itself to manage the street, trying to keep the few hundred people on the street oblivious, forgetting to interfere with Chen Shi’s perception.
Since his grandfather passed away, Chen Shi had always been disturbed by the dog, but now suddenly regaining his senses, he turned to look at Black Pot, thinking to himself, "Something seems off with my dog... Well, it’s always been abnormal. Let it be."
The dog was left to him by his grandfather, being his closest "person," and even if abnormal, Chen Shi had no intention of abandoning the dog.
Black Pot struggled to control the street, a laborious task as everyone’s willpower varied, with cultivators passing by nearby, aiming to make everyone unaware of anomalies, putting its abilities to the test.
Fortunately, Red Mountain Lady soon lost interest in these toys and took an interest in other things.
Chen Shi followed her running here and there. By noon, nearly half of the hundred silver pieces were spent. Later entering a cloth shop, they found a seamstress to make her new clothes, to be picked up in a few days.
Finally, the hundred silver pieces were spent.
A weight settled in Chen Shi’s heart as although Scholar had some savings, they wouldn’t last long at this spending rate, and soon he might have to face the wind from the northwest.
"I came to Red Mountain Hall to make money, yet I haven’t earned a penny, instead losing quite a bit."
He pondered possible ways to make money, but fast-earning methods seemed to be recorded only in the laws of Great Ming, not feasible for ordinary people.
Chen Shi suddenly remembered obtaining the Bi Xi shell at Mountain Lord Temple, selling the Bi Xi shell to make money, and possibly finding some relics at the place where Red Mountain Lady was born to make a great profit, he asked, "Lady, where were you born?"
Red Mountain Lady replied, "The place I was born is at Smoke Mist Ridge on Henggong Mountain, just forty li to the south of the city."
Chen Shi inquired, "Could you take me there?"
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