“Grandma, those people are poisoned because they’ve eaten a sprouted melon. As long these melons haven’t had green sprouts and turn greenish black, they are definitely not poisonous. But if they turn greenish black and had green sprouts, the melon will become poisonous, and you will be poison. You have to remember this and remind anyone who will buy the melon. If you won’t, someone will die.”
When the Old Lady heard this, she immediately slapped her thigh: “No wonder my grandson got sick when he ate a sprouted melon. At that time, he vomited the whole night, so we brought him to the doctor. After taking medicine, he slowly got better. It turned out to be because of that sprouted melon.”
Bai Zhi nodded her head: “Yes, it is because of this. You must be careful next time, don’t hesitate to throw them away.”
The Old Lady sighed: “Even if we hesitate, what else can we do? The melon started pilling up like a mountain at home because we can’t sell them at all. Now, people in Qingyuan Town simply doesn’t want to buy melon anymore. Even if we give them for free, I’m afraid no one will be willing to accept them.”
Bai Zhi busily replied: “Grandma, I want to buy all of these melons.”
The Old Lady showed a happy smile on her face, but then she shook her head: “No, no, why would a little girl like buy so many melons? You don’t need to do this because you pity an old woman like me.”
Bai Zhi smiled and said: “Grandma, I don’t pity you. I am planning to grow melons at home. I went to the market today to specifically buy melons.”
The Old Lady hurriedly waved her hand: “You can’t plant them. Now, no one wants to eat melon. If you plant them, aren’t you just giving a problem to yourself?”
Bai Zhi said: “When the time comes, I believe that more and more people will eat melons.”
When the Old Lady saw Bai Zhi’s serious face, she was sure that she was not joking. So, she didn’t persuade her anymore: “Well, when people decide to walk forward, they won’t stop even if they bump a wall, right? You plant it if you want.”
The Old Lady then brought the two baskets in front of Bai Zhi: “You take them all if you have 20 cents.”
20 cents? 20 cents were only equivalent to 10 kilos, but the basket was full. Not to mention, there were two baskets. One full basket will definitely not only weight 10 kilos.
Bai Zhi took out a total of 6 silver coins from her purse and put them all to the Old Lady’s hand: “Grandma, this is my payment to the melons, you take it.”
When the Old Lady saw Bai Zhi gave her a lot of money, she refused to accept it. But Bai Zhi insisted and only took away 2 silver coins: “Grandma, this money is for your two baskets of melon. You don’t need to refuse. When I’m gone, you should take care of yourself.”
After she finished, Bai Zhi turned around and left with Hu Feng. They quickly disappeared to the Old Lady’s eyes after squeezing themselves to the crowd.
The Old Lady’s eyes slightly got wet, she sighed long and wanted to find Bai Zhi’s figure, but she could no longer see her.
*
After putting the two baskets in the cart, Hu Feng pointed his finger to the potatoes and asked: “Are you really going to plant this?”
Bai Zhi nodded her head: “Of course, do I look like joking?”
“But if people eat this thing, they will be a dead man. Who will buy this? Won’t they only rot in the ground?”
Bai Zhi smiled and said: “I have my own plans. You don’t have to worry about it. Since I am planning to plant them, naturally, I have already planned it through.”
Hu Feng snorted and thought inside his heart: I have nothing to worry about, so why should I care?
The two entered the market again, with the intention of buying some meat and vegetables. But who would have thought that the meat in the stalls will be sold out? They failed to buy even a piece of meat.
“Boss, what special day is it today? The time is still early, so how can all the meat sold out?” Bai Zhi asked the meat stall owner, who was counting money.