Chapter 47: Chapter 44 Cause_2
Lu Jiaxin let out a sigh, took the money bag from inside the house, and placed it on the table, “Brother Gu, here’s seventeen thousand yuan, you can take the money for the house directly from here.”
“Such a large sum of money is safer in your own hands.”
“I need to go back to my hometown, carrying it with me might attract thieves.”
There are many pickpockets on the roads now, carrying so much money is unsafe. This area is a residential district with good public order, plus Gu Wenfeng’s martial prowess, if a thief dared to sneak in, he’d be taken down in minutes.
Gu Wenfeng chuckled and said, “Miss Lu, I thought you weren’t afraid of anything!”
“You overestimate me, I fear hardship, exhaustion, and poverty even more,”
After the two had settled this matter, the next day Lu Jiaxin went to the department store to shop and then made a trip to the marketplace.
She spent over one hundred yuan, but she still had many things to buy. Thinking about the crowded transport, she ultimately gave up.
In Ancient Capital at that time, there was no direct bus to Feng County from the provincial city; one had to first take a bus to the district and then transfer to the county town. Since she had already purchased her ticket in advance, Lu Jiaxin timed her arrival at the bus station perfectly.
The two found the shuttle bus and boarded, only to discover a young couple had taken their seats. Lu Jiaxin spoke up with courtesy, “Brother, sister, those are our seats.”
The man pretended not to hear, but the woman raised her voice, “Don’t you know the rules? These seats are first come, first served.”
Seeing her unreasonable and aggressive demeanor, Lu Jiaxin snorted coldly and spoke to Zhao Dajun, “Brother Zhao, drag them off the bus.”
Thankfully, she was accompanied by Zhao Dajun, who was tall and strongly built, otherwise, she might not have been able to retrieve her seat on her own.
Zhao Dajun glared at the man and said, “These are our seats, get up.”
Intimidated by his fierce gaze, the man quickly conceded and stood up. The woman seemed reluctant, but as Zhao Dajun kept his eyes on her, she finally gave up her seat.
Zhao Dajun let Lu Jiaxin sit down, then offered his seat to an elderly granny. The young woman, seeing this, was furious but dared not scold Zhao Dajun or Lu Jiaxin, so she took it out on the feeble man beside her instead.
Back then, there were no regulations against overloading. The aisle of the bus was filled with standing passengers when leaving the station, and yet, the bus would still stop if someone hailed it.
A young girl carrying a baby boarded, followed by another woman lugging two large bags of goods.
Lu Jiaxin stood up and offered her seat to the young girl. Being so young and holding a child, it was clearly more dangerous for her to stand.
The woman was extremely grateful; she opened one of her bags, took out two pomegranates, and extended them to Lu Jiaxin, who initially refused. The woman smiled and said, “These are grown by my parents, they’re not worth much money, miss, just take them and enjoy!”
Fruits were an essential daily need for Lu Jiaxin, but due to the inconvenience of transport, many fruits were not readily available. She liked the look of the bright red pomegranates and asked, “Sister, are both of these bags full of pomegranates?”
The woman smiled and shook her head, “No, one bag has pomegranates, and the other contains peanuts and dried sweet potatoes, all grown by my parents.”
After speaking, she insisted on pushing the pomegranates into Lu Jiaxin’s hands.
Lu Jiaxin peeled open a pomegranate and saw the deep red seeds inside. She tasted a few seeds and praised, “Sister, your pomegranates are deliciously sweet and tangy.”
The woman beamed with joy upon hearing the compliments about her pomegranates.
The young girl chimed in crisply, “Sis, these pomegranates were carefully tended by my grandparents, everyone who’s tried them loves them.”
Lu Jiaxin inquired, “Sister, are you selling these pomegranates? If you are, I’d like to buy some.”
“Sell what sell, they’re not worth much. If you like them, Miss, I can just give you some,” the woman replied.
Lu Jiaxin couldn’t take advantage: “Sister, if you’re willing to sell, then sell me some. If not, I can’t just take your things for free.”
Hearing this, the young girl tugged on the woman’s sleeve and said, “Mom, we’ve brought quite a lot, and we can’t eat it all anyway. This sister likes them, let’s sell her some!”
After a moment’s hesitation, the woman asked, “Young miss, how much would you like to buy?”
“Half of it, please?”
Before the woman could respond, the girl’s eyes lit up and she said eagerly, “Sis, if you like them, we can sell them to you for a good price. Normally, my grandparents sell them for twenty cents per jin, and this bag has over fifty jin, you can have it for eight yuan.”
The woman gave her daughter a stern look, then smilingly said to Lu Jiaxin, “This child talks nonsense. Miss, you can take them all for five yuan.”