To be able to host the sovereign of a nation demonstrated the prosperity of Ying County.
Three horse carriages entered the city in unison, but to the local commoners, such caravans were nothing out of the ordinary, so everyone carried on with their affairs without sparing much attention.
Bai Junjun looked curiously at the street outside.
She saw that men and women, both young and old, were all beaming with joy. There were young girls at roadside stalls selling fresh flowers, with many people lingering around them, evidently intending to pick the most beautiful ones to offer to the Flower Goddess the next day.
Upon seeing the three large horse carriages approaching, several bold Flower Children confidently approached the carriage windows to knock and offer bouquets to the occupants inside.
Bai Sasa couldn’t bear to see children of her age doing this; her eyes flitted about, her expression grave.
Bai Junjun thought she was feeling sympathetic and even suggested buying a bouquet if she liked one.
Who knew Bai Sasa would shake her head and say, "Everyone else is trying so hard, I have no reason not to. Big sister, why don’t we also find some bouquets to sell later?"
"..." said Bai Junjun.
"Pfft." Li Wenli couldn’t help but laugh.
These sisters were indeed true money enthusiasts.
"Sister Shi Yi, I’ll go pick flowers with you," Bai Lingyu eagerly volunteered.
The kids originally selling flowers had never imagined that the nobles inside the horse carriages would also decide to pick flowers to sell, and they turned away disappointed.
However, one little girl seriously tilted her head and remarked, "All the nearby flowers have been picked clean. We had to go quite far to find these."
Bai Junjun subconsciously glanced at the little child; her hands were full of daisies and some unnamed wildflowers.
Not very valuable looking, but nicely arranged.
Bai Junjun, with a smile tugging at her lips, inquired, "Where do you pick those nice flowers from?"
The little girl followed Bai Junjun’s gaze towards the people selling beautiful bouquets on both sides of the street: "Those are picked from She Mountain, but She Mountain has already been thoroughly stripped. You’d be running a fool’s errand if you went there; Que Mountain might still have some, but the path is quite difficult to traverse."
"Thank you," Bai Junjun said, giving the little girl a string of copper coins.
The little girl stared at the string of copper coins in her hands, easily thirty or more.
She had never held so much money in her life and nervously tried to give it back, "This is too much, my flowers aren’t worth this much."
"This is a fee for your information," Bai Junjun answered candidly.
The little girl was about to say something when another handsome, smiling young man approached beside the beautiful sister.
"Take it, little sister. You answered very well, and the young lady is pleased. This is her reward to you," he said with a smile.
"Then... I’ll give these flowers to you," said the little girl shyly, stretching all five bouquets she held through the carriage window.
Her flowers were only worth One Wen Money per bouquet but she had struggled to sell any that morning.
Seeing that the day was getting hotter and her flowers beginning to wilt, if she didn’t sell them soon they would be wasted, which is why she bravely came to knock on the window along with others.
But others, knowing that the caravan didn’t want to buy, had given up. She simply kindly answered a few questions and earned much more than she’d ever expected.
The little girl was somewhat moved, and only when the horse carriage had long departed did she come to her senses and hurried home to give the money to her mother, so her mother could afford to get medical treatment!
Ying County also had a branch of Dongsheng Tavern, where Ah Fu and Ah Gui unreservedly took them to stay inside the tavern.
The staff, seeing familiar faces, couldn’t help but be happy.