Blissful Days After Widowhood Chapter 103: Mushrooms

Ningxi waited anxiously for more than half an hour, but did not see the island owner, but was told that the island owner suddenly couldn't see her, and because the island owner did not instruct her and You Zhenniang to make specific arrangements , so let them go back to their original places and wait for news.

Then Ning Xi was carried back by a sedan car. As soon as he stepped out of the sedan door, he was still in a daze and was surrounded by people.

"How is it, have you seen the island owner?"

"What does the island owner look like? Is he really majestic?"

"What did the island owner say to you?"

The quarrel made Ning Xi dizzy, waved his hand and said loudly: "Don't ask, I didn't see the island owner, and I didn't talk to the island owner, so I just waited there for half an hour in vain, and kept going. I haven't been out of the sedan chair, and I haven't seen anything!"

"Cut!" The crowd dispersed.

Only Han Xiangfei and You Zhenniang remained by her side, and You Zhenniang asked anxiously, "How are we now?"

Ning Xi said: "I don't know yet, let's go back to the place we originally arranged to live and wait for news."

Han Xiangfei said: "Since there is nothing to do for the time being, let's go back and rest first. I heard that tomorrow is the day when the island goes to the market once a month, why don't we go shopping together?"

"Okay!" Ning Xi said happily, this is a good opportunity to learn about the situation on the island, of course not to be missed.

You Zhenniang looked at them incredulously: "What time is it now, do you still have the heart to go to the market?"

Ning Xi gave her a dissatisfied look: "If you don't want to go, forget it."

I still get the rice in the kitchen at night, one meat and one vegetable, cooked in a big pot, the taste is not necessarily good, but it is enough to fill the stomach.

After eating, Ning Xi went back and brought a bucket of water, and asked the kitchen staff for a bucket of hot water, because she was going to be promoted to a first-class chef, plus the hand that Tian revealed, the kitchen staff She didn't dare to neglect, she filled a bucket of hot water and sent her back to her residence.

Ning Xi took a basin and went back to a basin of cold water and hot water, and then washed herself. After being sleepy on the boat for so many days, she smelled a little sour on her body.

Finally, I fell on the hard bed and had a good night's sleep. Although the future is unpredictable, let's talk about the big thing when it really happens!

The next morning, Han Xiangfei came to find Ningxi to go to the market together. The two were about to leave when the door beside opened, and You Zhenniang came out: "I'm going too." She thought about it all night and asked If you want to have a good time on this island, the support of friends is essential, and the more you know about the situation on this island, the better, so I decided to go out with them.

Ning Xi didn't say anything. After yesterday's incident, although she was very sympathetic to her life experience, she couldn't like her.

Han Xiangfei said lightly, "Let's go then!"

The three of them came to the market together. This is a large piece of land that has been crushed very flat. About one-third of the place is covered with smooth bluestone slabs, which are clean and refreshing, and the other half is mud. Due to the weather It was sunny and hot, there were many people walking around, and there was a fine layer of mud powder on the ground.

Ningxi asked someone to inquire about it. This place is usually a drying yard. The rice, wheat, and some ingredients that need to be dried are collected here. It turned into a market place.

Free admission to buy things, but you have to pay for selling things. You must pay ten cents for the booth before you enter the venue. You can get a booth with a length and width of three feet square. If you want a booth with bluestone slabs, Fifty cents would be required. In addition, after the sale is completed, three-tenths of the income needs to be paid. Because the goods carried in and out of the venue must be registered, and there are people patrolling the market from time to time, it is not easy to avoid tax evasion.

Ningxi did not expect that the small market on this island is quite rich in trading items. There are various daily necessities made by craftsmen themselves, such as boxes, cages, wooden basins, wooden barrels, and even bath tubs. , there are pots and pans, and dried pheasants, hares, all kinds of food, and even pieces of floral cloth, and cloth shoes with melaleuca bottoms, etc. I don’t know where these people get them. these things.

Ningxi also found some brightly colored dried mushrooms on a booth. She squatted down and fiddled with them: "Are these things edible?" Normally, the more gorgeous the mushrooms, the more toxic they are. Big, these mushrooms are colorful, and there is this gorgeous and psychedelic pattern on the back of the mushrooms, which makes people dizzy just by looking at them.

The stall owner smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice, "This is a dream mushroom, eat such a small piece before going to bed at night." He stretched out his hand and compared it to the size of a fingernail. Don't eat too much."

"What will happen if I eat too much?" Ning Xi asked curiously.

"I will go crazy, stab myself with a knife, or hit a rock like crazy, and others can't pull it!"

"It's so scary!" Ning Xi was so frightened that she threw the colorful mushroom in her hand, "You don't care about selling these things?"

The stall owner squinted at the stewards who walked around arrogantly: "They only need to have money to collect, who cares what we sell, and eating this thing is addicting, look back, come They are the ones who buy the most!"

"Where did you come from?"

The stall owner glanced at Ning Xi vigilantly: "Do you want to buy something? If you don't buy it, leave quickly. Why are you asking so much nonsense?"

"Buy, of course!" Ning Xi took out a pair of small and delicate gold earrings, "Pure gold, can I buy all of your dream mushrooms with you?" The gold earrings are still Yesterday, when You Zhenniang asked Ningxi to teach her how to cook, she gave it to Ningxi quietly. When they came to the island, they would be searched. brought in.

The stall owner's eyes lit up, and when he was about to take a closer look, Ning Xi held his palm: "How is it? Are you selling it?"

The man quickly summed it up in his heart. The gold earrings seem to be of great weight. It would cost at least five or six taels to exchange them for silver. More importantly, jewelry is a rare commodity on the island, and it can be sold. I am afraid that there will be people willing to pay ten taels of silver.

But he doesn't plan to sell it. Recently, he has taken a fancy to a female steward of the sewing bureau. He wants to show his hospitality. If he really wants to give her this pair of earrings, maybe he will be able to marry her back as a lady. , so although he had to pay a large bag of Dream Mushrooms for this, and he had to pay the tax from his own pocket, which made him feel so distressed, he still decided to make this deal.

"Then you have to show me again, how do I know if it's real gold." The man said.

Ning Xi gave him the earring: "Just look at it. I am from the second kitchen and live in the fifth yard in the fifth row. If there is something wrong with this earring, you can find me at any time." /

The man looked at it carefully for a long time, and then bit it into his mouth to make sure it was real gold. Ning Xi felt disgusted. Even if he gave it back to her, she didn't want it anymore.

The man nodded: "Well, it's okay. But you can't take out these mushrooms by yourself. I can bring them in and sell them, but it's not right for you to buy so many by yourself. You have to find a way to call others. Bring some for you."

Ningxi is right when she thinks about it, as long as she eats one fingernail at a time, a small packet can last for a long time. If she buys so much at once, who would believe it if she doesn't mean to hurt anyone.

This man only cares about his own business. He doesn't care what other people buy back for it. Life on this island is miserable. Many people rely on this beautiful dream mushroom to make a living. Therefore, overdose and self-harm also happen. Anyway, people's lives are cheap, as long as they don't make trouble, generally no one cares.

"Since the business has been completed, can you also tell me the origin of this mushroom?" Ning Xi said.

Anyway, it was still early, and the man was idle, so he started talking to Ning Xi casually.

He is a small steward of the mushroom garden. In addition to raising edible mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms and straw mushrooms, there is also a large area dedicated to cultivating these sweet dream mushrooms. The island needs a lot of The amount of such sweet dream mushrooms to be handed in each month is quantified. It is said that someone around the island owner can use these mushrooms to make a magic medicine that makes people forget all the troubles in the world after taking them, and they are intoxicated and want to die. Who wants to take a pill, it is a fairy-like enjoyment! But after taking it for the first time, I want to eat it for the second time.

That's not a drug, Ning Xi thought. Probably the drug used to stun her before getting on the boat also contained the ingredients of this hallucinogenic mushroom, so she would have various hallucinations when she was on the boat.

This man takes advantage of his position to secretly hide some dried dream mushrooms. If he saves a lot, he will sell it at the market for money. As long as it doesn't affect the amount handed in, others will usually open one. Close your eyes, everyone is doing this anyway, and there is indeed a market need.

Ningxi called Han Xiangfei and You Zhenniang, separated the big bag of dream mushrooms and hid them everywhere. The last three people only carried a small bag and swaggered in front of the steward of the market. Nor will it draw any attention.

Ningxi asked Han Xiangfei: "Do you have any money? I want to buy something."

Han Xiangfei nodded a little embarrassedly. His mother taught him since he was a child that he had to hide some money on his body no matter what when he went out alone. There was always a small piece of silver hidden in his hair. was discovered. He didn't even ask Ning Xi what he wanted to buy, he just gave her the money.

So Ningxi bought another cauldron and as much firewood as possible, and asked the two to help her carry it out together.

Han Xiangfei didn't say anything. Although he didn't have much contact with Ning Xi, he intuitively trusted her and believed that no matter what she did, she always had her reasons. On the other hand, You Zhenniang was displeased. He felt that Ning Xi was spending money indiscriminately, but he didn't dare to say anything.