August 10, 2017

In the early morning of midsummer, Chen Qingming took advantage of the sun becoming fierce and walked lightly to the vegetable market closest to Chenyuan in the east district.

Although it was just dawn, the vegetable market was already bustling with people from all directions. The residents of Qingyun City, carrying baskets and pushing carts gathered here, and selected traditional Chinese medicine fruits, vegetables, rice, flour, grain and oil in front of various stalls. The shouts of vendors and the bargaining of customers made this place look like a huge boiling pot.

Smelling the familiar and complex smell in the air, a smile appeared on the girl's face.

I really miss this affordable vegetable market... In the past few years, she has survived by the cheap ingredients here. Vegetables transported directly from the suburban farmland, freshly slaughtered poultry, etc. are only half of the market in the city. It is the favorite of the common people in Qingyun City and the only choice of Chen Qingming.

Because her money was cut by Lu Xin a few years ago, although she was from a big family, after removing the resources required for normal practice, the remaining money was too short. Not to mention the rich clothes and food, even meat could only be eaten once every ten days and half a month... Every time I come here, I buy a bunch of cheap vegetables and radishes to make soup. It is really unbearable to look back on the past.

Fortunately... an accidental encounter with the sword spirit completely changed all this. Especially recently, Chen Yuan's financial situation has been improving. Chen Qingming has not come here to buy vegetables for a long time.

Nowadays, I am revisiting the old place, not really to buy anything, but just finding a way to relax your body and mind after a busy and busy life.

In the past few days, as the only artist under the newly established Spirit Cat Idol Company, she has been assigned some jobs: mainly to wear a full set of Spirit Cat suits and pose in various pure and cute postures. After recording them by a master painter, she compiles them into a book and sells them to gentlemen who like this at a high price. In addition, she also has to sing some songs with cheerful rhythms, which are also recorded in the talisman seal, and set a sky-high price to sell to the relevant gentlemen.

Chen Qingming is actually quite suspicious of the market prospects of these things. As a sword cultivator, she has been focusing on sword cultivation since she was a child. She has never seriously learned any singing and dancing skills without distraction. Although she understands some basic concepts and has a good talent, she is far behind those artists who really study this art. I don’t know who would buy such half-baked audio and video notes for a sky-high price.

However, Qian Yu was very confident about this and explained: "People who can spend money to buy this kind of thing will not care about your professional level. As long as they know that the most popular idol in Qingyun City recently is Lingcao Girl, and the number of genuine and authorized products is limited, and they cannot buy it if they are not a noble person, so they will buy it for as much as they spend."

In addition to picture albums and video notes, the Qian family also arranged some professional painters to design simplified spirit cat logos and printed them on some peripheral products, such as water cups, wallets, etc. The prices of these things are much lower, saying that they are used to seize the low-end market and create influence... Chen Qingming did not pay too much attention to the specific content. Anyway, the Qian family was in operation throughout the whole process, so she didn't have to worry about it.

To this day, Chen Qingming is a little numb to any idol work. Anyway, the real money and silver you earn are not a scam... Qian Yu was very cheerful and generous when he settled the compensation for Chen Qingming at the beginning of his cooperation: a total of 2,000 spirit stones, which is just the first batch of picture albums and talismans sales dividends.

While thinking about it, Chen Qingming was walking in the vegetable market and suddenly found several familiar figures appearing in his sight.

The three men dressed as servants, the leader was fat and almost as big as the two behind him, and they were Li Yuan and Li Li and others.

Seeing these three people again at this time, Chen Qingming couldn't help but smile on his face. He walked gently from behind the three people and suddenly said, "Hey, what are you doing!"

The trio was so scared that they struggled on the ground almost in a pissy manner, then turned their heads and saw that it was Chen Qingming, and he danced and laughed at him again.

Li Li blushed, sweaty, greeted him in a trembling voice: "Big, Miss, good morning."

Chen Qingming smiled and said, "Okay, don't be so nervous."

Li Li nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice, then said with a sad face: "Not nervous or not, it's just... Miss, can I allow me to change my pants first?"

"...I'm sorry I didn't expect you three to react so much." Chen Qingming apologized and asked curiously, "Where is Li Ping?"

Li Peng next to him replied: "Brother Ping is busy with all kinds of things..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Li kicked him in the butt.

Li Li said: "Brother Ping... was punished by his wife to run around the Qingyun River."

"...What's wrong with him?" Chen Qingming said this and frowned, "Has I not seen him in a long time?"

Li Li said: "Brother Ping has not completed the work assigned by his wife, so... hey, we have advised him to queue up to buy limited-edition products, at least one day in advance. He insisted on being lazy and only half a day in advance, and he took it upon himself."

"Ah, what do you need to wait so long to buy? And the Li family compound can't get the special supply?"

Li Li opened his mouth, but he was reluctant to answer.

Chen Qingming didn't make things difficult for him: "Forget it, go change your pants quickly."

After the trio left, Chen Qingming remembered that he had not yet asked what they were here to do. There was nothing special about this kind of civilian vegetable market. Most of the food, clothing and consumption in the Li family courtyard were specially supplied by the Li family in the farm outside the city. A few of the people who needed to be purchased separately were purchased from the high-end market in the city district. How could they come to the civilian vegetable market?

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Qingming was not obsessed with these things that had nothing to do with him. He continued to walk forward for a while and came to a familiar stall.

This is a very magical small stall located in the northeast corner of the vegetable market. In sharp contrast to the bustling conditions nearby, the traffic in front of this stall is always surprisingly small.

It’s a pity that all the things sold are good.

Chen Qingming looked at the stall, fresh and tender, fruits and vegetables, and then looked at the back of the stall, and the vegetable seller with a cold look on his face, feeling a little funny, but a kind smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

"Auntie, I'm here again."

The aunt selling vegetables just nodded lightly and said nothing more than greetings.

With such a hospitality attitude, it is natural that the fruits and vegetables sold are of good quality but the business is sparse.

But the girl didn't care at all. In the past few years, she has been buying vegetables in this restaurant, and the vegetables and radishes that accompany her through countless days and nights were all written by this vegetable seller.

It's really delicious.

"Auntie, I want two bundles of cabbage, three pounds of carrots, ah, two garlic and a bundle of onions..."

The girl skillfully selected the ingredients needed for dinner, and then took advantage of the aunt's placing money and counting the money, she smiled and said, "Auntie, I haven't seen me for a long time. Do you miss me?"

The vegetable seller was stunned for a moment, and didn't say anything, but slowly calculated the vegetable money one by one.

Chen Qingming didn't mind either. She knew that this vegetable seller didn't talk much, almost like a mute... But what she sold was really reliable. It is said that this aunt was originally a farmer in the suburbs of the city. Later, when the Li family wanted to build a house in the suburbs of the city, she bought a large area of ​​farmland in her family, and the price offered was enough for ordinary farmers to have food and clothing for ten lives.

After making a living, this simple farmer couldn't rest and still worked diligently to farm and sell vegetables. However, because there was less land at home, he took care of him with great care, and the quality was particularly good, and the price... because he had no worries about food and clothing, the price was also determined with great conscience.

In a sense, Chen Qingming still has to thank his family. If the Li family had not bought land in the suburbs of the city, how could such a conscientious vegetable farmer in the east vegetable market have been supplying her with high quality and low price vegetables and radishes for several years?

"Hey, I haven't been here for a long time. I really miss your carrots. Two days ago, I ordered the signature mixed vegetables from the VIP building in the city district at home. They were so expensive. They said that the raw materials were all supplied by Lujia Boutique Farm, but the taste was not as good as yours."

Chen Qingming said in a nagging manner that after the vegetable seller calculated the price, he planned to find a few spirit stones directly, just as he gave it to him a few years ago, but after thinking about it, he still handed the copper plate at the calculated price.

"Thank you, aunt, I will come here again in the future."

Carrying the basket of vegetables, Chen Qingming was about to turn around and leave, but when he saw that the vegetable seller collected money, the money bag in his hand looked familiar...

There are two cat ears and one cat's tail embroidered on it.

Chen Qingming almost tripped himself.
Chapter completed!