CHAPTER 152: CHAPTER 152: THE STRONGMAN MU YUANXIU (2)

Mu Yuanxiu said, "Some herbs."

So it’s just selling herbs, how much money can that make?

The Second Young Master Li Xingsheng and the third, Li Xing’an, were unimpressed.

"Oh, so it’s herbs. My third sister also dug up some herbs," the Second Princess said with a smile, "By the way, what herbs did you dig up?"

Mu Yuanxiu replied, "A few ginseng plants."

The Second Young Master Li Xingsheng and Li Xing’an, "..." Show-off? Their faces immediately turned dark.

The Second Princess was surprised, "You’re amazing, you actually found ginseng. Our luck isn’t as good as yours; the herbs we dug up are all cheap, and my third sister says they’re not worth much."

Li Yuzhu nodded, "The herbs we’ve dug up these past few days are indeed cheap, and I don’t know how much money they can fetch."

After a while, the Second Princess said happily, "But, we’re not just selling herbs, we’re also selling baked snacks. I made four hundred baked snacks."

"Eat your meal! If you keep chattering, it’ll be dawn." The Second Young Master Li Xingsheng picked up a piece of baked flatbread with his chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth.

The Second Princess mumbled something unintelligibly, so she stopped talking.

Xue Family’s eyes shifted and she asked Mu Yuanxiu, "Neighbor, where did you dig up your ginseng?" She wanted to dig up a few roots too.

The price of ginseng is much higher than that of ordinary herbs.

"In the mountain behind Niu Tou Mountain," Mu Yuanxiu said indifferently.

Xue Family was startled and fell silent.

The mountain behind Niu Tou Mountain, she wouldn’t dare to go in there.

The small Niu Tou Mountain is dense with trees, and even leopards have been known to come here.

The mountain that stretches hundreds of miles beyond that one, towering into the clouds, could you really get in and out safely?

She said nothing, giving up her plan to look for ginseng, but the Second Young Master Li Xingsheng and Li Xing’an remembered this conversation.

They thought that one day they might go dig some ginseng to sell too.

A single ginseng plant could fetch at least twenty taels; ten ginseng plants would be two hundred taels. Wow, that’s getting rich!

After breakfast, everyone packed up their things, ready to set off.

Mu Yuanxiu’s basket was packed with herbs he wanted to sell. He didn’t need to organize them, so he helped the Li Family’s siblings pack their belongings.

The Second Princess had the most items, two large jars each two feet high, filled with baked snacks.

Additionally, she also brought some pre-cut parchment paper to wrap the baked snacks.

These papers were originally bought by Li Yuzhu for Li Jingxue to practice writing with, but the little guy is still young and couldn’t use up even a single sheet in a day.

Li Yuzhu borrowed them to serve as wrapping paper for the Second Princess.

The Second Princess touched her jars with satisfaction, like she was touching a pile of gold.

Li Yuzhu called on third brother Li Xing’an and Second Young Master Li Xingsheng to help with the carrying.

Mu Yuanxiu rolled up his sleeves and, without a word, lifted one of the jars.

The two brothers looked on in disbelief.

Li Yuzhu followed behind Mu Yuanxiu, "Mu Yuanxiu, can you carry it?"

Mu Yuanxiu turned his head slightly and said lightly, "If I can’t carry it, I won’t be able to walk."

Li Yuzhu laughed, "That’s true, but this jar is quite heavy, don’t strain yourself. If you can’t carry it, put it down and we’ll lift it together."

Mu Yuanxiu said, "No need."

Just like that, he carried a large jar two feet high out of the house on his own.

Third brother Li Xing’an looked at Second Young Master Li Xingsheng, "Are you lifting it or am I?"

"I’ll move it!" The Second Young Master also rolled up his sleeves, blew on his hands, and lifted the jar.

So heavy!

But if the younger Mu Yuanxiu could casually carry the jar out, he couldn’t lag behind.

The Second Young Master gritted his teeth and moved the jar to the cart outside.

Once the jar was down, he let out a long breath.

Mu Yuanxiu, seeing him looking pale with exertion, couldn’t help but ask, "Was the jar you carried very heavy?"

"How could it be heavy? Very light," the Second Young Master scoffed, but inside he cursed, "Li Yu En, you silly girl, how many baked snacks did you really pack in the jar?"

Nearly wore him out!

Li Xing’an wasn’t idle either; he moved the herbs Li Yuzhu had collected onto the cart.

The herbs were sorted, each type in its own cloth bag.

Altogether there were seven cloth bags of various sizes.

The three sisters and Xue Family had been digging herbs for days, and once dried, they weighed about forty to fifty pounds.

The two jars, along with the various herb bags, filled the small cart, leaving no extra space for anyone to sit.

Li Xing’an scratched his head, apologetically saying, "Third sister, the cart is full. There’s no room for you, you’ll have to walk."

Li Yuzhu waved her hand and said with a smile, "Aren’t you all walking too? I can walk as well."

Being demoted outside, there’s not much room for fussiness.

Li Yuzhu didn’t mind walking.

The Great Princess and Xue Family initially envied Li Yuzhu for possibly having a carriage to ride, but seeing this, everyone had the same treatment.

They felt much more balanced inside.

In mid-March, a sunny afternoon could be as hot as summer.

When it gets hot, people want to drink water.

It’s not convenient to buy water outside, not to mention it’s quite expensive.

Li Yuzhu put a large jar of boiled tea with two bowls into a basket and stuffed the basket into the cart.

As the Second Young Master went to close the house gate, the Princely Heir came over holding a lantern.

He came to check the items on the cart and nodded, saying, "There’s a lot of stuff; it should fetch quite a bit of money, right?"

The Second Princess was most proud, "Of course." Then, with grand spirit, she said, "Big brother, I will bring back delicious things for you."

The Great Princess sneered coldly, "I’m afraid you’ll eat them up halfway."

The Second Princess retorted defiantly, "No way? I will definitely buy delicious things back."

The Great Princess laughed, "Then you’ll just buy what you love to eat."

The Princely Heir smiled to mediate, "All right, all right, stop arguing, get going and come back early."

Xue Family reminded the Princely Heir not to forget to wash her clothes and urged everyone to hurry on their way.

Everyone waved at the Princely Heir and headed toward the marketplace.

It was still dark, and both the Second Young Master and Mu Yuanxiu were holding torches for illumination.

As they passed the wasteland beside the Li Mansion, the rogue cutting grass immediately swung his sickle with vigor.

Mu Yuanxiu stood on the road and shouted at him, "I will check the area you’ve cut when I come back. If it’s less, don’t blame me for being rude."

"Rude for what? Just report to the authorities." Li Xing’an also shouted loudly.

The Second Young Master nodded, "That’s right, no need to waste words with him."

Startled, Short Legs Zhao shivered and began cutting the grass more vigorously.

"Ha ha ha!" Li Xing’an shrugged his shoulders and pushed the cart past.

Everyone glanced at Short Legs Zhao and then left.

After they had gone far, Short Legs Zhao sat down on the ground and muttered dejectedly to himself, "What bad luck did I have to provoke that Mu Yuanxiu kid? He’s someone who could even kill a tiger!"

He rested for a while, then, realizing there was still a large area of grass he hadn’t cut, hurriedly got up from the ground and swung his sickle to cut the grass.

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Apart from Xue Family, it wasn’t the first time for everyone to come to the market.

Knew the road well, so walked quickly.

Plus, the Second Princess talked particularly much today. Everyone was led into conversation by her, chatting all the way, and before they knew it, they had completed the ten-plus miles from the village to the market.

By this time, it was broad daylight.

At the entrance to the market, many people were rushing towards the market.

Some carrying poles, some with baskets on their backs, some pushing wheelbarrows, some driving ox carts, and some riding donkeys; it was bustling.

Xue Family looked at the bustling street and, raising her eyebrows, said, "There aren’t many people. Second sister, can you sell all your roasted cakes?"

The Second Princess noticed that there weren’t as many people at the market today as last time, and began to worry.

"I can... I definitely can."

"Oh well, in any case, you love those roasted cakes, if they don’t sell, just take them back and eat them yourself." Xue Family looked at the people on the street and shook her head, saying.

On the street, scattered people were mostly selling mountain goods and vegetables, who would stop to buy roasted cakes?

Li Yuzhu comforted the Second Princess, "Don’t worry, second sister, today is a small market day, not as big as the last big market day we came to, so of course there are fewer people. Besides, it’s our first time doing business, no matter how much or little we sell, as long as we sell something, and as long as someone says it’s tasty, it’s a success."

After this consolation, the Second Princess felt much better.

"All right, let’s sell whatever we can." The Second Princess looked around the street, "Where should we stop to sell?"

At home, she was confident, but once actually in the street to do business, she realized it wasn’t that simple.

Look, now she hadn’t even found a stall.

"Let’s slowly look for one after entering the market, let’s go pay the stall fee first." Li Yuzhu said.

They had already reached the market entrance, where the workshop supervisor was exclusively collecting stall fees.

Inside the small house sat three men.

The men looked over, and one of them asked, "How many stalls?"

Second Young Master being the oldest of the siblings, answered for the Second Princess, "One stall."