In the evening, Ji Pianran took out the business card that the middle-aged woman with the top embroidery had given her earlier and dialed the number on it.
'Hello,' came the middle-aged woman's voice from the other end of the line.
Ji Pianran clutched the white mobile phone that Gu Chen had given her, and her flat tone revealed a trace of excitement.
'Hello, we met at the market last time, and I've finished embroidering the phoenix you asked me to embroider.'
On hearing this, the tone of her voice instantly became excited.
'Oh, it's you, that's great, how about we meet somewhere tomorrow?'
The middle-aged woman was very appreciative of Ji Pianran's craftsmanship. It had been a very long month of waiting.
Upon hearing this, Ji Pianran let out a sigh of relief. 'Okay, then. Just tell me the address and I'll come over tomorrow.'
She had been waiting for this day for a long time.
'Okay, okay, I'll send you the address right now. It's 360 Walking Street. It opens at 8am, so you must definitely come.' The middle-aged woman said excitedly.
Ji Pianran nodded, 'Okay.'
After hanging up the phone, she yawned and went to bed.
Early the next morning, Gu Chen got up, first making some vegetable porridge and boiling three eggs.
Then she put her feet up and went to the front room. The Cordyceps had now fully matured, and she had promised Guang yesterday that she would deliver them to him today, so she definitely had to keep her word.
He took out a small shovel and carefully dug out each piece of cordyceps, dusted off the soil on top, and carefully put it in a small cloth bag.
After all this, Gu Chen went back into the space.
However, after just a few days, the cherries were ripe, becoming more and more dark red, and many had already fallen to the ground.
From afar, Gu Chen could smell the sweet smell exuding from the cherries.
He found two nylon bags and used a shovel to load some of the cherries into them. Since he was going to the city today, he might as well take the goods with him and test the waters to see how well they would sell in the county town.
As he was thinking about it, he heard:
'Drip.'
Then came the system's characteristic emotionless voice, 'Congratulations, host, on acquiring the latest skill, intermediate Chinese medicine.'
Chinese medicine?
Gu Chen was taken aback. He didn't want to be a doctor!
He just wanted to sell medicine!
'No, can we negotiate? Can we switch?'
The system had probably never encountered a host who wanted to bargain before, and its response was noticeably slow.
'Sorry, host, skills cannot be changed.'
'No way,' Gu Chen said, a little anxious. 'I bought land, more than 100 mu of land. To be honest, I don't want to be a Chinese medicine doctor, I want seeds.'
Traditional Chinese medicine definitely doesn't earn as much as selling medicine!
Gu Chen is a layman who doesn't want to heal the world with medicine, but just wants his children and grandchildren to have a good life.
Besides, if he becomes a doctor, doesn't he have to go to work on time? He doesn't want that, he wants to spend more time with his wife and children.
System: 'The seeds will be automatically sent when the time is up.'
Gu Chen: '???
What the hell is this?
He was shocked, "Why didn't you tell me earlier! So the seeds are exchanged, not given to you?'
System: "Seeds are exchanged for points based on the number of times the host has planted in the spirit field and the number of harvests. Once a certain number of times is reached, the seeds will be sent automatically.'
Good guy!
Gu Chen suddenly had an epiphany!
'What about the Cordyceps sinensis seeds from last time?'
Did he have to exchange those seeds as well?
'Yes!' the system said decisively.
Gu Chen glanced at the things in his spirit field and suddenly had an idea. Since rewards are based on the number of times you plant and the number of times you harvest, wouldn't it be a good idea to go out and get more things to plant today?
The more you plant, the more seeds you get.
If that's the case, if I just plant like crazy, I can get a lot of seeds from the system and plant them on the land I rented.
The profit is really exciting just thinking about it.
Yes, that's it, I'll go buy some vegetable seeds today and plant them. In the future, I'll grow my own vegetables at home and never have to go to the market again.
Thinking about it, Gu Chen excitedly left the space with two nylon bags of cherries on his back.
He put the cherries in the van with the winter and summer herbs.
Only then did he return to the kitchen, served the food, and Ji Bianran was washing and brushing Tang Tang's hair. When she was done, she came out of the house.
The family of three had breakfast and set off towards the city in the morning sun.
The little one loved going out with his parents the most, and was now sitting in the back, holding the doll his father had bought him the other day and playing with it seriously.
Gu Chen held the steering wheel and looked over at Ji Pianran next to him, speaking softly.
'Oh, we're on the pedestrian street, let's go buy some clothes. It's spring, so let's buy some for you and Tangtang to wear back and forth.'
In the recent weather, people in the city have started wearing trench coats, which are close-fitting and comfortable, with a full drape.
He thinks his wife will look especially good in one.
Ji Bianran blinked. She had planned to sell the embroidery to buy Gu Chen a new outfit, but she never expected him to buy clothes for himself first.
She smiled with happiness.
'After you drop me off, go about your business. It's a good thing, I'll take Tangtang for a stroll, and pick us up when you're done.'
She had asked Auntie Li and Auntie Zhang before, and everyone said that her phoenix would sell for at least 300 yuan.
With 300 yuan, she could buy Gu Chen some clothes.
He had to go into the city every day, and deal with people from the city. If he didn't dress decently, he would inevitably be laughed at.
Ji Pianran didn't want Gu Chen to be teased.
Gu Chen was going to go with Ji Pianran, sell the embroidery first, then buy some nice clothes for the two of them, and then go back to work.
Unexpectedly, Ji Pianran actually wanted to go on his own, and he hesitated a bit.
'You can't go alone, can you?'
Ji Bianran smiled.
'What's not okay about it? After selling the embroidery, I can take Tangtang out to see if there's anything she likes. I haven't bought her anything for a long time.'
She didn't want Gu Chen to follow her, because firstly, she was afraid that Gu Chen would know that she was buying him clothes, and what if he refused?
Secondly, Gu Chen was really busy, and she could see it in his eyes, so she didn't want to cause him trouble.
Gu Chen nodded.
'Okay, then. Just be careful on your own, and remember to call me if anything happens.'
Since the daughter-in-law had said that, it would be rude for him to follow her, and he did have something to do anyway, so it would be good to go home together after he finished.
The car drove all the way to the pedestrian street.
The middle-aged woman who bought the embroidered clothes was surnamed Lin, and her name was Lin Rong. Her family had a not-too-big cheongsam factory, and she also owned several stores.
The one on the pedestrian street is the biggest and also the best decorated.
So when she has nothing to do, she always comes to have a look.
Because she had an appointment with Ji Pianran yesterday, she came to the store early this morning.
Only now did she stop the car and walk towards the store.
Everyone was opening the door and getting ready to do business.
When they saw Lin Rong coming, they all greeted her with a smile, 'Hey, Lin Jie, what brings you here today?'
In this small county, the Lin family's cheongsam business is considered the most famous.
Many of those who opened stores with her back then are still huddled in their own ten-square-meter stores, but Lin Rong already has her own factory and several stores over one hundred square meters.
So she has unconsciously become the benchmark for those in the clothing business.
When they see her, they all smile and call out, 'Sister Lin,' to say hello.