A small county town.

People were coming and going at the city gate, and many small vendors set up stalls on both sides of the road outside the city gate. The vendors shouted at customers to come, and they sold everything from game to herbs to fish.

There was no way to set up stalls in the city. The shopkeepers were very aggressive and would not allow stalls to be set up in front of the shops. Even if they set up stalls, they would have to pay the government officials for tea.

Those who have no money or strength can only set up stalls on both sides of the dirt road outside the city gate. The same is true of the gangsters who come to ask for protection fees. The gangsters are very diligent. As soon as it gets dark, the poor people from nearby Orion show up just as they set up stalls. They are more active than the government officials.

This morning, something happened to the gangster collecting protection money...

Bang~!

The three gangsters were lying on the loess road twitching, and then they were picked up by a petite girl and thrown into the grassland.

I took out the bamboo mat and spread it, opened the oil-paper umbrella and placed it on the bamboo mat, moved out the small bench, wore a bamboo hat and sat on the roadside obediently, drinking the batter bought from the next stall. The batter is made of whole grains and various vegetables.

In line with the appetite of carnivores, a certain snake considers eating this to supplement vitamins and trace elements. It should eat meat every day and eat lightly occasionally.

Someone's young master galloped by on horseback, raising dust.

Bai Yujun looked at the loess road and waved. Thick fog rose from the river next to him and spread over him.

The hunter selling pheasants on the roadside muttered.

"It's strange. It was fine just now, but it suddenly started to fog up."

With the help of the cover of fog, a certain snake used water spells to make the loess road wet, making it no longer dusty and able to eat batter in peace.

More and more people were coming in and out of the city gate, including horse dealers driving pack horses, potbellied gentry, young dandies in bright clothes and angry horses, and women carrying bamboo baskets. It was very bustling and lively.

The south is comfortable, while the north is troubled by disasters. They are constantly fighting with the various ethnic groups outside the customs. The drought and cold environment are harsh. It is more like a war front prepared by the empire to defend against foreigners. The people are struggling to survive. Not only do they have to face droughts, but they also have to enter the customs from time to time.

The plundering foreign cavalry robbed food, livestock and people, and had to be exploited and sucked out by the local powerful family members, leaving a desolate place.

The dignitaries and officials talk about the common people all day long. They speak beautifully but do things like locusts.

The southern part of the empire is much better. There are many river systems and enough rainfall, and the mountains are high and the roads are far away, so the people can at least survive.

A certain snake likes to set up a stall to make money.

At the fish stall next to him, a bearded man with beards was picking his feet. Then he looked around and smelled the smell on his hands, showing a satisfied expression, just like the scholar sitting at the table and savoring the fragrance of the tea.

"Hey hey hey~"

The big man laughed happily after smelling the smell of feet.

Bai Yujun silently moved the bench farther away from him, it was too scary...

The bamboo basket maker smiled and looked at the noble ladies and young ladies from wealthy families passing by the city gate. Occasionally he would giggle when he saw something good-looking, and wipe his face with his sleeves in an effort to look clean and tidy.

Ordinary people have various hobbies, and so do the rich and powerful.

A nobleman from the county town who came to buy medicinal materials quickly picked out his nostrils when no one was paying attention, and carefully looked at what he took out. With a flick of his finger, it landed directly on a scholar who was wandering around. The scholar did not notice anything strange.

His eyes were always fixed on the lady on the carriage.

A certain snake lifted his bamboo hat and looked at the sky.

It's cloudy and not very sunny, so it's a good day to go out and play without having to worry about getting tanned.

"If it doesn't rain and the sun isn't strong, it's hard to do business."

Whether the business of oil-paper umbrellas is good or not depends on the weather. Only when it rains will people buy umbrellas. If the sun is too strong, rich people will buy them. It is a business of watching the weather and eating.

Several people came one after another to ask about the price. After learning that it was one tael of silver for an umbrella, they shook their heads and left.

A certain snake had a frown on his face, wondering whether he should use his gift of rain to sell umbrellas, but the people here were mostly civilians and caravans traveling around the world. Caravans like hats and raincoats, and civilians simply use their heads to resist the rain to save money and spend money.

There are not many nobles with one tael of silver.

Suddenly, a group of young people on horseback and a large number of carriages came out of the city gate, nearly a hundred people.

Looking at those people, a certain snake had an idea.

"They must be very rich."

He suddenly approached the big man who was secretly picking his feet. He was so frightened that he almost stuffed his fingers into his mouth. When he saw the face under the bamboo hat, he immediately became stunned, and then his face was full of disgust, as if he had seen a snake, scorpion monster.

Bai Yujun was stunned. She originally wanted to use her beauty to trick him into telling him where those noble girls were going and what they were doing. Unexpectedly, the big man's face was full of disgust.

"Um... may I ask where they are going and what they are going to do."

Although the black-faced man despises the femme fatale, he still tells the truth.

"They are noble ladies in the county. They often go to Jinghu Lake in the suburbs to play, compose poems and sing songs."

"Thank you."

He put away the stall and left with the big package on his back. Behind him, the dark-faced fishing man shook his head.

"They are all fairies, but my strong wife is still safe."

Bai Yujun staggered and almost fell down. I don't know how the black-faced fisherman could tell that I was a goblin. As expected, masters are among the people. There are masters everywhere, so they are not easy to mess with.

Those gentlemen and young ladies marched to the countryside in a mighty manner, protected by martial arts masters along the way. No one noticed that there was a sneaky snake demon behind the team, vowing to sell all the oil-paper umbrellas they had accumulated for many days. No one else cared about money.

, these second-generation people don’t care about a tael of silver at all, maybe a beautiful wild flower is more valuable than silver in their eyes.

Mirror Lake is beautiful.

The small lake is only one mile in diameter and is hidden in the valley. The scenery is pleasant. Due to the mountainous terrain, there is no wind here. The calm lake surface is like a mirror reflecting the blue sky and white clouds.

The gentlemen and young ladies are enjoying themselves here reciting poems, composing poems, playing the piano and painting.

When Bai Yujun arrived, he saw that there were already several vendors selling cakes here. He immediately showed hostility when he saw Bai Yujun carrying a parcel, and then he lowered his guard when he saw him selling umbrellas. The clever vendors had been watching this place for a long time, not wanting any competitors.

Only give up when you see the other party selling umbrellas without conflict.

It's just...how can she hold so many paper umbrellas?

Bai Yujun skillfully set up the stall, placed a bunch of beautiful oil-paper umbrellas, hung up a wooden sign that said one tael of silver per umbrella, and then looked up to the sky with snake pupils in his eyes...

Click~!

There was a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and the clouds gradually gathered and became more and more intense in color.

The weather in the mountains was changeable, but the gentlemen didn't pay much attention to it. It didn't seem to be heavy rain, but the drizzle was more artistic. Unfortunately, no one brought an umbrella and couldn't always stay in the car.

"Huh? There is someone selling umbrellas there, which is a real help in times of need."

A young man holding a folding fan pretended to be elegant and coquettish, and many young men and ladies sent their maids and servants to buy umbrellas.

Seeing the high price of umbrellas, the servants and maids argued with the girl selling the umbrellas. Bai Yujun did not raise his head or move, but slowly pulled out the horizontal knife. The friction sound of the blade being unsheathed made all the servants and maids dare not make a fuss, especially the guards.

With a cautious look on his face, he repeatedly urged the servants and maids to buy umbrellas quickly and not to mess around. They knew they had met a master.

If you don’t want to buy this umbrella, you have to buy it...
Chapter completed!