Chapter 12: Divine Horse World

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  "Not worth it? How can that be?"

  Wang Qifang was thinking about how much silver this thing could be exchanged for, and how many things she could buy for herself. But the result was just a sentence. Her eyes widened in surprise, pointing at the tea-colored crystal bead that served as a decoration, asking incredulously: "This...this is a crystal bead, isn't it? My mother said that this bead alone can be exchanged for quite a bit of silver, how could it be worthless?"

  Qian Niang saw Wang Qifang's expression was very surprised, and her eyes were even more suspicious, as if she suspected that Qian Niang had deliberately devalued the good things and then sold them at a high price, pocketing the difference.

  She thought of this and handed the bundle back to Qifang without any hesitation, smiling lightly: "The day after tomorrow there's a big fair here, if you're interested, sister, you can go take a look!"

  "What's going on?"

  No, they were talking about the cloth bundle, how did it involve the market again? Could it be that Aunt Feng felt suspicious of her and let herself go to the street to check the price? And, on a big week, can women casually go out for a stroll?

  "Alas, miss, I know this is a treasured family heirloom that won't be sold cheaply, but..." Qiangniang saw Wang Qifang still looked incredulous and thought about her situation, which was indeed pitiful. She patiently explained, "This pearl's quality is excellent. If it were fifty years ago, it would definitely be a valuable treasure. Unfortunately, since over fifty years ago, that Confucian merchant who improved the glass formula left by Lord Li made pearls like yours common on every street. Not to mention the nobles in the city, even ordinary people from rural farms can afford them."

  Fifty years ago? No way!

  Wang Qifang was a bit stunned, muttering to herself, her eyes fixed on Qiangniang's expression. Seeing that she met her questioning with a clear and composed gaze, Wang Qifang began to believe her words.

  "This thing looks exquisite, it must have cost your ancestors a lot of money," facing Wang Qifang's extremely disappointed expression, Qiangniang felt some pity and softly advised: "If you really lack silver to spend, I still have some private savings here, you can take them and use them. As for the few pearls, the meaning of inheritance is greater than the actual meaning, you...you'd better keep them!"

  Having confirmed Wang Qifang's identity in her mind, Qiangniang saw such exquisite glass beads and didn't suspect anything. After all, the Wang family was also one of the five major families, and both the Li family of the previous dynasty and the Wu family of this dynasty had marital relationships with the Wang family, making them real royal relatives. Since it was left by her mother, it was probably the savings of the ancestors of the Wang family.

  Alas, this young lady is too "out of touch"! How many years has it been? Since the improvement of glass formulas, after fifty years of research and practice by craftsmen, the glass products on the market today are diverse in style, and no matter what kind of glass product, they are all cheap and good-looking. Compared to the few pieces in Wang Qifang's hand, they are not inferior at all, but the price is very low.

  Of course, this bag is made very delicate, but even if it's worth a fortune, it won't sell for one or two silver coins, unless they run into someone who doesn't care about money. Just look at Wang Qifang's expression, she still hopes to rely on this bag to make some extra money, alas, in their rural area, it's simply impossible.

  "Oh, I see," Wang Qifang said with a forced smile, suppressing the great disappointment in her heart after hearing what Qian Niang had to say. "I'll think of a way to deal with the silver myself, so as not to trouble Old Lady Feng. By the way, you mentioned earlier that there's a big market around here, is it far? I can go take a look?"

  "Of course,"

  After hearing Wang Qifang's words, Qiangniang finally realized that this lady was not here to visit, but was "exiled" to "recuperate", how could she go out casually. However, thinking of her own words had been spoken out, and then denying them, wouldn't that be very embarrassing? Besides, this place is so remote, with the sky high and the emperor far away, even if the second lady goes out for a stroll every day, it's estimated that no one would see her.

  Thinking of this, Qiangniang said with a pretended air of indifference, "The big temple I was talking about is just in front of the Land Temple at the entrance of the village. It's not far away, but it's not as lively as the county town. Most of the people who come are also from nearby villages, and outsiders or city people will never come. If you want to go, sister, we can accompany you to take a stroll."

  Wow, clever!

  Wang Qifang secretly gave a thumbs up to Qian Niang, who was very impressed by her cleverness. As the saying goes: Firstly, this market is very small, almost only the surrounding villagers come to participate, and there are no more than fifty households in the surrounding villages that Wang Qifang saw when she arrived. The so-called "big market" can be counted as a street stall at the village entrance. If Wang Qifang goes for a stroll, she won't leave the farm, which doesn't go against the master's orders; Secondly, it was not Qian Niang who took Wang Qifang out, but rather Wang Qifang "wanted to go", and the couple reluctantly cooperated with her.

  However, regardless of whether she was shirking responsibility or not, Wang Qifang was still overjoyed. The glass bead incident had taught her a lesson and made her clearly understand that this world was not any dynasty in the history she was familiar with, but a god-knows-how-many-times-butterfly-effect world created by countless predecessors who had crossed over. Looking back at herself, Wang Qifang had been a newcomer who knew nothing when she first arrived, and her so-called modern knowledge might not necessarily be leading-edge here.

  Look, lace has been updated, glass has been improved, and is there a bigger surprise waiting outside?!

  So, going out and having real experience, truly understanding this world, Wang Qifang can live a better life.

  "Haha, this big gathering sounds quite novel, I really want to experience it!"

  "Alright, I'll come and get you early the day after tomorrow!"

  After seeing off Qian Niang, Wang Qifang sat in the empty courtyard with a disheartened expression. She thought about how she had made a package overnight with full confidence, but before it even reached the market, she was told it was a cheap and low-grade product. Alas, it was really a blow to her.

  When her gaze fell on the cluster of tomatoes in the corner, Wang Qifang's resentment grew: Woe is me, I say to my seniors, can't you leave some way out for your juniors? Aren't the sacred fruits enough for you to get rich? Why do you even want to improve glass?!

  However, her past self still quite liked to eat tomatoes. Seeing the yellow flowers on the green branches and looking at the desolate scene in the courtyard, Wang Qifang couldn't sit still. She remembered that there was some empty land in the small yard of the space, so it would be better to move these tomatoes over rather than wasting them by not planting anything.

  Right, not just tomatoes. Tomorrow at the market, let's see if there are any other seeds available, preferably grains and vegetables. Buy them back and plant them directly in space, so her food problem will be solved.

  Thoughts turned into action, Wang Qifang patted her buttocks and found a broken old hoe from the small courtyard's woodshed. After a busy while, she transplanted several wild tomatoes to the space in no time.

  After planting these tomatoes, she suddenly remembered that when sweeping the floor yesterday, she found a ceramic jar in the broken kang hole, which was filled with seeds. Unfortunately, she didn't recognize what they were, otherwise she would have taken the opportunity to plant them together?!

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