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Chapter 10: Market Street
Because of the changes in reality, Geng Xuan made some slight adjustments to the original plan.

So, today he didn't go anywhere else, but just stayed around this long street.

This long street is at the outermost edge of the market. Whether it is the vendors or the customers coming and going here, the vast majority are ordinary people with no cultivation and no roots or background.

As the weaker party, they had no choice but to swallow their anger when faced with bullying by the bad boys, even if they were accidentally whipped. At most, they dared to complain and curse after the boys left.

This is also the reason why the evil boys chose this long street as a place to ride horses.

Although they are domineering and take pleasure in doing evil, they are not really stupid.

If you go to areas where practitioners gather, they might still be shy and good kids.

Although the evil boys had gone away, the aftermath they left behind was far from over. While people were trying to restore order on the streets, cursing these evil boys became almost everyone's mantra before communicating.

"Damn you short-lived kid, please, how much is this basket?"

"I'm in a hurry to be reborn. Twenty cents."

"If you want to die, die early. It's a bit expensive... ten cents!"

As he walked, Geng Xuan got to know more about the situation of these evil teenagers.

Only then did he realize that this kind of scene of riding a horse through a busy city was not always like this.

Although this long street is basically opened up for ordinary people, it is still part of the market after all. Anyone with a little bit of common sense will not allow these evil teenagers to do this for a long time.

The cause of the incident was the heavy rain the day before, which soaked the horse farm where the evil boys often rode horses and hunted, making it too soft. Galloping on horseback in such a field would not only hurt the horses, but also pose a safety hazard, so it could not be used temporarily.

So they chose a long street paved with sand and gravel that could quickly filter water and would not be flooded.

……

Walking and stopping, looking left and right, Geng Xuan had walked back and forth on the long street several times without realizing it.

When his stomach started to growl, Geng Xuan realized that there were fewer people on the street.

Many people who come to the market will not stay on the street. After finishing their business, they go back to their homes. Now it is noon when the sun is the hottest. Many vendors have closed their stalls and gone to look for food. The long street has suddenly become much quieter.

Geng Xuan entered a restaurant called "Hong Yue Lou", which was also the highest-end restaurant on this long street. In addition to the good food, the more important reason was that there was a large ice tray in almost every visible corner of the restaurant and in the areas where guests were seated more densely.

People who have been tortured by the high temperature outdoors will feel so comfortable that every pore in their body will want to dance and cheer as soon as they enter such an environment.

At this moment, "Hongyue Building" is already full of people.

Geng Xuan ordered two dishes to fill his stomach, and then pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation of the people at a table in the field. Judging from their clothing, the people at this table were different from those ordinary vendors, and their clothes were much more elegant and decent.

"Just be patient. Once their horse farm is restored, these troubles will be gone."

"Leave? Didn't you see how crazy they were laughing? I think they are addicted to playing. I'm really worried that one day they will bring bows and shoot at everyone they see!"

"This...this...can't be that exaggerated, right? How can they be so inhumane!?"

"Humanity? You tell them this? ... Do you know what the most interesting thing in the world is?"

"what?"

"You are kidding me! Didn't you see how happy they were when we were being chased around like pigs and dogs?"

"...How about we unite some merchants and talk to those bosses this afternoon?"

"say what?"

"Let's talk about this. After all, we are also part of this market, and we never lack the money we should pay every month. If these short-lived ghosts play like this every day and affect everyone's business, isn't it a loss for them too!"

"Oh, you are so naive. If you want to go, you guys go. I won't go anyway... You are just asking for your own death!"

"If you don't want to go, then don't go. What are you talking about?

We are trying to find a solution here, but you keep pouring cold water on us, trying to show off your ability, right?

...Don't pull me, just explain your thoughts to me clearly!"

“Haha, I don’t want to tell you anything else. I’ll just remind you that you said that if the business on Changjie Street is affected, they will also suffer losses. This is not true.

Before you go bankrupt, their interests will not be harmed at all, and the only one who will suffer will be you.

I would like to kindly remind you again that if you do not want to suffer the consequences, it is best not to say things like "our business will be affected and you will also suffer losses."

This is a threat, understand?!
——Okay, I have something else to do this afternoon, so I won’t accompany you anymore. Goodbye! "

At this moment, the other guests' conversations had long disappeared, and everyone was listening attentively to the conversation at this table, and Geng Xuan was no exception. Then he saw a middle-aged man in a long gown stand up, casually bowed to the others, and strode away without looking back.

Although this person has left, his words still echo in the minds of everyone present, creating a lasting silencing effect.

No one spoke.

Whether it was the audience like Geng Xuan, or the others sitting at the same table with the man in the long gown.

After a long time, a slightly bloated man grabbed a pot beside him and poured the liquid into his mouth through the spout, but suddenly he let out a shrill scream.

"what--"

This person was the main force who had just angrily confronted the middle-aged man in long gown. He wanted to drown his troubles in alcohol, but he made a mistake in his haste and mistook the teapot for a wine pot. The boiling hot tea went into his mouth and he suffered a great loss.

"Snapped!"

He threw the teapot to the ground, breaking it into pieces. His red eyes swept across the people at the table, and then swept over the other people in the building.

"Hey, you guys are all here to listen to what's going on, right? Don't just think about taking advantage!
If this matter is not resolved, no one who eats on this street will be able to escape!"

He was venting there, but no one wanted to listen to his complaints, and people left one after another.

Geng Xuan put a piece of silver on the tray and said to the shop assistant who was about to clean up the table, "Pack the rest for me."

"Ah?" The shop assistant was a little confused, as if he didn't understand what he meant.

Geng Xuan pointed at the leftovers on the table and said, "Find me something to wrap it up... Is that okay?"

This time the shop assistant understood and quickly said, "No problem, please wait a moment."

Although it is a bit strange, after all, the customers who come here to eat are not short of money for meals, and I have never heard of such a request to pack up the unfinished food and take it away.

But since the customer has made a request, he will naturally do his best to comply.

The shop assistant was very attentive. He packed the dishes separately with large rice dumplings leaves which were specially used for steaming dishes and dim sum. They looked like some exquisite dim sum when held in the hands.

"Thanks."

Geng Xuan left Hongyue Building and walked along a long street with few pedestrians for dozens of meters before arriving under a big tree. The dense tree canopy was like an umbrella, providing a shade in the hot sun, and there was a breeze from time to time, so it wasn't particularly unbearable to stay here.

Geng Xuan placed the packed food on a stone slab, glanced to the side, nodded, and continued strolling on the long street.

When he passed by this place again, he saw a skinny kid squatting there, his body was as dirty as a mud monkey. The rice dumplings were stacked up one by one, without any oily rice grains.

Seeing him approaching, the "little mud monkey" knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him, making an "ah ah wu wu" sound from his mouth.

"Mute?" Geng Xuan was a little surprised.

What he packed just now were not really leftovers, but what he ordered extra on purpose.

The reason why he suddenly felt kind-hearted had little to do with the pitiful look of this "little mud monkey", but compared to the fact that every person on the street had a ball of red gas hanging over their head, which was either thick or thin, big or small, the head of this "little mud monkey" was as clean and clear as a transparent jelly like Chen Xiaoyu's, which touched his heart.

Thinking of how Chen Xiaoyu had brought him breakfast for two consecutive mornings, he had the idea of giving this "little mud monkey" lunch as well.

I just did it when I thought of it, and didn't think too much about other things.

It was also at this moment that he realized that this "little mud monkey" was actually a mute.

The "little mud monkey" nodded and opened his mouth deliberately to show him, followed by another burst of "Ah ah woo woo".

Geng Xuan's eyes suddenly froze.

He clearly saw that the tongue of the "little mud monkey" was broken off at the root, and the cut was very neat.

This was obviously cut off intentionally!
Geng Xuan was greatly shocked, but he didn't say anything else. He just nodded to the "little mud monkey" again, turned around and left, continuing to stroll back and forth on this long street.

At about five or six in the afternoon, Geng Xuan returned to his home in Changpingfang.

A man sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes staring blankly at the ground, thoughts one after another churning in his mind.

"The powerful soil identification ability is more than just assisting in digging holes."

“It can do so much more if you use your imagination.”

"Since I can see the characteristics of the earth at a glance, the earth can be used for my own benefit."

"...Let's see how it turns out."

(End of this chapter)