Miss Lin held the fairy fruit in her hands and ate it with great relish.

He praised with surprise, "Auntie, this fairy fruit tastes sweet and refreshing, it really lives up to its name!"

Aunt Jiang nodded with a smile, "The old lady got some good things on the farm, and she's still thinking about you."

Miss Lin's eyes flickered, and she thought that before she felt that it was unnecessary for Aunt Jiang to please her stepmother.

Unexpectedly, the old lady treated them so well.

After all, what is given to them is the same as what is given to the first and third wives.

With a glance, he realized that the fairy fruit placed in front of Aunt Jiang had not been touched at all.

"Why doesn't Auntie eat?"

Aunt Jiang smiled and said, "Miss, if you like it, I'll save it for you to eat tomorrow!"

Miss Lin Er looked at her hand again and saw only half of it was left.

He quickly picked up the other one and stuffed it into Aunt Jiang's mouth.

"Eat it quickly, Auntie. Don't leave it until tomorrow or it will go bad. I can't eat it all by myself and leave you without even tasting it."

Aunt Jiang took it reluctantly and took a bite. She found the juice was indeed very sweet.

Now she just hopes that Miss Lin Er can find a good marriage, get married properly, live happily with her husband in the future, and she will be satisfied if she can visit him from time to time.

In the small courtyard of the third room, Lin Sanlang finished eating the second fairy fruit, but he still felt a little unsatisfied.

He couldn't help but mutter as he looked at the empty box.

"How stingy! You only gave me two fruits!"

Aunt Tang sat aside, watching her son eat with relish. She was happier than anything else. Hearing this, she could only sigh helplessly.

"The old lady has always been frugal. Last time we divided the family, she only said a few words to help, and she even asked me to write an IOU for fifty taels of silver. Now she is delivering something to the mansion, and she just gave us a box."

In this mansion right now, aren't they the family that are having the hardest time?

Needless to say, the second master of the second house is old and can move out with his aunt. Although it sounds like they don't have the wealth of the uncle's mansion, at least they are free and unsupervised.

Even Aunt Jiang's side was very frugal. The second young lady would be sent out in two years, and it wouldn't cost much money on a normal basis. Unlike her, her brother was still young, had a big appetite, and expensive clothes. The property she got from the division of the family was really too little. If she wanted to support Sanlang to study, get married, and have children, it would definitely not be enough!

How could the old lady have the heart to ask her to write an IOU!

As soon as the carriage arrived at Old Madam Su's farm, basically all the families who had gone to the farm to give gifts of thanks received the fairy fruit.

This fairy fruit looked good and was endorsed by an old lady who had been enlightened by gods, so it was well received by almost all households. Of course, there were some people like Ji who were so blind that they didn't know the value of it. She didn't even have the chance to taste it herself, but gave it to her servants instead. She only regretted her decision when the legend of this fairy fruit became popular in the city.

Aunt Su gave these magical fruits away to about ten families, which means that less than fifty tomatoes were given away.

But in just half a month, the two boxes of fairy fruit gift boxes in Su Ji's boutique shop, which were delivered almost every day at noon, had already been bought out by the servants from various mansions who had been waiting there for a long time.

The residents of Qingyun Street were all shocked by this scene.

"Oh my goodness! Where are all these people coming from? Why are there so many people? What are they grabbing?"

"What are you robbing? You're robbing that fairy fruit gift box! Five taels of silver for a box! Scary, isn't it?"

"No, what kind of fairy fruit? A box of a few costs five taels of silver. Is this a fruit bought with silver?"

"Hey! Look at those carriages and the drivers... This one belongs to the Ding family, that one belongs to the Ji family, and this one belongs to the county magistrate's family... If these were fruits bought with silver, maybe they wouldn't be so precious!"

"What kind of fruit is that?"

"How would he know if you ask him? He can't even afford five taels of silver worth of fairy fruit!"

"Hehehe! You're right, I really know it! Last time, the young man from Mr. Zhu's family came to buy the fairy fruit, but he was too late and didn't buy any. He went back and was kicked twice, and his legs were limping... So he asked me to help him. I should go buy it earlier the next day and give it to him when I get it back. Aren't I a kind-hearted person?"

"whispering sound!"

Amidst the boos, the man continued, "I helped buy them. After I bought them, I was curious, so I opened the box and took a look. Actually, there were two fruits inside, the size of a fist! They were bright red and looked pretty, but I can't figure out why they are called fairy fruits and why they are sold so expensively!"

"Could it be that this magical fruit, if eaten, can cure illness and prolong life?"

"I think it's probably true. Otherwise, are these wealthy people stupid? They just threw away five taels of silver like that?"

"Hey! Liu the Butcher, where are you going?"

Liu the Butcher runs a butcher shop at the corner of the street. Although he does earn more than other people, his money is not enough to buy five taels of fruit!

Butcher Liu said without even turning his head, "My mother was sick a few days ago and couldn't eat. I thought I'd buy some fairy fruit to see if it could stimulate her appetite!"

Many people who were chatting were shocked and stayed silent for a long while before they started talking.

"Although Liu the Butcher may be a rough man, he is a filial son!"

"If anyone is willing to give me five taels of silver to eat the fruit, I will die of illness and get up to taste the saltiness!"

"Go! You're dreaming!"

"My father can't hear this, or he'll keep nagging me!"

"If my mother knew that I spent five taels to buy two pieces of fruit, she would definitely rush to the shop to return the money!"

In the boutique shop, after finally seeing off the buyers, Manager Gao breathed a sigh of relief.

I had just stretched when I saw another customer coming into the shop.

Upon closer inspection, he found it was Liu the butcher from the butcher shop at the corner of the street, so he greeted him with a smile.

"Brother Liu, is there anything you want to buy?"

Although this shop is located on this street, the customers are generally not from this street.

The neighbors were all small business owners and not wealthy. Even if some of them came in to buy a hair flower or a few bamboo baskets, some of them would bite the bullet and buy a tiger-head hat for their son...

But these things are never broken, and buying them once every six months is too much.

"I heard you have fairy fruit for sale here? It's the one that the wealthy families are scrambling to buy!"

Manager Gao was stunned for a moment, "Brother Liu, this fairy fruit... is five taels of silver per box, and there are only two in a box."

This thing is really expensive. If it wasn't for him selling it, he wouldn't have believed it.

Even though this fruit has never been found in the whole city and it tastes really good... he didn't eat it secretly. Instead, his daughter worked in the workshop on the farm, and the old lady ordered that the fruits with holes from being pecked by birds should be picked and distributed to the people in the workshop. So his daughter got some twice, and since there was nothing to eat, she gave them to him.

"I know. Give me a box! I'll give it to my mother to try."

"Brother Liu, this is just an ordinary fruit. It doesn't have any magical uses!"

The old lady had specifically instructed that if anyone came to buy it, they must tell the other party that the fruit just tasted good and looked fresh, and had no special uses, especially for customers who were not well-dressed!

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