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Chapter 12 - Chapter 12: The First Pot of Gold

First, she looked around, making sure no one was there, before she started her actions.

After all, she temporarily didn't want anyone to discover she possessed a space.

It was too amazing; if discovered by someone with ulterior motives, she might be sent to some mysterious places for research, wouldn't she?

It's better to be cautious.

Jiang Xin was in the space for quite some time, and what she eventually took out were all pretty ordinary ingredients.

First, she took out five identical bamboo baskets from within the space to hold the ingredients.

Then, she filled the baskets with two large ones of eggs, one of mushrooms, the remaining two with one of wild rabbit meat and one of rice.

This was the result Jiang Xin came up with after much deliberation.

Egg sales are fast; if someone asks, she can simply say they're laid by her family's hens, green products you can eat with peace of mind.

Mushrooms can be said to be picked from the mountains, which won't raise any suspicions.

As for the wild rabbit meat, people in the countryside rely on what the mountains provide.

It's totally normal for families to hunt rabbits when they have nothing else to do.

Although there's not much wild rabbit meat, it's still game and there's no worry about not selling it.

After all, miss this village and there's no such shop.

The rice is high-quality grain; although every household can afford it, in these times of scarcity, people eat more coarse rice.

The rice in her space is top-notch; just looking at the color of the grains tells you the quality is high, so there's no worry about selling it.

Because of the times, the food too rare in the space Jiang Xin didn't dare to take out, afraid of attracting attention and bringing trouble upon herself.

After putting all the ingredients in the baskets, Jiang Xin then found a carrying pole from within the space.

She hung all five baskets on each end of the pole and, carrying it, walked toward the market.

On the way, she was just a small, overly frail girl, pretty in appearance with a youthful charm.

So naturally, she attracted quite a bit of attention.

A lot of eyes glanced over her.

Jiang Xin wasn't displeased with this.

After all, she was about to do business and calling attention wasn't a bad thing.

Free advertising, isn't it?

When she met others' assessing gazes, she even smiled in response:

"Hello there, are you coming to buy groceries?"

"I have free-range eggs laid by rural hens here. If you need, I'll be setting up a stand here later, you can come and have a look, definitely cheaper than the supply and marketing cooperative!"

After saying this, Jiang Xin carried the pole, pondering over a vacant spot.

Today, indeed time was tight.

Having arrived late, most good spots in the market had already been taken.

So, Jiang Xin could only walk further inside the market.

Although the location was a bit remote, the market still had decent foot traffic.

Coupled with the fact she's selling essential commodities, Jiang Xin felt there wasn't any worry about selling.

There's an old saying that good wine doesn't fear a deep alley.

As long as she stands there calling out.

If someone hears, they'll still come over to take a look.

Jiang Xin feels the wild rabbit meat she brought today was genuinely good stuff.

After searching for quite a while, Jiang Xin finally found a vacant spot.

Arriving, she looked around; there were only a few stalls nearby selling household items.

The traffic was average, but not completely deserted.

Hence, she placed the pole she was carrying on her shoulder down, then uncovered the cloth covering the baskets.

After organizing a bit, she priced each product in her mind.

Then, Jiang Xin glanced around and started calling out.

"Rural eggs, laid by our own chickens, pure and green products, only five cents each, come take a look if you need!"

"Wild rabbit meat, freshly hunted, fifteen yuan for one, limited quantity, first come, first served!"

"Wild mushrooms, fifty cents per pound, freshly picked from the mountain this morning, still with dew, guaranteed freshness, cook soup at home and it's as tasty as it gets!"

"Rice here, top-grade rice, one yuan and three per pound, high quality, better than what's sold at the cooperative, look at this translucency, clearly quality rice!"

After Jiang Xin called out, many people turned to look at her when they heard her voice.

It's not just anything; the people selling in markets are usually older.

A young girl like Jiang Xin, so young, manning a stall in the market is indeed rare.

Besides, she's naturally good-looking, her smiling eyes truly endearing.

People shopping in the market are usually older and they love seeing a pretty child like her.

So all passing by, even if not buying anything, couldn't resist taking a few extra glances her way.

Thus, slowly but surely, more people gathered around Jiang Xin.

The people of that time didn't have much entertainment, they liked to join the bustle.

Spotting a crowd at Jiang Xin's stall, they naturally gravitated over.

To see what she's selling on her stall.

The result, what they saw was a surprise, there were indeed many good items at Jiang Xin's stall.

Especially the wild rabbit meat and rice!

They were scarce good items, that rice was clearly high-quality.

No one knew where this young girl got all these great items.

And so many eggs!

Usually, it's not uncommon to see free-range eggs sold in markets.

But seeing Jiang Xin selling two whole baskets full is rare.

How many hens must she raise to lay so many eggs?

Almost two hundred per basket if you counted!

Everyone scrambled to grab them, instantly buying them all.

Anyway, eggs were necessary and buying them to keep at home wouldn't spoil.

The cooperative sold them too, but always in limited quantities and often out of stock.

Faced with such a rare opportunity, naturally they bought more.

Jiang Xin felt a sense of accomplishment seeing the eggs sell out.

Never thought eggs would sell so fast; if she'd known, she'd have prepared a few more baskets.

She counted the money in her hands, just from selling eggs she made almost ten plus yuan!

With the eggs sold out, she still had other goods!

Seeing people still gathered, Jiang Xin quickly started promoting her other items.

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