Chapter 1132: Everyone Is Delighted

After these three families finished exchanging, more people came in succession, their goods clearly pre-selected—they must have taken the team leader's words to heart.

Some families had daughters about to marry and wanted to make new clothes as dowry, coming straight for cloth.

Others came for cigarettes, hoping to impress in-laws, but most came for soap and brown sugar.

Even though Liu Chuxue secretly added extra items from her space into her bag, everything was exchanged within an hour; seeing the pile of dried seafood, even if she gave some away as gifts, it would still last her and Fu Yan Cheng for one or two years.

For later visitors, Liu Chuxue could only trade using money vouchers—overall, everyone was delighted.

Seeing Liu Chuxue had already collected so much, the team leader and Grandpa Afu stopped notifying others to come—after all, they couldn't let the girl take everything from the whole village.

Liu Chuxue naturally knew when to stop; further collecting might raise suspicion.

Several families helped Liu Chuxue pack everything, and Grandpa Afu chuckled: "If you keep collecting like this, my boat won't even make one trip to carry you."

Liu Chuxue smiled: "Grandpa Afu, when tomorrow's fishing boats return, I'll buy some fresh fish and we'll leave."

Grandpa Afu had no objection, but looked at the pile of dried seafood: "When I take you to Lotus Mountain, will someone be there to meet you?"

Liu Chuxue nodded and lied: "Yes."

Remembering the girl said she came for the Canton Fair, they assumed she had companions and didn't doubt her words—thinking she must have brought gifts for her colleagues too, otherwise how could she have exchanged so much?

That was fine—no need for Liu Chuxue to explain; they filled in the blanks themselves.

While packing the dried seafood, Liu Chuxue casually asked: "What fruits do you have here? Could you help me get some saplings?"

Grandpa Afu, having received the flashlight he'd long desired, readily promised: "I'll get you one or two trees—no need to pay."

Liu Chuxue refused to take advantage of Grandpa Afu's goodwill and insisted otherwise, but he persisted; finally, she pulled out a small bag of fruit candies from her bag: "Then let me trade these candies instead—I won't feel at ease otherwise."

Everyone now saw that this girl was genuine, and their impression of her improved even more.

As dusk fell, the team leader and Grandpa Afu brought over saplings of guava, lychee, and longan, along with various vegetable seeds from their area—most of these were contributed by the few families, plus some fresh lotus roots to take home for their families to taste.

Liu Chuxue naturally didn't refuse, since she truly had none of these in her space.

Jiao's family had an empty room; Liu Chuxue arranged with Aunt Jiao to stay overnight, paying two yuan for tonight and tomorrow's two meals.

Jiao's family initially refused to take any money, but Liu Chuxue insisted; the couple had no choice but to decide to cook their best dishes to treat her well.

Wan Qing, having returned and not found Liu Chuxue after a full day, harbored malicious thoughts and hurriedly knocked on the team leader's door: "Team Leader, it's so late and Liu Chuxue hasn't returned—could something have happened to her outside?"

Lao Zhou, hearing this, grew anxious and called out to Zhang Aiguo and Qian Silin inside: "Don't rest yet—go out and look for Liu Chuxue. I'll go down to the front desk and ask."

Hearing Liu Chuxue hadn't returned, they forgot their fatigue: "We're going now."

Wan Qing watched them leave, thinking: No matter the reason, this incident will surely ruin that bitch's reputation.

But as they reached the front desk and opened their mouths to ask, the woman inside suddenly remembered Liu Chuxue's morning instructions and smacked her forehead: "How could I forget?"

She quickly pulled out the note Liu Chuxue had given her: "This was left by the pretty girl who came on the trip with you—I got so busy I forgot."

Lao Zhou read the note and finally sighed in relief: "I knew that girl wouldn't be so irresponsible. Alright, no need for you to go searching—go back upstairs and rest."