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Chapter 721: The least amount of money spent, the most money spent; it's cheap.

They ate their way to the far right of the morning market, and along the way, the group of guests and staff ate their way through several shops that had sold out of stock. Guan Jing, sitting on a wooden post and touching her slightly bulging belly, suddenly slapped her thigh and asked, "How much did you guys spend on this meal?"

Chi Song abruptly stopped halfway through a burp: "Ugh!"

Jiang Hanying was still holding a skewer of grilled insects that few people dared to eat in one hand. She took a bite of the crispy fried insect protein, then spread her other hand out, looking completely nonchalant, and said, "I didn't count."

They're so busy eating that they don't even have time to think about how much they've spent. They're always eating what they just bought while keeping an eye on what's on the stalls in front of them.
Yuan Chaoyu pulled out a few loose banknotes. "I brought thirty with me in total. Now, well, I have thirteen left."

She was shocked when she saw the money left.

When she first learned about the price of breakfast, she thought her meal wouldn't cost more than ten yuan.

As a result, it cost almost double!
Haha, it feels just like shopping at a supermarket. Everything looks pretty cheap, but when you pay the bill, it easily adds up to over a hundred yuan!

[Those two biggest eaters, Jiang Hanying and Chi Song, won't they eat thirty or fifty pounds in one meal?]

[Koike has already started taking out the remaining money.]

[Haha, you seem a little panicked, aren't you? This is just breakfast, we haven't even explored the rest of the morning market yet. Since we're already here, we should at least buy some fruit or something to take back.]

[Anyway, I might not buy anything else at the morning market, but I definitely have to bring back some seasonal fruits and vegetables. They're mostly picked fresh that morning or the day before, so they're incredibly fresh, and the taste is truly different.]

[Alright, everyone's starting to count their remaining money.]

[A single meal plunged the entire food-hunting team into a financial crisis!]

[Please have pity on the kids and give them more funding!]

Why do I feel a little schadenfreude?

Because you can't eat it!

That's heartbreaking!

A quick count revealed that Jiang Hanying, who had the least amount of money to begin with, actually spent the most.

Not many people from other places dare to eat grilled insect skewers, and they are quite expensive. She ordered two skewers herself, one with salt and pepper and the other with spicy.

Chi Song only bought one skewer to try.

Guan Jing and Yuan Chaoyu just looked at it but didn't buy anything.

I've been eating Yuezhuo since I was a child, and I don't crave it today, so I didn't buy any.

Yuan Chaoyu couldn't help but sneer as he looked at the few loose bills left in Jiang Hanying's hand. "It's only the second day, and you already have less than half of your funds left. Where is your talk of being frugal yesterday?"

Jiang Hanying, without blushing or panting, said, "I ate it."

Yuan Chaoyu: "..."

It seems even live streaming can't affect this person's incredibly shameless nature!
"Haha, since we've already eaten, let's go check out the other side."

The breakfast stalls on the right mostly close up after 10 a.m., since lunch is just around the corner.

On the other side, the stalls lasted longer, gradually closing down around 11 or 12 o'clock.

The group then turned back the way they came.

Then I noticed that the vegetables and fruits at the stalls on both sides of the road were almost sold out.

[You were so busy eating that you picked out all the best quality pieces!]

[But these leftovers look greener and fresher than the ones in the supermarket near my house!]

[Damn, this hits home again. It's so hard to even get fresh fruits and vegetables these days!]

【Why are there still some vegetables I don't recognize? Does anyone know what that round, white thing with a sprout is? Is it a vegetable or a fruit?】

That's arrowhead, from the Changshui River. We use it to make braised pork, and it's also good in soup. I quite like it.

I haven't tried it yet.

【You are not alone. 】

[The downside of having such a vast and resource-rich land is that, after living for so many years, I've discovered there are still so many things I've never seen or tasted.]

No, how can you blame it on the vast land and abundant resources? The reason can be summed up in one word: poverty!

[Please, some people, stop sending hurtful comments!]

Seeing an elderly woman preparing to pack up her stall ahead, Guan Jing took the initiative and asked, "Grandma, how much are your two remaining bunches of leafy greens?"

"A dollar."

Are these the only two bundles left?

"Never mind, I'll give you the dollar. It'll save you the trouble of carrying it back." "Thank you, Grandma."

Guan Jing returned with two bundles of vegetables, beaming with delight. "I ate a bit too much this morning. I saw that we still have seasonings sponsored by the brand in our kitchen. We'll just have a vegetable salad for dinner to save money!"

Then I bought a few more tomatoes in the same way, and finally asked the owner to throw in a small stalk of celery.

Others also searched for what they wanted to buy at nearby stalls, mainly looking for items that were cheap.

I spent too much on breakfast, so I have to make up for it here.

Forced to be frugal!

Jiang Hanying squatted down in front of the stall and asked, "What's this?"

Boss: Passion fruit.

"It tastes like an egg?"

Boss: "It's somewhat similar. The texture is powdery and slightly sweet. Why don't you try it first?"

"Row."

Yuan Chaoyu was just about to buy some bananas at the stall next door when he turned around and saw Jiang Hanying reaching out to take half a passion fruit that the stall owner had cut and handed to her. "Can your stomach still hold any more?"

"It's digested now that it's come over here."

Yuan Chaoyu twitched his lips. This walk back was at most a mile. How much could he possibly digest?

After taking a bite, Jiang Hanying decisively decided: "Come on, um, three catties."

Seeing the shopkeeper open a plastic bag and about to start filling it, Yuan Chaoyu hesitated for a moment but couldn't help reminding him, "Did you ask the price? What if it's expensive? Think about how little money you have left!"

Jiang Hanying obediently looked up and asked, "How much are these passion fruit?"

"It's one yuan per pound, and it'll be even cheaper if you buy more."

As soon as he said that, the guests who were originally scattered around immediately gathered around.

"One yuan per pound?"

How much of a discount do I get when I buy more?

The shopkeeper looked up and saw the crowd of heads gathering around him. He chuckled and blurted out, "One yuan a pound, two yuan for three pounds, five yuan for eight pounds!"

Guan Jing looked down at Jiang Hanying, who was trying the passion fruit, and asked, "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Jiang Hanying nodded emphatically, "Delicious."

"Come on, come on, you can all try it. Free samples!"

Chi Song was initially interested in buying it because it was cheap, but after taking a bite, she said, "Never mind, I don't want it."

It doesn't suit his taste.

[Another fruit I've never tried before.]

I've tried it, and I didn't like it. If you want to try, you can mash the egg yolk and mix in some sugar. If you can stomach that, then you can eat this fruit.

[One yuan per pound, two yuan for three pounds? What about the three I bought for ten yuan when I went on vacation?]

You're getting ripped off!

This place must produce this a lot, that's why it's so cheap.

Okay, I feel a little comforted.

This stuff feels similar to durian; people either love it or they don't want to touch it.

[Look at Yingbao and Xiaochi; their attitudes towards passion fruit are a stark contrast.]

After the tasting, as expected, some people thought it was delicious while others found it hard to swallow.

However, it wasn't just the guests; the staff also took advantage of the cheap prices to make some purchases. In addition, Jiang Hanying increased her original order of three jin to eight jin, effectively buying up all the egg fruit that the owner was almost unable to sell.

After buying the bananas, Yuan Chaoyu turned around and saw a large bag in Jiang Hanying's hand, which clearly weighed more than the three pounds she had initially mentioned. "Why did you buy so many?"

"It's cheap!"

Are you planning to eat this as a meal?

"It's cheap!"

Fine, you win!