The weather is gradually getting colder, and it is the time to busy with wheat sowing. Although there are not many people putting up stalls in the county town, it is still quite lively with people coming and going.
Zhuang Qingning saw a busy pastry shop nearby, where she bought some sesame candies, crispy twists, chestnut cakes, water chestnut cakes, and so on. She also bought a few candy paintings sold by a man next to her.
As she walked on, she saw all sorts of fresh and beautiful hairpins, as well as bamboo balls and bamboo dragonflies...
By the time she got to the spice shop, her hands were full, hardly able to pick anything else up.
Helpless, she found a grocery shop and bought a delicately woven bamboo basket with a lid to hold all her items, before going into Cheng's spice shop.
As soon as she stepped into the spice shop, Zhuang Qingning smelled a strong fragrance.