It was only six in the morning, and it was tough on the County Magistrate to be bustling about so early.
As the day brightened, the shouts of vendors began to fill the street outside, and only then did the County Magistrate take his leave to return to the Yamen (Government office) to work.
Before he left, Li Wenli gave him a jar of beef sauce as a thank-you gift.
The County Magistrate initially didn't think much of the jar, but once he sniffed it, he was immediately enraptured!
It was just too fragrant!!!
He happily carried the sauce back to the Yamen to eat with noodles. Later, this jar of beef sauce was greedily snatched up by the Deputy Magistrate and the Registrar, but that's a story for another time.
After bidding farewell to the County Magistrate, everyone casually headed to the marketplace for a stroll.