Chapter 901 - Buying Beans (2/2)
That’s right. During the lunch hour, he had a sudden spark of inspiration and a clear image of the Three Fragrance to the Ocean he wanted to make appeared in his mind. He was now rushing to the market to buy some beans and try out his new idea.
Yuan Zhou was preparing to buy some peas, soybeans, and red beans. All three were beans that could only be cooked after they were dried under the sun.
The taxi stopped at the largest market near Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.
“Young man, we have arrived,” said the driver.
“Ok. Thank you,” Yuan Zhou made the payment and left.
The moment Yuan Zhou got off the taxi, he attracted some gazes.
“What is that person wearing? Some ancient costume?”
“He’s dressed weirdly.”
“Is he an actor? Or an opera singer?”
As usual, Yuan Zhou was wearing his outfit with gorgeous markings and narrow sleeves. This outfit would not impede in his movements yet able to show off his figure. However, since this market was frequented by people on the older age spectrum, thus, these people could not understand Yuan Zhou’s choice of style.
Yuan Zhou was already used to such stares. He would only say that he was wearing a traditional Han outfit and not some ancient costume when someone asked.
Fortunately, although there were indeed some people staring at him, even more people were turning a blind eye to him.
And the moment Yuan Zhou stepped foot into the market, his ears were assaulted by the clamoring noise within the market.
This market resembled a food market, and the driver had stopped right in front of the entrance. Therefore, Yuan Zhou only needed to take a few steps to enter and right after entering, he saw numerous stores within.
The stores circled around the market and in the middle of the market was a space that resembled a food market with brick flooring and numerous stalls, selling numerous grains, beans included.
To be precise, the grains section occupied half the space while the other half was occupied by oil sellers. A certain smell wafted about in the air, making the oil section rather conspicuous in this market.
“I’ll check the stores first,” Yuan Zhou decided and headed towards the stores.
Yuan Zhou reached the first store at the left. He raised his head and looked at the signboard. “Wang Ji’s Grains and Oils” were written on it. This was a simple and easily remembered name. Within the store was a middle-aged woman, leaning against the wall watching a TV show on her phone.
“I’m buying beans,” Yuan Zhou said.
“Sure. Feel free to look around. The prices are all there as well. Let me know when you are done choosing,” said the middle-aged woman without even raising her head as she tossed a red basket to Yuan Zhou.
“Ok,” Yuan Zhou answered and started observing the beans in the store.
Yuan Zhou did not use the basket. Instead, he took out a shopping bag. This was a bag he had received as a gift when he attended a wedding in the past. Normally, people would receive candies or towels as wedding gifts. That was the first time Yuan Zhou saw someone giving shopping bags as a wedding gift. He wondered if the married couple was saving cost or they were simply trying to be different.
In any case, Yuan Zhou decided to make full use of what he had. Thus, he used it for the beans.
The beans of the store were stored in numerous transparent cabinets. The cabinet Yuan Zhou was looking at currently was a cabinet filled with red beans.
The cabinet wasn’t too high up. Yuan Zhou lifted the plastic lid, crouched down, and started picking at them.
The reason Yuan Zhou had came here was because there were a lot of beans here, making it easier for him to pick and choose. After all, he required beans with similar size.
And if he wasn’t using system-issued beans, it was quite hard to find sellers selling beans of similar size. The only way he could go about it was to manually pick the beans.
Yuan Zhou had good eyes and quick hands. In a short while, the bottom of his bag was already filled with beans.
The middle-aged woman suddenly raised her head after not hearing from Yuan Zhou in a while.