The purchasing station was a three-room, single-story building by the side of the road. It was quite crowded at the moment, filled with farmers who had come to sell some of their produce and earn a bit of pocket money.
Yuan Si didn't get in line right away. Instead, she wandered through all three rooms. The center room was the most crowded. She saw several people holding braids and figured this was where they bought handmade goods. The rooms on the left and right were empty. In the room on the right, there was a middle-aged man. Yuan Si poked her head in to look. The counter was completely bare, so she couldn't tell what was purchased there.
Old Liu's work had been very slow for the past six months. The farmers had a poor harvest, so unless they were desperate for cash, they kept any mountain goods they found to feed themselves. It was normal for him to go ten days or even half a month without seeing a single person.
