"Candied fruit skewers~ Get your candied fruit skewers~"
Wenren Luoshui carried a rack of candied fruit skewers over her shoulder as she walked along the bustling street.
How could anyone miss out on candied fruit skewers in winter?
After leaving Bullfrog Town, they had arrived in Gourd Town.
Here, they had adopted new identities again. Wenren Luoshui carried her rack through the streets and alleys, selling candied fruit skewers.
Emperor Lang Ling set up a stall and pretended to be a fortune-telling mystic.
Fortunately, he had no intention of swindling anyone. Whenever someone came to his stall for a reading, he cheerfully invited them to sit.
Then he would say whatever sounded most outrageous, invariably infuriating his customers until they stormed off with a flick of their sleeves.
Sui Yun and Yunjian set up a mobile fried skewer stall right beside the emperor's.
With Wenren Luoshui supplying the ingredients for free, their wares were practically half sold and half given away.
Whenever the emperor had no customers, he either went to Wenren Luoshui for candied fruit skewers or helped himself to the fried skewers Yunjian and Sui Yun were selling.
"I've eaten so much sugar my teeth hurt a little." The emperor sat slumped against a wall without a shred of dignity, propping his cheek on one hand and holding fried chives he had pilfered from Yunjian and Sui Yun in the other.
The tender green chive leaves were coated in mouthwatering spices.
Even before his tongue touched the food, he could imagine how delicious the fried skewer in his hand would taste.
"Your toothache hasn't stopped you from eating."
Yunjian spared the emperor no dignity. As she ate freshly fried chicken strips, she reminded Sui Yun to turn the vegetables in the oil.
The prices at Yunjian's fried skewer