Early the next morning, before the sky was fully bright, Shen Qiang, thinking he could sleep in after arriving home, was pulled out of bed by his father: "Get up quickly, let's go to the market and buy more groceries."

Shen Qiang was too lazy to move: "Buy what? It's not like the market doesn't sell vegetables every day. Don't buy a whole bunch just to leave them sitting there getting all wrinkled, who'll eat them?"

"When I tell you to get up, you get up." Shen Lao Shi was not pleased: "Even if you don't eat, those girls need to eat too, so get up and stop talking nonsense."

Shen Qiang had no choice, got up and tidied up a bit before heading downstairs. As soon as he got there, he saw all the girls were already up, and the house was spotless, so it had to be one of them who cleaned up.

That's when they saw Shen Qiang about to go out with Shen Lao Shi.

Shen Qiang's mom quickly grabbed a coat for him: "Oh dear, so early and it's this cold, your dad is just unbelievable."

"Can I not go?" Shen Qiang tried to get out of it.

"No way!" Shen Qiang's dad glared at him.

Shen Qiang had no choice, gave the girls a look that said, "I'll bring back some tasty treats for you," and followed his dad out the door.

A big pair of mittens was shoved into his arms.

Shen Qiang was surprised: "There's heating in the car, don't need these."

Looking at Shen Qiang's car, Shen Lao Shi smirked: "Going to the market for groceries, your car is too big, not convenient, if it gets scratched, that's not cool during New Year's, take my car."

Seeing his dad's tricycle in the car, Shen Qiang laughed: "Your car…"

"What's wrong with this car? It can go anywhere, across fields, to the market, anywhere, don't think just because you've got some money you've forgotten your manners. Let's go, enough with the showing off, you drive, I'll sit, just to the market, we'll buy groceries and come back."

Shen Qiang laughed.

Well, since he put it like that, what more was there to say?

Putting on the thick coat, wearing the gloves, he got in the car and opened the throttle, kicked it five times, started the car, and his dad sat in the back, saying: "Don't take the main road, the traffic police will stop you, take the small river path."

Shen Qiang smiled.

Driving the tricycle, clack clack clack, past the row of luxury cars, straight to the market.

Shen Qiang's home in the county town, heading south is the town.

It happened to be Little New Year.

According to local customs, everyone went home to celebrate Little New Year in the afternoon, it would be hard to buy things then.

The county farmers market is in the town center.

About three kilometers from Shen Qiang's home, it took over ten minutes by tricycle to reach the market.

Little New Year, soon it would be Spring Festival.

The market was crowded.

Buying some vegetables felt like a battle, bought a whole bunch, after loading them on the tricycle, there were still unchecked items on the list Shen Qiang's dad had made, he told Shen Qiang to watch the car and things, then turned and went back into the market.

Sitting heavily on the tricycle, although the sun was out, the pile of snow next to the tricycle showed no sign of melting under the sun.

The market was packed, everyone carrying big bags of vegetables.

A vendor pushing a donkey cart with a big iron barrel oven was selling roasted sweet potatoes passing by, Shen Qiang didn't hesitate, bought a batch of roasted sweet potatoes, put them in the tricycle, took one in hand, broke it open and ate it, sweet, fragrant.

While eating, Shen Qiang took out his phone to go online.

Just entered the Jianghu section of the Immortal Realm Forum, Shen Qiang saw many people discussing the failed product he refined when making the Absolute Charm Pill, the Sorrowful Beauty Pill.

"Impossible, if it really was as amazing as the legends, someone would have made a big deal out of it, the Youthful Appearance Pill, that's a legendary elixir, they'd be beating drums and gongs, if it were real, would Shen Qiang and Heshenghe be this quiet?"

"Exactly, it's obviously impossible, if such an elixir existed, it would be something to brag about for a lifetime."

"Haha, I guess they just said it casually, and you guys believed it, if there was such a powerful elixir, if it were me, I would have excitedly made an announcement, letting everyone in the Cultivation World know, how glorious that would be."

Seeing their remarks, Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow helplessly, contemplating to himself.

"Advertise what? Those were failed products made without understanding the ratios at the start, far from being Timeless Beauty, and... with the Plague Source around, there's enough strain, with enough strain, you can refine as much as you want."

"This crappy thing is a legendary elixir? If I reveal the Timeless Beauty, wouldn't that scare them silly? Besides, even if it's the Timeless Beauty Pill, what's the big deal? Isn't it the same, you can refine as much as you want? With Botulinum Toxin replacing Condensed Jade Dew, haha, even the Timeless Beauty Pill isn't more expensive than cabbage in my hands."

Thinking of this, feeling bored, Shen Qiang didn't log in, just closed the forum, turned to watch various funny short videos on his phone, while watching, while eating roasted sweet potatoes, feeling pleasant and satisfied.

While enjoying, Shen Qiang's divine sense detected a young man with a woman approaching sneakily.

Turning back, the young man wearing small black-framed glasses was smiling, patting Shen Qiang on the shoulder.

"Shen Qiang!"

Shen Qiang also smiled: "Yo, Li Wei, it's been years since we've seen each other, you look well."

The bespectacled Li Wei also smiled: "You've grown up, almost didn't recognize you." Li Wei laughed, then pulled over the girl beside him wearing a plush coat, introduced: "Tang Meng, my girlfriend, this is Shen Qiang, the one I always mentioned, we used to hang out in high school."

"Hello, Shen Qiang." Li Wei's girlfriend politely extended her hand.

Shen Qiang quickly put down his phone, shook her hand, then laughed: "Hello, hello, I'm not very meticulous, a big rough guy, don't laugh at me."

Li Wei's girlfriend laughed: "What's there to laugh at, Li Wei often talks about your Four Swordsmen in high school."

Shen Qiang laughed, Li Wei also laughed, then took out his phone, said: "Quickly give me your phone number, it's been five years since the college entrance exam, never see you, no phone number either, hurry, in a few days I'll call you, we'll have a high school reunion."

Shen Qiang laughed, gave Li Wei his number, Li Wei saving it while saying: "Wow, nice, this number is pretty cool, but it's not a local number, if it was local it'd be worth something."

Shen Qiang smiled without explaining, it's an out-of-town number at home, a local number when back in the Provincial City, high school classmates, five years no see, talking about this is boring, so he changed the subject: "So you two went grocery shopping."

After saving the number, gave Shen Qiang a ring, once Shen Qiang's phone rang, Li Wei hung up with a smile: "Yeah, we went grocery shopping, talk later, during the high school reunion, I'll call you, remember, don't say you're busy."

After saying, Li Wei's girlfriend nodded and waved as they walked smilingly towards the market.

The whole time they didn't make any remarks about Shen Qiang wearing a big coat and riding the tricycle, kept smiling, didn't bring up work, probably afraid of making Shen Qiang uncomfortable, which instinctively made Shen Qiang not dislike them.

Watched them cheerfully walking into the market, Shen Qiang saved his number too.

At this moment, his dad came out carrying a big bag of meat, pushed Shen Qiang aside, and thumped the meat bag onto the tricycle, then said: "Saw you sitting there grinning foolishly as soon as I came out, what were you laughing at?"

Shen Qiang laughed: "Ran into an old classmate, seemed pretty nice, said they wanted to meet up when we have time."

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