The Cabbage Seller in the Capital
Jun. 26th, 2020 05:58 pmAda Kerman on Patreon asked for, “More Nai. More Liavan. A link to the other appearance(s) of the cabbage seller that got a cameo in Nai's story.” As a consequence we now have 2,095 words on the cabbage seller who hadn’t had any other appearances to link to….
It was four in the morning and Jie Bai was at the markets to buy vegetables. The Jie family had been selling vegetables to the households of the Tang-jian Capital for four generations and it was part of his job to choose and buy the produce that the family's network of stalls and shops would offer to their customers. Later in the day he would take over the cabbage stall that his elderly cousin, Jie Bo, ran while the old man went home for lunch with his daughter and an afternoon nap. Jie Bo would come back to finish off the day and lock up, while Jie Bai went home to eat, bathe and sleep before he got up at three to go to the markets again.
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