Can You afford It?
Editor: Henyee Translations
"20 catties," Gu Yundong repeated. She didn't know what they were trying to do with their expressions.
The shopkeeper frowned. "Miss, you're here to cause trouble, right? Twenty catties? Do you know how much it costs?"
"How much?"
"One tael of white sugar for twenty-five copper coins!!" The shopkeeper sneered. "Can you afford it? You asked for twenty catties so easily."
Gu Yundong knew that white sugar and brown sugar were quite expensive. She had bought sweets on the streets for the two children as snacks. The sweets were slightly cheaper.
Previously, in the prefectural city of Xuanhe Prefecture, she had forgotten to buy white sugar when she went to the grocery store to buy oil, salt, rice, and noodles.