Shopping

1 wen = 1 copper coin

Currencys [¢]- Copper coin -1

Silver Tael -1000

Gold Tael -10000

{Gold Taels are way too rare to appear, Only in main capital they appear from Emperor or quite big families of Capital. So ignore them for time being.}

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After waking up Su Yun was a little dazed.

Looking around the room she didn't saw Shen Yu.

She softly signed and got up for a bath.

After bath due to lack of clothes, I had to wear the same piece of cloth again.

Shen Yu couldn't be said any better. He was also wearing same clothes after bath.

I looked was looking at him, waiting for what what he wanted to do next.

Already feeling of the eyes of her, he opened his mouth and said "Today we will buy household items"

I felt a little excited in her heart that they were going to shopping. It's will be her first time going to a real ancient market.

whoever kept best to ack immotionaless and said "I see"

Just when we were at the gate of our house, we saw a middle aged woman coming towards.

She was smiling kindly. She bowed out of courtesy. We also did the same. keeping our attitude polite with her.

"Ha Ha..! Young couple going market to buy something? " Aunt Wang said cheerfully.

While Su Yun Daedpanned in heart on her 'young couple' thing but didn't refute.

"Yeah.. We are new in this town, so we were going buy household items. But exuse me, I don't remember knowing you?" Said Shen Yu.

Despite such a question asked in polite way it was still considered a little rude to say that. But aunt wang's smile didn't flattered.

"Ah! I forgot to introduce myself.. People in neighbourhood likes to call me Aunt Wang. My house is the one beside your house. You can come for help anytime you want. " Said Aunt Wang. Young couple nodded.

Aunt Wang seeing that she was delaying them, she quickly said

"If you buy ready made clothes it would be expensive, so I suggest you to only buy clothes. My daughter-in-law's craftsman is quite famous here, if you want you can come to her for making clothes. As for furniture my son work as Carpainter, he can make things cheaply than the market."

She also told them about the prices of things such as oil, cloth, wheat and such, so in any casses they don't get cheated.

Hearing aunt Wang's advice, they listened carefully. Soon aunt Wang left, they also went towards thier destination.

They did not forget to buy some steamed buns for thier stomach. However both of them were a little bored after eating Stremed buns alot of time.

First, they went to a utensils and cookware store to purchase a variety of kitchen essentials.

They selected a range of crockery utensils, including bowls, glasses, plates, and pots. In addition, they bought a selection of iron cookware such as pots, pans, a cauldron (karhai), round spoons, and knives.

To cater to their preference for natural materials, they also acquired wooden utensils, including chopsticks and wooden trays.

The total cost for their utensil and cookware purchases came to ¢1150, with crockery accounting for 350 wen, iron items for 650 wen, and wooden utensils for 150 wen.

Next, they proceeded to a cloth shop, where they opted for one piece of readymade garment each in a light blue color.

They also chose to purchase five different colored pieces of cloth.

As each person's clothing required six meters, they bought a total of 30 meters, plus an additional five meters for alteration purposes.

The cost for the cloth amounted to 450 wen for the readymade garments and 50 wen for the remaining cloth, totaling ¢500.

Encouraged by Aunt Wang's recommendation, they visited a nearby store to purchase quilts and blankets.

They obtained two quilts, two blankets, and one large winter blanket, all priced at ¢1200.

Lastly, they visited a large grocery store to procure various food items, including oil, salt, vegetable seeds, wheat flour, rice, and other daily necessities.

At the total cost of ¢1800 or 1800 Wen.

In addition to their exploration of the captivating natural beauty of Ruhai.

The couple made a noteworthy visit to a unique and remarkable spice store near the docks.

Not only do they offer an abundance of diverse and rare spices, but their primary business revolves around the transportation of these exquisite culinary treasures to the far reaches of the North region

Ruhai owes much of its economic prosperity to its exceptional sea transportation services.

Frequent visits from various ships allow for the collection and distribution of essential supplies, cementing the town's reputation as a thriving hub of commerce and growth.

Though smaller in comparison to its neighboring counties, Ruhai undoubtedly surpasses the ordinary towns in terms of prosperity and development.

The couple, driven by their mutual fascination with the culinary arts and their unbridled passion for flavor, carefully selected a variety of Chinese five spices

Encompassing the luxurious union of cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, star anise, cloves, and fennel seeds.

A purchase of this magnitude, amounting to ¢140, elicited a mild astonishment from the shopkeeper, who couldn't conceal his intrigue.

It was a rarity to witness such a devout commitment to the world of condiments, as most customers settled for a modest selection.

They also brought dried tangerine peel, bay leves, white pepperpepper and dried licorice slices, costing ¢60.

As Shen Yu gracefully handed over the payment with an unwavering expression

The shopkeeper perceived an underlying sense of humor within the couple's extraordinary expenditure.

He couldn't help but admire their willingness to dedicate such an impressive sum solely to spices, unraveling the amusing depths of their culinary pursuits.

It was aldready had sunset so they hurriedly brought vegetables from a village aunt in the market and 1 kg pork meat from a butcher.

50 wen went on this small food purchase.

Thier total bill was 4 taels and 900 copper coins. But after some bargains, they reduced the price by ¢300 wen.

Making thier total spending about four taels, six hundred wens or so.

Which of course made Su Yun's heart bleed. Looking at things they brought, thier was rather sadness of spending too much money then happiness of buying something.

She didn't realized that her face was a little gloomy.

But Shen Yu noticed her appearance and said "It's just that we were lacking too much things, we brought too much things. We won't be buying too much things again soon."

Unknowingly hearing his words Su Yun's brows loosened.

They hurriedly brought all food items to the kitchen and he went too cook. While Shen Yu transportated remaining stuff to the house.

Well it's impossible for one person to arrange everything, so they had aldready decided to do it tomorrow.

Unknown to them, they already had started a cooperative relationship. Even if they did knew, they paid no mind to it.

After moving all the stuff inside. Shen Yu went to bathroom for bath.

Su Yun's work was also done.

Soon food was was placed on a old table left by original owners of this house. They had to buy furniture tomorrow.

Before Su Yun could overthink about some things, Shen Yu came out of the bath wearing new clothes.

It's not that he wanted use new piece of clothes for sleep but he simply couldn't bear to wear those sweaty clothes again and again.

Thier was a light blush on Su Yun's cheek looking at hansome face of Shen Yu.

Whoever she quickly composed her attitude to normal, and started to eat.

Looking at beautiful dishes on the table, Shen Yu's mouth's corner raised a little and he also started to eat.

After eating she went to bath while Shen Yu volunteered to wash dishes.

Su Yun happily went to bath while Shen Yu started to wash dishes.

Unknown to Su Yun, In ancient times men never, never does any work in the house. It's almost like a question to men's muscularity.

However Shen Yu was opened a minded person.He didn't believed in such nonsense.

And he used to do everything by himself when he was a child, such a things are not tough for him.

Well... Exept cooking. It was his weak point. But he can cook simple things like Poddrige and such.

Two finally slept after a long day of exustion.

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