Shopping Around the City

Qiu Wuying looked anoyed towards Liu Weixin. If he could, he'd like to kill this shameless guy right here right now…

Liu Weixin heard them talking about money and his eyes shined. "10 silver coins, can't be a single less, otherwise I won't leave!"

Xiao Erhao quickly held Shopkeeper Qiu before he could rush towards Liu Weixin. If they were to hit that shameless guy right now, what would the guests sitting in the public lobby think about them? Wouldn't their reputation be lost?

He truly regretted it now. What stupid mushrooms, even the mushrooms pickers that spend most of their time in forests collecting more products, they wouldn't go around in such shady clothes.

At least now he will remember for the future to be more careful and don't believe what anyone says...

Chef Zhao looked at Liu Weixin before walking towards Qiu Wuying and saying, "Shopkeeper Qiu, look at this greedy guy, just give him a little silver so he gets lost. Look, if this continues customers will leave…"

Shopkeeper Qiu gritted his teeth and took out 2 silver coins from his pouch. "Look, 2 silver coins, no more. Take it and leave or I will push you over to the Yamen office even if I have to lose all our reputation today…"

Liu Weixin saw the 2 silver coins and was already happy. Just these 2 silvers are more money than most villagers can earn during the year. With this money he might as well buy a few pounds of meat and enjoy his life.

It's better to take the money and leave quickly rather being taken to Yamen, what if he was sentenced?

Thinking of this, he quickly took the silver from Qiu Wuying and run outside while shouting, "Good, the mushrooms are yours. You don't need to thank me for such a good business…"

Shopkeeper Qiu couldn't contain his anger anymore. "Who wants your poisonous mushrooms, you bastard!"

"Xiao Erhao, quickly take the sacks and throw them away, less they spoil the atmosphere in my restaurant…" He continued…

Xiao Erhao obediently picked up the mushrooms and went to the back door to throw them away. Once he came back, he couldn't help but sigh, "Truly an unlucky day, feels worse than walking inside horse dung..."

Qiu Wuying heard him and agreed with him. He's been a shopkeeper here for years and he's never seen such a shameless person before. The more he thought about it, the more he regretted not throwing him to the authorities…

A moment later Shopkeeper Qiu called over the 2 other man still standing in the room and whispered something to their ears. Although Xiao Erhao couldn't hear what they were saying, Qiu Wuying's expression was pretty grim when he was talking.

Liu Weixin had no idea about what happened in the restaurant after he left. On the street, he looked at the silver in his hand and grinned happily. Although it took a lot of time and it wasn't what he expected, he still managed to earn some money today.

He couldn't help but think about all the things he can do with the silver. As for his family and their cut? Didn't the silver come from his hard work? Why would he give them any of his hard earned money…

Liu Weixin quickly put away the silver coins and started moving towards the market. Unfortunately for him, he didn't notice that he was followed by a few men…

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Meanwhile Liu Xiaolan was already at the blacksmith's shop and was taking her time to explain her order. "Master, I need a few pots and pans, but I need them to be stable and not too thick. It's hard to move them around if they are too heavy…"

Liu Xiaolan truly felt that the ancients had too little technology. Just buy a few pots for cooking and she wouldn't be able to take all of them home with how heavy they are…

The blacksmith looked at the little girl in front of him and sighed. "Alright little girl, anything else?"

Liu Xiaolan happily reported a few other things and tried to explain how they should be done and what their measurements should be. Once she made sure the blacksmith understood her intentions, she paid a silver coin up front and asked for the date when she can come pick up her stuff.

The blacksmith saw that she had enough money and said, "Girl, I'll need a few days before I get your things ready. How about you come back 5 days later?"

Liu Xiaolan quickly agreed and said goodbye before leaving. She still had quite a few shops she needed to visit, most importantly she still needed to go to the wood workshop.

During her journey to the city she already thought about it and decided to make her small containers from wood. After all, the wood she needed to use could be found anywhere, while textiles still cost quite a lot of money during these times.

Once she was inside the store, she quietly came towards the shopkeeper and asked, "Excuse me, mister. Can you make smaller wooden buckets for me here?"

Shopkeeper Liu looked towards the little girl talking to him and smiled a little. Although Liu Xiaolan was still malnourished, he has washed herself and the clothes she was wearing came from a workshop in the city, so she looked like an adorable little lady right now.

"Girl, why do you want smaller buckets? If you take bigger ones, you can carry more things in them…" He asked with a smile.

Liu Xiaolan knew that most people in this age didn't have any ideas about what packaging was, so she thought of a small lie. "But I can't hold such big buckets. If you can make me smaller ones, I could hold them myself…"

Shopkeeper Liu was a little sceptic, but looking at Liu Xiaolan she did seem a little small and pale. Perhaps the little girl just wanted to play around a little and wanted some smaller things?