Chapter 846 A Poor Guy Strolling the Streets

Lin Yuesha was speechless. She never expected that the usually taciturn blue-eyed man could argue so eloquently. She couldn't possibly drag a bag of popcorn around the street, but she could leave it with the old man and take it with her when she left.

"You eat popcorn for every meal, and nothing else?"

Yuwen Kun stopped and said in a serious tone, "These snacks are just to satisfy your appetite; you must not be greedy."

After leaving Helian Cheng's mansion, he took Lin Yuesha with him, along with a maid named Li Ruoshuang. The carriage was cramped, with no extra space to put them together.

"If we find something while searching for treasure in Helian City, you don't want the gold and silver jewelry, but instead bring these worthless things?"

Yuwen Kun suddenly became interested and fired off a barrage of questions.

"Well... I can just stuff it in anywhere."

Lin Yuesha touched her empty purse, feeling bitter inside. She had no objection to exchanging her hairpin for silver; two taels of silver was enough to eat all the snacks at the market, so she would treat her.

Yuwen Kun was a spendthrift, using other people's money to pretend to be generous, which was extremely shameful.

"According to your hypocritical logic, the horse already has a hard time, why add unnecessary burdens to the horse pulling the cart?"

After Yuwen Kun finished speaking, he twitched the corner of his mouth, turned around, and strode forward.

Lin Yuesha shook her head. She finally understood why the great demon had no friends; his personality was destined to make him a loner!

The two walked forward with the crowd, and ahead there were several stalls selling lanterns. The lanterns were all made by folk artisans, covered with silk or snow-white Xuan paper, and woven from bamboo strips with flowers, birds, fish and insects, in a variety of colors.

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we celebrate with lanterns. Come and buy a red lantern, so that every day may you be prosperous and thriving!"

The stall owner held a beautiful lantern in his hand, showing it to the people who came to stroll around the market, and shouted, "Today is the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, the last big market before the New Year. We will not be setting up a stall after the New Year, so if you want a lantern, buy it in advance!"

From afar, Lin Yuesha was drawn to one of the beauty lanterns. She leaned closer and immediately felt a surge of interest.

The beautiful woman painted on the lantern is wearing a bright red skirt, her eyes smiling like a crescent moon, looking quite joyful, just like the lantern her stepbrother once gave her.

Thinking of her family thousands of miles away, Lin Yuesha suddenly felt sad. On the surface, she was strong and had no choice but to support the family, but in reality, she longed to hide behind her family and live a carefree life of eating, drinking, and having fun.

Now far from her homeland, Lin Yuesha felt a strong sense of familiarity upon seeing almost identical lanterns in Jinyuguan.

After buying it and placing it in the house, thinking of my family gives me more motivation to keep working hard.

"You want it?"

Yuwen Kun stared at the beauty lamp closely. It was very ordinary, the craftsmanship was not exquisite, and it was a cheap product that could be found anywhere. It did not seem to be made by a skilled craftsman.

"want to."

Lin Yuesha nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"You want it, but you don't have the money."

Yuwen Kun's words deflated Lin Yuesha like a punctured balloon; she had nothing on her to exchange for the lanterns unless she took off her clothes.

That's true, but Blue Eyes' tone was particularly irritating. Who was it that traded her silver hairpin for a whole bunch of popcorn? Yet she didn't even get to eat two; it was all for naught.

“I have no money, but you have a jade pendant that you can exchange for a beauty lamp.”

Lin Yuesha stared at the jade ring hanging on Yuwen Kun's body, eyeing it covetously.

She has already given away her jewelry; as the lord of a city, Yuwen Kun shouldn't be too stingy.

Are you sure?

Yuwen Kun took off the jade pendant and waved it in front of Lin Yuesha. It had intricate characters and complex patterns, and it was clearly not an ordinary object.

It's better if it's valuable; that way, I can exchange it for more silver.

"I'm afraid that won't work. This is my identity token. If I give it to the old man selling lanterns, it will only bring him death."

Items representing the identity of the city lord of Sishui City, such as the jade seal of the Great Qi Dynasty, cannot be handed over casually.

"Besides, you don't need to pay money if you want lanterns. This city lord can just rob them for you."

If you snatch a lantern, the stall owner only loses one lantern, which is better than losing their life.

"No, thank you."

Lin Yuesha waved her hands repeatedly, only a great demon could speak of banditry so naturally.

Two penniless paupers strolled around the streets, only able to watch the excitement. Yuwen Kun seemed to have no desire to shop, but everything was new and interesting to him.

"Look, the candy on that old lady's stall over there is the honeycomb candy I told you about."

Lin Yuesha earnestly advised, "It's not easy for ordinary people to do business. Why don't we go back and get the money, and come back to buy when we have the funds?"

What if the old lady is stubborn and insists on refusing to let the big devil rob her? It's not worth losing her life for that.

"Young lady, would you like to buy some snacks?"

Seeing that Lin Yuesha was well-dressed, the old woman thought she could make a big deal and greeted her warmly.

"I... let me see."

Unable to afford even a single honeycomb candy costing only one cent, Lin Yuesha blushed, feeling extremely ashamed.

"You go and wait in the carriage."

Yuwen Kun pondered deeply, then finally looked up and urged Lin Yuesha.

"And what about you?"

Lin Yuesha asked an unnecessary question, turning back every few steps to remind him, "Don't forget, you're a great philanthropist here..."

You can't let your public image crumble; never kill or commit arson for a little food.

Once back in the carriage, Lin Yuesha had an idea: if they didn't have money, they could sell the horse. They could sell the horse to get money and then walk back.

For food, nothing is impossible!

After waiting for about half an hour, Yuwen Kun finally arrived. He boarded the carriage, carrying an oil paper package in his hand.

Unfold the oil paper package; inside are several pieces of honeycomb candy.

Lin Yuesha wondered what Yuwen Kun had been doing for so long, and it turned out he had gone to buy candy.

"Didn't you say you were broke?"

Lin Yuesha took the oil paper package and examined it, then asked uncertainly, "This wasn't stolen, was it?"

"And this, fried shrimp balls."

Yuwen Kun then pulled out an oil paper package, which shocked Lin Yuesha.

Having just passed by the market, Lin Yuesha inquired about the price of shrimp balls: twenty coins per serving.

Jinyuguan is not located by the sea; it is quite far from the coast and suffers from water shortages. Fish and shrimp are rarely seen and are expensive.

Once the shrimp balls are deep-fried, the price doubles to twenty coins a serving. With the cost already set, the stall owner doesn't make much money.

The problem is that twenty coins is an exorbitant price for two poor people, and they simply can't afford it.

"This city lord has a method that doesn't rely on robbery at all."

Yuwen Kun scoffed. He could easily obtain something worth a few dozen coins; robbing someone was shameful.

Lin Yuesha was shocked by these words. Even a great demon has values ​​and knows that robbing is shameful. It's rare.

Where did the honeycomb candy come from?

Lin Yuesha ate a small piece and immediately narrowed her eyes; it was very sweet.

Although it was a bit cheap, eating a piece on a day like this made her feel hopeful and that everything would be alright.