Transmigrated to Famine Year: Supermarket Owner at Five and a Half

Song Tantian transmigrated to ancient times, becoming a five-and-a-half-year-old little sprout. In a chaotic, famine-stricken world, surrounded by danger, she immediately faced the immense change o...

Chapter 184 The Prestige of a Noblewoman

"Ye Moxun, come out here!" With Song Tantan's sharp shout, the few birds on the only two trees in the yard were startled and hurriedly flew away.

The young men and women in the kitchen were busy kneading dough and frying pancakes. They paused for a moment, then continued as if nothing had happened.

"Master Ye has angered Tan Tan again. This time he must have really angered her, because she's still fuming even after a whole night." But past experience tells them that anger is only temporary. Just wait and see, they'll make up soon.

Look, after he shouted once, we didn't hear him shout a second time. Master Ye must be trying to comfort people right now.

"Tantan, you're up. I have something to ask you," Ye Moxun said, pretending nothing had happened. He smiled gently and spoke quickly, "There's a temple fair at Xiangyang Temple on Xiangyang Mountain today. Not only will ordinary people go, but many noble ladies will also go. It'll be very lively, with lots of delicious food and fun activities. Do you want to go, Tantan?"

Song Tantan had prepared a whole host of curses, but she swallowed them back. "Xiangyang Temple? Is that in Xiangyang City?"

"Yes, I've had a carriage prepared. It only takes an hour to get there by carriage. Breakfast is ready. Go and eat something first, and then we'll go." Ye Moxun solicitously pulled her to the main room for breakfast.

"Don't think this is all over. You sprayed me with poison powder last night, and we have to settle this score." She wasn't going to let his flattery fool her into thinking that taking her to a temple fair would wipe the slate clean.

"Yes, I was wrong. I apologize. Please calm down. For the sake of me getting up so early to make you breakfast and taking you to the temple fair, please forgive me this time." Ye Moxun shamelessly begged for forgiveness in a humble manner.

"The soup is quite good, but we'll still have to see how you perform next." Song Tantan took a few sips of the perfectly warm duck soup, feeling somewhat satisfied, and her anger subsided by half.

"Should I change into women's clothes? All the girls at the temple fair are dressed so beautifully, I want to dress up too." Last time I went to the fabric shop, the embroiderer made me several outfits of women's clothes, but I haven't worn them even once, and I don't know if they would look good on me.

"Those noble ladies always wear veils when they go out, and they have maids following them. Those of high status have servants and guards. I'm giving you the same kind of treatment." It wasn't a question; it sounded like it had already been arranged.

"Where did you find these maids, servants, and guards? The maids aren't Xiao Tao and the other three, the servants aren't Chun Sheng and A Si, and the guards aren't A Zhu and the Shui Mu brothers, are they?" Song Tantan almost burst out laughing. Ye Moxun really did something like this.

Ye Moxun's forehead was covered in black lines, and he said in a muffled voice, "Of course not, you underestimate me too much. I bought him and he was trained by a human slave trader."

"Why would you suddenly buy maids or something?" Song Tantan asked, puzzled.

"It's not sudden, I bought them a while ago, but I didn't tell you. Those people are staying in other houses, and the houses will get dusty and dilapidated if no one takes care of them." Ye Moxun said calmly. He didn't trust the people he hired, so he bought a few himself.

“Oh, then let’s arrange it. Let’s experience what it’s like to be a lady from a high-class family,” Song Tantan shrugged indifferently, then shook her head. “Sigh, how decadent. I never thought I, Song Tantan, would have this vain side.”

Ye Moxun was about to say that it was nothing, that he was not short of money, and that a noble lady was nothing compared to him, but then he heard her say, "I'm going to bring a lot of money with me, spend it like water, and make my nouveau riche reputation real. Vulgar and uncultured, tsk tsk, so disgusting."

Ye Moxun: "..." He didn't seem to get the point. What was she trying to do?

Xiangyang Temple is located on the easternmost side of Xiangyang City. Usually, there are not many people coming and going here, but it becomes very lively during temple fairs, with vendors crowding both sides of the street.

There was everything imaginable: food, toys, and accessories. The sheer variety was dazzling.

Ye Moxun got off the carriage and stood beside it, waiting for the person inside to come out. The curtain was lifted, and a little girl, about ten years old, emerged from inside. She was dressed in gorgeous clothes but had an ordinary appearance.

Looking at her deliberately disguised, somewhat ugly face, Ye Moxun was speechless. He had also disguised himself, but he never deliberately made himself ugly. However, no matter what he disguised himself as, he was never as good-looking as his original face. In his previous life, he was always the school heartthrob, and many people praised him for being more handsome than celebrities.

It's not that he cares too much about his appearance, but rather that he's always been confident, possessing a mysterious self-assurance in both his abilities and his looks.

"What kind of expression is that? Do you think I'm so ugly that I embarrass you and don't deserve to walk with you?" Song Tantan felt that she had hit the nail on the head.

"It's alright. I just think you should at least make yourself look better than the maid. You look really ordinary now." Ordinary yet confident, apart from her clothes, only her bright, lively eyes are worth looking at. Even her skin tone has been deliberately darkened. Is she trying to have an ugly contest?

There are many slots but no openings.

"This is the effect I wanted. If you don't like it, we can go our separate ways." She didn't wear a veil, and walked out with an arrogant gait, her plain, dark face exposed.

Ye Moxun twitched his lips and grabbed her wrist. "Don't wander around. There are a lot of people here. You'll easily get separated."

"What are you afraid of? I'm not a real child. Do you think I'd get lost and not find my way home?" She said this, but she didn't shake off his hand and followed him at a leisurely pace.

"Young master, young lady, slow down, we're falling behind!" Several maids were sweating profusely, lagging far behind.

Song Tantan had exceptional hearing. She glanced back and found that the so-called guards were only slightly better than the maids, but they had also been pushed far away.

"Let them wait by the carriage, don't follow us." With so many people, what's the point of putting on airs? Just squeeze in and watch the show, why bring maids and guards?

Ye Moxun turned around and made a few hand gestures. The four maids and four guards all understood and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they didn't have to squeeze with the crowd anymore and quickly turned around to go back to where the carriage was parked.

After squeezing through the crowd, they finally arrived at the temple entrance. Fortunately, it wasn't crowded, and they could walk normally. Song Tantan became interested and stopped at each stall, picking up the trinkets and examining them carefully.

"Buy it if you like it, what are you looking for?" After looking at several stalls and seemingly interested in everything but not buying anything, the vendors could no longer maintain their smiles and even wanted to shrug.

If Ye Moxun hadn't been dressed in fine clothes and exuding a chilling aura standing to the side, those vendors would probably have already started cursing.

"Let me see if I can find a bargain. Isn't that how it always happens on TV? Things that look unremarkable at the stalls turn out to be rare treasures."

"Looking at too many picture books isn't a good thing. You won't find any bargains this way, and you might even get beaten up." With such an ordinary face, she's annoyingly just looking without buying anything. And it's not just ordinary looking; she picks them up, squeezes them, shakes them, and does all sorts of weird things.