Chapter 44 A Flock of Fat Sheep

Liu Ye quickly calculated in her mind: two taels of silver for an apple, five taels of silver for a pheasant, and five taels of silver for a pound of roe deer meat. She looked at the two men and said, "Two taels for an apple, five taels for a pound of roe deer meat, and five taels of silver for a pheasant. If you want to buy, we'll exchange the money for the goods. If you think it's too expensive, then forget it. These days, food is hard to come by."

Liu Ye thought they would complain about the price, but to her surprise, neither of them did. Master Qin took out two more gold leaves from the corner of his clothes and handed the three gold leaves to Liu Ye: "I want five apples and four catties of roe deer meat."

Liu Ye accepted the three gold leaves from Master Qin and put them into her pocket and stored them in her spatial storage. The gold leaves were definitely made of gold; there weren't that many fakes these days. Young Master Zhao also handed the jade hairpin to Liu Ye: "I also accepted three gold leaves from Master Qin. I also want five apples, four catties of roe deer meat, and if you can give me an extra smoked chicken, that would be fine too..."

Liu Ye thought to herself, "You wish!" She took the jade hairpin from his hand and examined it closely. The hairpin was a clear, greenish-blue color, crystal clear and with a good luster; it was definitely not a cheap item. "Wait a moment," she said.

Bai Zilin took the basket off the cart and took out a whole roe deer. Master Qin and Young Master Zhao exchanged excited glances; they finally had something to eat.

Old Master Sun, who had been watching this area closely, saw that there was indeed food and quickly ran over: "I also want to buy meat, can you sell me some too?"

Liu Ye nodded: "Wait a moment."

She took out ten apples from her basket, handing five to Master Qin and five to Young Master Zhao.

Bai Zilin wielded his machete and swiftly chopped off two deer legs, each weighing five or six pounds. He handed one to Master Qin and the other to Young Master Zhao, saying, "Each one weighs about six pounds. Please take these."

Master Qin, Young Master Zhao quickly took the roe meat, picked it up and ran back to the resting place. Young Master Zhao tore off half of the meat from the roe leg and handed the rest to Young Master Li: "Brother Li, this is yours, these two apples are for you, and the remaining three are for me."

Young Master Li quickly accepted the roe deer leg, and Master Li also quickly accepted the two apples, smiling broadly as he said, "Thank you, thank you. Nephew Zhao is truly something. My brother Zhao is so lucky."

Young Master Zhao took a bite of the roe meat without regard for his image: "Uncle Li, you're too kind. My brother Li is also quite good. You should eat quickly, it's really delicious."

Young Master Li rolled his eyes and said, "Father, the hairpin he used to exchange meat is mine. You should be praising me!"

Master Li smiled and nodded, handing one of the apples in his hand to his son: "Father knows, my son is also very good. Hurry up and eat, tear off a piece of meat for Father."

Mr. Qin started eating as well, and Miss Qin ate with bites of meat and apples, not caring about her image at all.

Master Sun handed three gold leaves to Liu Ye, who then gave him five apples. Bai Zilin also chopped a deer leg for him, and Master Sun happily carried them home.

Liu Ye excitedly waved the gold leaf in her hand at Bai Zilin: "Brother Bai, look, we've made a fortune!"

Bai Zilin smiled and nodded, saying with a sigh, "Rich people are so clever; they actually hid their money in their clothes. I doubt even bandits would have thought of that. You'd better put it away quickly."

Liu Ye tucked the golden leaves into his pocket, tossed them into his spatial storage, and then looked at the roe deer meat that was almost gone from the cart. Apart from the four legs, he and Bai Zilin had eaten one leg, and there wasn't much left. There were also two smoked chickens and more than ten apples left.

Bai Zilin put the roe meat back into the cup basket: "I'll go hunting in the mountains again tomorrow, but I might not be able to catch any roe. Roe is usually hard to catch, but it would be good if I could catch some pheasants."

Liu Ye naturally had no objections. She hoped that Bai Zilin could hunt more prey so that they could sell it for money. These rich people were easy targets, so why not take advantage of them?

After Miss Qin finished eating, she felt a pang of regret for the money: "Father, those two were really greedy. Five taels of silver for a pound of roe meat! What's the difference between that and robbery? We only dare to sell beef for two taels of silver a pound, and we still got robbed by those poor bastards. They were lucky to run into us!"

"Hmph! Steward Qin, you all go hunting in the mountains tomorrow too. Those two poor bastards can catch game, but the eight of you can't. All you do is eat!"

Butler Qin lowered his head in silence, looking aggrieved. He thought to himself, "I'm not a hunter. I can't even catch a chicken normally, and you want me to hunt! Besides, you two bought meat and ate it, but you didn't share a single bite with us. We eat grass roots and tree bark every day, and you still want me to go into the mountains and risk my life? Dream on! Even if you were me..."

Seeing that she was being unreasonable again, Master Qin scolded her impatiently, "Alright, alright, you've eaten your fill, go lie down and go to sleep. Stop worrying about useless things!"

Butler Qin breathed a long sigh of relief, but before he could catch his breath, he heard his master say, "Butler Qin, tomorrow you take a few of them up the mountain to hunt. They can find whatever they can, even some wild fruit."

Butler Qin choked on his words, swallowing his anger, feeling extremely uncomfortable: "It's the master...!"

Young Master Zhao wiped the grease from his mouth, finished eating, and stuffed the meat into his pocket. He then looked at his two servants and said, "Tomorrow I'll take you up the mountain to hunt too. We don't have any weapons, do we?"

Zhao San nodded and said, "No, the bandits took all our knives."

Young Master Zhao looked at Young Master Li and asked, "You don't have any either?"

Young Master Li rolled his eyes and said, "Nonsense! I advise you not to go up the mountain and cause trouble. If you encounter wolves again, and you don't have any swords or knives to defend yourselves, and that person behind you has a bow and arrow, he can hunt the prey, but you can't catch it with your bare hands."

Young Master Zhao agreed, "Alright, then we won't go. Anyway, we'll reach Xiancheng in a few more days. We'll be home by then, and we'll run out of food. We'll buy some from that guy behind us. If we don't have the money, we'll owe him for now. When we get to Xiancheng, I can pay him double. They should agree."

Young Master Li curled his lip and said, "I don't think so. Poor people are generally narrow-minded and judge others by their own standards. Let's save our food. I don't want to be ripped off again. I've never eaten anything this expensive in my life."

Upon hearing this, Young Master Zhao chuckled and joked, "Brother Li is this year's top scholar, so what you say must make sense. We'll listen to you then."

The two were speaking loudly, and Bai Zilin and Liu Ye could hear them clearly. Bai Zilin was used to being called a poor ghost, but Liu Ye was not. She thought to herself, "You are the poor ghosts! You are the ones who are narrow-minded!"

She turned to look at the group of people behind her, only to be glared at fiercely by Qin Qiaoyun, who was also looking back at them. Damn it, once they ran out of food, she would definitely rip them off twice as much!