The little girl wanted to kneel down on the spot, but Yan Funing held her arm.
“Don’t kneel!”
The little girl blinked her eyes and said, "Sister Benefactor is so pretty!"
Yan Funing smiled and touched the little girl's face: "You are also pretty."
The little girl turned back and said: "Daddy, my sister said I look pretty too."
The young man hummed, took out a hundred bucks from his pocket and handed it to Yan Funing.
"What are you doing?" Yan Funing took a step back.
"Yesterday, the doctor at the clinic said that treating Xiaoya's arm required a consultation fee of one hundred yuan. I didn't have that much money on me at the time, so I had to ask them for help, but they refused. Fortunately, the young lady came to my aid, otherwise Xiaoya's arm would be useless."
As he spoke, he handed the money forward.
Yan Funing waved her hand and declined: "Your daughter's arm is just dislocated, it's just a minor problem, you don't have to give me money."
She just did it casually.
Although she is short of money now, there is no need to charge for helping to treat the dislocation.
The young man exclaimed in surprise, "One tael of silver is equivalent to one tael of silver. The doctor at the clinic is so bold as to charge such a high price for just a dislocated joint. I run a blacksmith shop, and it takes me a long time to save up one tael of silver."
Yan Funing said, "It's not easy to make money, put it away quickly."
But she didn't expect the young man to repay her.
"Miss, you should accept it. The clinic charged me a ridiculous price, and I'm reluctant to pay it. But you're kind-hearted, and you really cured my daughter's arm. This is a thank you gift, please accept it!"
Yan Funing asked, "Are you a blacksmith?"
The man nodded: "Yes, I make a living by working as a blacksmith."
"Can you make exquisite silver needles?"
Speaking of his craftsmanship, the man was full of energy: "I'm not bragging, I can even do it with an embroidery needle."
Yan Funing nodded: "Please keep this money. When the time is right, I will ask you to help me make a set of instruments."
To make a complete set of silver needles, she would need at least several taels of silver as materials. She also wanted to make other instruments later, which would require even more silver.
The man said happily: "Okay!"
He will definitely do it carefully as a reward.
Thinking of this, he put away the hundred-dollar bill.
He pointed in the direction of the east street: "Walk a mile from there and you'll find my blacksmith shop. My name is Tong Cheng. When you get there, mention my name and everyone will know me."
At this time, the little girl came to hold Yan Funing's hand: "My name is Tong Ya."
Yan Funing squeezed Tong Ya's hand and smiled, "I've got that in mind." She looked up at Tong Cheng and said, "I'll probably be there in a while."
Tong Cheng nodded: "I'm at your service anytime."
Soon, Tong Cheng took Tong Ya away, and Yan Funing went into the grain and oil store.
"Boss, how much are rapeseed oil and soy sauce?"
The shop owner lazily said, "Rapeseed oil is fifty cents a pound, and soy sauce is eighteen cents a pound."
Yan Funing had originally prepared two empty ceramic jars, intending to buy rapeseed oil and soy sauce today.
I didn’t expect them to be so expensive, especially rapeseed oil.
Although he made some money today, most of it was from pheasants caught by someone, so he decided not to touch the money he earned for now.
And she has to save part of what she earns.
After thinking for a moment, she took out a clay pot and said, "Soy sauce is 15 cents per pound. Is that okay?"
The shop owner shook his head and said, "My shop has been open for decades, and everyone in the neighborhood knows it."
It means that you cannot bargain.
"Then give me a pound of soy sauce."
Yan Funing took out eighteen coins and handed over the pottery jar.
I still have some rice and flour at home. There is only one grain and oil store in town, and the price is fixed, so I won’t buy any today.
When I get back to the village, I'll ask who has some home-grown crops to sell.
It would be nice if I had a field at home.
The owner scooped a pound of soy sauce into the ceramic jar, took the copper coins and counted them. When the quantity was correct, he allowed Yan Funing to take the ceramic jar away.
Yan Funing covered the pottery jar tightly with the lid and put it back into the backpack.
After leaving the grain and oil shop, I bought two large cabbages from a street vendor. They were cheap, costing only seven wen. Thinking of the eggs my mother-in-law had mentioned, I asked the price and found out they were five wen each, so I only bought two.
Since she failed to buy rapeseed oil, Yan Funing planned to buy a piece of fat meat, which would be good for making lard at home, so she walked to the meat stall.
When she asked the price, she was surprised.
Fat meat costs seventy cents per pound, and lean meat costs fifty cents per pound.
Fatty meat is more expensive than lean meat!
The stall owner was covered in flesh, and he trembled all over when he was chopping the meat bones.
"You can tell from the looks of it that this girl doesn't buy a lot of vegetables, so fat meat is naturally more expensive than lean meat." The stall owner tossed out a piece of fat and said, "Look, this fat is shiny and oily, perfect for making oil."
Meat is too expensive, no wonder it is written in books that people only eat it a few times a year during the New Year holidays.
Besides, it is still the first month of the lunar year, so pork is even more expensive.
Yan Funing thought about it and realized that one pound of fat meat could not make one pound of lard, so it would be better to go back to the grain and oil store and buy a pound of rapeseed oil.
Seeing that she was about to leave, the stall owner called her and said, "Girl, these pig offal, spare ribs, and big bone sticks are all cheap, do you want some?"
Yan Funing retracted her toes as she was about to raise them: "How much are the spare ribs?"
The stall owner flung out a fan of pork ribs and said, "It's a bargain. A whole set of pork bones for the price of a pound of lean meat. If you want it, take it all."
Yan Funing finally understood that the food of the ancients contained little oil and water, so fatty meat was the most expensive.
Lean meat does not have much oil or water, and although it tastes good, it is not as expensive as fatty meat.
Bones are the least valuable.
Spare ribs, which are delicious but expensive nowadays, are surprisingly cheap here.
"There are too many whole pig bones." Yan Funing pointed at the ribs he threw in front of her, "How much is this? If it's cheap, I'll take it."
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