The old woman's face darkened as expected, and she said coldly, "No."
Although Yan Funing expected this answer, she still sighed.
The old woman raised her hand: "Girl, please go back!"
This is a way to drive people away.
Yes, such a mysterious mansion would definitely not like outsiders to stay for a long time.
Yan Funing nodded, and soon a maid came to lead the way.
It was quiet all the way, but when they reached the front yard, the coughing sound from the backyard started violently again.
Yan Funing paused and wanted to ask something, but before she could open her mouth, the maid who led the way shook her head and refused.
Soon, she was sent out.
As soon as I stepped over the high threshold, the gate closed with a bang.
Coachman Li jumped off the ox cart, Tong Cheng carried his daughter off the cart, and the three of them came to her.
"How's it going? Did you sell it?"
Yan Funing nodded with a smile and showed them the empty backpack.
"Great!" Tong Cheng said with a smile, "We can't let this black-hearted clinic get away with it!"
Yan Funing touched Tong Ya's forehead and said, "Sister, please treat me, Xiaoya, to something to eat."
"No, Daddy said we haven't repaid my sister's kindness yet." Tong Ya said in a baby voice.
Yan Funing felt a little embarrassed. Now it seemed that the father and daughter of the Tong family were really good people. She had been on guard against them just now, but it was her petty mindset.
Coachman Li asked everyone to get in the car, and the car quickly drove away from the house.
Passing by the blacksmith shop, coachman Li dropped off the Tong father and daughter, and then took Yan Funing back to town.
When getting off the car at the market, Yan Funing wanted to give the coachman Li another copper coin, but was stopped by Li.
"Girl, you must have quite a bit of money on you by now. I must take you with me on my trip back to the village." He spoke quietly to avoid being overheard. "Go buy your things. I'll meet you at the street corner. We'll settle the fare when we get back to the village."
Yan Funing nodded gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Li!"
Coachman Li scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly: "Go quickly."
Yan Funing nodded and went to the candy store first.
Malt sugar and sugar beans both cost ten cents a bag.
This time she bought four bags of malt sugar and one bag of sugar beans, spending fifty cents.
After she paid, the owner of the pork stall waved at her.
"Pretty girl, come on, today's ribs are good."
His shout attracted the attention of the people around him.
Everyone looked at her with contempt, as if saying, "Whose silly girl likes to eat food that dogs have chewed?"
Yan Funing didn't care at all. She put the sugar bag into her backpack and went to the meat stall.
"How much are the spareribs today?"
"This sparerib is bigger than the last one. I'll give it to you for ten cents. I saw you buy candy without blinking an eye. You can't bargain for ten cents worth of spareribs today, right?"
Yan Funing smiled softly: "Okay, give me one fan of the ribs, and one pound of lean meat and half a pound of fat."
The stall owner asked in surprise, "Did you buy meat today?"
"Um."
"Okay."
He happily swung the knife, and with a few strokes, he cut off two pieces of meat.
One big, one small, one thin, one fat.
I weighed it and the weight was just right.
Yan Funing praised: "You are really good at this!"
The stall owner smiled disapprovingly and said, "Just skilled."
After all, he was praised by the pretty girl, so he cut off a small piece of fat and threw it together with the first two pieces of meat: "This is a bonus."
“Thank you, boss!”
"I don't dare to be the boss."
He tied two long pieces of meat together in the middle with straw.
He pierced a hole in the smaller piece, passed the straw through the hole, and tied a knot.
"Carry it clean."
He picked up three pieces of meat and gave them to her.
Yan Funing smiled and said, "Boss, I have a backpack, so I don't need to carry the meat."
The stall owner laughed and said, "Look at my brain!"
As he said this, he slashed the ribs into strips one by one, just like last time.
Seeing that he worked efficiently, Yan Funing quickly took out the sugar bag from the backpack and placed the oil paper at the bottom of the basket.
The stall owner put the ribs into the backpack, and then threw the three pieces of meat on top of the ribs.
He took out a piece of brown paper from under the table and spread it on the meat, then said to Yan Funing, "You can put your sugar bag on it without getting it dirty."
"Well, thank you!" She put the candy bag away and took out a handful of copper coins from her purse. "I forgot to ask, what are the prices of fat and lean meat today?"
"Fat meat is seventy coins a pound, and lean meat is fifty coins a pound, the same as before."
"Then I'll give you ninety-five coppers." She counted out the coins to him. "Did you count correctly?"
The stall owner took a quick look, threw it into the cash box, and laughed heartily: "That's right!"
After leaving the butcher stall, Yan Funing went to look for a clothing store.
After walking around the market, I found only two cloth shops and no ready-made clothing stores.
If she buys the cloth, she has to sew clothes, but she doesn’t know how!
Besides, I only brought a hundred coins with me today, and the money I have now is almost all earned from selling oyster mushrooms and Ganoderma lucidum.
Silver ingots were too large and conspicuous to be spent in town.
After deducting the fare for the trip and the recent expenses, there are still 230 coins left, which is probably not enough to buy fabrics for a family of five.
After much thought, I decided to buy it next time.
Passing by the incense and candle shop, Yan Funing remembered that the candles at home were brought from the Fu Mansion before, and now there are only a few left.
Considering that someone often copies books at night, candles should be prepared.
So he went into the shop.
After asking, I found out that lamp oil is cheap and candles are expensive.
Because vegetable oil or animal oil can be used as lamp oil, but the cost of candles is much higher.
The shop owner enthusiastically promoted the various uniquely shaped lamps in the store. Yan Funing asked about the price and was shocked.
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