The Chen family.
"Big brother, going to town again?" Chen Xiaocai asked, looking at the busy Chen Xiaomi.
Chen Xiaomi nodded.
Chen Xiaocai rolled her eyes. It had been more than twenty days since her older brother last went to town.
Lately, it seems my older brother has been hunting less game, and most of it has been cooked and eaten.
My older brother used to be very worried and always thought about saving more money.
However, lately, she's developed a real love for food. If she catches a rabbit or a pheasant, she'll go over to Lu Lin and discuss with him whether to stir-fry it, steam it, or braise it! She's quite different from before; she seems... much more cheerful.
Lu Lin's cooking was indeed delicious.
Wheat has grown much stronger during this time, and he is very energetic when he goes out to collect firewood with him.
Chen Xiaocai discovered that his third brother, Xiaomai, seemed to be quite strong as well. Previously, Xiaomai had been sick and this strength had not been apparent. Chen Xiaocai had a vague suspicion that his third brother would become the second eldest brother.
Chen Xiaomi rolled her eyes. Winter had already arrived, and it would probably get colder and colder from here on out.
After discussing it, Chen Xiaomi and Lu Lin decided to sell another batch of wine. The wine from last time was very popular with both the restaurants and the managers. A jar could sell for eight hundred coins, which was equivalent to a pig.
After entering the city, Chen Xiaomi first went to a restaurant and sold 10 jars of wine, earning eight taels of silver. Afterwards, the two went to the Yang family and sold 10 jars of wine to the eldest son of the Yang family, also earning eight taels of silver.
With an extra sixteen taels of silver, Chen Xiaomi felt an unprecedented sense of wealth.
Chen Xiaomi had been quite extravagant when he killed a tiger before, but that time was extremely dangerous.
Chen Xiaomi felt it was unreal to have so easily acquired sixteen taels of silver.
“Let’s go check out the bull market,” Lu Lin suggested again.
Lu Lin was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't buy a mule last time, but now that he has so much more money, buying a mule shouldn't be a big deal.
Although it wasn't his first time walking along mountain paths, Lu Lin still felt exhausted by the time he reached the town. He thought it would be much more pleasant to have an animal to take him back.
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "Even if you don't carry anything while walking, is it still tiring?"
Lu Lin nodded, gave a wry smile, and said, "Yes! It's very tiring."
Chen Xiaomi looked at Lu Lin and tilted her head: "I think it's okay..." Chen Xiaomi used to carry very heavy things every time she came to town, but now when she's on the road, she only needs to carry an empty basket to put things in. Compared to before, Chen Xiaomi feels much more relaxed recently.
Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaomi and secretly rolled his eyes in his heart. Although she had a different body, she still couldn't endure any hardship. He was truly guilty! The original owner seemed to be quite hardworking.
"Let's go check out the bull market. If we find a suitable one, we'll buy one," Chen Xiaomi said, her eyes shining.
Lu Lin looked at Chen Xiaomi with some suspicion and asked, "Why did you suddenly have such a change of heart?"
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "Anyway, I'll probably be traveling back and forth between the city and the countryside frequently in the future."
Chen Xiaomi thought to herself: Since the little house inside Lu Lin's body can preserve food, even if the food in the little house is all eaten up, they can store the food from the mountains in the little house and sell it in the city when winter comes.
When deep winter comes and food supplies run out, wild game and wild vegetables seem to fetch a considerable price in the city.
...
Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi went to the cattle market together. Last time they didn't find a suitable animal there, but this time they found a pretty good mule.
Behind the mule was a pretty nice car, which looked quite new.
Chen Xiaomi inquired and learned that the mule cart belonged to a family in town. The family's son owed a sum of money to the gambling den and had no choice but to sell the family's livestock to make ends meet.
Chen Xiaomi negotiated the price with the man and finally settled on seven taels of silver, six taels for the mule, and one tael for the carriage, which was essentially a half-sale, half-gift.
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and asked, "Is there anything else we need to buy?"
Lu Lin thought for a moment and said, "Let's go buy some large bones."
In his previous life, Lu Lin loved to eat stewed bones. Back then, bones were more expensive than meat, but here, you could buy a whole bunch of bones for just ten coins. It was a real bargain.
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "Okay."
Chen Xiaomi licked his lips. The yam and bone soup tasted really good. He had only been hunting small prey recently, so he couldn't make soup with the bones.
Chen Xiaomi spent thirty coins to buy up all the bones that a butcher in town had accumulated.
The two of them spent another three hundred coins to buy a new cotton quilt. Used quilts were much cheaper; the same amount could buy two. In the countryside, people usually bought used ones. However, the new quilt was much warmer and felt thicker to the touch.
Chen Xiaomi drove the mule cart back.
Chen Xiaomi brandished her whip, exuding a sense of high spirits.
Chen Xiaomi was driving outside, while Lu Lin was lounging in the car. With a means of transportation, Lu Lin felt that his quality of life had finally improved.
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