Chapter 5: It's good to be Lu Bu!
The most bustling street in the capital was Gold and Silver Street, where shops specialized in buying and selling gold, silver, and copper.
They offer a wide range of services, including currency exchange, buying and selling, and authentication of purity and authenticity.
There are many hidden tricks and complexities involved. Small shops offer less protection, but their prices are higher than those of larger shops.
Dogtooth knows a guy, a gangster named Yan, who specializes in buying copper. He used to be a thief, and he'd come here to exchange the stolen money.
The copper extracted from this hair crown weighed 150 grams.
Gouya sold the copper for eighty copper coins, and Guan Zhiwei then gave half of it to Gouya.
"You're really going to give me half?" Dogtooth asked incredulously.
The other party is so upright and majestic, he doesn't look like an evil god at all.
What about the twenty copper coins he secretly hoarded?
He's such a dog.
Guan Zhiwei scratched her head and said helplessly, "I'm not very capable, and I can't stand seeing people suffer."
Actually, Gouya didn't recognize gold and thought it was all copper. She secretly hid the gold and even knew where to exchange it, because she really didn't care about such a small amount of money.
Both of them were smug and thought themselves clever.
Guan Zhiwei headed towards Yan Silang's shop, and as soon as she arrived at the door, she heard laughter coming from inside.
"...Do you know what that kid told me? This pile of bronze was originally a hair ornament."
"Damn, is this guy out of his mind? The hair ornament is exquisitely crafted, how much money would that cost? What was he thinking, melting it down into a pile of scrap metal?"
“I could tell he was stupid just by looking at him, so I gave him this amount.”
"One hundred copper coins! You're really greedy!"
"Hahaha, who told him to be such an idiot!"
Guan Zhiwei's forehead veins throbbed.
[Hahahahaha—] The system was instantly revived.
You've lost your mind.
【You got screwed over by Dogtooth.】
This is the consequence of not investing a single skill point in intelligence.
[What good is strength if you don't have brains? Do you want to be like Lu Bu?]
"That's a really good solution." Guan Zhiwei pushed open the door and entered.
The two people inside stopped laughing.
"What are you here to sell?" Yan Silang looked her up and down. He didn't look fierce at all; in fact, he was rather refined. His fair face had a slight smile, giving him a friendly air.
Guan Zhiwei smiled at him and said, "Selling medicine."
He frowned. "No one here needs medicine."
Guan Zhiwei closed the door and locked it.
"We need it right away."
...
Yan Silang, his face bruised and swollen, knelt on the ground and mumbled, "Young brother, I'm a well-known figure in the underworld, known as the King of Hell. Please give me some face and stop hitting me."
There were four men in the room, all kneeling on the ground, holding their heads in their hands.
Guan Zhiwei rubbed her chin with her fingertips and asked, "Are you buying medicine now?"
"Buy it, we really need it," Yan Silang stammered.
Guan Zhiwei grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, placed it in his hand, and said, "This is divine soil that I brought back from the sacred mountain from afar. Do you think it's valuable?"
"Oh dear, if you're going to fool people, why don't you do it behind their backs?"
"Smack!"
Yan Silang reluctantly agreed: "It's valuable."
Guan Zhiwei asked, "How much is 150 grams of copper worth?"
He hesitated before answering, "Two hundred coins, three hundred coins."
"How much exactly!" Guan Zhiwei snapped at him.
He shrugged: "Just follow your conscience."
Guan Zhiwei decided to let him have a better conscience, so he was only worth three hundred.
"This pile of soil of mine, two hundred coins, you can pay for it."
"OK."
Yan Silang readily took out the money and said, "Sister, if you encounter any difficulties, I am happy to help you. With your martial arts skills, you can make money by doing anything. There is no need for you to rob and plunder."
Guan Zhiwei counted the coins and replied in a moment, "What can they be used for?"
"You can become a retainer for those wealthy and noble families, helping them with small matters. As long as you have the ability, they will support you, give you money, take care of your relatives, and solve all the troubles you encounter in life," Yan Silang said with envy.
"Then when they get into trouble, I'll repay them with my life, right?"
Guan Zhiwei tucked the copper coin into her pocket. "I still prefer selling medicine. I'm a miracle doctor, you know."
Now she's going to take the dog to get its teeth checked; that bastard dared to lie to me.
The children of Nancun bullied me because my intelligence skill is 0, and I can only tolerate the thief on the other side.
She squatted by the door, pondering how to deal with that little liar, Dogtooth.
Then I saw Dog Tooth carrying his grandma out.
The old woman was thin and frail, not heavy, but her canine teeth were also very small; she was thirteen years old.
The old woman, still half-asleep, recognized him as her grandson's friend. "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet, I'm here to deliver the money to Gouya. You sold that copper too cheaply; it was only worth three hundred coins. I'm going to get the money back."
Guan Zhiwei counted out ninety coins from her bosom, put them into Gouya's pocket, and said, "We agreed to split them in half."
Dog Tooth's face turned pale. He knew he had been caught deducting money from his pay. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll treat my grandma first, and I'll pay you back when I'm done."
"You don't need to pay back the money, and you don't need to go to the pharmacy. There's no need for that. Go buy some sugar, or honey if you can't find any, and then make hot water for Grandma to drink."
Guan Zhiwei possessed a medical system, but she didn't know how to treat illnesses. Treating people involved accumulating points through various strategies, then using those points to exchange for cold medicine, fever reducers, anti-inflammatory drugs, and sleeping pills. In ancient times, illnesses were simple, and people lacked immunity, making these remedies practically miracle cures.
Although she doesn't practice medicine, she has come into contact with many patients.
Aside from the wealthy and powerful, the most common ailment among ordinary people is poverty.
To put it simply, I'm hungry.
Dog Tooth ate at the blacksmith's shop, secretly saving a bite to bring back to Grandma. He didn't dare take too much out, afraid of upsetting Brother Yao. After all, he needed to be full to have the energy to work; if he ate less, he would have to do less work.
The old lady has eaten this one bite of food every day; she's incredibly resilient to have lived this long.
If I were to feed her suddenly, I would be afraid that her stomach wouldn't be able to handle it. Her stomach, which had been hungry for a long time, couldn't even handle the nutrition from a single egg.
Let's start with some sugar water to replenish our energy.
Dogtooth tried it, and Grandma really got better.
The easiest and hardest disease to cure in this world is poverty.
Looking at Guan Zhiwei's face, he no longer found her annoying and worked extra hard when he was working the bellows for her.
Because she got to know the old woman, and with her guidance, Guan Zhiwei also became familiar with the neighbors and borrowed a shovel from a slightly wealthier family. They said they were turning the soil to plant cabbages, but actually they dug a large, deep pit in the yard, shoveled out the blood-stained soil from inside the house, buried it, and sprinkled a layer of lime to prevent it from smelling bad.
As for how to dispose of the body, this prince was as thin as a sheet of paper, no longer bleeding.
She threw the person against the opposite wall.
The little beggar died right there.
Now the prince is dead.
There's no difference at all.
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