The most expensive items are knives and tools.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen both carry daggers with them. These daggers can cut iron like mud and are extremely tough. They are the best knives in their original world.
At the beginning, Su Nian and Chu Beichen both used this dagger to deal with prey. Later, they found that the knife would easily age after being stained with the blood of the prey. In order to use it economically, the two of them used the broken knife left by the original owner of the cabin to deal with prey.
The broken knife was old and blunt, and it was too difficult to cut meat and fur, so the two men wanted a smaller dagger and a sharper kitchen knife. In addition, they also wanted to buy an axe to chop bones.
Hearing Su Nian and Chu Beichen's needs, the bearded village chief brought them to an old man. There were several knives in front of the man, and his stall was not big.
"This is the best blacksmith we have nearby, but the price he asks is quite high," the bearded village chief leaned close to Chu Beichen's ear and whispered.
Chu Beichen nodded and took a closer look at the old man's knife. He found that his knife was heavy enough, the blade was strong, and the edge was sharp. For this era, it could indeed be considered a good knife.
"I'll exchange sugar with you," Chu Beichen gestured to Su Nian, who took out a bag of sugar cubes and poured a piece into Chu Beichen's hand.
At this time, Chu Beichen had realized the preciousness of sugar. He no longer dared to give the whole piece of sugar to the old man to taste. Instead, he took out the dagger he carried with him, cut off a piece of the sugar cube, and then put the crumbs in the old man's hand.
The old man's eyes sparkled, but he didn't look at Tang. Instead, he looked at Chu Beichen's dagger. "What kind of knife is this?"
Chu Beichen smiled and put away the dagger, "This is the knife from our hometown!"
The bearded village chief proudly introduced them, "They're not locals. They're guests from the south bank of the Gangwa River. They got lost and are spending the winter here with us!"
The old man stood in awe and nodded at Chu Beichen. "My knife isn't as good as yours, but it's good enough for rough work. Take a look. Once you've taken a look, I'll try to give you a discount!"
After saying this, the old man put the candy crumbs into his mouth, tasted it, and then showed a satisfied look.
Chu Beichen and Su Nian squatted down and began to choose carefully. They picked out an ordinary kitchen knife, a small axe and a dagger for cutting and separating prey.
After making his selection, Chu Beichen placed the items at his feet and asked Su Nian to take out the sugar cubes. "Can I exchange these items for twenty sugar cubes?"
"Sure," the old man agreed readily, but he added a condition: "Can I see your knife?"
Chu Beichen smiled, took out the dagger and the scabbard and handed it to the old man.
It was also the first time that the bearded village chief saw Chu Beichen's equipment. The dagger was shining with golden light, completely different from what he had seen before. He also stared at it curiously with wide eyes.
The old man held the dagger with both hands and carefully studied the scabbard first. This dagger was customized by Chu Beichen in the best military factory. Its original purpose was not hunting, but killing.
Of course, in an emergency, this dagger can also be used for climbing and digging, or even as a crowbar.
The design of the blood groove and the blade edge on the dagger are very delicate, and the strength of the blade has exceeded the imagination of people of this era.
The old man was an expert. He looked at the dagger over and over for a long time before putting it back into the scabbard with admiration and respectfully returning it to Chu Beichen, "Your craftsmanship is truly amazing!"
After exchanging for three knives, the bearded village chief said hello to the old man and led Su Nian and Chu Beichen to other stalls.
"Chu, your knife is truly amazing. I must remind you not to show it to strangers. The customs in our Huodong Village are very good, and no one will covet your things. However, other villages may not be so. Especially Xiyang Village, where the people love to steal things. You have to be careful!"
It is common sense in Chu Beichen's world that wealth should not be shown off, so he was also shocked and quickly thanked the bearded village chief for his reminder.
The next items to be exchanged were not as valuable as knives. The bearded village chief confidently pointed them in the direction and agreed on a time to leave. Then he parted ways with Chu Beichen and hurriedly went to exchange the things he needed.
Su Nian had already realized that it was inconvenient without a wooden basin, so when they saw a wooden stall, they stopped immediately.
There were wooden basins and wooden barrels on this stall. Su Nian used ten sugar cubes to exchange for two wooden barrels and two wooden basins from this stall.
In this way, there is a means of storing water in the house.
Su Nian planned to use one wooden basin to wash and another to wash food.
In this world, it is impossible to be as particular as they used to be, keeping raw and cooked food separate, and it is good enough to have some to use.
Now the couple had exchanged their main daily necessities, and more and more people came to the market. The two of them pulled the sika deer and looked around curiously.
Along the way, the couple made a new discovery: the market not only sold meat, but also trained livestock and hunting dogs.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen already had a sled with red deer, and they also had two bison calves at home, but they didn't know what to do with them, so they didn't buy these things.
It was the newly born puppies that attracted their attention.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen looked at these dogs carefully. They had raised dogs at home and Su Nian had even tamed wolf cubs, so they could easily tell whether these dogs were good or bad. From all along, they seemed to be not very satisfied with the dogs on the market.
It was not until there were no more people ahead that they saw a black-faced man sitting on the side of the road.
Next to the man sat a big black dog, which was completely black and had a serious expression. Next to the big dog was a straw basket filled with hay and broken animal skins, and inside it were two black puppies.
Su Nian's eyes lit up when she saw the big dog. The dog had a big head, which meant that it had a large brain capacity and was smart and easy to tame.
Chu Beichen carefully observed the big black dog's teeth, claws, and leg muscles. The couple agreed that this dog was a rare and good breed.
However, dog trainers know that it is better to buy a puppy than a big dog, because big dogs are difficult to tame, especially such a big black dog. If it disobeys its owner and suddenly attacks and hurts people, it will be a headache.
So the couple turned their attention to the puppies in the straw basket next to them. Based on their experience, these two puppies should be the offspring of the big black dog.
Perhaps because the stall owner saw that the couple was looking intently, he assumed they were buyers and said, "I won't trade these three dogs separately. If you want to trade, you'll have to take both the big and small dogs!"
There are actually some people doing bundled business. Su Nian blinked and asked the stall owner, "Why is that?"
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