Chapter 289: Going to Beixue Border City to Inquire
Su Nuan paused. Could it be that this woman saw something?
She wondered whether she should run away quickly, but finally steadied her steps and slowly turned around.
She smiled and said, "What do you want, pretty lady?"
The fat woman was startled, then said with a happy face: "You are really good at talking."
Su Nuan didn't know what she was going to do, so she could only wait quietly for what would happen next.
The fat woman said, "I'll give you some material, and you can help me embroider some handkerchiefs. I'll give you a hundred coins for each handkerchief."
Su Nuan didn't expect that the handkerchiefs from Beixue Country were so valuable. She could earn a hundred coins just for the embroidery. For an embroiderer from Yuan Country, it would be a lot to earn ten coins.
But she is not a real embroiderer, so she cannot take this business.
She immediately shook her head. "I'm sorry, Madam. I don't dare accept it. There's a new sister-in-law at home. She'll grab anything she sees, and she'll definitely end up ruining Madam's things."
The fat woman was disappointed, but also expressed understanding. "Okay, I'll send you a handkerchief when I have one later."
Su Nuan nodded immediately, "Yes, thank you ma'am for your concern."
After saying that, she hurried away. Through the incident with the handkerchief, she knew that the craftsmanship of the Northern Snow Country was not good.
Most people on this street wear plain clothes without much embroidery. The rich ones only have some embroidery on their collars and cuffs.
She thought about it and decided to go to a blacksmith shop, as she didn't know how good the ironmaking technology was here.
As soon as I entered the shop, I felt the heat wave. There were two iron smelting furnaces inside, and the charcoal fire was burning brightly.
Two burly blacksmiths were forging something, and the sound of clanging could be heard continuously.
A middle-aged woman in sackcloth clothes smiled and said, "Girl, what can I buy?"
Su Nuan looked around and saw the most pots, large and small, placed in a row.
There are also those hanging pots. It can be seen that people in the north often work outside, so they use this kind of hanging pot more often.
Su Nuan deliberately asked: "Do you have a knife?"
The woman frowned and asked, "What kind of knife do you want? We only have a kitchen knife and a hatchet."
Su Nuan replied, "I want both. My sister-in-law took all the knives when the family split up."
The woman's expression softened a bit, and she smiled and said, "Come and take a look."
Su Nuan followed her to the other side, where there was a waiter watching over the counter, with kitchen knives and hatchets on the counter.
However, only the two-finger-wide part of this kitchen knife is made of iron, and the rest is made of hardwood.
The hatchet has a hook on the front, the blade is only as long as a finger and the rest is made of hardwood.
Doesn't the Northern Snow Country produce gemstones and mines? Why is it so shabby?
The woman said, "This is the best. If you have too much ironware at home, I can't sell it to you."
Su Nuan nodded repeatedly, "My family's supplies were all taken away by my sister-in-law, so now I can only use bamboo strips."
The woman smiled and said, "Did you bring your household registration?"
Su Nuan nodded, "I brought it."
She pretended to search her bag, but found nothing.
She said with a sad face, "Oh, I came to sell handkerchiefs today. I thought I brought them, but now I realize I didn't."
The woman smiled and said, "It's okay, remember to bring it with you next time you come."
Su Nuan nodded, "Okay, next time I'll come back to sell handkerchiefs."
She walked out dejectedly, but her heart was shocked beyond words.
The Yuan Kingdom also has limited iron orders, but it won’t turn out like this.
In the northern part of the railway, people were given complete axes to chop down trees.
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Su Nuan walked aimlessly on the street, and went into the grain store to take a look.
There are actually quite a few beans in the grain category, mostly soybeans. It may be suitable for growing soybeans here.
Su Nuan asked: "How much are these beans?"
The waiter didn't think she couldn't afford it because she wasn't dressed well. He said with a smile, "These are all for horse feed. Miss, take a look at this sorghum. It's only one penny more expensive than beans."
Su Nuan didn't expect that such a good thing as soybeans was only used to feed horses.
She said with a bitter face: "All the food in our house was taken away by the sister-in-law who separated from the family. We don't have much money. Let's buy something to fill our stomachs first. It's okay as long as we can eat it."
The waiter showed sympathy on his face. "Oh, so beans are three cents a pound. Eating too much of them will give you bloating. Be careful not to get a stomachache."
Su Nuan nodded gratefully, "I want thirty kilograms."
Seeing that the basket only weighed thirty kilograms, she didn't dare ask for more.
The guy nodded and said, "Okay, did the girl get the bag?"
Su Nuan quickly took out a roll of burlap sacks from her bag, "Thank you, little brother."
The waiter blushed and took the bag to fill it with beans for Su Nuan. There were 32 kilograms in total. The waiter said, "30 kilograms. Here you go."
Su Nuan thanked him repeatedly and gave him money.
While the guy was busy, she had already grabbed a few beans that were not in the space and used them as seeds, so that she could multiply a lot of them later.
Su Nuan left the grain shop, found an empty alley, and put the soybeans into the space.
The space spirit suddenly said, "I feel like someone is following you."
Su Nuan looked around but didn't see anyone.
But she still trusted the intuition of the space spirit and asked, "When did it start?"
The space spirit replied, "After entering the city, I wasn't sure at first because they changed three waves of people. The third wave stared at you with disdain, and that's how I discovered it."
Su Nuan pondered for a moment and said, "Prepare an identical shoulder bag for me. I think someone might have leaked that the shoulder bag is a treasure."
The space spirit replied: "The treasure will definitely arouse people's greed. You should be more careful in the future."
Su Nuan knew that she had been too relaxed recently, so she said, "It seems we need to be more cautious. My family may tolerate me bringing my baby with me, but outsiders will definitely be jealous."
"I just want to find this person. We have to do things like reciprocity properly."
The Space Spirit chuckled and said, "That's a must."
Su Nuan walked out of the alley and bought whatever interesting things she saw on the street, then found an alley to put them in her bag.
However, the money she earned was quickly spent. She went to a pawnshop again and took out an old gold hairpin she had found among the bandits. "Let's see how much this can be pawned for."
The shopkeeper took it, looked at it, and weighed it on the scale. "The hairpin is old and cannot be sold. I can only exchange it for gold."
"If you pawn it dead, I'll give you three taels of silver. If you pawn it alive, I'll only give you one tael of silver."
Su Nuan deliberately asked, "Can it only be used as gold? Then I might as well go to a bank to exchange it."
The shopkeeper laughed and said, "The bank charges a 10% exchange fee. Your gold hairpin can only be exchanged for 2 taels and 8 qian."
Su Nuan didn't want to argue, so she could only take her grandmother with her and "die."
The shopkeeper issued a pawn ticket and gave a large bag of copper coins.
Su Nuan continued shopping with the copper coins in her hand, putting the purchases into her bag, causing the people following her to exclaim in amazement.
The space spirit said, "They are all staring at your bag."
This is exactly the effect Su Nuan wanted. "I'm just worried they won't keep an eye on it. Is the replica package ready?"
The space spirit replied: "We have to wait a moment, Hai Lan is making it herself."
Su Nuan was stunned. "Hai Lan made it herself? I can't bear to destroy it. No, no, just let him find a similar one. I have a plan."
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