Chapter 51 With a huge sum of money, I went on a shopping spree!
When they saw the coarse cloth clothes worn by Lin Wenqian, Lin Luoxi, and Xie Hanchuan, which had at least a hundred patches of various sizes, they all pursed their lips, looked away, and went about their business.
"Shopkeeper, how much is the rice here?" After seeing Lin Wenqian obediently shut his mouth, Lin Luoxi walked straight into the rice shop and asked the shopkeeper who was calculating on an abacus.
"This customer, we have three types of rice at different prices. The first type is brown rice, which costs 15 coins per pound; broken rice, which costs 18 coins; and polished rice, which costs 20 coins. Which type would you like?"
The owner of the rice shop, seeing Lin Luoxi and the other two dressed in patched clothes, did not show any disgust or disdain, but instead wore a polite smile.
They explained the prices of the three types of rice in their store to Lin Luoxi and also took her to see the quality of the three types of rice.
On the way here, Lin Luoxi thought that the tiger could be sold for at most two hundred taels of silver, and if she wanted to buy rice, she would just pick the edible kind.
But now, with a fortune of eight hundred taels of silver, brown rice and broken rice are no longer options for her.
"Shopkeeper, give me twenty catties of fine rice and ten catties of wheat flour." Lin Luoxi only picked out the best and most expensive items to buy.
Making money is about improving one's life, and that's what motivates us to do so.
"Let's also have twenty catties of brown rice!" Then he thought, if they weren't home and those shameless old Lins came over, they could just use the brown rice to fool them.
She works so hard not so that shameless people can freeload rice and noodles.
"Alright, sir, please wait a moment, I'll weigh it for you right away." The rice shop owner was all smiles when he heard that Lin Luoxi wanted so much rice. He quickly took out a scale and began to weigh it.
He seemed afraid that Lin Luoxi would change her mind.
"Little sister, we can't possibly eat this much!" Lin Wenqian's eyes widened again when he heard Lin Luoxi ask for so much rice and flour.
"Brother, I've been eating rice bran for the past two days, and my stomach is almost bleeding."
"Besides, tell me, if I don't take good care of my stomach, why am I working so hard?" Lin Luoxi clutched her stomach, looking uncomfortable, and began to brainwash Lin Wenqian.
Lin Wenqian knew that Lin Luoxi was faking it, but then he remembered that Lin Luoxi had risked her life to kill that tiger just so she could have a bowl of rice.
If he were to obstruct it again, wouldn't he become a sinner?
So he simply shut his mouth and let Lin Luoxi go on a shopping spree...
While Lin Luoxi was weighing rice at the rice shop, she also saw that the shop had brown sugar and soybeans, so she bought a few pounds of each, thinking they would be useful later.
Lin Luoxi insisted on carrying all sixty pounds of things by herself, and no one else was allowed to help.
The rice shop owner had never seen such a hardworking girl before. He smiled and helped Lin Lin Luoxi pack everything into the basket she specified.
While Xie Hanchuan looked away, Lin Wenqian, feeling the pinch of the money, dared not look at the pile of things. As the rice shop owner turned away, he quietly put all the refined rice, wheat flour, brown sugar, and soybeans into his spatial storage.
Knowing that Lin Luoxi had bought a lot of things from his shop, the rice shop owner generously gave Lin Luoxi two catties of brown sugar.
"The shopkeeper really knows how to do business. From now on, all my rice will be sold here." Lin Luoxi was just as straightforward as the shopkeeper, promising to buy rice from him from now on.
Lin Luoxi's words made the rice shop owner even happier, feeling that the two pounds of brown sugar he gave away were well worth it.
After buying rice, the next step is to buy meat. After so many days, even though it's pheasant, it still feels like something's missing.
Lin Luoxi asked Xie Hanchuan to take her to the pork shop in the county, where she bought ten catties of pork foreleg, spending two hundred coins.
When Lin Wenqian saw that Lin Luoxi had bought lean meat, he wanted to stop her and tell her to buy the middle cut with more fat, because that kind of meat is oily and juicy and can be eaten more easily.
Lin Luoxi gave Lin Wenqian a look and said, "Big brother, I don't like fatty meat. Besides, our family will be able to eat meat from now on, so why buy such fatty meat?"
Then, she whispered something in Lin Wenqian's ear, and Lin Wenqian finally gave up the idea of buying fatty meat.
Xie Hanchuan, who had been following her around, saw Lin Luoxi shopping all the way, and her eyes shone brighter than the stars in the sky, showing how happy she was.
He vowed in his heart that he would make a lot of money so that Lin Luoxi would have endless money and endless things to buy in the future.
After selling the rice and meat, Lin Luoxi looked down at her and Lin Wenqian's outfits and asked Xie Hanchuan to lead them to the cloth shop again.
"Second sister, let's buy some fabric and have Mother sew clothes for us, that will be fine." Lin Wenqian warned Lin Luoxi before even stepping into the fabric shop, afraid that she would spend money recklessly again.
"Hmm!" Lin Luoxi replied perfunctorily and quickly walked into the house.
It must be said that the ancient dyeing techniques were truly excellent.
As soon as Lin Luoxi stepped inside, she was amazed by the various patterns and colors of the fabrics.
What impressed her most were the ready-made clothes hanging on the rack, in all sorts of colors and in the latest trendy styles.
"What style of clothing or fabric would you like, gentlemen?" A crisp, clear female voice came from behind the counter.
Lin Luoxi glanced up and saw that the person behind the counter was a female shopkeeper. Her hair was wrapped in a floral headscarf, and she looked very refreshing, with a faint air of heroism between her brows.
At this moment, the female shopkeeper was looking at them with a smile, showing no impatience whatsoever because of their attire.
It seems they were all lucky today, as none of the shopkeepers they encountered were condescending.
"Shopkeeper, give us two sets of ready-made clothes for everyday wear." Although we could take the cloth back to Lin Wangshi for alterations, we have money now, so why wait a few more days before we can wear new clothes?
"Alright!" The female shopkeeper readily agreed to Lin Luoxi's request, turned around, and picked out two cotton dresses from her own clothing rack: one in tea brown and the other in light blue, both suitable for Lin Luoxi's height and suitable for everyday wear.
“Girl, I think your skin is quite fair. I think these two outfits suit your skin tone very well, and they would also be suitable for farm work.”
"Moreover, this fabric is cotton and linen, which is quite comfortable to wear, especially for delicate skin like yours, which should be taken good care of."
Lin Luoxi's skin now looks nothing like that of a peasant girl; she'd be more inclined to believe she was a fallen heiress.
"Okay, then I'll go try it on." The shopkeeper's recommendation was quite in line with Lin Luoxi's aesthetic, so Lin Luoxi was happy to put down her basket and go to the fitting room in the fabric shop that was specially prepared for women to change clothes.
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