Chapter 39: Entering the City for Supplies
One hundred and fifty coins per person? Everyone gasped. Although Wu Yuetang had a lot of silver in his bank account, he still felt that the price was too high.
"How about we send a few people out and go to the city to buy supplies together? This way we can save a lot of money."
After listening to Wu Yuetang's suggestion, the village chief nodded.
"Miss Wu is right. If we can't get into the county town, we'll have to take a detour to the provincial capital, and we might even have to cross mountains and hills. It's necessary to replenish some supplies now. Everyone, please report to me the supplies you need to purchase. I'll have someone make a list and send someone out to purchase them tomorrow morning."
After hearing the village chief's arrangements, everyone had no objections, and some people had already started counting how much silver and money they had on them.
"Village chief, my family has a car, so count me in if you go to the city."
As soon as he said this, Wu Shoutian pulled her aside.
"Why are you joining in the fun? Let your brother go and buy the supplies."
"Dad, I have to go to the county town this time. I'm the one cooking at home now, so I know what food to buy. How can my three brothers know? Besides, I've been going to town before, so I know the prices of some supplies. If my brothers go there, they won't be at a disadvantage if they don't bargain, right?"
A few words stunned Wu Shoutian and convinced him to let her go for purchasing.
Wu Yuetang was delighted. After the village chief had said what he needed to say, he ran back to the carriage and took down some things that could be taken down temporarily in preparation for tomorrow's purchase.
After finishing his busy work at night, Wu Yuetang crawled into the tent and turned into the space. Looking at the space filled with wheat, rice, and various vegetables and fruits, he felt a little worried.
The space is being harvested too quickly, and it’s not a good idea to keep piling it up like this. We’ve also collected thousands of duck eggs and chicken eggs from the poultry department.
Although half of the duck eggs have been processed into salted duck eggs through space processing, how should the chicken eggs be stored? Won’t they turn into chicks if they are left there any longer?
"System, how much food is there in the space now?"
"Host, the space currently has 3,000 kilograms of wheat, 4,800 kilograms of rice, 562 raw duck eggs, 1,305 raw chicken eggs, 4,212 kilograms of vegetables, and 3,800 kilograms of medicinal herbs. It has been detected that the space has too much food. The host can choose to exchange the food for mall points. Would you like to do so?"
Mall points? When was the space mall unlocked?
Wu Yuetang clicked on the panel in front of him and found that he had quietly upgraded to level nine during this period of time, unlocking the space orchard, space mall, space greenhouse, a pigpen and livestock product processing.
Wow, I've leveled up twice in a row and unlocked so many features before even reaching level 10. What kind of prize will I get at level 10? Will there be a lottery like at level 5?
"System, exchange half of all the supplies for me."
"Okay, host. I have successfully exchanged half of the supplies and received 7,542 mall points. Do you want to exchange them now?"
"What are they?"
As he spoke, the system in front of him unfolded a shopping mall panel, which contained many modern industrial products, including cosmetics, skin care products, toiletries, and even modern agricultural and sideline products and agricultural tool drawings.
Wu Yuetang flipped through the pages one by one, trying to find something that would be useful when she went into the snow-capped mountains later. When she turned to page 15, she found some insulation materials used in modern house decoration. Oh my God, if this thing could be put into a cave in the snow-capped mountains, it would be like a miracle.
I took a look at the price and thought, one thousand points per ticket is too expensive.
Wu Yuetang curled her lips and continued looking back. The items in this mall were quite comprehensive. Everything she could think of was here, even some first aid medicines that were commonly kept at home.
Although the price gets higher as time goes by, Wu Yuetang is still very satisfied overall. She is not in a hurry to exchange it now, in case she reaches level ten and wins a 50% off mall in the lottery.
After turning off the panel, Wu Yuetang went to plant some seeds in the orchard and greenhouse, raised eight pigs in the pigpen, and then went back to the room, took a shower, and fell into a good sleep.
The next morning, Wu Yuetang got up at daybreak, changed out of his patched clothes, took out the ready-made clothes he had bought in town and put them on. When he walked out of the tent, he found that some people had already gathered at the village chief's place.
It turned out that after the meeting yesterday, the village chief found Zhang the hunter and drew a topographic map near the county town. It seemed that they would have to cross mountains and hills to take a detour to the provincial capital.
Seeing that most people had arrived, the village chief reminded them of the precautions for going to the county town and then let them leave.
Wu Yuetang drove the carriage down the mountain first. She didn't know the other three people who went to the county town with her. She had never even met them before, so she simply didn't say hello to them.
When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Wu Yuetang saw the other two villages camped there, as well as the troops from the town. As expected, as soon as the carriage passed by, Wu Yuetang felt several eager eyes staring at him.
There was no need to think about it, it must be the family of the head of the Wu family. Wu Yuetang deliberately threw the whip hard.
"drive!"
The sound was so loud that everyone around could hear it clearly. The carriage roared past everyone towards the county town gate.
When we arrived not far from the county town gate, we saw many villagers who had fled famine sitting on the flat open space, and there were some beggars among them.
Looking at this scene, Wu Yuetang couldn't help but sigh at the decision made by the county government. The city entrance fee must be collected. If not, these people would probably cause a big fuss once they entered the city.
Arriving at the city gate, Wu Yuetang got off the carriage and walked in front of the official. The official looked at the girl in front of him. She was dressed very appropriately and looked completely different from the villagers who were lingering at the gate. The carriage behind him could not be bought for less than twenty taels.
"Entrance fee: one hundred and fifty coins."
After making sure that the person in front of him was not a refugee or a beggar, he spoke.
Wu Yuetang took out a string of copper coins from his sleeve, handed it to the officer, and then drove the carriage into the city.
As soon as I walked in, my vision instantly widened. This county town is different from the town. Not only are there more shops, but there are also many more roadside vendors, and they are all very orderly.
The pedestrians on the road were dressed much more gorgeously than those in the town. Wu Yuetang did not waste any time and immediately parked the carriage at the place where carriages were parked under the city wall, and then ran directly to the drugstore.
According to the description in the book, there should be a Ren De Tang here. After asking a few vendors, I found out that there was indeed such a clinic.
When he arrived at the clinic, Wu Yuetang went straight to the owner and explained his purpose.
"Shopkeeper, I have a lot of medicinal herbs here. Would you like to buy them?"
"Oh? My dear friend, what medicinal herbs do you have?"
"Five hundred kilograms each of lemongrass, honeysuckle, Chuanxiong, and salvia miltiorrhiza."
Wu Yuetang mentally counted the stock of medicinal herbs in the space and picked four to report.
The shopkeeper dropped the brush he was using to check the accounts, and his eyes widened like bells.
"How much did you say?"
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