Chapter 40: Shopping Spree
"Yes, 500 kilograms each of lemongrass, honeysuckle, Chuanxiong, and salvia miltiorrhiza. I also have other herbs, but I was in a hurry so I didn't bring as much. I only brought these."
"Collect, collect, collect, but I need to check the quality of the herbs."
"Okay, then the shopkeeper will arrange two people to go with me to get them. They are all placed in the carriage."
After saying that, Wu Yuetang walked out of the clinic, followed by two apprentices from the clinic. They walked all the way to the carriage. Wu Yuetang climbed into the carriage and threw out the medicinal materials one bag at a time.
After taking the herbs back to the clinic, the shopkeeper checked them and immediately decided to buy them. He even smiled when he was settling the bill.
"Cimongrass is fifteen wen per catty, honeysuckle is eighteen wen per catty, Chuanxiong and Salvia miltiorrhiza are twenty-eight wen per catty, totaling forty-four taels, five hundred wen. These herbs are of excellent quality, so I'll give you forty-five taels."
The shopkeeper directly took out forty-five taels of silver and put it in Wu Yuetang's hand. She accepted it with a smile. As expected, the people in Ren De Tang were very nice.
Then Wu Yuetang ran back to the carriage to get the backpack, found the largest restaurant and went in.
"Boss, are you buying fresh vegetables?"
"What vegetables are there?"
"Some of them are vegetables from the Western Regions that Dayu doesn't have."
As he spoke, Wu Yuetang took out a tomato and a few chili peppers.
"Are these all from the Western Regions?"
The shopkeeper picked up the chili pepper and looked at it in front of his eyes. He had never seen it before and was about to put it in his mouth to taste it.
"No, this is chili pepper, very spicy."
"chili?"
"Simply put, it's an advanced version of dogwood. If you don't mind, I'll use these two ingredients in the kitchen to make you a dish to try?"
The shopkeeper pondered for a while, and seeing that it was not yet time for dinner, he agreed and took Wu Yuetang to the kitchen.
The chefs in the kitchen looked at the shopkeeper coming in with a little girl, and everyone looked puzzled.
"Boss, why did you bring a girl in? We don't need any handymen!"
"No, this girl brought some vegetables from the Western Regions and said she would make a dish for us to try. If it tastes good, our restaurant will buy her goods."
The chef looked at Wu Yuetang and had no idea what dish could be made from such a small bean.
Wu Yuetang walked to the stove, skillfully lit the fire, and heated the oil in a pot. While heating the oil, he took out a cabbage, two large tomatoes, and a handful of chili peppers from his backpack.
He walked to the chopping board and skillfully cut the chili pepper into shreds, removed the roots of the tomatoes and cut them into slices, and tore the cabbage into slices of different sizes with his hands.
The dishes are prepared and the oil is heated. Just pour the dishes in and stir-fry. Soon a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a dish of spicy and sour shredded cabbage are out of the pot.
The rich aroma of the wok and the fresh fragrance of the vegetables filled the entire kitchen. The other grown men, except Wu Yuetang, stared at the two dishes in amazement and swallowed their saliva unconsciously.
"This is scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and this is shredded cabbage."
As soon as Wu Yuetang finished the introduction, he handed the chopsticks to the chef and the shopkeeper.
The two took the dishes and tasted them. Having never eaten spicy food before, their faces immediately turned red like monkey butts. However, the taste was so delicious that their lips turned red from the spiciness, but they couldn't stop eating.
"Sir, I'll take all the dishes you have."
Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Wu Yuetang smiled with satisfaction.
"Five hundred pounds each of tomatoes, cabbages, and chili peppers. I wonder how much the shopkeeper would pay for them?"
"I've never seen these dishes on the market before, and I don't know their market price. Also, I'd like to buy the recipes for the two dishes you just made. Could you please name a price?"
Wu Yuetang thought for a moment, "The three kinds of vegetables weigh a total of 1,500 jin, 50 wen per jin, plus the money for the two prescriptions, the total is 100 liang."
When the shopkeeper heard the price, he took a deep breath, but when he thought that he was the only one in the whole county who had these vegetables, he instantly gained confidence.
"Okay, I'll get you the money."
Wu Yuetang followed him and found a pen and paper to write down the recipe. He then handed over the money and the food.
Holding the silver in his hand, Wu Yuetang walked out of the restaurant happily. Unexpectedly, he cleared out more than half of the space inventory in one go and earned 150 taels of silver.
Next, we have to hurry and buy supplies. This time we come out mainly to buy meat. No one in the family knows how to hunt. The meat we have eaten recently was hunted by Ye Jingchen last time. Speaking of Ye Jingchen, I don’t know how he is doing now.
Wu Yuetang felt regretful. It was heartbreaking to see such a good war god general being bullied by the Ye family. You have to know that their village is located in the northernmost territory of Dayu. They have been able to live in peace for so many years because of the suppression of the border vassal kings. That's why the Huns did not dare to invade.
Wu Yuetang shook her head, cleared her mind of all the messy thoughts, and went straight to a butcher's shop. What a coincidence that she came today, they actually had beef for sale.
You should know that in ancient times, beef was very difficult to buy. If there was beef for sale on the market, it was either because the family's working ox had died of old age or illness, and it had to be registered with the government before it could be sold.
I came here by chance today. I took a look at this butcher shop and found that it not only sells high-quality black pork, but also lamb.
"Hey, this shop has quite a comprehensive range of goods."
Wu Yuetang was secretly happy.
"Boss, how much is this beef?"
"You have a good eye. This beef was just slaughtered. Here, this is the official document."
The boss handed the document directly to Wu Yuetang, but she didn't care about it.
"Okay, I see. What's the price?"
"Beef shank is one ounce per pound, beef brisket is two ounces per pound, and beef breast is also one ounce per pound."
"I want ten pounds of shank, five pounds each of brisket and brisket. How much is your lamb?"
The boss was already surprised to hear Wu Yuetang was so generous, but she actually wanted to buy mutton? This must be a big customer!
"Mutton is 25 cents a pound."
"What about the lamb chops? How much are they?"
Wu Yuetang looked at the lamb chops thrown aside. It seemed that it was true that ancient people did not like to eat ribs. Such good lamb chops were just thrown aside.
"Pork ribs, if you want them, they're ten cents a pound."
"Okay, I'll take them all. Then I'll take ten pounds of pork tenderloin, ten pounds of pork belly, and pork ribs. Oh, and five pounds each of front and hind legs."
"Okay!"
The boss's blood boiled with excitement after hearing this. His sleeves rolled up higher and higher, and he sharpened his butcher knife on the whetstone until it made a sharp sound.
The total cost was twenty-five taels and six hundred coins, and the flesh still hurt a little, but in order to have meat for every meal in the future, the money had to be spent.
It’s still unknown when the pigs in the space will grow up.
Then he went to the grain and oil store and bought some seasonings, as well as brown sugar and brown sugar, spending a total of four hundred and fifty coins.
When passing by the bun shop, Wu Yuetang's stomach started to growl. She hadn't eaten anything since early in the morning. When she smelled the aroma of meat, she realized how starving she was.
I bought three meat buns and started eating while walking.
Wu Yuetang stopped when he passed by a blacksmith shop. Seeing that there were many finished products in the shop, he walked in.
"Boss, do you have any antique soup pots for sale?"
"Yes, how many do you want?"
"Um...I'll take two."
Then Wu Yuetang picked out a few kitchen knives and a new big pot, spending another three taels of silver in total.
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