“Sure! I haven’t been to the county town to sell my game lately, it’s been a long time. Let’s plant potatoes tomorrow and go to the county town the day after!” Lu Chuan replied.
"Okay, if we can finish planting tomorrow, then we'll go to the county town the day after tomorrow."
After saying that, they started eating. The food was delicious, and the two of them were stuffed. Xu Han even drank a lot of soup! The soup was very flavorful, and they wanted to drink more of it.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, the two got up early to plant potatoes.
The two plan to finish planting all the potatoes today, which is still a major undertaking.
Lu Chuan dug a hole in front, and Xu Han followed behind, throwing potatoes in and then covering them with soil with her feet. They were quite fast, but her back couldn't take it.
Bending over is not an option, and standing straight is not an option either. By the end of the day, my back was numb.
If it weren't for a famine, Xu Han wouldn't want to cultivate so much land; she would just grow enough for her own family to eat.
After a busy day, once all the planting was finished, it was already getting dark, but Xu Han still didn't plan to cook.
I eat the food provided in the space for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; I don't have time to cook.
Fortunately, I had prepared some food beforehand, and with the extra food I cooked every day, I could eat for a long time.
There was enough food for at least the entire autumn season, so Xu Han even asked Lu Chuan to buy a lot more earthenware pots and large bowls specifically for holding food.
After finishing their dinner, the two of them took advantage of the moonlight to clean the chicken coop, prepare food for the chickens and ducks, and then went to rest.
Finally, I don't have to be busy planting potatoes anymore. All I need to do now is go to the mountains to pick wild produce.
Although picking mountain produce is tiring, it's easier than farming, and at least you don't have to rush.
The next day, as soon as the rooster crowed, the two set off under the moonlight. Their home was far from the county town and even further from the surrounding villages. If it weren't for the fact that they could travel to the county town by water, it might not have been possible to walk there in a whole day.
The place where the two lived was surrounded by deep mountains to the north and west. The nearest village to the east was more than a day's walk away, and the nearest village to the south was almost a day's walk away.
The county town is located in the southeast, and the only shortcut is by waterway, which is a route that most people would not be able to find.
When Xu Han learned about her home's location, she couldn't help but sigh, "This is truly an excellent place. Father Lu really knows how to choose a location!"
It is far from the neighboring villages, but very close to the county seat.
Even if there's chaos and soldiers, we're not afraid, as long as we block the entrance.
After arriving in the county town, it was still early. It was the time for the autumn harvest to begin down in the mountains, so the county town was very lively today, with many more people coming and going than usual.
They're probably all heading to the city to buy things; after all, the autumn harvest really takes a toll on people.
Even families with limited means would cut off a piece of meat to nourish their family members.
The two first went to Manxianglou to sell the prey they had recently stored in their spatial storage.
Lu Chuan knocked on the back door of the restaurant. When the waiter saw that it was Xu Han and Lu Chuan, he quickly welcomed them in and went to call Manager Li.
"Brother Lu, you haven't been here for several days!" Before even seeing Manager Li, they heard his loud voice.
"Oh! Madam Lu has arrived too! I'm so sorry for not greeting you sooner!"
"Manager Li, it's been a long time! How's business lately?"
"Thanks to Brother Lu's wild game, business is doing quite well!"
"I must thank Manager Li for taking care of my master." The two exchanged pleasantries...
Lu Chuan gave the wild game he had recently collected to his assistant Cheng Zhong, and they sold it for a total of 380 coins.
The game that Lu Chuan brought to the restaurant was all unprocessed. Although it would die if put into the space, its body was still warm when taken out, making it look fresh. However, the price was always a bit lower.
When Lu Chuan frequently came to the county town recently, he almost always brought live animals. The game he hunted was first put in cages, and he was given some food and water every day.
The dead ones will be placed directly into the space. We'll take them out when we go to the county town.
After saying goodbye to Manager Li, we went to the market and bought a lot of seasonal fruits, as the Mid-Autumn Festival is the season when a large number of fruits are on the market.
Today we bought a lot of pears, pomegranates, apples, and persimmons. The two of them even made an appointment with an old man selling persimmons to buy some from him later!
Perhaps because it's close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, I saw several seafood vendors during this visit.
The two split up and booked all the seafood stalls in the market, spending a total of 20 taels of silver.
He then went to the clinic and got some medicine for treating colds, which cost him 2 taels of silver.
Including the money spent on fruit, a total of 24 taels of silver were spent today. Now, the family only has six taels of silver left, belonging to Xu Han, and three taels of loose silver in Lu Chuan's possession.
Nine taels of silver in total. It seems I need to hurry up and earn money. After the autumn harvest, I'll need to buy grain, and nine taels of silver definitely won't be enough.
However, Xu Han wasn't worried about money; if all else failed, she could exchange the items in her spatial storage for cash!
Glass and mirrors already existed in this era, but they were products of other countries. Although they were quite common, they wouldn't be very expensive to pawn, but the price was still manageable for ordinary families.
After buying everything, the two rented an oxcart, intending to go to the old man's house to buy persimmons. After all, they needed to buy a lot of persimmons; going empty-handed would be too conspicuous—how would they transport so many persimmons? It didn't make sense!
When they arrived at the city gate, the old man was already waiting there. When he saw Lu Chuan driving the oxcart over, his eyes lit up with surprise.
"Uncle, you're almost up! Let's go to your house to get some persimmons together." Xu Han saw the surprise in the old man's eyes. She figured he must have been feeling quite conflicted while waiting.
She was happy that all the persimmons in her house had been sold, but she was also worried that Lu Chuan and the other man wouldn't come.
Looking at the old man's expression, Xu Han secretly blamed herself for being too careless. Why didn't she think of giving a deposit first?
At the time, I was only thinking about going to the old man's house with him in a little while, without considering how he was waiting.
Upon hearing Xu Han's words, the old man didn't stand on ceremony. He got onto the oxcart and said to Xu Han, "I just asked someone in the village to tell my family to pick the persimmons first."
Xu Han felt even more embarrassed after hearing the old man's words. She hadn't even given a deposit, yet the old man had sent someone to tell her to pick the persimmons. The old man trusted her so much, how could she not have thought things through!
"Thank you in advance, sir!" Xu Han said, expressing her gratitude, but in her heart she was thinking that it was alright, and she wouldn't try to haggle or ask for change later.
The old man's home was not far from the county town; the oxcart took about 45 minutes to reach his house.
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