Hong Xiaoduo shook her head, indicating that she was not curious.
What's there to be curious about? Whatever their purpose, they'll tell you themselves.
"Let me make this clear first, I'm not going to pay him for his front teeth. He deserves it for being so foul-mouthed." After thinking for a moment, Hong Xiaoduo thought that Fan Wuren seemed alright, so she made a casual joke.
She didn't say she had no money to compensate, because if she did, the other party might take advantage of the situation and ask her to pay with the prey. Should she give it or not?
Upon hearing this, Fan Wu laughed and asked, "That's not quite right, he certainly brought it on himself. But now that things have come to this, don't you bear any responsibility, young lady?"
"Me?" Hong Xiaoduo laughed after hearing what the other person said: "What responsibility do I have? We're just resting here, roasting some wild game to fill our stomachs. We're not blocking the road or affecting your journey."
He came over saying he wanted to buy the wild game here, and I said we need to eat it ourselves, so we're not selling it. Was I wrong?
Yes, you're right, but you're just a bit too infuriating.
She looks like a kind and innocent young lady, but she's actually a bit sly and mischievous! Fan Wu smiled when he heard this and didn't argue with her.
"By order of my master, I would like to apologize to the young lady on his behalf. I have not disciplined my subordinates properly and have offended the young lady. I hope the young lady will be magnanimous." Fan Wu said this, and then solemnly clasped his hands in a fist and fist salute to Hong Xiaoduo on horseback.
Hong Xiaoduo understands the principle of "leaving a way out for others so you can meet again in the future." So far, she and her children haven't suffered any losses, and besides, she has given that person a small lesson.
Besides, their master had already stepped in to teach them a lesson at the crucial moment, so why should they be so unforgiving?
Since they offered her a way out, she accepted it. So, Hong Xiaoduo followed suit, cupping her hands in a fist salute and saying, "No problem, no problem." After saying that, she remembered that there seemed to be a certain etiquette to cupping hands, like which hand should be inside and which should be outside.
She opened her clasped hands and changed them, unsure which was correct. Realizing that now was not the time to ponder this, she quickly gave up.
Fan Wu didn't understand at first, but after thinking for a moment, he wanted to laugh but felt it was inappropriate, so he held it back: "My master asked me to ask the young lady if we could sell her some of the extra game?"
Listen to that tone of negotiation; it's impossible to refuse. Hong Xiaoduo thought the person in front of her was a nice person, knew how to speak, and was pleasing to the eye no matter how you looked at him.
"Actually, you can go in and hunt for them yourselves. There are plenty of wild animals in this forest. Why bother spending money?" Hong Xiaoduo kindly reminded her.
“Well, we’re in a hurry to get going,” Fan Wu quickly said.
Upon hearing this, Hong Xiaoduo shook her head and teased, "In a hurry to get going? I really didn't see that coming."
If they were truly in a hurry, would that guard have been arguing with them for so long? No, that guy's a complete idiot. The real question is, what was their master thinking, tolerating them delaying their journey?
"Ahem, I'm not afraid of being laughed at by you, young lady, but actually we're not very good at hunting, so..." Fan Wu usually doesn't talk much with people. His master has many eloquent people around him, so he's not really needed.
He himself doesn't know what happened today, but his mouth suddenly became unlocked, and he actually enjoys talking to people so much? He seems quite happy about it.
"Don't be modest, alright, I won't ask any more questions. It's not that I don't want to sell to you, you can see for yourself, there are so many mouths to feed, and I don't have a single copper coin in my pocket right now. I'm really afraid that if I eat this meal, I won't have the next one."
"It's alright here, there's a forest we can go in and try our luck. But if we go further ahead, there's no forest and no game to hunt. What will we do then?" Hong Xiaoduo started playing the victim without batting an eye, quite smoothly, without even realizing her face was burning.
Because, it's the truth, she really doesn't have any money!
“We’ve traveled this road before. There’s still some woodland ahead. Why don’t you sell these to us? Name your price. There’s a village about ten miles away. We can use the money to buy some dry food or something from the villagers.” Fan Wu realized that his group really needed to hurry on their way, so he didn’t dare to chat anymore.
"Is that so? Okay." Hong Xiaoduo beckoned the boy forward, tilted her head, and asked him in a low voice, "Do you know how much this wild game costs? What price range should you ask for?"
The big boy shook his head. The villain always ate the wild game he hunted himself, he never sold it.
"I don't know?" Hong Xiaoduo looked around at the other six children and shook her head gently. If even the oldest child didn't know, asking them wouldn't help. It wouldn't be right to ask the buyer directly, would it?
She glanced back at the string of unprepared wild game. Ten taels of silver? She wondered what prices were like in ancient times. What could ten taels of silver buy?
The seven children were all dressed in tattered clothes. We should at least buy each of them a new set of clothes, right? Who knows when we'll have money again? We should at least make sure we can cover their daily meals for now.
If you come across an inn on the road, even the worst room will cost money, right?
Fan Wu watched as Hong Xiaoduo counted on her fingers and muttered to herself, patiently refraining from urging her.
“Fifty taels,” Hong Xiaoduo said, looking up.
"Huh?" A chorus of surprised exclamations erupted around me.
"What, is it too low?" Hong Xiaoduo glanced at the children and immediately changed her mind: "One hundred taels, that's the lowest I can go. It's a fixed price, no bargaining. If you want it, I'll sell it to you."
"She really dares to ask for that much!" Fan Wu couldn't tell if the young lady making the offer genuinely didn't know the market rate or was just pretending. "Please wait a moment, young lady. I'll go ask my master." His master wasn't short of money, but was he going to be ripped off? Fan Wu didn't dare make the decision himself, and with that, he spurred his horse and rode away.
During this break, Hong Xiaoduo turned to look at the children beside her and whispered, "How about it, isn't this price too high?"
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