Traveling back to ancient times begins with the use of stone tools

Chapter 7: Mountain God's Wish

"This really can't be any cheaper. How about I give you a higher price for the wild vegetables?"

Leng Ruoxue couldn't insist and refused to give in.

"Okay, you weigh it."

Leng Ruoxue was stunned for a moment before realizing that there was no scale.

"Please wait a moment. I'll borrow a scale."

Leng Ruoxue went to the grocery store next door.

"Hey bro, can I borrow your scale?"

There was a young man cleaning the grocery store.

"I'm right over there, selling some wild vegetables, it'll be ready in no time."

The young man hesitated for a moment, looking not far away, "Just for a moment, then I'll help you weigh it!"

The young man took out the scale from the store and worked with Leng Ruoxue.

"Eight catties and three ounces"

After weighing, the guy took the scale back to the store.

"I'll give you eight catties, which is exactly 400 coins. Eight rabbits, 2000 coins, a total of 2400 coins."

"The little girl can also count, amazing!"

The old woman counted the money herself, took out a two-liang silver ingot, counted out 400 copper coins, and gave them to Leng Ruoxue.

Leng Ruoxue took the money and helped the old lady pack the wild vegetables. This time she woke Liu Datong up.

"Uncle, it's sold out. I sold two taels for 400 coppers."

Liu Datong was still confused. He looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was just coming out.

"How much did you sell it for?"

"At that price, that lady bought it all by herself."

"What are you going to do with this money?"

Liu Datong felt that the things in the valley were found by Leng Ruoxue and her friends, and that Leng Ruoxue also sold them at a high price.

Being a child with his own ideas, he discussed the matter with Leng Ruoxue unconsciously.

"Uncle, keep these two taels first. When the sun goes down, use them to buy food. Give me 400 coins and I'll go shopping and buy some salt or something. Is that okay with you?"

"Okay, then I'll go over there and sleep for a while, don't run too far away."

Liu Datong pointed to the edge of the market and put the silver in his arms.

"it is good"

Leng Ruoxue wrapped the 400 coins in a handkerchief and put it in her pocket.

I found an empty alley, entered the space, and tied up the wild vegetables in the space with handfuls of dry grass.

After tying the things, he put them in a basket and went out carrying the basket.

"Fresh green vegetables, 10 cents a bundle"

Leng Ruoxue walked and shouted along the crowded places.

When they heard the price of 10 cents, many people called Leng Ruoxue over.

Seeing that it was just a small bundle, many people hesitated. Green vegetables are not a necessity, but 10 cents is not a lot, and the vegetables are also fresh, so many people gritted their teeth and bought one or two bundles.

After running a few streets, all the wild vegetables stored in Leng Ruoxue's space were sold out.

I clicked a few times and found out that it sold for more than 5 taels.

I went to the blacksmith shop first.

A hoe, one tael and five cents of silver, an iron pot, two taels of silver.

The axe cost 2 taels of silver and the saw cost 300 coins.

Leng Ruoxue hesitated for a long time and only bought a hoe and put it into the space. She also bought a saw, an awl, and a pair of scissors, spending two taels and five hundred coins.

Then I went to the seed store and bought two taels of pumpkin, winter melon, cabbage and radish seeds, and two taels of soybean seeds.

I went to the cloth shop and bought a piece of colorful old cloth, a few needles and some thread.

Chen cloth was made of white coarse cotton, and left many yellow marks after being soaked by water. It cost half a tael of silver per piece. Leng Ruoxue didn't know how much cloth was needed to make three sets of clothes, and the cloth shop didn't sell them individually, so she had to buy one piece.

Then he estimated the amount and cut it and put it into the basket.

He went to the grain store and bought two taels of coarse salt, leaving him with only 20 cents.

I estimated that 400 wen could only buy two taels of salt, one or two kinds of seeds, needle and thread, and a piece of cloth.

I'm worried about how to find out the source of other things.

When we returned to the market, Liu Datong had already woken up and was sitting on the ground looking around.

Seeing Leng Ruoxue appear, he was obviously relieved and took Leng Ruoxue's backpack.

"Have you finished shopping? Let's eat something first, then go buy some rice. When the sun goes down and it's not so hot, we can go back."

Leng Ruoxue was already hungry, but she didn't want to buy any steamed buns. She sat down and took out the wild vegetable cakes she had prepared before leaving and started eating.

Liu Datong opened the bamboo tube and gave it to Leng Ruoxue.

"Uncle, I've had some water, you drink it"

Liu Datong looked at Leng Ruoxue and didn't look thirsty, so he took a few sips from the bamboo tube and ate a wild vegetable cake each.

He told Leng Ruoxue to wait for him to come back before going to bed, and then went to buy rice.

After holding out until Liu Datong came back, Leng Ruoxue was so tired that she fell to the ground and fell asleep.

When the sun went down and it wasn't so hot anymore, the two of them set off.

On the way back, Liu Datong was carrying both the brown rice and Leng Ruoxue's basket, so it was not easy for him to carry Leng Ruoxue as well.

So Leng Ruoxue walked alone all the way.

"Uncle, do you know why my brother was able to find that valley during this drought?"

"Why?"

Liu Datong took over. He used to think that this girl was just like her name, very quiet, but today she was unusually talkative.

"Because my brother prayed to the mountain god, we have water to drink and food to eat"

"Um"

Liu Datong answered absentmindedly.

If the mountain god could hear our prayers, we wouldn't have to flee the famine.

"It is said that children have pure minds, so the mountain god can hear the voices of children."

Leng Ruoxue explained Liu Datong's doubts.

Maybe. There are many legends about children being psychic.

"So I prayed to the mountain god to give us a saw that can cut down trees, so that we can have wooden bowls, bed boards, tables and other things to use."

"And a hoe for farming. Otherwise, it would be hard to plant the seeds I bought."

......

Leng Ruoxue kept saying her prayers along the way.

After talking so much, Liu Datong felt that the mountain god might also fulfill the children's wishes.

"Uncle, even though you are a hunter, why don't you have an iron pot? Why do you use a stone pot?"

"I am a hunter and I don't cook much. When the drought started, I took the iron pot and exchanged it for food. If the drought doesn't continue, I can still buy the iron pot by hunting. If the drought continues, I can exchange it for dozens of kilograms of food. Now it seems that my decision was right."

Liu Datong is a little proud.

Okay, Leng Ruoxue solved the confusion.

It’s just a stone pot.

The two of them talked as they walked. People on the road kept their distance from each other. Leng Ruoxue and Liu Datong took a small path so that they could get back to the mountain faster.

"Ouch!"

Leng Ruoxue fell down.

"Ruoxue, how are you? Are you hurt?"

Liu Datong hurriedly pulled Leng Ruoxue up.

"A round stick tripped me!"

Leng Ruoxue picked up the stick and said, "Hey, it's a hoe!"

Liu Datong looked at the road. Few people knew about this path, so the possibility of passing by was very low.

People fleeing famine would not take this road which is obviously in the wrong direction.

"Hey! There is also a big iron nail and a pair of scissors. Uncle, do you think the mountain god heard my prayers and gave them to me?"

Liu Datong:……

"How about you pray that we pick up some food?"

Liu Datong wanted to verify whether the mountain god could hear children's prayers.