The famine-escape cub vs. the fake daughter cub

But these are things for the future. The most important thing right now is to exchange some money.

Fortunately, this is a small town and you don’t have to pay taxes to enter the town.

The original owner used to follow Yun's father to the county to purchase goods, and they had to pay taxes when entering the city. But now she didn't have a single copper coin on her and couldn't even enter the city. Yun's mother's funeral was still handled by the village with three taels of silver.

You may not care about this money before, but you must care about it now.

Who knows if the village chief will take the opportunity to seize her family's fields and drive out the four of them.

Besides, Yunli was not used to owing others things.

Following the route he remembered, Yunli arrived at the largest Xilailou in the town and successfully sold a basket of more than ten kilograms of mushrooms.

Mushrooms were not a common food like they are today, but they looked pleasing and fresh, so the manager bought them all at the price of 15 cents per pound.

She got 168 Wen.

It was hot in Yunli for a long time. After leaving Xilai Building, he went straight to the teahouse next door. He spent ten cents to order a pot of tea and five cents to get a plate of peanuts.

He spent another ten cents to get a private room on the second floor. Yunli sat by the window and took out a small hand-held fan from the space and blew it on himself. At least he felt alive.

It was an unnaturally hot day.

Yunli took an outdoor thermometer and measured it. It was 35 degrees. It was only the beginning of May, but it was quite hot.

After taking a break, Yunli put the small fan on the table and drank tea while waiting.

Chef Fang from Xilailou is the best cook in the whole town. Today she provided such fresh mushrooms, there will definitely be some gourmets coming to eat them.

That was her goal.

After about a quarter of an hour, diners from Xilailou began to come in one after another.

Among the first batch of diners, a large proportion of them were regular customers.

These people have extra money and won’t care about that little bit of money for the sake of taste.

Yunli took out a watermelon from the space, carefully divided it into 8 equal parts, then took out one of the slices, cut it into several small pieces, and placed them in an exquisite small box. Then he put all the watermelons in a round lacquered wooden box, put it in a basket and covered it with a layer of floral cloth.

After packing everything, she got up and walked towards Xilai Building.

She had previously agreed with the manager that fresh mushrooms would be delivered over in the next seven days, allowing her to borrow Xilai Building to sell fruit.

There is nothing wrong with being in charge.

Mr. Hu drank the fresh mushroom soup sip by sip. Even though eight servants were fanning him not far behind him, he still felt the heat rising. This mushroom feast could not offset his irritability after going out in the hot sun.

In previous years, this time of year was the most suitable time for climate. I don’t know what happened this year, but it’s so hot.

It seems that he should persuade his mother to go north early.

As he was thinking, a faint sweet smell came over. Mr. Hu looked around and finally his eyes fell on a little girl walking towards him.

She had two buns on her head and her rosy face made her look healthy. Her coarse clothes were stained with sweat, but they were not tight, and the air made her look even thinner. Her eyes were sparkling, which made her smile even sweeter.

"Sir, would you like to buy some melon? It's very sweet and can cool you down!"

This little girl is Yunli.

Mr. Hu was not disgusted. He sniffed the stronger sweet smell in the air and finally smiled: "What kind of melon are you selling? Take it out and show it to me. It smells quite fragrant."

Yunli opened the floral cloth on the basket, and the unique sweet and fresh smell of watermelon suddenly exploded. Mr. Hu took a deep breath, watched her take out the fruit box containing small pieces of watermelon, and stretched out his hand impatiently.

Yunli took out the prepared slender wooden stick from the side of the fruit box, inserted a piece of watermelon, and handed it to Mr. Hu with a smile, "Mr., please taste it."

Mr. Hu did not take the wooden stick, but instead pinched the green skin of the watermelon and looked at it carefully.

"Sir, please hold it carefully." Yunli didn't say much. After giving a reminder, he pulled out the wooden stick and stuck it into another piece of watermelon.

In this gap, she inserted wooden sticks into all the small pieces while waiting.

"This shape looks like a winter melon, but the color is so bright that it doesn't look like one. The color is like green jade, and the seeds are like gold or black hemp. This one has no seeds, so it looks even less like one." Mr. Hu studied it for a while before turning to look at Yunli, "What kind of melon is this?"

Yunli smiled and said, "My Lord, I don't know either. I found this melon by a green pond in the mountains. There were only a few of them. I found it so delicious. My family is poor, so I wanted to come to the city to see if I could exchange it for some silver."

Seeing that he hadn't eaten for a long time, Yunli simply took another piece from the fruit box, took a big bite, chewed it for a few times with enjoyment, and swallowed it into his mouth. He smiled and demonstrated, "Sir, I only know that the white part is a little unpalatable, so it's best not to eat it. The red flesh is delicious!"

As she spoke, she ate a whole piece of watermelon and put the peel in the corner of the basket. "But the chicks and ducks like to eat it after it is chopped up. Or after the peel is scraped and cooked, it is also delicious."

"Are you planning to take it back to feed the chickens?"

"Yes." Yunli nodded, tilted her head, and looked at Master Hu in a self-consciously cute way, "Master, try it, it's delicious!"

Mr. Hu didn't comment. He put the watermelon close to his lips and took a bite, his eyes lit up.

After chewing it, the moisture exploded in his mouth, and the sweet taste that was originally only smelled by his nose filled his lips and teeth. A cool feeling spread up from his tongue, and his overheated head was relieved for a moment.

"It really relieves thirst and summer heat." Mr. Hu quickly finished a small piece and said with satisfaction, "How much of this melon do you have left? I'll take it."

Yunli smiled and tilted the basket towards Master Hu so that he could clearly see the melons in the wooden box. "Master, this melon is all here."

Mr. Hu thought for a moment and realized that things are valuable because they are rare. "Ten taels of silver per piece, how many do you have?"

Twelve?

Yunli thought about the prices. She needed a means of transportation that could be used on the table. At her age, a horse-drawn carriage was not realistic. A bullock cart was strong and the bulls were docile, so it was more suitable for her at this age.

The market price of an ox is 5-6 taels of silver, and if you include the ox cart, it will cost about 7 taels of silver, plus the taels of foreign debt.

Ten taels of silver was enough. But just in case, she still needed more silver.

"I still have five at home. If you want them, I can send them over tomorrow."

Mr. Hu simply couldn't wait.

This melon looked to be only about ten pounds. When he returned home, he and his mother and sister would only eat two pieces each. But there were also his grandparents, uncle, aunt and their families at home.

How is it possible?

"I'll send someone to go back with you to get it."

As he spoke, the servant behind Mr. Hu took out six silver ingots weighing ten taels each and said, "Please keep them, young lady."

Yunli accepted it with a smile, took the wooden box out of the basket and placed it on the table, then put the silver into the purse, put it in the basket and covered it with a cloth.

When she entered Xilai Tower, she had taken a fancy to the young man who was the most luxuriously dressed and had the most outstanding temperament. As expected, she got what she wished for and was rewarded handsomely.

The servant took out two bags of watermelons from the wooden box, put the remaining watermelons back in the box, closed the lid, and quickly walked out of the door.

Yunli understood that the other party wanted to take the melon home to share with his family.