It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

"This thing is easy to use. Before we left, several children could already spin it pretty well. How is your side? Have you bought all the pens and ink?" Song Ping asked first.

Song Zhi nodded. "I've already bought the writing brushes and ink. Let's go to the meat market first to buy some meat and vegetables. On the way back, we can go to the grocery store to buy some food."

Song Ping had no objection, so the four sisters went to the meat market together again.

Song Zhi bought a pound of fattier pork belly. She had originally planned to buy some pig lungs and intestines to take home for stewing, but when she looked at the butcher counter, there was only a pig head and a pig stomach left. After asking about the price, she bought them both because they were not expensive.

Song Ping, who was standing by, reminded him, "It might be too late to buy the pig's head now and cook it later."

"It's okay. I don't have time to eat it today. I'll braise it later. It will be the same tomorrow. There are so many mouths to feed at home."

Song Ping thought so too. No matter how good the daily meals were, there had to be a meat dish to make them taste good.

The three dishes here cost a total of sixty-five coins. After Song Zhi paid the money, she picked up the meat and turned around to lead the others away.

On the way out of the market, the little sister walking beside Song Zhi suddenly slowed down her pace.

Song Zhi turned her head to look and saw that her younger sister's eyes were attracted by a cage of rabbits on the street.

Song Zhi simply stopped walking out of the market, walked to her younger sister's side and asked softly, "Does Huanhuan like that little rabbit?"

Song Huan then realized that she had delayed her return trip by watching the rabbits. She said sensibly, "Sister, let's go quickly."

The hunter who was selling rabbits actually noticed Song Huan's look at the rabbits first, and now he saw Song Zhi coming too.

He immediately greeted the two of them, "My two guests, would you like to buy a few rabbits to take home?"

"Don't underestimate this rabbit's small size. It will be ready to be released from the cage in three or four months. It's very easy to raise!"

Song Zhi walked over and asked, "How much is this little rabbit?"

The hunter had been at the market for the whole morning and had sold all his hunted rabbits long ago, leaving only this litter of rabbits that no one wanted.

He said tentatively, "Twenty cents each."

Song Huan, who was standing by, heard that a bunny cost twenty cents, and immediately grabbed Song Zhi's clothes and was about to leave: "Sister, let's go. With this money, we can buy four or five chicks from Grandma Zhao!"

After waiting for a long time for a customer who was interested in buying a rabbit, the hunter wanted to make a deal with the other party. He hurriedly said:

"That's not right, young lady. A rabbit can be sold for two hundred yuan, but a chicken can only be sold for one hundred yuan at most."

"Then why don't you raise the rabbit and then sell it!" Song Huan asked with wide eyes.

The hunter was speechless for a moment. There were not many mountains around Qishui County, so they could hunt many rabbits.

It would be hard to sell the prey at a high price if there were too many of them. It would also be a waste of money if the prey were hard to sell and left to waste.

Song Zhi couldn't help but shake her head and laugh, "How about this, I'll give you one hundred yuan, and I'll take all six rabbits in your cage, and you can also give me this bamboo cage."

When the hunter on the other side heard that there was a chance, he immediately agreed, fearing that if he agreed a step too late, the deal would fall through.

Seeing her sister buy so many bunnies at once, Song Huan hesitated and pulled Song Zhi's sleeve, "Sister, you bought too many!"

Song Zhi rubbed her little sister's head and said, "It's not much. It just so happens that Sister Zheng Hui wants to teach me how to read today. I don't have any gifts for her, so I can buy her two little rabbits!"

"You sisters can each take care of the remaining four rabbits. You can feed and water them daily. I'll leave it to you!"

After hearing his sister's instructions, Song Huan immediately patted his chest and promised to complete the task.

Song An, who was standing by, was also listening to their conversation with his ears perked up.

Now I see that my sister really bought the little rabbit and bought one for each of them.

Song An's eyes were also filled with smiles.

Song Ping looked at his younger siblings' excited expressions about buying the rabbits, and waited quietly by the side.

When the eldest sister bought a whole cage of rabbits, she quietly stepped forward and took the cage.

After buying the rabbit, the four brothers and sisters left the meat market and went to a grocery store on their way out of the city.

There were no other customers in the grocery store at the moment. As soon as Song Zhi entered, the shopkeeper immediately came up to her with a smile on his face, "Dear guests, what would you like to buy?"

Song Zhi didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point and asked the shopkeeper what the current price of wheat in the shop was.

The shopkeeper pointed to the small wooden sign on the shelf and said politely, "Flour costs nine cents a pound, and wheat costs seven cents a pound."

After calculating in her mind, Song Zhi tried to bargain, "Boss, the summer harvest will be here in about a month. Everyone in my village says this year's harvest is pretty good."

"By then, new wheat will be available in large quantities, and the unsold wheat in your shop will become stale!"

Song Zhi smiled slightly and continued, "Shopkeeper, how about this? I'm planning to buy five dan (one dan is 120 jin) of wheat. Can you sell it to me at five wen per jin?"

Song Ping was surprised to hear this number.

He subconsciously asked, "Is this too much?"

Song Zhi explained: "Brother, there are so many people in our family who need to eat! And if we buy more, we can save it and eat it slowly."

What she didn't say explicitly was that she thought it was a good deal as she could take advantage of the opportunity to bargain before the new crops came on the market.