Super rare beast girl, run away! The emperor's uncle is coming!

Qu Qingchen shook his head slightly, a bad premonition flashing across his face.

"Brother, let's go hire a car first. These things are not easy to carry."

Qu Qingchen looked around and finally pointed towards the northwest corner.

The spacious streets were bustling with people and vendors, and the sounds of hawking were endless. The brother and sister walked through the crowd towards an alley where the cattle and horse market was.

Qu Jingyao asked her brother if he could choose?

"I did learn a few things from following Dad before, but cattle and horses are not cheap."

Qu Jingyao pulled her brother's arm and frowned, saying that a lot of wasteland could be reclaimed in the valley in the future, and there would be plenty of places to use cattle and horses.

Qu Qingchen thought about it and it made sense. They had separated now and didn't have an acre of land. It was not suitable for them to buy land in the village for the time being. It would be best to open up wasteland in the valley, so he simply stopped worrying about it.

"Let's go, brother. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child." Qu Jingyao smiled, took his arm, and strode straight into the cattle and horse market.

The corners of Qu Qingchen's mouth twitched. He didn't know where this girl got this weird idea from, and smiled dotingly.

As soon as the brother and sister stepped into the yard, they smelled a foul odor coming towards them, which made Qu Jingyao almost vomit.

"Hey, young gentlemen, do you want to buy cows or horses?" At this time, a middle-aged man walked by, smiling and approaching.

Qu Qingchen glanced at his sister beside him, took two steps forward to the middle-aged man, and asked him if he had any adult bull.

"Brother, can you buy another horse?"

Qu Qingchen frowned, but when he saw the expectant light in his sister's watery eyes, he nodded helplessly.

Finally, with the help of the middle-aged man, the brother and sister chose a strong calf that had just reached adulthood.

"Little girl, if you want a horse, there are a few good horses that came in a while ago. You can take a look. But the price is not low."

The middle-aged man said with a smile, his eyes moving between the brother and sister, and finally fell on Qu Jingyao. It seemed that this little girl was the one in charge.

Qu Jingyao and her brother looked at each other, and finally Qu Qingchen had no choice but to compromise.

"Then go and have a look."

The middle-aged man brought the two of them to the place where the horses were stored. Qu Jingyao immediately fell in love with a tall, snow-white horse.

However, Qu Qingchen felt that the horse next to him was stronger.

"Brother, listen to me and take this one."

She didn't explain but just blinked mysteriously at her brother, and finally asked the boss about the price.

The total price of a cow and a horse was one hundred taels of silver. It was only after Qu Jingyao begged and persuaded that the boss gave them a saddle and other things.

The brother and sister led the cattle and horses out of the livestock market and went straight to the embroidery workshop to pick up the things. Then they returned to the grain store, which was not so crowded at that time.

Qu Jingyao handed the things to her brother to look after, and she strode in.

"Little Brother, I want to buy some food."

The waiter had been busy all afternoon and was now exhausted with a dry mouth and a hint of annoyance on his face. He looked at Qu Jingyao, who was wearing patched clothes, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.

"Little girl, we are open for business, not a place for you to play around."

"I'm not here to play around. Are you guys doing business or not?" Qu Jingyao was a little angry. As her voice got louder, the shopkeeper came out from behind.

"what happened?"

The waiter quickly stepped forward and explained, nodding and bowing, that it was obvious that the girl couldn't afford to buy food, so...

Without waiting for the shopkeeper to speak, Qu Jingyao took out two silver ingots from his arms and slammed them on the table.

"Why do you have the final say on whether I have money to buy food?"

The waiter's eyes narrowed when he saw this, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. The shopkeeper immediately scolded the waiter to get out of the way. He took two steps forward with a gleam in his eyes, and asked with a smile what Qu Jingyao needed.

Polished rice is 35 wen, brown rice is 15 wen, coarse flour is 10 wen, and fine flour is 30 wen...

As Qu Jingyao listened to the shopkeeper explaining the grain prices, she asked in confusion, "Shopkeeper, why did the grain prices rise so suddenly?"

The shopkeeper looked at Qu Jingyao, then smiled and shook his head, saying that this little girl probably didn't understand the current situation of Yuan Shao Kingdom.

The south of Yuan Shao had abundant crops and sufficient rainfall, but the north was not so good. The land was slightly barren, and due to insufficient rainfall, the grain output was not very good. Moreover, Yuan Shao heard that it was going to go to war with its neighboring country, so food was naturally scarce.

"Well...why am I telling you all this, a little girl? How much do you want?"

When Qu Jingyao heard this, her heart started beating fast.

"Boss, can I reserve some food for you and pick it up tomorrow? I can just take some back today."

As she spoke, she stretched out her fingers and asked for 500 kilograms each of refined rice and fine flour. She couldn't predict what would happen next, so it was better to make plans early.

The shopkeeper thought Qu Jingyao was joking when he heard it, but he finally believed her after she took out the money.

"Don't worry, you can come and pick it up tomorrow, but this deposit..."

Qu Jingyao took out fifty taels and handed it over, and finally selected some seeds of crops, which would be used to plant in the future when reclaiming the land.

After discussing with the shopkeeper, she took fifty kilograms of rice each and walked out of the shop.

Qu Qingchen was waiting outside anxiously. If he hadn't had to keep an eye on these two animals, he would have gone in long ago.

"Yaoyao, are you okay? What took you so long?"

Qu Jingyao smiled slightly, pointed at the grain bag in her hand and called out to him breathlessly.

"Brother, I'm fine. Please help me lift it. It's too heavy."

As she spoke, Qu Qingchen walked forward, picked up the two bags of rice and put them into the basket on the ox's back, asking her why she bought these when food was so expensive.

She curled the corners of her lips and shouted to her brother that they should leave the city first, as it was getting late.

The brother and sister went straight out of the city. They put all their things on the back of the ox, and Qu Jingyao was urged by her brother to get on the horse. He was worried and held the ox and horse on the side, insisting on walking with them. Finally, after Qu Jingyao's repeated threats, he got on the horse with them.

"Yaoyao, hold on tight, I don't know how to ride a horse."

Qu Jingyao giggled and assured him that the horse was humane and would not make them fall.

Qu Qingchen asked her why she insisted on having this horse at that time?

She blinked her eyes mysteriously and said, "Brother, this horse has a foal in its belly. We'll make a profit if we buy it."

"Ah? How did you know?" Qu Qingchen didn't believe his sister's words and thought she was joking.

Qu Jingyao's face regained its serious expression at this time, and she told him seriously that she had been hit on the forehead before, and she seemed to have seen a white-robed immortal in a half-awake state. It was he who enlightened her and sent her back, otherwise she would have been in great danger this time.

Qu Qingchen froze when he heard his sister's words. Veins popped up on his arms as he pulled the reins. His eyes were filled with hatred for the Qu family. If they hadn't forced his father to fall off the cliff...

"Brother, when the immortal sent me back, he touched my forehead. After I woke up, I found that I could communicate with small animals."

"Ah? This... is this true?"