After crossing over: kidnapping a female hunter to be the stepfather of the three cubs

Hearing the old man say this, Zhao Huanxi was so happy that his heart blossomed.

I knew this thing was valuable, but I didn't expect it to be so valuable. This old man doesn't look like he's trying to trick me.

So he pretended to be embarrassed and prepared to put away the handkerchief, and said leisurely: "Boss, please don't lie to me. I have never seen the world. I took the risk to pick this Ganoderma lucidum from the cliff. Fifty taels is too low."

Zhao Huanxi was ready to cheat the old man. She didn't know if her mother was okay yet, and she hadn't bought the sweet cake yet. She said this and prepared to leave.

Seeing that Zhao Huanxi was really about to leave, the old man hurriedly stopped her and said, "Young Madam, please don't leave. We can negotiate the price. How about I add another five taels? How about fifty-five taels?"

Zhao Huanxi turned around and winked at the old man. "How about this, shopkeeper? If you're sincere about it, I'm also sincere about selling it. Sixty taels, payment in exchange for goods. How about that?"

After some ideological struggle, the old man agreed to Zhao Huanxi's price and told the medicine boy to get the silver.

He stayed behind to chat with Zhao Huanxi, "Where does the young lady live? Next time you have such good herbs, remember to send them over. We at Wenchuntang are honest and trustworthy."

Zhao Huanxi also guessed that fifty taels was probably the old man's limit, and he had managed to scrape out ten taels of silver. If he had such good luck again, he would definitely come to Wenchuntang to sell it. So he nodded in agreement.

The little medicine boy came out from behind with the silver, counted it in front of him and confirmed that it was sixty taels, then said goodbye and left.

Zhao Huanxi went to the dim sum shop. It wasn't a big place, and they mostly sold simple snacks like pastries. They looked ordinary, probably only for ordinary people. After entering, a waiter, about seventeen or eighteen years old, came to greet Zhao Huanxi and smiled and asked for some dim sum.

Zhao Huanxi said to the waiter, "Give me two pounds of brown sugar, half a pound of sweet cakes, and half a pound of peach cakes."

The waiter's face was about to break into a smile, thinking that this was a big customer, so he quickly packed up the things Zhao Huanxi wanted, turning over the abacus in his hand, and talking non-stop: "Sir, our store charges 80 wen per catty of brown sugar, 100 wen per catty of sweet cakes, and 120 wen per catty of peach cakes. Your total is 270 wen. We will give you one or two pieces of cake as a gift. Please keep them."

Zhao Huanxi took out half a tael of silver from his pocket and handed it to the waiter. The waiter quickly found copper coins and changed them, saying, "Sir, this is your change. One string is one hundred coins. Two strings of copper coins plus thirty coins. Please keep it."

After putting the things into the backpack, Zhao Huanxi went to find Old Mrs. Tian. Old Mrs. Tian had finished talking to the boss by then and bought 30 kilograms of brown rice. Zhao Huanxi's family didn't raise pigs, so he also bought 2 kilograms of soybean oil, otherwise the fat from the pork lard would be enough to last for a long time.

He bought two more taels of salt, and some other things as well, spending a total of one tael and two qian of silver. When he was about to pay, Zhao Huanxi came in and grabbed the old lady Tian who was giving him the silver.

"Mom, I'll give you this money." After saying that, he took out one tael and two cents of silver from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper.

Old Mrs. Tian did not argue with Zhao Huanxi about this. She put the weighed grains into the backpack. Zhao Huanxi also put a lot of things into her own backpack. Then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left Liuchenpu.

At this time, there were people coming and going on the street. Zhao Huanxi followed Old Lady Tian closely, protecting the silver in his arms, fearing that a pickpocket would steal his silver.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the grocery store and bought a few earthenware bowls. The bowls at home were all chipped and they were embarrassed to serve them to guests. Seeing that there was nothing else to buy, Mrs. Tian was about to leave the market, but Zhao Huanxi pulled her to a deserted place.

"Mom, I picked two Ganoderma lucidum when I went into the mountains yesterday. I just exchanged them for more than ten taels of silver at the medicine shop. I want to cut a few pounds of meat for the children to eat. Is that okay?"

If Old Mrs. Tian hadn't brought her here, she could buy as much as she wanted and then transfer the money away. Although she reported more than forty taels less, it was enough to make the two elders stop worrying about her family.

Old Mrs. Tian said that her eyelids were twitching non-stop yesterday afternoon. It turned out that Zhao Huanxi had gone into the mountains. There really were tigers in the forests. The girl didn't know, but she did.

Back then, someone went into the mountains safely, but when he came out, all he found were a few pieces of intestines. Someone also heard a tiger roar, and the sound could be heard across two mountains.

Old Mrs. Tian spoke distressedly, "Girl, I don't know if you're brave or lucky. There are tigers and wolves in the mountains. If you were to encounter such a big beast, you wouldn't even be able to fill their teeth. Listen to me, don't go there again."

Zhao Huanxi nodded heavily and promised not to go to the forest again. Only then did Old Mrs. Tian stop nagging and took Zhao Huanxi to a butcher's shop.

The butcher's sturdy body was covered with a rag, and his face looked ferocious, but his voice was quite different. "Auntie, please take a look at the pork. We slaughtered the pork this morning."

My uncle Qingyin, if this were in modern times, it would be a shame not to use his voice to broadcast.

Today is the big market day and it is almost noon now. Many people came to buy meat in the morning, but there are only a few pieces of meat left on the table in front of the butcher, just some large bones.

Zhao Huanxi stepped forward and asked, "Boss, how much is this pork? Are there any large bones?"

The boss took one look at the baskets on the backs of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, realizing they were in town to buy some goods. He said courteously, "This young lady has excellent taste. This pork was freshly slaughtered this morning, and it has absolutely no foul smell. Those who come to buy from me are repeat customers. The remaining meat is from the pig's hind legs. The skin and meat are ten cents a pound, and the bones are seven cents a pound. If you buy five pounds of bones, I'll give you one pound for free."

Zhao Huanxi saw that there were only four or five pounds of meat left on the table, so he asked the boss to pack it all up and also asked for five pounds of bones. The boss packed up the food with a grin.

Old Mrs. Tian, ​​who was standing by, wanted to stop them, but when she saw Zhao Huanxi's shining eyes and her several stick-like granddaughters, she gave up the idea.

In the end, the meat cost 82 cents. The boss rounded off the difference and Zhao Huanxi gave him 80 cents.

Zhao Huanxi thought that she would have to find another opportunity to come to the town after she returned. She wanted to make some cotton. Thinking of the bed she slept on last night, she felt sad.

It was already noon when the two of them arrived at the ox cart. If they started their journey now, they wouldn't be home until the afternoon.

Zhao Huanxi pulled two steamed buns from his backpack and handed them to Old Lady Tian. They were bought on the way here. They cost a penny each, and they were good for filling their stomachs. Otherwise, they would be hungry by the time they got home in the afternoon.

After waiting for a while, the people who had taken the bus in the morning came back to the ox cart one after another, and Uncle Lu Gen cracked the whip and started driving the cart.

Aunt Zhang had been humiliated by Old Lady Tian in the morning, and now she wanted to find out what Zhao Huanxi had bought in her backpack, but due to Old Lady Tian's dominance, she could only look at him secretly and didn't dare to ask.

However, a few people who had been chatting with Old Lady Tian in the morning wanted to ask about it, but Old Lady Tian just brushed them off calmly. Zhao Huanxi and Old Lady Tian's backpacks were packed tightly, covered with rags, so the contents could not be seen.

The journey was even more arduous than when they came here in the morning. There were more things and it was more crowded. Zhao Huanxi finally couldn't stand it anymore and got off the cart when they were almost home. It was around four o'clock in the afternoon and the ox cart was moving slower than when they went there.

Seeing the big rock at the entrance of the village, Zhao Huanxi finally felt a little relieved. She helped Old Mrs. Tian get off the ox cart, counted out six cents from her pocket and handed them to Uncle Lu Gen. Then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law put on their backpacks and walked home.

After walking for a quarter of an hour from the village entrance, Zhao Huanxi saw his own courtyard and felt incredibly at home. He quickly called out, "Pan'er, Yin'er, Nian'er, we're back."

A few little kids came out from the inner room and helped take off the backpacks on the two men. Pan'er brought out two bowls of water, and Zhao Huanxi drank them all.

Mrs. Tian was in her forties, not exactly an old lady, but she looked like she was in her sixties. Plus, it was normal for a grandmother at her age, so she was called Mrs. Tian. The old lady was also very thirsty. She picked up the bowl of water and gulped it down. Then she took out everything from her backpack, helped Zhao Huanxi pack up for a while, and then went back.

Zhao Huanxi didn't stay for long, because she had to go over there in the evening to return the money, otherwise she would feel uneasy. The second wife gave two taels of silver, and the old couple gave three taels, totaling five taels of silver.

Fortunately, I saw those two Ganoderma lucidum yesterday, otherwise I would have been living in debt and would never be able to stand up straight.

Seeing Old Lady Tian walking away, Zhao Huanxi called a few maids over and took out a piece of sweet cake from the paper bag. The maids took the sweet cake in their hands, broke it into small pieces and ate it bit by bit. Zhao Huanxi looked at their little expressions and said with a smile, "Eat it. Mother bought a lot this time. I'll give you more after you finish eating."

Pan'er looked at her mother's gentle face and thought, wouldn't it be nice if her father never came back?