Rebirth: Making a Fortune in Ancient Times

After finalizing the two items, the Russian shopkeeper brought out a plate of colorful gemstones from the cabinet, including sapphires, malachite, agate, rubies, sapphires, garnets, and many others. There were also many that Xia Yu couldn't name, but she knew one thing: at this time, the world didn't have technology or ruthless methods, so what she saw were all natural gemstones.

Seeing Xia Yu about to drool, Shen Luo and Chang Yun simultaneously said to the Russian boss...

"We'll take them all, no matter the price."

"Oh, you two handsome young gentlemen, you shine like stars in the sky. Your gentlemanly manners have impressed me...%&**&……&……&&." Perhaps his Chinese was not enough to express his feelings, so the shopkeeper unconsciously praised Shen Luo and Chang Yun, these two generous customers, in his native language.

However, no one present except Xia Yu could understand what he was saying. Shen Luo and Chang Yun could only guess from his body language that he was praising them, which they found somewhat amusing, thinking that the Russians were quite good at expressing their emotions.

He spoke at length, but ultimately failed to clarify how much the gems on the plate cost.

Finally, Xia Yu asked the question.

Xia Yu was speaking in Russian.

"Ah! %￥%%%@@" Upon hearing Xia Yu's words, the Russian boss abruptly stopped his performance and asked Xia Yu in surprise how he could speak their language.

“I’m smart, I can learn it in no time,” Xia Yu said to him with a smile, still speaking in Russian.

Then the two chatted for a long time, perhaps because they hadn't had such a pleasant conversation in a long time. In the end, Xia Yu bought all the various gems on the plate for six hundred taels of silver.

Seeing how straightforward the boss was, Xia Yu thought that if she encountered a Russian boss again, she should communicate with them in Russian, and maybe she could get a better price.

All the items added up to exactly three thousand taels of silver. Xia Yu turned to the people following him and asked...

"Why don't you take a look and see if there's anything you like?"

However, the group shook their heads and waved their hands repeatedly, indicating that the items in the shop were too expensive for them and beyond their means.

After paying, as Xia Yu was about to leave, she noticed an object on a counter by the door.

Reach out and take one

"what is this?"

“This is called ai dai,” the shopkeeper said, picking up another one and placing it on the bridge of his nose.

"Putting this in front of the eyes can help the elderly see more clearly."

Xia Yu saw the ancient-style reading glasses in his hand. The ancient-style reading glasses were different from modern ones. They only had two lenses connected together and rested directly on the bridge of the nose, without two legs at the back.

Xia Yu glanced at the Russian boss's high nose bridge, his eyes fixed quite steadily on the ground.

"How much?" Xia Yu asked.

"Three taels of silver each," the Russian shopkeeper said.

“Okay, I’ll take twenty.” Xia Yu said generously.

Finally, when they left the Russian shop, Nineteen only had two inconspicuous cloth bags on her. Xia Yu had intended to store the diamonds and gems in her spatial storage for better safety. However, Nineteen quickly took the bags from the shopkeeper.

After considering Nineteen's skills, Xia Yu thought it would be a good choice for her, since Nineteen's martial arts were the most powerful among everyone.

Before they knew it, the group had whiled away several hours in the shop, and it was past noon when they finally emerged. Everyone was starving.

I chose a restaurant that looked quite lively and went inside, following the waiter's directions to a spot further inside. As I walked in, I noticed that everyone on the tables was eating the same food: a small clay stove with a wide-mouthed ceramic pot on top, containing pig's blood, pickled cabbage, and pork belly. The fire bubbled gently, and a fragrant aroma wafted from the pot; regardless of the taste, the aroma was undeniably enticing.

After the group was seated at their respective tables, Changyun asked the waiter who had led the way.

"Hey bro, what kind of food do you have here?"

"Sirs, we only have one dish here, called sauerkraut stew. It can contain red tofu, frozen tofu, tofu puffs, pork, and pork bones. It's mainly sauerkraut, with various other vegetables added. The only staple food is brown rice." The waiter explained in detail, and from their accents, it was clear they were from out of town. Recently, the only people arriving in the city from out of town were government delegations, so this clever waiter spoke to Xia Yu and his companions in Mandarin, not their local dialect.

"Oh, I wonder how much it costs? How much is it?" Changyun asked again.

"Sir, our pickled cabbage is ten coins a serving, red tofu, frozen tofu, and tofu puffs are five coins a serving, pork is eighteen coins a pound, and pork bones are eight coins a pound." He then discreetly pointed to a customer at a nearby table who was gnawing on a large bone.

"Our big bones are all meaty. This young lady only needs two pieces to be full." The waiter could obviously tell that Xia Yu was the master of the house among this group. So, when illustrating how much meat was on his bones, he specifically pointed to two maids at another table. Unfortunately, he just happened to point to the eldest maid.

He had barely finished speaking when he saw satisfied smiles on the faces of the group. But looking at their smiles, the waiter felt something was off.

Actually, it wasn't that Xia Yu and the others were laughing strangely; it was just that they found it funny when the little boy pointed at the big girl as an example.

However, there were quite a few customers in the shop at the time, so they could only try to control the extent of their smiles. Therefore, the waiter found their laughter slightly strange.

"Ahem, then this table will have one serving of pickled cabbage, one pound of pork, two pounds of pork bones, and three servings of rice," Changyun cleared his throat and said to the waiter, then pointed to another table.

"Three servings of sauerkraut, four catties of pork, five catties of pork bones, and six bowls of rice, if that's not enough, we'll add more."

"Young...Young...Young Master, are you sure you didn't order the wrong table?" the boy asked Changyun again, stammering a little.

"That's right, let's go." Changyun said calmly.

“No, young master, that table needs three servings of sauerkraut and four catties of pork…” He didn’t finish his sentence because he saw everyone nodding.

Touching his nose, the waiter went to the kitchen to tell the cook.

Upon hearing the menu presented by the waiter, the head chef asked somewhat curiously.

"Six people eating three servings of sauerkraut, four pounds of meat, and five pounds of pork bones? Isn't that too much? They won't be able to finish it, will they?" The cook, upon hearing that there were six bowls of rice, naturally assumed that there were six people eating.

"Master Yin, this meal isn't for six people, it's for two girls around ten years old and two boys!"

"What? Didn't you remind the guests that they ordered too much?" Chef Yin from the kitchen said somewhat angrily.

"I reminded them, but the guests said we should just go ahead and serve them." After saying that, he leaned closer to Master Yin and whispered, seemingly indicating that they had come with the delegation. He then nodded, implying that the guests were important figures from the capital.