Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Even after leaving the underground casino, Lin Anlan was still indignant, muttering all the way: "It's outrageous! How could there be such a place and such people in the royal city?"

Su Yang comforted him, "Alright, thankfully we're out. Let's hurry up and buy the New Year's goods and go back as soon as possible."

The two continued walking forward and circled back to the main street. After this farce, it was noon. They had entered the city early in the morning and were both starving. At Lin Anlan's suggestion, they went into a restaurant, ate a simple meal, and then continued their shopping spree for New Year's goods.

When it came to buying New Year's goods, the first thing that popped into Su Yang's mind was fireworks. However, he hadn't seen anything like fireworks or firecrackers along the way that morning, so he asked Lin Anlan, "Are there any fireworks or firecrackers for sale in the city?"

"Fireworks? What kind of flower is that?" Lin Anlan had never heard of it before and couldn't help but become curious.

"Uh, it's not a flower, but something... well, how should I describe it? It's something that, when lit on fire, launches into the sky and explodes, and it comes in various colors; it's very beautiful." Su Yang tried his best to describe it accurately so that Lin Anlan could understand.

"?" Lin Anlan looked at Su Yang with a questioning expression, unable to understand what he was describing, so Su Yang had to ask a different question.

"What weapons do countries use when they fight each other?"

"Of course, it's swords and sabers; for long distances, it's bows and arrows," Lin Anlan said after a moment's thought.

"Do you know about cannons and muskets?"

"What's that?"

Seeing Lin Anlan's still puzzled and curious expression, Su Yang thought that gunpowder was not yet widespread in this world. Without gunpowder, there would certainly be no fireworks or firecrackers. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​looking for fireworks and changed the subject:

"It's alright. Fireworks are a specialty of my hometown. It seems they don't have them here. Let's go buy something else."

Then Su Yang thought of other things he needed to buy. Spring Festival couplets were also essential for the New Year, and they had to be written with a brush on red paper to be the most authentic. So he asked, "Do you have brushes and red paper?"

"We do have those two items, but what would we do with them?"

"You'll see when the time comes. Just remember this for now. Let me think about the rest." Su Yang pondered for a while. Chinese knots and paper-cut window decorations were out of the question; that was definitely out of the question. That left were snacks like fruits and candies, and the main dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner. Thinking about the New Year's Eve dinner, dumplings were naturally indispensable. Having made up his mind, Su Yang asked again:

"When we were in South Bay City, do you remember a few times when we ate at restaurants and had things like flatbread and bread?"

"I remember, bread is basically the staple food here."

"If we're making bread, do we need flour or other wheat flour?" Su Yang felt like he was one step closer to making dumplings.

"Of course, do you want to buy flour?"

Su Yang made a gesture: "Yes, I should write this down too." Su Yang thought about it carefully again, and there didn't seem to be anything else. After all, the customs for celebrating the New Year are different in every place, and he was already very satisfied to be able to eat dumplings here.

After making some plans, the two decided to buy the heavier items first, starting with flour, and also some raw rice. After wandering around several streets, they finally found a flour shop. Lin Anlan naturally took care of the communication. After inquiring, they learned that the flour was sold by the bag, and each bag cost only two silver coins.

Su Yang picked up a bag of flour and roughly weighed it, estimating it to be around three or four pounds. Lin Anlan gave Su Yang a questioning look, meaning she wanted to buy how much. Su Yang thought for a moment; although he had made dumplings with his family before, he really didn't know how much flour to use. Following the principle of "since I've already bought it, I might as well prepare more," Su Yang leaned closer to Lin Anlan and said:

"Why don't we buy more? We'll need them later anyway, so let's buy ten bags first."

After hearing this, Lin Anlan took out two gold coins and handed them to the shopkeeper. She then took ten bags of flour from the counter and put them into a basket. Su Yang picked up the basket and immediately felt its weight.

After leaving the flour shop, I went to the butcher shop. Although I had meat at home, it had all been dried out and might not taste good for making dumplings. I decided to buy some fresh meat to keep on hand. The temperature was already very low, and even the water was frozen, so it shouldn't spoil.

He picked out some fresh game meat and livestock meat, spending four gold coins. It weighed about ten catties and put it in a basket. With the basket in hand, he continued walking. Along the way, he bought some things like scallions and garlic. He came to several vegetable shops, looked around, and saw that Su Yang grew most of the vegetables they sold, so he didn't buy anything and went straight to find a snack shop.

After walking several streets, I finally found a snack shop. Snack shops in this world are all quite small and don't have many varieties. The shop mainly sells a few kinds of candy, biscuits, and some dried fruit. I didn't see any nuts like peanuts or melon seeds. The candy was also quite hardcore, without any outer packaging, and was all piled up in a few baskets. As for the flavor, it was basically only sweet, just with different shapes.

Su Yang packed a little of each type of candy, focusing instead on selecting dried fruit. There was a wide variety of dried fruit, many of which Su Yang had never seen before, presumably specialties of this world. One type, called "Light Ice Fruit," caught Su Yang's attention; it looked crystal clear, unlike the opaque dried fruit. It also looked quite delicious. After packing several bags of dried fruit and selecting some biscuits, he had finished buying snacks. Now, all he needed were calligraphy brushes, red paper, and ink.

After filling the basket with dried fruit and biscuits, which was almost full, they put the remaining candy into their backpacks and continued on their way. After asking around, they learned that the place selling paper and pens was in another market, so the two headed towards their destination. Along the way, Lin Anlan visited several clothing stores, and Su Yang, thinking about wearing new clothes for the New Year, decided to buy two more new outfits.

Upon arriving at the pen and paper shop, Su Yang realized that Lin Anlan had misunderstood. Looking at the so-called "calligraphy brush" in his hand, Su Yang felt both amused and exasperated. The brush was indeed a calligraphy brush, but it looked more like a quill pen used in medieval Europe. Moreover, it was not cheap, costing five silver coins per brush, and the ink was also very expensive, costing one gold coin per bottle.

The money spent on the pen and ink could buy a lot of food, and the quill pen couldn't produce the same feeling, so he wanted to give up. He bought some red paper first. As for the brush and ink, Su Yang had thought of a way to make a substitute. If all else failed, he would make a brush out of animal hair, burn some charcoal, mix it with water to make some ink, and make do with that.

But then they thought, it's the New Year after all, so they should at least make it a bit more grand. So they bought a bottle of ink. After packing everything up, having bought basically everything they needed, they wandered around for a while longer. Once they were sure there was nothing else they wanted to buy, the two prepared to leave the royal city and head towards Luoyin Farm.

After successfully exiting the city, the two chatted and laughed as they walked. Gradually, the crowd thinned out, and Su Yang turned a corner and walked into the woods. Lin Anlan followed him, confused. Suddenly, Su Yang pulled Lin Anlan aside, signaling her to be quiet, and then hid behind a large tree.

Before long, a person hurriedly walked into the woods, looking left and right before rushing on. Once the person was far away, Su Yang and Lin Anlan emerged and headed in another direction.