Sisters in the Deep Forest Valley: Many Fun Things

Lin Lanshan understood that ironware was expensive to begin with, let alone weapons, and replied with a smile:

"The price is, of course, negotiable."

The waiter took two single-barreled darts out of a cabinet and showed them to her.

Lin Lanshan shook her head and asked:

"Do they have multi-tube hidden arrows?"

The waiter thought for a moment and asked how many shots he wanted in a row.

"Something small enough to fire three arrows in quick succession would be fine."

The waiter took out two hidden darts and explained them to the two men:

"Take a look at this three-piece sleeve dart. The quiver is only eight inches long. It has three darts and can fire three arrows in quick succession."

Lin Lanshan finally nodded in satisfaction and asked:

"Young man, how much would it cost for two Three Talents Hidden Arrows and eighteen arrows?"

"These sleeve darts were made by my master as practice, so they're not particularly exquisite. But the three-piece sleeve darts are a bit more expensive than the single-piece ones, eight taels of silver each. The arrows are cheaper, eighteen arrows for one tael of silver."

Even though they were mentally prepared, the two sisters were still taken aback by the price.

The money I earned selling hairpins at the Treasure Pavilion probably won't be enough to take home.

Lin Lanshan's brows furrowed instantly. So expensive?

So she discussed it with her colleague:

"Young master, in the past we only caught rabbits and pheasants when we dug traps, and we didn't make much money. This time we're planning to go deep into the mountains to see if we can hunt some bigger game and make some money. Do you think you can give us a discount?"

The apprentice looked troubled and went to find his master. He trotted up to the blacksmith and whispered a few words in his ear.

The blacksmith gave the two sisters an approving look and nodded.

"Then I'll charge you sixteen taels of silver and give you two quivers."

……

Lin Chunyi never expected that her sister, who had been quiet all the way, could earn a tael of silver just by opening her mouth!

I mentally applauded my sister like crazy!

After leaving the blacksmith's shop, Lin Lanshan could hardly contain her joy.

Her sister held her down firmly as she tried to jump up, and she walked steadily until the blacksmith shop was out of sight.

Lin Lanshan finally couldn't hold back any longer, and jumped up, excitedly saying:

"Sister, I made a tael of silver today! Hahaha, I'm a genius at bargaining!"

Lin Chunyi couldn't help but chuckle as she watched her younger sister jump so high it seemed to reach the sky, and replied:

"Okay, let's go. I'll buy you some meat buns as a reward. Stop jumping around, or people passing by will laugh at you."

She looked around and noticed that many pedestrians had stopped and were staring at them, so she quieted down.

"Come on, let's go buy some meat buns." She pulled her sister's hand, head slightly lowered, and hurried away...

It's past lunchtime.

They spent twelve coins to buy the last four meat buns at the bun shop and ate them.

After filling their stomachs, they went to the general store and bought an oil lamp, three candles, two three-tiered food boxes, four earthenware jars of different sizes, and two water pouches.

As dusk approached, the two, still feeling quite unsatisfied, found an inn to stay at.

Yuelai Inn is the best inn in Luoxia Town. Guests come and go daily, checking in and out.

They entered the living room and went straight to the counter.

"Shopkeeper, how much is a room with a number of people? Do you have any left?"

"Two gentlemen, thirty coins, go up to the second floor, turn right."

Inside a cell on the right side of the second floor.

Lin Chunyi was organizing the things she bought today, while Lin Lanshan was looking around the room.

"Sis, the human-sized room is pretty good. It has a table, chairs, and tea set. The bed and blankets are also quite neat and clean. Those earth-sized and sky-sized rooms must be so luxurious!"

"I don't know, we can't afford to stay here right now. Let's go to sleep early, we have to get up early tomorrow."

The next day, just after the hour of Yin (3-5 AM), before dawn.

Many vegetable and meat shops on the street have already opened for business.

The two arrived at Wang's Butcher Shop, where Boss Wang was using a knife to remove meat from a pork bone.

"Boss, we've come to get some pork fat."

The boss then looked up and said, "Oh, it's you two young ladies. Here, there are two more portions of pork fat."

"Boss, I'll take both portions, plus six pounds of lean pork and five pounds of pork belly. How much is that in total?"

"Pork fat is 40 coins per catty, two portions are 27 catties. Lean pork is 30 coins per catty, pork belly is 35 coins per catty, the total is..."

Lin Lanshan answered with a smile:

"That's one tael of silver and four hundred and thirty-five copper coins in total. Boss, we bought so much, can you round it down?" It was as if she had opened the door to a new world of bargaining.

Mr. Wang paused for a moment, then laughed a few times and said:

"Haha, yes, yes, yes! Little girl, you're quick and accurate with your calculations! I'll round it down to one tael of silver and four hundred and thirty copper coins. Here's a bone for you, freshly shaved off, take it home and make some soup."

Lin Lanshan happily paid the money and put the meat into her basket. After thanking the owner, the two left.

The last stop on this trip to the small town was the grain and oil shop.

Daylight had broken, and the grain and oil shop was gradually getting busier, keeping the three shop assistants very busy.

Lin Chunyi then took her younger sister's hand and looked around by herself.

Polished rice costs 25 coins per dou, while unpolished rice costs 8 coins per dou.

Fine noodles cost thirty coins per dou, while coarse noodles cost ten coins per dou.

Fine salt costs eighty coins per pound, while coarse salt costs twenty coins per pound.

Rock sugar costs 120 coins per catty.

Lin Lanshan was stunned when she saw the price of sugar. She whispered to her sister:

"Candy is too expensive! Should we still buy it?"

Lin Chunyi was also extremely shocked!

Can I not buy it? No way!

She gritted her teeth and replied in a low voice:

"Buy! Buy a little, and when we get back we'll grow sugar beets and sugarcane, and make our own white sugar!"

Finally, they bought five dou of refined rice, five dou of fine flour, two jin of rock sugar, and five jin of coarse salt. (One dou here is approximately twelve jin.)

As for why not buy cheaper brown rice and whole-grain flour...

Let alone Lin Chunyi and Lin Lanshan from the modern era. Even the two sisters in the original body, when their parents were alive, mostly ate refined rice and flour.

No matter how bitter life is, you can't let your mouth and stomach suffer!

They also bought a jar of soy sauce, two jars of plum vinegar, a packet of Sichuan peppercorns, three pounds of ginger, six cloves of garlic, and twenty eggs.

The two then went to a steamed bun shop and spent forty coins to buy ten meat buns and ten large steamed buns.

When I reached the entrance to town, I saw a pastry shop. I went in and bought four pieces of sweet fermented rice cake and four pieces of dragon beard candy.

Of course, before they left Luoxia Town, they visited every seed shop, but no one had ever heard of beet seeds!

After leaving Luoxia Town, we walked for about half an hour, and then there were hardly any people on the road.

Lin Chunyi looked around and pulled her younger sister to the tree by the roadside.

"This is it!"

They put down their baskets, touched the contents of the cloth-covered baskets, and put them into their storage space one by one.

If there isn't enough space, take the lighter items out of the storage space and put them in the basket.

Then the two of them carried the lightly weighted baskets on their backs and walked towards Youxian Village.

They were going to the village chief's house to buy some sourdough from Aunt Zhang.

The Lin family's household registration lists them as villagers of Youxian Village, and they own land, but they have all rented it out to the village chief's family.