Crossing Over to Yamada Love

"If the young lady says fifteen coins, then it's fifteen coins. Consider it a loss for me, Chen San, to sell to you, since you're so beautiful..." At this point, the butcher revealed a malicious smile.

Mo Lan was furious; they were taking advantage of them because they thought they were easy to bully. However, she didn't have a good solution right now, since they hadn't done anything wrong.

"Auntie, let's go. Lanlan doesn't want to eat meat anymore." Molan didn't want Liu Shi to stay here and be stared at by this butcher named Chen San.

"Hey, young lady, don't go! I'll give you a discount if you want," Chen San hurriedly called out as they were about to leave.

Mo Lan ignored her and pulled Liu Shi away.

"Stop right there! We've already agreed on a price, and now you're not buying? Are you taking advantage of me because I'm easy to bully? If you don't buy this meat today, don't blame me for my knife being blind!" Chen San said fiercely, slamming his knife into the stall.

Wow, is this some kind of forced sale? I have to say, his posture is actually quite intimidating. If Mo Lan didn't have a 26-year-old soul inside her, she'd probably be terrified, but right now, she's not afraid!

"Are you... are you going to kill us? Auntie, I'm scared! They're going to kill us! Please help us!" Mo Lan's expression was terrified. She hid behind Liu Shi and cried out for help to those around her.

"Don't be afraid, Lanlan. With your aunt here, no one will dare to touch you." Liu comforted Molan while coldly glancing at Chen San.

"This Chen San is usually a troublemaker, and he's bullying people again today."

"Exactly, he always shortchanges people on the meat he sells; he's a very dishonest person."

"What a tragedy! He's always been a bully here, and he beats his wife and kids when he gets home. I hope God will punish him."

.........

A crowd had gathered around, gossiping. It seemed that this butcher, Chen San, was really of bad character. They were so lucky; how could they encounter such a scoundrel on their first time buying meat?

"It's none of your business. If you say another word, I'll show you no mercy with this tool I use for my livelihood." Chen San heard the surrounding discussions, pulled out his butcher knife, and waved it at the crowd. Surprisingly, a few of the more timid ones actually ran away.

"Auntie, look, he's going to kill someone. There are so many people here, and he's not afraid at all. He's so fierce!" Mo Lan hid behind Liu Shi, only her small head peeking out.

"Little girl, don't talk nonsense. I didn't mean to kill you. It's just that you agreed on a price but didn't buy any meat. If we keep having customers like you, how are we supposed to survive?" Chen San probably also felt that his reputation was bad, so he tried to take the blame.

“We asked how much the meat was per pound, and you said eighteen coins. When did we even try to bargain? You kept lowering the price, saying you'd give us a discount, fifteen coins a pound. Before we could even say anything, you said you'd give us a discount again, thirteen coins a pound. My aunt was stunned, and then you said how about ten coins a pound? We were terrified. Meat can't be that cheap! We were afraid you'd overcharge and we wouldn't be able to explain it when we got home, so we left. Were we wrong?” Mo Lan said, her large, watery eyes blinking repeatedly as if tears were about to fall. She paused, then looked around and said, “Grandpas and Grandmas, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, were we wrong?”

"That's right, that's right."

"Ten coins won't make you lose money, the little girl means well."

.........

Everyone around praised the ink orchid.

"Uncle butcher, please don't be angry. Since you insist that we buy, we will. It's ten coins a pound, let's buy five pounds, Auntie, let's help the butcher, okay?" Mo Lan's first words were directed at the butcher Chen San, but the latter part was pleading with Liu Shi.

"Little girl, don't talk nonsense. Which ear of yours heard me say that meat is ten coins a pound? If it's only ten coins, how am I supposed to make a profit?" Chen San glared at Mo Lan fiercely.

"I heard it from both of them, and everyone else heard it too. Uncle, are you so angry because you think we didn't buy enough? But we don't have much money. Could you all please help us out? Everyone here is buying and selling meat from Uncle!" Mo Lan shouted to the people around her, appearing eager to help.

"Haha, Chen San, I'm here to help you. Give me two pounds of meat." A middle-aged man shouted at Chen San.

"Give me three jin too."

"I want two jin (1 kg). It's so cheap, only a fool wouldn't buy it."

"Give me a pound, I'll use it to make dumplings for my kid when I get home."

People flocked to Chen San's stall, shouting incessantly.

"Get out, all of you get out of here! You're taking advantage of me! I'm not selling this meat anymore!" Chen San cursed as he looked at the crowd surging towards his stall. Normally, he would be overjoyed to see so many people buying meat, but now he was so angry he wanted to hit someone. Ten coins a pound—he'd lose his pants in the process.

"Can we go now, Uncle Meat? Are you really not selling anymore?" Mo Lan asked Chen San timidly. Her pitiful appearance was heartbreaking.

"Get lost, little girl. Just looking at you makes me angry. You're such bad luck." Chen San spat on the ground.

"Disgusting. Fine, don't sell then. With your looks, nobody would buy you. Who would be blind enough to want you?" Mo Lan thought to herself. Of course, she didn't mean "sell" in the literal sense.

"Fine, let's go. You were the one who insisted on stopping us. We brought you business, and instead of being grateful, you yelled at us. How could adults be like this?" Mo Lan pouted and muttered.

Those around him laughed.

"Exactly, how can you be so mean to such a cute little girl?"

"Whose child is this?"

"Little girl, do you want to buy meat? Go to the shop at the end of the street, their meat is good and the price is fair."

"Thank you everyone." Mo Lan thanked the kind people around her. Then she took her aunt's hand and left the crowd.

The shop at the end of the street was indeed good; fifteen coins a pound. Mo Lan and her friends bought three pounds of meat, plus a large pig's head, which cost forty coins. Mo Lan realized that pig's heads weren't as cheap as some novels describe, costing only a few coins. After all, it was meat.

They also bought 3 jin (1.5 catties) of lard, intending to render it into oil. The cracklings can be used for cooking, or eaten alone as they are very fragrant. After rendering the oil, they will use it to stir-fry vegetables. Stir-frying vegetables with lard is a great pleasure for farmers.

However, pig's trotters and offal, like intestines and stomach, are indeed not expensive. But she doesn't plan to buy them right now. It's not appropriate to buy them and cook them at home. She'll think about it after she opens the shop.

After buying the meat, Mo Lan took a liking to the fish by the roadside. They were only 8 coins a pound, so Mo Lan persuaded Liu Shi to buy two large carp, spending 50 coins. Afterwards, they went to the grain store. Luckily, Liu Shi was used to manual labor; otherwise, she really wouldn't have been able to lift such heavy meat and fish. Even just getting to the grain store left Liu Shi panting heavily.

Mo Lan carefully examined the grains in the grain store. There was rice, several varieties, some whitish in color, some greenish, some round grains, and some long grains.

There are white flour, fine flour, slightly dark flour, and coarse flour; obviously, they are different grades and have different prices.

Of course, there's also unmilled wheat, as well as corn, soybeans, millet, sorghum, red beans, mung beans, and so on. There are quite a few varieties.

墨兰选了中等的面粉买了20斤。又买了20斤白花花的大米。大米和白面是10文到30文之间的价格，墨兰她们选的是中等，一斤15文。40斤，花了她们600文。又买了10斤的大黄米和小米。

Because Mo Lan was so sweet-talking, the shopkeeper, seeing that the two of them couldn't possibly carry the goods, had his assistant deliver them to Old Liu.

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Thank you to the following for the amulets: Yu Ni Chang, Lei Ge Tian Ying, Mei Yan Kong Kong, Yu Yi Fei, Li Xue Xiang, Yi Fang Ning, and Qian Jia Nu Er. Thank you all for collecting, clicking, and recommending.