TATLC Chapter 16

Chen Xiao Cai woke up after Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi left, he went to the kitchen very excited, he was even more excited after he bit into an egg pancake.

He instantly knew it was Lu Lin who cooked breakfast because the pancakes Chen Xiao Mi cooked tended to be dry and flavorless.

‘Lu Lin is really a great cook!’ Chen Xiao Cai sighed with emotion.

Chen Xiao Mai stared at the pancakes on Chen Xiao Cai’s plate, drooling. He tugged on Chen Xiao Cai’s sleeve to get his attention.

Chen Xiao Cai looked at his younger brother and cut the pancake in half.

Chen Xiao Mai gobbled it up within a few seconds, then continued to stare at Chen Xiao Cai’s plate.

Chen Xiao Cai sighed, he cut the remaining pancake in half and shared it with Chen Xiao Mai.

Chen Xiao Cai caressed Chen Xiao Mai’s face, only then did he realize that his little brother’s skin looked much healthier than before.

‘We ate very well thanks to that Lu Lin. There must have been eggs in the pancakes.’ Chen Xiao Cai thought.

In fact, Chen Xiao Cai was so worried about the way Lu Lin cooked, he was so afraid that one day Lu Lin would bankrupt them. But the reality was the opposite, and Chen Xiao Cai could find no fault in Lu Lin.

To get back to Lu Lin, how he wished he could get his car back! He had been panting and admiring Chen Xiao Mi’s stamina all the way.

And finally, they had arrived when Lu Lin thought he was going to faint.

Chen Xiao Mi took Lu Lin to a wealthy family, but he knocked on the back door instead of the large front gate.

A young servant opened the door for them, and he knew who Chen Xiao Mi was. The servant then went inside to report to the butler.

“This is Advisor Yang’s house, his butler always buys from me.” Chen Xiao Mi told Lu Lin.

Chen Xiao Mi used to sell the game at a stall, but he had to pay five cents to rent the stall and people haggled a lot.

But one day he met Advisor Yang’s butler who was arranging a banquet for Advisor Yang, the butler bought everything Chen Xiao Mi had at the stall and he told Chen Xiao Mi that he could go directly to him whenever he was hunting for new games and he promised Chen Xiao Mi a reasonable price.

Chen Xiao Mi appreciated it very much, not only could he save on the rental fee but also the time to haggle with people.

The head butler beamed with a smile at the sight of the new game, he didn’t even haggle a bit.
Chen Xiao Mi asked for one tael for the game, one hundred cents for two pheasants.

“Xiao Mi, you are a great hunter, look at the pheasants, still very much alive.”

Chen Xiao Mi smiled humbly: “It’s just luck, Master, can I ask you a favor? Can you take me to meet Young Master? I have something that he must be interested in.”

The butler was slightly surprised, he looked at Chen Xiao Mi in disbelief and said: “Is that so?”

The butler knew Chen Xiao Mi was just a poor villager, he did not think Chen Xiao Mi would have anything valuable or interesting.

The butler’s expression did not escape Chen Xiao Mi, Chen Xiao Mi pulled the butler aside and showed him the glass marbles.

The butler’s eyes lit up at the sight of the marbles: “I report this to Young Master now!”

Poor villagers filled their lives with farm work and chores all day long, but the rich families in the city enjoyed collecting antiques and winning the hearts of beautiful women.

Glass marbles were definitely something that the rich children would fight over.

Young Master laughed merrily at the sight of the glass marbles. Chen Xiao Mi said he found them when he was hunting, Young Master was even happier to hear it, he thought it might be a profitable treasure, he bought two marbles with three taels of silver each, he told Chen Xiao Mi that he was interested in continuing to buy if he could find more.

Chen Xiao Mi walked out of the back door with seven taels in hand, he felt like he was dreaming.

Lu Lin walked towards Chen Xiao Mi and asked anxiously: “How did it go?”

Chen Xiao Mi nodded: “Great, seven taels in total! One tael from the game, six taels from the two glass marbles! Young Master said he is interested in buying more!”

Chen Xiao Mi’s cheeks were very red with excitement.

‘Gee! You rich kids! One glass marble is worth three boars! And you can buy a box of glass marbles with two Yuan!’

Chen Xiao Mi also sighed with emotion: “Glass marbles are worthless in the eyes of us villagers, they can’t feed you, they can’t keep you warm. But the Young Master is willing to pay a decent price for something exotic like that, it’s a pity we can’t walk to a bigger city, maybe we can sell one for ten taels there!”

Lu Lin admired his partner even more: ‘He’s very smart for someone who rarely travels, much more visionary than his fellow villagers.’

Lu Lin had more glass marbles in the store, but he didn’t want to sell them all at the same time, it might arouse suspicion, plus something was only valued if it was rare.

Chen Xiao Mi looked at Lu Lin and said: “We have money now, should we go pick up some essentials?”

Chen Xiao Mi thought they could buy some cloth, Lu Lin had nothing to wear except the tattered old clothes he had on, and his younger brother had worn his old clothes with patches.

Lu Lin had also worn Chen Xiao Mi’s clothes, but the problem was that Lu Lin was taller than Chen Xiao Mi, Lu Lin had trouble fitting into the smaller clothes.

“Sounds good!” replied Lu Lin with a smile.

 

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