At Chen Xiao Mi’s house.
“Big brother, why are you carrying a basket, are you going to the city again?” Chen Xiao Cai asked.
Chen Xiao Mi nodded.
Chen Xiao Cai narrowed his eyes, he remembered that it had been more than twenty days since Chen Xiao Mi went to town last time. It seemed that Chen Xiao Mi was no longer interested in hunting, and he would discuss with Lu Lin how to cook the game beasts whenever he hunted.
This was very new to Chen Xiao Cai, in his eyes, his elder brother was someone who was always prepared for any eventuality. He was surprised to see the side of Chen Xiao Mi that became more chatty when around Lu Lin, they would talk and laugh for a long time about how to cook meat.
Chen Xiao Cai had also discovered Chen Xiao Mai, their younger brother, had grown taller and looked healthier thanks to Lu Lin’s perfect cooking and excellent care. Chen Xiao Cai was impressed by Chen Xiao Mai when they went to collect firewood, Mai was able to use the small axe vigorously like their elder brother Chen Xiao Mi.
Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin discussed and they decided to sell one more batch of alcohol before the heavy snow covered the mountain.
The restaurant owner who bought alcohol from them last time highly approved of the quality and wanted to buy more, the price was the same as before, eight taels of silver for ten bottles. Chen Xiao Mi would only sigh with emotion whenever he was reminded of the fact that one bottle of alcohol was worth a wild boar.
Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin sold ten bottles of alcohol to the restaurant and another ten bottles to Yang Heng Zhi. Chen Xiao Mi stroked the sixteen taels of silver in his pocket, it was an unreal feeling for Chen Xiao Mi.
The last time he had this much money was when he sold the tiger he hunted, but that money was hard-earned, it came from dancing with Death. Chen Xiao Mi found the fact that you did not need to risk your life to become rich too good to be true.
“Shall we check the market again? I still want to buy a donkey.” Lu Lin suggested.
Lu Lin had wanted to own a donkey for a long time, he returned home in low spirits last time when he didn’t find a healthy donkey, so he wanted to try his luck in the market this time. Plus, he felt sore all over from walking all the way to the city, how he wished he could buy a donkey and ride a mule back home.
Chen Xiao Mi had seen him, and he asked Lu Lin in confusion: “Do you still feel tired? You didn’t bring anything on the road.”
Lu Lin showed a bitter smile and nodded.
Chen Xiao Mi tilted his head and muttered: “Really? I feel much better on this trip, we’ve stored the bottles in your shop, none of us need to carry anything, I feel like I can keep going forever.”
Lu Lin took a glance at Chen Xiao Mi and rolled his eyes: ‘Yeah yeah yeah, you’re the best, Mr. Olympian!’
And at the same time Lu Lin wished that he could endure hardships better.
“But yeah, let’s go, let’s get the donkey.” Chen Xiao Mi’s eyes lit up.
Lu Lin looked Chen Xiao Mi up and down, he asked in disbelief: “What made you change your mind?”
“We might need to make regular trips from home to town. Everything will stay fresh in your little shop, we can store fresh vegetables and fresh meat in your shop and sell them in town in the winter. We can get a good price for fresh food in winter.” Chen Xiao Mi replied with a smile.
The two went to the market in high spirits, and it did not take long for them to find a healthy-looking donkey this time. What was even better was that a sturdy carriage was included in the deal. It seemed like the mule and carriage were both in good condition.
Chen Xiao Mi had a brief chat with the owner, and it turned out that the owner was in a hurry to sell it to pay off his gambling debts.
Chen Xiao Mi haggled with the owner over the price, fortunately the owner was in dire need of money, so they ended up paying seven taels of silver for the mule and carriage. Six taels for the mule and one tael of silver as payment for the carriage.
The young couple paid the seller happily.
“What else do you want to buy while we are in town?” Asked Chen Xiao Mi.
Lu Lin thought for a moment and suggested buying some bones to make bone broth.
In modern society, people are willing to pay high prices for bones to make soup, so Lu Lin was amazed to find out that you can buy a few kilograms of bones for just ten cents because people don’t know bone broth is a good source of Calcium.
Chen Xiao Mi smacked his lips as he thought of the bone broth Lu Lin had once made for them: “Sounds good.”
Chen Xiao Mi took Lu Lin to the butcher, they spent thirty cents for the kilo of bones that the butcher had collected for a whole month.
The two then bought a new winter quilt for three hundred cents. Villagers tended to buy used blankets as they were only half the price, but they were not as soft or thick as new ones.
Chen Xiao Mi put everything in the carriage and asked Lu Lin to sit down, with that he whipped the donkey gently, Chen Xiao Mi was excited with boundless enthusiasm, he couldn’t wait to get home and show everything to his two younger brothers.
Lu Lin lay on the cart with a big smile, he was very satisfied and content with what they had accomplished so far. And he was sure this donkey cart would greatly improve their quality of life.
T/N: Not Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin profiting over on some dude’s gambling debts lmaoo its so funny to me. Comment below what you thought of this chapter.
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