Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 70: Shopping Trip ( 4 )

Yao Zhi looked at her husband and couldn’t help but smile. She always thought that she married a rigid, cold person. Unexpectedly, he was far from what she thought.

When the old man returned with a bundle of fodder, Fu Chen’an handed a silver ingot to him. The old man grinned and quickly handed the change to him. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Fu Chen’an stuffed the money into his wife’s hand and said, "Wife, you keep it."

Yao Zhi didn’t refuse and put the money in her pouch. Afterward, she stored the pouch in her system’s storage using her sleeve as a cover.

After they tied the fodder and bamboo basket on each side of the donkey, Fu Chen’an held the rein and led it while Yao Zhi walked beside him.

When they reached the grain store, it was crowded but not as crowded as a few days before.

With more grain stores opening for business, the price of the coarse grains was lowered to five wen per jin. While the price was still higher than before, the commoners were finally able to afford it.

"Husband, I will go buy the grains. You should watch over our donkey. There are some steamed buns and water here. Eat some while you rest," Yao Zhi said and handed her bamboo basket to him.

"Okay. Just shout if something happens. I will wait for you here," Fu Chen’an nodded.

Yao Zhi smiled and entered the grain store. This store was opened by Xue Ya’er, and there were two guards standing at the entrance. With them keeping watch, no one dared to cause trouble here, so the security was good.

She waited for a while before it was her turn. Seeing her updo hairstyle, the worker greeted her with a smile. "Sister-in-law, what can I get for you?"

Yao Zhi checked the price for a moment before she said, "Brother, please give me twenty jin of millet, five jin of wheat, and five jin of white rice."

When the worker heard this, his smile widened, and he said, "Please wait for a moment."

Ten minutes later, the worker returned with three bags. He placed them on top of the counter and said, "Sister-in-law, the millet costs five wen per jin, the wheat costs five wen per jin, and the white rice costs twenty wen per jin."

He calculated using the abacus for a while before he added, "The total is 225 wen."

Yao Zhi nodded and took out her purse. She took out two strings of coins and counted 25 coins before she handed them to the worker.

"Brother, please check the amount."

The worker counted the coins for a while before he nodded. "The amount is correct. Sister-in-law, I will help you carry the bags out."

Yao Zhi didn’t refuse and said, "Thank you for your help."

When they came out, Fu Chen’an had just finished his fourth steamed bun. Seeing his wife, he quickly walked over, took the bags from the worker’s hand, and placed them into the bamboo basket.

"Wife, where do you want to visit next?" he asked.

Yao Zhi thought about the seasonings in her system’s storage.

While she could buy as much as she wanted from the system’s shop, she needed to find an excuse. If she just took things out without buying anything in the town, her husband would be suspicious sooner or later.

With this thought, she said, "Husband, we are running out of lard. Let’s go buy some fatty meat and seasonings before we go back."

"Okay."

The two of them walked to the wet market area. When they arrived, it was almost noon. With the sun hanging above their heads, the temperature increased rapidly.

At this moment, the meat sellers were feeling worried as they stared at the empty street. Their meat was fresh and couldn’t be kept for a long time. If no one bought it, it would spoil in this sweltering weather.

Unlike the grain store, there were only a few people buying meat.

Due to the long drought, the price of meat had reached 30 wen per jin. No one was willing to spend so much money to buy a jin of meat when they could buy six jin of coarse grain.

So when the sellers saw Fu Chen’an and Yao Zhi looking around, they quickly waved their hands and promoted their goods.

"Pretty lady, look at my goods. My family raised the pigs carefully and fed them nutritious food. My family’s pig is not only full of fat but also delicious," a woman shouted loudly.

Hearing this, the nearby sellers were unwilling to be outdone and started to shout.

"Sister, don’t buy from her. Her pork is expensive. Look at mine! You can buy a jin of my pork with only twenty-five wen!"

"Mine is only twenty wen per jin!"

And just like that, the sellers started to argue over the prices.

Fu Chen’an watched them calmly while Yao Zhi was taken aback. She looked at the meat and realized that the quality of the meat was not as fresh as it was in the morning. If they couldn’t sell the meat, they might have to eat it themselves.

Reaching this conclusion, she finally said, "Everyone, please calm down."

Hearing her words, everyone turned to her with eager gazes.

"Everyone, my husband and I want to buy 50 jin of meat, but our money is limited."

The moment she finished her words, the woman who shouted first said, "Pretty Sister, I can lower my price to 20 wen per jin if you take all of my pork."

Yao Zhi walked to her stall and saw that the meat was indeed of good quality. There was not much water, and the fatty part was a lot. If she extracted the lard, she could get a few jars from it.

The other sellers saw her interest in the meat, and one of them quickly came over holding a piece of fatty meat.

He showed the meat to Yao Zhi and said, "Sister-in-law, look at my pork. My family’s pork is not worse than hers. How about you buy it from me? You only need to pay me 18 wen per jin."