Chapter 95: Force buying and selling

July 17, 2023Ai Hrist

The aunts all sounded envious, but they were all living well now, and they were not jealous of Old Man Zeng and his grandson.

“The meals we cook can only fill our stomachs. They are different. They have learned to be a chef. Unfortunately, I only got a tailored card at the beginning.”

In the past, everyone thought that if you didn’t learn the chef card, you couldn’t cook. Later, you realized that you can cook by yourself. It’s just that the meals made by those who have learned the chef card can replenish physical strength, and those who didn’t learn the chef skill card can only simply fill their stomachs.

Among them, the aunt in blue bumped the short-haired aunt next to her with her arm and muttered: “Hey, you are alone, you might as well live together with Old Man Zeng. We can live for a hundred years now. Are you planning to be alone all the time?”

When the short-haired aunt heard what her friend said, she quickly patted her: “What are you talking about? He is much older than me, and he still lives with a relative.”

She was only in her early 40s now, and she was still in her prime, and she has not yet reached her old age.

“What’s wrong with that, he is quite capable, and he must have saved a lot of money…”

Before she finished speaking, the short-haired aunt waved her hand and left. Now even in her old age, she can go out to collect food to support herself, so why find someone to live with?

The world has long since changed.

*

Xuantian City was surrounded by mountains, except for the mountains, there were forests.

Lu Jiu and the others took advantage of this time before the end of autumn to go to a farther area, and their destination was Jinghe District.

At least they were more familiar there.

Starting on the journey again, it was much easier than last time, but it was too cold, and Lu Jiu sat in the back seat of Shen Jufeng and kept hugging the small heater.

Shen Jufeng didn’t complain about the cold. Zhuang Yun was wearing the leather gloves his daughter made for him, which were made from the skin obtained from fighting deer wild monsters before.

Lu Jiu poked her head slightly, and suddenly felt the cold wind coming towards her face: “Shen Jufeng, are you not cold? We ride at a fast speed, I can feel the strong wind when I sit behind you.”

“Yes, the leather gloves can be worn to block the wind.” Zhuang Yun followed up with the suggestion, and he wished to wear a hat and mask.

Shen Jufeng looked indifferent: “It’s okay, my clothes are warm, and it’s not too cold.”

Although it was autumn clothes, tailors still make clothes with warm properties.

It was the first time for him to wear warm clothes. The place covered by the clothes continuously emitted heat, even the skin exposed to the air could warm up.

When Lu Jiu heard him say that his clothes were warm, she reached out and touched the hem of his clothes. Although it was a windbreaker, it was much better than the long johns he wore before, at least not too bulky.

“When did you buy it? I’ll buy a few more when I go back.”

But in her heart, she was complaining. The tailor shop made a new product, but she, the city lord, couldn’t buy it. The deputy lord of the city was one step ahead of her.

Shen Jufeng seemed to know what she was thinking: “It just came out today, so I bought this one.”

Lu Jiu turned to look at Zhuang Yun: “Why not send a message to AnAn and asked her to buy a few pieces first? It’s getting colder and colder recently.”

Zhuang Yun nodded and then sent a mail to his daughter.

It has been nearly three months into autumn, and the temperature was getting lower and lower. Lu Jiu tried to exhale, and then it turned into fog. This was not the autumn.

It felt more like entering winter.

The single-person tents they brought out this time all have thermal insulation properties.

This trip was not as cautious as the last time. The bicycle was still a faster means of transportation than the wooden bicycle before. The three of them rested on the road for one night and arrived at the Jinghe District early the next morning.

Before this, they happened to walk to Dragon Flood City. Lu Jiu still remembered that she bought cold cakes here last time.

It was only after arriving that she realized that the place was very quiet. Only a few people were walking together, and not even many people collecting food in the nearby fields.

The three of them collected their bicycles and entered the city. It was no better than outside the city. Only a few of the bustling stalls in the past were still open.

Looking at these stalls, the food and utensils that were placed on these stalls were not the usual food and utensils. They were all rewarded for killing wild monsters. Among them were slightly yellowed fur of unknown quality wild monsters.

Lu Jiu turned to her teammates and said: “Let’s go to each booth separately.”

After she finished speaking, she walked to one of the stalls and saw that the items on display were all ordinary goods, even meat.

The stall owner was a bulky and strong man, he looked not easy to mess with.

Lu Jiu said: “Did you catch this all by yourself?”

The stall owner folded his arms and nodded: “That’s right, I’m a professional shield guard player.”

Who knows if this sentence was a show-off or a warning?

Lu Jiu looked at it once and became interested in the meat for sale. She pointed to the meat on display and asked: “What level of wild monster is this?”

“Brown iron-level sheep are all good mutton. Cooking them at home will not only increase the total attribute value but also warm up the body.”

Lu Jiu smiled. At present, if you want to increase the total value of attributes, you have to be a boss-level wild monster. The stall owner was still bragging like this.

“How many of this mutton do you have, and how much do you sell it?”

“I have 300 kilograms of this meat, 65 copper coins per catty, if you buy 100 kilograms, I will give it to you for 55 copper coins per catty.”

Lu Jiu was shocked when she heard the price. A kilogram of meat from brown iron-level wild monsters in their city was only 25 copper coins at most. Because meat was not very valuable in Xuantian City, and the most important thing was these materials will dropped after killing wild monsters.

Seeing Lu Jiu’s expression, the big man thought that he might think it was too expensive and didn’t want to buy it, and his face turned pale: “Although you are from outside the city, the prices of most city-states in Jinghe District are not bad.”

Lu Jiu also thought the same, it was much worse than her city-state.

“It’s too expensive, let me take a look somewhere else.” If she wasn’t curious about what kind of meat it was, she wouldn’t bother to ask.

They haven’t encountered brown iron-level sheep wild monsters, but she thought they were just basically ordinary-level monsters.

Lu Jiu was about to leave when the stall owner’s expression darkened.

“You asked here, but you didn’t buy anything, are you kidding me? Or you just come to Dragon Flood City to investigate the situation.”

Lu Jiu was stunned for a moment, she just asked normally. Of course, she won’t buy it if she wasn’t satisfied, how could he say she was playing tricks on him?

“This meat is too expensive, I can’t afford it, so I won’t buy it.” Even if she know the other party was finding fault, she will bear it for the time being.

The stall owner looked at Lu Jiu’s whole body with unscrupulous eyes. He didn’t look like she had no money: “Oh, you’re still bluffing me. You said you didn’t have money, but you were dressed so well. You thought I am easy to be fooled.”

Lu Jiu frowned, it seemed that he was going to fight her to the death: “Dragon Flood City is now force buying and selling?”

The stall owner sneered: “Don’t talk about anything else with me, since you asked me today, you have to buy it, otherwise you will end badly, little sister.”

As he spoke, he still puffed up his muscles, as if he was going to fight.

Lu Jiu just smiled contemptuously: “This is inside the city, and fighting is not allowed in the city-state, did you forget?”

Unexpectedly, the stall owner laughed out loud, attracting the attention of others, including Shen Jufeng and Zhuang Yun.

He scolded in a low voice: “It is true that fighting is not allowed in the city, but I am a member of the city lord’s team, so there is no such restriction. Now I suspect that you are deliberately provoking troubles in Dragon Flood City, and I have every reason to take you down!”

Lu Jiu raised an eyebrow. It turned out that he was helping the city lord. She remembered that the lord of Dragon Flood City was called He Ange. He was indeed such a frivolous and unfounded person, and the order in the city-state was nothing more than that.