All the villagers stayed for dinner after they have visited Cheng Biyuan . Cheng Xiao Xiao took the opportunity to treat them to their white radishes, bok choy, chickens, and rabbits .
The dinner table was filled with food . The Cheng’s generosity pleased everybody there . They now truly view the Cheng’s as part of the village . A few men there further slapped their chest and promised that they would even help the Cheng’s plough their fields in a few days and hoped that they will have a good harvest as well .
This was definitely a good investment . At the same time, the villagers had accepted the change with the Cheng’s family . Even though they didn’t know where all the food came from, nobody really seemed to care to find out .
Before Patriarch Liu took off, Cheng Xiao Xiao asked to borrow the ox-drawn wagon and Liu accepted right away . In any case, they were only borrowing for half a day, it was not an inconvenience for them .
After seeing the villagers off, Mrs . Cheng sighed and asked her daughter, “Xiao Xiao, should we postpone our trip to the marketplace?”
“Mom, don’t worry . We have lots of inventory, we can get tens of tael of silver!” She knew what her mother was worried about .
Mrs . Cheng didn’t disagree with her, she just said lightly, “Okay!”
That night, Cheng Xiao Xiao had Yuteng cloned the rest of the rice fields . Since she hadn’t been collecting any new specimens, the dimension hadn’t been leveling up . But the items from the current level weren’t shabby . Just as Yuteng had said, the higher level the dimension was, the more difficult it was to level up . It would be quite difficult to level up without some special and valuable items .
At the same time, after Yuteng’s explanation, Cheng Xiao Xiao understood that the mythical animals and produces from the dimension were of much higher quality than those from the outside world . They were beneficial to one’s health . If you consume them on a regular basis, they would even improve one’s health and extend one’s life . If the family weren’t so poor, she’d never sell any of them . Once the dimension hit level 50, she would start using the gold from the dimension and wouldn’t have to worry about money again .
After they have borrowed the wagon, Cheng Xiao Xiao got out 30 chickens, 50 rabbits, 20 fish, and 150 jin rice from the dimension to take the marketplace .
All the little ones climbed into the wagon and the five of them headed to town again . Just as they were arriving at the marketplace, Mrs . Cheng asked her oldest daughter, “Xiao Xiao, should we go look for the innkeeper again?”
“Yes, let’s go look for the innkeeper . We have too much goods . I don’t think we will e able to sell them all in the marketplace . Let’s go see how much the innkeeper will buy!” Cheng Xiao Xiao felt that it would be better to sell everyone all at once . That way they wouldn’t attract too much attention and wouldn’t be time-consuming .
Once the mother and daughter had agreed on the course of action, they rode the wagon to the front of the inn . Cheng Xiao Xiao hopped out of the wagon and walked straight inside the inn .
Right after she appeared, the server who was about to greet her stopped in his steps . His smile slowly melted away; she could tell Cheng Xiao Xiao wasn’t a customer and didn’t want to bother greeting her .
Cheng Xiao Xiao smiled nonchalantly and didn’t engage him . The innkeeper, who was focused on the accounting books, seemed to have noticed something unusual and stopped what he was doing . He looked up and saw the girl walking toward him . He paused for a bit and quickly remembered the girl in front of him . A delighted look appeared on his face, he walked up to her and asked, “Miss, you come to sell food again?”
“How you are doing, Mr . Innkeeper? Yes, I came to see if you are still interested in buying my food!” Cheng Xiao Xiao smiled .
“Yes, yes, of course!” The innkeeper nodded violently . He hadn’t forgotten the order from the young nobleman, that he was to buy everything she has for sale and send them to him .
Cheng Xiao Xiao was delighted . She bowed and said, “Perfect . Mr . Innkeeper, please follow me to check out our food!”
“Yes, yes, I will follow you!”
The ecstatic innkeeper followed her outside of the inn, leaving the server dumbfounded at his reaction . He didn’t follow them out, but went inside to check on the kitchen .
The innkeeper happily greeted Mrs . Cheng and the three young ones outside of the inn before he went to examine the fowls and the rice . Once he realized all the food was of the same quality as last time, he felt euphoric . Last time he went these mythical food to his master’s house, he was not only praised by his master but also received a handsome bonus .
“Innkeeper, you want to buy them all this time as well?” Mrs . Cheng couldn’t help but to ask after seeing the smiley innkeeper .
“Yes, yes, all of them . Mrs . Cheng, from now on, no matter how much goods you have, just bring them to me . We will give you great prices for them . We wouldn’t try to cheat you . ”
Neither Mrs . Cheng nor Cheng Xiao Xiao was happy from the innkeeper’s response . Instead, they were alarmed . The two of them immediately understood that the innkeeper had already figured out the true worth of their goods .
Cheng Xiao Xiao’s color changed, then she said solemnly, “Mr . Innkeeper, if you want our good, we can continue to sell to you . But we will have to ask that you don’t tell any one nor ask us where our goods come from . Nor should you look for us or follow us . Otherwise, we will not show up again or sell any goods to you!”
“This—” The innkeeper didn’t expect that from Cheng Xiao Xiao, he was just about to ask her those questions .
It would be problematic for him if they really didn’t show up again . He frowned and pondered for a little bit, but nodded in consent for the time being .
He didn’t say much, but called to the server to come and take all the goods inside . He then paid them 100 taels of silver .
This was kind of expected and unexpected at the same time . Neither Mrs . Cheng nor Cheng Xiao Xaio declined the offer . They could fetch 1000 taels of silver if they were truly calculating the worth of these mythical creatures . 100 taels was nothing . Comparing to the two previous time, this was a handsome amount .
After bidding farewell to the innkeeper, the five of them headed toward the marketplace to shop for daily necessities . Once they have purchased all that they need, they headed toward the clinic to look for the doctor .
Naturally the negotiation was much easier when one has plenty of money . The doctor also brought with him a few precious and effective herbs . The lot of them left town and headed toward Willow Village .
Right at this moment, a middle age man that was just returning to the city passed them on his way in . He looked surprised .
The woman and her maiden . Weren’t those the ones that his master was seeking? It looked as thought they have been frequenting the town . He couldn’t understand why his master had a hard time searching for them .
Watching the oz-drawn wagon and the lot disappeared out of his sight, the middle-aged man rode his horse into town . What a coincident that while the master rushed for his return, he would ran into the purpose of his trip .
The middle-aged man arrived at the House of Ning shortly . After the master had been notified, he was led into Old Master Ning’s study .
The master and servant exchanged conversation for a bit before Old Master Ning sighed, “Ko Yang, the mythical beasts you bought last time from the market place was some good stuff . Too bad we weren’t able to find the mother and daughter again . I guess god was just not on our side!”
“Master, Ko Yang was just about to report to you, I ran into the mother and daughter at the town entrance!”
“Really?”
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Random translator’s note:
1 . Um… if he knew his master was looking for them . Why didn’t he follow them instead of watching them disappear?
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