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“Thank you, Innkeeper. Our quality won’t disappoint you!” Mrs. Cheng smiled and looked at him appreciatively.
Happy new year and good news! With the support of patrons on my Patreon page, I was able to hit the $100 goal so, as promised, I will be moving the update schedule from 3x a week to every other day!
With the highest tier going to ch 35, we are officially half way through the volume 1 of the 3-volume series!
Now back to our normal programming!
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“Thank you, Innkeeper. Our quality won’t disappoint you!” Mrs. Cheng smiled and looked at him appreciatively.
“No problem, no matter how many goods you
have, I can make that call!” The innkeeper was a straightforward person. He
didn’t want to barter with the mother and daughter that he was already quite
fond of. “Madam, I can buy all these from you right now. How about three taels
and 30 wen?”
“Sure, no problem!”
Even though they had more items this time,
and they didn’t fetch a sky-high price like they did last time, but Mrs. Cheng
was more comfortable with what they were offered today. After all, this was the
market price these days.
The innkeeper quickly had the server came
and moved all the goods inside and paid Mrs. Cheng right away. Mrs. Cheng
thanked him again.
The five of them bid the innkeeper
farewell and left in their wagon. They needed to purchase items for their own
need.
They circled around the streets a few
times and made a lot of purchases. In the meantime they have passed several of
the servants of Ning House. Unfortunately they didn’t know these were the
people they were looking for. They were looking for a mother and daughter, and
didn’t expect a mother with four kids!
After they have left town in their wagon,
a young special guest of the inn had rose and placed his lunch order. He needed
to get on his way after lunch. He told the innkeeper to bring him a couple
dishes of whatever he’d recommend.
The innkeeper dared not serve the special
guest slowly. After placing the order, the kitchen prepared his food and wine
as fast as possible and served them to him.
They made him an order of stirred fried
chicken, braised rabbit meat, and an order of cabbage.
More or less the freshest food they have
just bought. The special guest didn’t think these dishes were too simple. After
all, at this day and age, and in a remote village, these were not shabby items.
He picked up his chopsticks and gracefully
put a piece into his mouth. He didn’t think much of it after his first bite and
kept on eating. After a few bites, there was finally a suspicious look on his
handsome face. He looked at the food on top of the table, puzzled and bewildered.
Right about this time, the innkeeper came
to deliver the bowl of steamed rice in person. He entered the room and saw the
young man staring at the food. He was concerned and asked carefully, “Sir, do
you not like these dishes?”
“Ugh….” The young man looked up at him,
saw the steaming bowl of rice in his hand, and ordered, “Bring that over!”
“Okay!” Carefully the innkeeper looked at
him and delivered the rice.
The young man took the rice from him, took
in the aroma of the steamed rice and put a mouthful into his mouth with his
chopsticks. He chewed and swallowed, and, as though something had been
confirmed, he put down his bowl and chopsticks.
“Innkeeper, where did you get these food?
How come the cabbage and the rice was different than those from yesterday?”
Facing the solemn-looking young man, the
innkeeper turned slightly page and started to break out in sweat. He did taste
the food himself and made sure they were alright before he served them. He
didn’t understand why the young man was questioning him about the food.
He wasn’t dare not to answer his question,
so immediately he replied, “Sir, I just purchased these vegetables and items
from a farm woman. Is there something else that you need?”
“A farm woman?”
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ReplyDeleteMother Cheng... despite her being older than me, I would love to give her a smack. She knows from her Husband that the animals her Daughter provides are spiritual. Yet the price... the miser in me is crying rivers of blood right now. Get it together, woman! Sell them chickens and rabbits and rice and whtever else at a higher price (ʘдʘ╬)!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for translating^_^ and happy new year!!!
Your Comments literally are what I think while reading this yet I cannot stop reading
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