NOVEL NEXT Chapter 15: Hoarding
The clerk carefully put the golden peanut away and asked, "Do you want banknotes, silver ingots, or silver pieces as payment?"
"Give me two thousand taels of silver pieces, and the rest will be silver ingots."
The clerk nodded at her and politely said, "Please wait a moment."
This time, she waited for a full five minutes, before the clerk came back with several men carrying boxes. He looked at her and said, "This is the payment for your golden peanut. Would you like us to deliver it to your place?"
Xu Xiang looked at those boxes filled with silver ingots and said, "Just help me carry it to the alley outside. My servant will be here shortly."
The clerk glanced at her coarse clothes but said nothing. Everyone has secrets and he doesn't care as long as the deal is done. He raised his hand to signal those men to move the boxes to the alley next to the pawn shop.
When she left with those men, the clerk politely sent her away. "Please walk slowly, dear customer."
Xu Xiang stood alone in the alley with the boxes after those men left. She scanned the surroundings, and after making sure that there was no one around, she put those boxes into her own space. After that, she walked out of the alley and walked to the market.
Now that she has money, the next step is to go to the market to hoard supplies from this world. She can use her supplies, but without enough information, she dare not use her supplies at will. After knowing that Xiao Han and the others had never seen a chestnut before, she decided to be more careful when using the supplies inside her space. The best plan right now is to use the money to buy as many supplies as possible.
After walking for a while, Xu Xiang came to market street. Different from the market in her original world, the market in Bei Qiang City is more like a night market. There are many hawkers on the side of the road, and there are stores on the left and right. The market itself is actually only a wide and long street.
She looked around and saw that all things that are sold here are basic items. Such as food, clothing, vegetables, condiments and other basic supplies. There are only one or two stores selling jewelry and pastries.
She carefully observed the clothes and looks of the people around her. After a while, she concluded that this world was indeed more primitive than her original world. Knowing this, she felt that her chances of surviving in this world were higher than in her original world after the apocalypse.
After realizing this, she walked towards the first grain store on the left with lighter steps. When she walked in, there was only a man writing and calculating with an abacus standing behind the counter. Hearing her footsteps, he looked up.
Putting down his writing brush, he smiled and said, "Welcome customer, what do you want to buy? We have a lot of variety of grains here. The grains just arrived this morning, and the quality is very good."
She walked around the store and saw the price of grain clearly written on a piece of wood. The owner waited calmly for her to look around and check prices of the grains.
After Xu Xiang finished checking the prices, the shopkeeper said, "Our prices are very fair. Millet is three Wen per catty, and barley is twenty Wen per catty."
She lowered her eyes and thought: 'The pawnbroker said that one tael of gold is equal to ten thousand taels of silver. So... how much is this 'Wen' coin compared to silver?'
Seeing that she was thinking, the shopkeeper stood patiently two steps behind her. Looking at the clothes on her body, he could also guess that she didn't have much money on her body. However, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat.
After a while, Xu Xiang looked at the shopkeeper and said, "I want to buy all your grains."
The shopkeeper thought he heard it wrong, and asked again: "Cu.. customer, please repeat what you just said."
"I want to buy all your grain. The more the better." She repeated her words calmly.
The shopkeeper was very surprised when he heard her words, but he quickly calmed down and smiled brightly at her. This is a rare big customer, ah.
"Then let me calculate the total for you. Please wait a moment." He said politely to her.
"All right."
The shopkeeper walked to his desk, opened the inventory book and started counting. After waiting for a while, he handed her a piece of paper and said, "Five thousand catties of barley, a total of one hundred taels of silver, and twenty thousand catties of millet, a total of sixty taels of silver. A total of one hundred and sixty taels of silver."
'So, one tael of silver is equal to one thousand wen. The supplies in this world are surprisingly very cheap.'
Putting her hand on her sleeve, she took out a silver ingot of one hundred taels of silver and six small silver ingots of ten taels of silver each.
She looked at the shopkeeper and asked, "Do you have any other type of grains?"
The shopkeeper looked at her in confusion and said, "We only produce these two kinds of grains. Dear customer, besides barley and millet, what other grains do you want?"
From what he said, she could guess that there is not even wheat in this world. This information is really good information for her. By knowing this, she knows what kind of food this world has and can decide which supplies she can use from her space.
Handed the money to the shopkeeper, she said, "Please send the grains to the alley outside the market street. My servant will take it away later."
Seeing that she paid without changing her expressions, the shopkeeper didn't dare to judge her by her clothes anymore. With a smile on his face, the shopkeeper said, "No problem. We will make sure everything is sent as soon as possible."
"Thank you."