The next morning, they were woken up by the ballifs and they started packing up to start moving. Li Gu was unconscious so she administered the medicine to him. The skies had cleared and the sun was already rising making the place smell nice.
Su Xiao was in a particular good mood that morning and it infected the kids. The journey was cheerful and harmonious in their group. She had given the coarse bun to the two brothers. She had planned to take out a wild rabbit but didn't expect they would move so early. She gave the kids some dried ration to eat as well as the couple.
They walked faster today and was already mid way to the closest town. Mu Wei had said that it was called Yu city. Maybe worried about her encountering danger in there, he had briefed her on the things about the town as they walked. It was already afternoon when the arrived at the city gate.
The ballifs organized them to sit on an open area outside the gate while they went to gather more rations. Su Xiao stood up and nodded at Mu Wei before slipping off. She entered into the words and waited. A carriage walked by and she skillfully got under it. She held the carriage to lean more firmly.
When it reached the patrolling guards, they started inspecting the carriage. Su Xiao immediately entered her space and hid. She stayed for a while before coming out. The carriage had entered the City and packed in an alley, so she rolled off. She dusted herself and began looking around.
The city was bustling with people hawking their goods and she felt nostalgic. She was reminded of how her time was before the apocalypse. It was also bustling with people hawking their goods like this. She sighed and continued walking. After asking for directions, she found the place to sell the lion skin and entered.
"Who owns the shop?"
The salesman who was woken from sleep was annoyed. Looking at the woman who was dressed so simply he was more annoyed.
"What do you want?"
Su Xiao didn't mind his rude behavior and spread the lion skin on the table.
" I want to sell this"
The salesman expression changed drastically and he immediately became respectful. This was a big shot and he was respectful. Thinking that what she had left and sold it to another person, wouldn't his boss kill him. He secretly wiped a cold sweat and answered.
"Please Miss, I can't conclude on my own so I need to call my boss"
"Hurry up"
He immediately ran into the backyard and called his boss. Soon, a man in his forties emerged. He had a pair of shrewd eyes and a bald head. He approached her and began observing the lion skin showing a satisfied expression.
He turned to Su Xiao and asked
"May I know how much this young lady wants to sell this thing?"
"Give me a price. I'm not very good at this thing"
Boss He felt relieved and immediately said
"A hundred taels"
Su Xiao didn't reply and immediately started packing up the lion skin. Boss He immediately panicked and stopped her.
"Then how about a thousand taels?"
Su Xiao started walking out. Boss He continued
"Two thousand taels!"
She continued walking forward
"Five thousand taels!"
"Deal!"
Boss He felt his heart ache. She was a shrewd woman. What nonsense about being naive in this field. Su Xiao happily took her money and left the shop. She placed it in her space and began shopping. She bought some local pastries, pots and pans and spoons, some needles and thread, and two buckets. Cooking knives, some seeds and water barrels were includes. She bought straw sandals for summer, padded shoes for winter and wooden shoes for everyone.Any shop she entered sent her out with smiles on their face.
She carried the stuffs to a narrow alley and put them all in her space. She bought barrels that they would need. Some bags, straw coat and oil umbrella for the rain and some wooden toys for the kids to play with and after buying, she was left with four thousand taels. She then headed to a pharmacy and bought some herbs and medicinal seeds which was costly. She entered an alley and got out twenty fresh eggs, some fresh vegetables, jerky and fresh slaughtered meat from her space and put them all in the bag.
Some condiments like salt, scallions and ginger was also brought out. She took out some mushrooms and poured the oil from her space into three small barrels and put it in the bag. She took three old hen and some bolt of cloth which was not inconspicuous in this era for Bai Ling to help everyone make new clothes. She took out a bag and filled it with grain, white rice, millet and some flour.
Checking, she saw she had forgotten to add fruits so she did. Feeling satisfied she placed them in the space and left. She went out the same way she came in and stopped in a bush. After making sure no one was around, she took out two horses and placed everything she bought on it. She rode on one and controlled the other one to walk. She arrived at the camp and everyone was surprised.
They remembered that she had killed a lion and guessed she must have sold the skin. Thinking of her making so much money they felt envious but powerless. Mu Wei was surprised at all she bought. He didn't think much and thought she must have made a fortune. Bai Ling approached her and helped her carry the things inside the cart.
Li Tuo had already brought the bamboo trees she asked for. She took out the pastries and shared it to everyone and they kids thanked her happily. She then began making the cart with the bamboo trees. With the help of Li Tuo she made two sturdy cart in an hour. She then tied the horse to two carts and felt satisfied. She was hungry by then and decided to cook.
She asked Bai Ling to get her leaves to make the beggars pheasant. She made a big fire and after dealing with the feathers wrapped it in the leaves and applied yellow mud before putting in the fire. It would be done in a while. She took out the straw sandals and gave everyone to put on because of the long journey. They thanked her and wore it happily.
Li Gu was now convinced that she was genuine and wasn't after anything so he relaxed. He was still sick so Su Xiao had Bai Ling prepare porridge for him while they ate the wild hen which was delicious. After having a full satisfying meal they waited for the ballifs to come back.
She had already put a new curtain in the other two carts and planned to go back into the city take out two more horses in disguise. She informed Mu Wei on her plan and he reluctantly agreed. She made her into the woods and two out two more strong horses and bought more pastries and dried rations. She took more three pheasant and a wild rabbit with more mushrooms. She then took out some already made clothes which was the size of the kids and her own size and some underwears for the herself, Bai Ling and the kids.
Feeling satisfied she walked back to the camp. She then tied the horse to each cart and it was complete. The ballifs came back not too long and was surprised to see the horse but said nothing. They started moving to the next place which was the south east.