The little ones didnât have their wishes fulfilled. By the timetheyâve woken up, their mother and older sister were already gone!
The two younger ones blamed that on the older brother Zheng Yuan.They pouted and blamed him for not waking them up earlier.
While they were complaining at home, Cheng Xiao Xiao and her motherhad already been well on their way and have already reached the closet largecity.
The large city wasnât all that large. It has around 10,000 households.After entering the city, there was one main market street. Other than theshops, many residents from nearby villages had also brought their goods here tobe sold.
Cheng Xiao Xiao looked around curiously asshe followed Mrs. Cheng into the market. She noticed that most of the merchandisesbeing offered are regular daily supplies, nothing that stood out. She has alsonoticed that not all the merchants were men, there were a few women. So the twoof them did not draw too much attention.
They found an empty spot and Mrs. Cheng putdown her load (danzi), then helped ChengXiao Xiao to put her down as well. The two of them simultaneously lifted theirsleeves to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.1\nDanzi
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âMom, do you think we will be able to sellthese rabbits?â Cheng Xiao Xiao was getting a little bit worried. They hadbrought with them 20 chickens and 15 rabbits. That was quite a transaction fora small town like this.
Mrs. Cheng didnât seem too concerned. Shelooked around and gently replied, âI think so!â
Mrs. Cheng was still quite attractive inher thirties. Standing next to Cheng Xiao Xiao the two of them looked like sisters.They have attracted a lot of attention from the passersby in a very short timeand they had also noticed that they were offering chickens and rabbits.
Lots of the passerby looked at them, butnone walked up to ask them the price. After all, Cheng Xiao Xiao wasnât justany common person. Ideas were slowly starting to form inside her head.\nâHey, these rabbits and chickens kindalook alike!â
A middle aged man passing by stopped andlooked at the four rabbits and chickens on top of the cage. After examiningthem for a while, he asked eagerly, âMiss, how much for your chickens andrabbits?
âUmâŚ..â Mrs. Cheng wasnât sure how theyshould price their animals so she turned and looked at her daughter.
Cheng Xiao Xiao understood what her mommeant and nodded slightly in response. She turned to the man who looked like a stewardand gently said, âSir, our chickens and rabbits were raised with special care.Their meats are tender and juicy. We are asking for 20 coppers for a chicken,and 30 coppers for a rabbit. How many would you like?â
In the last few days that she was beinghere, Cheng Xiao Xiao had learned the currency of this world. A tael of gold = 10taels of silver = 10 guan coopermoney = 10,000 wen copper money.
One guancopper money = 1000 wen copper money.One tael gold = 3,000 yuan. One tael silver = one guan copper money = 300 yuan, one wen copper money = 0.3 yuan (0.043 USD).\nOne âguanâ copper money (1000 wen)
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So a chicken was roughly 2 yuan (2.88 USD)and a rabbit roughly 3 (4.32 USD) yuan. That was an impossible price at her previousworld, but for this current one, that was the fair market price.
The man nodded upon hearing their prices, âNotbad. I trust your words. Why donât we do this? Our Ning House need these fowlsfor a banquet. Your chickens and rabbits look pretty good. I have other errandsto run right now. Why donât I give you one joof silver right now, and you deliver these to the Ning House on 4<sup>th</sup>street?â\nUpon saying that, he took out a jo of silver from under his sleeve andhanded it over to Mrs. Cheng before he smiled and left.
âSir, this is too much!â Mrs. Cheng shoutedafter him after it registered to her.
The man didnât even turn around. He raisedhis arm and waived at her as he continued to walk away, âItâs fine, itâs fine.Just keep it!â
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Translatorâs Note:
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