Chapter 18: Earning Another Batch
Gu Yu smiled and declined the Chubby Chef’s offer, citing inconvenience before swaggering away with his basket on his back. The Chubby Chef stood by the side door, looking reluctant and worried that he wouldn’t return, a gaze that made Gu Yu feel both amused and exasperated.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to deliver it now; the problem was that he had no way to transport the roe deer at the moment.
Having him carry a roe deer weighing almost a hundred pounds would likely cause him to collapse from exhaustion the very next second.
Therefore, Gu Yu decided to explore the shops of ancient times. When he went to the side door of the restaurant again, he planned to transfer the roe deer from his space to his basket when no one was paying attention, executing a clever sleight of hand.
With his plan in mind, Gu Yu, carrying four taels of silver, began his leisurely ancient shopping spree.
Before, he only browsed without buying because he had no money. Now that he had money, Gu Yu wasn’t stingy, knowing that this was not the time to save money.
Money could be earned again, but necessities had to be prepared.
First, he needed a knife.
Gu Yu had managed to kill prey with stones when he went up the mountain. Although it was tiring, it wasn’t impossible. However, the animal’s blood had almost splattered all over him, which Gu Yu found unbearable.
Therefore, a good knife was very important, making it more convenient to kill prey.
However, knives in ancient times were truly expensive.
Perhaps it was because iron ore was difficult to find, which made iron utensils very costly. Not only knives but even farm tools like hoes used for working in the fields cost farmers a great deal of silver, making their hearts ache.
So, when families separated in the countryside, a complete set of farm tools and an iron pot was essential. Otherwise, buying these items would cost a considerable amount of money.
Gu Yu spent one tael of silver at the blacksmith shop on a dagger, feeling the pinch. He couldn’t help but feel heartbroken looking at the simple, unadorned, dark dagger in his hand.
Although the cleaver hanging next to it was only 500 copper coins, Gu Yu still decided to buy the dagger, considering its appearance.
After all, it was lightweight, and a dagger was easier to grip than a cleaver.
Gu Yu didn’t want to become a skilled butcher, so a dagger was better.
When no one was paying attention, Gu Yu put the dagger into his space and continued browsing with his basket. After buying some cooking seasonings, Gu Yu also purchased twenty catties of rice and twenty catties of white flour from the grain store. The moment he reached out to put them into his basket, he immediately transferred them to his space.
At this moment, Gu Yu was also grateful that the basket he bought had a lid. Otherwise, if everything was exposed, he wouldn’t have been able to put items into his space in broad daylight.
The four copper coins were not spent in vain!
The seasonings like soy sauce, vinegar, and salt cost 150 copper coins. The grains, priced at fifteen copper coins per catty for rice and eighteen copper coins per catty for white flour, cost a total of 710 copper coins.
The grain store sold several types of grains. The rice and white flour that Gu Yu bought were called fine grains and were usually eaten by people in town. Villagers, to save money, only ate coarse grains.
Coarse grains like corn, millet, and wheat bran cost three copper coins per catty, which was very cost-effective.
However, Gu Yu had no intention of buying these coarse grains. Now that he had money, he would eat coarse grains occasionally. All three people in the family needed to grow, so they had to eat well.
Didn’t his little wife say before her nap that she wanted to grow up quickly?
After buying these items and deducting the cost of the dagger, Gu Yu now had less than three taels of silver in his hands.
Money seemed to flow away like water. When Gu Yu inquired about the price of a cotton-padded jacket at the clothing store, he learned that a finished garment cost 700 copper coins.
For the three people in the family now, that was more than two taels of silver.
There were also cotton quilts, winter provisions, and other things that required money.
It seemed that before autumn passed, Gu Yu needed to work harder at “hunting.”
After wandering around, once he had bought enough, Gu Yu then headed towards the side entrance of the restaurant, preparing to sell the roe deer from his space.
Gu Yu’s round trip only took less than half an hour. Someone was even waiting for him to return at the side entrance.
And in a corner not far from the side entrance, Gu Yu didn’t hesitate to stop. He then placed the roe deer from his space into his basket and covered it with something before running to the side entrance to signal for a waiter to come and get the basket.
There was no other way; his body was too small to carry such a heavy item… Just like the wild game he had sold before, Gu Yu had used his deceased father as an excuse, saying he would leave the items at the door and leave him to sell them.
In reality, Gu Yu was able to move such heavy prey freely because of the help of his space…
Afterward, without any surprises, after weighing it, the roe deer weighed ninety-two catties. At a price of ninety copper coins per catty, with an additional ten copper coins per catty for a whole roe deer, the total was 9,200 copper coins.
Holding thirteen taels of silver in his hand, Gu Yu was very satisfied.
This was his first pot of gold in ancient times, and he had directly earned enough silver to build a house. He thought he was truly amazing.
After feeling proud for a moment, Gu Yu calmed down.
If he hadn’t promised to protect Gu Mengyao for a lifetime, Gu Yu wouldn’t have obtained this cheating artifact, his space. Now, he was already proud after earning only eleven taels. He was still too conceited.
Although he had seen a lot of money in his modern family, Gu Yu had never been so excited. Perhaps it was because that money didn’t belong to him.
However, he still had his little wife and younger brother-in-law to support, so he still needed to accumulate wealth.
