Chapter 112
Chapter 112: Chapter 112 Timely Awakening_1
Chapter 112: Chapter 112 Timely Awakening_1
Chunxi had never imagined that a few fan faces could be so valuable, after all, she had only previously embroidered small items like pouches. Seeing Lin Yue effortlessly earn eight taels of silver, a few strands of envy stirred in her heart. However, fortunately, Chunxi quickly controlled these inappropriate thoughts, not allowing negative emotions to linger. She promptly woke up to her senses, chiding herself for her unworthy thoughts while recalling Lin Yue’s numerous kindnesses to her.
“Manager Jin, let’s not settle the account just yet, I’d like to buy some more embroidery cloth and threads, the best quality,” Lin Yue said.
“No problem, I’ll have the clerks bring them over.” To Manager Jin, Lin Yue’s exceptional embroidery skills naturally warranted the use of the finest embroidery cloth and threads lest it dishonors the embroidered work. True to expectations, he directed the clerks to fetch the best available.
Lin Yue chose a piece of lustrous white, somewhat translucent silk fabric known as Moonlight Gauze. Due to the high price of Moonlight Gauze, Lin Yue bought only three meters, and also purchased the best varieties of colored embroidery threads and needles. These three items alone cost her three taels of silver, so at the time of payment, her eight taels of silver had dwindled down to five. Lin Yue felt the pinch, but what could be done? This was a necessary investment after all. The reason she bought such expensive fabric was that she planned to start double-sided embroidery, which, given the effort and time investment, naturally required the best.
After leaving the Embroidery Workshop, Lin Yue began to make extensive purchases in the market and various shops. Aside from necessities for the home, she also bought ingredients for her stall. Lin Yue purchased fifty catties of white flour alone, as well as rice and condiments like oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. She also bought spices such as star anise, fennel, and cinnamon for flavoring.
Lin Yue thought that since bean sprouts were selling well, she could not only sell soybean sprouts but could also try selling mung bean sprouts. Upon inquiring at the grocery store, she found out that mung beans were twice as expensive as soybeans, costing ten coins per catty. Without hesitating, Lin Yue had the store owner weigh out twenty catties of mung beans. Hulled corn kernels were also priced at ten coins per catty, so she got ten catties to have on hand, thinking to herself that she would definitely need to purchase corn and soybeans regularly in the future. Since most farm households grew these crops, she could buy them directly from the villagers. This way, she could get a cheaper price than in the stores and also sell some goodwill to the villagers. Establishing connections with more families in the village, Lin Yue did not want her own family to become isolated. After all, there were times when the support of fellow villagers was invaluable.
After making her purchases and storing them in the shops, Lin Yue, accompanied by Dalang, visited two butchers and bought their pork bones and offal. Additionally, she bought two catties each of lean and fatty meat, packing everything into her carrying basket.
Having almost completed her shopping list, Lin Yue headed towards Jimin Hall to find Doctor Zheng. She had finished the three prescriptions he had given her last time and wanted to consult with him. On the way, she passed by a liquor establishment and stopped in her tracks, realizing that she had run out of booze at home. Deciding to buy some more, considering that even if she wasn’t going to drink it, adding a dash to stir-fried meat could eliminate unwanted gamey flavors, Lin Yue turned and entered the liquor establishment.
After inquiring with the clerk, Lin Yue learned that the establishment offered a wide range of wines at different price points. Broadly speaking, there were two major categories: high-proof and low-proof spirits. However, the definition of ‘high-proof’ here differed from what Lin Yue remembered from her previous life—the so-called high-proof spirits were only marginally stronger than the rice wine she had experienced before, with any liquor over twenty degrees of alcohol content being classified as high-proof. As for the low-proof spirits, the weaker varieties could barely pass for liquor, as they seemed to contain more water than alcohol. Lin Yue inwardly sweated at the thought.