Chapter 68: Potato
After buying the fox, Qin Wanwan looked at other things.
There were even wolf cubs for sale, snow wolf cubs at that.
Three pure white snow wolf cubs, fierce towards anyone who passed by.
Even though their teeth couldn’t pierce anyone’s skin yet, they remained defiant.
Some people who passed by wanted to buy them, but were almost bitten.
Although they couldn’t pierce the skin, it would definitely hurt.
“How can they be tamed if they’re so fierce? Wolves can’t be domesticated.” After saying that, the person flicked their sleeve and left.
The seller was also a bit annoyed; the wolf cubs hadn’t eaten or drunk for two days since they were brought back.
Now that they were weak, they were still so fierce; wolves were indeed fierce by nature.
“How much are these?”
A little girl squatted down in front of the snow wolves.
The vendor quickly said, “Twenty taels of silver each.”
He didn’t dare to ask for a higher price, fearing the wolf cubs would be stuck with him and he wouldn’t be able to sell them.
Strangely, the three wolf cubs seemed to have stopped being fierce.
The vendor guessed it was because they were too weak from hunger.
Yin Yuanli: “Too expensive.”
Vendor: “This price isn’t expensive for snow wolves.”
Yin Yuanli’s voice was calm: “You’re talking about adult snow wolves; they’re expensive because their fur is valuable.”
As for young snow wolves, some nobles had tried to raise them, but snow wolves were fierce and delicate. Even wolf cubs would resist by refusing to eat after being captured, never allowing themselves to be kept and raised in captivity.
His Imperial Father had also acquired two snow wolf cubs for a while, but they starved to death within a few days.
Snow wolf fur was good-looking, and some nobles paid a high price to purchase snow wolf pelts.
However, these were difficult to find, and wolves held grudges.
If a hunter killed one wolf, countless wolves would follow the scent to find the hunter and seek revenge to the death.
Unless all the wolves of that wolf tribe were killed.
He had only read in ancient texts that the Wolf Tribe could raise wolves.
Yin Yuanli: “Where did these wolves come from? Will they be found by other wolves for revenge?”
That vendor was a hunter, and he didn’t expect this child to know so much.
“Don’t worry, these wolves weren’t obtained by us hunting snow wolves. I wouldn’t dare to touch those snow wolves easily. In the past, many hunters killed wolves for money; the snow wolves died, but so did many hunters.”
“These three snow wolves were a stroke of luck for me. I encountered a dying mother snow wolf with her cubs. She seemed to have been injured by some beast. When I found her, the mother snow wolf was already taking her last breath, so I brought back these three little ones.”
Yin Yuanli looked into his eyes, confirming he wasn’t lying, before he started negotiating the price.
Finally, he bought each snow wolf cub for ten taels of silver.
Qin Wanwan held the fox for Yin Yuanli and carried out the little snow wolf cubs one by one.
Seeing her directly open the cage and reach out to hold the snow wolf cubs, the vendor broke out in a cold sweat.
“No!”
But what was expected did not happen.
The previously fierce snow wolf cubs became exceptionally docile in Qin Wanwan’s arms.
Not only were they not fierce, but they even hummed and whimpered as if wronged.
The vendor’s eyes widened for a moment, thinking he was seeing things.
No, how did these wolves change their faces!
Qin Wanwan petted the snow wolf’s little head.
“Good boy, I’ll feed you milk when we get back.”
Then she handed the little snow wolves to Lang Ya.
Lang Ya placed the gosling on his shoulder and reached out to take the snow wolf cubs.
His blue eyes held a hint of curiosity.
The snow wolves’ eyes were also blue, very similar to his own.
The little snow wolves struggled a couple of times in his arms, but when he held the second and third ones, they obediently stopped struggling and fell asleep.
Vendor: “Truly strange, they actually became docile.”
After buying the snow wolves, Qin Wanwan bought a nest of two eggs.
She heard they were eagle eggs that could be hatched.
Qin Wanwan had experience hatching eggs, and she was very confident she could hatch two eaglets.
“I need to buy a ewe to feed the little wolves milk.”
The little wolves looked about two months old and should still be drinking milk.
Further inside from this market was the livestock market selling various animals, including horses and cattle.
Although called a horse and cattle market, mules, sheep, and camels were also sold.
Qin Wanwan had originally intended to buy a ewe that was still lactating.
But if it was still lactating, the lamb would also need to drink milk.
Then she bought the little lambs as well, two of them, one black and one white.
On the way out, she saw a skinny little red horse.
The vendor said he had bought it cheaply from a herdsman. This horse used to pull loads, and after it injured a leg, it was sold.
The horse was very thin, and the vendor planned to sell it to a horse dealer as meat.
Qin Wanwan bought it for thirty taels of silver.
On the way back to the City Lord’s Mansion, looking at the animals she was holding and leading, Qin Wanwan felt a bit guilty.
It seemed… she might have accidentally bought too much.
She counted on her fingers and found that her poor arithmetic skills couldn’t even figure out how much money she had spent.
The little girl holding the gosling moved closer to Yin Yuanli.
“Brother Yuanli, I spent so much money, will Daddy hit me?”
She was afraid of pain.
Qin Wanwan’s little face was scrunched up.
“Can I hide at your place when I get back and only find Daddy after he’s calmed down?”
Yin Yuanli: “City Lord Shang shouldn’t be that stingy.”
In his understanding, those dandies in Shangjing would spend fortunes on courtesans, and a single meal could cost hundreds of taels of silver.
How much had Wanwan spent?
Shang Wuyang was as rich as a nation; he wouldn’t care about this small amount of money.
Qin Wanwan felt a tiny bit more confident after he comforted her.
Upon returning to the City Lord’s Mansion, she first watched the little wolf cubs drink milk, then took a bath and made herself smell nice before going to find Daddy.
Butler Uncle said Daddy was in the study, still poring over ledgers and handling other business.
Qin Wanwan peeked in from the doorway.
“What is it? Come in.”
She had been discovered.
Qin Wanwan retracted her little head, and after a few seconds, she sheepishly walked in, carrying a few things.
“Daddy.”
She walked up to Shang Wuyang and leaned against his knees, smiling pleasingly.
“Daddy, Wanwan spent a lot of money today. Please don’t be angry, okay?”
Shang Wuyang looked down at her.
Someone had already informed him about what Qin Wanwan had bought and how much she had spent.
Why would this little one think he would be angry about such a small amount of money?
“Wanwan bought some little animals.”
She handed him two fist-sized, yellowish-brown objects she was holding.
“This is for Daddy.”
“What is this?”
Qin Wanwan’s eyes curved: “This is a potato, it’s very delicious.”
The potatoes were bought from the mall; this was the only picture illuminated this time.
She craved food made from potatoes, so she bought ten jin, which only cost 25 Merit Points.
So it was food, but he had never seen this thing before.
Qin Wanwan’s little mouth chattered: “Potatoes can be stir-fried into shredded potatoes, or fried into french fries, stewed with meat, or roasted into potato slices…”
As she spoke, she almost drooled from her own cravings.
Shang Wuyang: …
“Then let the kitchen make it.”
Looking at the little one’s expression, she must have eaten it before.
However, he had been to so many places, yet he had never seen this thing called a potato.
“Are you sure it’s edible?”
Qin Wanwan nodded vigorously: “Yes, it’s especially delicious!”
