"That's alot of antlers, that'll be 18 silver coins and 60 bronze coins for you"
Thanks, I respond.
I have a lot of meat from the anthares, I want to try out a recipe. What should I make? What am I craving right now? I spot a bundle of Sichuan peppers. They should be about 7 silver coins per kilogram. I think I'll need only 50 grams. I walk over to the stand.
Can I get 50 grams?
"Oh you have good eyes, these are the highest quality in all of the west. For 50 grams, that'll be 1 silver coin."
This leech is playing me for a fool. These type of people are bottom feeders. Those peppers can barely be called market quality.
Oh wow, these do look really good, but can you please lower it a bit, I don't have that much on me, I say to the bastard.
"Sorry kid, but that was the best price I can give you. You'll have to run along to your parents."
I fake tears. My parents are no longer here, I have no one. They died over a dispute with a Xiao clan a long time again.
"That's unfortunate kid, as a kind senior, I'll give you a big discount and give it to you for 60 bronze coin."
This bastard is still scamming me, but I won't get a better price from this guy.
Thank you so much sir, may the Caishen bless you and bring you great fortunes, I say.
I buy the peppers and walk away, I turn my head slightly and see this leech grinning.
I'm going to need the key ingredient. Rice. I go back into the fauna, searching for a rice paddy. They're not in season right but due to terrace farming, I should be able to find one.
Found it!
I just need a piece of the root of one. I dig into the mud, dirtying my hands greatly. I grab the root and pour some gu into it to quickly accelerate the growth thanks to my specialization of deconstruction Qu. Using this, I can understand the composition of the cells and carefully add Qu, to enhance the growth of the paddy. After it's growth, I quickly harvest the crop.