As time goes by, more and more people appear on the road.
Fu Anan approached the meat stall.
Here all kinds of meat are placed randomly on the stalls. Because the weather is too hot, the meat has a strong fishy smell and attracts green-eyed flies.
The locals are very used to it. They pick up the beef or meat of unknown animals on the stalls and smell them, and quickly pack the meat after confirming that it is not spoiled.
Fu Anan watched from the side, then bought a few steamed buns not far away, and then went to fetch water from the water source mentioned by the accommodation owner.
Every Gobi desert with people living in it has at least one underground water source. The water sources here are strictly controlled by the locals, and you have to pay if you want to get water.
Fu Anan asked about the price. One small piece of gold could buy ten buckets of water.
Some are already prepared, while others require you to get your own bucket to make them.
Thinking that it was getting late to leave, Fu Anan only bought a bucket of water, and the unused gold was replaced with gold sand with more impurities.
Maybe it was because Fu Anan fought too hard in two battles, so whether he bought steamed buns or water, the prices were all normal, and he basically didn't encounter any big scams.
Therefore, it is very important to be tough from the very beginning, which directly saves her a lot of trouble.
The Gobi Desert began to be windy in the evening.
The fine sand was blown up to where people lived, and the whole place looked as if it was covered with a layer of yellow gauze.
Fu Anan brought the things she bought, carrying large and small bags back to her accommodation. The proprietress was still counting on the abacus at the door, and it seemed that she had not moved at all.
“I’m back.”
The boss glanced at her and was surprised to find that she could actually bring something back. Then he said calmly, "You can use the kitchen outside for free, but you have to pay for the firewood."
"oh."
Fu Anan responded when she heard this. She bought a big steamed bun and didn’t have to make it herself.
But a bunch of grapes and a small piece of cantaloupe on the boss's table caught her attention. She had finished shopping at the market in the afternoon and had never seen these things before. "Boss, where did you buy this fruit?"
The boss looked at Fu Anan and said, "One golden bean can only buy six bunches of grapes and four cantaloupes. Do you want them?"
Everything costs money, and the prices in the Gobi Desert are ridiculously high.
"Can."
Fu Anan thought for a moment and finally agreed. "I want 18 bunches of grapes and 12 cantaloupes."
"Three golds in total, payment in advance. The other things are not mine, so I want a commission of two bunches of grapes and a cantaloupe."
The boss turned his palm upwards and asked for it.
“… All right.”
Fu Anan gave it readily, while silently thinking in his heart whether he could do some hunting somewhere.
The boss weighed the gold in his hand, then put it in his bag. "The next caravan will arrive in three days, and the goods must arrive by then."
Without telling you that the product is out of stock, they just go straight to pre-sale.
Fu Anan clicked her tongue when she heard this, suspecting that those two fingers were broken because of her shady business.
After all, the monk can run away but the temple cannot, so Fu Anan accepted it reluctantly and carried his things back to his room.
Carefully calculate what you have gained today and how much money you have spent.
She brought 40 steamed buns, a wooden bucket of water, some desert fruits, and exchanged some gold sand of lower purity. She used 5 small gold coins for renting a house and buying food.
(End of this chapter)