"You can refute it." After running out, Yan Yan said suddenly, "Astor has a lot of business exchanges, and the city-state is open-minded, regardless of love between men and women, or same-sex love..."
"What do you mean by love between a man and a woman or homosexual love?" Yun Chi cried, "No! Saga and I are just..."
But, just what
Yun Chi paused for a moment and stammered, "… Just family! A family that depends on each other!"
OK.
Yan Yan nodded and said no more.
If you say they are family, then they are family. After all, we cannot refute you.
Yun Chi's face flushed. He fanned himself vigorously and changed the subject: "The shopkeeper just mentioned that Chengdong bought a brush. What does Chengdong do?"
"The east side of the city is the livestock market. Pack animals, oxen, hunting dogs, poultry..." Yan Yan replied, "you can basically buy everything there."
Yun Chi sighed: "Then we won't be able to use it for the time being. Let's go to the upper city."
They walked through the densely packed houses towards their destination, and on the way, Yun Chi found several bakeries. Unfortunately, due to the long cold climate of the continent, these bakeries did not make fluffy and soft white bread, but instead made compact and hard bread that was similar to unfermented dough.
However, the most expensive type of pastry can almost be called a dessert. The chewy wheat flour is mixed with honey, spices, chopped dried fruits and egg whites, which tastes rich, sweet and chewy. Bakers use flat-bottomed clay pots to bake these round cakes. For ordinary people, the price is very high, and there is a customer limit. It is a luxury that cannot be purchased at will even if you have money. Only the nobles of the city-state or the priests of the temple can exchange them in unlimited quantities.
"Give me thirty?" Yun Chi grabbed a handful of snow-white, shining silver grains and shook them in front of the baker.
The baker shook his head in embarrassment: "Twenty, twenty, this street is the same, there is a fixed quota, and we can't sell any more!"
"I'll pay double the price." Yun Chi said firmly.
The baker rubbed his hands nervously on his apron, looking embarrassed: "This is the priest's rule, please don't let me make a mistake!"
Yun Chi sighed, and lowered his voice in frustration: "Look, I won't hide it from you, I've tried all the food on this street, and yours is the best. Besides, I'll have to buy some more from other stores later, so I'll buy 30 from you and 10 from the next store, and the total amount won't change at all! Is this against the rules? No, it's just a way to make you more money!"
The baker opened his mouth in surprise, and his face, which was blackened by the fire, showed a look of trance and deep thought.
Yun Chi leaned over: "Thirty?"
The baker gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, thirty!"
Yan Yan stood behind him, silently took the bulging bag of steaming cookies, stuffed it into his open body, then followed Yun Chi with empty hands, watching him continue to the next bakery.
"Give me thirty?"
"No, no, no, I really can't sell thirty of them. Please stop joking, sir. This is the rule of the High Priest."
"Look! I won't hide it from you..."
Yan Yan: “…”
After a while, Yan Yan took another large bag of cookies and put it inside his body.