Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 50 - Demanding Silver (1)_1

Chapter 50 -50: Demanding Silver (1)_1

Chapter 50 -50: Demanding Silver (1)_1

Because she’d given Liuzi a heads-up in advance, the places he took her to were both affordable and of good quality.

At the cloth shop, she picked out a piece of blue cotton fabric for her father, a peach-colored cotton fabric and a purplish-red cotton fabric for her mother, Lady Liu, as well as two pink cotton fabrics for her two younger sisters.

Lin Yuan also bought some fine white cotton fabric.

Her mother was due to give birth in just over two months, and she couldn’t just prepare clothes for her current needs; she also had to get ready the things her mother would use during her confinement.

Although she had never had a child herself, she knew she had to be prepared for the baby’s diapers and swaddling bands.

With these thoughts in mind, Lin Yuan picked out some blue cotton fabric to ask her mother to make a little cotton-padded jacket and a little mattress for her new baby brother.

Newborns should wear blue clothes and use worn blankets, right?

So she chose several types of blue fabric.

Although they lacked intricate patterns, the small floral designs were quite pretty and charming.

Before she knew it, it was almost noon.

She had agreed to return to the village with Lin Fugui by midday, so Lin Yuan hurriedly asked Liuzi to help take her purchases to the gate of the city, while she slowly made her way to the exit, having learned the route earlier.

Along the way, she bought various vegetable seeds.

Out of the three plots that had been divided from the old house, only one was good land to the south of the village; the other two were the less desirable Xi Touer lands.

Although less ideal, at least they were close to Lin Yuan’s house.

Speaking of cooking, Lin Yuan was skilled at it, but when it came to farming, she was clueless.

Thankfully, she had a father at home who knew how to farm; he had been the one taking care of the Lin family’s fields.

So Lin Yuan ended up buying whatever seeds she saw; if they couldn’t be planted this year, they could simply be saved for next year.

She also bought some cooking oil and homemade sauce from the peasants, and when she passed by a snack stall, she bought ten baked flatbreads.

With the cooked rice she’d have at midday, dipping the flatbread in sauce would make an excellent meal.

When she arrived at the city gate, Lin Fugui was the only one there, sitting under a tree smoking a pipe, with no other villagers in sight yet.

Lin Yuan greeted him, and just at that moment, Liuzi arrived with the cart containing her items.

Lin Fugui’s eyes widened at the sight of Lin Yuan’s bags of stuff.

She’d been out for only a morning; how could she have bought so much?

Lin Yuan knew he was puzzled, so she casually fabricated a lie, claiming that she’d used the silver given to her during the family division to make the purchases.

After all, the total cost was just over one tael of silver, and Lin Fugui was not one to gossip.

He quickly helped with carrying her purchases and even covered them with a ragged cloth from the cart, fearing that others from their village might see and talk.

Lin Yuan was grateful for Lin Fugui’s thoughtfulness; she packed all the small items she could into her own little bamboo basket, while the rest, like the rice and fabric, could be delivered directly to her doorstep by Lin Fugui when they got back to the village.

However, it seemed as if fate always liked to play tricks on her.

Just as Lin Fugui was delivering her to her doorstep, Lin Yuan overheard the voices of her Aunt and Lady Liuzi from inside her house.

She quickly stopped Lin Fugui from unloading and asked him to return home first, saying she’d come by later to fetch the items.

Sensing that there was trouble at home, Lin Fugui didn’t say much and drove his ox cart away.

After placing the bamboo basket in the kitchen, Lin Yuan hurried into the inner room.

It had been only two days since she had last seen her, and Li Feng’e had already dolled herself up again, replacing her headpiece with a new, larger silver hairpin than the one she’d lost at Sick Seedlings House.

“Oh, Aunt, Lady Liuzi, you’re here?

Have you come today to sell me off or to sell off my older sister?” As soon as Lin Yuan entered, she leaned against the door frame, toying with the kitchen knife in her hand.

She had sharpened the knife until it shone brightly, and it felt much better in her hand.

Lady Ma and Li Feng’e were startled by her sudden voice, trembling all over.

When they turned around and saw her, they were so frightened that they jumped straight up from the bed.

Although Lady Ma had never been beaten by her, she had witnessed Lin Yuan wielding a knife against her uncle, and she had been threatened by Lin Yuan just the day before.

If not for using the upcoming marriage of Laosan’s house as leverage, she would not have bothered coming here to stir up trouble.