Chapter 58 - What Happened in The Mountain? (1/2)

Chapter 58: What Happened in The Mountain?

Translator: Fan Translation Studio

Proofread by Claire.KK

“It was so stormy yesterday and I was not able to get out of the house, so I didn’t open my stand. How is Miss? Did she not eat anything?” asked Ye Xiaoxian caringly.

“You’re right. She only eats what you cook and doesn’t care for anything else. She only drank a little bit of rice soup yesterday!” said Housekeeper Liu sadly.

“Then maybe take a couple of pieces of shortbread for her to have a bite first. I’ll go to her immediately once my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law come!” Ye Xiaoxian said.

Housekeeper Liu took the shortbread and handed Ye Xiaoxian a tael of silver. “Young Mrs. Xiao, just get any ingredients you want by yourself and take them with you later.”

“That much?” asked Ye Xiaoxian.

“Just give me the rest if there is any left!” HL said generously.

Ye Xiaoxian carried the money to the market.

There was a street in the west of the town full of chicken, duck, fish and various of meats.

She went first to a stand which sold chicken. They sold either whole or cut chicken, but they never separated chicken feet or wings to sell in this era.

Ye Xiaoxian told the owner that she was willing to buy their chicken feet at a higher price and asked him to save some for her.

She then went to purchase other ingredients. She bought a fish, some bean sprouts, cuc.u.mber, zanthoxylum, lemon and a tiny bit of dried pepper which took a lot of effort to find in that era.

After she bought these ingredients, she went back to the chicken stall and the owner had already collected more than ten chicken’s feet for her.

Chicken feet had less flesh on them, so few people were willing to eat them. Everyone was here to buy the meaty parts of a chicken and some of the chicken feet were free while the others were sold. It was rare for someone like Ye Xiaoxian to come and buy chicken feet specially, even with a higher price. The owner could not have been happier.

Ye Xiaoxian also asked the owner to save as many chicken feet as possible for her tomorrow.