ch 16.2 - Secret Gentleman (1/2)

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“Thank you, Innkeeper. Our quality won’t disappoint you!” Mrs. Cheng smiled and looked at him appreciatively.

“No problem, no matter how many goods you have, I can make that call!” The innkeeper was a straightforward person. He didn’t want to barter with the mother and daughter that he was already quite fond of. “Madam, I can buy all these from you right now. How about three taels and 30 wen?”

“Sure, no problem!”

Even though they had more items this time, and they didn’t fetch a sky-high price like they did last time, but Mrs. Cheng was more comfortable with what they were offered today. After all, this was the market price these days.

The innkeeper quickly had the server came and moved all the goods inside and paid Mrs. Cheng right away. Mrs. Cheng thanked him again.

The five of them bid the innkeeper farewell and left in their wagon. They needed to purchase items for their own need.

They circled around the streets a few times and made a lot of purchases. In the meantime they have passed several of the servants of Ning House. Unfortunately they didn’t know these were the people they were looking for. They were looking for a mother and daughter, and didn’t expect a mother with four kids!

After they have left town in their wagon, a young special guest of the inn had rose and placed his lunch order. He needed to get on his way after lunch. He told the innkeeper to bring him a couple dishes of whatever he’d recommend.