Chapter 12: Staying Alive (1/2)
Chapter 12: Staying Alive
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
The villagers’ eyes instantly widened, each of their faces flushed bright red. What could excite one more than this precious gold?
A gold ingot in exchange for a Fire Plume Chicken? This is a gift from heaven!
To these villagers, even tiny pieces of broken silver were sufficient to cover a household’s monthly expenses.
This was an ingot of gold!
They could live off this for dozens of years! The eyes of each villager glimmered with greed.
Fang Zhengzhi was no exception.
”Gold!” Fang Zhengzhi instinctively shouted out loud. If not for the shouts of excitements of other villagers, he would have been exposed instantly.
Fang Zhengzhi was brimming with excitement, what kind of Fire Plume Chicken does Lolita like to eat?
This was too easy, wasn’t it the one he roasted?
Ha ha ha… I am going to earn a gold ingot!
Fang Zhengzhi grinned with delight.
Yet, after some consideration, he realised something was amiss…
Roasting a Fire Plume Chicken by himself was no problem, indeed, the ingredients were part of his family’s secret recipe. But what method should he use to pass the chicken to her?
”Hey, this is the Fire Plume Chicken I roasted. Let’s have a fair exchange of money and goods. Now pass me the gold!”
Fang Zhengzhi wasn’t stupid. If he proceeded as such, it was akin to suicide!
Enlisting the help of others?
Fang Zhengzhi quickly rejected this thought.
Firstly, if others were to carry out the exchange for him, getting the gold back from them would be a huge problem. Moreover, no matter how many people were involved in the exchange process, the Southern Mountain Village only consisted of over a hundred households. Given Lolita’s abilities, discovering the source of the chicken would be easy.
Sigh, I still can’t stay alive…
What to do, what to do?
Fang Zhengzhi hopped about in anxiety, but he couldn’t think of a suitable solution. Wait a minute, how about waiting till Lolita leaves the village, then stealthily leaving the chicken on the path towards the village entrance?
No!
What if Lolita plays cheat?
Even though this idea was indeed feasible, but it definitely wasn’t the safest. I have to get my hands on this gold ingot. She had already taken it out, it would be risky to allow her to take it back.
Fang Zhengzhi cried out silently. Lolita was definitely doing this on purpose, using gold to lure him into her trap. Yes, this was definitely the case.
But, the gold!
Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes were glimmering with greed. Even though he knew this was Lolita’s trap, but not claiming this gold ingot he was entitled to was unthinkable!
”Who cares, this might be Lolita’s trap, but I must get my hands on this gold!” As Fang Zhengzhi thought to himself, the excited villagers couldn't control themselves anymore and started to call out.