Chapter 168. Hoard, hoard, hoard
Even so, it still took almost an extra hour longer than usual to reach the county town.
Fortunately, the town gates stayed open longer due to the long summer days, and Hua Chengtian and his daughter luckily managed to enter with the last group of people just as night fell.
They habitually went to their usual inn, where the shopkeeper, upon seeing this familiar father and daughter, couldn’t help but twitch his mouth a few times, skillfully opened a medium-sized room without asking.
"Hello, Uncle Shopkeeper," said Hua Jin with a radiant smile. Facing such an infectious smile, the shopkeeper couldn’t help but smile back. As long as she didn’t ask him to buy ox tendons, the shopkeeper quite liked this mature and endearing girl.
Hua Chengtian swiftly paid the deposit, then ordered food and took his daughter back to their room to eat.
After dinner, he had the staff clean up, and exhausted from the day, they washed up and went to sleep.
Early the next morning, Hua Jin emerged from her space, greeted Uncle Shopkeeper, and had breakfast with her father before setting out with the ox cart for a whole day.
Throughout the day, the father and daughter visited every grain shop on the main street.
The primary staples like white flour, rice, millet, brown flour, and broken brown rice were bought in the largest quantities. They purchased fifty stones from each shop, spending 180 silver coins in the process, followed by black flour, soybeans, mung beans, and various other grains, buying ten stones each, costing several dozen more silver coins.
They found a secluded forest spot to prevent vendors from delivering goods there, a location that took considerable time to find.