Chapter 262 Outskilled
Wufu and her servant left the inn in high spirits, first storing their luggage at the hostel and then heading to the Silver Bank. They exchanged a silver note for one hundred taels, a fifty taels note, as well as some silver pieces and copper coins, to make settling bills more convenient.
A trip to the grocery store was necessary; they needed to bring back some food. And since the weather was already turning autumnal, they would also buy some coarse cloth and cotton to start preparing their winter clothes.
Wufu also visited the jewelry shop. She wasn’t fond of buying jewelry for herself but enjoyed looking—after all, she was versed in that field, especially jade ornaments. Feeling pleased, she bought some exquisite silver ornaments, planning to give one each to Madam Zhou and Hongyu.
While she was happy, the simple-minded Hoo Die was furiously complaining to his master, Ninth Master.
"That cunning fox, he’s just too deceitful! I think he’s afraid that I’ll get the reward, so he told me to stay on guard while he went to report to the officials and conveniently claimed the reward for himself," Hoo Die grumbled indignantly. "Too crafty, at such a young age, how can he be so cunning and sly?"
Wufu’s actions had greatly irked Hoo Die, who felt duped, especially by someone he deemed inferior.
Too crafty!
In pursuit of the Flower-Picking Thief, he had worked tirelessly, single-handedly, only to have someone else snatch the prize right from under him!