Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

As it walked past Lin Yinan with difficulty, she casually threw a dime into the basin.

The brown bear looked up at her, its pair of dull black and white eyes, empty gaze, and pupils like dried-up springs without any life at all.

Lin Yinan was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to take a closer look, the little brown bear who had come to ask for a reward had already left with the porcelain basin in his hand.

A breeze blew by, and an indescribable smell entered my nose.

She frowned. The beast trainer was beating gongs and drums and had started a new round of shouting.

The brown bear that imitated human walking put down the reward obediently and walked in front of the trainer with its slightly tired body.

More and more people came, and Lin Yinan was pushed forward a few steps.

"Madam, there are too many people here, let's go."

Yun Shiyi and Qian Wu protected Lin Yinan on both sides, and both of them carried a large bag on their heads.

Lin Yinan and the other two forced their way out of the crowd.

"Madam, the bear's movements are just as tamed as a human, except that it can't speak." Qianwu excitedly talked about the interesting thing she had just seen.

Lin Yinan knew that these little animals were very pitiful. In order to tame them, the trainers simply used food or sticks to make them submit, and then practiced day after day. If they did not do it or did not do it well, they would be beaten.

Through such intensive training day after day, they gradually master and perform complex behavioral skills.

When she was a child, she watched a video of a baby elephant training performance. In order to teach the baby elephant to stand upside down, the trainer tied the baby elephant with ropes and pulled it with chains, allowing the baby elephant to use its head and forelimbs to support its huge body and stand upside down.

If the baby elephant cannot do it, they will pierce it with sharp thorns, which can be described as inhumane.

Such a difficult task is hard for humans to accomplish, let alone animals.

So just now, Lin Yinan subconsciously gave a dime.

The three of them walked out of the crowded street, and Yun Shiyi took the big bag from Qianwu.

Without the constraints of heavy bags, Qianwu would buy whatever delicious food she saw along the way.

She used the money she had saved to buy a lot of snacks, and she and Lin Yinan ate them while walking.

This scene made Lin Yinan feel as if he was in another world for a moment, as if he was back on campus shopping with his classmates.

"You stay here and protect the lady. I'll put the herbs away and be back soon."

Not far from the place where mule carts were stored in the city, Yun Shiyi prepared to put the things on the cart by himself.

"Okay, go quickly and come back soon. Qianwu and I will be waiting for you here."

Lin Yinan saw a few tables and chairs set up at a roadside stall nearby, with a sign that read "Xiangyinzi" (Fragrant Drinks), but there happened to be no one there at the moment.

She sat down on an empty table and chair. "Shopkeeper, what kind of drinks do you sell here?"

"Xiangyinzi is a summer-cooling tea made with plums, hawthorns and some herbs. It's sweet and sour, refreshing and can help relieve summer heat. Would you like a bowl, sir?" said the shopkeeper with a simple smile on his face.

"Two bowls then."

Behind the stall, a woman was washing the bowls that the customers had drunk from. She used a gourd ladle to scoop clean water from a bucket and rinsed it repeatedly until the bowls were clean.

The shop owner quickly brought out two bowls of reddish-brown cooling tea.

Lin Yinan picked it up and took a sip. The taste was elegant and fresh, sour with a hint of sweetness. His mouth felt cold after drinking it. Licorice and mint must have been added to the drink. It was indeed refreshing and heat-relief as the store owner said.

"Madam, this summer-cooling tea is delicious!" Qianwu was already exhausted after walking for such a long time.

"It tastes good, drink more."

Upon hearing this, Qian Wu drank the remaining tea in the bowl in one gulp and said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, give me another bowl."

"Good."

The shopkeeper took out a small jar from the large water tank and quickly filled Qianwu's bowl.

"Miss, would you like another bowl?" the shopkeeper asked Lin Yinan attentively.

"No, that's enough for me."

The shopkeeper still smiled and said, "Enjoy your meal, young lady."

Yun Shiyi came back soon without keeping them waiting for long, and Lin Yinan also ordered some cooling tea for him.

Qianwu and Yun Shiyi drank three bowls in a row before putting down their bowls. They rested for a while before continuing to go shopping.

While chatting with the shop owner just now, Lin Yinan had already asked where rice, flour, oil, meat and vegetables were sold.

There are no poultry farms on Chi'an Mountain. The secret guards and soldiers have been hunting wild animals for food during this period. We have to buy some meat for them to replenish their oil and water.

Turning into the alley specializing in selling meat and vegetables, there are two butcher shops.

Lin Yinan saw the first family, a sturdy man, chopping bones with a machete.

According to the shop owner who sells fragrant drinks, the sturdy man is named Song Da. Although he looks ferocious, he is a good person and always sells meat in full weight.

"Shopkeeper, how much is the meat?" Qian Wu walked forward to ask the price.

Song Da stopped chopping the bones and said, "Fifty cents a pound. The meat was just killed today, so it's very fresh."

Lin Yinan frowned, "So expensive?"

No wonder there is so much meat on the chopping board. At this price, ordinary people can hardly afford it.

The grain has not been harvested yet. After the rice in the fields is harvested and the grain is sold, some people will grit their teeth and buy some meat to satisfy their hunger.

Song Da grinned and said, "Madam, this price is not expensive. Some time ago, the price of meat rose to sixty cents."

"Can I get a discount if I order more?" Lin Yinan bargained directly.

"How much?" Song Da's eyes sparkled.

Although this lady was dressed simply, she was accompanied by guards and maids, and it was obvious that she was not an ordinary person.

Lin Yinan looked at another piece of pork on the table in his shop and said, "I want all the pork in your shop."

Song Da looked at the sky. It was almost noon and the people coming to the market were about to disperse. There would be even fewer people buying things in the afternoon.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Madam, I see you really want to buy it. Forty-five cents a pound, pork bones and offal will be the difference. I'll take a small loss."

"Boss, you're so nice! Then weigh them all for me."

Song Da ran to the back of the store and called his parents out for help.

The family of three cut the pork into pieces according to Lin Yinan's request, put them into sacks and weighed them. The total weight of the pig was no more than 150 kilograms.

A man with a shrewd yet vulgar look came forward, with a flattering smile on his face, and pointed at his butcher shop.

"Madam, do you need more meat? I still have meat in my store. Would you like to take a look?"

Following the direction of his finger, Lin Yinan saw the meat on his chopping board, which was slightly pale, with water dripping down the edge of the table from time to time.

What this guy is selling is actually water-injected meat.

Lin Yinan retracted his gaze and said expressionlessly: "No, we bought enough meat."

The rejected man was not angry, and still smiled and said: "Then Madam, remember to help us next time you come back."

After saying that, he spat viciously at Song Da and the others in the store and turned away.

Qianwu calculated the price and paid the money readily.

Ignoring the man's unreasonable provocation, Song Da gave Yun Shiyi a carrying pole to carry the pork.

Passing by a cloth shop, Lin Yinan wanted to buy some cloth to make two sets of clothes for Yun Shijiu.

Let Yun Shiyi go to the restaurant in front to wait for her and Qian Wu.

The cloth shop is not big, with only a few ready-made clothes hanging in the shop.