Assassin Farmer

Chapter 26-30

Chapter 26: Cutting Wood

The next morning, Su Shuilian and Lin Si Yao left for the large plaza, leaving the two wolves behind to play with the innkeeper's two kids at the inn.

After Su Shuilian offered to add meat soup to their dinner, the wolves obediently sat on the ground, allowing the kids to ride on their backs. When the mother of the children saw this, she decided to go back and tell her husband to perhaps give Su Shuilian and Lin Si Yao a discount since their dogs spent such quality time with their children.

And as for the wolves who were lying on the ground, they would remind themselves from time to time, Owner better not forget about her promise! We want to eat meat tonight!

Su Shuilian and Lin Si Yao went through multiple furniture stores. Although the furniture were all ready-made, the prices were not low. Just a two-meter long, well-carved bed paired with two small side drawers was thirty-two silvers. And to add a three drawer shoe cabinet was another two silver taels.

Seeing this, Su Shuilian was stunned. The house with two acres of land had only been fifteen silver, but just a few pieces of large furniture here already surpassed that price.

What Su Shuilian didn't realize was that all of the furniture on display were of the best quality and workmanship.

When the shop attendant finished with another customer and saw Su Shuilian's expression, he was able to guess what she was thinking fairly accurately.

"Is this Miss looking to buy some furniture?" asked the shop employee warmly. "Miss, the furniture out here are all our signature items. If you do not find these to your liking, we have more in the back."

Hearing this, Su Shuilian no longer minded the expensive furniture in front of her as she called Lin Si Yao over to follow her to the back of the store.

Sure enough, there were many pieces of simply-made furniture in the back. However, because these were already pre-made, the prices were still a bit high. Su Shuilian calculated that first to buy all of the necessary furniture would cost about eleven taels. That was way more than the five tales their hired carpenter had asked for to make every piece of furniture for their house.

Five taels ah. Su Shuilian sighed internally. From these prices in Fan Lou City, it was enough to feed a family of three for a full year. So why were these items so expensive?

"Miss, you do not know this, but in this city, there are no more than twenty carpenters. Most of the trees in the nearby forest have already been cut down, and the next closest forest is that beast-filled forest next to the Dashi Mountain. No one dares go there. Therefore, this city has to buy wood from neighboring cities, causing the prices to be exceptionally high now. To tell you the truth, Miss, our prices have yet to rise. You can even check, the two stores across the street have even higher prices." When the shop attendant saw Su Shuilain's brows furrow, he thought that she was dissatisfied with the prices here, so he added a few more words trying to coax her into buying their furniture.

Lin Si Yao pulled Su Shuilian closer and whispered in her ear, "Let's go back and talk." They made their way back to the inn.

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"Wha...What? No!" Even before Lin Si Yao finished his words, Su Shuilian had already made up her mind about his idea. The shop attendant already said that no one dared to go into that dangerous forest, yet he wanted to go in, to chop a few trees?! That's mad!

"Listen to me." Lin Si Yao sighed as he led Su Shuilian to a table to pour her a cup of hot tea. Since they had been out, they had yet to drink any water, and her soft lips were already dry.