From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!
Chapter 125 - 126 Selling Black Mink (Extra Update)

Chapter 125: Chapter 126 Selling Black Mink (Extra Update)

After a long while, the old woman’s emotions finally returned to normal, and she wore a smile on her face again, looking at Mu Shuangshuang with great satisfaction.

"Thank you, young girl!"

"It’s not necessary; in such hot weather, you’d better go back early. If you fall ill from exhaustion, it will only sadden those who care about you."

Upon hearing Mu Shuangshuang’s words, the old woman’s expression softened as she replied, "I really like you, and if you have the chance, you should come to our house. I’ll tell you about the past my husband and I shared."

"Mother, what are you saying? Is it worth inviting a village girl over like this? If people find out, wouldn’t our Old Xue Family become a laughingstock?"

"How insolent, the Xue family’s house was built for me by your eldest brother. Whoever I say can visit, can visit. Besides, are you looking down on village girls?

Your mother was a village girl, even now in old age still a village girl. If you dare talk nonsense again, don’t blame me if I go to your eldest brother and have him drive you out."

The old woman’s few admonishments left the middle-aged man subdued. He hung his head, standing aside, not daring to even breathe heavily, like a student being scolded by a parent.

At this moment, Mu Shuangshuang felt that the old woman before her wasn’t simply an ordinary merchant’s mother.

The Xue family seemed not quite ordinary.

Perhaps she ought to inquire more about the happenings in town.

"Yi’er, this young lady has a Black Mink to sell. See how much silver you can offer," Granny Xue suddenly said, after letting the middle-aged man stew for a while.

Granny Xue wasn’t joking when she said she liked Mu Shuangshuang, for Shuangshuang indeed gave her a warm feeling. Her husband had been gone for half a year, leaving her in deep sorrow and unable to eat or sleep, always wanting someone to talk to.

Yet her children at home never listened to her, always presumptuously offering her money or hiring a bunch of maids for her, none of which she wanted.

"Mother, but the business..." Xue Yi hadn’t finished speaking when he was startled by his mother’s gaze and quickly said, "Let me take a look at the Black Mink."

Lu Yuanfeng didn’t quite like this sudden Xue Yi, who spoke unpleasantly and seemed to disdain both him and Shuangshuang.

Mu Shuangshuang walked over to Lu Yuanfeng and picked up Little Black. Perhaps sensing it was about to be sold, Little Black suddenly let out a "hiss-hiss" of distress, showing it was afraid.

"This little thing’s fur is quite good, smooth and soft, and its eyes are clear. How about I offer eight taels of silver for this mink?"

Eight taels of silver, enough for these two to live well for one to two years, Xue Yi thought.

In his heart, he admired himself for thinking he was doing a good deed, and believed this time his mother wouldn’t scold him.

Xue Yi reached out, grabbed Little Black by the neck, lifting it directly, not caring about strangling it.

Little Black’s paws struggled incessantly, it looked pitifully at Mu Shuangshuang, seemingly pleading not to be sold.

"Hiss-hiss..."

"Hiss-hiss..."

"Hiss-hiss..."

Little Black’s cries grew more and more pitiable, even a layer of mist covered its clear eyes. Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t bear it anymore and snatched Little Black from Xue Yi’s hands. "I’m not selling it; it doesn’t like you!"

"..."

Xue Yi, who had never been refused before, immediately thought they were dissatisfied with the silver offered. "Twelve taels of silver, this little beast for me."

"I said no sale, no matter how much silver you offer."

"Twenty taels!" Xue Yi gritted his teeth.

"No sale!"

"Fifty taels!" Damn it, just throw it in the water. A Black Mink is worth at most fifteen taels, even if made into fabric, that’s the price. This time he spent dearly.

Xue Yi looked at Mu Shuangshuang with a smug face; he couldn’t believe with this price enough to buy a house in town and hire a few servants, the girl wouldn’t sell.

"Still not enough." Mu Shuangshuang shook her head firmly.

Fifty taels was surely a temptation, but since Little Black knew to plead with her, it showed it had spirit. Instead of making it into fabric, why not keep it?

Silver could always be earned, but such a spirited animal might never be seen again.

From the moment Mu Shuangshuang snatched Little Black away, the little creature burrowed into her arms, seemingly the safest place.

"You..." Xue Yi wanted to say something, but Granny Xue stopped him.

"Enough, Yi’er, the young lady doesn’t want to sell it. Why force her? You now go!"

"Mother, I..." Xue Yi felt extremely aggrieved; wasn’t it his mother who told him to buy the Black Mink? Why was he the one in the wrong now?

"What do you mean ’I’? Get moving, or don’t come back to the Xue family." Granny Xue’s words carried significant weight, and upon hearing them, Xue Yi scampered off immediately.

"Young lady, what’s your name? It’s rather impersonal to keep calling you ’young lady’ all the time."

"Granny, my name is Shuangshuang, this is my partner, Lu Yuanfeng, you can call him Fengzi."

"Madman?" Granny Xue eyed Lu Yuanfeng up and down. "He looks pretty normal to me."

"Granny, it’s not the ’mad’ of madness, but the ’Feng’ of harvest. He’s really good-hearted," Mu Shuangshuang said with a laugh.

"Alright, I’ll remember that, Shuangshuang, I must go back now, but you must come to my house, you must..."

After finishing her words, Granny Xue reluctantly departed, leaving an unattended tea stall.

The Xue family indeed didn’t lack money, so leaving a tea stall here was no big deal.

Little Black returned to normal with the departure of strangers.

At this moment, it lay quietly in Shuangshuang’s arms like a baby, occasionally stretching out a paw to tug at Shuangshuang’s hanging hair.

"Lu Yuanfeng, do you think my brain got stuck in a door? Damn it, fifty taels just vanished at one look from this little creature."

Lu Yuanfeng didn’t see it that way. "Since it’s with us now, we should just take care of it. Silver we can continue to earn."

"That’s true, fifty taels of silver might take a few years to earn back, but Little Black, well...

I’ve decided, I’ll take it hunting next time. It crawled into the rabbit hole last time, proving this little thing could help me catch rabbits."

"I figured it; fifty taels of silver means it has to catch eight hundred and thirty-three rabbits for me, or else... humph humph!"

Little Black shivered for no reason in her arms! (Darn it, why does it feel like there’s killing intent?)

By this time, Lu Yuanfeng found it both amusing and exasperating. "Shuangshuang, you’re truly the most unusual girl I’ve ever seen."

"Of course, I’m one of a kind!"

Shuangshuang raised her chin with a smug look.

"Hold Little Black for a while; I’ll help write something to leave at the tea stall!"

Mu Shuangshuang took out a book and a brush from the wheelbarrow, then went to a nearby inn to borrow some ink.

After flipping through the book, she finally wrote out a few large characters on the paper and pasted it onto the wooden post of the tea stall!

(Extra Chapter added, asking for recommendation votes, mwa!)