Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 564 Collecting Servant (2)_1

Chapter 564: Chapter 564 Collecting Servant (2)_1

"And I’ll take two jin..."

Once the first sale was made, soon came the second and third...

Some people with ulterior motives stood aside, waiting for the Meng slaves to sell the leftover beef cheaper than they could bag a piece and take it home for a treat.

Cai Wei slowly moved in the line. She was supposed to wait quite a while before her turn, but because several people in front of her had gone to buy beef, it got to her relatively quickly.

"Miss, what kind of filling do you want to buy? How many?"

The owner of the bun shop greeted her enthusiastically, with a smile on his face.

After a thought, Cai Wei said, "I’ll have twenty meat-filled ones, and twenty veggie ones!"

"Alright, coming right up!"

The owner efficiently fetched two hot, steamy bamboo steamers from the back and opened them up.

A unique aroma wafted up right away, a blend of the fragrance of meat, the scent of flour, and something else indescribable.

Cai Wei curiously noticed that under the bamboo steamer weren’t ordinary steamer cloths or corn leaves often used by the people of the northeast to steam things, but tender lettuce leaves. The lettuce had turned a slight yellow due to the steaming, but a light scent of vegetables was still detectable.

The white dumplings were different from others too, their skins trembled slightly as the owner packed them up, as if they were filled with water.

"Why are the buns trembling?" Cai Wei asked curiously, laughing.

Looking confused, the owner replied, "Miss, is this your first time eating our buns? Don’t you know our buns are soup dumplings?"

Soup dumplings? In this dynasty, there were already soup dumplings?

Cai Wei stuck out her tongue in surprise, and instantly admired the wisdom of the ancient laborers.

The owner of the bun shop deftly packed the forty buns that Cai Wei requested into a carryout bag, then handed her a handful of clean wheat straws of the length of a finger, neatly packaged in an oil paper wrapper.

"Miss, remember to first stick a straw into the bun and suck up the soup, then eat the bun. Otherwise, the soup inside the bun will splash onto your face!"

"Hmm, got it. Thanks for the reminder!"

Cai Wei agreed with a keen interest, picked up her bag of buns, and walked out of the bun shop.

Outside the shop, the two Meng slaves were still hawking. Not much beef was left in their backs, and the crowd around buying meat reduced. It was not as bustling as before.

Cai Wei walked over, looked at the beef in the basket, and said to the two Meng slaves, "How much is left? I’ll take all!"

"Are you serious, miss?"

The two excited Meng men replied, "We have about one hundred and forty or fifty jin of meat left. Are you sure you want all?"

Cai Wei nodded her head, "Yes, I’ll take it all. But, you have to help me deliver it to my residence!"

"No problem!"

Having such a big spender all of a sudden, taking all their meat, saved them from cutting it bit by bit and also from arguing with the townsfolk over the scales. The two Meng slaves were, naturally, extremely delighted. They immediately put away their meat-cutting knives in their belts and shouted to the onlookers, "No more for sale, no more for sale, everyone disperse..."

Some townsfolk were dissatisfied, complaining, "I wanted to buy a piece for entertaining guests, but someone beat me to it!"

Another one grumbled bitterly, "What can you do when you’re outbid? We the poor can’t compete with the loaded ones, can we?"