Disaster Apocalypse: Farming, Family, and My Hidden Secret Space-Chapter 50. Here’s an opportunity for you

"Peddler, give me a set of needles and thread."

"And a small bag of malt sugar please."

"I’ll take two pounds of fine flour."

"I want four ounces of coarse salt."

"Give me three pieces of mung bean cake."

"Do you have a knife?"

"Mom, that hair tie is so pretty!"

"Mom, I want sugar painting human figures."

When Hua Jin was pulled over by her younger brother, she witnessed this bustling scene.

A peddler with a mule cart was surrounded by a crowd of people, chattering incessantly.

The rare thing was that the peddler could understand clearly and was smilingly accommodating everyone, accurately taking out the items each person needed.

Hua Jin glanced more at the mule cart; having a vehicle, huh, it seems business is really good.

"Sis, hurry up," Xiaosi was a bit impatient.

The main reason was that there were more and more people around the mule cart, and he was worried that the slingshot he had his eye on would be bought by someone else.

This time Hua Jin didn’t tease Xiaosi; she was also quite curious about the things on the mule cart and walked forward obediently.

"Jin girl is here too," an acquaintance, Auntie, smiled and greeted with a few extra glances at Hua Jin because the girl was just so good-looking.

"Hua Jin..."

Just as she was greeting the familiar aunties and grannies, Hua Jin felt a tug on her clothes and turned her head to find it was Sister Kitten and the others.

"Sister Kitten, Sister Daya... you all came too," Hua Jin smilingly recognized and called out to the little girls one by one.

Hua Jin had a good impression of these girls, all capable little girls, who might have a little small scheming but no bad intentions.

"Yes, yes, we came to deliver goods." The girls were a little surprised that Hua Jin came too, pleasantly surprised.

"Deliver goods?" In her confusion, she saw Sister Kitten pointing at the neatly arranged various knots on the cart and instantly understood.

"You guys are amazing?" Hua Jin sincerely said.

Poor kids take on responsibilities early; this saying is indeed true.

"Amazing for what?" Sister Kitten said bashfully with a smile, "It doesn’t earn much, just some needles and thread money."

"That’s amazing enough!" Truly poor kids become responsible early, Hua Jin couldn’t help sighing while talking.

"Sis..." Xiaosi couldn’t hold back any longer, watching his sister chatting away, he reminded urgently, his wavering gaze repeatedly directing towards the slingshot as a reminder.

"Sister Kitten, you guys go ahead with your delivery; I’ll just look around." Helplessly retracting her gaze and glaring at her brother, Hua Jin looked up at what Xiaosi was staring at on the cart... the slingshot.

It’s made of bamboo; she couldn’t tell how powerful it was, but the bright colors looked pretty decent. With not much technical content, she reckoned with dad’s ability to make things, it should be fine.

Indeed, whether men or boys, they have a natural love for weapons; Hua Jin noticed that the eyes of the boys around the mule cart were almost glued on it.

Completely ignoring the expectant look from her brother, Hua Jin also eagerly inquired about the items on the mule cart.

Indeed, being a wandering peddler, the things he sold were varied, almost covering everything.

From life necessities like grains to various pastries, no matter if it was condiments like salt, needles, scissors, iron pots, farm tools, or food, entertainment, and clothing items, there was everything, even paper for reading and writing.

The items were comprehensive, yet there wasn’t really anything at home lacking; after a look through, nothing really piqued Hua Jin’s interest.

Grains were recently harvested and didn’t need to be bought, and these snacks were just purchased during the market a few days back. Pastries and malt sugar were all there.

As for hair ties and silk flowers that girls liked, Hua Jin wasn’t interested in those either.

"Sis, is there anything you want?" Xiaosi poked his sister, his eye occasionally drifting towards the slingshot.

Hua Jin shook her head; if there were a few books, she might take some interest in looking.

Hmm, she decided that she would go to the bookstore after selling the patterns tomorrow to have a look; if there were books on the geography and customs of Ancient Yan Country, that would be even better.

"Sis... really nothing?" Xiaosi, unwilling to give up, asked again.

Hua Jin firmly shook her head.

Xiaosi, unwilling, kept letting his gaze drift towards the slingshot, then biting his lip, he said, "Sis, uh, I’ve got my eye on something... I want that slingshot," Xiaosi pointed to the slingshot on the shelf.

"You want me to help you buy it?" Hua Jin raised her eyebrow.

She thought the little guy finally said it.

Xiaosi quickly nodded, looking at his sister with expectation.

"How do you think you’d pull that off, your sister, I don’t have money," Hua Jin, without considering, decisively refused.

Although she didn’t care about those few copper coins, she couldn’t cultivate a bad habit of getting things for nothing for this guy.

"Sister..." Xiaosi, for the slingshot, really tried hard, looking at his sister pathetically, "Sis... consider it a loan, could we?"

He wanted it so badly; with a slingshot, he could hunt birds, hunt game, and most importantly, no one in the village had one. He imagined the envious gazes of the village kids.

"Can’t Dad make one?"

If Dad could make one, why waste this money?

Besides, there were also some in the space.

The main thing was that this item didn’t have much technical content!

Xiaosi pouted, looking at his sister with grievance.

If Dad were willing to help make one, could he want it so much?

Looking at Xiaosi, Hua Jin had a flash of inspiration.

"Dad is probably afraid you’ll hurt someone," she said with certainty.

The main thing was that Xiaosi was too mischievous.

"Not true, Sister, I’m not stupid; I just want it to shoot birds, I would definitely not aim at people, I can promise," Xiaosi pat his not-so-solid little chest.

"Why do I find that a little hard to believe?" Hua Jin side-eyed her brother.

"Sis..." Xiaosi posed a wounded look, pitifully gazing at his sister.

"Calling me Sister is useless," she said, though she still looked toward the peddler and asked, "Uncle, how much are the slingshots over there?"

Xiaosi became a little excited.

The peddler glanced over with a smile and said, "Just twenty coins."

Hua Jin immediately cast her brother a helpless look.

Leaving aside whether they could buy it, the problem was that they couldn’t afford it now.

Upon hearing the price, the light in Xiaosi’s eyes dimmed with a bit of disappointment; he also thought his sister’s Silver Coin might be enough.

"Young lady, do you want it?" The peddler asked as he saw the girl wearing clothes without patches.

Seeing her shake her head without much disappointment, after all, the slingshot was indeed not cheap, he hadn’t stocked too many.

Ultimately, unable to bear seeing her brother’s disappointed little expression, Hua Jin pulled Xiaosi out of the crowd, thought it over, and said, "Do you really want it?"

Xiaosi quickly nodded.

"Alright, Sister promises to definitely get you one, but..."

Xiaosi was both thrilled and nervous, waiting for his sister to continue speaking. freewebnσvel.cøm

"But we have to make an agreement in advance."

"Sister, no matter how many rules, Xiaosi agrees to them all," Xiaosi became a little excited again.

Isn’t this just like what big brother once called "Willow something-what Village"?

"Actually, it’s not hard. From now until the end of the month, which is over twenty days, Sister will give you a chance to prove yourself. During this time, you must complete the assignments the brothers set for you on time, and ensure no one from the village comes to the house to complain about you. Then Sister will give you a slingshot."

Xiaosi’s smile froze on his face. Truly, this is his real sister, looking at her as if he was about to cry without tears.

How could this be possible?

"Can’t do it? Then forget it." Hua Jin shrugged her shoulders and turned around to head home.

She remembered when she collected items in space, she seemed to have bought quite a few accessories too; Hua Jin was even thinking of asking Dad to help make one for her brother.

If he didn’t want it, then it just saved the trouble.

After all, the little brother wanting to get something for nothing was certainly not feasible this time; she needed to properly test his character.