strictlysupreme Chapter 123: The Commoners That Ran Away
Chapter 123: The Commoners That Ran Away
Chapter 123: The Commoners That Ran Away
The group of merchants lined up, but as soon as they did, the commoners all ran away.
Oh ya? These commoners are quite good. They actually know they let us go first.
Indeed. The commoners in the kingdom needed us to make them go away.
The merchants originally didnt want to line up, but unfortunately for them, Buff was staring at them, and they didnt dare to be arrogant in someone elses territory. Besides, they werent nobles, just merchants. If they provoke the noble in this territory, they might not have to die with their connections, but they would still have to pay a large amount of money, which was something that they didnt want.
How could Buff not keep an eye on them? Not only did the merchants not know what to do, some of them even intended to spit, which wasnt something that he could tolerate.
Buff had spat just the previous day, but his grandson saw it and lectured him, saying that educated people should be able to control themselves and that Weya had taught them that spitting was unhygienic.
After being lectured by his grandson, Buff needed to lecture someone else and be an educated, self-controlling person.
Unfortunately for him, the merchants were all quick-witted. Before doing anything, they would glance around first to see if there were hints that they werent allowed to do certain things. They saw the sign saying that spitting on the ground was not allowed, so they swallowed their saliva. They even grinned at Buff. Buff froze because of his preconceived notion that the merchants would do something unacceptable.
After all, the citizens of West Sun City just spat whenever they wanted- they just restrained themselves slightly after being lectured by their children.
Trying to change peoples habits within a dozen days wasnt easy. That was why Liu Feng had started with the children first and planned to influence the adults later.
Ugh so stinky. Forget it, lets go, I dont have any appetite left to eat.
So stinky. They must not have bathed for at least a month, just like I did previously.
Yeah! I dont even know how we used to live was that.
The merchants heard those words constantly. This made them stunned. So these commoners left because they lost their appetites from how smelly we are?
The merchants looked at the commoners walk away with their noses covered. The commoners that were closest to them would walk the fastest. It was as if they were human-shaped, stinky, rotten eggs.
Hey hey! Since when do commoners despise us?
Okay, that would be a total of two copper coins and five steel coins. The clerk quickly bagged five meat buns, got three copper coins from Tory, and gave Tory five steel coins.
Tory took the meat buns and ran away with his wife and son. He felt that the meat buns would stink if he stayed any longer.
There hadnt been a problem before, but after the commoners had mentioned it, everything was stinky to him- even his own wife.
The bun store clerk looked at the merchant in front of him, blinked his eyes, and forced himself to not breathe too much. Customer, what do you need how many meat buns?
The merchant was speechless. I heard that there were multiple buns just a few seconds ago when I was in line. So how come I can only buy meat buns and dont get any other option?
Two meat buns, the merchant said. He felt that the world was targeting him. Isnt it just not bathing for a few months? Thats how everyone is.
One copper coin! the clerk quickly bagged the buns and handed them to the merchant and took the copper coin.
Im not a beast. I kind of want to go find a place to take a bath, the merchant thought as he took the buns.
Um, customer, theres a public bathhouse on the other street. You can go and take a bath there, the clerk said out of kindness.
The merchant nodded silently, deciding to go take a bath.
Tory also heard that and decided to go and take a bath in the public bathhouse right after he visited Liu Feng.
This must be what makes West Sun City different!
Authors Notes:
(). Ive researched about bathing in the middle ages. It was a stinky era. It had a lot of titles, including Not Washing For Thousand Years. Readers that are interested can go and search it up. Cough cough Ill go and take a shower first and calm down.
Translators Notes:
Tsk. I was going to go to bed but my dad started clapping while running on the treadmill, and I knew that I wouldnt be able to fall asleep so I decided to stay awake and translate. I can finally go to sleep now.