Card: I Rebuild Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization in Another World

Chapter 8 Activating Cards

Shopkeeper Huang took out the tools for making cards and gave them to Jie Yuwei.

A set of tools includes special pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and various other materials.

"These materials should be enough for you to use for a while, right?" Manager Huang said to Xie Yuwei with a smile.

Xie Yuwei inspected each item; there were over a hundred sheets of paper alone, not to mention other materials. No wonder it cost a hundred taels of silver.

From these items, it's clear that Manager Huang has already given her the best price.

"That's enough, enough for me to use for a while," Xie Yuwei said.

As long as she can figure out the Black Snake Card, she can earn back the hundred taels.

After accepting the set of tools, Xie Yuwei gave Manager Huang one hundred taels of silver.

Having taken out this hundred taels, she only had thirty taels of silver left.

"Uncle Huang, I'd like to go to the general store," Xie Yuwei said.

She wanted to use the remaining money to buy some things for her family.

"Alright! I'll take you there." Manager Huang handed over the matter of Qi Pawnshop to his clerk and personally led Xie Yuwei to his general store.

On the way, he said to Xie Yuwei, "My wife is in charge of the grocery store. I'll take you there to get to know the people there, so you can get a discount next time you come to buy something."

"Thank you, Uncle Huang!" Xie Yuwei said shyly.

Manager Huang said, "What are you thanking me for? Your father and I are good friends, we've been through thick and thin together, so I can help with this little thing."

The two turned a corner and Huang led Xie Yuwei to a huge general store.

When the shopkeeper saw Manager Huang, she asked, "What brings you here so early in the morning?"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xie Yuwei, who was standing next to Manager Huang.

Manager Huang introduced her, saying, "Madam, this is Brother Yan's eldest daughter."

After sending Xie Yuwei home yesterday, he told his wife about Xie Yuwei. Neither of them realized that Xie Yan had been missing for two years.

"Oh my, is this Sister Wei?" Manager Huang's wife's surname is Li, and the people in town call her Manager Li or Lady Li.

Although Li Niangzi had never met Xie Yuwei, she often heard Xie Yan and his wife talk about this daughter.

She was indeed graceful and intelligent.

It's not easy for Yan Di and her husband to have survived for two years and still have her younger siblings with her.

Manager Huang said to his wife, "Sister Wei wants to buy some things for the house. Could you take a look for her? I'm going back to Qi Pawnshop now."

“Go! Go! Leave this to me!” said Madam Li.

After introducing Xie Yuwei to Madam Li, Manager Huang returned to Qi Pawnshop.

Madam Li knew that Xie Yuwei had obtained the box left by her father yesterday, so she knew that Xie Yuwei was rich.

She asked Xie Yuwei kindly, "What would you like, Sister Wei?"

The first thing Xie Yuwei thought of was the blanket on her bed.

She said to Li Niangzi, "I want to buy three quilts and six sets of clothes."

We bought some grain from my uncle's house, but we don't need it for the time being.

"And some seasonings!"

Last night, while cooking, she noticed there were no seasonings in the kitchen, and the food was bland and tasteless, which she found very unpleasant. Li Niangzi, understanding Yuwei's needs, quickly found what she required.

The three brand-new quilts were of very good quality, but the six sets of clothes were only about 60% new.

Seeing that Yuwei's gaze was fixed on the clothes that were about 60% new, Madam Li assumed that Yuwei was bothered by it, so she explained to her:

“Your parents aren’t home, and there’s no one to support you. If you buy new clothes, I’m afraid you won’t be able to protect them.”

"Don't be fooled by the fact that these six sets of clothes are only 60% new; the fabric is very good and they are very clean."

“You are Zhixue’s daughter, I won’t cheat you. All these things together, just give me ten taels of silver.”

Zhi Xue is the name of the original owner's mother. Xie Yuwei did not expect that Li Niangzi knew the original owner's mother.

"I can't accept this. The price is what it should be. If you lower the price like this, I won't dare to come again next time," Xie Yuwei said.

A brand new cotton quilt weighs three ounces, and a quilt made of this kind of fabric would weigh at least five ounces.

These things together would cost at least twenty taels of silver, so how could it be reasonable for Madam Li to only ask for ten taels?

Madam Li was taken aback. Seeing that Jian Yuwei was serious, and fearing that she might not dare to come again next time, in order to prevent her from being ripped off at other shops, she could only sincerely say:

"Alright! Then fifteen taels of silver, that's the cost price, so Auntie won't lose out."

"Thank you!" Xie Yuwei thanked Li Niangzi. She could feel Li Niangzi's kindness and knew that Li Niangzi really meant well for her.

Xie Yuwei spent fifteen taels of silver to buy these things. Looking at the pile of cotton quilts, Madam Li asked worriedly:
"Who did you come to town with? Can you take these things back with you? Do you want me to have them sent back to you?"

Xie Yuwei felt bad about troubling her, so she made up a lie: "I came with the villagers. We agreed to meet at the town gate, and they can help me take my things back."

Li Niangzi had no suspicions and helped Xie Yuwei deliver the things to the town gate.

She trusted Xie Yuwei so much mainly because she didn't expect Xie Yuwei to dare to come to town alone.

At the town gate, Xie Yuwei saw off Li Niangzi's people.

It was still early morning, and there weren't many people around the town gate. When no one was paying attention to her, Xie Yuwei moved the items little by little to a secluded corner and then put them into the space of the strange stone.

After storing the items in her spatial storage, Xie Yuwei quietly returned to Nanwen Village alone.

On her way back, she encountered the Mad Chicken again.

The Mad Chicken is a maddening magical chicken. When it goes berserk, it emits demonic energy that can corrupt a person's body and mind. Its pecking attacks are extremely fierce; once it pecks a person, a piece of flesh will be torn off, and the wound will become tainted with demonic energy.

This monster isn't high-level; most basic battle cards can handle it.

It poses no threat to card masters, but it is a nightmare for ordinary people.

Yesterday, Jie Yuwei learned that Jie Bei could kill the Mad Demon Chicken with just one Crimson Chicken card, so she brought a Crimson Chicken card with her when she went out this morning.

When she encountered the Mad Chicken, she imitated Jie Bei's card activation method and activated the Crimson Chicken card, and a fighting chicken with its whole body glowing red appeared.

After activating the card, Jie Yuwei discovered that the Crimson Chicken would not attack enemies on its own initiative and required her to control it with her mind.

When she was controlling the Crimson Chicken, she discovered that the cards would consume her energy.

Upon activating the card for the first time, Jie Yuwei learned about its attributes and principles.

"Go! Kill it!"

Jie Yuwei didn't know how people in this world controlled card battles. After playing games for so many years and knowing the attributes of the Crimson Chicken, she quickly defeated the Mad Demon Chicken in the same way she played games.

(End of this chapter)