Courtyard House: Passing through the Silly Pillar, Activating the Blessed Cave Heaven

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"I heard your store specializes in wild game. My husband asked me to buy a few live sika deer, roe deer, and gazelles. I wonder if you have any in stock?"

"What a coincidence! All the items you requested are readily available in the store."

How many do you want? Are there any gender preferences?

"We need six sika deer, preferably paired; we also need six roe deer, preferably paired; we need eight gazelles, preferably paired, but if that's not possible, one male will do."

If you have it in stock, I'd like to take it today. I wonder if you could deliver it to my door?

"No problem, we can deliver to your door."

"But since you bought so many at once, you'll have to take good care of them when you get home, and make sure they don't die."

"It's alright. My master originally bought it to amuse the young master. Even if it dies, it can still be used to make soup."

"Could you calculate how much all of this will cost in total?"

"These are all adult wild game that you requested, and there's a considerable quantity of them, so I won't beat around the bush with you."

In those chaotic times of war, it took us a lot of effort to transport these wild animals into the city.

"Twenty game pieces, totaling two thousand silver dollars, we only accept cash."

He Yuzhu calculated in his mind that each one cost an average of one hundred silver dollars, which wasn't too expensive, but he didn't have enough cash on hand.

"This price is reasonable, but the master gave me US dollars, and I can't carry that much cash by myself."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he heard that he could pay in US dollars.

The price of the US dollar changes daily these days, making it much more valuable than silver dollars.

"If you're planning to pay in US dollars, I'll convert it to the current market rate for you. You can just give me two hundred US dollars."

"Okay, here's the delivery address, and here's two hundred US dollars. When will the delivery be ready?" He Yuzhu had already inquired about the exchange rate before coming; two thousand silver dollars were roughly equivalent to two hundred US dollars.

He took out the US dollars he had prepared beforehand from his pocket and handed them to the shopkeeper.

After carefully checking the authenticity of the banknotes, the shopkeeper immediately issued two receipts, stamped them with the shop's seal, and handed them to He Yuzhu.

"Please go back to your residence and wait. I will arrange for someone to deliver the goods to you right away."

Just give this receipt to the delivery person, and keep the other one for your own records.

He Yuzhu looked at the contents of the receipt: six adult sika deer, four adult roe deer, and ten adult yellow sheep, totaling two hundred US dollars.

He put the receipt in his pocket and turned to walk towards the house in Qudeng Hutong.

After returning to his house in Qudeng Hutong, He Yuzhu was worried about missing the delivery time and dared not enter the grotto.

So he simply started practicing Xingyi Quan in the courtyard.

After exchanging a few moves, they heard a knock on the door.

He opened the door and saw a man in his forties standing on the steps. Behind the man were three carriages and three coachmen.

"Did you order these goods from our shop? Could we see your receipt?" the man on the steps asked.

"It was ordered by my family, and this is the receipt issued by the shopkeeper." He Yuzhu took out the receipt and handed it over.

After carefully checking the receipt, the man said, "The goods are all on the truck. Where would be a suitable place to unload them?"

He Yuzhu was a little confused when he saw the man signal the drivers to lift the tarpaulin on the carriage.

It turned out that all the wild animals were tightly bound and kept in cages on the carriage.