People are like this, with the nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, bullying the weak and fearing the hard. If you look at it as a trading team of a big tribe, who would dare to offend? It's too late to be polite.
So, it's been a smooth ride all the way.
Although the official trading day has not yet arrived, there are already many stalls in the market.
Xu Yin took the lead and walked in front, watching as she walked, feeling like visiting a street stall.
Among the people setting up stalls, I wonder if there are any gamers like her, or are they all NPCs?
After walking around for a while, I almost got an idea of the market: wild fruits and vegetables were the most popular, followed by stone pots, stone knives, animal meat, animal skins, etc., but the ones on display were all not-so-high-quality animal skins.
Ariel shook his head towards Achun: "I didn't see any beautiful long-haired animal skins."
"Just wait a little longer, it's not the official trading day yet."
Xu Yin listened for a while, turned around and asked the couple: "Do you want to change to long-haired animal skins?"
"..."
Xu Yin saw them stunned and nodded in understanding: "Yes, we really need to keep warm in winter. It would be great if we could find cotton..."
Suddenly I remembered, wasn’t the stretch of reeds along the shallow river beach where we rested the night before yesterday?
Starry eyes lit up instantly: Yes! If there is no cotton, reed flowers will do!
I immediately decided to stay in the reed swamp for a day on the return trip, cut more reed flowers and tie them into reed mats and quilts. If possible, I would also design a reed jacket with better wrapping properties for the tribal people.
It was still early before the return trip, and the trade fair would be held for ten days. During these ten days, people from other tribes came one after another to set up stalls and exchange their surplus supplies with each other.
The supplies brought by Xu Yin and his party were the most popular.
The salt brought out by other tribes is yellow and black with a lot of impurities, but the salt she brought out is white, free of impurities, and has the highest saltiness;
Other tribes brought out stone and wooden tools, but she brought out pottery.
Pottery, which is lighter and more convenient than stone pots and more exquisite than wood and can withstand high temperatures, has attracted countless people.
The price is indeed not cheap, but it is not as expensive as they imagined. Five pieces of ordinary animal skins or one piece of long-haired animal skins can take away a large clay pot. The smallest pottery bowl can be taken away with an ordinary animal skin.
On the contrary, the small bottle of hemostatic powder is the most expensive and requires two pieces of long-haired animal skins to exchange.
Of course, there are good and bad quality of long-haired animal skins. The skins of long-haired foxes or long-haired white bears hunted from the cold northern regions can be worth three to five pieces of long-haired rabbit skins.
Everyone flocked to it. The soft and smooth fox skin or the warm and warm white bear skin were hard to come by. Who couldn't get a piece of long-haired rabbit skin?
"I have a long-haired animal hide, I want a clay pot instead!"
"I have two pieces of long-haired animal skins. In exchange for two clay pots, can you give me a clay bowl?"
"How many clay pots can I exchange for this pile of ordinary animal skins?"
The pottery brought by the Xu tribe and the Kuahe tribe during this trip was sold out on the first day of the market.
"Huh? No more? I went to collect some animal skins and wanted to bring them back with a clay pot."
"The pottery is really gone. Do you want Zhixue Powder?" Seeing that no one was interested in Zhixue Powder, Xu Yin took the initiative to recommend it.
"Zhixue Powder? What's it used for?"
"If you are scratched by a ferocious beast or injured by a fall, when the bleeding stops, sprinkle Hemostasis on the wound to stop the bleeding quickly."
"real or fake?"
"Is this a magic medicine?"
Everyone didn't believe it at first. How could the witch doctor's magic medicine be easily traded?
Until a member of the central tribe accidentally fell into the river and was bitten by a water animal. He dragged his bloody legs back to the tribe. In the past, in this situation, he had to either ask the witch doctor to give him medicine or wait to die.
In the mood to give it a try, his son took two pieces of long-haired animal skins and exchanged them for a bottle to stop the bleeding. The next day, he heard that the leg was no longer bleeding, and there was no redness, swelling or pus. On the third day, the wound had scabbed. .
So, is it really a miracle medicine?
It’s definitely a miracle medicine, so what are you waiting for!
A swarm of swarms of people flocked to Xu’s tribe’s stall:
"I want a bottle of styptic powder!"
"Two bottles for me!"
Things that can save lives, no matter how expensive they are, will still be snatched up by people.
This time it was faster. In less than half a day, all the hemostatic powder he brought was replaced with animal skins.
Those who didn't grab it squatted in front of the stall and refused to leave: "Is it really gone? I'm just a step late. I have animal skins and several long-haired ones."
Xu Yin: "..."
Judging by her voice and figure, she was obviously a woman, but she was a tall and sturdy woman, two heads taller than Xu Yin.
"I'm really sorry. The pottery and styptic powder have all been replaced."
"Then what else do you have?"
"...Do you want straw sandals?"
Xu Yin saw that she was wrapped in an animal skin, but her feet were bare, and her heels were seriously cracked, so she recommended straw sandals that no one was interested in yet.
After the women of the Xu tribe learned to weave straw sandals from her, they would sit down and weave them when they had free time. Just like some girls who like to play with ropes, they loved weaving straw sandals and weaving them into flowers.
Today's straw sandals are no longer the simple ones she wore when she first came here. They are not only strong, but also very delicate and beautiful.
“What are straw sandals for?”
"It's the same as my feet. It protects my feet and keeps them warm when the weather gets cold."
"I don't know how to do it?"
"I teach you."
After Xu Yin taught her to put it on, the other party stood up and stamped her feet. She seemed a little uncomfortable, but it was indeed very warm. She immediately opened the large package of animal skins twisted in her hands and took out a piece of super thick and warm long-haired animal skin.
"Here, this is the best animal skin I have hunted this year. Can I exchange it for two pairs? I also have a younger brother."
Xu Yin: "..."
Sisters, you are too honest. For such a big piece of long-haired animal skin, let alone two pairs, you can take it all.
Xu Yin found out the straw sandals suitable for her and her brother according to the foot shape she said and put them in them: "Look at what else you need. You can take whatever you want. If you don't want it, I will put some salt in it for you."
The other party hurriedly waved his hand: "I can't afford such a good long-haired animal skin anymore. I have three pieces of ordinary long-haired animal skins and five pieces of short-haired animal skins left. I can't exchange for this much, right?"
Xu Yin smiled and said: "The piece you gave me is worth so much."
"Ah, so that's it!"
The other party happily took the eight pairs of straw sandals and a small bottle of salt. The small bottle containing the salt seemed to be made of pottery, which made her even happier.
As a result, many people flocked to Xu Yin's stall:
"Are straw sandals really warm?"
"Can a piece of short-haired animal skin be exchanged for a pair of straw sandals? Then I want a pair."
"Can I exchange it for something else? I have some fruit. This fruit is delicious."
Xu Yin glanced at the fruit handed over by the other party. It was red and looked like an apple. The other party thought she was worried about the poison, so she took one and ate it, "Just eat it like this. It tastes great."
Xu Yin wiped it clean and took a bite. It was really a wild apple.
"How many of these do you have?"
"There are so many more." The other party opened the animal skin package and showed it to her. There were a dozen more, but they were not as big as the ones he took out.
Xu Yin asked for both and gave him two pairs of straw sandals.
As soon as they saw that the fruit could be exchanged, the people who were squatting nearby and watching without animal skins in their hands also rushed over.
A few people also took out handfuls of wild vegetables. Since the fruit can be exchanged, can wild vegetables be used?
(End of chapter)
