The small family of two didn't have much possessions . Not even a single chicken to lay eggs for them . A baby chicken cost 5 copper coin and with the former ability of the original owner , the siblings couldn't afford to buy one . Gab however has a diverse thinking and could always come up with a lot of solutions to their impoverished situation . He could rely on the space but it couldn't be on long term so he had to learn to live without relying too much on the space .
When Rose climbed down from the tree . Gab handed the giant hawk and pheasant to her and decided to find the nest of the pheasant . A few walks later the two siblings found a nest of five pheasant eggs and two small pheasants .
When Rose's eyes landed on those two little pheasants her eyes shone brightly like stars and so Gab told her to raise the two pheasants properly so they can lay eggs for them in the future . Lifting up the nest , the two decided to walk back to their home .
The two decided to sell the hawk to the small market . Changing their clothes , the siblings lifted their own rattan bags and strode towards the town .
Along the way , several pairs of eyes looked at them making Gab who is not accostumed to the new environment feel uncomfortable . Rose perceived her brother's emotion so she held his hand and guided him to walk on the path .
When they past by Aunt Yassi's home . They saw two young boys running and playing . While Aunt Yassi was knitting a scarf while sitting on their doorstep .
Seeing the two siblings , the middle aged aunt who looked beautiful smiled at them . " Little Gab , Rose . Are you selling wild herbs to the market again? Why are you not selling firewoods this time? "
Rose smiled brightly at the aunt and shake the basket behind her . " I and my brother hunted some animals in the forest this time and are too tired to spend more time to collect woods to sell . "
Gab just watched as his younger sister talked with the stranger aunt . He couldn't talk causally to her since he doesn't really feel familiar with her . Fortunately though , Gabriel had always been silent and stoic making it more convenient to him .
" We'll be going ahead Aunt Yassi . " Rose waved her hand to the woman .
The woman gave her a gentle smile and also waved her hand . Rose them pulled Gabriel's hand and walked forward . Yassi only went back to knitting scarf after seeing them off .
After they walked away, Rose began talking about Aunt Yassi and her family . " Aunt Yassi is a gentle auntie in the village . The whole village liked her and the villagers seldom fight with her . "
" When we have nothing to eat last time , Yassi visited us and gave us two bowls of porridge and 10 copper coins to buy dinner . Brother , we owe her a favor . So when we get more money in the future , let's not forget to retun the small kindness she had given to us . "
Gab hearing such mature speech from a small child couldn't help feeling that Gabriel had raised Rose properly . They might be impoverished , at least this pair of siblings have a good moral .
Rose and Gabriel have never hunted an animal before . They have no such skill to do so , so Rose doesn't have any idea how much silver they could get out of selling the giant hawk .
The giant hawk could barely be put inside the big basket behind Gabriel's back , he only endured for a while until they entered a restaurant .
When a waiter found a pair of siblings in front of their doorsteps . The waiter immediately frowned and shooed them away .
" Go away! Don't expect us to give charity to you beggars . "
Rose's eyes turned red and shouted back . " We're not beggars! "
Gabriel immediately pulled Rose away and gave the waiter a cold glance before choosing another restaurant to sell the hawk .
Rose pouted and stump her feet to the ground . " That waiter is so hateful , brother . He told us that we're beggar and we're not welcome inside . He's so hateful , i want to ruin his face . "
Gab immediately patted her head to pacify her . " Don't worry , their restaurant isn't the only restaurant in town . "
And so the pair of siblings knocked on another restaurant's door . The door slowly opened as a fat man with small eyes peeked outside .
The fat man has a smiley eyes like a malicious character on anime but Gab didn't feel any such aura from the man .
" How may i help these two little ones ? " The fat man named Uncle Chub likes children very much so he smiled at the pair of cute little siblings standing in front of the door .
Rose seeing such benevolent smile from the man gave the fatty a very cute smile and revealed to him the animal behind Gab's back . " Brother , we hunted this hawk in the forest and wanted to sell it for a few coins to fill our stomach . Can you help us? " Rose blink her round brown eyes and pouted selling cuteness without any shame .
Gab standing at the back covered his mouth to restrain the rising corners of his mouth .
Uncle Chubby didn't expect that this pair of siblings would actually sell him something . He beckoned to them to step inside . Seeing the fatty's more considerate behavior , Gab's brows arc up in satisfaction and entered the restaurant together with his sister .
The two already have a discussion inside the house before as Rose said that she would be in charge of negotiating . Unexpectedly , this small girl can actually use her cute advantage to gain favor from the uncles and aunties .
Uncle Chub at first felt pity toward the siblings hearing that they had never eaten food ever since it rained yesterday . So he decided to bring the two for a meal for free , he didn't expect that the animal they hunted was legit .
Gab lifted the hawk off the basket and with a blag sound , the giant hawk was put over the wooden table , even creating a creak because of its weight . Uncle Chub gulped down hardly seeing such gigantic animal .
He had never seen such big animal before!! This is even bigger than a wild boar being sold to them by the hunters in the nearby village . With a shocked expression , Uncle Chub looked at the little girl beside the stoic faced brother and asked her . " How did you two hunted this heavenly beast? "
Rose seeing the shocked face of the manager smiled cheekily and chuckled . " We baited it , it is of course because of my brother's skill in hunting . "
Gab added suddenly . " We're lucky. "
Rose paused then agreed . " Yeah , we're lucky . "
" .... " Uncle Chub
No matter how you look at it , he just couldn't believe it . Maybe they are really correct , they ere just too lucky .
And so , Uncle Chub gave the siblings 12 silver coins and 99 copper coins . The sound of the small bag containing the money delighted Rose very much .
Rose stood up and shook hands with Uncle Chub . " When we hunted more animals in the future , we will going to sell them to you directly Brother Chub . "
Uncle Chub laughed heartily hearing such call of brother towards him . Everyone would always call him Uncle Chub , now thag a small girl called out Brother to him , he felt much younger than his real age . " Ok little girl , happy cooperation . "
" Happy Cooperation! "
Gab , the elder brother just watch from the sidelines as her younger sibling talked like a shrewd yet still immature businesswoman in front of the restaurant's manager . Gab couldn't help clicking his tongue .
Such sister must be treasured . When they exited the restaurant Rose only then woke up from the trance of recieving such big money . The moment they walked a few blocks away from the restaurant . Rose stood up and stared at her brother , " 12 silvers!!! Brother! Such big money , we can finally stop starving in this rainy season! "
Gab nodded and rubbed the little girl's head. " Let's cook the pheasant and buy a sack of rice . "
" En! " Rose vigorously nodded and pulled Gab to the grocery store to buy kitchen ingredients .
Gab actually doesn't want to buy those as he already had them in the space but Rose doesn't know about it so he could only compromise.
They bought a small jar of oil , soy sauce , vinegar , salt , sugar ea for a total of 59 copper of coins . They also went to a rice shop and bought a sack of rice for 1000 (1 silver ) copper of coins , the sack of rice contained 50 kilograms of rice that can last them for two months . If a large family bought a sack of rice , it wouldn't be long before it drained . The small family doesn't have many family members so the stock of rice can last for a longer time .
The siblings couldn't carry a lot of things so they stopped shopping after buying necessary things such as cheap soap , cheap herbal shampoo and power for washing clothes .
Gab carried a big sack of rice with some difficulties while little Rose carried small jars inside the baskets as they returned home . Rose was so happy that a bright smile could be seen upon her face.
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Clergy Ian also known as the lead matchmaker of the Willow Village wore a smile as he strode towards the slender man with red long hair bending down while scratching the soil for some unknown reason . Ian carries a big box within his hands and called out to the man .
" Mister Ryan Irvana , are you interested on finding your true love ? "
The loner suddenly lifted his head revealing a handsome face , his mesmerizing sharp glistening eyes stared at the smiling clergy . " True Love ... "
Clergy Ian laughed heartily and nodded . " Yes yes , true love . I heard from the neighborhood that you're already 18 years old? Aba you're already adult , you should marry already . "
Ryan shook his head . " I'm not interested in women . "
" I . Know . "
Ryan arc up his brows . " You know? "
" I know , of course we all know . It's your word of mouth these past few years in order to avoid getting matched with others . "
Ryan but his lower lip and sneered . Ian however did not give up and handed the infamous loner a red card .
" Boy , don't be shy . It's time to reproduce now , aren't you interested on raising your own cubs? We know you're capable , just try experiencing the new world of adult . "
Ryan subconsciously laughed at the words of the clergy and amusedly recieved the red card. " A'right , what should i do with this red thing . "
Ian immediately pull out a quill pen from the box and handed it to the handsome youth . " Put your thoughts on the paper for your future wife . I will travel around the nearby villages and give this box for them to pick up a card . If someone picked up your card , i will find a chance to let you meet . How about this , are you interested? "
Ryan recieved the quill pen and started writing on the card . " You better go to a village with the most number of pretty faces , or else i will send the person who unlucky picked mine to the heaven . "
Hearing the loner's words . Ian instead pf shivering from fright laughed instead . " Send him to heaven on the bed , you're just too fierce . "
Ryan looked at the foolish clergy and couldn't help saying out loud . " You don't look like a clergy at all . You're more like a con artist . "
" Woi! I'm doing decent job at matchmaking a'right . "
" I know "
Ryan thought for a moment before writing a gentlemanly words on the flirtation card .
' Solicits Correspondence '
- I hope my lady agrees to follow fate of becoming mine . This gentleman shamelessly desires to behold your beauty and embrace you within my warm embrace . Should we ever be married . This gentleman promises that i will take care of you for the rest of my life . -
Ian watching from the back couldn't help clicking his tongue and laughed . " Boy , you have guts to write such perverted thing out there ah . "
Ryan sneered and put the flirtation card inside the box. " This card obviously meants flirtation . The flesh of the card naturally has to be flirtatious too . "
", You have a point there . " Clergy Ian shook his shoulder and carried the box . " See you soon , I'll bring you your wife next day . "
" That fast? "
" My job is easy to finish and since you're the infamous loner of the village . I have to prioritize you . "
" Oh , that's good then . "
Ryan then went back to scratching the soil while pondering over some unknown things . Ryan wouldn't have thought that he will meet a rather fierce wife in the future .