Chapter 68 – Equilibrium

"Should we talk about money, now? How much do you sell your crops for?"

"We use the common price in this village. 50 coppers per kg for everything except fruits. Fruits are sold for 60 coppers per kg. If we add my commission, that'll be 70 coppers per kg."

That was half the price in Geola. With this, not only would we be able to acquire large quantities of food to sell, but we would also even increase our profit margin. Coming here was a great move.

"Great, it's fair. I think we have a deal. I'm looking forward to doing business with you."

"Same here. You can come back tomorrow morning to get your first batch of crops. We have a bit of stock in the warehouse so you can get more if you think you can sell everything. Preservation is already cast on everything we have in the warehouse so you don't need to worry about this."

"That's perfect."

"Do you have any other questions?"

I looked at the house's interior once again. There was indeed one thing I had been curious about all this while.

"I only have one more question but it isn't related to our deal."

"It's fine, ask away."

"I'm just a little bit curious about this house. It feels like there are many more rooms than needed. Is there any reason for that?"

This made the two parent bunnies laugh. Zay responded to me once more.

"It's a personal story but we don't mind telling you. When we married, Waja told me she wanted to have ten children. With us bunnies, we never know when a child can be born so we decided to build the house to host all the potential kids from the start. We haven't been blessed with that many children so far but it's not like we stopped trying. Hahaha!"

His final cackle sounded a bit vulgar but I understood its meaning. My ears had been the witnesses to their attempt just a while back.

"Oh, dear! What are you saying!"

This made the father chuckle even more while the two boys inserted themselves into the conversation.

"I want a little sister!"

"I want a little brother! I don't want to be the last one anymore!"

"Hehe, you'll get all of that, boys. Daddy and Mommy are trying hard every day."

This made Waja sigh but she couldn’t hide a small smile at the corner of her lips. Kuini, on the other hand, was more detached from the situation than the rest. Just like during the whole time, she just kept sending glances at me from time to time. I always replied with my best smile, which pushed her to look away, only to begin another round of peeking a minute later. It was like an infinite cycle, which her mother ended up noticing.

"Oh my, dear, look at Kuini. She's completely infatuated with our handsome merchant."

It was the first time someone called me handsome in the outer world, which I believed was used more to tease her daughter than to represent the truth. With so many species around, I had learned that people cared a lot less about physical appearance here, which made a lot of sense. No matter how one wanted to compare a small bunny and a large eight-legged species, they just had too little in common to be able to talk about being good or bad-looking.

"M-mom! I'm not!"

"Hahaha. What do you think about our daughter, Tila?"

"She's admirable. I can't help staring into her beautiful eyes all the time."

"What a smooth talker. As expected of a trader. But you're right about that!"

"Y-you're all teasing me!"

Kuini blushed hard and escaped in a hurry, entering one of the rooms in the large house.

I chatted with this cheerful family for a bit more before leaving them for the day. I ended up spending more time here than expected and the night market would open soon. I teleported back to Geola and set up my stall as usual, with the addition of my new items. The oven and fridge were quite bulky and I had no choice but to use most of the space that was allocated to me to be able to display all of them.

It didn't take long until my one and only client showed up. His eyes lit up as he noticed my presence, only to scowl again when he saw my updated price. They lit up for the second time when he observed I had new items for sale. I wondered what sort of excuse he came up with for his client when he didn't have any selnic item in his shop the previous day.

"Hello. You weren't here yesterday."

"Hello, sir. Yes, I was busy with other tasks and couldn't make it to the night market."

"Alright but why did you increase the price again? Isn't it too much?"

I was now selling the fans for 70 silvers, 20 more than two days ago. It was now getting close to his one gold if he hadn't increased his prices since then.

"Same reason as last time, sir."

I gave him an innocent grin while he grunted in annoyance. However, that didn't last long. His attention was soon taken by my new goods.

"8 golds and 15 golds. What are these items to be so expensive?"

Due to my limited budget, I only had three fridges and four ovens. They respectively cost me around ten and twenty times more than simple fans and I couldn't afford any more than this even when I wanted to.

"These are amazing selnic items, sir. The very latest technology, absolutely essential for any household. This smaller one is an oven, powered by batteries just like the fans. If used for cooking meals three times a day, it can last for around ten days before needing to be charged again. No need for fuel, no more smoke in your house, and it cooks anything swiftly without any additional cost. It is even possible to choose the cooking temperature! A revolutionary item, sir!"

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