Liu Wanwan was somewhat surprised to see him back so quickly. When she saw the three buns, she accepted them with slightly reddened cheeks.
It really seemed as though she had become a pampered young miss who only needed to open her mouth for food.
Little Bean Sprout was already awake, rubbing her eyes. The moment she saw the meat buns, she perked right up.
Little Purple Sable darted out from the corner and circled Fang Yuan's feet, its bright black eyes fixed on the oil-paper parcel in his hand.
"I haven't forgotten yours!"
After settling things at home, Fang Yuan headed back out.
He found a beef stall by the roadside and sat down, ordering a large bowl of hot soup and three thick baked flatbreads.
The broth was rich and fragrant, the flatbreads crisp and aromatic. He ate quickly, barely managing to fill his stomach.
When it was time to pay, he took out eight copper coins and handed them to the waiter, quietly shaking his head. The prices in this county town really aren't cheap.
That breakfast alone had cost fifteen copper coins. At that rate, meals for a family of three would cost around fifty copper coins a day.
As a martial artist, he expended a great deal of energy and needed extra meals with meat now and then. The expense would climb toward eighty copper coins.
The prices in this county town truly were high.
If they ate like this every meal, food alone would cost fifty copper coins a day.
Training in martial arts consumed plenty of energy, and he would need extra meals from time to time. Eighty copper coins probably would not even cover it.
Fang Yuan calculated in silence.
For a family of three to live comfortably in the county town,