The inn had suddenly gained three guests, and they were willing to pay generously. That meant three more mouths to feed, so the inn was bound to be short on ingredients.
So Aunt Li sent Li Xiaoyao to the market in the fishing village to see if he could buy some fresh fish, shrimp, and produce. After all, there was no such thing as a fridge in this era to preserve food. She couldn't just toss the ingredients into a freezer for months on end, like some hotels in the future did.
As the saying went, people who lived by the mountains ate from the mountains, and people who lived by the water ate from the water. Since this was a fishing village, naturally, the best thing to buy was fresh seafood. It was not only fresh but cheap, making it perfect for fooling guests who knew nothing about food.
As for lamb and pork, those were much harder to come by. In this feudal era of extreme scarcity, people didn't slaughter pigs and sheep every day. The butcher had only killed a pig the day before, so today he'd surely just have the leftovers that hadn't sold. Aunt Li wasn't about to let Li Xiaoyao buy anything that wasn't fresh. And as for other kinds of meat, there was no point even hoping to find them in a small village like this.
However...
What Li Xiaoyao and Aunt Li didn't know was that, just as they were preparing to host the guests from the south, those guests were plotting to do them harm.
"Chief!"
"Mm! You're back. Did you find out everything?"
"We did!"
"What's the situation?"
"There are only three people at this inn. The proprietress seems to know a little kung fu, but she's nothing to worry