Chapter 13: Taking Beast Bones to Trade for Money, huh?

After Ba Ke Er got Zhang Fan's definite answer, he immediately went into the house, started gathering the bones of the wild beasts he had hunted, and put them all into a big basket, then called Zhang Fan over, and together they said goodbye to the neighbors.

Zhang Fan followed Ba Ke Er for not long before seeing a wide road, then he asked:

"Ba Ke Er, why is this road so wide? Are we almost at the market?"

"Yeah! We'll get there after walking a bit more. But we need to go to the weapon shop first and sell these beast bones."

Upon hearing Ba Ke Er say that, Zhang Fan understood—this world actually has money! Maybe the commerce here is quite developed! He asked:

"What do we use as money in our tribe?"

"Money? What is it?" Hearing Ba Ke Er's reply, Zhang Fan restrained the urge to roll his eyes and explained:

"I mean, what do you use to buy things?"

Hearing Zhang Fan's explanation, Ba Ke Er understood.

"Of course it's money! Made from seashells."

"Oh~! So it's shell money! Where do you all get the shells from?"

"Of course from the seaside! Our tribe is near the sea, so of course we look for shells on the shore."

"Then why don't you go pick up some shells yourself instead of selling beast bones?"

Ba Ke Er felt a little embarrassed hearing Zhang Fan's question.

"I… I just came back from the forest, haven't been to the seaside yet! But if Fan Fan wants to go, we can go tomorrow! I'll take you wherever you want to go—anywhere!"

Hearing Ba Ke Er's bold words, Zhang Fan couldn't pretend he wasn't moved! For twenty years of his life, this was the first time anyone had spoken to him like this, and most importantly it was Ba Ke Er, the person he liked most, saying it! Yet hearing Ba Ke Er speak so sincerely, he didn't know how to respond, only blushing deeply and whispering:

"Thank you! Ba Ke Er."

……

As they talked, they arrived at a shop filled with weapons. Zhang Fan saw it and realized this must be the weapon shop Ba Ke Er mentioned. Sure enough, Ba te er entered the shop and brought Zhang Fan inside.

The shop owner saw Ba Ke Er and warmly greeted him:

"Hey! Ba Ke Er, what weapons do you need today?"

"Uncle Duo Zhe, I came today to sell you some beast bones. Take a look…" he said,

Ba Ke Er then took out a big basket full of beast bones. Seeing the *** basket of beast bones, Uncle Duo Zhe got excited! These are all from hard-to-hunt wild beasts!

"Ba Ke Er! I'll give you 125 spiral shells and 80 fan-shaped shells for these beast bones—okay?"

Upon hearing Duo Zhe say that, Ba Ke Er immediately replied without hesitation:

"Fine, I'll do as you say, Uncle!"

Then came the exchange of money for goods. Zhang Fan thought, how could so many beast bones fetch only a few shells? Are those bones worthless? So the curious Zhang Fan, having questions, asked Ba te er after leaving the shop. But he was stunned by Ba Ke Er's answer, because:

"One hundred fan-shaped shells equal one spiral shell, and one fan-shaped shell can buy a whole set of women's clothing. That means Ba te er is now a rich person?"