I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 137 Fox I don’t have any extra food

Behind the counter was a female monster who had completely transformed into a human being. She was wearing a kimono and looked quite decent. She was calculating accounts with an abacus and chatting with Higashino Yu in a casual manner.

"Who is that little raccoon to you?"

".benefactor."

"Since you are my benefactor, would you like to buy a set of clothes for that little raccoon cat as a gift? By the way——"

At this point, the female monster looked at Dong Yeyu and asked, "Do you have money?"

Dong Ye Yu was stunned and spread his tail apart. "Why don't you take another look at what kind of monster I am and what kind of monster you are? How dare you be so rude?"

The female monster was a little surprised this time, and looked back and forth between the monk, the wine seller and the fox.

She thought that the power came from the monk before, but she didn't expect that this fox, who didn't even seem to have learned how to transform, was actually a big monster.

But it was just surprise, and his behavior became more polite, but not to the point of fear.

"My name is Zhi. Nice to meet you."

She bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Although you are a great monster, in Hishizawa Monster City, even monsters stronger than you are not allowed to break the rules. This is the law set by the God who created Hishizawa Monster City."

"Once there was an evil ghost committing a crime in the street, and was chopped in half by a divine sword that descended from the sky."

"Aren't you afraid that I will ambush and kill you outside the Monster City?"

Dong Ye Yu was a little curious about where this female monster got the courage from.

Zhi Waner smiled and said, "When I was a child, I was lucky enough to be allowed by the god who created the Monster Market to stay in the market forever. I would not be driven away at dawn like other monsters."

"So I never left after entering the market. If you want to ambush and kill me, it might be difficult."

Hearing this, Dong Yeyu was not angry, and asked instead: "Who is the god who created the market?"

Zhi shook her head: "I don't know about that. Although I have the permission of the God, I have never seen that God in person."

She thought for a moment and added, "In fact, not only me, but the monsters in the Monster Market probably haven't seen Him. Although that person created the Hishizawa Monster Market, he has never been here. Rumor has it that he has gone to live in Takamagahara."

Dong Yeyu nodded thoughtfully and looked at Qingpan behind him.

The monk immediately understood, handed over a sacred coin, and clasped his hands together.

"Amitabha, benefactor, please help me. This gentleman wants to find the little civet cat to repay his kindness. He has good intentions."

"It can be seen that if those big monsters were violent and didn't know the rules of Lingze Monster Market, they would have been furious and killed by the magic sword."

Zhi nodded, picked up the money and threw it into the cash box, then thought seriously for a moment.

"I have never seen the little raccoon cat you described. If you ask other monsters, I'm sure they will give the same answer."

"The Monster Market is quite large, with a radius of 20 to 30 miles, and there are tens of thousands of monsters coming and going. Finding a monster is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"But recently I heard that a group of raccoon cat monsters came to the market, stopping monsters everywhere on the street, saying they wanted to hire big monsters. It caused a lot of noise. Maybe the little raccoon cat is related to that group of raccoon cats?"

"Your Excellency may wish to go and find out."

"Where are those civet cats?"

"It seems that they settled in a tavern east of the market town, which is close to the entertainment area. It is said that the raccoon cat monsters enter the market town at night, waiting for the big monsters to have sex, and then stop them to show their intention to hire them. It is very conspicuous."

Higashino Yu nodded and looked at the dazzling array of ready-made clothes in the store for a moment, thinking that if they were cheap, he would buy one for Yuko as a local gift.

As for Miss Moon Witch, she is from a wealthy family and probably wouldn't look down on such clothes.

"How much are your clothes?" Dong Ye Yu asked.

My king, you can’t do this, my king!
As soon as these words came out, Qing Pan and Jiao Gui behind him immediately looked sad. This was a black-hearted tailor shop. If the king really wanted to buy clothes, his savings of many years would be wasted.
Now I have become a caught toad and my urine is about to be squeezed out.

When she heard that Dong Yeyu wanted to buy clothes, Zhi's eyes lit up immediately, "I wonder if you want custom-made or ready-made clothes?"

"Will it be more expensive to make it custom?"

"Of course. I wonder if you are making it for yourself or for someone else. Could you please let me know the measurements?"

"It's a gift for a girl, based on her body size." Higashino Yu observed Miko from top to bottom in his memory, estimated a number, and then took out a slightly larger size and told her.

Princess will grow up eventually, so it won't make a difference if you order a slightly larger size.

Zhi recorded these body measurements and then asked, "What materials do you want to use? What are your requirements for clothing patterns?"

"As for the patterns, Yuzi likes maple leaves, fish, and fireworks. You can design them. What are the raw materials?"

"There is silk from Laiwang Mountain, which is as soft as autumn water and extremely tough. There is spider silk from Yunzhong Mountain, which is water-resistant and fire-resistant and as white as snow."

"There is also brocade from the Floating Spring Fairyland. It is impervious to water and fire, swords and spears, as light as a feather, and can even ward off curses. The treasure of our store is made of this brocade."

"What about the price?"

Zhi smiled and said some shocking numbers, Qing Pan closed his eyes and kept chanting Buddhist mantras in a low voice, and Jiao Gui looked down at the wine jar in a daze.

Dong Yeyu remained silent and turned his gaze to the ready-made clothes, only to find that the cheapest ones cost one hundred divine coins.

Even if Qingpan and Jiaogui spent all their fortunes on it, they still couldn't afford it.

The purchasing power of the god's money is very high. Qingpan's salary for playing the shamisen in a brothel for a month is two god's money.

According to Jiaogui, he gets up early every morning to clear weeds, rats, ants and other monsters for the tree monsters in the mountains in exchange for spiritual dew, and then goes to the mountains to pick spiritual medicines and fruits.

It took five years just to collect the materials.

With the materials collected over such a long period of time, only less than ten jars of spirit wine can be brewed, and each jar is sold for only six divine coins.

In addition, there may be unexpected events within five years, such as rats, monkeys stealing food, etc. After all the losses, it would be considered lucky if six out of ten jars are left.

In other words, if Jiaogui wants to buy the cheapest set of clothes here, he has to save for at least fifteen years without eating or drinking.

In this way, it seems that his situation is only slightly better than that of the black slaves.

Dong Ye Yu calculated that he had robbed him of almost five years' income, and for a moment he felt reluctant to take his money.

I quickly suppressed my reluctance. The economy is in a downturn these days and I, the fox, don't have any extra food.

Seeing that the fox monster was short of money, Zhizhi was quite patient and said, "With your ability, I believe you will be able to save up the money soon. I can design the draft for you first, and then weave it when you have money."

"Then please."

Dong Yeyu nodded slightly, walked out of the weaving shop, looked up, and felt that the lights on the street were a little dazzling.

He was a poor man in the mortal world, and not rich in the monster world either.

Qingpan and Jiaogui felt like they had escaped death and kept comforting him.

"Don't worry, my lord. Her weaving skills are extraordinary and she is sought after by many great monsters. There is an endless stream of monsters who come to her to customize gorgeous clothes, so the price will naturally be much more expensive."

"If you want to buy some clothes, there are a few cheap tailor shops in the market. I am not very talented, but I am willing to show you the way."

"Forget it, let's go to Youkuo first."

Dongye Yu wagged his fox tail listlessly, and came to Youkuo under the guidance of Qingpan and Jiaogui.

In ancient times, prostitutes in island countries were called "younu", the location of brothels was called "youkuo" or "youlang", and the gathering place of brothels was called "youli".

The word "游" in Japanese means game or play, and "女游" means playing with women.

A youkou is a place where officially recognized prostitutes are concentrated. It is an area surrounded by walls and ditches. The purpose of centralizing the area is to facilitate the management of public security and discipline.

The predecessor of Tokyo's Kabuki Theater was probably a similar establishment.

The tavern mentioned by Zhikou was not far from the gate of Youkuofang. There were several blue curtains hanging at the door of the tavern, and on each curtain was the Chinese character for wine written in white paint.

Before the three monsters Dongye Yu entered, they saw from afar a monster in the shape of a human with leaves on its head on the side of the road.

They looked at the monsters that passed by, and when they met a stronger one, they would trot up to it and ask if it wanted to accept offerings.

The third update! Brother Meng, please give me the monthly ticket.

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