The evil female in the space can heal, and five beast husbands risk their lives to protect her.

Chapter 16 Subverting Cognition
With Que Hongjin and Bai Qianlu helping with the work, Qiao Suluo's life would indeed be much easier.

"Okay, thank you. Let's go buy some things first."

The family only had a tiny bit of food, which was given to them by villagers. It was only enough to last a few days, so they still needed to buy some more to keep on hand so that the family wouldn't go hungry.

Hearing this, Que Hongjin felt quite incredulous.

She actually thanked them.

As for what to buy, it has always been based on her preferences, nothing more than clothes, cosmetics, and the like, nothing special.

Qiao Suluo took a few steps forward, then looked at Que Hongjin and Bai Qianlu beside her as if she had thought of something, and asked, "By the way, is there anything you want to eat or buy?"

Que Hongjin and Bai Qianlu were both taken aback, seemingly surprised by her question.

Qiao Suluo naturally noticed their surprised expressions. "Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Qiao Sulu blinked her clear eyes, looking completely bewildered.

She looked rather cute in that expression.

At this moment, one couldn't help but want to touch her hair. Realizing this thought, Que Hongjin's expression changed. He should have hated her, so why did he have such a thought?

Que Hongjin quickly shook off the thoughts in her mind, coughed lightly to cover up the unnaturalness in her expression just now, and said in a clear and gentle voice, "There is nothing wrong, it's just that my wife has never asked for our opinions before."

"So when my wife suddenly asked me this, I didn't know how to answer."

In fact, she shocked him so much today that he hasn't yet recovered from his past impressions.

But her changes were so drastic; her behavior and speech were completely different.

This forced him to think deeply.

Qiao Suluo didn't intend to act like her predecessor, who was vicious, as that wouldn't help the mission. She said, "Oh, that was my fault before. We're family, I should have asked what you all thought."

"I also said that I would correct the things that I did wrong in the past. If you want to buy something or want something in the future, you can tell me. Even if you can't afford it now, you can buy it when you save up enough money."

Que Hongjin's gentle, picturesque eyes seemed to melt into a deep black. Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, concealing the change in her expression, and she said softly, "Thank you, my wife, but I don't have anything I want or even want to buy."

Qiao Suluo then looked at Bai Qianluo and asked, "Bai Qianluo, what about you?"

Bai Qianluo said coldly, "My lady, there's nothing I want to buy."

"It's best if the wife makes all the decisions."

Seeing how cautious the two of them were, Qiao Suluo didn't make things difficult for them. Instead, she took them to the grain store to buy food.

Que Hongjin looked at the grain store and wondered if she had gone to the wrong place. It wasn't a clothing store or even a cosmetics store.

Qiao Suluo walked into the shop naturally, and a waiter immediately came over to greet her, "What would you like to buy, sir?"

"Our Tao Ji Grain Shop is the largest grain store in our county. We have a complete range of grains at fair prices, including rice and glutinous rice from the south..."

The waiter greeted us warmly and explained the grains they sold.

Qiao Suluo asked directly, "Do you have soybeans?"

The waiter was taken aback when he heard Qiao Suluo ask this, but he quickly realized, "Oh, oh, we have soybeans."

The waiter went to a corner, opened the unopened burlap sack, revealing the soybeans inside.

Would you like to buy soybeans, sir?

It's rare for people to buy soybeans, and I wonder what this customer will do with them.

Soybeans have a high yield; they can grow easily by simply scattering some on the ground. They are also inexpensive. However, there are few foods that can be made from soybeans. Red beans and mung beans, on the other hand, can be used to make desserts, which is why they are more expensive. Soybeans are different; they don't taste very good in desserts. At most, they can be ground into powder and mixed with coarse flour to make steamed buns.

Qiao Suluo naturally knew why the waiter reacted this way. She had come early in the morning to check out the market and knew that tofu didn't exist in the Beast World Continent yet. Therefore, soybeans were probably not popular.

How much do soybeans cost per pound?

"Four coins a pound."

Qiao Suluo's eyes lit up. Four coins a pound! One pound of soybeans can make about four pounds of tofu, which means the cost of one pound of tofu is only one coin. No matter how you sell it, you'll make a profit.

Qiao Suluo felt a surge of excitement, but she didn't show it on her face. "Are there any other beans?"

"Yes, here are red beans and mung beans, eight coins a pound."

Qiao Suluo didn't expect the price to be twice as high. She guessed it might be because people didn't know that soybeans could be used to make many delicious dishes.

Qiao Suluo wanted to buy them all, but considering the amount of copper coins she had, she decided to act according to her means and buy a little first, then buy more later when she made more money, otherwise she wouldn't have enough copper coins.

Next, she looked at the flour and rice. Coarse flour and rice cost eight coins per pound, while fine flour and rice cost twenty coins per pound.

Finally, Qiao Suluo bought twenty catties of soybeans, plus ten catties of fine flour and five catties of refined rice. After she was able to make money, she no longer wanted to eat coarse flour and coarse rice because it hurt her throat.

She also knew that in this backward beast world era, only wealthy families could afford to eat fine flour and rice, because it seemed to take a lot of effort to make fine flour and rice.

She had four coins for a pound of wheat, so she bought ten pounds of wheat. She wanted to use the wheat to make maltose. As for glutinous rice, she would buy it after the wheat sprouted in a few days.

The total price is four hundred and twenty coins.

After some haggling, I saved ten coins, spent four hundred and ten coins, and still had five hundred and seventy coins in my hand.

Then Qiao Suluo went to the pork stall and bought two catties of pork belly, which cost 25 coins per catty. She also bought some eggs, duck eggs, and vegetables. After spending some miscellaneous expenses, she only had 500 coins left.

After putting their things in their baskets, they prepared to go back.

As they walked along the path lined with locust trees, Qiao Suluo rolled up her sleeves and said, "It's definitely too late to make the dough at noon today, but if we make it at noon, we can make locust flower buns for dinner tonight."

Steamed buns made with pork belly and locust flowers must be delicious.

With that, Qiao Suluo scrambled up the tree in a flash.

Que Hongjin knew his wife wanted to pick these locust flowers. He had just put down his basket and was about to grab a stick when he suddenly saw this scene. His gentle, refined eyes froze instantly, and his expression changed. "Wife, be careful..."

He actually climbed such a tall tree so quickly, which completely overturned his understanding and imagination.

Que Hongjin didn't even realize that his heart was involuntarily pounding. He came to the tree and looked at her nervously, thinking that if she accidentally fell, he had to catch her.

"I am fine."

In the past, when Qiao Suluo went out to find fresh ingredients, she would often climb trees to pick some things. For her, this was a very ordinary and simple thing.

If it weren't for her obesity, she would be even more agile.

She had no idea what kind of turmoil her actions were causing in Que Hongjin's heart.

As she spoke, her hands moved quickly, picking the locust flowers and throwing them on the ground for later use.

Although Bai Qianluo couldn't see clearly, she could roughly tell what had just happened from the sounds.

He seemed to sigh softly, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness.

But he was listening carefully, thinking that if she fell, he would quickly determine her location so he could catch her.

Whatever the reason, the fact is that she has become better, and naturally he doesn't want anything to happen to her.

(End of this chapter)