By the time Miáo Cháng'ān got home, it was almost dawn.
Madam Feng hadn't slept well all night. Seeing Miáo Cháng'ān return, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Big Cat, where did you go? Why are you back so late? You must be careful next time. Come back at night. It's dangerous in the mountains, full of wild boars and wolves. You're so small; what if you encounter danger... From now on, just wander around the village. Don't go too far."
She babbled on for a while before finally falling into a deep sleep.
Miáo Cháng'ān yawned and fell asleep next to her.
She slept until noon.
When Miáo Cháng'ān woke up, no one was in the house.
She was a little hungry but didn't want to move. She simply ran into the space of the Small Reincarnation Bead, ate her fill, and then came out to continue dozing.
Oh, right!
Miáo Cháng'ān's eyes suddenly lit up: Was she silly? Why hadn't she created a small bedroom in the Small Reincarnation Bead?
Divine artifacts conceal themselves. Even the Small Reincarnation Bead, now fragmented, had extremely powerful concealment abilities. It could hide in the void or perfectly blend with the surrounding environment.
While resting inside, Miáo Cháng'ān could still hear everything happening outside—why hadn't she thought of such a good idea sooner?
Miáo Cháng'ān immediately and enthusiastically sectioned off a small room from the remaining space to be her bedroom.
Unfortunately, the new bedroom was empty, and it wasn't very comfortable to lie down.
Thinking of how the mountain folk had traded rabbits for clothes yesterday, Miáo Cháng'ān narrowed her eyes slightly: Should she go to town and "trade" for some cloth and cooked meat?
Of course, she definitely wouldn't be as stingy as the mountain folk. It would be a fair trade. As a reasonable cat, she wouldn't let anyone lose out.
Since she had a lot of pheasants and rabbits stored in her space, Miáo Cháng'ān sauntered out of the house and started heading towards town.
Twenty-odd li east of Lin Family Village was the town.
There were three or five villages in between, and Madam Feng's maiden home was one of them.
Miáo Cháng'ān quickly reached the town.
To be honest, the town wasn't very prosperous. There was only one tailor shop and one restaurant. Miáo Cháng'ān had heard from Lín Mǎncāng that the richest family in town belonged to Old Master Wang, who lived at the east end.
Old Master Wang's family owned a lot of fertile land, and his eldest son was a scholar who worked in the county yamen.
This tailor shop belonged to Old Master Wang's family.
Miáo Cháng'ān wandered around the tailor shop, feeling a bit unhappy: There was no cotton cloth, her favorite! Did cotton not exist yet?
Silk was too smooth, and Miáo Cháng'ān didn't like it. So, after choosing and comparing, she selected a small roll of coarse hemp cloth.
This looked easy to grip!
Dropping over ten plump wild rabbits, Miáo Cháng'ān put the coarse hemp cloth into her space. She even folded it a few times, turning it into a cushion a little over a meter on each side. She even lay on it for a bit and felt it was quite good!
With a new place to rest, Miáo Cháng'ān left, completely satisfied.
As for what the people in the tailor shop would think after seeing the extra rabbits and the mysteriously disappearing fabric, what did that have to do with her?
Following the same pattern, Miáo Cháng'ān took advantage of the restaurant preparing dinner to trade pheasants for several plates of delicious-looking dishes and also walked away with a large pot of stewed meat!
Several days later, Miáo Cháng'ān heard Lín Mǎncāng and Madam Feng talking about the strange occurrences in town—Lín Mǎncāng said some people speculated whether a Great Immortal Huang had come down from the mountains...