The East Coast of the Empire.

"Good morning, Vidnina!"

Vidnina looked up not far away, and Tia shouted in the distance.

"Good morning, Tia. Vidnina shouted at Tia as well.

Soon Tia ran to Vidnina, and when she saw Vidnina packing her things, she happily asked her, "Vidnina, are you going to Treminas City today?"

With a happy smile on her face, Vidnina said to Tia, "Yes, Tia, winter is almost over, and my father said that he would take the sheepskins saved in the winter and sell them in the city of Tminas, and there are a dozen sheepskins, hoping to sell them for a good price, so that my father might buy me a beautiful fishbone comb." ”

"Your dad is so good to you. Tia looked at Vidnina enviously and said.

"Tia, it's sad for you to say that Uncle Kalanda, and Uncle Kalanda is just as good to you. Vidnina smiled at Tia.

"When are you leaving?" Tia asked, watching as Vidrina tied sheepskins to the wagon and oak barrels filled with feta cheese.

"As soon as we packed up and we were about to go, we had to come back before dark to have dinner with my brother and mother. My dad went to fill the water bladder and when we got back we set off. Vidnina said with a smile.

"Anyway, I just envy you, I haven't been to the city of Teminas for a long time, if you do, can you help me bring back a bracelet with a little bell on it?" Tia said pitifully, looking at Vidnina.

Vidrina smiled happily and replied to her: "Of course no problem, didn't you bring me a beautiful mirror last time you went to the city of Teminas? You wait, Tia. ”

"Vidnia, I really love you to death, go ahead, I can't wait for you to come back and bring me the bell bracelet" Tia happily urged Vidniana.

While the two young, beautiful, lively and lovely shepherdess were talking, a swarthy and sturdy middle-aged man came over carrying a large bag of water and wheat cakes, and slowly put it into the carriage, it was Widnina's father, Kuta.

"Good morning, Uncle Kuta. Tia greeted him happily.

"Good morning, Tia," Kuta greeted Tia with a smile after putting down the water and dry food wheat cakes.

"All right, my dear little lamb Nina, it's time for us to go. This time, we will be back soon, the weather is really good today, let's go Vidnina, say hello to Tia, and we will go. Kuta got into the carriage and patted the horse's buttocks, and the carriage slowly moved in the direction of the city of Teminas to the west.

"Where's Daddy, Mommy?" asked Vidnina, who was sitting in the back of the carriage.

"There's a sheep that's about to give birth, and your mother is keeping watch in the sheepfold, so she doesn't come out. Kuta watched the carriage as he untied Videnina's tied sheepskin.

"Dad, I've been tied up for a long time. Vidnina grumbled.

Kuta smiled, but didn't answer her, and took another sheepskin from behind him and sandwiched it between a dozen sheepskins.

Vidnina looked at her father's behavior, frowned slightly, and said to him dissatisfiedly: "Dad, is that sheepskin the sick and dead Bobolo?" ”

Kuta nodded and said to her, "It's Bobolo." ”

"But Popolo died of illness and could not be sold. will be discovered. Vidnina said to her father worriedly.

"You won't be able to find it, you see, Bobolo's sheepskin looks exactly like the others. Kuta said as he picked up Bobolo's sheepskin and another sheepskin to show Vidnina.

Vidrina glanced worriedly, she knew that the sheepskin of the dead would be softer than the normally slaughtered sheepskin, and only the most skilled Chamber of Commerce purchaser would be able to distinguish it.

"Well, don't worry, Vidnina, you should think about what you want to buy after these sheepskins are sold, and when the time comes, you can see what you like in the bazaar. Don't you want a nice fishbone comb? These 15 sheepskins might sell for three gold coins, and how about buying you a fishbone comb when the time comes?"

Vidrina watched absent-mindedly as her father tied up the sheepskin again, and did not speak.

The carriage slowly moved along the dry dirt road, I don't know how long it took, Vidrina saw the walls of the city of Teminas, she still looked at the sheepskin in the carriage with some uneasiness, she had a very bad feeling, every time she had this bad feeling, something bad always happened, this time, this feeling was especially very obvious.

The carriage soon drove into the city of Teminas, and his father, Kuta, got out of the carriage and led the carriage slowly into the market, where he soon found a place where there was no one with a decent flow of people.

Kuta tied the horse to a stake by the wall, detoured behind the horse, removed the tarpaulin from the carriage, and erected a stall. Vidñina held the sheepskins and placed them on top of the stall, and Kuta took out the bucket of feta cheese and placed it on the stall. The two of them worked hard for a while before they got the stall ready.

Videnina sat at the back of the stall, sitting with her legs bent, her eyes fixed on the sheepskins.

Kuta stood in front of the stall and began to shout loudly: "Good feta cheese, good sheepskin, come and see!"

Vidnina watched her father shouting loudly, and her heart welled up with some discomfort, and she felt that her father was suddenly strange.

Kuta's shouting soon had an effect, and the crowd gradually gathered around, and the fresh feta cheese was very popular, and the barrels of feta cheese were quickly sold out, and Videnina had already received seventy or eighty silver coins in her hand. However, although several people have asked about the largest sheepskin, there is no deal.

Soon the sun was rising overhead, and his father, Kuta, was seated in the carriage, and at that moment, a voice rang out.

"How are these sheepskins going to be sold?"

Vidnina looked up and saw a bearded man in a brown robe, followed by two guards. Kuta jumped down from the carriage, walked up to the bearded man, and happily introduced him: "There are a total of 15 sheepskins here, all of them are fine sheepskins, all of which were left after being slaughtered this winter. ”

The bearded man turned his gaze, picked up a sheepskin, looked at it carefully, rubbed it in his hand, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it with a frown, then nodded happily, and took out another sheepskin from the middle and repeated the action, repeating it several times, while checking, the bearded man nodded, and could see that he was very satisfied with these sheepskins.

Vidnina's heart was pounding as she saw it, and she noticed that the bearded man hadn't pulled the Bobolo sheepskin.