Ed was having a meal with Adelaide and Carly at the Peace Hotel, his first time there since the hotel's renovations.
They arrived a bit early, so they'll definitely be eating at different times.
"A wheat bread roll, a radish soup, and a roast meat, please."
Ed finally saw something different; today there were carrots to eat. After ordering the food, Ed handed eight copper dragon coins to the people inside.
Carly, standing next to her, shook the purse at her waist, making it jingle loudly, as if afraid others wouldn't notice.
"Give me three servings of grilled meat, preferably different kinds of meat, and a serving of radish soup, that's all."
She then took out thirteen copper coins and handed them inside, while Adelaide ordered several small portions of food.
Nowadays, food needs to be taken to the table by the diner; restaurants no longer offer delivery services.
The three of them went to the private room anyway, as it would be inconvenient if it was too noisy outside.
"Carly, your coin bag is so pretty, did you make it yourself?" Ed asked, watching Carly shake the coin bag even while eating.
No wonder Carly was shaking her money pouch; she wasn't showing off the bronze dragon coins inside, but rather her pretty money pouch.
"Of course, I put in a lot of effort for this," Carly said proudly, putting down the grilled meat.
"Did you just stand by and watch?"
Carly smiled sheepishly after Ed's words revealed her secret.
"Sister Adelaide, you've done most of the work, but my role shouldn't be underestimated."
Adelaide rolled her eyes as she watched the two bickering again.
However, Ed believed that the idea of the money bag must have come from Carly, since carrying bronze dragon coins is indeed inconvenient, and having such a money bag would be very helpful.
However, the design of this money bag still has some flaws. The rope is fixed at the mouth of the bag, and there is no loop on the cloth to allow the rope to move freely inside.
Ed planned to make some improvements and have the leather textile workshop produce some for sale. As for the materials for making the money bags, he planned to make two kinds: one leather and one cloth.
He felt that leather was much more durable than cloth, which was easily damaged by daily wear and tear.
Meanwhile, the lobby of the Peace Hotel began to gradually become lively as lunchtime approached and people started arriving to eat.
Some people live nearby while others live far away, so everyone arrives here at different times to eat. Although the Peace Hotel is basically in the center of the territory, there's nothing that can be done about the distance people travel to get here.
Shanshu still led Yumu and the others to the Peace Hotel. They stayed a little further away, and by the time they arrived, many people had already started eating.
"Five plain black bread rolls and a bowl of pea porridge," Elm handed over six copper coins.
"I'm the same as him." Orange Smith also handed over six copper coins.
"We're the same." Most of the miners who came with Shan Shu chose the same thing.
They carried all their copper coins in their hands; they brought so many, they must have already decided what they wanted to eat before they came.
This also indirectly confirms that copper coins were inconvenient to carry.
The cedar tree looked at everyone and said, "Aren't you going to eat something else? You have more copper coins than you can spend."
"Let's eat this for now. It's already quite good for us. What if we can use this copper coin to buy other things later?"
They weren't very clear about mining in Chitie Village, but in fact, copper coin trading has already started in Taoyuan Village.
"Alright!" The cedar tree didn't say anything more.
So everyone happily began to eat the delicious food.