In fact, Cai Wei did not intend to leave without paying. The few coins she was being charged were insignificant to her. Seeing the shopkeeper and the clerk approaching with unfriendly expressions, she straightened up and said, "No need to rush. I'll buy all the animals in your backyard to set them free."
"What? Buy them... to set them free?"
The shopkeeper's eyeballs whirled around and he said, "Are you serious about this?"
"Of course, I am!"
Cai Wei took out a purse from her sleeve, opened it, and inside were dozens of round, shiny pearls - white, black, gold, blue, pink, with overflowing colors. Each was the size of a kidney bean, and together they were worth a thousand taels. The sight made the shopkeeper's and the clerk's eyes bulge.
"Is this enough?" Cai Wei asked, waving the purse in front of the shopkeeper.
"Enough, enough, more than enough!" The shopkeeper nodded like a pecking chicken, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets as he ogled the purse.
