The woman glanced at me and then looked at the ring and bracelet on my hand, smiling she said,
"Your friend has really good taste. This is a mushroom I preserved using a special technique. If you take them back, they'll stay fresh like this for two days. All these items together will cost 5000 yuan. If you want, I can give you two of the purses your friend liked, for free."
I was somewhat surprised as I looked at the Miao ethnic woman before me. She could understand Ninth Master Chang and Hu Tu's language, but then again, it made sense...
It is said that Miao witch doctors can often communicate with animals, and I had seen this mentioned in my grandmother's notes. My grandmother once saw a one-armed man flying around on a giant eagle, and if he hadn't been so ugly, she would have thought he was Yang Guo.
It was no big deal for someone like her to hear what Ninth Master Chang and Hu Tu were saying.