Mallory checked how close the sun was to the horizon before facing her brother. “Make it quick. We still have to visit the traders.”
Brodie ended up taking a kilogram of oats, three of rice and two of flour, ignoring Mallory when she said they already had a kilogram of flour from the bandit camp. They also took four thick, grey woollen blankets when Callum suggested they could cut a hole in them and use them as a poncho if the weather grew cold, or shorten them to be used as cloaks.
The Mer Point wagoner took out a small, leather-bound book and filled it with cramped handwriting as he calculated the value of the rest of the goods and gave them their share. Thanking him, they headed towards the traders, Mallory slipping the thirty-seven gold pieces into her satchel. She checked the updat
