After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 186

Garan had already made a mental list of the things to buy for his wife.

Because he couldn’t do anything productive to get closer to her, doing all these over-compulsive preparations made his soul calm down, giving him the necessary stability to function decently despite the impatience.

He heard the cloth from Cloth City was the best. It was the most beautiful and the most colorful. He made a mental note to order several bolts of different colors.

He also decided to buy cloth from the two other cities, especially one from Kilpo, in case the so-called extreme weather veered towards the extreme cold.

He would also buy a lot of commoner cloth from Makita City, which seemed closer to linen than any others and would be good to make Althea’s everyday clothing.

He also needed to find good seamstresses to make the clothing for her. Anyway, Garan was very aware of her size. He made a mental note to ask for different sizes though, as he didn’t know if Althea had lost or gained weight during their time apart—hopefully the latter.

Fabric—or the creation of actual clothing—was in no way inexpensive. On average, decent clothing costs a couple of gold per set.

However, Garan knew both services were not easily accessible to villages. Althea would definitely have trouble finding a change of clothing from wherever she was.

(At the back of his head, he also wondered where to hire someone to wash clothes for her.)

Other than clothing, there were shoes. The products of the best tanner in town was also quite expensive, but he still made a note to order her enough boots and shoes. He would also ask the tanner to make different types of bags, so Althea had a lot of choices depending on her plans and her mood.

He also noted to buy tons of parchment and ink for her from the bookstore. She liked to draw her plants and write detailed notes very much.

His wife had a good memory, but she found a bit of extra happiness in recording everything in tangible ways.

How torturous it must be to see so many alien plants but not be able to record them?

There were also no hygienic products here, only water and a plant called Papra which had a minty aftertaste. The practice was to use these to wash, well, everything.

Since there were no other options, he decided to buy a few bags of these as well.

His wife was a bit of a clean freak like he was. His poor wife must be suffering and uncomfortable, his heart hurt just thinking about it.

Sigh.

He couldn’t do much for her now but, in a few days, he would get her himself, and give her the best life possible.

Then came her other needs which were, to her, sometimes even more important: Her plants.

Hence, how could he forget to buy an important thing: Seeds and potions? As big of a variety for both as he could get.

At least this time, he wasn’t one-upped by that girl Winona when it came to procuring exotic seeds and materials to gift his own wife.

Garan reviewed his personal sources of income. So far he had released one sauce and one condiment, to Ferrol and to Bart, respectively.

A conservative amount of about 200-250 gold a month could be received from dividends alone. He would dedicate about a hundred to the team and its operations. The remaining would be for his personal use.

This amount was comforting, and he knew he’d be able to provide a luxurious life for his wife when they met.

Furthermore, the team also hunted for a lot of meat, and they had long been able to pay for their own basic expenses. They could exchange the body parts of the monsters for vegetables and fruits they couldn’t get themselves.

Most interestingly, Jake and Brandon were receiving royalties for their crossbows, meaning somewhere out there… the designs were being reproduced.