Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Literature.

I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from Latin American Spanish into American English. Translator colleagues from Spain, feel free to send me your suggestions as well. This is a translation about the story of Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.

Is okay to translate it as to ask for a wheat meter?

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Here is the full paragraph:
Pero la mujer de Alí Babá quería contar cuántas monedas había, y fue a casa de su cuñada para pedir un medidor de trigo. La mujer, extrañada por esa petición, untó antes el recipiente con una grasa viscosa, de tal forma, que al recibirlo de vuelta, vio en el fondo pegada una moneda de oro