novelaction Chapter 109 Buying Salt
Chapter 109 Buying Salt
Zhou Guo could no longer hear anything at this time. Her whole body and mind were focused on the shop opposite. After a moment, she opened her eyes and walked towards the pastry shop opposite.
She has to buy it!! What a delicious smell!!
Zhou Dacang stepped forward and said, "You have to pay. The child has spent all his money, so how can he afford to buy pastries?"
The village head thought about his grandchildren, gritted his teeth and followed them.
As soon as they walked into the shop, a middle-aged man came to greet them.
The man looked at the three of them, who were dressed in rags, dirty, and smelling foul, and thought they were beggars. He took out three fried cakes from the corner and handed them over, saying, "These are fried cakes, and they taste good too."
Zhou Dacang and the head of the village both looked unhappy. Are they being treated like beggars?
Zhou Guo naturally reached out to take it. He had to try it. He took a bite. It was sweet and soft, crispy on the outside, oily, fragrant and chewy. His eyes lit up and he said to the man, "Give me three pounds of this cake. What other cakes do you have?"
The man was stunned for a moment, then he realized that they came in to buy things, not beggars. He was immediately embarrassed and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I don't recognize you. The best-selling product in our family is this sugar cake, and the other ones are pea yellow and jujube paste cake."
She waved her hand and said, "Pack three pounds of these two snacks for me as well."
"Okay, sir, please wait." The man went to pack the snacks happily. He didn't expect that these shabby people were actually big customers.
Zhou Dacang on the side said nothing, took out the five taels of silver in his pocket and prepared to pay.
Zhou Guo rummaged in her bag, took out a piece of silver and shook it.
Zhou Da Cang looked at the change in her hand and was shocked. "Where did you get the money? Didn't you use up all the money your grandma gave you?"
Then he remembered that the child also had five taels of silver, and thought that it was probably given to her by her second sister-in-law, so he said, "Your mother gave it to you, right? You should save what she gave you. How could you spend it so quickly? My uncle paid for the cakes."
"...then...okay!" Zhou Guo looked at his attitude and was afraid that he would have to buy it. If he spent the money, he would definitely make it up to him. So he stuffed the money back with peace of mind. It was great, saving money again!
The head of the village saw that Zhou Guo was so generous and bought so many things at once, but he was poor and did not have the courage to buy so many things. He was afraid that his wife would scold him to death when he got home.
He only took half a pound of pea yellow, but after thinking about it, he decided to order half a pound of sugar cake. He tasted it and found that even the fried ones were extremely fragrant.
The three of them left the shop contentedly with several large bags of cakes and pastries. The middle-aged man smiled and respectfully saw them off.
The people outside who were still watching the fun silently were shocked when they saw them coming out carrying so many pastries!
"With so many gifts, they couldn't have been sent by Lao He, right? He has always been a kind-hearted man." Someone said.
"Tsk, he is kind-hearted but not stupid. He can't even make ends meet, so he gives so much to others? Isn't it obvious that they bought it? Hey, even refugees can afford to eat cakes these days. I am worse off than a refugee. I will go out and escape tomorrow."
Wang Fugui was very curious when he saw them coming back with so many big bags, "What did you buy?" He smelled a tempting fragrance and stared at the paper bags with wide eyes, "What smells so good? What did you buy?"
Zhou Guo said: "The cakes are delicious, do you want to buy some?"
Wang Fugui nodded hurriedly and went again with the two young men.
Zhou Da Cang thought that there were still so many people at the city gate, so he asked the head of the village beside him, "Uncle, should we bring some to other families as well?"
The head of the village waved his hand and said, "No need. Not many people are willing to spend that money." He glanced at the uncle and nephew. They thought that everyone was like your family, willing to spend so much money to buy these things.
After buying things, the group pushed the full cart out of the city.
When passing by the city gate, the soldiers narrowed their eyes when they saw the things on their carts, thinking that they were rich people.
As soon as I came out, everyone gathered around me with laughter, "Have you bought everything for my family?"
"Let me look at my meat. Oh, the children have been looking forward to it all morning. They have been craving for it since they opened their eyes. It is finally back."
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Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang took out their belongings. The Zhou family’s children had been waiting there for a long time. They took the things from their hands and walked towards their own camp.
As Zhou Su walked, he said to Zhou Guo, "Sister, Mom and the others have prepared the meal, and we have also dug up some wild vegetables. How much meat did you and uncle buy?"
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I bought a lot, enough for you to eat a lot of slices. Sister also bought a lot of snacks. Let's go and share them when we get back."
Hearing that there was still some snacks to eat, Zhou Su immediately lowered his head and quickened his pace, saying, "Hurry up, hurry up, let's go."
The whole family sat together and looked at the things they bought one by one.
"This meat is very good, fat enough and not much lean. Four pounds is enough for our family to eat for a long time." Huang was very satisfied as she carried the meat, as a lot of oil could be extracted from it.
He put the meat aside, picked up the half pig lung on the ground and looked at it.
Zhou Dacang hurriedly said: "This was specially given to Guoguo by the lady of the shop." He felt a little proud because no one among so many people gave it to him.
Huang was surprised and said with a smile, "Really? It seems that our Guoguo is popular wherever he goes."
Li was also happy.
Everyone praised her for being so great and getting a pair of pig lungs for free. Although the pig lungs were cheap, they were free and tasted so delicious!
Zhou Guo: “…”
Should she tell them that she spent money on the pig lungs?
Huang put down the pig lungs and picked up a few large bare bones on the ground. "This bone is big enough. I'll cut it into small pieces with a knife later so that you can all have a piece to chew and smell."
I am very satisfied with it. The bones are very cheap, especially the big smooth bones.
With a smile, he picked up the pottery jar on the ground and opened it. It was full of fine salt... a jar... of fine salt...
She was silent. This fine salt was nearly 20 to 30 wen more expensive than coarse salt. A jar of this weighed 10 jin, which was more than 200 wen. She looked at Zhou Guo, "How much is this salt per jin?"
Zhou Guo said, "I bought fine salt. The best fine salt costs 54 wen per pound. This salt is not that fine, but not that coarse either. It is more expensive than coarse salt but cheaper than fine salt. It costs 44 wen per pound. Coarse salt costs 30 wen per pound."
One pound costs fourteen cents, which means I spent an extra one hundred and forty cents!
The older children in the family can do the math. One hundred and forty cents is enough to buy nearly five kilograms of coarse salt.
Five kilograms of coarse salt is enough for their family to eat for most of half a year.