novelaction Chapter 107 Entering the city
Chapter 107 Entering the city
She thought about it and felt that there was no point in passing around such a piece of meat. Everyone said they didn't want to eat it, so why should she ask again? Besides, they definitely didn't want it. They nodded affirmatively, then picked up the meat and put it into their mouths.
The moment it entered her mouth, the long-lost aroma of oil spread in her mouth, and the fragrance spread from her mouth all the way to her stomach. Every pore on her body was screaming, and she almost shed tears.
too delicious! !
I can’t bear to swallow the meat in my mouth so quickly. I chew it slowly. The more I chew, the more delicious it becomes.
But the meat was so small that after chewing it a few times, it became smaller and smaller. Before I was satisfied, I swallowed the small piece in one gulp.
Alas, she sighed.
The meat is finished!
She looked up casually and found that her brothers and sisters were staring at her. "Why, what's wrong?"
Everyone immediately lowered their heads and shook their heads, "No, nothing."
Several adults sighed inwardly when they saw it. How could they not be greedy? This was meat, big fat meat, thick and greasy. They could smell the fragrance even from such a distance.
Zhou Guo's heart moved, looking at the city gate that was just a stone's throw away, "Let's go into the city tomorrow to buy some meat."
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone raised their heads from their bowls and looked at her in shock.
After a while, Xu said, "No... can't you get in?"
Zhou Guo made up his mind at this moment. No matter what, he must buy some meat tomorrow. Even if he couldn't fill his stomach, it would be good for everyone to have a taste. "It doesn't matter. If the head of the village can go in, so can we."
Seeing that she was not joking, everyone gradually went from being shocked to coming to their senses to ecstasy.
"Really? Are you serious? Can we go in and buy some meat?" Xu exclaimed. The child was sick and couldn't eat anything. If the child could eat meat when he woke up tomorrow, he would recover faster.
Zhou Guo nodded, "We are already here, there is no need to rush, and our family doesn't need this little money for meat."
The younger generation of the Zhou family was so happy that they even forgot to eat. They just wanted to eat meat. It had been a long time since they had eaten meat. They didn’t even have it during the Chinese New Year last year. Who could resist eating such delicious meat?
Huang nodded. Since two children in the family had eaten, there was no reason for the remaining children to just sit there and watch. It was not like they had no money. However, "Second child, after you finish your meal, go around and see if any other families are going to the city to buy meat tomorrow. The entrance fee is not cheap. If we all share the burden, we can charge less."
Li nodded happily, "Oh, I understand, mother."
Everyone is so happy because they will be able to eat meat tomorrow.
Zhou Su scraped out the meat from the bottom of the bowl and took a small bite, then handed it to Zhou Guo, "Here, sister, have another bite."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Eat it. I've finished mine. This is yours. Tomorrow I'll let you eat a big piece of meat, so you don't have to eat it in small bites like this."
The little guy nodded happily.
After finishing the meal, Li wiped her mouth and stood up.
"Aunt Yang, have you finished eating? Yeah, we've finished too. The two pieces of meat we were given were delicious for the children, and we ate two more bowls of rice than usual... What, that's definitely not enough. There are only two pieces of meat, and they're not enough to share. So, we thought that since we're here, we might as well go into the city tomorrow and buy some meat for the children at home to eat. We don't lack that little money now, right? Yeah? You want to go too? Okay, you don't have to pay anything else, just the city entrance fee, and we'll share it... Okay, okay, then it's settled. Hey, auntie, let's talk about it later..."
Before long, several nearby families said they wanted to go, and we naturally shared the entrance fee.
Except for Zhou Guo, everyone in the family was so frightened by Li that they forgot to speak.
Xu grumbled, "I never realized she was so talkative before. Normally, she would not say anything even if you hit her with three sticks. She never refutes what others say. She looks like an honest person."
Huang looked at her without saying anything, but she was quite satisfied with the change in the second son's wife. There were so many children in the family, and it would be hard for the eldest son's wife to support it alone. Having someone to help support the family would prevent them from being manipulated and calculated by others.
It didn't take long for every family in the camp to learn that they could go into the city to buy meat tomorrow. Since they had no shortage of money for meat, everyone became excited. Each family discussed what else they needed to buy tomorrow besides meat. Since they had already gone into the city, they could buy something else as well as a pound of meat.
The Zhou family is also discussing it.
Huang said without thinking: "The salt is almost gone, we need to add some, and we also need to buy some needles and thread. These two are the most important, otherwise there will be no more."
Zhou Guo nodded.
Zhou Dacang asked again, "Do you need to buy some other vegetables?"
Huang glared at him. "Why buy other vegetables? There are so many wild vegetables in the field, and they are not enough for you to eat. It's enough to have meat. Why do you need anything else?"
Okay, Zhou Guo and the other man looked at each other and decided that they would handle it themselves when the time comes.
As the night deepened, snoring sounds could be heard from all over the camp.
Zhou Guo woke up early the next morning, and the heads and heads of each family also woke up.
They have not forgotten the important event of today, they need to go into the city to buy meat!
However, when she looked at the city gate in front of her, the rosy glow was everywhere, but the city gate was not opened yet and it was already dawn!
After a long while, the sun came out from the side of the mountain, and the city gate rumbled open to everyone's expectation.
The door opened and the doctor returned to the city.
The candidates who are going to enter here have also come out.
First of all, the village head must go in. He had been there yesterday and was familiar with the place. Zhou Guo must go in as well. This was someone else's idea. Zhou Dacang would accompany him in. Wang Fugui was a butcher, so he must go in if he wanted to buy meat. The two strong young men who followed the village head in yesterday also followed.
Six people pushing a cart can buy anything.
There were about thirty households, and everyone took note of how many pounds of meat each household wanted, and what other things they wanted.
At this time, Wang Fugui's skill in buying meat came into play. He patted his chest and said, "I'll take care of buying meat. You don't need to remember it. Just remember the other things."
Zhou Guo and his friends were enjoying their leisure time.
Several people pushed the cart into the city, and the village head stuffed a silver ingot into the cart like he did yesterday, but it didn't work today.
Seeing that they had food and money, the man on the other side shook the silver in his hand and said with his chin held high: "This little money is only enough for three people to come in."
three people?
Zhou Guo and his companions were all upset. Six people were asked to pay twenty taels of silver for the entrance fee? That was too much! That was enough to buy ten pigs!
Li Zheng’s face turned green, and he was able to score six goals yesterday!
But they had no choice but to pay the money. How many of them had the guts to fight with the soldiers? They were already thankful that they were allowed to enter.
He took out another ingot of silver and handed it over.
The other party shook his head and nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, go in."
Several people pushed the cart into the city with great pain, but fortunately, the money was shared by each family, so each family could accept it.