The Miao brothers thought Shen Qing would give them the remaining half of the wild boar, but Shen Qing asked them to take a whole boar away: "Although we don't plan to sell it ourselves, my mother has some good friends in the village. If Aunt Yanzi and Uncle Li want to buy it, they can pay for it with this half."

This doesn't count as selling meat. The price is not for the purpose of making a profit. The main purpose of selling it half and giving it away is to let Miao family use it as a favor.

Miao Xing rubbed his hands: "Give us the whole pig? It's too expensive, we can't eat all of it." He was quite hesitant in his heart: If he said he didn't want a whole pig, it would be a lie. Qing Ge'er now has fourteen pigs, so many, it's nothing to give one to his two uncles.

Didn't you see that he gave Wu Guixiang and Aunt Lian a quarter of a head? He was his uncle, so shouldn't he give more than them?

But on the other hand, the price of this wild boar is too expensive! The current price of pork, the best with four fingers of fat, is 20 cents per pound - nowadays everyone is short of fat, so the fatter the meat, the more expensive it is.

The lean meat and spare ribs were cheaper, but they still cost more than ten coins. There was not much fat on the wild boar, so they were all sold at fifteen coins per catty. If you removed the fur, internal organs, pig blood, and even the pig's head and hooves from a 400-catty wild boar, you could get at least 250 catties of meat.

At present, one string of money was equivalent to one thousand coins, and one tael of silver was equivalent to one thousand five hundred coins. The meat from this pig alone was worth more than two or three taels of silver.

When Shen Qing and Miao came back, they brought a pig leg and two pieces of cloth, which was already a very expensive gift! Which married girl would give her parents something worth two or three taels of silver? We are all ordinary people, not married into a rich family to help poor relatives. Which family would be willing to accept such a heavy gift from a married girl? The neighbors would spit at her!

Shen Qing said, "If you can't finish it, smoke it into bacon or pickle it into salted meat and eat it slowly. Or you can sell it. After all, this pig is given to you. You can decide how to deal with it. When my mother got divorced, many people in the village came to help. My uncle thought it was too much, so he cut three or five pounds for each of them to thank them, and also gave some to my two aunts' families."

Shen Qing also heard from Miao that Liu Yue'e and Li Yanzi had taken out money. If the family had the spare capacity, it would not be a big deal to take care of more relatives. The main thing was that Liu Yue'e and Li Yanzi's behavior also showed that they treated them sincerely and were not the kind of people who would be calculative and difficult to deal with.

Miao Xing still said: "That's not the case."

Shen Qing actually knew his concerns, so he comforted him, "Uncle, don't just think that this is a free gift to you. Today, uncles and cousins ​​have also put in a lot of effort to carry more than a dozen wild boars down from the mountain. If we ask the villagers for help, how much money will we have to pay them? We still owe them a favor. Besides, these wild boars are going to be sold in the county town, and my mother and I are completely in the dark. Who in Shiqu Village works as a cashier in the county restaurant, and who has a good relationship with the butcher shop, how would we know? Isn't it all up to uncles to worry about helping my mother and me to make connections? If anyone talks nonsense, uncle will tell them that you are earning this hard-earned money!"

In fact, according to Shen Qing's idea, married women and boys cannot take valuables from their parents' home. The reason is that people believe that women and boys do not have any property themselves, even if the women and boys work in the fields and make money by weaving and embroidering, just because they are married to their husband's family and become members of the husband's family, the property is the property of the husband's family.

When they send gifts to their parents' home, it becomes like using things from their husband's family to subsidize their parents' home, which is like betraying their parents.

Regardless of whether this is right or wrong, Miao has no husband's family now, and Shen Qing has not married. The "husband's family" in between no longer exists, so why do they still have to follow this rule?

The family property belongs to them, mother and daughter. They can give it to whomever they want and give as much as they want. Who can control them?

Moreover, Shen Qing will definitely help Qing and the others to become rich in the future. It is not troublesome enough that they have to be so cautious and make excuses every time. Shen Qing hopes that they can adapt slowly and stop thinking that there are too many things and they dare not ask for them.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing joked, "If you think it's too much, my mother and I won't take any gifts when we go back on the second day of the New Year. We can just go to your house with empty hands and eat and drink. We can also save the trouble of carrying a lot of bags. Just think of this pig as a New Year's gift in advance."

At this point, Miao Shi persuaded them again. Miao Xing and Miao Wang looked at each other and finally agreed: "Okay, then we will take care of selling the wild boar. We will definitely not let you lose money!"

They were both honest and righteous men, and they decided to help Shen Qing and his mother sell wild boars, and they were determined to do their best. In addition, since there was no other work to do during the slack season, they actually took this as a serious career.

Only three days later, the two came to the door and brought a large bag of 40 taels of silver, which surprised even Shen Qing. Even if a wild boar is sold at three taels, it can't be sold for that much money, right?

Miao Xing smiled naively, but there was still a hint of pride in his tone: "There are many people working outside in the village, doing all kinds of work. I thought it would be a loss if I sold all the pigs, so I asked a few more families to help. It just took a little more effort."

They washed the wild boar and sold its bristles to brush makers, its skin to bootmakers, and its head - many wealthy families would buy three animals for sacrifice near the end of the year, and they would buy pig heads. The wild boar head looked even more impressive, and it was quite popular, with many people rushing to sell it.

They took the opportunity to sell the pig's head that they had caught. One pig's head could be sold for one or two taels of silver. Even if the restaurant gave the pork a discount, it would still be worth it!

Miao Wang also said: "Doesn't Qingge have four pig heads at home? If you haven't eaten them yet, just bring them here. These days, many people have come to us to ask if we have any more pig heads!"

Shen Qing didn't expect that his two uncles looked like rough men with only a bit of strength, but they were so methodical and thrifty in doing things, and they looked like two good seedlings who could do business. The most important thing was that there were many people from Shiqu Village working in the city, and they could really find such connections!

"I haven't eaten them yet. They are all hanging under the eaves. Uncle will take them away later." The family couldn't finish eating all the meat during this period, so how could they have time to clean up the pig's head? Miao invited a few women and husbands who had a good relationship with them to come home. Every day, they smoked bacon, stuffed sausages, made dumplings, and steamed buns. Shen Qing was assigned to chop stuffing. His arms were really tired. Thinking of this, Shen Qing took a look at Miao Xing and Miao Wang's very strong arms: "Uncle is here, don't be idle, come on, help with some work!"

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Shiqu Village and Lantang Village are adjacent to each other, and many families are relatives. The Miao brothers looked for ways to make money in the village, selling wild boar bristles, skins, and pig heads. Eventually, the news of such a big event spread to Lantang Village.

The most discussed topic in the village recently is Shen Qing and wild boars! At first, everyone was speculating on how Qing Ge'er killed the wild boar, and then slowly the topic began to turn to money: "What about those ten wild boars? How much do you think they will sell for?"

"I heard that Qing Ge'er sold ten of them, and left a lot for his family to eat. How could these ten be sold for twenty taels?"

"Twenty taels? My sister-in-law is from Shiqu Village. I heard from her family that the Miao brothers sold pig heads for one tael of silver each!"

"Hiss! Then, can that be sold for thirty taels?"

"Even if it's not thirty taels, it's not much different." The woman who spoke glanced in the direction of the foot of the mountain, her tone was hard to tell whether it was envy or jealousy: "We farmers work hard in the fields all year round, and we can sell the food we eat for five taels of silver, right? Qing'er can earn nearly thirty taels in one day!"

"They didn't make the money in one day. They spent a lot of time preparing. Don't you know? Miao Chunlei asked a few people she had good relationships with to help her make hemp ropes for catching wild boars. She was paid for making the ropes! And then there were grain trucks that came to the village to deliver rice bran. They were bought specifically for catching wild boars. I heard they spent about one or two strings of cash."

"Then they have at least twenty-five taels of silver now." The woman counted on her fingers. "You know what, Miao Chunlei really believes that Qing Ge'er can catch the wild boar. If my kid told me that and asked me to pay him one tael of silver to buy rice bran, I would definitely control his brain!"

"So, it's their destiny to make money. Even if we have the opportunity right in front of us, we don't dare to try. We are not destined to have that chance!"

The group of people started talking about the aroma of meat that wafted from the courtyard at the foot of the mountain every day.

That's how it is in the village. If someone's chickens lay more eggs or someone's fields harvest more rice, the whole village will be watching. You can't hide it even if you want to. The villagers will also calculate how much money you have in your pocket. Even if the calculation is not 100% accurate, it can give you an estimate of 70%.

Even if the money Shen Qing made from selling the wild boar was not fully calculated, everyone knew it was a considerable sum. And as the news of Shen Qing hunting the wild boar spread further and further, other villages also had many speculations. Just when Shen Qing was trapped in the kitchen chopping stuffing every day, a matchmaker came to the door that day.