Chapter 419 Want to Eat Meat

After half a day of hard work, Liang Fugui and his wife finally transported all the sugar beets from their home to Chen's Sugar Factory...

After picking out some of the spoiled beets, there were still 5,000 catties left, which I sold for 5 taels of silver. 400 catties of brown sugar were sold for 32 taels of silver.

Liang looked at the silver and money on the table, her nose felt sore and tears flowed down unconsciously.

Seeing her like this, Liang Fugui shook his head and smiled, "Wife, what are you doing? Why are you crying with joy?"

"Why are you so happy? I'm just miserable." Liang raised her hand and wiped away her tears. "We were living a good life, but you had to mess around. Now we're fine, but we only made this little money from selling things."

"Look at you, we have to be content. How can our family have so much money?"

"Do you think this all belongs to us? Don't forget, we haven't paid them for their work yet!"

"That's right, how could I have forgotten about this?" Liang Fugui couldn't help but frowned. "How much silver is the salary?"

Liang took a deep breath and calmed herself down. "I've already calculated it. The wages for these days will be nearly two taels of silver."

"It's not much money. You should ask them to come over and settle the wages. It will save them from being pressed for time every day. It's really annoying to watch."

Liang glared at him and said, "Don't worry, I've already asked Ruhua to go to Willow Village to inform them. They should be arriving soon."

As soon as Liang finished speaking, a burst of laughter was heard outside the yard.

Liang Fugui muttered in dissatisfaction, "He's always so slow at work, and when he hears about getting paid, he comes faster than a fucking rabbit."

"Okay, stop talking, pay them their wages, and stop complaining."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." Liang Fugui walked out lazily.

He felt distressed and reluctant to pay the money, but he didn't dare not give it. If he was short of a penny, those women would really dare to scratch him...

Ruhua was very excited when she received her wages. With this money, she could buy some decent food and her parents-in-law would no longer have to eat rice bran.

He didn't have time to think about it anymore, and ran back home like a gust of wind, smiling and saying to Old Lady Chen lying on the kang,

"Mom, we have money and food to eat."

"real?"

Old Mrs. Chen has been suffering these days. Ever since she drank cow dung water last time, she has not dared to be greedy anymore and eats whatever is available at home.

That's really rice bran with mixed grains for one meal, and mixed grains with rice bran for the next meal.

After a long time, her stomach swelled up like a frog, unable to move up or down, and she rolled around on the kang because of the suffocation.

When he heard that he had money, he quickly got up from the kang.

Seeing this, Old Man Chen hurried forward to help her, "Old lady, please go slowly and be careful not to stretch your stomach."

Seeing Ruhua take out a handful of copper coins from her pocket, Old Lady Chen smiled so hard that her mouth almost stretched to her ears. "Oh my, my dear daughter-in-law, you are so capable."

"Yes, Ruhua is really a great contributor to our family. With this money, we can buy a lot of brown rice, and we can hold on until Zhancai comes back." Old man Chen was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Old Mrs. Chen frowned and glared at him fiercely. "What did you say? You want to buy brown rice? It's hard to digest if you eat too much of that stuff. Can't you see how big my stomach is? If you eat more of it, I'll suffocate to death."

"It's only a few hundred coins. If you don't want to buy brown rice, what do you want to buy?"

"Just wait for your turn, why bother worrying about what to buy!" Old Mrs. Chen ignored Old Man Chen and looked at Ruhua with a smile on her face, "My dear daughter-in-law, you have worked so hard these days."

"You're welcome, Mom. I'm not tired. Making money to support my parents-in-law is what I should do."

"Oh, you are such a filial child. I feel relieved when you say this."

"Mom, lie down and rest quickly. I'm going to the town to buy some food." Ruhua turned and was about to leave, but Old Lady Chen hurriedly called her back, "Ruhua, wait a moment."

"Mom, do you have anything else to do?"

"Yes, this this...that that..." Old Mrs. Chen was very greedy now. She wanted to eat the big double-sided sesame pancake, but she was too embarrassed to say it directly. She kept saying "this and that" for a long time but couldn't make any clear explanation.

Seeing her hesitant, Ruhua couldn't help but feel anxious, "Mom, if you have something to say, just say it."

"It's nothing serious, it's just that I haven't been able to taste spicy food lately. Can you bring me something refreshing?"

"Refreshing? What's refreshing?" Ruhua didn't react for a moment.

Old Man Chen saw what Old Lady Chen was up to. Without a second thought, he smiled and said, "Ruhua, you don't know, but your mother loves big sesame cakes the most. She wants you to buy her two."

"You're the only one who talks too much!" Old Mrs. Chen gave Old Man Chen a reproachful look.

Ruhua smiled and nodded, "Okay, since my mother likes it, I'll buy a few more." After that, she politely asked, "What else do you want to eat, mother? I'll buy them all."

Upon hearing this, Old Mrs. Chen couldn't help smacking her lips. She had been eating rice bran for the past few days. If she could have a meal of meat, with her mouth full of oil every time she took a bite, it would really satisfy her craving!

She thought so in her heart, but she said, "Mom's stomach is so bloated now that I can't eat anything delicious!"

"Then I'll buy you some medicine to regulate your body. Once you have a bowel movement, your stomach will feel better."

"No, no, no, don't waste that money. You'd better buy something delicious with that spare money!" Old Mrs. Chen rubbed her stomach gently with her hands and said, "I heard from Old Mrs. Yang in the village that my problem is that my stomach is empty. I don't need to take medicine. Just eat a piece of meat and it will definitely be cured."

Ruhua almost laughed out of anger. This old lady was really something. She just said she was greedy and took such a big detour without feeling tired at all.

Before leaving, her husband entrusted his parents-in-law to her, so she must take good care of the old couple.

But she was in a dilemma. There was not much food left at home. If she really wanted to buy more meat, she would have to buy less food.

If this is the case, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on until my husband comes back.

But if she refused, she would betray her husband's trust in her.

Thinking of this, Ruhua hardened her heart and said, "Okay, then I'll cut a piece of meat for Mom to stew."

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