Chapter 15 Going Home to Eat Meat

Then, everyone stared in amazement as Lu Qiniang easily carried the box that required four people to lift with great difficulty. She walked briskly, breathed steadily, and even chatted and laughed with them.

"Put it here? Okay!"

"It's piled up!"

"There are only a few boxes in a truck. I can finish moving them myself in a short time."

"Get out of the way, I'll carry it, and you guys are responsible for sorting and securing it in the car."

When the man who went out to look for people came back with a dozen strong laborers he had found with great difficulty, the carriages had already stopped outside the Zhuangyuan Building, ready to set off.

"This, this--" The man looked at the full carriage in disbelief.

"Sir, I've finished moving." Lu Qiniang looked proud.

Everyone who has witnessed her strength has praised her highly and said that they have broadened their horizons today.

Lu Qiniang was even more modest: "It's nothing, I'm just a little stronger than others."

But she was proud in her heart.

With her strength, once the canal opens in spring, even if she goes to the dock to carry sacks, she can do the work of four or five others and can easily support a family.

Isn’t it just one more man, Xiao Yan?

It doesn’t matter, she can support a few more, Lu Qiniang thought arrogantly.

"Let's go, let's go!" the man said excitedly.

But the people he called refused to agree and started cursing.

Merchants always make money by being friendly. Moreover, the problem was solved and they were able to leave the city before the city gates closed, so the man compensated each person with fifty coins.

However, Lu Qiniang received a full tael of silver.

It's silver, not copper coins!

It was a plump white silver ingot weighing one tael each!

The carriage went away and its rear end could not be seen. Lu Qiniang was still there, holding the silver ingot, so happy that she didn't know what to do.

This tael of silver came too easily.

She was so lucky today!

She was reluctant to spend money, but when she went out today, she brought more than a hundred yuan with her.

She decided to "splurge".

But good luck seems to come one after another.

She was stopped before she could even walk out.

"Young lady, I have something to ask you." Two people who looked like servants stopped her.

Lu Qiniang heard their accents and didn't seem to be from the capital. She thought they wanted to ask for directions, so she said enthusiastically, "Go ahead."

She knows all the roads in the capital city!

"How much do you weigh?"

Lu Qiniang thought she had heard it wrong.

"How many pounds?"

"I'm asking you about your weight," one of the servants said, covering his mouth with his hand and laughing. "Just tell us, do you weigh 200 kilograms?"

"Why are you asking this?" Lu Qiniang asked warily, feeling unhappy and glaring at the two people fiercely.

She didn't mind giving them a show of throwing a human sack.

——Pick them up and throw them two miles away.

Another servant said, "Nothing much. Our master saw you working so hard downstairs and made a bet, asking if you had two hundred pounds."

"How much is the bet?"

"Two taels of silver for a table."

"Then, give me two hundred coins and I will tell you." Lu Qiniang said.

As a bet, she takes 10%, which is not much.

The two of them looked at each other and scolded her for asking for too much.

"You can gamble if you want." Lu Qiniang snorted, "If you don't gamble, I'll leave!"

Those two people must be rich enough to take out two taels of silver to make such a boring bet.

"Well, wait, don't leave. I'll go ask."

After a while, Lu Qiniang got two more strings of money.

"Exactly 200 kilograms." She laughed.

Today is a really good day.

What I wanted didn’t happen, but unexpected surprises came one after another!

Go spend the money!

I bought two red hairbands for each of my three daughters.

He is so rich that he bought six red hairbands at a time!

The grocery store was one of the few shops still open. Seeing that she bought a red hairband and knowing that she had children at home, the shopkeeper recommended some silk candy to her. A small ball cost fifty cents.

Lu Qiniang shook her head.

No, it's too expensive.

Rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea all cost money.

Things are different now than when I was in the Zhou family. I have to save as much as possible.

But the three girls haven't eaten candy for a long time.

Lu Qiniang hardened her heart and took out twenty cents to buy some malt sugar.

They are all sweet. This one is cheaper. Try it and it will make your mouth sweet and celebrate the New Year.

After buying some things needed for the household, she asked for incense, candles and paper money.

Normally, twenty cents would be enough, but she bought one that cost thirty cents.

She also didn't know whether people could receive it after they died.

But in her heart, she must use the best for her parents-in-law and husband.

"Um, do you have paper and pen?" Lu Qiniang asked again, "The cheapest ones will do. If they are too expensive, then forget it."

Xiao Yan talked to her.

Although Lu Qiniang felt that his request was somewhat unreasonable, she thought that he was used to a life of luxury and it was normal for him not to understand the sufferings of the world.

As a benefactor, Lu Qiniang allowed him to make a request.

Whether she is satisfied or not depends on her conditions.

"Yes. As for pens, the cheapest is only twenty wen, and a piece of paper is eighty wen."

Although she was mentally prepared and knew that these things were not cheap, when she heard the price, Lu Qiniang still exclaimed in her heart, "Wow."

A pound of mutton costs only twenty cents, and a piece of paper can buy five pounds of mutton?

You know, a piece of paper only has twenty-four sheets!

Then let her calculate how much a piece of paper costs?

Lu Qiniang calculated for a long time and could only figure out that the price of a piece of paper was between three and four cents.

She bargained with the grocery store owner because she bought so many things.

Finally, the proprietress reluctantly allowed her to buy a pen, and then used ten cents to buy three sheets of paper.

Lu Qiniang folded the three precious pieces of paper and put them in her arms.

Wow, this is so precious.

If she could make paper, she would make a fortune!

On the way home, the aroma of food wafted over. Lu Qiniang had eaten something in the morning and hadn't eaten anything since then. Her stomach was rumbling with greed.

Lu Qiniang calculated that she had spent more than a hundred coins today and felt a little painful.

But when she thought of the two taels of silver, she comforted herself that after all, it was not New Year's Day every day.

During the Chinese New Year, let everyone in the family be happy.

We have to slaughter a cow and distribute the beef tomorrow!

She carried her things and walked quickly towards home.

As she reached the door, she smelled the rich aroma of meat.

Tsk, I wonder which neighbor is stewing meat, it smells so good, she wants to smell it more.

"Mom, you're back!" San Ya came out to look for her for the umpteenth time. This time, when she saw her, she cheered and said, "Big sister, mom is back. We can eat meat now!"

Lu Qi's mother scolded with a smile: "Where can I get meat for you? I didn't buy any meat today, but..."

She was very glad that she had bought some malt candy today, otherwise the child would have been disappointed.

"Mom, there's meat in the pot!" San Ya drooled. "Eldest sister said we can't eat it unless you come back."

Is there meat at home?

Lu Qiniang's eyes lit up, "Why, someone came to redeem Xiao Yan?"