When Li Yuejin saw Li Guolin's greedy look, he felt relieved and said with a mouthful of oil:

"Delicious, really delicious! Brother, the field mouse meat is delicious! The soybeans are also fried fragrantly!! Your cooking skills are really great!!"

“Slurp, slurp”

Song Mengyao looked at the happy faces of the people who were eating soybeans and field mouse meat in a mouthful, and her saliva was watering with greed.

Without caring about his dignity, he licked his lips and pleaded softly to Li Yuemin:

"Brother Yuemin, you have more than a hundred field mice, just give us some to eat!

Look, Yuejin and Guolin are your brother and cousin respectively, so you shouldn’t treat them differently!!”

“Don’t treat them differently?”

Upon hearing this, Li Yuemin snorted coldly:

"I treat Li Guolin as my brother, but does he treat me as his brother?

...

...

My father died early, and I, my blind mother, and my younger brother lived under the same roof with his family.

When we ran out of food at home and wanted to borrow some from them to make ends meet, they always refused.

Now I want to eat vole meat, no way!

Get lost! If you keep hanging around in front of me, I’ll make you look bad!!”

As he spoke, Li Yuemin raised the fire stick and waved it in front of the two of them.

"Li Yuemin, you are really good! If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. It's just a field mouse, as if no one can catch it.

Remember this, if there is anything wrong with your family in the future, don’t ask me for help!!”

Li Guolin was so angry at Li Yuemin's behavior that he pulled the drooling Song Mengyao over and scolded her:

"You loser woman, what are you looking at here for? Don't embarrass me!! Go home and cook!"

"Wow, what kind of ingredients are added to this field mouse meat? Li Yuemin roasted it so deliciously, it's almost making me dizzy with hunger!"

"Of course I am. I've been standing here for five minutes and I'm drooling all over the floor!!"

After Li Guolin and his wife left angrily, more and more villagers gathered in the original Li family courtyard.

Everyone looked at the grill full of voles with envy, and they were so eager to see it.

Seeing that there were a sufficient number of villagers in the courtyard, Li Yuemin stood up and pointed at the field mouse meat on the campfire and said:

"Neighbors, do you want to eat meat too?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd at the gate of the courtyard suddenly became more excited.

"What? Li Yuemin? You're willing to share your field mouse meat with us, right? So generous?"

"Dream on, Li Yuemin is not a fool, this is delicious meat!!"

"So what on earth does this kid want to do?"

…

Seeing that everyone's interest had been aroused, Li Yuemin laughed and said:

“Fellow villagers, today when I was hunting in the mountains, I was lucky enough to dig up some field mice and soybeans.

I roasted this field mouse until it was fragrant and fried the soybeans until they were crispy.

Take a look, everyone. Does it look appetizing? "

After saying that, Li Yuemin started eating in front of everyone, taking a bite of field mouse meat, a bite of soybeans, and a sip of old wine.

For a moment, all the villagers in the courtyard swallowed their saliva at the same time.

“But I don’t plan to keep all these things for myself, but want to use some of them to exchange for food.

See? There are ten skewers of field mouse meat, with five mice on each skewer. One skewer can be exchanged for a pound of corn flour.

There are also fried soybeans, but I only want to exchange one pound for them today, so I have to exchange them for at least five eggs.

The quantity is limited, and the highest bidder wins. If you want to eat it, you have to hurry up! ! "

As soon as Li Yuemin finished speaking, the villagers in the yard were in an uproar.

During those years of famine, every household had limited food supplies.

But when some villagers who had surplus food saw the fragrant field mouse meat and crispy roasted soybeans, they became interested.

In a short time, the news of Li Yuemin's grain exchange spread throughout Hongqi Village.

Every family that had extra food rushed to Li Yuemin's house in a hurry.

Soon, the auction in Li Yuemin's yard was in full swing.

Then a shrill male voice shouted:

"Okay, we agreed on ten kilograms of corn flour and five eggs. I'll take care of them all!"

The person who said this was Wang Ermaizi, who lived in the east end of the village. He was as thin as a stick, with a pair of sly little eyes.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that not many people came and exchange all of Li Yuemin's things at the lowest price.

"Fuck you, Wang Ermaizi. Ten kilograms of corn flour can be exchanged for fifty field mice. What nonsense are you talking about?

Yuemin, I will give you twelve pounds of corn flour and six eggs. "

However, before Li Yuemin even had to say anything, other villagers who wanted to eat field mice with soybeans spontaneously raised the price.

"Twelve pounds of corn flour and six eggs?

Li Dazhuang, you are not much better than Wang Ermaizi.

Yuemin, if you give it to me, I will give you 15 jin of corn flour and eight eggs!!”

"Fifteen catties of cornmeal is nothing, Li Yuemin, I'll give you eighteen catties of cornmeal and ten eggs.

Today’s dish of field mouse meat with soybeans is a must for me, Lao Niu!!”

Originally, all the villagers had arrived at the yard a long time ago, but no one dared to say a word.

They were wary of each other, fearing that the other side would offer a high price, and also worried that if they competed, Li Yuemin would take advantage of them.

However, Wang Ermaizi's bid instantly broke the atmosphere.

After all, soybeans and vole meat are rare items. If he takes advantage of them, then the others will suffer a huge loss.

So, in order to get the meat and soybeans, the villagers began to scramble for them.

In less than five minutes, the original base price of ten kilograms of corn flour and five eggs soared to twenty kilograms of corn flour and twenty eggs.

At this price point, there are only a few villagers who dare to continue bidding higher.

Everyone knows that although field mouse meat and soybeans are rare, if you really have to exchange so much food for them, you may have to tighten your belt and go hungry in the days to come.

When these villagers went out, they all had a plan in mind. At most they would take out about 12 or 13 pounds of corn flour and seven or eight eggs.

After all, no one is a big chicken farmer or farmer, and this is the limit of what they can bear.

The person who called out the sky-high price was Zhang Guilan, the village women's director. She was a big, strong woman who spoke in a loud voice.

As soon as she said this, the people in the village instantly quieted down.

Seeing that no one was competing with her, Zhang Guilan was very proud.

Put a bag of corn flour and a basket of eggs in front of Li Yuemin:

"Haha, now the field mouse meat and soybeans are mine!"

After saying that, she, who had been drooling with greed, reached out to take the vole meat from Li Yuemin's hand and couldn't wait to take a bite.

"Mm, it smells so good!"

I saw the boiling hot gravy sliding down the corners of Zhang Guilan's mouth and splashing onto her clothes, but she was completely unaware.

He quickly grabbed a handful of fried soybeans and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them with big mouthfuls of "crunch".

That satisfied look made everyone smack their lips with envy.

"Damn it, if I had known I would have brought a little more. I saw Director Zhang brought 20 eggs.

If I had taken one more, I might be the one with oil dripping from my mouth right now!!”

"Yes, I regret it so much. Alas!!"

When the villagers saw Zhang Guilan eating with relish, they all showed envious expressions.

But because the auction was over, I could only walk away with regret and reluctance on my face.

"Everyone wait a moment!"