The next day, Xia Qingqing asked Gu Yunshu to find her two pig-slaughtering knives. After cutting pig feed in the morning, she secretly found a secluded place by herself.
Nobody ever comes to this place normally, so Xia Qingqing boldly released the big wild boar from the system's storage.
Then, wielding a butcher's knife, he cut a large wild boar into roughly equal pieces of pork.
It would be impossible to kill such a big wild boar without some strength. Fortunately, Xia Qingqing's strength increased greatly after drinking the potion that Gu Yunshu gave her.
Although I suffered a little, the effect was still very significant. My strength was more than three times that of before, and cutting pork was a breeze.
After Xia Qingqing finished processing all the pork, she didn't forget to reciprocate.
He directly sent Gu Yunshu a large pig's head, two pig legs, two pieces of pork weighing 100 jin each, and 50 jin of the fruits Ali had given her.
This made Gu Yunshu gasp upon receiving the package, and she immediately made a video call to Xia Qingqing:
"Qingqing, did you give me all that meat and fruit?"
Xia Qingqing smiled as happily as if she had found money, her big almond-shaped eyes narrowing into crescent moons:
"Yes, Sister Yunshu, these meats and fruits were given to me by Ali from the original plane, who said it was to thank me for giving them fire."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yunshu couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Qingqing was indeed lucky; she could exchange a box of matches for so much food.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you. It's been so long since I've had meat. I'm going to eat my fill this time."
As Gu Yunshu spoke, she swallowed hard.
Actually, their post-apocalyptic world isn't completely devoid of meat. Some animals that haven't been zombified are kept in captivity by various bases, but their numbers are small. After all, people are starving and thirsty, so where would they find so much food to feed the animals?
This meat is exclusively for the upper echelons of the base. Even superhumans like Gu Yunshu can eat it, but only by exchanging contribution points. The price is too high, so Gu Yunshu usually doesn't dare to eat it. She will only buy a little to satisfy her craving when she really craves it.
Hearing Gu Yunshu's words, Xia Qingqing put her hands on her hips and said confidently, "Sister Yunshu, just eat as much as you want. I still have more here after you finish eating."
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Xia Qingqing needed a reasonable excuse to take out the meat before she could eat it. Just then, a new batch of Bulaji was ready, and she took the opportunity to send Bulaji to the county.
After settling the bill for Bulaji with Qin Chuan at the Qin family home, Xia Qingqing took out another 52 jin of wild boar meat. She had already cut the meat into pieces weighing one jin and two jin each for easy sale.
Qin Chu'an stared incredulously at the meat in the basket, her mouth agape wide enough to swallow a fist: "Sister Xia, so much meat?"
Qin Chuxin's reaction wasn't much better; she stared blankly at the basket full of meat.
Xia Qingqing's eyes were full of smiles: "Yes, one of the hunters in our brigade secretly shot a wild boar, and I thought I'd make some profit, so I bought some of it."
This was an excuse Xia Qingqing had thought of long ago. Anyway, Qin Chuan and the others had nowhere to verify it, so it all depended on her own words.
Qin Chu'an excitedly praised, "Sister Xia, you really have a knack for making money. I want to learn from you."
"How much did you pay for this meat? Wild boar meat is 1.2 yuan per jin on the black market now, and it's even harder to find it."
Xia Qingqing made a hand gesture, and Qin Chuan quickly calculated in his mind: with a profit of 3 mao per jin, 50 jin would earn 15 yuan, which is equivalent to a month's salary for an apprentice.
Qin Chu'an looked at Xia Qingqing with admiration. He was determined to latch onto Sister Xia's coattails and follow her, believing that he would surely make a fortune.
"Xiao An, I need you to help me sell this wild boar meat. I'll give you two pounds of meat as commission." Xia Qingqing looked at the two skinny children and felt that they really needed to eat some meat to nourish themselves, so this time she didn't directly offer money.
Whether Qin Chu'an ultimately sold the meat or kept it for himself was none of Xia Qingqing's business.
Qin Chu'an's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Thank you, Sister Xia. I'll go sell the meat in a bit. The weather is getting hot now, and meat doesn't keep for long."
"Okay, you handle it. Just remember to be careful."
After Xia Qingqing left, Qin Chuan handed a two-pound piece of meat to his younger sister, saying, "Xinxin, you cook the meat at home, and I'll go out to sell it. I should be back by the afternoon."
Qin Chuxin didn't take it, and frowned, saying, "Brother, this meat costs 1.2 yuan per pound. Wouldn't it be too extravagant for us to eat it all? How about we eat half and sell the other half?"
Hearing his sister's words, Qin Chu'an paused in his hand holding the meat. He remembered that when their father was alive, he and his siblings had no worries about food and drink and could eat meat every few days. Now, they might not see meat for a month or two, and he felt a pang of sadness.
He raised his hand and tapped his sister's pert nose: "Xinxin, you don't need to worry so much. I will work hard. We'll keep all this meat for ourselves. If we want to eat meat next time, we might not be able to buy it even if we have money."
Hearing this, Qin Chuxin also felt that what her brother said made sense, and said with a smile, "Then I'll make a bowl tonight, and pickle the rest so we can have a couple more meals."
Qin Chu'an didn't plan to sell this batch of meat on the black market; instead, he set his sights on the staff quarters of the food factory.
He had sold cloth there before, and the aunties and grandmas in those residential compounds were not short of money. The cloth he brought was sold out in no time.
One of the elderly women, surnamed Huang, had a daughter-in-law who was in confinement after childbirth. She specially bought a piece of cloth to make new clothes for her grandson. She also told Qin Chuan that if he had any good things in the future, he could go to her house to ask for her. She wanted all kinds of food and drink.
Qin Chu'an didn't dare bring too much when he first went to someone's house, so he only brought 10 jin of meat, just in case things didn't go well and he could run away easily.
Grandma Huang was washing diapers for her grandson at home when she heard someone knocking on the door: "Who is it? Come on in."
"Aunt Huang, do you still remember me?" Qin Chu'an gave Aunt Huang a harmless smile.
Aunt Huang excitedly pointed at Qin Chu'an and said, "You're the Qin who came to sell cloth last time, right? Come in and talk to me." With that, Aunt Huang pulled Qin Chu'an into the house and quickly closed the door.
After entering the house, Aunt Huang kept glancing at the basket on Qin Chu'an's back: "Little Qin, what good things did you bring?"
Qin Chu'an smiled mysteriously: "Didn't you specifically tell me last time that I had something good saved for you? This is what I specially saved for you."
"Quick, stop being so mysterious, I'm getting impatient!" Huang Da Niang was an impatient person, and she couldn't help but lift Qin Chu'an's basket immediately.
"Wow, it's meat!" Aunt Huang's eyes lit up, staring at the meat in the basket, unwilling to look away.
"Do you need it? I got it from a fellow villager."
Before Qin Chuan could finish speaking, Aunt Huang nodded her head like a machine gun: "Yes, yes, yes, Qin, name your price."
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