Seeing this, Wang Guihua smiled and said, "Jing'an's wife is too kind. She gave us pork and cleaned it so thoroughly right there!"
To everyone's surprise, Ning Huan ignored her completely. After cleaning the wild boar, she addressed the crowd, "Dear aunties, grandmas, uncles, and elders, I just hunted this wild boar from the mountain. Thinking of our fellow villagers, I'm selling it at a low price today so that everyone can have some meat!"
She calculated the price and then said, "This meat would sell for seventy coins outside, but today I'll sell it for forty coins per catty."
As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Guihua, who had just been looking like she wanted to take advantage of the situation, turned cold.
Even the crowd gathered at the entrance to watch the commotion looked at Ning Huan with strange expressions.
Wang Guihua deliberately raised her voice, as if questioning, "Jing'an's wife, what do you mean by this? Didn't you just say you were going to give it to us for free? Why are we being asked to pay for it now?"
Ning Huan's approach was actually correct. The weather was getting colder day by day, and winter was just around the corner. At that time, every household would need to buy some meat, and slightly wealthier families would buy more meat so that they could have meat dumplings for the New Year.
Even families that aren't well-off will spend some money to buy some cheap minced meat, just to add a meat dish to their family's dinner table.
At this time, Ning Huan's sale of wild boar meat at a low price can be considered a benefit to the villagers, since they simply cannot buy meat at this price outside.
Previously, when Ning Huan bought meat in town, the cheapest piece cost 85 coins per pound, and the 70-coin piece was meat that was already stale from the previous day. Today, her fresh wild boar meat was only 40 coins, which was practically free compared to that.
Even so, the people were still not satisfied.
Wang Guihua winked at an old woman by the door, who immediately understood and stepped forward, saying:
“Jing’an’s wife, look, we’re all from the same village. Your family has such a big wild boar that you can’t finish eating it all. Why can’t you give some to the villagers for free?”
“We don’t want much. Just a small piece for our family would be enough to have a proper New Year. Now you want us to spend money to buy it? What are you doing? Are you crazy for money? Are you trying to make money off our fellow villagers?”
Hearing this, Ning Huan rolled her eyes countless times in her mind: a few more people trying to get something for nothing.
On the surface, he remained very polite, saying to Wang Guihua and the old woman, "Auntie, it's not that I want to make money, it's just that our family didn't get this wild boar meat very easily."
"Today, my brother and I fought wild boars on the mountain. We almost lost our lives. It was like we had one foot in the grave."
As she spoke, Ning Huan beckoned Ning Liang over, then revealed the injuries they had sustained on the mountain that morning.
Although Ning Huan's wounds were not serious, there were quite a few of them.
Although Ning Liang didn't have many wounds, they were all large and looked bloody and gruesome.
Then Ning Huan said with some grievance, "If it were just these things, it wouldn't be so bad. The main problem is that our family is really struggling. My husband is sick, and his medicine costs money every day. We're about to be able to go to town for treatment in the next few days, so we can't stop him from taking his medicine now."
"The four little ones are still young and need to be taken good care of. I certainly can't let them lack food, clothing, or other necessities..."
Upon hearing Ning Huan's words, some people in the crowd began to realize that Zhou Jing'an's family had been in dire straits ever since he was injured and kicked out of the Zhou family.
At first, the doors and windows of his house were broken and leaky. It was only after some villagers who were on good terms with Zhou Jing'an helped him out and even helped him patch up the doors and windows that things got a little better.
The conditions were already bad, and on top of that, the medicine cost a lot of money, and raising four little dumplings also costs money.
Money is needed for everything. Is it wrong for people to make some money?
Then some people started whispering about Wang Guihua and the old woman who had spoken earlier: "People are already having a hard time, yet they still want to freeload off others. What are they thinking!"
"Isn't it just that she wants to take advantage of others? Don't you know what kind of person Wang Guihua is? She'll try to take advantage of anyone who has a little bit of benefit."
"Look how poor Jing An's family is. What's wrong with them wanting to make some money? Who would have the nerve to take it for free!"
"It's not like they're making money off us. Didn't you hear what Jing'an's wife said earlier? She charged us forty coins a pound. Don't you know what the prices are in town right now?"
“Indeed, last time I went to town to get some meat for my kids, the meat was ridiculously expensive and not very fresh. But this Jing'an wife just brought back fresh pork, and it’s only forty coins a pound.”
"I think we should hurry up and buy more while it's cheap, enough to stock up until the New Year."
As they chatted, they figured it out. They decided to buy some while it was cheap!
Yang quickly stepped forward and said, "Sister, cut me five catties of meat."
Ning Huan smiled and agreed, "Coming right away."
Upon hearing that Mrs. Yang had ordered five catties of meat, someone nearby couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law Yang, why did you suddenly order so much meat? Has your husband, Old Yang, struck it rich?"
Madam Yang shook her head: "Where did you hear that from?"
"So you ordered five catties of meat in one go, isn't that making a fortune?"
Pointing to the wild boar meat, Yang said, "This pound of meat only costs forty coins. I'll buy five pounds for only two hundred coins. Where else can you find such a price? Besides, this is fresh pork. I'll buy more to give my little tree a taste of meat first, and save the rest for the New Year."
While they were talking, Ning Huan quickly cut five catties of meat for Yang Shi.
"Sister-in-law, this is all meat from a good place. Take it back and cook meat dishes for Xiaoshu. It will be incredibly delicious."
Mrs. Yang carried the meat home contentedly, and before leaving, she said to everyone, "If you also want to buy meat, hurry up. There won't be many pieces left in the good places."
Upon hearing what Yang said, the aunts and mothers-in-law who were already hesitant immediately slapped their thighs and wanted to buy it.
Buy it! This meat is such a good deal, if you don't buy it now, you'll miss out!
I'm going home to get the money so I can buy more meat and stock up.
Before long, Ning Huan's house was packed with people buying meat.
"Jing'an's wife, cut me three catties of meat."
"Jing'an's wife, I need five catties of meat to take back and let my child have his first taste of meat!"
"Ning Huan, cut me a lot more fatty cuts so I can make some lard. Also, give me three pounds of meat!"
Ning Huan not only sold wild boar meat, but also brought out the braising sauce she had made some time ago.
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