Chapter 14 Glass Marbles



After several days of mediocre harvest, Chen Xiaomi finally had a big haul: she hunted a wild boar.

Many people witnessed Chen Xiaomi dragging the wild boar down the mountain.

Chen Xiaomi was renowned, and no one dared to approach her to ask anything, though many people did show expressions of envy.

When Chen Xiaocai and Chen Xiaomai saw that Chen Xiaomi had brought back a big wild boar, they jumped for joy.

When Chen Xiaomi got home, she dissected the wild boar.

Chen Xiaomi plans to keep the worthless pig bones, pig heads, and pig offal at home, and sell the rest.

Lu Lin made stir-fried blood tofu with garlic for dinner, and also made pork bone porridge.

The yam porridge tasted good, but Lu Lin was getting tired of eating it every day. However, the three Chen brothers seemed to really enjoy it and never seemed to tire of it.

Chen Xiaomi finally managed to hunt a wild boar, and Lu Lin finally found an opportunity to try a different way of making porridge.

These pork bones are great! They're rich in collagen and can also help with calcium...

In my past life, pig bones were more expensive than meat.

When Lu Lin made this porridge, he deliberately broke all the bones and boiled out the marrow.

Wild boar stomach is also a good thing; it's good for the stomach. In my previous life, wild boars were rare, and some bosses would pay a lot of money to buy wild boar stomachs, with one stomach selling for more than two thousand yuan. However, according to Chen Xiaocai, Chen Xiaomi had thrown these things away several times before, which was such a waste.

As Chen Xiaomi ate the pork bone porridge, she thought to herself: It was definitely the right decision to leave the kitchen to Lu Lin. I didn't expect the porridge to be so delicious. I used to waste so much of it. The pork stir-fried with garlic was also very tasty.

Looking at the empty bowl, Lu Lin thought to himself: The three Chen brothers aren't picky eaters at all! And they all have pretty good appetites.

As Chen Xiaomi ate the pork bone, she was also a little puzzled. The pork bone was very hard, but it seemed to have been neatly cut in half by something sharp. It must have been some kind of weapon, but she wondered what kind of weapon it was.

Chen Xiaomi's job as a hunter made her very passionate about weapons.

Chen Xiaomi was puzzled, but she didn't ask.

...

"Big brother, are you going into the city?" Chen Xiaocai asked.

Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "Yes! We can only buy things back if we sell them."

They were supposed to go to the city a few days ago, but they kept eating more and more food at home, and Chen Xiaomi hadn't received much in the past few days, so they were delayed.

Lu Lin was very happy to learn that Chen Xiaomi was going to the city.

"Are you going by oxcart?" From the memories he received, Lu Lin knew that the village head's family owned an oxcart, and villagers who wanted to go to town would often pay two coins to ride with the cart.

Chen Xiaomi's expression changed, and she said, seemingly somewhat displeased, "Let's walk."

Lu Lin suddenly realized that Chen Xiaomi's reputation in the village was so bad that it would be difficult for her to borrow an oxcart. Moreover, the village head's oxcart did not go to town all the time; usually, several families would agree before going together.

Lu Lin was initially puzzled as to why Chen Xiaomi dissected the pig and sent it to town instead of selling the whole dead pig. He figured it was because the dead pig was too heavy.

“I want to go too,” Lu Lin said.

Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "Okay, but we'll have to walk there."

Lu Lin nodded and said, "Okay." Lu Lin had been here for a few days and was still very curious about the ancient county town.

Lu Lin hesitated for a moment, then said, "I have something I want to sell in town. I don't know if you know any buyers."

"What is it?" Chen Xiaomi asked curiously.

Lu Lin took out a glass marble, and Chen Xiaomi's eyes were immediately drawn to it.

Lu Lin's shop has many good things, but most of them are too strange to sell.

Two days ago, when Lu Lin secretly peeked into the convenience store, he found seven or eight glass marbles inside. These were popular in the countryside when Lu Lin was a child. Later, as conditions improved, they were replaced by all sorts of novel and exotic toys.

Lu Lin knew that glass products also existed in this place, but only foreign merchants brought them in to sell, making them a rare commodity.

The glass marbles were translucent with naturally formed patterns inside. In her previous life, these things would probably have been left lying on the street and no one would have picked them up. But here, they immediately caught Chen Xiaomi's eye.

Chen Xiaomi exclaimed excitedly, "What beautiful beads! Where did you get these?"

Lu Lin had already anticipated Chen Xiaomi's question, so he said that eight years ago, when he was still a teenager, he saw two strangers chasing a merchant and falling out of the merchant's bundle.

When Chen Xiaomi heard that the goods were stolen, her expression changed slightly, but she quickly looked relieved.

This happened several years ago. In recent years, there have been continuous battles, and countless people have died. People should not be investigating what happened several years ago.

"I'll find a buyer, but this kind of thing depends entirely on the person's taste. There's no idea how much it can sell for."

Lu Lin smiled and said, "As long as we can make money from it, we can use the money to buy some household items."

Chen Xiaomi was very satisfied with what she heard. Winter was approaching, and it would be better to earn more money.

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