Chapter 90 Wild Boar Meat
"Grandpa is sick and sleeping at home." The little girl answered honestly.
"Fever and cough?"
In this kind of weather, the common illnesses are colds, fevers, coughs, etc.
The little girl nodded.
"Is there any medicine at home?" Jiang Rong continued to ask.
"No."
The little girl's father died early, and her mother remarried and moved to another place, leaving only her grandparents at home. The old people had no idea about keeping medicine at home, so the family didn't stock anything other than the common medicines such as Banlangen and Ganmao Ling.
"Are there any other people in your family?"
"Grandma is at home."
Jiang Rong frowned slightly, but did not ask any further questions.
"Where is your home?"
This time the little girl didn't answer, but looked at Jiang Rong with some vigilance.
Seeing this, Jiang Rong reached out and took the mannequin with a broken hand from the little girl's arms, and then stuffed the two cans of elderly milk powder on the ground into her hands.
Then he looked at Cai'er beside him.
After receiving Jiang Rong's inquiring gaze, Zhao Caier quickly finished the last two wontons and the soup in the bowl, then nodded.
“I can help you take a look, but I’m not sure if I can find anything.”
Although she had not graduated from university before the end of the world, her grandfather, father and uncle were all medical students. She was influenced by them since she was a child, so she could still treat some simple minor injuries, gout, colds and the like.
But as a person, one cannot be too sure about what one says, so she did not make any promises at this moment, only saying that one can try.
"This sister is a medical practitioner. Would you like to ask her to help treat your grandfather?" Jiang Rong asked tentatively, but did not force it.
Because she has a grandmother at home, she felt a little sympathy when she heard the child say that there were only grandparents at home.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, she would at most send a box of antipyretic medicine.
"Is it really possible?" the little girl asked uncertainly, but her eyes were full of expectation.
"Well, you have to wait for us for a while, we have something else to do."
As Jiang Rong spoke, he picked up the colorful tablecloth on the ground, folded it a few times and stuffed it into his black backpack. He then took out a sturdy bag from it and handed it to the little girl.
"Use this to pretend."
"Cai'er, go and see how you're dealing with the mutant wild boar." Jiang Rong put on his black backpack again and walked outside.
Zhao Caier nodded and followed immediately.
Following at the end was a little girl carrying two cans of milk powder for the elderly.
Zhou Qi felt the heavy weight in the bag and felt a little unbelievable. She actually exchanged a broken doll for two cans of milk powder?!
And the stall owner even offered to treat her grandfather?
Although he didn't know whether it was true or not, Zhou Qi still felt that he was lucky today.
Originally, she was just repeating her recent daily routine, carrying her old schoolbag to set up a stall. The old schoolbag was filled with some toys that her grandparents had picked up from outside, some good and some bad.
Sometimes, if she's lucky, she can even exchange these for food.
But today was not a good day. Not a single toy was exchanged. She had thought she would gain nothing today.
Zhou Qi followed the two older sisters in front of him closely, feeling a little grateful, a little expectant, but also a little nervous and wary.
Because of her original family, she has seen a lot of bad people since she was a child. She is often more cautious than grateful for the kindness of strangers.
"You two, I've dealt with the mutant wild boar for you. Come over and take a look."
As soon as Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier walked out of the door of the building, they met an uncle who came to look for them.
Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier nodded, and followed closely behind him to the place where they dealt with the mutant wild boars.
At this time, the mutant wild boar, which was two meters tall and weighed about a thousand kilograms, had been disintegrated by these people.
The offal and pig blood were filled in two large buckets respectively, while the other pork legs, pork chops, pig heads, etc. were all placed on a large clean wooden board.
"We have taken care of everything for you. Is there anything else that needs to be dealt with?" The oldest of the five people walked up to Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier and said with a smile.
This mutant wild boar weighs a total of 1,156 kilograms. In a normal year, the five of them would probably get a total of 400-500 yuan in wages.
If converted directly into pork, it should weigh about 40 to 50 kilograms.
But now is the end of the world, the price of food will definitely rise, and it may even be out of stock, so the specific amount that can be exchanged depends on the owner of the mutant wild boar.
But no matter what, they are open for business today, and each person can probably get a few pounds of mutant wild boar meat. This alone is enough for the whole family to save on food for several days.
Moreover, I heard that if you eat too much of this mutant beast meat, you will become stronger.
In addition, there are other people with special abilities in their village, and maybe in the future they can use this skill to earn some food to supplement their family income.
All in all, it's a good sign.
"Thank you for your hard work. That's enough. Let's talk about your wages. How much mutant wild boar meat do you think is appropriate?" Zhao Caier responded.
Because the mutant wild boar was killed by Cai'er, Jiang Rong just watched from the side.
"In the past, the normal price was 300 yuan for one pig, but your mutant wild boar is almost twice the size of an ordinary pig, so the price will go up, probably around 400-500 yuan. In the past, 400-500 yuan could buy about 40 to 50 kilograms of pork, but now it is definitely not the same as before. We can't set the price either. It depends on what you two think. As long as it's not too little, we won't say no. I just hope that if there is such business in the future, you can still find us. We are quite old, with elderly and young people at home, and we don't have much skills. We can't go out with those young people to find supplies. We just want to rely on this to make a long-term small business."
Jiang Minrong was not exaggerating when he said this. He indeed had an eighty-year-old mother at home, a fifteen-year-old son and an eleven-year-old daughter. His wife died of illness a few years ago, and the family had basically relied on him to do hard labor at large and small construction sites to support them over the years.
The other old friends who were with him at the moment were about the same age as him, basically in their fifties or sixties. Their family conditions were similar, and they lived close to each other, so they were relatively familiar with each other.
After the polar night, the few of them met and discussed and decided to go out and find work together.
No matter what time, they have to find a way to support their families and cannot just sit at home and wait to die.
Fortunately, one of them had learned some basic skills of slaughtering pigs from his relatives when he was young.
They were actually doing it against their will, and the process wasn't perfect, but they did the basic bleeding, hair removal and cutting.
Therefore, they do not have high demands for remuneration, as long as there is some compensation.
Zhao Caier had an impression of Jiang Minrong and knew something about his family situation. In addition, because of her own special abilities, she would not be too short of food, so she did not "quibble" with these people.
"Then let's say 50 kilograms."
Although she was not short of food for the time being, she was not a sucker, so she only paid them according to the previous normal price and would not pay them more than the normal price out of soft-heartedness.
After all, she still knew the principle of repaying kindness with gratitude and resentment with hatred.
When Jiang Minrong heard Zhao Caier say 50 kilograms, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes became more prominent.
He just said that, but he didn’t expect that the girl actually gave them 50 kilograms of wild boar meat!!!
When the other people behind Jiang Minrong heard the 50 kilograms of meat, they showed obvious joy in their eyes, and some even cried with joy.
They were not crying because of these 50 kilograms of meat. It's just that in recent months they have been confused about the future and anxious about how to continue to support their families. Now these 50 kilograms of meat are almost the first income they have earned through their own hard work in these months!
They are, seeing hope!!!
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