Chapter 39 Breakup
Chen Wu originally intended to sell it to these prisoners.
After all, they were still in the wilderness, at least 10 to 20 miles away from the nearest town. They had to carry such a heavy wild boar to the town to sell it, which was tiring. In the current weather, the meat would spoil if left out for too long.
Therefore, the best thing is to sell it directly to these exiled prisoners.
In this way, they got some silver and made a small fortune, and the exiled prisoners could also have a full meal and avoid causing trouble due to hunger and greed.
After hearing that the officials were willing to sell meat, the exiled prisoners immediately rushed over, fearing that if they arrived too late, the good parts of the meat would have been bought up!
Chen Wu didn't ask for an exorbitant price, but he still asked for about double the market price. The market price of ordinary pork was fifty wen per catty, so he offered one hundred wen.
Those who were exiled were originally wealthy families, and they had some money and food hidden away, so they had no trouble selling their goods.
Soon, most of the wild boar meat was sold out.
Seeing this, some people who couldn't buy meat came to Chen Fenghe and asked her to share some meat with them.
Chen Fenghe had no choice but to give up a front pork leg and some ribs, and received nearly one or two taels of silver.
The Qin family looked on with envy as each household bought pork, then started a fire and stewed meat soup or stir-fried it with wild vegetables as if it were New Year's Day, or boiled it down into lard to save for later use. However, they had another internal conflict over the issue of exchanging money to buy meat.
Qin Jinzhong asked Qin Liqing to take out money to buy meat as before.
Qin Liqing refused to be taken advantage of this time and said, "Dad, let me be frank this time. My eldest brother and his family just stole the gold hairpin, clearly not considering us as family. And his daughter is a shameless person. She just brought shame to our Qin family! If you want to eat meat this time, our second branch will not pay for it!"
Qin Lizheng was so angry after hearing this that he wanted to hit Qin Liqing. However, he was beaten to the ground and could only cry out angrily, "Qin Liqing, don't be so naive! You want to spend our eldest wife's money and eat meat for free? You're dreaming!"
Qin Liqing sneered, "I was just wishful thinking today! Anyway, don't even think about getting a penny from our second branch!"
Qin Jinzhong was also angered by the matter between Jin Chai and Qin Huanhuan. Instead of scolding his second son, he coldly said to Qin Lizheng, "Big Boss! You have brought shame to our family today! Come up with some money to buy some meat! I won't let your second brother pay for it this time!"
Qin Lizheng immediately shouted, "Where will we get the money?! Worst case scenario, no one will eat!"
When Old Lady Zhang heard this, she immediately started to groan: "Oh! Jinzhong, how many days do I have left to live? Can't I even have a bite of pork if I want to? Even if... even if an old woman like me doesn't eat, can you bear to let my great-grandson starve..."
Qin Ziming also drooled and said, "Mom, I...I want to eat meat!"
Seeing this, Qian Qiuyun shamelessly said, "How about... asking my eldest sister for some? The officials gave them half, how can they finish it? If it goes bad, it's bad anyway, right? My second sister-in-law is the most suitable person to ask for this matter!"
As she spoke, she looked at Liu Cui.
Qin Mengyue had just had a fight with her over the gold hairpin, so she definitely couldn't go and ask for it. Liu Cui had never fallen out with Qin Mengyue, so naturally she was the most appropriate person to ask for it.
Liu Cui rolled her eyes.
The eldest wife secretly stole someone else's gold hairpin and did nothing about it, and didn't save Xiao Yunhao. Now, she still has the nerve to ask for wild boar meat?
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