Chapter 79 Buying Meat to Celebrate
When Lin Xin was taken away, Aunt Lu was stunned.
The villagers pointed fingers at her, which was quite embarrassing.
Grandma Lu spat at Aunt Lu and said, "Look at the kind of people in your family, murderers and arsonists. You've ruined the good roots of my Lu family."
The people around looked at Aunt Lu strangely.
Grandma Lu continued, "I think Lu Zhaodi just inherited the temperament of your mother's family. We don't have such a person in our Lu family." With this one sentence, she distanced herself from the situation.
Aunt Lu covered her face in anger as she walked home. Unexpectedly, Grandma Lu, who already had a grudge against her, was even more furious when she saw that she was embarrassed. She went home and even called Uncle Lu back, asking them to divorce.
She also said that a woman's bad luck would ruin a family for three generations. The Lu family's good reputation was ruined by this bad woman, and she didn't even look for her own faults.
Of course Aunt Lu wouldn't agree. She was already this old, with so many sons and daughters. How could she live her life if she was divorced at such an old age?
Ever since she lost her money, her mother-in-law has become increasingly erratic. Aunt Lu argued with her, but now that she sees her family's influence is declining, she's started bullying her.
Aunt Lu said, "Mom, please don't go too far and encourage me to divorce my husband. Your grandson will be the first to hate you in the future." Then she added, "A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Please think carefully about this."
Grandma Lu immediately thought of Lin Xin's leather jacket that was full of money. Yes, now that Lin Xin was arrested, the money in the leather jacket was hers.
Grandma Lu had her own agenda, so she snorted and cursed a few times, but Aunt Lu secretly groaned. With that old bitch, Grandma Lu, eyeing the money, it was unclear whether she could keep it. With this excuse, a fight was inevitable.
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This time, everyone in the Fu family worked hard to protect Lu Xiang, and Lu Xiang was very touched.
Everyone present thought that it was Aunt Lu who reported the incident to the authorities, which led to the police being called. Only Lu Xiang knew that it must have been arranged by Fu Qinhui.
When the police arrested Lin Xin, Lu Xiang felt relieved. She and Fu Qinhui had never been exposed to the police before, except for that one time, when they went there under the pretext of visiting Officer Chen.
Having solved her biggest problem, Lu Xiang wanted to celebrate. She now had over a hundred yuan in her pocket. She took out the two meat coupons Fu Qinhui had given her and went to the butcher's shop to buy some meat.
When they arrived, Lu Xiang immediately took a liking to the high-quality pork belly with its rich, lean texture. "How much is this piece of meat?" she asked.
The butcher said, "One dollar and one pound, this is good meat!" In their eyes, any meat with fat was good meat. Lu Xiang only had two meat coupons for one pound, so she bought the meat. Then she asked, "Is there anything else that doesn't require a coupon?"
The butcher said loudly, "Little girl, we need tickets for the meat here. This is a public butcher shop. We have to record the amount every day. One ticket for every pound of meat. We can't be careless."
He looked at Lu Xiang and said, "Only the pig intestines don't require a ticket." Anything that sells well here requires a ticket.
Pig's feet used to not require a ticket, but now that it's the peak childbearing season, many villagers buy them to help their wives increase their lactation. Later, a ticket was required.
Although pig intestines don't require tickets, they do cost money! They have a strange smell and require heavy seasoning and cooking with lots of oil to be delicious. Most people can't make them, so if they can't sell, they'll just give them away as employee benefits.
The butcher lady had already eaten enough!
Now I have accumulated three more pig intestines, which add up to nearly 15 kilograms. Who will buy them?
Lu Xiang's eyes lit up when she saw the pig intestines and asked, "How much is one pound?"
The butcher said, "Fifty cents." Although pig intestines are not expensive, they are also meat, so this price is very affordable.
Lu Xiang said, "I want all three of these pig intestines. Can you give me a discount?"
The butcher thought she was joking: "You want all three? I just weighed them and they weigh 15 pounds." That works out to 7.5 yuan, which is not a small amount.
Can this little girl be so powerful?
The butcher was a little skeptical.
Lu Xiang said, "Yes." Pig intestines are a good thing. There are many ways to eat them, and they are more delicious than meat when cooked.
The butcher took out an abacus, fiddled with it, and said, "Then it's 40 cents per pound, and 15 pounds is a total of 6 dollars." If she could sell these pig intestines, her superiors would definitely praise her.
Lu Xiang said, "35 cents."
The butcher immediately refused, saying, "No, we normally charge fifty cents, that's way cheaper." Seeing that she finally had a buyer after such a long time, she was reluctant to let Lu Xiang go. She said, "How about this? If you want all of them, I'll give you five dollars, okay?"
When Lu Xiang heard this, she immediately agreed, paid the money and left.
After she left, the butcher woman fiddled with the abacus: 35 cents a pound, 15 pounds, 5.25 yuan.
The butcher was stunned. What the hell was she doing? She didn't sell it for 5.2 yuan, but instead asked someone to buy it for 5 yuan.
The butcher planned to keep this secret to herself until the end. When the director came, she would tell him that she had worked so hard to sell the pig intestines.
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Lu Xiang returned home and had another bag of rice delivered. Rice cost 1.2 yuan per jin (approximately 50 jin) for 6 yuan. This was old rice bought from a fellow villager, but it had been well-preserved and didn't smell stale. New rice was still growing in the fields.
The fellow villager was also in urgent need of money, otherwise this rice would be worth at least eight yuan.
After buying rice and meat, Xiao Cailian asked, "Why did you spend so much?" Lu Xiang got 30% of the duck necks, and she had some money in her hand, and the whole family knew it.
Xiao Cailian is used to being frugal. Although it was not her money that was spent, she still felt distressed!
Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this. You have to save on everything in your life.
Lu Xiang said: "Thanks to the help of my brothers, I want to make something delicious to thank them."
Xiao Cailian's brows softened. It was hard for Lu Xiang to have such a heart. Everyone said her family loved her. The little girl was indeed lovable.
Xiao Cailian said, "You don't need to buy so much!" Even so, she bought it. She quickly helped Lu Xiang clean the pig intestines. When they left the slaughterhouse, the pig intestines had been processed many times and were very clean.
But Lu Xiang still turned it over and cleaned it thoroughly six times before finally getting it out.
Use pork to make braised pork, pig intestines to make braised pork, and stir-fry a few small vegetables.
Lu Xiang’s family braises duck necks with a full range of seasonings.
When braising the large intestine, add a lot of soy sauce and cook it. Soon it becomes thick and oily, and the aroma is fragrant.
Lu Xiang started washing rice again, and this time she got a lot of it, steaming two large pots of it.
Xiao Cailian smelled the fragrance of rice in the yard. She knew that Lu Xiang was not stingy when cooking. She didn't go in because she was afraid that she would be upset if she saw it!
The large intestine is stewed in a large iron pot over low heat, bubbling and emitting a fragrant aroma.
The big iron pot cooks things quickly and takes them out when they are soft.
There are only 15 pounds of large intestines left after cooking, so cut them into small pieces.
The rice was cooked, and Lu Xiang dug out all the lunch boxes at home and filled a large bowl with it. She topped it with braised pig intestines and finally poured a layer of broth on top. Lu Xiang had seasoned it generously, and even the broth was delicious, and it was delicious when coated with rice.
The first bowl of Lu Xiang was sent to the village chief. Lu Xiang had realized that the county magistrate was not as good as the current one. A good relationship with the village chief would bring great benefits in the future. Furthermore, the village chief had defended her several times, so it was reasonable for him to send her some food.
As Lu Xiang walked along the way, the aroma of food filled the air, and anyone who smelled it started to feel their stomachs growl.
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