"Uncle Six is right. How could I accept it if I don't make any money?" Liu Dazui suddenly felt that he was very evil and shameless. How could he make money from such an innocent and kind little kid?
Xiang Wentian, who had never spoken a word, looked at Leng You with a hint of doting smile in his eyes.
Finally, after Hu Liu's mediation, Leng You took the two hundred and seventy yuan handed over by Liu Dazui with a genuine sense of guilt.
And Hu Liu refused to take any kickbacks.
After leaving Hu Liu's house, Leng You and Xiang Wentian went to buy some lard, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other daily necessities. Finally, they returned to Chen Mazi's place and picked up the remaining 20 kilograms of cotton that they had left there yesterday.
Leng You couldn't help but buy some more cloth. It seemed easy now, but it would become extremely difficult to come to the county town after the snow melted.
When he got home, Wen Jiuyue was making big buns with roe deer meat filling.
"Grandma Wen, can you make more buns? My brother and I will give some to people when we go to the county town tomorrow." Leng You spoke after hesitating for a moment.
"no problem!
I was planning to pack more so that your Grandpa Xiang and the others can make breakfast.
You can take these when the time comes. I will make some more dough tonight and continue making them tomorrow."
Wen Jiuyue didn't even ask Leng You who he wanted to give the buns to, and agreed readily.
"We'll buy some food tomorrow." Xiang Wentian gently stroked Leng You's head.
Although this child seems to have a cold personality, she is very grateful. If someone gives her a drop of water, she will return it with a spring.
"If you're going to buy anything, buy some coarse grains! Fine grains are too expensive." Wen Jiuyue felt distressed when she thought about how much rice and flour she had bought before.
"I understand." Xiang Wentian nodded.
In fact, when the time came, he still let Leng You make the decision.
The delicious big buns were already out of the pot. Leng You ate one and Xiang Wentian ate four in a row. After eating, the two went to the deep valley.
Just like yesterday, we dug medicinal herbs, caught rabbits, pheasants, and quails, and today we shot six roe deer.
Although prices were still extremely low in this era, after going to the county town several times, Leng You still felt that money was not easily spent.
After returning to Wen Jiuyue's house, Xiang Huaixin and Bai Changpu came early after hearing the news. After dinner, they started to clean up the roe deer.
After packing, throw the meat into the snow. The natural big refrigerator will quickly lock the moisture in the meat and freeze it solid.
This time when they set out for the county town, Leng You also carried a bag, which contained a lot of quails in addition to the frozen buns. It was really too much and too heavy for Xiang Wentian to carry.
When he arrived at Hu Liu's place, Leng You first took out a cloth bag of buns, and then took out ten quails and gave them all to Hu Liu.
"Is this... another gift for me?" Hu Liu was quite surprised when he saw the pile of things.
In fact, after several times, the brother and sister in front of him had never wronged him. This time they wanted to give him something, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
“This is the bun my grandma made, please try it.
The quail was sent by a relative. I can’t finish it at home, so I’ll give it to you to try.”
Leng You saw that Hu Liu was afraid of Xiang Wentian, so she decided to communicate with him.
"I'll take the buns, but I can't take the quail. You can sell them for money!" Hu Liu refused firmly.
"It's for you." Leng You's little face was full of determination.
"This..." Hu Liu was really embarrassed.
"Uncle Hu Liu, please ask that big-mouthed uncle to come over!" Leng You stopped Hu Liu from continuing to refuse.
"Okay, wait!
Da Sanzi, go and call Liu Dazui over."
Hu Liu felt warm in his heart and put away all his things.
It seems that it was not unfair to spank those brats last night. Compared with this little kid, it would not be unfair even if those brats' butts were spanked to pieces.
The third son agreed and ran out quickly.
"What good stuff do you have?" After a while, Liu Dazui came into the yard with his mouth grinning from ear to ear.
"Take a look first." Hu Liu pointed to the big sack on the ground.
Xiang Wentian didn't say anything. He untied the rope at the mouth of the bag and took out the prey one by one.
Today there are twenty rabbits, thirty-two pheasants, and forty-five quails.
"What kind of meat is this? Eh... roe deer meat!" Liu Dazui is indeed an expert in this area. He got the accurate answer after a quick observation.
"Yes, how much can this be sold for?" In modern times, the price of farmed roe deer meat has reached hundreds of yuan per kilogram, but Leng You really doesn't understand the prices of this era.
"Not bad! Very fresh and plump.
Pork is now 70 cents a pound, and this roe deer meat... I'll give you 2.5 yuan a pound!"
Liu Dazui thought about it for a moment and gave a price.
"Okay." Leng You thought it was reasonable.
Hu Liu had a large scale here. He took it and weighed it. It was a full three hundred kilograms.
"It's so heavy, how did you transport it here?" Liu Dazui looked around and didn't see any donkey carts, horse carts or the like, which made him very curious.
"Sled." Xiang Wentian just uttered two words lightly.
"Oh, oh!" Liu Dazui didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Hu Liu, who was standing next to him and also had a curious look on his face, secretly glanced at Xiang Wentian and didn't dare to say a single word.
In the end, all the prey was worth 1,100 yuan. Both parties were very happy after the money and the goods were delivered.
"Uncle Dazui, these are the buns my grandma made. Let me give you a try." After the transaction was completed, Leng You took out another bag of buns in a cloth bag from the bag she was carrying and handed it to Liu Dazui.
"Oh! Steamed buns? For me? That's great, that's great, thank you, thank you! Hehehe... Thank you, little baby!" Liu Dazui's mouth was almost stretched to his ears.
Although he made a good living as a businessman, in that era, even people with good living conditions could not afford rice and flour for every meal, let alone big steamed buns.
Like Hu Liu, he thought it was a vegetarian filling such as radish or cabbage. Even so, it was a rare delicacy, and it was also a token of someone's thoughtfulness.
Hu Liu was even more delighted. He confirmed that the bag of buns Leng You gave to Liu Dazui was far less than the one he gave him, and he also gave him ten quails.
The little girl was still the closest to him and was the best to him.
When Leng You and Xiang Wentian left, Hu Liu forced some candies and snacks into their mouths.
The two men went to find the rice seller again and bought 200 kilograms of millet, 30 kilograms of soybeans and 20 kilograms of mung beans.
The arable land area in Daheishan Village is small, so each family is naturally allocated less land, and the soil quality is not very good. Except for corn and sorghum, which have slightly better yields, the yields of other grain crops are very low.
In order to fill their stomachs, the villagers could only choose to grow these two crops, which resulted in people having only corn and sorghum as staple foods on their tables throughout the year.
It's just that the cooking methods are changed, such as corn grits porridge, corn residue porridge, cornmeal pancakes, cornmeal steamed bread, cornmeal porridge...
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