After all, the villagers are relatively poor. During festivals, they might buy a little meat, but not much. If they were to smoke cured meat, who knows what kind of rumors would spread among outsiders.
Yun Qi was unaware of the villagers' current 'awe' towards them. Even if she sensed it, she didn't think too deeply about it. The old lady still habitually kept things to herself, especially things that might arouse envy or jealousy among the neighbors.
At least... we can't let those two unfilial descendants come knocking on our door every few days to beg for our money.
Therefore, although the old lady was generous when it came to food, she never showed it off.
Throughout the year, apart from the clothes Yun Duo bought for the two elders a few days ago, they only bought one new set of clothes. Otherwise, they still made do with their old clothes that were patched up and sewn together.
Of course, clouds are an exception.
In the words of the two elderly people, since they had already gritted their teeth and sent their child to school, they couldn't skimp on the child's clothing. It didn't have to be fancy, but it couldn't be too bad. It didn't have to be inferior to the classmates, but it couldn't be so tattered that the classmates would dislike and laugh at it.
The old lady took a wooden fork and carefully picked off the cured meats and sausages hanging from the hooks on the beam above the stove, piece by piece. Then she took a clean loofah and carefully wiped the soot off the surface of the cured meats piece by piece, talking to the clouds as she did so.
"Duo'er, Grandma only made this much cured meat and sausages at home. Why don't we send them all to that lady? What do you say?"
"Although these things are just a token of our appreciation, we can't have too little, otherwise it won't look good, don't you think?"
"For our own family's meal, let your grandfather buy more meat to cook tomorrow or the day after, okay?"
“Okay, Grandma.” Yun Duo nodded, looking at the small pile of cured meats that Yun Qi had placed on the stove, and said, “Grandma, how about I go and fill the basket with the meat?” There were too many things, firstly, it would be difficult to carry, and secondly, it wouldn’t look good if someone saw it.
Although it's true that the things belong to one's own family, and it's their freedom to give them to whomever they want, there are always some people who feel that since you have these things, you'd rather "give them away" to outsiders than let a single penny slip through your fingers and into your own family.
It sounds awful.
It has to be said that Yun Duo was also influenced by Yun Qi Shi; she would never have thought about these things before.
Therefore, no matter what a person's character is like, if you spend a lot of time with another person, you will unconsciously pick up some of their habits.
As expected, Yun Qishi thought Yun Duo's idea was thoughtful, and immediately nodded, saying, "Okay, let's take the thick-skinned basket you usually like to carry when you go to the hillside. That basket doesn't have any holes, and you can cover it with some dry grass so you can't see anything."
As for what other people think, that's none of her business.
Anyway, speculation is always better than seeing the reality.
It's like poor people imagining that rich people live a life where they drink one bowl of soy milk and throw it away, and eat one fried dough stick and throw it away.
There's a saying that goes something like this: Poverty stifles imagination.
Well... Madam Yun Qi wouldn't think that way. She simply felt that Yun Duo's suggestion was good. If no one could see it, no matter how much others thought about it, they wouldn't have any real evidence. Even if they gossiped in secret, it wouldn't reach her ears.
She finally got some peace and quiet.
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