Chapter 44: Meat but no salt
A seventeen-year-old girl, just beginning to fall in love, is immersed in endless fantasies about her significant other. Suddenly someone points her out and brings her back to reality. One can imagine how she feels.
But Shen Qingxiao is a daughter of the Shen family. Although she felt bad, she still raised her head and nodded heavily to Shen Qingman and said, "I understand. Thank you, second sister."
Ever since her second sister was divorced by the Li family, she has never mentioned the surname Li. Today, in order to prevent her from suffering misfortune in the future, she took the initiative to reveal her scars. She had to accept this kindness.
"Don't be sad," Shen Qingman hugged her, "You still have a long life ahead of you, and it's not impossible for you to be together. It's just that now is not the best time. I just hope you don't give up on your feelings too soon."
Emotional hurt is a hurdle that many women cannot get over in their lifetime, and she doesn't want her sister to become one of them.
Once they settle down in northern Hubei, if Cheng San is also interested, she believes they will definitely become a good match.
Mrs. Wu noticed that both of her daughters were not working, and she saw the second daughter hugging the youngest daughter without saying a word, but with a thoughtful look in her eyes.
No one knows a girl better than her mother. Ever since Shen Yong said that in the morning, she saw Qingxiao looking at Cheng San from time to time, and she understood immediately.
I just didn’t expect Qingman to make the point so quickly, and it seemed that Qingxiao listened to it.
No one noticed what the mother and daughter from the eldest branch of the Shen family were thinking. At this moment, everyone was sorting out the hyena meat and skin from last night.
"Wow, so much meat!"
"Not only is there meat, but there's also so much leather, enough for us to make shoes."
"Haha, that's definitely enough! The rest can be used to make some warm clothes for the little ones."
“But who among you can handle these leathers?”
The last sentence silenced everyone who had been so excited just now, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.
All the people in the exile team were from official families. They used to buy leather. Jiang Goudan and his men were all digging for food in the fields. Even if they occasionally went to the mountains to hunt something, they would sell it with the skin and meat. No one was willing to keep a piece of leather for themselves, so naturally they would not process it.
"Cheng Yun will take care of it. When he comes back, let him lead everyone to deal with it." At this time, Sheng Ze, who was sitting at the entrance of the cliff cave, suddenly spoke.
Li Laosan clapped his hands and said, "That's great, otherwise it would be a waste to lose these skins."
Jiang Goudan's wife cautiously interrupted again, "Well, so much meat needs to be processed. The snow alone won't last long. We need some salt."
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent again.
Salt is a precious commodity. The Jin Dynasty court strictly controls salt. There are very few private salt dealers in the entire Jin Dynasty. After all, if you are caught, you will lose your head.
In fact, salt was a strategic material in ancient times. If you controlled the enemy's salt supply in a war, you were basically halfway to victory. After all, people would have no strength if they didn't eat salt, and they would get various diseases over time. Therefore, the supply of salt has always been controlled by the government.
"We still have some left. Let's use it sparingly. Save as much as we can. If we can't save it, let everyone eat it up quickly." Li Laosan scratched his hair, feeling really worried.
Their food supply was already planned, but now they are trapped in the mountains. Who knows if they can arrive on time? What if they run out of food before they arrive? Are they going to have to beg for food?
Shen Qingqian was carrying a bag of pine branches, and she was worried when she heard what everyone said. She had salt, but she couldn't just take it out!
The salt well given by the system can be taken out just like the sacred spring, but the sudden appearance of a salt well in the deep mountains and old forests looks weird no matter how she looks at it, so she dare not take the risk.
It seems that even if she doesn't want to touch hyena meat anymore, she will have to find a way to join the team that processes dog meat.
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