Chapter 177 Meeting Gift
Shen Qing pretended not to understand and replied to the young man in green, "Who said that dried vegetables and wild vegetables are hard to chew and tasteless?
If it's hard to chew, it's because the vegetables are too old. Use tender vegetables and dry them in the sun. Soak them the night before eating, and stew them with bacon or fat. It will be oily and delicious.
The woman from the Lei family nodded in agreement.
The young man in green didn't even look at Shen Qing, and only asked, "I can't even eat enough, and you still have bacon and fatty meat with wild vegetables?"
Grandma Cao's eyes lit up.
Yes, what good things could a bunch of disaster victims have? They can’t even get enough to eat, so they’d think dried vegetables are delicious!
Especially since the foot of the mountain is quite a distance away from the Lei family, and the mountain road is difficult to walk on. Looking at the man carrying the sack, his face was not red and he was not out of breath, it was obvious that the sack was not filled with heavy objects.
"This is refined grain. Do you know that refined grain is the most nutritious?
Especially rice, which is used to make rice soup. That rice soup is full of essence. We have more than 20 kilograms of rice in this bag!"
Boss Lei said hurriedly: "Wild vegetables are good, dried vegetables are even better. We are hunters living in the mountains. We usually eat a lot of game, so shouldn't we eat some wild vegetables?
Besides, winter is almost here, and it would be nice to have something to eat during the winter. A handful of dried vegetables can make a whole pot of soup, which is really useful."
Lei Lao Er also agreed: "Yes, we are rough people. We usually eat coarse grains. It would be a waste to eat fine grains."
The Lei family woman continued, "Besides, we hunters may lack food but not meat. It will be very delicious when paired with meat."
Even Feng Meng understood that the Lei family was afraid of embarrassing them!
Praise the things they brought, no matter how expensive or cheap they were.
Feng Meng puffed out his chest and said firmly, "It's just a coincidence that we're short of food. Most of the ten or so households we've sent food to are here!"
The young man in blue slowly turned his head and his eyes fell on Feng Meng's face, analyzing whether what he said was bragging.
These five or six sacks, even if each sack is only half full, together they weigh at least more than two hundred pounds!
What's more... His eyes fell on a long sack. There was no way that food was filled in it. It seemed that bragging had become a habit for these men. They were too concerned about their reputation to make a living.
Grandma Cao had the same idea and insisted, "Well, let me broaden my horizons today and see how much food there is!"
With so much food, the Cao family was reluctant to give it away after entering the mountains. After all, the mountain roads were inconvenient, and it would take several days to go back and forth to buy a batch of food. How could a group of disaster victims like them be willing to give it away?
Boss Lei frowned, his face showing some displeasure. He looked at the two of them and said coldly, "These are our guests, and the gifts are from our three families. How can we just look at other people's guests bringing gifts?"
Although they were just country folk, they knew that this didn't make sense.
What's more, the Cao family was very aggressive and always acted in an overbearing manner.
Lei Lao San came up to the eldest brother and whispered in a low voice that the young man in blue could hear, "I used to think the young man from the Cao family was quite good. He was polite to us. I also said that he came from a good family and had a strict upbringing. He didn't look down on us hunters at all.
How did it become like this today? It’s completely different from the past.”
The Lei family woman replied in the same voice, "He's just pretending. I can see that he's being polite to us because we live here, and he's afraid we'll chase them away. If we didn't live here, you wouldn't think he'd be polite to us!"
The young man in blue blushed, no longer as cold as before, and hurriedly explained: "Uncle Lei, you misunderstood! I just wanted to prove that they were dishonest and deliberately deceived you!
They are of low character and cannot be trusted."
No one can sit still when being told of bad character!
Master Jiang reached out to stop the children who were about to rush forward, and instead untied the hemp rope tied to the sack.
"This is 40 kilograms of soybeans. They came from my third brother and his wife's family. They make tofu, so one kilogram of soybeans can be exchanged for one kilogram of tofu. If they make tofu in the future, you're welcome to come and exchange."
Zhao Mingyue stood up and said to the Lei family with a bright smile: "This is my home. I will tell you when I make tofu in the future."
The two people from the Cao family didn't expect that there was someone among these disaster victims who had the skill to make tofu!
How long has it been since they last had fresh tofu since they came to these mountains?
But he only said this to the Lei family and didn't repeat it to them. Does this mean that they are not welcome to change?
The ladies and boys of the Lei family were very happy.
They knew that tofu cost four cents per pound in the city, so they would buy a pound or two to satisfy their hunger after selling their prey. However, they lived far away, so if they bought tofu in the morning, they would not get home until the evening, and it would become a paste and could only be used to make soup.
Now, not only can it be bought in the mountains, but it can also be exchanged for soybeans!
"These thirty kilograms of corn were provided by the Guan family."
Carpenter Guan stepped forward awkwardly, his face flushed red. After a long pause, he managed to say, "I'm a carpenter. If you need any woodworking, you can ask me to do it. I promise I'm no worse than those outsiders."
He added, "There's plenty of wood in the mountains. You provide the wood, and I'll make small pieces for you for free. The cost of large pieces won't be more expensive than outside work."
After saying this, he pulled out three wooden combs from his sleeve, handed them forward and said nervously, "My son made these. They're not worth much money. You can use them as you please."
When the young girls saw the exquisitely polished wooden combs, they couldn't wait and went forward to take their own.
“It’s so beautiful!”
"So good! Much better than what we have!"
"Uncle Guan thanks you."
Carpenter Guan watched the three little girls repeatedly look at the little wooden comb. Knowing that they really liked it, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If any of you still want it, I'll ask my son to make it again. There's plenty of wood in the mountains, so it won't take much time."
The other girls' eyes lit up and they asked in surprise, "Is it really possible?"
"We have wood."
The Lei family woman turned around and scolded, "What do you want? Look how much work it took to make this wooden comb. Besides, don't you know how expensive a wooden comb is in the city? How dare you ask for it!"
Then he turned around and smiled, "Children are ignorant, so don't take their words seriously. Just having one is good enough, it's enough."
Carpenter Guan looked around and silently noted the number of people.
The two members of the Cao family looked even uglier.
The Lei family may not need any furniture, but they really need it!
I came here in a hurry and kept everything simple to avoid my enemies. There is nothing missing in the house and nothing is convenient.
But this carpenter only spoke to the Lei family and didn't even look at them.
"This bag contains 50 kilograms of rice, and that bag contains 30 kilograms of flour. They were collected from several other families."
"There's a pound of malt sugar in each of the three oil-paper bags. They're shared between my third brother and my family."
When the Lei family heard about soybeans and miscellaneous grains, they thought that was all. When they heard about rice and flour, they were shocked. When they heard about malt sugar, they finally reacted.
The men and women hurriedly stopped him at the same time: "No, no!
This is too expensive. Food is so precious. How can we have both rice and flour?"
"And this candy is even more useless!"
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