Chapter 307 Placement
People arrived at two or three in the afternoon.
When they entered the village, both outsiders like Xu Lin and the original villagers were shocked.
The last time Xu Lin and other men came to the other side of the river, they only saw the wall and the suspension bridge. The wall was thick, but it was made of adobe and didn't cost money. The suspension bridge was made of wood. There were mountains all around here, so the last thing they lacked was wood, and there was no need for money.
At that time, I just felt that the people in this village were far-sighted and united. They came here early to find a good place, and worked together to build all the defenses such as walls and suspension bridges. Unlike my own village, which was a mess and eventually died or scattered before reaching their destination.
After coming in today, they discovered that this village is far richer than they thought!
The walls are made of adobe, but the roofs are all tiled! And each household has many houses. You know, a large house with many rooms requires more tiles, which means more money is spent.
When we entered the center of the village, we had already seen four or five households, and discovered that there was a well at the door of each household!
A well costs two taels of silver. In the past, there were only two wells in their village shared by all households. But in this village, every household has dug a well?
It’s waste silver, but it’s really convenient to use water. You don’t have to queue up to fetch water anymore.
What shocked the villagers was that Shen Qing bought so many people at once!
"Shen Qing, how are you going to accommodate this?" Granny Qin looked at the crowd that took up a large area just by standing, and began to worry about Shen Qing.
Zheng Hui had the same idea: "Liu Sheng is difficult to deal with, and we are indeed short of people, but how are we going to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation for so many people?"
Alas, I finally settled down, no worries about food, clothing, housing and transportation, and I still have money to spend. I saw that life was getting better and better, but this damn Liu Sheng!
After taking advantage of Xiaoyu, he now comes to trick A Bing. Forget it, even if there is no Liu Sheng, there are others. If the person behind the scenes doesn't want A Bing to live, he will have to spend a lot of money.
As the saying goes, there is always a brave man under a huge reward. This disaster was bound to come sooner or later. As a family, Shen Qing must have spent all his family's wealth to fight.
Zhao Hu laughed and shouted, "Mom, don't worry, I've thought of it a long time ago.
We went to the city on the way, and Auntie not only bought the cloth and cotton she needed, but also asked us to buy a lot of pork!"
When they heard about pork, the eyes of the people surrounding them suddenly lit up.
"Where, where?"
"Why didn't I see it?"
Feng Meng lifted the tightly covered tarpaulins from several carts and shouted, "Here they are! Things have been a bit turbulent these days, and my aunt said it's best not to show off. We've wrapped everything tightly in tarpaulins."
Seeing the pork, Xu Lin and a group of people all looked over. Fortunately, the adults were able to control their greed and realized that they were not worthy of eating meat.
The children couldn't help but swallow their saliva violently.
Jiang Dabo explained loudly, "Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there are many people slaughtering pigs. We bought several pigs. My sister-in-law asked us to raise our hands and ask for a certain number of pounds. If there is enough, we can chop it directly. If not, we can only buy according to the number of people in the family."
The villagers already had plenty of money on hand, and during the winter, some of their family members worked in the workshop, bringing in income every month. How could they not want it?
Even if we have game at home and can eat meat every three to five days, isn't the Chinese New Year coming up soon? Pork is especially fatty, and if you miss out on buying it, it will be gone.
"I want it! No matter if it's fat or lean, I want it as long as it's available!"
"Do you have one hundred kilograms? If not, eighty kilograms will do."
"Me too. The more the better! A hundred pounds would be best, but if not, can you get a few dozen pounds? I'm fine with that."
They didn't contribute anything, but Shen Qing took the trouble to bring it back, so why would they be picky? Of course, they wanted whatever was available, and whichever part was assigned to them.
It’s all meat anyway, it’s better to have it than not.
The women who followed were stunned to see each woman asking for dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of pork.
Is this how they all buy meat?
Shouldn't you buy it in batches of one or two pounds, and then ask the butcher for some bones to take home and make soup?
I've never seen people buy dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of it. Even if there are many people in the family, they just buy one piece and stew it with cabbage or radish in a big pot, and then just let it soak in the meat flavor...
Jiang Dabo understood immediately after hearing this. This guy is not afraid of too much when there is too little.
Dozens or hundreds of kilograms are just the reported numbers. If you buy more than ten heads, these aunts and ladies will buy them whole heads!
He raised his voice and said, "It's definitely not possible to exceed a hundred kilograms. You can see that my sister-in-law's family has grown a lot, and there is also a workshop to provide lunch, so meat is indispensable.
But we bought a lot this time, five in total, weighing over a thousand kilograms. How about this: we divide it into three, so each household can buy about 70 to 80 kilograms, and the remaining two will be left for my sister-in-law."
Those who were able to get 70 or 80 kilograms were overjoyed and responded one after another: "Oh my! I didn't expect there would be pork to buy today! What's there to say about this extra 70 or 80 kilograms?"
"Sure, we still have a lot of game left if we save it a bit. With these 70 or 80 kilograms, we can eat as much as we want during the New Year!"
"Haha, if we can refine lard these days, it will also improve our diet."
Shen Qing is so kind. Even in the midst of all the hassles, she still thought of bringing them some pork! She really cares about them!
Xu Lin and the others: "...It's already 70 or 80 kilograms, and the people who were allocated it still think it's not enough? We need to explain what the remaining food is for."
That's 70 or 80 kilograms. Aren't these farmers? Which farmer would dare to buy so many kilograms of pork at once?
And I heard from them that they had wild game and meat to eat before, so why buy more?
Jiang Dabo also said that the remaining food would be supplied to the workshop. What workshop? It would be fine if the workshop provided food for the workers, but also meat?
Everyone was shocked. They could understand the words, but why didn't they understand them when they were put together?
Three pigs were left, and the Lei brothers helped to chop them up and distribute them.
Everyone was happy because they had meat to eat.
Boss Zhao saw hundreds of people, young and old, coming up to Shen Qing and saying, "It doesn't matter if you eat less of this human flesh, but the food and vegetables are quite a lot. If you haven't made a plan, I'll give some to you later."
It is definitely not possible to feed so many people solely by relying on food. That would cost a lot of food.
Since you can't add more meat, you can only add more vegetables, which will fill your stomach at least.
However, there were too many people, so he had to greet Shen Qing in advance and let her know that the Zhao family had extra food to share with her.
At this moment, I am extremely grateful that I had stockpiled enough food. Otherwise, I would have to worry about where my own food is and how could I help others?
Shen Qing felt warm in his heart and smiled, "Okay, I've stockpiled a lot of food before, and I bought a lot more this time. If we're really short of food later, I'll ask you to share some with us."
"As for the vegetables—"
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