Chapter 36 I Saw My Mother

Chapter 36 I Saw My Mother

Gu Tang was not happy: "Lard stinks! Buy some vegetable oil and change the taste. Don't buy too much."

There are no pig butchers here, and no one knows how to castrate pigs. They are just allowed to grow freely, and there is no particular care about what they are fed. The pork here has a strong fishy smell!

It would be fine if it had a strong fishy smell, but there are no spices to remove the fishy smell. When cooking pork, you either roast it, boil it in salt water, or fry it directly.

Among these three methods, none of them can get rid of the fishy smell. Even the lard made from lard and fat is very fishy and has absolutely no fragrance like the lard made in modern society.

Gu Lianshan didn't understand Gu Tang's distress, and he tried to persuade him: "I sold the sheep for a total of six taels of silver. I just got it and it's not even warm in my hands, but in the blink of an eye, you've spent more than six taels!

Not only did you lose all the money from selling the sheep, but you also spent hundreds of copper coins! Dad, please help me! You are not the best way to lose money!"

Gu Tang glanced at her father and said nothing.

Where are we now?

She still has a lot of things to buy!

For example, salt, iron pots, charcoal, etc. If you do the math, if you buy all of them, it will cost at least 100 or 20 taels.

If she really spent money like this, her father would probably be so angry that he would die.

After a moment of silence, Gu Tang took advantage of her father's inattention and rubbed her eyes hard, until her eyes turned red and she looked like she was about to cry.

Then she started to complain in a tearful voice: "Do you think I am willing to spend like this? Don't I know how to save money? In such cold weather, I go into the mountains every day to collect herbs and set traps. I risk my life for that!"

These words made Gu Lianshan's heart tremble, and he immediately shut his mouth.

Gu Tang glanced at him and said, "Isn't there anything I can do? I'm not in good health and have to take medicine every day. The doctor at the clinic told me to take good care of myself, but grandma is just torturing me and won't even give me a bowl of millet porridge!

I thought, I should take out the money I have saved in the past and buy some rice and flour to take care of myself and get through this winter. When the weather gets warmer next spring, I will look for another way out..."

What I said...

Gu Lianshan's heart ached and he almost cried, "It's Daddy's fault. I forgot that you were not in good health. If Daddy doesn't tell you not to buy it, just buy it. You can pay for it first. When you get home, Daddy will ask your grandma for money and make sure to make up for it for you!"

Gu Tang was delighted and almost laughed out loud, so he quickly lowered his head and covered his mouth.

But Gu Lianshan thought she was crying, and his eyes immediately turned red: "Stop crying, it's all Dad's fault, I won't say that again in the future..."

Gu Tang calmed down her smile for a while and asked her father to drive away: "Let's buy oil first, then buy salt and pots. After buying these three things, we will go back."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away, right away." Gu Lianshan hurriedly whipped the cow's back and shouted, asking the cow to move forward.

There is an oil shop not far ahead.

The oil shop sells soybean oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, etc. which are squeezed from various beans. There are quite a lot of varieties, which surprised Gu Tang.

In addition to these vegetarian oils, the oil shop also sells animal oils, such as lard, beef tallow, mutton fat, etc.

Lard is generally used for eating, while mutton fat is used as lamp oil or smeared on torches.

As for butter, most of it was supplied to rich families.

After all, killing a working ox is a serious crime. Only when the working ox dies accidentally can the oil shop use its connections to get some butter to sell.

Therefore, the price is very expensive.

Gu Tang didn't consider butter or lard, but he could have ten kilograms of mutton fat.

As for vegetable oil, Gu Tang picked the cheapest rapeseed oil, which cost 40 cents per pound, and directly ordered 20 pounds.

All together, the total amount I paid was one tael and two hundred wen, which is almost one and a half taels.

When paying the money, Gu Tang specifically handed the money to her father and asked him to pay it.

Gu Lianshan clenched his teeth and said nothing, but his hands kept shaking when he paid the money.

After buying oil, the next thing to do is salt and iron pan.

The salt shop is right next to the oil shop, very close and can be reached in just a few steps.

Gu Tang and her father went to take a look and were instantly shocked by the price of salt.

The lowest quality black salt costs fifty wen per pound, the better quality yellow salt costs one hundred wen per pound, and the slightly white salt costs one hundred and fifty wen per pound.

If it were whiter, the price would double to three hundred coins per pound!

You know, even as a waiter in the largest restaurant in Bei'an City, he only earns 200 wen a month!

This price is outrageous!

Gu Tang bit her fingers. This time it was her turn to feel heartbroken. It was too expensive!

In modern times, salt in the supermarket costs one dollar a bag, and the better ones only cost two dollars a bag!

"Girl, which kind do you want?" Faced with the outrageous price of salt, Gu Lianshan remained calm.

He had long been accustomed to such high salt prices. Anyway, his family could not afford good salt, so most of the time they bought yellow salt at 100 wen per pound.

It was still the eldest wife who insisted on buying it, saying that eating black salt would make one lose interest in studying. In order not to delay the studies of the eldest wife and her son, the two elders had been gritting their teeth and buying yellow salt over the years.

Gu Tang didn't want to buy any of them because the salt didn't meet the edible standards.

But we cannot not buy it. If people don’t eat salt, they will feel weak and listless.

After hesitating for a long time, Gu Tang gritted his teeth, pointed to the one that cost 150 wen per catty, and asked the waiter to pack five catties.

When you get back, you can dissolve the salt in water and try to filter it several times, hoping to get whiter salt.

Gu Lianshan was mentally prepared for his daughter's choice, and his hands stopped shaking when he paid the copper coins this time.

Holding the small jar of salt, the father and daughter walked out of the salt shop with gloomy faces and ran straight to the ox cart without even looking back.

Get on the ox cart and turn around to go to the blacksmith shop on another street.

On the way, Gu Tang couldn't help but complain to her father: "The price of salt is too expensive! How many families can afford it?!"

"We can still afford black salt, but we have to eat it sparingly." Gu Lianshan has become accustomed to it; 80% of the families in the village eat black salt.

Gu Tang pursed his lips and said nothing.

This could kill people!

The ox cart swayed to the blacksmith shop. From a distance, we could see that the blacksmith shop was full of people and the ox cart could not pass at all.

Gu Lianshan turned around and said to Gu Tang that he wanted to find a place to park the ox cart.

Gu Tang didn't hear a word she said. At this moment, she was staring sideways at the blacksmith shop.

In the crowded blacksmith shop, a woman in a long gown and pleated skirt stood out. She had a beautiful face and a plump figure, and when she walked, her waist swayed naturally, which was quite different.

Gu Tang kept staring at her without blinking.

Gu Lianshan didn't care, thinking she was just watching the fun. He drove the ox cart around for half a circle and finally found a place to park the cart.

After parking the ox cart, he wanted Gu Tang to wait in the cart and look after the things on it while he went to buy a pot by himself.

But before he could open his mouth, his daughter suddenly pulled out the rabbit skin blanket from the car and wrapped herself from head to toe.

"What are you doing?" Gu Lianshan was confused.

Gu Tang faced her father, not daring to turn her head, and just pointed to the side: "Hurry up and cover your face with your thick clothes! My mother is over at the blacksmith shop!"

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