Chapter 18: Buying Meat

Jian Qingqing suddenly had an idea. There were so many spices in her Spatial Kitchen, and she could not bring them out openly at home. She might as well sell them while the adults were away. However, she still had to test the waters first.

“Then, give me two catties of fat meat, two pig bones, two catties of streaky meat, and one catthy of pig innards.”

“Okay!”

The boss raised his knife and cut off a piece of fat meat neatly. He weighed it, and gave it two catties. Jian Qingqing was amazed.

“It’s three hundred and eighty-five wen in total. I’ll charge you three hundred and eighty wen.”

The two bones weighed a little more than three catties in total. The boss counted it as three catties.

“Okay, thank you.” Jian Qingqing handed him a whole piece of silver.

The boss picked through the money box before giving her the balance.

Jian Qingqing counted it and it was just enough. Then she carefully stuffed the money into her pocket.

“Goodbye, Boss!”

After buying the meat, Jian Qingqing planned to buy some spices.

There were very few spices in Shifeng County, and they were expensive.

She did not want to buy too much. She only bought a little pepper, cinnamon, and some spice that she had never seen before. It cost her more than 300 wen, which was almost more expensive than meat.

After buying all this, Jian Qingqing did not plan to shop anymore, because she was afraid that she would not be able to avoid her father’s big punishment.

When she returned to the grain store, Jian Dalang was already squatting outside the eaves with a few bags of grain.

“Father!”

Jian Dalang’s originally happy expression immediately sank when he saw the meat in her hand.

Jian Qingqing quickly said before her father lost his temper, “Father, I found a job to make money!”

“What?” As expected, Father Jian no longer paid attention to the matter of her buying meat. He hurriedly asked, “What job?”

“Selling mushroom!” Speaking of this, Jian Qingqing was a little proud. “I’ve already made an agreement with the people at the restaurant. I’ll sell the mushrooms to him tomorrow. We’ll talk about the price then.”

“Really? Then isn’t this a long-term job? Well, in the afternoon, you’ll go to the mountain with Xiao Hu to pick mushrooms. Bring Xiao Ye along too. He’s also reached the age where he can work.”

“Not for long. There are more mushrooms in the spring. After some time, we will have to look for other businesses.”

Jian Dalang laughed. “That’s not bad. During this period of time, earning a copper coin is considered a copper coin. If we save more money, we won’t be unable to live if something happens again.”

“Don’t worry, the money will definitely increase.”

Jian Dalang rolled his eyes at his daughter. “Don’t talk about the money increasing. Look at you, spending money so extravagantly. You haven’t even earned any money, and you’re using up all our money already.”

Jian Qingqing chuckled. She did not intend to explain her big plan to earn money. Even if she did, her father would think that she was daydreaming.

“Let’s go back. I saw the ox cart in Da Wan Village next door. I asked him to come pick us up when we go back. It’s about time now.”

“What are you going to spend that money for? You have so much money that you have nowhere to spend it, right? Give me the rest of the money. I can carry this little bit of food back.”

“Carry? We have to walk such a long way and the food is heavy. If you carry the three bags of food, you might be robbed on the road.”

This was the truth. Some of the refugees could not live anymore and were robbing pedestrians on the road outside. The county town was guarded by officers and soldiers, so no one dared to rob. This was also the reason why she dared to carry the meat and walk openly in the county town.

After thinking for a while, she compromised.

“Alright, then give me the rest of your money. If you don’t give it to me, I’m always afraid that you’ll spend it all.”

“What’s the rush? I’ll give it to Grandpa when I go back. There’s no shop on the road, how can I spend it?”

As he spoke, the ox cart arrived.

Then, he moved the grain into the cart and gave the ox driver three copper coins.