Sister-in-law from a poor family

Chapter 19 Spices are everywhere

A total of more than 260 kilograms of meat was obtained from the wild boar. After excluding the remaining bones and the fractions thrown away when selling the meat, Qin Mianmian sold a kilogram of fifteen cents for a total of [-] copper coins.

After excluding the wages paid to Ma Laowu and the money to buy sesame cakes, there are only 140 left.

That is to say, I always have more money, and there is still more than 800 copper coins left between the two I owe Wan Luoshi.

With money, Qin Mianmian did not dare to put all his hopes in hunting. After all, no one knew what he would hunt tomorrow.

It happened that she saw a stone mill in the yard of her home, and Mrs. Chen couldn't sleep all night because she was worried about owing money.

If I could find something for her to do so that she could earn money, she would be able to sleep more soundly at night.

So after Qin Mianmian finished eating a dry sesame cake, she took Fu Jingbo to the grain store and bought dozens of kilograms of soybeans, ten kilograms of peanuts, and a few kilograms of rice and white flour.

The rice vat at home has reached the bottom. It’s not okay to eat these things every day.She will definitely find a way to earn back the money she spent today.

And her purpose is not only to help the Fu family pay off their debts, but also to provide the family with stable income so that they will not be in debt in the future.

Besides, the Fu family seems to still be in debt from that doctor. It sounds like her cheap father-in-law will have to spend a lot of money on medical treatment in the future.

Fu Chen is skillful and willing to work, so this is a good opportunity to make money.

After buying these things, she went to buy some spices. There were not many spices these days. I don’t know if no one bought them or because no one had discovered anything that could remove the fishy smell and improve the fragrance.

So on the way home, she searched for treasures all the way.

When you come across a grapefruit tree, pull some young leaves from it. Putting the young grapefruit leaves in the meat can also remove the smell.

I saw some wild ginger, so I dug out some with a wooden stick.Although this ginger is not big, it is much spicier than the ginger grown in later generations. I believe it will be more effective in removing the smell.

Don't ask her why she knows this ginger is spicier, just ask her because she tasted it.

In addition to these, there are also bark, mountain pepper, and green peppercorns.

She picked all the spices that she could recognize, and while picking them back, she thought that the spices here were quite complete.

By the time they got home, she and Fu Jingbo had their hands full.

Fu Jingbo carried peanuts and soybeans, as well as skinned badger pigs and wild boar bones hung on palm leaves.

Qin Mianmian held a pack of sesame cakes, a large pack of spices wrapped in banana leaves, and the rice and white flour she bought.

These two people were dusty and tired, just like those who were fleeing from famine, no matter how embarrassed they looked.

"You two, this is it." Fu Chen looked at the large and small packages in their hands and was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth.

Qin Mianmian smiled, not caring about wiping off the dust on her face, and ran to the water tank, scooped up a large gourd of water and drank it first.

After drinking, he didn't forget to pass a ladle of water to Fu Jingbo, who had just finished unloading his things. The man looked at Qin Mianmian blankly, and drank the same gulp while holding the ladle.

"Is this a badger pig? No one is buying it." Fu Chen looked at the skinned badger pig and said with a frown.

Qin Mianmian nodded: "Everyone dislikes it because it is full of bones and smells fishy. No one is willing to spend money to buy it."

These days, unlike in later generations, even bats are used as game for barbecues.It's hard to make money, so of course they won't buy a bunch of bones to gnaw on after finally making a tooth sacrifice.

Just like a wild boar, it would be more than double the price of a pig in later generations, and it would be difficult to buy.

Here, pork sells for fifteen cents per catty, and wild boar only sells for fifteen cents per catty. People also complain that wild boar is not as fat as domestic pork.

The living environment is different, and the price will naturally be different.

"Why did you buy so many soybeans and peanuts?" Fu Chen asked casually while counting the things Qin Mianmian brought back. "This is a job to make money for my mother." Qin Mianmian said with a smile.

"A job to make money? Do you want me to grind tofu and sell it?" Fu Chen's eyes lit up: "Don't say it, don't say it, I really know how to do it!"

Qin Mianmian looked at her hard-working smile and handed over the bag of sesame cakes in her hand.

The sesame cakes were so hard that she couldn't eat them after one, but Fu Jingbo ate three in one go.

When watching him eat, Qin Mianmian was afraid that he would choke himself accidentally.

"Why are there so many sesame cakes, haven't you eaten them yet?" Mrs. Fu Chen exclaimed again.

"Eat. Mom, if you're hungry, you can eat one too. After eating, we'll soak the soybeans first and then prepare dinner."

Mrs. Fu Chen hesitantly looked at the sesame cakes in the oil paper bag, and finally picked one up.

But instead of eating by herself, she went to the kitchen to pour a bowl of boiling water and quickly returned to her room.

Qin Mianmian:
As expected, she is a family-oriented woman, so knowing how to bake pancakes is not a good thing. Her first thought is to give them to her man.

Yes, this sesame seed cake feels unpalatable to her, but maybe it is indeed a good thing in this barren age.

So she looked around and prepared to call out that little girl Fangfang.

But after searching around, I couldn't find where the little girl was hiding.

As soon as Mrs. Fu Chen came out, she saw her frowning and turning around.

"Mianmian, what are you looking for?" she asked while taking the things she bought back to the kitchen.

It didn't matter. Only then did she see that Qin Mianmian was still holding white noodles and rice.

Suddenly, her face stiffened.

"Mom, where is Fangfang? Ask her to come out and eat sesame cakes together." Qin Mianmian didn't pay attention to her face and answered her questions.

"Fangfang, she said she was going to deliver a basket to the little tiger. Yesterday, she fell down because she was helping the little tiger to weed the pigs." Fu Chen's eyes were a little helpless, and she also concealed that Fangfang was doing it for the eggs. The fact of going to help fight hogweed.

She didn't teach that child well. It seems that she will have to teach this child not to be greedy in the future, otherwise there's no telling what trouble will happen.

"Her foot is twisted, she can't walk by herself." Qin Mianmian was a little worried.

Mrs. Fu Chen waved her hand nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, she's holding a piece of firewood for strength."

After saying that, he glanced at Da Mi and Bai Mian with an expression of embarrassment, and pulled Qin Mianmian to the corner.

"Mianmian, I know it's my fault to ask you to pay off your debt as soon as you come in, but there's nothing I can do about it. You've seen the situation in our family, and life is a bit harder."

"No, I am willing to pay off the debt. Why are you bringing this up, mother?" Qin Mianmian saw that she was hesitant to speak, so she asked directly.

"Mom just feels sorry for you." Fu Chen said and was about to shed tears again.

Qin Mianmian quickly took a step back: "No, no, no, I have nothing to be sorry for. I promised it myself, and it has nothing to do with you."

She is not afraid of anything but being afraid of others showing weakness.

As the saying goes, she is the one who speaks softly and not hard.

"I'm still young and don't know what debt means." Fu Chen sighed, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and looked at the white rice noodles with a sad look on her face.

(End of this chapter)