eurekapd Chapter 110: You Don’t Know How Expensive Firewood and Rice Are
Chapter 110: You Don’t Know How Expensive Firewood and Rice Are
Mrs. Xu said sadly, "Oh, why did you buy fine salt? We have always eaten coarse salt, and there is nothing wrong with it. You spent so much extra money. How many pounds of meat can you buy with this hundred coins? You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. You spend money lavishly. Mother, I think you can't let her do the shopping work from now on. This girl is a loose-handed person. She will definitely spend all the money you give her!"
Zhou Guo didn't say anything. He knew her well. She had no money left and even spent some extra.
Mrs. Li said, "She is just a child and has never done this before. How can she know how to buy things? I think she has a good idea of buying fine salt and knows how to buy good ones."
Xu stamped her feet and said, "Yes, it's a good choice. I spent more than a hundred coins on it, how could it be bad?"
Huang frowned and said, "Okay." I've already bought it, can I return it?
She took out the needle and thread and checked to see if everything she wanted was available.
In the end, there were about ten packages of snacks left on the ground. From the grease oozing out of the paper packages, you could tell what was inside without even opening them.
She looked at Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang helplessly. These two people are actually the mainstays of the family now. If the two heads of the family spend money so unthinkingly, how will the family save money in the future?
"What is this? Dim sum? So many of them?!" Mrs. Xu shouted in surprise again. She looked at the dozen or so packages of dim sum on the ground with her mouth wide open. My God, how much money did this cost? "Even if we have mountains of gold and silver at home, it can't withstand the two of you spending like this. Are you really eating dim sum as meals? This money is enough to buy a load of food!"
The other children of the Zhou family were also stunned when they saw so many snacks on the ground. They had never seen so many snacks in their entire lives. When the family was well off, only during the Chinese New Year could the whole family buy a few pieces to share. They had only seen such a quantity today in their dreams.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Guo quickly picked up a pack of each snack and gathered them in front of him, "These are not them. These are my gifts to Master."
Honoring your father?
Now even the Xu family had nothing to say. Zhou Guo said that he had become a disciple, but he only performed the greetings. He did not offer any ceremony of becoming a disciple. This was of course their lack of courtesy. This courtesy was what they should have done. They would have to make it up to the old man when everything was settled.
Even so, there were still six packs left, which was a lot.
Huang looked at Zhou Guo and felt that the second son's wife was right. The child was still young and had never done such a thing, so it was very excusable. But Sanlang?
"You are the same. You are the uncle of a man who is about to get married, but you are not there to help watch over her. She is young and doesn't understand, so don't you understand too? Are you buying so many snacks as if they were meals?" He bombarded Zhou Dacang with a barrage of criticism.
Zhou Dacang: "...Yes, I will never buy so much again. It's all my fault."
Huang nodded in satisfaction, turned around and waved to her two daughters-in-law, "Okay, let's cook. We haven't had breakfast yet and everyone is hungry."
Once you get used to eating three meals a day, it’s difficult to go back to eating two meals a day.
The two Lis stood up happily, picked up the meat and went to work. With the meat to work with, they felt full of energy.
Zhou Guo took three bags of snacks and went to find the old man. The old man lived with a family in the neighboring village. She had suggested that the old man eat at their house, but he refused, saying that the family was full of women and it was not convenient for him, a man, to eat at their place.
The old man looked at what she was holding, shrugged his nose, and asked knowingly, "What smells so good?"
Zhou Guo waved the snacks under his nose and said, "I bought these snacks especially for you."
"Really? Hehe, it smells good to me. It's good to have an apprentice. He thinks of me for all the good things. Come, let me try it. I have had only plain water in my stomach for more than a month, and now I can drink two buckets of oil!" The old man snatched the paper bag from her hand, opened the greasiest one, picked up a cake and started eating.
"Hmm...hmm...hmm! What's the name of this snack? It's sweet, soft, oily, delicious and satisfying. I want a few more pieces!" He ate five or six pieces in one breath.
Seeing that he was about to eat, Zhou Guo hurriedly stopped him, "Stop eating, stop eating, Master, please eat less. It's almost time to eat. Come to my house today to eat. I bought some pork belly."
The old man refused to agree, "Why can't you let me eat it? You bought it for me to eat. I'm already so old, and half of my body is buried in the ground. You still won't let me eat it. When can I eat it? Will you offer it to me after I die?"
As he said this, he grabbed another one and put it into his mouth.
Zhou Guo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's not that I don't allow you to eat, it's that we have to eat right away. How can you still eat after eating these? There is meat today."
The old man waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about that. I have a big appetite and I can't be filled with just this bag of snacks. Do you have anything else to do? If not, go ahead and go back."
Zhou Guo looked at the family not far away, an old man, an old woman, a middle-aged couple and three children, all of whom were young. She advised again, "Master, why don't you come to my house for dinner? Although my grandfather is gone, my uncle and my father are gone, but my uncle is still here, and there are so many brothers and sisters at home. If you go, everyone in the family will be happy. Besides, wouldn't it be more convenient for you to guide us? I will have to take care of you in your old age and see you to the end of your life. We are a family, why should we avoid suspicion as a family, don't you think?"
The old man thought about it carefully and felt that what she said made some sense. After a while, he said, "Okay, I'll eat this meal and then go to your house."
Zhou Guo was very happy and didn't think about the reason behind the master's quick agreement. It was probably just the unpleasantness. This was better. She stood up and said, "Then I'll go back and talk to them. They will definitely be happy."
"Really? Grandpa is really going to come and eat with us? That's great!" Huang was very happy. In this way, all the children in the family could get guidance.
Xu said, "Isn't it possible that the old man was criticized over there? Didn't he refuse to come before?"
Li said: "Even if this is the case, we can't say anything. Don't let the old man think that we don't respect him."
Mrs. Xu nodded. She knew the importance of this point. When the old man lived with them, it was their family that benefited, especially their children. They all received guidance, and even the gift of master only had to be given to one person.
Zhou Guo solved the problem and sat down peacefully waiting for dinner.
Everyone in the camp is frying meat now.
The aroma of meat filled the air above the city gate, drifted over the city wall and into the city. The people in the city smelled the rich aroma of meat and were puzzled. "Whose family is stewing meat? It smells so good?"