Chapter 56: Chapter 56 Do You Take Things More Valuable Than Gold?
Su Shu stared at the nurous disheartened gazes and nodded with difficulty.
“I only need so many live poultry for now.”
Hmm?
Old Master Peng had thought she would want more, so he made the rounds, hoping to help the villagers earn so extra money. Who would have thought the young girl only wanted about a hundred? In a village like theirs, that really wasn’t much, and just a few families could provide enough. He had felt a bit dissatisfied initially.
Suddenly hearing her ntion “live poultry,” the old man, with keen ears and sharp eyes, quickly realized and turned to ask Su Shu.
“Su girl, do you an you only want this amount of live poultry?”
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“Yes, that’s right, Grandpa Peng, I only want a little over a hundred live poultry, but I will probably want more of the other goods.”
“Oh, you an you don’t just want this little bit this ti, but you’ll also buy other things, right?”
“Yes!” Su Shu smiled, “Since live poultry is not very convenient to transport, I’ll just buy a bit for now. Because the poultry here is fed with hogrown grain, which is very nutritious, I like it a lot. If the situation allows after I return, I might co back again. Other than live poultry, I actually also want to buy so of your village’s smoked at, and of course, as many chicken and duck eggs as I can get.”
As soon as Su Shu finished speaking, the previously discouraged crowd suddenly had their eyes light up!
Grandpa Peng laughed heartily, “You little girl, you know to buy our village’s smoked at?”
“Of course, before coming here, Boss Yu even ntioned that our village is actually not famous for Lake Rice, but for our century-old smoked at craft. Am I right?” Su Shu also smiled lightly.
So villagers chid in with laughter, “Grandpa Peng, you better ask Su Boss more about what she wants. It would be good for us to know, eh? Besides smoked at, do you need any cured pork, salted fish, dried vegetables or anything else?”
“Exactly, exactly! If the price is right, I have quite a lot at ho, perfect to sell and get so money to add to my daughter’s dowry,” a woman joined in the commotion.
“Ah, has your daughter’s marriage been settled?”
“Settled, settled, it’s next month!”
“…”
Within a few exchanges, the two won had started discussing their daughters’ weddings. Su Shu listened with a smile, finding it exceedingly interesting. She had never seen such a lively and warm village. Wasn’t it said that villages with many aunts and uncles are full of trouble? Yet, as she saw Peng Village, it was boisterously alive, with everyone warmly watching out for each other.
Grandpa Peng cleared his throat with a cough and barked, “Save the chit-chat for your kang at ho, we’re talking business here!”
“Yes, Grandpa Peng, we hear you!” A wave of collective laughter followed.
Grandpa Peng asked Su Shu, “Girl, you heard them. What about the things he just ntioned? Do you need any?”
Su Shu thought for a mont, hesitant. Boss Yu had said that Peng Village’s smoked at was delicious and had a long shelf life. After the road was built, the village often sent goods to the town and even to restaurants in the city. It was initially intended as an economic pillar for the village, but due to the mountain roads not being fully developed and outside investnts not yet secured, it couldn’t scale up, so the village produced the at in small workshops and then collectively sold it.
The smoked at was made from fresh chicken and didn’t last as long as cured at, but it was tastier and kept longer than what was available in the city. It was Peng Village’s heritage craft. As she walked around, she realized that Peng Village, perhaps due to being surrounded by mountains and naturally suitable for chicken farming, had a lot of live animals in every ho. In just over a month, if the Apocalypse ca, she didn’t know how many of these dostic animals would survive. So she thought, using her purchase as an excuse, she could encourage the village to produce more long-lasting food and keep fewer live animals. She would take less for herself and leave most for them, or set a ti after the Apocalypse to pick up more produce. Once the Apocalypse broke out, even if she wanted a second batch, she felt that the people of Peng Village wouldn’t sell to her anymore.
Yet, for cured at, salted fish, dried vegetables, these things that could be more precious than gold in the Apocalypse, she didn’t know whether she should take them.
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