Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

The hunter led Li Bowen and Hu Li down to the cellar.

Lighting the oil lamp, I walked to the innermost part. It was really tightly wrapped. There was a small area above the head, which was surrounded by cotton curtains on all sides, making a space of about three or four square meters.

Li Bowen couldn't help but shiver when he opened the cotton door curtain and let in the bone-chilling wind: "It's so cold in here!"

"Haha, of course not. Every winter I freeze a lot of ice and put it in the cellar, just to store prey. It can also be used to cool down in the summer!"

This is great. It can be used as a refrigerator. I can dig a deeper cellar at home and freeze some ice in the winter. It will be good to store perishable items in the summer.

But the purpose of coming down here is not to investigate other people’s cellars, but to see the prey, which is all meat!

With the light of the oil lamp, Li Bowen saw several pieces of meat hanging on the shelf inside, all of which had been prepared.

"We have packed up the meat. The two families shared some, and the rest is here. There are 95 kilograms of pork, and the roe deer produced 40 kilograms of meat. There is not much meat left from the badger, only less than kilograms, and a piece of skin. Take a look!" said the hunter, pointing to the meat in the earthen refrigerator.

Li Bowen leaned his head in to look inside. It was dark and he couldn't see clearly, but he could see that there were a lot of things hanging on the shelves. He heard the sound of Hu Li swallowing his saliva.

This guy is so greedy that he starts drooling when he sees raw meat.

He turned around and said to the hunter, "Brother, I want all the meat and the badger skin. I'll charge 224 cents a pound for the pork and 8 yuan for the roe deer. I'll charge you 225 yuan for the skin and the badger meat, which is yuan in total. I'll charge you yuan. Is that okay with you?"

How could he not be satisfied with such a huge income? The hunter nodded and agreed: "Okay!"

"Do you want cash or food?"

The hunter thought for a moment and said, "Let's exchange it for half of the food!"

"Okay, no problem. I'll give you half of the food and half of the money. I'll leave the things here for now. I'll come back to get them when I return to the city. I'll give you the money later, but I can only bring you the food when I come back next time!"

"That's okay. There's enough food at home for now!" The hunter nodded.

"Okay, I'll have to trouble you to cut a piece of pork for me first. My family hasn't had meat for a long time. I bought this with my own money, so I won't put it on the purchase list!"

Li Bowen said this. In fact, he filled in all the numbers on the purchase order himself. The village official seal was stamped casually after he came back from trading grain several times. The village chief also turned a blind eye to it. As long as the people in his village could have food to eat, he didn't care about you.

They cut off about ten pounds of meat, and then the three men came out of the cellar.

After paying 110 yuan to the hunter on the spot, Li Bowen and Hu Li came out of the hunter's house. They put the meat in a clay pot and dared not show it.

After returning to Hu Li's home, Li Bowen went straight into his kitchen, cut the meat into four portions with a knife, took one portion for himself, put it in the truck bed and covered it with straw, and then said to Hu Li: "You keep one portion, and send the rest to Lao Zhu and Er Gouzi. I will not take care of it. You can make dumplings or steam buns with it, but don't stew it. It will be bad if the smell gets out!"

"I know. Do I need you to tell me that?" Hu Li certainly understood this truth. If your family makes dumplings with vegetarian fillings these days, at most people will say that you are wasteful and don't know how to live. But if you stew meat, that will definitely make people jealous.

We are all from the same village, so neighbours should not make trouble for each other.

The purchased materials had to wait until next week to be loaded onto the truck, so Li Bowen went back with an empty truck.

As soon as he entered the house, he waved to Chen Qiao: "Wife, wife, come here quickly!"

"What's wrong? Why are you so mysterious?" Chen Qiao put down the work in her hands and walked over.

"Look!" Li Bowen pushed the straw out of the car bed.

"Meat?! Where did you get it?" Chen Qiao was also surprised!

"Hehehe, the hunters in Fox's village killed a wild boar. I bought it. Let's eat some of it first to nourish you. Can we make dumplings?"

Chen Qiao was first worried about her man: "Will you not be able to reconcile the accounts when you go back?"

"No, this was not included in the purchase plan. It's fate that I got it. The factory won't care about such a small amount. Besides, I paid for it myself! Don't worry! How much white flour do we have at home?"

Thinking about complaining about wasting money, she swallowed the words back when they came to her lips. Her man bought these things for her, so why was she complaining about that?

"There are still two kilograms left. I'll mix some mixed noodles in and it will be enough to eat!"

"Okay, then you go ahead and do it. Put more meat in it. Don't be reluctant! I'll go call Uncle San and the others after work." Li Bowen did not forget to remind them.

The sound of chopping stuffing came from the house. Li Bowen was sitting on the doorstep smoking a cigarette. This is how life should be lived.

Being bored, Li Bowen went into the space again to take a look.

After Wu Lei bought the stamps and badges yesterday, he was so excited that he started to study the knowledge in this area online.

Li Bowen had neither a computer nor an internet connection, and apart from a general direction, he had no idea how much something was worth to Wu Lei.

Only Wu Lei could do this job. Wu Lei recorded all the things that were easy to find in the 1960s and could be sold at a high price in later times, and made a list so that Li Bowen could buy according to the list for comparison.

Wu Lei also started preparing the various supplies that Li Bowen needed as soon as possible. At this time of year, the main things are food, eggs, and meat. He had to ensure his life first and then think about other things.

For Wu Lei, getting these things was just a matter of a few clicks on his phone. He placed an order directly online, and more than ten thousand yuan was spent like water. A large amount of supplies came rushing towards him.

Looking at the list of items in his hand, Li Bowen suddenly felt that he seemed to have no goals. There was no need to purchase supplies, Wu Lei would help solve the problem directly. There was everything in the future.

As for the things brought back here, except for those handed over to the factory, He Yuzhu took the rest to the pigeon market to sell.

Why do I feel like I have become a porter?

No, I have to find something to do. I still have to learn some skills. I can't give up my locksmith skills. I have to continue learning and learn other things.

After thinking about it, he went back to the room, took out paper and pen from his bag, and wrote a letter to Wu Lei asking him to go to the bookstore to buy some books for him.

After finishing all these, the dumpling fillings were also ready. After washing his hands, Li Bowen went to the kitchen to help Chen Qiao make the dumplings. By the time they were done, most of the people who had finished work had returned.

We went to Uncle San's house and called them all over. The nine members of the family ate heartily. The three little ones finally leaned back in their chairs, holding their stomachs, and were almost unable to move.