Chapter 26: Da Bao's Heartache

  " Fifteen dollars a catty, boss... I'll come back and buy some more next time..."

  "This is also too cheap......" The meat boss looked embarrassed, his smile a bit stiff, but seeing that the other party was just a kid, he couldn't bear to take advantage of him, and he looked so thin, it seemed like a sin. He wouldn't make a profit from this anyway.

  "Boss, I'll buy three catties, is that okay? These bones are worth five cents, you add them to me, how about that? That way you won't lose out..." Shen Sisi haggled, with a determined look on her face.

  The butcher hesitated for a moment, looked at the bones that had been stripped of meat on one side, calculated it with a smile, and said: "Little girl is quite good at bargaining, okay, I'll cut three catties, these bones are also given to you, all together fifty cents..."

  The three brothers behind were already stunned, Er Bao and San Bao's eyes shone brightly as they drooled, only Da Bao hesitated and pulled at the hem of her dress. Shen Sisi ignored him, Da Bao was just too indecisive, afraid that buying so much meat would make him heartbroken again.

  The boss quickly cut the meat, added a small piece of lean meat inside, wrapped the bones in grass paper and put them into their basket. Shen Sisi counted out fifty cents to him and walked away with a smile.

  She narrowed her eyes to look at the meat in the cage, mostly fatty meat. In modern times, no one eats fatty meat, and lean meat is more expensive than fatty meat. However, it was different in ancient times because villagers rarely ate meat, so when they could eat meat, they naturally chose fatty meat, which was also fragrant after being fried. Shen Sisi had been here for eight years and had also been assimilated. Heaven knows how much she wanted to eat fatty meat, crispy and fragrant, just thinking about it made her mouth water. So, even though lean meat was cheaper, she still chose the more expensive one to buy.

  Alas, it's really miserable. Shen Sisi thought silently that in modern times, pork ribs are more expensive than meat. Here, people don't want to spend money on bones, thinking they're not worth it and can't be eaten. Ancient people were the most practical, so bones became useless, and even butchers' families would often pick out bones to feed their dogs...

  This is really good stuff!

  In the evening, I can eat fatty meat and drink bone soup. After eight years, I finally have something to look forward to.

  Eighty cents were gone in an instant, leaving only fifty-five cents. Of the remaining twenty-five cents, Shen Sisi spent twenty cents to buy a catty of official salt, and was left with only five cents. Shen Sisi sighed that money was really not durable, and took them towards the city gate.

  After arriving at the outskirts of the city, I paid another four coins and was left with only one coin...

  Watching a large sum of money come in and then spending it all before it's even warm, don't even mention how conflicted I feel.

  "Tu Niang, actually just buying a catty of meat is enough, it's better to save the money, there are many uses for it at home, how can we all eat meat... ... " Da Bao whispered: "...it's better to buy more black flour, our family's staple food is not enough to eat, Father doesn't eat his fill, letting us eat instead..."

  "Are you not coming tomorrow?" Shen Sisi looked at him sideways, "There are still many chestnuts left at home..."

  Dabao's eyes widened, and Shen Sisi rolled her eyes: "Don't be so petty, the money for noodles can be earned tomorrow, there will be plenty of opportunities to make money in the future..."

  Shen Sisi finally realized that Dabao would become a honest and down-to-earth person in the future, not very clever, not thinking too much, just living a simple life on his one mu three fen land, even if he had money, he would hide it tightly. She was speechless. Although this kind of personality is also good, but... can't get rich.