four and a half year old farm family pet

Chapter 374 Banquet Purchase
Yuan Bao was very familiar with the conditions inside the mountain. He held the hands of his grandfather, uncle and others, and walked around several times from left to right, showing them many timbers that were suitable for beams, and finally selected a tree that was about fifty years old. fir tree.

Chinese fir has very strong corrosion resistance and pressure resistance, and is not easily bitten by insects. If treated properly, it will last for 60 to [-] years without any problem. It is currently the best wood that can be used to make beams when building a house. .

After choosing the cedar tree, Jin Zhong took out the cakes and sacrificial wine with red water from the basket, worshiped the mountain god in front of the cedar tree, and told the god that he wanted to use this cedar tree as the 'roof' of his home, hoping that The mountain god can agree and protect his family from being harmonious, smooth and prosperous from now on.

After the sacrifice, Jin Zhong ordered his sons to cut down the fir tree and transport it home for processing.

When several people came back from the mountain, it was still early. Jin Zhong looked at the straight and thick fir tree and was extremely satisfied. Then he turned around and told Miao to prepare a banquet with several large beams on the table according to local customs. , invite the village chief, elders and some people who help in the village to have a drink and congratulate them.

The family has a new house, so of course they have to treat guests to dinner. We had a banquet when we went up to the beam. When we moved into the greenhouse, we didn’t have to have a banquet to entertain guests. We just invited a few relatives and friends to come over for dinner. Miao was happy to be in a hurry now. Take Yuanbao and your daughters-in-law with you and go to Lanzhou Town to buy materials for the afternoon banquet.

The daughters-in-law were responsible for renting tables, chairs and benches, and buying some pots and pans for the new home. The budget was within five taels of silver. Miao gave the money to her eldest daughter-in-law, Yu, for safekeeping, and took Yuanbao and Xu Liudi with her. On the other side, we made an appointment to meet at Lu Chefu's place at the gate of the city two hours later.

Miao and Xu Liudi took Yuanbao with them and walked all the way to discuss and calculate what they would need for the banquet. Meat and vegetables were definitely indispensable, but the family was building a house and they were short of money now, so they couldn't be too extravagant and wasteful.

So Mr. Miao decided on the meat to use at the banquet, and unanimously chose cheap cuts such as elbows and back elbows, breast meat, and blood neck meat. In addition, Miao also ordered five kilograms of leg meat and ten kilograms of pork belly.

Putting all these kinds of meat together, it cost a total of four taels of silver. Fortunately, some of the meat had to be marinated so that it would be eaten by the family themselves and not all of it would be used at the banquet. Miao didn't feel bad about it.

Miao paid the money and planned to leave.Yuan Bao took grandma's hand and refused to leave. Instead, he raised his head and said to the meat stall owner, "Uncle, we bought so much meat from you, you have to give me something as a gift, right?"

The butcher stall owner chopped the meat and said, "Xiao Nizi, what do you want me to give you?"

This little girl is very interesting. Normally, children would be so frightened that they would cry when they see her with a beard all over her face, a fierce look on her face, and a meat cleaver in hand.

Yuan Bao nodded at the things in the basket beside him, "Can you give them to us in the water? You also have these pig bones, can you give them to us too?"

"What do you want with these things, silly girl? It doesn't take much effort to carry them on your back?" Ms. Miao said in anger.

Yuan Bao explained, "Grandma, there must be soup at the banquet, right? Pork bones make soup, and if it is simmered for a longer time, the taste is no worse than pork. There is also pig waste, which can also be very delicious. Do you believe me?"

"Silly girl, of course grandma believes you." Miao couldn't resist her granddaughter's pitiful eyes and agreed.

The butcher stall owner is not a difficult person to deal with. Anyway, the pig offal and bones can only be thrown outside the city to feed wild dogs. They can be given to Yuan Bao and his family as a favor to the big customers, and it does not hinder his own business.

"Just give it away. I'll tie it up for you. You have to take care of my family's business when buying meat in the future, hahaha." The owner of the butcher stall quickly packed the pig offal and bones and even gave them baskets. Yuanbao.

(End of this chapter)