I, the one in the heavens, am here to protect my bottom line in all realms.

Chapter 19 Buying Meat
  Speaking of which, why don’t you raise your own chickens?
  Zhang Chengyuan thought for a while and finally gave up. She was a little afraid of chickens. She was bitten by a chicken when she was a child.

Zhang Chengyuan suddenly slapped his forehead, "Meat, it's been so long since I've eaten meat, why did she forget it again?"

Xiao Xi asked cautiously: "Sister Yuanyuan, are you okay?"

Only then did Zhang Chengyuan realize that there was someone next to him. He was frightened and immediately expressed his stance: "It's okay. I just suddenly remembered something I forgot before. Xiaoxi, do you know who sells meat? I'm a little greedy for meat."

Xiao Xi nodded and said: "I know, there is a butcher in our village, and so is Xi. This butcher settled in our village two years ago. Sister Yuanyuan, you don't know."

Zhang Chengyuan doesn't care about this: "Xiao Xi, do you know how his meat is sold? Is it expensive?"

"How can meat be so expensive? Lean meat costs 16 cents per catty, fat meat costs 20 cents per catty, and even pork offal costs 10 cents per catty."

After hearing this, Zhang Chengyuan felt that he could still afford to eat, so he took Xiao Xi to buy meat.

Xiao Xi was pulled and staggered, and she said inexplicably: "Sister Yuanyuan, where are you going?"

Zhang Chengyuan didn't even look back and said, "I sell pork. I'll treat you to some meat today."

Xiao Xi hesitated: "Meat is so expensive."

Zhang Chengyuan stopped and looked at her and said, "I want to eat it even if it's expensive. I've almost become a vegetarian."

Xiao Xi bit her lip as if she had made up her mind. She was also greedy for meat, but she couldn't afford it. Now she risked her life for a bite of meat: "Sister Yuanyuan, I don't eat meat for nothing, I work for you."

Zhang Chengyuan agreed: "Okay, let's go buy some meat."

Xiao Xi immediately happily dragged Zhang Chengyuan to buy meat. It had been a long time since she had eaten meat, and she was so greedy that she was drooling just thinking about it.

Zhang Chengyuan's purpose of wanting her to lead him has been achieved, and he is also very happy.

I ran to the butcher's house without locking the door. There was a meat stall in front of the butcher's house. Behind the meat stall was an old woman sitting.

When the old woman saw someone coming, she immediately greeted with a kind smile: "Want to buy meat? All these are freshly slaughtered pork."

Zhang Chengyuan nodded politely and smiled, then stared at the meat on the butcher stall, thinking about where to go.

Xiao Xi watched helplessly but didn't say anything.

This kind of performance immediately made the old woman see who was in charge. She stood up tremblingly, took the knife, and asked, "Which piece do you want, girl? Tell me I will cut it for you."

Zhang Chengyuan asked: "Auntie, can you cut some vegetarian ones for me? I don't want any fat at all."

The old woman paused her hands and gave her a strange look. After a moment of hesitation, she nodded in agreement: "Okay, girl, which piece do you want?"

Zhang Chengyuan immediately pointed to the piece he liked and said, "Is this okay? I don't want any fat. Auntie, please cut it cleanly for me."

As he said that, Zhang Chengyuan wanted to pay, but then he remembered that he didn't bring any money, and hurriedly called to the old woman: "Aunt, wait a minute, I'll go back and get the money."

He turned to Xiaoxi and said, "Xiaoxi, are you coming with me, or are you waiting here for me?"

"I'll wait here."

After hearing Xiao Xi's words, she immediately ran back to get the money, and at the same time secretly reminded herself that she would always have money with her in the future.

As for Xiao Xi, she also has a purpose. She is very optimistic about Butcher Zheng. Although Butcher Zheng is tall and has a scar on his face, he has a good heart and is very careful in raising his lame mother.

And by marrying him, she would be able to eat meat all the time, and wouldn't have to worry about getting out of her terrible home.

I haven't had any good reason to get in touch before, so this is a good opportunity.

"Aunt Zheng, isn't Butcher Zheng at home?"

Aunt Zheng glanced at the skinny little girl after hearing this. She could tell her thoughts at a glance and said with a smile: "At home, he is washing clothes in the backyard." She was not disgusted with this girl's thoughts. Her son is now She is already twenty-five years old and has not yet gotten married.

It's not that no one wants to get married. These days, girls who have a craft are very fond of it. It's just that these girls don't dislike her son's appearance, but they will dislike her as an old woman.

She dislikes her lameness, which is why her eldest son has never been willing to get married.

This little girl's thoughts were all in the open, and she didn't dislike her at all. She thought that her eldest son would finally get married.

Xiao Xi immediately exclaimed: "Brother Zheng can also wash clothes. He is such a good man. If I get married in the future, I will definitely marry a man like Brother Zheng."

Aunt Zheng smiled and gave her a scolding look, without any blame at all: "You little girl, you are not ashamed. If your brother Zheng could marry a little girl like you, I would laugh out of my dreams."

Xiao Xi's eyes were astonishingly bright, her face was flushed, but she agreed without any shyness: "If I could have a good mother-in-law like my aunt, I wouldn't be happy enough."

What the two of them said almost explicitly made them extremely happy. When Zhang Chengyuan came, Xiao Xi was already rejecting Aunt Zheng's offer to give her meat.

Unable to shirk it, Xiao Xi could only say plainly: "Auntie, you have heard a little bit about the situation at my home, and I won't hide it from you. I couldn't eat this meat when I took it back, and it was wasted next door. I feel sorry for it." "

"You~ Auntie will be there as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'm waiting for news from my aunt."

It was so confusing that Zhang Chengyuan didn't know what kind of riddle the two were playing, but it didn't matter. There was no need for her to get to the bottom of everything about other people's affairs.

Zhang Chengyuan waited for the two of them to finish talking before he said, "Auntie, please cut it off for me now. I brought the money."

Aunt Zheng was in a very good mood after having solved a major issue that had been pressing on her heart. She cut it for her with a smile after hearing this. Even if Zhang Chengyuan asked repeatedly, she still smiled.

After cutting it out, weighing four pounds and two ounces, Zhang Chengyuan looked at Xiao Xi and asked her in a low voice: "Are you fat?"

Xiaoxi nodded: "I'll eat them all."

Zhang Chengyuan said with a smile: "Auntie, give me another half a pound of pork belly. Oh, by the way, do you still have the big stick bones? Give me two too."

"Row."

Aunt Zheng wrapped the meat in big leaves, hid the two stick bones with straw ropes, and put them into the basket brought by Zhang Chengyuan.

Zhang Chengyuan asked the price with a smile: "Auntie, how much is it?"

"Lean meat costs 16 cents per catty. If you pay 67 cents for four catties and 9 taels, half a catty of pork belly will cost 3 cents, and a stick bone will cost 5 cents and two taels for 81 cents. A total of cents."

Zhang Chengyuan counted 19 coins from a string of copper plates and handed the rest to Aunt Zheng.

Carrying a basket, she went home with Xiao Xi, but Xiao Xi didn't forget to say goodbye to Aunt Zheng before following Zhang Chengyuan.

Zhang Chengyuan joked: "I've only been away for a short while, and you're so close to that aunt?"

Xiao Xi didn't want to hide it from Zhang Chengyuan, so she held her arm and whispered with a smile: "I was just asking about Butcher Zheng's marriage. I don't expect my mother. As long as she doesn't buy me, I will be thankful.

I'm sixteen this year, and if I don't make plans for myself quickly, I'm afraid my mother will sell me to someone else.

I thought that instead of waiting for my mother to decide my life, I might as well decide my own life.

From now on, I will choose everything I want, whether it is happiness or hardship, I accept it. "

Zhang Chengyuan looked at Xiao Xi in surprise. She always thought that Xiao Xi was a weak girl, but she didn't expect that she was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. She was also too mature.

(End of this chapter)