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

Chapter 226 Meat

They finally entered the city. It was very lively inside, with all kinds of things for sale, but she didn't care about them and hurriedly followed her grandmother.

Soon they arrived at the vegetable market. Grandma took out the dried mushrooms and eggs and laid them out. Soon someone came to ask the price and buy them.

They sold out from morning till noon, and finally all the embroidery was sold out. Grandma took my uncle to the embroidery shop to sell the embroidery made by the women in the family. Zhang Chengyuan also took the opportunity to sell his own embroidery and earned more than 30 cents.

Grandma took the uncle home. On the way out of the city, she saw a pork stall and immediately pulled grandma to her side and said anxiously, "Meat, meat, grandma, buy some meat."

Grandma rolled her eyes and pulled her hand, trying to leave the pork stall. Zhang Chengyuan didn't dare to struggle, so she had to say, "Grandma! I'll pay."

Grandma stopped and thought about the thirty-six cents she had just received, and decided to agree.

I don't know where this girl got the cloth and needle and thread. She wouldn't tell me when I asked. It's better to spend the money on meat, so she doesn't have to show it off everywhere and then lose it.

With her strong personality, she didn't expect to get the money back. After selling the meat, the whole family could at least taste some meat, so it was not a loss.

After getting permission, Zhang Chengyuan pulled her grandmother over to ask about the price. She learned that lean meat was 22 cents per pound, fat meat was 25 cents per pound, and lean and fat mixed was 24 cents per pound. She looked at her grandmother with a questioning look, waiting for her to speak.

She herself likes to eat lean meat and dislikes fatty food, but she knows that everyone in her family is short of oil and water now, and when everyone can eat some oil and water, she can cook meat for herself, so she decided to let her grandmother make her decision.

Grandma glanced at her and said to the big man selling pork, "Cut a pound of this fatter piece."

Zhang Chengyuan stepped on his heels and added, "Uncle wants two kilograms."

Grandma slapped her lightly and said bluntly, "It's just one pound."

Then he lowered his head and scolded her: "Why do you want two kilograms? With the money you have, one kilogram is enough..."

Zhang Chengyuan took out the thirty-six coins he had taken out before, and then took out the money he had just withdrawn from a settlement point and showed it to her: "Grandma, I still have fourteen coins here."

"You spendthrift girl, you don't know how to keep the money you have, and you have to spend it all for fun, right?"

Although she was mumbling, she changed her words to the boss: "Give me another kilogram. I want to buy two kilograms. Give me a discount. I will come back next time."

The big man refused directly with a cold face: "It won't be cheap."

Naturally, grandma was unwilling to accept this. Although it was not her own money that was being spent, she was still reluctant to do so and continued to pester him.

But the big man still had a cold face and said that it was not a bargain. But grandma was not someone who would give up. She stared at the pork stall and made up her mind: "How about this, I don't want you to give me a bargain, just give me a bone."

The big man took a look at the bone, hesitated for a moment, and then agreed. He was too lazy to argue with the old woman.

Grandma didn't care about all this. She was happy that she had gotten the better deal, so she immediately took the money from Zhang Chengyuan, counted out forty-eight cents, and returned the extra two cents to her.

After the big man wrapped two pounds of pork in leaves and tied the bones with a rough straw rope for her to take, she handed the money to him: "Can you count it?"

The big man counted the items without hesitation and only handed them to them after making sure there were enough.

After buying the meat, Zhang Chengyuan achieved her goal. She followed her grandmother home with light steps. After leaving the city, she was carried on the back of her uncle.

On the way, my uncle kept talking non-stop. My grandmother impatiently scolded him several times and told him to shut up and go back.

But every time after a while, my uncle couldn't control his mouth anymore.

Zhang Chengyuan's head was buzzing with the constant chatter, and she couldn't hide her irritation. When she saw the village, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that she would be free when she got home.

Before he reached home, Zhang Chengyuan couldn't help but break free and rushed into the yard, only then did he feel relaxed.

The next second, I was surrounded by even louder sounds, and the annoyance in my heart was burning like a raging fire, ready to explode at any time.

Fortunately, her grandma and others came and rescued her, and she ran back to the house to calm down for a while.

She heard from inside the house that her grandmother handed the bones to her elder sister, Da Ya, and told her to make bone soup for lunch.

After taking a break, Zhang Chengyuan went straight to the kitchen. Her grandmother was cutting up the fat meat. When she heard the sound, she turned around and looked at her, explaining, "I'm going to use the fat meat to make oil. As for the rest, it's up to you how you want to eat it. Go find your eldest sister to make it for you."

"Oh, why don't we make the leftover meat from grandma into dried bacon so that it won't get old."

Without even raising her head, grandma couldn't help scolding her as a spendthrift girl in her heart, wondering how much salt she needed to make bacon. But then she thought that she didn't even pay for the meat, and she still had the fat to make oil, so she felt a lot more relieved and agreed.

"Okay, are you willing to do that?"

Zhang Chengyuan nodded of course, and she even said sweetly: "Everyone is busy and tired these days, so eat some meat to replenish your body, and eat the rest after a while, so that there will be some fat in your stomach, so as not to exhaust your body."

Hearing this, grandma smiled a little and her tone became much better: "You are a good and filial child."

Zhang Chengyuan took a closer look and saw that her grandmother's favorability towards her had increased by two points, which made her feel even happier.

Originally, grandma only had a 67-point favorability towards her, which was just barely passing, and she had a completely indifferent attitude. If she hadn't been protective by nature, she wouldn't have been in a hurry to find her.

My favorability rating is now 76, and I can already feel her indulgence and love.

As long as she reaches 80, she can gain her favor. After she reaches 90, her words may carry a lot of weight.

Of course, she also has strategies for other people in the family, and there are almost no ones whose favorability is lower than 70. This time, buying meat will probably help her gain another wave of favor.

"Grandma, shall I go call Sister Daya over?"

Grandma responded and said nothing more.

Zhang Chengyuan ran to call Sister Daya and went to sit outside.

After looking at Sibao and Wubao boredly for a while, she got up to get her needle and thread and cotton cloth to make a purse and embroidered handkerchief.

Not only did she know how to embroider, she also had previously extracted the embroidery skills from her aunt Yang Yingxiu through identification. The combination of the two formed a unique embroidery technique.

The embroidered purses and handkerchiefs all have a special sense of liveliness. When I went to sell them, the owner of the embroidery shop liked them very much and asked me to bring some more next time.

Now that I have some free time, I will do more. After all, the rewards for embroidery are almost the same as those for gathering.

But if she had to say which one she likes, she would rather collect, as embroidery is too demanding on the eyes and hands.

It is very easy to concentrate on embroidery, and when one concentrates, time passes very quickly. It seemed that only a short while had passed, and the people who had been working in the fields had returned one after another. She could clearly hear voices getting closer and closer.

She admired her unfinished masterpiece, then put it away and continued when she had time. The aroma of the food was tempting her.

She put the embroidery items into her own bamboo box and then walked out briskly.