On the road to escape famine, others ate vegetables but I ate meat

Chapter 16 A small profit

Gu Yan looked at Lan Yue and said nothing.

Lan Yue smiled faintly, "It's okay. If we can't finish it, we can cut less. Just cut the part we want to eat, and the rest..."

Lan Yue looked around and saw some people staying nearby. She thought for a moment and said, "Give the rest to others. We can continue our journey after we have eaten and rested. We can just leave the meat where it is. In this kind of weather, it's not good for us to bring too much meat. It will go bad if left for too long."

Lan Yue didn't want to distribute them one by one, nor did she want to just call people over to get the meat.

"Let's slaughter it!" Gu Yan said, and the three of them quickly took out what they needed and started slaughtering the horse.

The people around them looked at them with great envy.

Some people wanted to go up and help so that they could have some meat, but they were unfamiliar with the place and did not dare to go up to help for the sake of their reputation.

"Dad, I want to eat meat too." Fifty meters away, a family of four leaned against a cart and ate dry steamed buns.

A child of about six or seven years old pulled his father's sleeve and stared in the direction of Lan Yue and the others.

"Daddy, I want to eat meat too." A three or four-year-old girl next to him was biting a steamed bun, her eyes full of desire for meat.

"Be good, after today, you can eat meat tomorrow." The woman with delicate features touched the heads of the two children. Even though there was mud on her face, it could not conceal her beauty.

In troubled times, being beautiful is also a burden.

Fortunately, her husband is quite capable, otherwise they wouldn’t know whether they could make it to Nanzhou City alive.

The tall man with a stubble on his face didn't say anything, but he took the two children's words to heart. After eating the steamed bun and drinking a sip of water, he made a decision in his heart.

"Rou'er, let's go over there."

"Brother Sheng..." The woman named Rou'er looked at him in confusion, "What are we going to do there?"

Do you really want to rub other people's flesh?
"Let's go over and ask if they need help, and then see if we can buy some meat for the children." The man named Sheng Ge smiled, "Let's go."

Rou'er was a little hesitant, but after taking a look at the two children, she sighed inwardly, packed up her things and walked forward.

The two children were also happy because of their father's words.

Can they eat meat now? They haven’t had meat for several days and their mouths are craving for it.

Lan Yue and the others had just finished bleeding the horses when they saw someone coming.

"Ma'am, excuse me for bothering you. We came here to ask if you need any help. We also want to buy some meat. Could you please sell some to us? Our kids are a little craving for meat." Brother Sheng saw that everyone was looking at him, so he asked a little embarrassedly.

"Of course." Lan Yue glanced at the woman and two children behind him, "Find a place to sit, and then come over to help clean the meat."

It takes a lot of time to clean the meat. By the time they can eat the meat, it is already past three in the afternoon. After eating, they have to rest on the spot. They may not be able to continue their journey.

Brother Sheng and his friends were very happy. After putting their luggage away, they started helping to clean the meat.

Rou'er and the two children were collecting firewood nearby, and Gu Xue and Lan Yue also went to collect firewood.

After several hours of hard work, the meat was finally cleaned.

"We can't finish it, so you can take half of the meat back." Lan Yue put some of the meat into soup, roasted the rest, and stir-fried some.

There was still a lot of meat left, so I gave about 30 kilograms of meat to Shengge's family.

"Don't refuse. You deserve this meat." Lan Yue saw that they wanted to refuse, so she directly said to them, "Do you have a pot to make soup? If not, stay and have a meal together."

Lan Yue was not a saint. She just felt that the other party had helped. Plus, the family looked very kind and she didn't feel uncomfortable getting along with them, so she simply asked them to stay for dinner.

Brother Sheng thought about it and it was hard to refuse, so he thought of a way not to take advantage of him, "Well... we can just come over and drink the soup, we can cook and stir-fry the meat ourselves."

"Okay, then go back and cook. This soup won't be ready that quickly."

"Thank you sister~"

The two children thanked him in unison. Lan Yue smiled and said, "You're welcome. Go back."

Watching the family of four leave, Lan Yue and the others began to cut meat and cook.

The water in their house is enough to cook two meals. Tomorrow morning, they have to set off and find a water source on the way.

Compared to others, these people simply don't want to escape famine.

The people around smelled the aroma of meat and their thoughts became restless.

Some people who couldn't bear it any longer threw away their pride and shamelessly went to buy the meat.

"Madam, can I use my money to buy some meat from you?"

"Can I exchange it for something else?"

Looking at the three grown men in front of her, Liu glanced at Lan Yue and Gu Yan.

Gu Yan said calmly, "Okay, how much do you want?"

"Can I buy two pounds of meat for one tael of silver?" The other party didn't dare to ask for too much. It was not easy to buy meat now even if he had silver.

"Of course." Lan Yue received the money and cut more than two kilograms of meat for the other party. If there was too much meat, it would be considered a gift, so Lan Yue didn't mind cutting off some of it.

"thanks, thanks."

"I want five catties. This is three ounces of silver. Can I buy it?"

"can."

Blue Moon had nothing to weigh, so they just cut as much as they could. Anyway, they had enough meat left, and the rest could be traded with others, which was also a profit.

I had been planning to save it for these people later, but who knew that the idea was good but the reality was so cruel.

After a while, all the remaining meat was sold. Although horse meat is not as good as pork, it is better than having no meat to eat.

The meat is sold out and their soup is almost ready.

They hurriedly washed the vegetables and cooked, and the sky gradually darkened.

Everyone built a fire.

Some people didn't dare to buy meat and could only look at others, drooling in their hearts.

Some people have dark hearts, while others have high ideological awareness and do not envy others just because they cannot eat.

"Brother Li, Sister Li, come over and make some soup." Gu Xue went over and called them, "Do you have any extra large bowls? You can bring two."

"Okay." Rou'er took two large bowls, and Shengge brought the child and Gu Xue over.

Liu made them soup and meat. "Take them back first to avoid burning your hands. Come back for more if it's not enough."

"Thank you, ma'am."

Rou'er thanked him and quickly returned to her seat with Li Shengge.

"Ming'er, Yue'er, come over and prepare for dinner."

Lan Yue glanced at the family of four, then looked away and lowered her head to drink her soup.

"Lan Yue, the meat is ready." Gu Yan's voice came, "Do you want to sprinkle some chili on it?"

"I can do it myself. If you don't like it too spicy, you can add whatever you want." Lan Yue placed the seasonings on a wooden board. The seasonings were packed in bags of this era, and she thoughtfully wrote names on them to distinguish them.

　New Year approached……

　　
　
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