Wen Wuyan thought for a moment and said, "It will probably take them another half a month to leave. By then, I can write a letter to ask if they are willing to come one or two people, or simply let them come to our Taohua Town to find odd jobs."

"That's fine. There's no rush for this. But if Yang Bo is willing to come, that's fine. You can ask him to teach you on weekdays. If he's happy, you can also ask him to teach Da Hua and Er Hua."

"Qingqing, this is a good idea. Let's think it over carefully, and then I'll write a letter to inform them of the situation and see if they are willing to come."

"That's all it can do."

Just like that, the two of them talked about some of the subsequent events.

Early the next morning, Gu Qingqing pulled a cart with Dahua sitting on it and put a bamboo basket on it to go to town. She went to town today for no other reason than to buy meat. Tomorrow there would be market in town, and she would go to town again to sell meat.

But this time she didn't plan to buy meat at the market, and went directly to a farther pork shop in the west district of the town.

Why did Gu Qingqing come to this shop? Because she heard that the owner of this shop collected pigs in the village, the boss and his son slaughtered pigs in the yard, and the boss's wife set up a stall in front to sell meat, both retail and wholesale.

People from nearby areas, idle households, restaurants, inns, and some small vendors in the town all come here to buy pork.

The price here is one cent cheaper than at the market, so it's a good thing for individuals to save a cent or two.

Not to mention restaurants and inns, which would require saving a lot of money over the years.

Gu Qingqing came here not because of the price, but for the pig offal here, because many pigs are slaughtered here every day.

There were some stalls in the market where the owners slaughtered pigs at home and then brought the meat here to sell. The most she wanted was a pair of pig offal. I heard that some stalls also sold meat wholesale from the west side of the town and did not have any pig offal at all.

She had told many customers last time that she would make some cheap braised food to sell. After thinking about it, she found that pig offal was the cheapest and also tasted good.

Most importantly, she is more familiar with this.

When she traveled to Shuzhong before, she had eaten Dandan pig intestines once, and the taste was absolutely amazing.

After returning from her trip, she looked for various tutorials on the Internet. Looking back now, she really wanted to vomit during the various experiments during that period.

There are still some spices at home, but some are not enough, so she needs to replenish them all today.

She first went to buy ten kilograms of salt and half a kilogram of brown sugar.

I went to the market to buy some seasonings such as onions, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, peppercorns, star anise, and some chili peppers.

Seeing someone selling vermicelli, he bought another two kilograms of vermicelli.

All in all it cost her 416 coins. If she hadn't thought about how she could earn it back and that these things would be useful for a long time, even she would have felt bad about it.

After buying the things, by the time she asked for directions and arrived at the meat stall, it was already the end of the morning hour.

Gu Qingqing looked at the line of seven or eight people in front. She temporarily parked the car to the side where it was not in the way, let Dahua sit in the car and wait, and she followed the crowd in line.

While queuing, my eyes were always on Dahua.

The number of people in the team was decreasing. Some of them bought a piece to eat at home, and there was one person who was probably from a restaurant or inn, who bought 20 kilograms of meat at once.

When Gu Qingqing arrived, she saw that the pork belly she wanted was no longer available at the stall.

The butcher's stall is different. The proprietress is plump and strong.

Holding a big knife in his hand, he asked with a smile, "How many pounds of meat do you want to buy, lady?"

Gu Qingqing smiled back at the other party, "Boss lady, I want pork belly, but we still have it."

"Oh, that's unfortunate. The pork belly has just been sold. Do you think we can have some pork belly?" the boss asked, pointing to a lump of meat on the stall.

"Not so. Are you going to slaughter a pig later? If you do, I'll wait here. I only want pork belly, ten pounds." Gu Qingqing said again.

The pork stall owner was good at talking. When she heard that Gu Qingqing was willing to wait and wanted more, she naturally wanted it. She nodded repeatedly and said, "Kill it. The water is boiling in the backyard. If you wait for three quarters of an hour, I guarantee that I will cut the best pork belly for you later."

Knowing that the other party would slaughter a pig later, Gu Qingqing was no longer in a hurry and asked, "Boss, do you sell pig offal?"

The proprietress turned her gaze back from the past and looked Gu Qingqing up and down.

This lady was dressed normally. At first, she asked for ten kilograms of pork belly, and I thought she was the housekeeper of that family. Why did she suddenly start buying pig offal?

Not to mention the rich families, even ordinary families don’t like to buy and eat offal because it is so unpalatable.

Only the poor families in the village would spend a penny or two to buy some and taste the meat.

Gu Qingqing naturally had no idea what the boss lady was thinking, so she thought she hadn't heard clearly, and asked again, "Boss lady, do you sell pig offal?"

The lady boss looked at the line behind her and said hurriedly with a smile, "Yes, there is, but you have to wait. The water smells bad and the thing is in the backyard and hasn't been brought in yet. I'll cut the meat for you first."

Gu Qingqing looked back and saw five or six people lined up behind her, then she raised her hand, pointed to where Dahua was and said, "Okay, Madam Boss, please get ready and call me. I'll be in the car over there."

Seeing that she was easy to talk to, the proprietress immediately agreed with a smile.

Gu Qingqing waited for about fifteen minutes. The proprietress sent away the last customer who came to buy meat and quickly got up and left the stall.

Seeing this, Gu Qingqing guessed that he was going to get the pig offal, so she got up from the car and moved towards the stall.

Then the proprietress came out with a wooden barrel, which was full of pig intestines. There was also a pig stomach among the large and small intestines.

The butcher lady put the bucket on the ground and pointed at it, saying, "Just take as much as you want, and when the time comes, just pay a few cents."

Gu Qingqing pointed at the wooden barrel and asked, "How many paintings are there here?"

"Oh, it's hard to say. We killed four pigs today. What's left should be two pig stomachs, two pig lungs, three pig hearts, and four sets of large and small intestines. But I can't tell how many are in this bucket."

After the lady boss finished speaking, she looked at Gu Qingqing and asked uncertainly, "Why, do you plan to take them all?"

Gu Qingqing nodded, "As long as they are fresh today, I want them all."

"It's fresh. I'll keep it fresh. If you want all of it, I'll give you a discount. Just give me fifteen cents. I'll go to the back and get the other half."

It was not until then that Gu Qingqing realized that it was a wrong decision to bring the basket with her, because there was no way to put the pig offal into the bamboo basket. In the end, she had to give the proprietress a deposit of thirty cents and take away the wooden barrel that her family used to hold offal.

The lady boss was cutting pork belly for her and asked curiously, "Why did you buy so much pork offal? Do you have other uses for it?"

"I plan to sell it." said Gu Qingqing.

After Gu Qingqing paid for the pork belly and drove the cart a long way away, the proprietress walked towards the yard muttering, "This thing stinks so bad, it's useless to sell it for even two cents."

Gu Qingqing was pulling things back to the village. She was originally responsible for pushing the cart on the side. After glancing back and forth at the pig intestines several times, she ran to the front to help her mother pull the cart.

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