70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 112: Delivering Meat to the County Town

"Why deliver so much?" To be honest, receiving the meat from his mother-in-law’s family made Qin Liang happy. It was worth all these years of filial piety.

"It’s not much, there’s still some at home. Uncle, just enjoy it."

"Little girl, do you have more in that basket? Would you sell us some?" One of the workers there looked at Xu Mumu’s backpack with bright eyes.

"Sorry, this isn’t for sale. Uncle, I have other things to do, so I’ll be leaving now." Xu Mumu declined directly.

"Where are you heading? I’ll give you a ride." Qin Liang immediately offered. He was worried about Xu Mumu carrying so much meat on her own, in case someone targeted her.

Xu Mumu didn’t sell the meat to the state-owned restaurant. Qin Liang guessed that she might be planning to take it to the black market.

"No need, Uncle. I’m going to the shoe factory, to a friend’s house." Xu Mumu smiled, thinking her young uncle was quite considerate.

"No problem, I’ll take you there. My home is nearby too. I’ll just drop this meat off at home. Old Li, help me ask for a short leave, I’m taking my niece." Qin Liang said to a man who was watching nearby.

"Sure, go ahead, I’ll tell the manager in a bit." Old Li nodded with a smile.

Unable to refuse Qin Liang, Xu Mumu had no choice but to go to the shoe factory with him.

"Are you delivering this to Third Brother?" Qin Liang asked, seeing Xu Mumu. Xu Laosan worked at the shoe factory.

"No, it’s for my classmate’s family. My classmate’s dad helped my brother find a good job, so I’m going to thank them. Grandma is still upset with Third Uncle’s family and won’t let me deliver to them." Xu Mumu said with a faint smile.

"So it’s about Minghui’s job. He even came specifically to tell us about it before. Turns out it was your classmate who helped." Qin Liang said, surprised. To be honest, when they found out about Xu Minghui’s job, they were very shocked. Such a job wasn’t easy to come by.

I didn’t expect it to be arranged by Xu Mumu’s classmate. This niece’s classmate seems to come from an influential family.

"Yes, my classmate has helped me a lot." Xu Mumu said with a smile.

After escorting Xu Mumu to the shoe factory gate and watching her go inside, Qin Liang headed back home with the meat.

With so much meat, curing it would let them eat well for quite a while. The Qin Family lived in the county, and it wasn’t easy for them to get meat.

Arriving at Du Yu’s house, both Du Zhen and Qin Jie were present, chatting as a couple.

"Mumu, you’re finally here. What did you bring?" Du Yu was delighted to see Xu Mumu, his gaze landing on the basket she had brought.

"Wild boar we hunted, brought some over for you to try." Xu Mumu took out the pork.

"So much?" With Xu Mumu’s words, Madam Chen had intentionally cut more meat when slicing the hind leg.

Du Yu’s voice attracted both Du Zhen and Qin Jie over.

"Child, you didn’t have to bring so much just because you came." Qin Jie said, surprised. The hind leg had quite a lot of meat.

"Uncle Du has helped my family a lot, and we don’t have much to give. Since we just hunted a wild boar today, I’m giving you a leg. Aunt Qin, please don’t mind." Xu Mumu smiled. Every time she came to help Du Yu with lessons, Qin Jie would always bring out plenty of food and even let her take some home.

"A pig’s hind leg is worth a lot. Xiao Yu, go borrow a scale from Mr. Tian’s house, and we’ll pay you at market price." Du Zhen said earnestly.

"Uncle Du, no need. You’ve helped us so much, we’re grateful, it’s just a hind leg." Xu Mumu said helplessly.

After much persuasion from Xu Mumu, in the end, Du Zhen accepted the goods. Since she didn’t want money, they planned to give her something else instead.

Even for his social status, buying a whole pig’s leg wasn’t easy. Although this was a wild boar leg, it was still quite decent. Once cured, it would be a great gift or to enjoy themselves.

"Mom, I want to eat your braised trotters tonight." Seeing his parents accept the trotters, Du Yu said excitedly.

"You greedy thing, I’ll soak some soybeans now." Qin Jie was indulgent with her child, "Mumu, stay for dinner tonight."

"No need, Aunt Qin. We still have a lot of pork at home." Xu Mumu smiled, knowing her parents wouldn’t sell all the meat, definitely saving some.

Joining Du Yu for lessons was a way to escape the enthusiastic Aunt Qin.

"Your mom is so warm-hearted." Xu Mumu said as she took out her books.

"That’s natural, you know she really likes you." Du Yu smiled warmly at Xu Mumu, "So, how did you catch the wild boar? Tell me the story."

"What else? When I encountered it, this big guy was chasing our team. I couldn’t just watch and do nothing, plus I wanted some meat, so I stabbed it to death in one go." Xu Mumu said matter-of-factly.

"You’re that fierce?" Du Yu said, not believing her.

"Tsk tsk, you don’t believe me even when I’m honest." Xu Mumu rolled her eyes, "Come on, get your book out, where are the problems you’ve done? Let me see."

"So heartless." Du Yu shrugged, placing his homework in front of her.

While Xu Mumu was tutoring Du Yu, back in the team, it was buzzing with activity. The home meat, besides giving some to Zhao Lidong and a few young men in exchange for grains, was swapped for a few pounds with Yin Yang and Huo Qingze.

For the rest, Madam Chen didn’t let Li Caixia sell it. Li Caixia delivered some to the second and fourth families; others were exchanged with the team leader’s family, and a bit was sent to the Xu Family’s great-uncle.

After arranging all that, not much was left, just a few dozen pounds. With several daughters-in-law helping, Madam Chen asked them to smoke the meat for longer storage.

Qian Ying and Sun Huiping were diligent, helping to clean the pig’s offal thoroughly.

Pig offal wasn’t exactly valuable, so they gave more to the second and fourth families.

Both Qian Ying and Sun Huiping were extremely happy, even pig offal is meat; it’s enough to fry and eat for a couple of days, and there were a few pounds of regular meat as well.

Compared to Sun Huiping, Qian Ying was overwhelmed with gratitude. Just helping with some chores got her so many good things. In all her years of marriage, her mother-in-law had never treated her so well.

If it weren’t for Xu Mumu telling Madam Chen beforehand, Madam Chen wouldn’t have given Qian Ying such a good face. Every time she saw the second couple being so meek, it annoyed her, plus they only had two daughters, which was also irritating.