Traveling to ancient times with a sign-in system

Chapter 36 I Saw My Mother

Gu Tang was unhappy: "Lard stinks! Buy some cooking oil and change the taste. Don't buy too much."

There are no pig butchers here, and no one knows how to castrate pigs. They are just allowed to grow freely, and the food they are fed is not particular. The pork here has a strong fishy smell!

It would be fine if it had a strong fishy smell, but there are no spices or other ingredients to remove the fishy smell. When cooking pork, you either have to roast it, boil it in salt water, or fry it directly.

Among these three methods, none of them can get rid of the fishy smell. Even the lard made from lard and fat is extremely fishy and has no fragrance at all like the lard made in modern society.

Gu Lianshan didn't understand Gu Tang's distress, and he tried to persuade him, "I sold the sheep for a total of six taels of silver. I just got it and it's not even warm in my hands, and in the blink of an eye, you've spent more than six taels!
Not only did you lose all the money from selling the sheep, but you even spent hundreds of copper coins! Dad, please! You're not the best way to squander a family!"

Gu Tang glanced at her father and said nothing.

Where is this?
She still has a lot of things to buy!

For example, salt, iron pots, charcoal, etc. If you calculate, if you buy them all, it will cost at least more than ten or twenty taels.

If she really spent money like this, her father would probably be mad to death.

After a moment of silence, Gu Tang took advantage of her father's inattention and rubbed her eyes vigorously, until her eyes turned red and she looked like she was about to cry.

Then she began to cry and complain, "Do you think I'm willing to spend like this? Don't I know how to save money? In such cold weather, I go into the mountains every day to collect herbs and set traps. I risked my life for that!"

These words made Gu Lianshan's heart tremble and he immediately shut his mouth.

Gu Tang glanced at him and said, "Isn't there anything I can do? I'm not in good health and need to take medicine every day. The doctor at the clinic told me to take good care of myself, but grandma is being so cruel to me that she won't even give me a bowl of millet porridge!"
I thought, I should take out the money I have saved and buy some rice and flour to nourish myself and get through this winter. When the weather warms up next spring, I will look for another way out..."

This is what I said...

Gu Lianshan's heart ached, and he almost cried, "It's Daddy's fault. I forgot that you weren't feeling well. If Daddy hadn't told you not to, just go ahead and buy it. You can pay for it first. When we get home, Daddy will ask your grandma for the money and I'll make sure to make up for it for you!"

Gu Tang was so happy that he almost laughed out loud, and quickly lowered his head to cover his mouth.

But Gu Lianshan thought she was crying, and his eyes immediately turned red: "Stop crying, it's all Dad's fault. I won't say that again in the future..."

Gu Tang calmed down her smile for a while and asked her father to drive away: "Let's buy oil first, then buy salt and a pot. After buying these three things, we will go back."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away, right away." Gu Lianshan hurriedly whipped the cow's back and shouted, asking the cow to move forward.

There is an oil shop not far ahead.

The oil shop sells soybean oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, etc., which are squeezed from various beans. There are quite a few varieties, which surprised Gu Tang.

In addition to these vegetable oils, the oil shop also sells animal oils, such as lard, beef tallow, mutton fat, etc.

Lard is usually used for eating, while mutton fat is used to make lamp oil or to smear on torches.

As for butter, it was mostly supplied to rich families.

After all, killing a working ox is a serious crime. Only when the working ox dies accidentally can the oil shop use its connections to get some butter to sell.

Therefore, the price is very expensive.

Gu Tang didn't consider butter or lard, but he could have ten pounds of mutton fat.

As for vegetable oil, Gu Tang chose the cheapest rapeseed oil, which cost 40 cents per pound, and directly ordered 20 pounds.

All in all, the total amount I paid was one tael and two hundred wen, which is almost one and a half taels.

When it was time to pay, Gu Tang specifically handed the money to her father and asked him to pay. Gu Lianshan gritted his teeth and said nothing, but his hands kept shaking as he paid.

After buying oil, the next thing is salt and iron pot.

The salt shop is right next to the oil shop, very close, just a few steps away.

Gu Tang and her father went to take a look and were instantly shocked by the price of salt.

The lowest quality black salt costs fifty wen per jin, the better quality yellow salt costs one hundred wen per jin, and the slightly white salt costs one hundred and fifty wen per jin.

If it were whiter, the price would double, to three hundred coins per pound!
You know, even a waiter in the largest restaurant in Bei'an City only earns 200 coins a month!
This price is outrageous!
Gu Tang bit her fingers. This time it was her turn to feel heartbroken. It was too expensive!
In modern times, salt in the supermarket costs one dollar a bag, and the better ones only cost two dollars a bag!
"Girl, which one do you want?" Faced with the outrageous price of salt, Gu Lianshan remained calm.

He had long been accustomed to such high salt prices. Since his family could not afford good salt, they mostly bought yellow salt at 100 wen per pound.

Even this was the one that the eldest wife insisted on buying, saying that eating black salt would make her lose interest in studying. In order not to delay the studies of the eldest wife and her son, the two elders had been gritting their teeth and buying yellow salt over the years.

Gu Tang didn't want to buy any of them because none of the salt met the edible standards.

But you can’t not buy it. If people don’t eat salt, they will feel weak and listless.

After hesitating for a long time, Gu Tang gritted his teeth, pointed to the one that cost 150 wen per catty, and asked the waiter to pack five catties.

When you get back, you can dissolve the salt in water and try to filter it several times, hoping to get whiter salt.

Gu Lianshan was mentally prepared for his daughter's choice, and his hands were no longer shaking when he paid the copper coins this time.

Holding the small jar of salt, the father and daughter walked out of the salt shop with gloomy faces and headed straight for the ox cart without even looking back.

Get on the ox cart and turn around to go to the blacksmith shop on another street.

On the way, Gu Tang couldn't help but complain to her father: "The price of salt is too expensive! How many families can afford it?!"

"We can still afford black salt, but we have to eat it sparingly." Gu Lianshan has become accustomed to it. Eighty percent of the families in the village eat black salt.

Gu Tang pursed his lips and said nothing.

This could kill you!

The ox cart swayed to the blacksmith shop. From a distance, we could see that the blacksmith shop was surrounded by people and the ox cart could not pass through at all.

Gu Lianshan turned around and told Gu Tang that he wanted to find a place to park the ox cart.

Gu Tang didn't hear a word he said. At this moment, she was staring at the blacksmith shop sideways.

In the crowded blacksmith shop, a woman in a long gown and pleated skirt was particularly eye-catching. She had a beautiful face and a plump figure. When she walked, her waist swayed naturally, which was very different.

Gu Tang kept staring at her without blinking.

Gu Lianshan didn't care, thinking she was just watching the fun. He drove the ox cart around for half a circle and finally found the place to park the cart.

After parking the ox cart, he wanted Gu Tang to wait in the cart and look after the things on it while he went to buy a pot.

But before he could say anything, his daughter suddenly pulled out the rabbit skin blanket from the car and wrapped herself from head to toe.

"What are you doing?" Gu Lianshan was confused.

Gu Tang faced her father, not daring to turn her head. She just pointed to the side and said, "Hurry up and cover your face with your thick clothes! My mother is over at the blacksmith shop!"