Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Of course, after twisting her, Lin Zhaodi regretted not using enough strength. She turned to Lin Xiaoyue awkwardly and rubbed her through her clothes, saying unmercifully, "You are such a frivolous girl. Money shouldn't be put on you. Look, you just spent another 10 taels of silver. Go back and see how your father and mother will teach you a lesson."

Lin Xiaoyue smiled and replied, "Don't be afraid, I have my second sister to protect me, what should I be afraid of!"

Lin Zhaodi spat at her, not wanting to argue with her anymore, and went to the shopkeeper to pick out the color she liked. She couldn't help but feel proud in her heart: Humph, now I have a sister who loves me, how great!

With a sister in hand, there is nothing to worry about.

Feeling proud in her heart, Lin Zhaodi gently stroked the soft clothes in her hands. She lowered her eyes and became worried about her elder sister who was already married. She couldn't help feeling melancholy: I wonder how my elder sister is doing now?

Lin Zhaodi was not someone who could hide her emotions, so she immediately discussed with Lin Xiaoyue, "San Ya, it's not easy for the eldest sister. She never had a nice dress before she got married. Let's buy her one too!"

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoyue discovered that her second sister Lin Zhaodi looked tangled and embarrassed. Lin Xiaoyue laughed unkindly, "Of course, it's good that my second sister reminded me, otherwise I would have forgotten my eldest sister's share. Come on, don't just talk about one set, buy four sets for my eldest sister too, so that everyone in our family gets the same."

Finally, under Lin Xiaoyue's insistence, Lin Zhaodi picked out four sets of clothes for her elder sister, and they agreed to visit her elder sister in the neighboring village together another day.

During the conversation, Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were led by the shopkeeper to a small compartment to change into new clothes. The two little girls wore exactly the same pink tops and goose yellow full-length skirts, looking delicate and cute.

Perhaps it was because the clothes they wore were too different. If one was not particularly familiar with them, one would not be able to recognize that the two clever and cute girls in front of them were the country girls who were dressed in rags like little beggars just now.

"Second sister, third sister."

As soon as the two little girls changed into new clothes, they smiled and ran towards their two older sisters.

Xiao Wu excitedly grabbed Lin Xiao Yue's hand, looked up at her with watery eyes, and asked innocently, "Third sister, do I look good in this outfit?"

Xiao Si was not as carefree as Xiao Wu. He shyly grabbed the hem of his clothes, but the look he gave Lin Xiaoyue also revealed his desire to be recognized and praised.

Lin Xiaoyue squatted down with amusement and rubbed the tops of the two little babies' heads. "They look good, especially good. Our little four and little five look so beautiful in their new clothes that their elder sister can hardly recognize them."

As Lin Xiaoyue finished speaking, the two children who had been suppressed for a long time happily threw themselves into her arms, rubbing against her and making her laugh.

As they had to rush to the gathering time, Lin Xiaoyue didn't spend too much time with the two little ones. After praising the two little kids a little, she asked the shopkeeper to look after the two little ones, and then she swiftly pushed her second sister into the compartment to change clothes.

After the second sister finally changed her clothes and came out, she found that Lin Xiaoyue had quickly bought three thin quilts, two pieces of fine cloth, two pieces of linen, 2 kilograms of cotton, and six small purses, spending several taels of silver in total.

Money was spent so quickly that Lin Zhaodi, who had just changed her clothes and came out of the cubicle, was almost suffocated and passed out.

Lin Zhaodi looked at Lin Xiaoyue anxiously and kept winking at her.

But Lin Xiaoyue looked up and down and didn't look at her, which made Lin Zhaodi so anxious that she broke into a sweat.

Seeing that Lin Xiaoyue was determined and paid the money readily, the situation was hopeless. Lin Zhaodi had no choice but to cover her bleeding heart, take a few deep breaths, and calm her surging anger. She calculated that Lin Xiaoyue had spent more than 13 taels in the cloth shop.

After thinking about it, I decided to have a good talk with Lin Xiaoyue. She must not spend money so lavishly anymore. No matter how big the family is, it can't withstand her spending. What's more, there are not many things in the house, how can it withstand her squandering like this? My heart hurts!

At this moment, the owner of the cloth shop was also a little surprised. When he first saw Lin Xiaoyue, he never thought that she would be so generous and buy so many things in one breath without even blinking.

Anyway, the shopkeeper was very happy that he had done a big business, and he packed up Lin Xiaoyue's purchases neatly. He remembered that when the little girl came into the store just now, she was carrying a load of food and pots and pans on her back, and now she bought so much. Hearing that she wanted to buy other things, he asked the shop assistant to deliver the goods to Lin Xiaoyue.

This solved Lin Xiaoyue's urgent need. After thanking the shopkeeper, Lin Xiaoyue reported the meeting place and asked the waiter to take her there. She then quickly took the three sisters to the last purchasing point - the vegetable market.

At this time in the morning, the small vendors in the vegetable market had sold almost everything they needed to sell, and only a few small stalls were still trying to clear out their stock.

Lin Xiaoyue picked one that was relatively fresh, bought some vegetables, and then went straight to the pork stall.

Lin Zhaodi wanted to stop her, but Lin Xiaoyue said she wanted to buy some pork bones to make soup for her father to nourish his body, and also wanted to buy some lard because there was no oil at home for cooking.

Lin Zhaodi gritted her teeth and thought that everything could be useful, so she resisted the urge to preach. She took the two little ones who were drooling at the meat stall and walked to the side to wait for her.

Lin Xiaoyue walked to the meat stall and asked, "Uncle, how much is this meat?"

The stall owner stood up and introduced the stall in a heroic manner, "Fat meat is 28 cents per pound, lean meat is 20 cents per pound, pork belly is 25 cents per pound, and bones and offal are both 2 cents per pound."

Lin Xiaoyue pointed at a piece of pig fat on the table and asked, "How much is this?"

"Lard is eighteen cents, and I won't weigh the last piece, okay?" said the pork uncle kindly.

"Okay! Uncle, please weigh me another three pounds of pork belly. I want all the big bones. Do you have pig blood?" Lin Xiaoyue reported all the things she wanted. It's not that she didn't want to be like those time-travel novels she read in her previous life, where the protagonist just bought some large and small intestines and made a stew or something, but it was really... their cooking skills were not very good!

Moreover, she found that the online articles were really exaggerated. Buy meat and get bones for free. What was that thinking?

People nowadays are not stupid. Although bones don't have much meat, they taste delicious when used to make soup. You'd better ask the stall owner to give them away for free. Unless you buy a lot and he gives you a big bone as a bonus, otherwise don't underestimate the intelligence of the ancients.

Besides, Lin Xiaoyue is not really good at bargaining, so it’s better not to bother. Now that we are facing another famine, it’s better to buy more ready-made things.

"Girl, no one wants this blood. I wanted to close the stall and take it back home to eat myself. You bought a lot, so I'll consider it a gift to you!" the stall owner said frankly.

"Thank you, uncle. I want the pig's blood. It's just right for replenishing the blood for my family."