The Xie family not only sent six sacks of grain, but also six live chickens.

"Dad, we have chickens at home too. I think the chicken coop is not big, and it would be too crowded to put all the chickens together. Why don't we stew another one tonight?" Lu Yao suggested.

You can eat chicken, too!

Last time she received a reward, she got a chicken leg as an extra gift.

Because of her, the family received so many gifts this time. It’s not too much for her to eat a chicken leg, right?

"Why are you thinking good things again?

I just ate chicken a few days ago, and now I want to eat it again. How can I live like this? "

Father Lu poked Lu Yao again and said, "You can't kill such a good egg-laying rooster and eat it!

Keep them for laying eggs. A rooster can lay more than 200 eggs a year.

An egg costs two cents, which means four or five hundred cents a year.

If you do this for three or four years in a row, that would be just two taels of silver!

If you eat this chicken, it's like eating two taels of silver, you loser!"

Lu Yao opened her mouth in surprise after hearing this.

Can this account be calculated this way?

I was shocked by my father's careful budgeting.

We can’t eat chicken either.

Lu Yao saw her father directing a brother-in-law, as well as Lu Liuya and Qiya, to catch a few chickens and put them into the chicken coop in the backyard.

Lu Yao hurried into the main room.

Many gifts from the Xie family are placed on the table, and they can’t all be taken away by the stingy father.

Unexpectedly, when I entered the house, I saw Lu's mother already unpacking the boxes.

"Oh, good wine, good wine!"

Mother Lu unscrewed a small jar, and the aroma of wine immediately filled the room.

It turned out that the Xie family sent two jars of wine.

“This wine is much better than the ones I usually drink!

Leave a jar for Er Gouzi to drink when he gets married, it will surely make those old relatives hungry to death!" Mother Lu said proudly.

It's not just about drinking to make others jealous, more importantly, it's a way of showing off, it's the face that the children have earned!

"What about the remaining two jars..." Mother Lu began to calculate seriously.

“Next time I go into town, I’ll go to the winery and see how much this kind of wine is worth.

If you sell this jar of wine, you might get a lot of silver!"

After hearing this, Lu Yao stared in surprise: "Mom, why are you still thinking about selling wine? This wine is so good, it would be better to keep it for yourself!"

I couldn’t afford it on normal days, but now that I have it, I have to sell it.

Mother Lu shook her head and said, "This wine is expensive. It would be more appropriate to buy something else with the money.

Although I want to drink, I am not greedy for the good stuff."

Father Lu, who had entered the house, also said quickly: "I think it's okay. No matter how good the wine is, it will be gone in a few sips. Silver is better, it will last forever."

Then he called someone to bring the wine to the room where the two of them were sleeping.

Lu Yao let out a sigh of relief - her parents in this world really knew how to live!

"Mom, don't worry. When I make money in the future, I will buy you good wine and meat!" Lu Yao said seriously.

Mother Lu's face was flushed with joy, as if she had drunk a jar of good wine.

"Oh, this big jar is filled with oil!" Uncle Lu opened the lid of another jar and smelled the fragrance of oil.

I really didn't expect that of the six jars sent by the Xie family, the three small jars were filled with fine wine, and the three large jars were filled with oil!

The aroma of the oil slowly overflowed and floated into Lu Yao's nose.

Lu Yao smelled a familiar fragrance - the fragrance of peanut oil!

Moreover, the peanut oil here is not adulterated and is squeezed using traditional methods. It is mellower and more fragrant than the one I bought in supermarkets in my previous life!

Lu Yao narrowed her eyes and sniffed.

smell good!

The scent helped her unlock a wave of memories.

Her memory told her that the people of Feng Dynasty often ate lard, sesame oil and rapeseed oil.

Peanut oil is very precious and only rich people can afford it. It is also expensive on the market.

The thank-you gift from the Xie family looks ordinary, but it is actually practical and valuable.

If it weren't for gifts, the Lu family would never have bought peanut oil.

Thinking of this, Lu Yao suddenly had a bad feeling!

Sure enough, the next second, Father Lu arranged the fate of the three jars of peanut oil:

"Put it away first. When you get to the city, ask the oil mill. If the price is right, you can exchange the peanut oil for cheaper sesame oil."

"Dad! This oil was given by the Xie family. We didn't spend any money on it. We've already saved a lot of money. Why don't we keep it for ourselves?" Lu Yao said anxiously.

She realized that if she asked the Lu family to buy peanut oil, it would be like cutting off her parents' flesh.

If your family doesn’t become rich overnight, forget about eating peanut oil in this life!

Therefore, these jars of peanut oil are extremely precious, and Lu Yao really wants to keep them.

"You little brat, you really don't know how to live!" Father Lu scolded:

"How expensive is peanut oil? These three jars of peanut oil can at least be exchanged for eight jars of sesame oil of the same size!

How long can three jars of oil last? How long can eight jars of oil last?"

"Dad, you can't just count the quantity! The quality and taste of these two kinds of oil are different!

Dishes made with peanut oil are fragrant and delicious! "

"No matter how good or bad the food is, it all tastes the same!"

At this moment, Lu Yao didn't know that when the Lu family cooked, they would not pour a large spoonful of oil like they did in their previous life.

When the Lu family cooks, they just use an old cloth soaked in oil and wipe the bottom of the pot twice.

With this amount, even peanut oil, lard, sesame oil, motor oil and petroleum oil cannot be tasted.

It is true that “all oils taste the same”!

According to this standard, these eight jars of oil can last for at least five years!

How could the thrifty Father Lu give up?

He immediately instructed Lu Erdie and Lu Sandie to move the jars of oil to their own rooms.

When the right opportunity comes, I will definitely replace it.

There are no white flour buns, no chicken legs, and no good oil for cooking.

Lu Yao's eyes quickly focused on the six pieces of cloth!

Two pieces of fine cotton cloth.

Two pieces of top-quality ramie cloth.

Two pieces of silk, of fine quality and shiny.

Each piece is a thick roll, which is pleasing to the eye just by looking at it.

"Wow!" Lu Yao stretched out her hand and touched this and then that.

Father Lu slapped her hand and said, "You have rough hands, don't touch the satin!"

How can ordinary people afford such precious material?

Except for Lu Yao, who else in the Lu family didn't look at her with shining eyes?

But really, they didn't even dare to touch it.

"We farmers don't need to wear these." Mother Lu looked at the two pieces of silk again and again.

"This cotton and hemp cloth is much better than what we wear." Uncle Lu flipped through the remaining pieces.

Lu Yao was shocked: Could it be that Mom and Dad were planning to sell these fabrics as well?

Sure enough, she soon heard her father's plan:

"Silk is valuable and can be exchanged for a lot of silver. The best cotton and ramie cloth is also valuable. Just exchange it for the kind we usually wear."

The main point is to exchange good things for bad ones. The quality is reduced, but you can get more in return.

"Wow! No wonder the Lu family is so poor, but can still support dozens of people!" Lu Yao felt that she had realized it.

It's all thanks to my parents who live frugally and are very stingy with their money!

Lu Yao predicted that if things were allowed to develop in this way, except for the six chickens, all the things sent by the Xie family today would not be kept!

Her first pot of gold, the twenty taels of silver reward, was taken away by her father.

She was afraid that she would not be able to keep these gifts, which were her second pot of gold.

No!

For future development, she must gain some benefits for herself and use these things to lay a foundation for herself.

Several mature plans quickly appeared in my mind.

"Dad, these materials cannot be changed!" Lu Yao suddenly stopped him.

"Otherwise the Xie family will be angry!"

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