At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

Xiangzhi's voice suddenly came from the crowd.

"Everything is getting more expensive now. Five cents used to buy half a pound of white flour, but now you can't even buy half a pound of cornmeal.

"So, Brother Dadong, instead of asking the Gu family to pay back five cents, it would be more cost-effective for you to actually eat the three buns!"

Song Dadong looked at Xiangzhi. Although he knew she had bad intentions, he thought what she said made sense. Then he looked at Lin Qing, who was looking at him with a smile on her face. It was as if the target in his heart had been hit hard. He felt so excited that he almost floated up. He said with great pride:

"Okay, what else is there to say? Give me the buns!"

When everyone saw that Song Dadong actually took the buns without asking for money, they were all heartbroken.

I secretly thought that this kid was bewitched by the beauty of Xiangzhi and the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family. He had no brains and was just using his butt. If he didn't suffer, who would?

Everyone was eager to watch the fun, but they saw Song Dadong take the bun and couldn't wait to take a big bite. The meatball-like stuffing sizzled out with oil, and he ate it while howling like a monkey, one cry louder than the other.

He stuffed such a big bun into his mouth in just a few bites and finished it all in the blink of an eye. He burped with satisfaction.

"This account is really worth it. Not to mention paying off the debt, even if I had to spend money to buy it, it would be worth six cents!"

The onlookers smelled the fragrant meat smell and listened to Song Dadong's excited howls, and their stomachs rumbled even louder.

Finally, Shen couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Nephew Ermiao, the buns you have here are so delicious. I don't want you to pay me back. Let's see how many buns you can buy."

Gu Ermiao easily found her husband's family, Song Jingfu. They were a wealthy family in the fur business in Kyoto. They had no worries about food and clothing, and even in their current situation, they could still eat meat every meal.

"Aunt Shen, my family has borrowed twenty cents from you, along with a pound of old rice and two and a half pounds of corn.

"But the price of grain changes every day. It's not appropriate to consider it too low or too high. How about this? We pay the money first, and then we'll pay you back with enough grain when the time comes..."

Before she could finish her words, Shen interrupted her anxiously.

"Okay, okay, there's no rush for food. Just give me some money and exchange it for buns. That way I don't have to cook tonight!"

Gu Ermiao stopped Lin Yuanxin from making dumplings and said, "Aunt Shen, let me do the math. Twenty cents is ten dumplings. There are only you and Brother Qiangzi in your family, so you definitely can't eat that much.

"So why don't you exchange it for ten coins first? My family will be making buns tomorrow anyway, so you can come back and exchange the rest then, how about that?"

Shen felt extremely relieved when she heard Gu Ermiao's words, and the wrinkles on her face relaxed as she smiled, like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Hey, I just like listening to Er Miao talk, it makes sense and sounds nice. You're right, I'll do as you say!"

"Okay, Yuanxin, pack six for Aunt Shen. The extra ones will be our gifts, no charge!"

Although the Shen family was rich, they also lived frugally. When they heard there was a bargain to be made, their smile became even brighter.

He took the hot buns and happily pressed his handprints. He wanted to perform in front of everyone like Song Dadong, but thinking of his hungry children at home, he turned around and left with a twist of his hips.

The headman's wife, Liu, looked at Song Dadong who was sucking his fingers and squinting his eyes in savoring the moment, then turned around and looked at Shen who was twisting her body like a pretzel, and she felt a little unbalanced.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family is really ignorant. She even provoked Sanmu. But even so, she can't just throw the debt aside because of these trivial matters.

After all, who in this world can live without money?

Besides, everyone in Songsi Village has to look up to their family. How can they let Song Dadong and that Shen family who only knows how to show off steal the limelight at this time!

After figuring this out, Liu hurried forward, thinking to herself that she couldn't be as foolish as Shen, who was so stingy and spent a lot of money, and exchanged all ten cents for buns.

Mrs. Liu cleared her throat in a very stylish manner and said, "Er Miao, it's been so long since I've owed this debt that I can't quite remember. Can you tell me how much ours is?"

Gu Ermiao didn't even raise his head. He turned to the first page without hesitation and said without any emotion: "My family owes you, Grandma Liu, thirty cents, and three and a half pounds of grain. Look..."

Liu originally wanted to say, "I don't want the buns. If you can't pay back the full amount, just give me half." But when she got closer and smelled the meat buns and looked at the white noodles, she instantly swallowed her original plan.

Wow, this smells too good!

It turned out that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family had never helped out at weddings or funerals in the village, so no one knew that she had such a skill!

You know, she had eaten and seen this with her man, but the taste of this meat bun was more fragrant and oily than anything she had ever smelled before!

Liu swallowed her saliva and said shyly, "Then I also want ten cents worth of buns. Do you have to give me six as well?"

"Of course," Gu Ermiao took the buns wrapped by Lin Yuanxin, and then put on a faint smile. He asked her to press her fingerprints, checked the amount owed, and then respectfully sent her away.

With these three people setting an example, especially Liu's lead, everyone was tempted, but those who only lent a penny or two to the Gu family were a little hesitant.

My family's situation is not much better than Gu's. I lent money to them back then because I gritted my teeth and tightened my belt. Now I don't want them to pay back the money. After all, they are the debtors. If we work together to collect the debt, we might even get more interest.

It would be uneconomical to exchange all the debt for a bun that neither satisfies hunger nor fills the stomach.

But then again, even if the Gu family paid back the money, plus the interest, it wouldn't accomplish anything...

Just when I was hesitating whether to buy it or not, I heard Lin Qing say:

"Thank you all, folks. Today's buns are sold out. I can only apologize to those who haven't paid their bills. Of course, we will be back tomorrow, and everyone is welcome to come again."

The bricklayer's wife, Mrs. Wu, became a little angry when she heard this.

"Hey, Gu's eldest daughter-in-law, how many have you made? Why are you selling them all before we even pay for them?"

Lin Tingting knew from what she said that even if there were still a hundred buns left in the basket, she would still pick out the thorns from the others.

"I'm so sorry, Mrs. Wu. You know we don't have a big stove at home, and the pot is so small. It's not easy to steam this much."

Wu thought about it for a while and thought that this was indeed the case, but when she saw a circle of red handprints on the edge of Gu Ermiao's account book, she thought to herself, "Two cents for a bun, how much money did the Gu family earn today?"

In that case, it would be unreasonable not to pay back the money!

Wu was just about to start a conversation when she found that the children of the Gu family had already quickly put all their things into the house, and the people around them had dispersed. In the blink of an eye, she was the only one left.

Feeling quite frustrated, Mrs. Wu stamped her feet in anger and returned home angrily. As she walked, she suddenly laughed out loud.

She had a great idea!