In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

When Shen Qian's excellent duo arrived at Wang Erhu's house, they saw a dozen or so aunties from the same village gathered at the door. Several quotes came from inside:

"One pound and two ounces of pork fat, 60 copper coins!"

"Aunt Li, keep it!"

"Three pounds of pork, 75 copper coins!"

"Grandma Wang, hold on tight! Don't fall to the ground on the way back!"

"..."

Hearing this offer, Wang You and Wang Liangxin from Shen Qian's family felt their hearts bleed.

Who on earth was it that not only stole their pigs, but also sold them at a discount in the village?

It’s really heartbreaking!

A good wild boar can be sold to the county for at least five taels of silver. If it is sold like this, it will not exceed four taels at most!

The net loss is one or two taels of silver. This is like using one's own things to do favors to the villagers!

Thinking of this, Wang You was furious. He squeezed into the crowd and shouted:

"stop!"

"Stop it all!"

Hearing the scolding, all the villagers who had been laughing and interrupting Old Lady Wang turned around.

Some people who were close to Shen Qian's house and Wang You automatically made way for them.

They all frowned at him.

"Mr. Shen Qian, what do you mean?" An old lady who came to buy meat looked at Wang You and asked with dissatisfaction in her tone.

Hearing his question, Wang You felt suffocated.

Why are you asking me why you bought wild boar meat that was stolen from me?

Just as he was about to yell and curse, a familiar voice came from behind him:

"Hey! Fifth brother, sixth brother!"

"I was looking for you guys. Did mom ask you to come over and help count the money?"

Turning around, the fifth and sixth brothers looked at their third brother Wang Wu, who was waving at them, with an expression as if they had seen a ghost.

Wang You scratched his ears, thinking he had misheard, and asked his third brother Wang Wu uncertainly:

"Third... Third brother? Is this wild boar ours?!"

"Gudong!" Wang Liang listened to Wang You's question and swallowed nervously: Fortunately, I haven't done anything yet!

If this wild boar was picked up by me, there would be no way for them to escape.

After all, before the family is divided, all the gains must be shared.

Unless the two of them want to separate now.

But...they haven't even married yet, how can they possibly separate and live on their own?

Without waiting for Wang Wu to explain.

The aunties and sisters who were waiting for the meat to be divided could not wait to urge:

"Yes! It's yours."

"Hurry up and help cut the meat and count the money! We are all waiting to take the meat back to cook for the children."

"You two kids are really ignorant. You were shouting so loudly just now. I am too old to stand up to your noise."

"..."

The urging of the crowd broke the hearts of the two 'young men' who were planning something!

This wild boar actually belongs to our family, and there is no possibility of getting it back.

Wang You walked to the wild boar with a look of despair on his face, his nose twitching constantly as he sniffed the fishy smell of blood in the air, which was a mixture of flavors.

But faced with everyone's urging, he could only suppress the loss and sadness in his heart, put on an apologetic expression and help Wang Wu count the money.

As a result, the sixth old Wang Liang, who had previously threatened to give the "pig thief a good show", also restrained his expression which was uglier than eating shit, and secretly threw the stone in his hand to the ground.

I felt a headache when I helped cut the meat and count the money.

A sad thought came to both of their minds at the same time: These...were originally our money!

......

After returning home, Shen Qian took out the wooden box containing the title deed directly from the cabinet beside the bed.

Holding the land deed in hand, he went straight to the house of the wealthy Mr. Jia in town!

We must convert the most valuable land into money now while the drought is not obvious and war has not yet occurred.

Otherwise, when people flee from famine, this thing will be less valuable than a piece of paper.

Entering the town, it is still prosperous.

There is a constant stream of pedestrians walking on the avenue.

With the memory of her previous life, Shen Qian quickly found the mansion of Landlord Jia.

The two tall and heavy wooden doors were tightly closed. Although the Gao family was a wealthy household, there was no one staying in front of the door. On the left side of the heavy wooden door, there was a small door that was open.

On weekdays, the door would never be opened unless the master was traveling or important officials or businessmen sent visiting cards.

All people coming and going go through the small door.

Next to the small gate, there is a stall that is specifically used to purchase land from nearby villages.

Shen Qian walked to the stall and shouted loudly through the small door:

"Please come and see me, Master Butler."

"Dozens of acres of fertile land in Wangjia Village are for sale!"

The voice was loud and clear, reaching the ears of the servants in the mansion.

The servant hurried towards the house where the housekeeper was.

When the housekeeper walked out of the small door, he immediately saw Shen Qian standing in front of the stall and asked proudly:

"You want to sell the land?"

"Can I take the land deed with me?"

In response to the housekeeper's questions, Shen Qian nodded repeatedly.

"I brought them all."

"Five mu of top-quality paddy fields, 28 mu of medium-quality dry land, and 12 mu of bottom-quality marginal fields, all here."

"There are also house deeds and land deeds for my home. If it's convenient, I hope that Butler Jia will be magnanimous and take them all!" Shen Qian said as she took out the various land deeds one by one and placed them on the table of the stall.

Finally, the title deed and the box were placed at the very edge.

Housekeeper Jia first picked up the land deed of the high-quality paddy field, looked at the official seal on it, and nodded with satisfaction.

Then come the fertile fields and marginal fields.

After the inspection, he rested his gaze on Shen Qian for a moment, and then said:

"Is this the plan to relocate after the autumn?"

"Yes, Butler Jia has a keen eye." As a strong woman, Shen Qian is well versed in the basic social etiquette. After the conversation, Butler Jia's liking for her increased greatly.

After a brief pause, Butler Jia said:

"Master Jia is so kind that he won't let you work for a year in vain. He will reclaim the land after the autumn harvest."

"As for the price, the best paddy fields are 8 taels per mu, the dry farmland is 3.5 taels per mu, and the inferior marginal fields are 2 taels per mu. As for the title deed to your house, I will take it at 3 taels of silver, making a total of 165 taels."

"If it's alright, I'll take the money and go to the government office to sign the agreement."

One hundred and sixty-five taels!

If I were to buy this from the government, it would definitely cost at least two hundred taels, but am I not selling it myself?

Mr. Jia is indeed kind that it can be sold at this price.

Don't deliberately lower the price.

If other portals were to acquire her land, the maximum amount would not exceed 150 taels.

Some black-hearted people even gave her 120 taels to send her away, not to mention allowing them to continue using the farmland until after the autumn harvest?

"Master Jia is so kind!" Shen Qian said respectfully.

After the formalities are completed.

Shen Qian held the box that contained the title deed and walked towards home.

165 taels. If I had this much silver in my previous life to prepare for escaping the famine, how could I have ended up in such a miserable state?

......

Shen Qian was on her way home.

The fourth son of the family, Wang Tianci, had already heard about his mother catching a wild boar in the mountains. He ran out of the fields with his wife, Wang Liu, and went straight to Wang Erhu's house.

Standing at the door of Wang Erhu's house, looking at his sixth brother cutting pork, his face was filled with joy!

"Fifth brother, sixth brother!"

"How much pig fat is left?" Wang Tianci asked, referring to the most precious part of the wild boar.

When the excellent duo saw the fourth brother coming with his wife, as brothers who have been together for many years, how could they not know what was in his mind?

His face fell instantly.

It’s fine as long as the wild boar didn’t end up in the pockets of the two brothers.

After all, the money has entered my mother's private treasury, and will eventually be spent on my brothers.

But Wang Tianci brought his wife here, clearly wanting to take advantage of his father-in-law's family!

This kind of thing has happened too many times. Whenever there is something good at home, Wang Tianci will find ways to get it, secretly bring it to his father-in-law's house, and share it with his father-in-law's family. As for his brothers? They have never touched it at all.

The sixth brother, Wang Liang, curled his lips and made a "huh" sound before saying nothing more.

Wang You, however, resisted the urge to beat him up and started to explain:

"Fourth brother, this lard is really good stuff."

"But the pig is almost done."

"Where's the lard left, is there?"

When the fourth brother Wang Tianci heard Wang You say that there was no pork fat left, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on his face.

But soon, he brought his wife Wang Liu to the wild boar.

Looking at the wild boar with a lot of meat and ribs left, he gestured to the fattest part of the wild boar and said:

"Hi!"

"No lard, no lard."

"Cut off this piece of pork and take it home for me."