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Chapter 60 Had a Skewer of Sky Monkeys?
After packing up their stall, Lin Xi and Gao Mengli squatted by the stove and started playing with crickets.
Lin Xi counted on her fingers for a long time and came up with a fairly close number.
"Mengli, one pound of meat can make about 60 dumplings, and with pickled cabbage, it can make about 100."
Gao Mengli frowned, also making plans in her mind.
One pound of wheat flour can make about 70 wrappers. Pork costs 18 coins per pound, wheat flour costs 12 coins per pound, and pickled cabbage costs 1 coin per pound. With chili dipping sauce, scallions, ginger, etc., the cost of 100 dumplings is about 36 coins.
In this era, people have a relatively large appetite; a plate of 18 dumplings plus some cabbage is enough to fill a person up.
Of course, someone like Zhang Biao probably wouldn't even have enough to eat in three dishes.
That would cost 16 coins per plate, and 100 dumplings would cost 88 coins, making a profit of 52 coins.
Making 2000 dumplings a day is their limit.
Any more, and they'll just want to give up.
The main idea is to balance work and rest, but the emphasis is on rest more than work!
After agreeing on the terms, the two stood up.
We need to buy some earthenware plates today, but they need to order pork and flour, and there's not enough time.
Seeing that the business was going on and on late, I had to prepare earlier, otherwise I would have to cook in the dark when I got back.
Looking at his hardworking "ox and horse" son, Gao Mengli waved to him!
"Da Niu, how much does an earthenware plate cost in the city?"
Da Niu, who was wiping the table, heard his mother calling him. He looked up, his eyes sparkling, and said, "Mom, earthenware plates are 3 coins each!"
His mother asked, "Then you must want to buy it!"
"Three coins? That's not expensive!"
Lin Xi nodded, took out a string of coins from the small wooden box containing copper coins next to her, and handed it to Da Niu. "Da Niu, go buy 20 plates. With the rest of the money, buy 20 small earthenware bowls for dipping sauce and have the shopkeeper deliver them."
"Hey! I'm going right now!" Da Niu immediately took the money happily and excitedly rushed into the city with it!
He shouted with wild excitement, "Uncle, the fertile soil is here again!"
After wandering around the city for a while, Da Niu arrived at the general store where his uncle worked.
"Uncle, uncle! I need 20 earthenware plates and 20 small earthenware bowls for dipping water!"
As soon as Da Niu arrived at the door, he shouted excitedly. When he entered the store and saw that familiar figure standing next to an even more familiar person, he became even more excited and blurted out an affectionate greeting, "Auntie!"
When Lin Meng saw her nephew appear at the shop entrance, she ran over excitedly, grabbed Da Niu's hand, and exclaimed, "Da Niu, what brings you here! Let your auntie see you!"
Lin Meng took Da Niu's hand, checked his arm, lifted his clothes, looked at his stomach and back, and even tried to take off Da Niu's pants on the spot.
Da Niu's face turned completely red.
My dear aunt, even though you raised me, I'm ten years old now. How could I possibly take my pants off in the street...?
Seeing Da Niu clinging tightly to his pants, Lin Meng glared at him. "Let your aunt check and see if those two have hit you recently."
Da Niu blushed and stammered, "Auntie, no...no, my parents are very good to me, they would never hit me."
He really did live a life of luxury, just like his parents!
Lin Meng had also heard from her husband Zhang Dongcai that her older brother and sister-in-law were now in business and treated Da Niu better than before.
However, she couldn't quite believe it; old habits die hard.
The sky was filled with dark, heavy clouds, all of which were the boasts her man had made.
Seeing is believing, so she had to check if Da Niu had any new injuries.
If not, everyone's happy. If so, she can apply medicine to Da Niu.
After all, her son, Da Niu, is so sensible that it breaks your heart. Every time he gets beaten up and covered in bruises, he doesn't tell anyone. It's heartbreaking to see the old man spending money to buy him medicine.
No, she needs to see it for herself to be at ease.
Next, she went to pull down Da Niu's pants.
Da Niu refused to submit, even unto death; these underwear were his last act of defiance!
Zhang Dongcai quickly smiled and grabbed his wife's hand, "freeing" Da Niu.
"Alright, honey, Da Niu is really alright! Look at you, you've made this child so embarrassed!"
“That’s right, Auntie!” Da Niu nodded in agreement, his face flushed and his lips pouting.
Lin Meng glanced at Da Niu, and seeing that this brat wouldn't let her see his bottom, she had no choice but to give up.
"Da Niu, tell your aunt, what brings you here today?"
Although Lin Meng interrupted him, Da Niu still remembered what his parents had told him today.
He quickly pulled out a string of coins from his pocket and happily handed them to Zhang Dongcai, "Uncle, today I want to buy 20 earthenware plates and 20 small earthenware bowls for dipping sauce!"
Zhang Dongcai took the money and said to Da Niu with a smile, "Alright, your uncle will prepare it for you right away. You and your aunt can talk here for a while, wait a bit!"
Lin Meng pulled Da Niu to sit on a stool nearby, but couldn't help asking a few more questions: "Da Niu, have your parents really not hit you lately? If anything happens, you must tell your aunt, don't just suffer in silence."
Da Niu smiled helplessly and quickly waved his hand: "Auntie, really not. My parents are treating me very well now. Don't worry, look at me, I'm eating and sleeping well, I've even grown taller!"
When Lin Meng heard Da Niu say this, she looked him up and down and found that he had indeed grown taller and stronger.
However, she was still a little worried and had to go check on them. "Da Niu, I heard your parents are doing business at the city gate. When your uncle delivers the plates later, I'll go with him to take a look."
Da Niu's eyes sparkled as he nodded at Lin Meng.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi had no idea that their sister-in-law (or younger sister) was coming to visit them.
He's still at the pork stall.
"Give me two pounds of this pork with its good balance of fat and lean meat."
Zhuangzhuang excitedly took the knife and cut the pork, then put it on the scale, where it weighed very well!
Seeing that the boss was about the same age as her, Gao Mengli walked over with her basket on her back, and even bent her knees to make it easier for the boss to put the pork in her basket.
To everyone's surprise, Zhuangzhuang immediately stood up from the stool after the pork was weighed.
Gao Mengli felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, as if the light in front of her had dimmed considerably.
I looked up—no, tilted my head back—and saw the butcher's beaming face.
Lin Xi's eyes lit up, his gaze fixed directly on Zhuangzhuang's strong pectoral muscles! Although he was wearing clothes, it didn't stop him from admiring them!
That guy is so strong!
Gao Mengli, standing next to her, was stunned for half a second before quickly standing up straight.
Holy crap, did this guy eat some kind of giant monkey? He's so tall!
So it turns out he'd been sitting inside the stall the whole time...
He coughed twice to cover his embarrassment, "Ahem, boss, tomorrow morning at 1:15 AM [around 7:00 AM], deliver 10 catties of pork to the stall at the city gate."
Upon hearing that the order had arrived, Zhuangzhuang was overjoyed! A hearty smile immediately spread across his face, almost making Lin Xi, who was standing in front of him, faint!
Zhuangzhuang grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth. "Alright! Don't worry, big sister, I'll be there by 1:15 AM. My pork is all freshly slaughtered, incredibly fresh!"
As Zhuangzhuang spoke, he patted his chest to assure her, his pectoral muscles trembling slightly with his movements, which made Lin Xi's eyes widen even more.
Gao Mengli nodded, carrying her basket on her back, and quickly pulled Lin Xi, whose eyes were glued to the butcher, towards the city gate.
She feared that if it were any later, her "husband" might do something truly astonishing.