The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 66 - We’re Tough (2)_1

Pei Qin roasted it directly over the charcoal fire for a while, then chopped it into pieces and braised it.

The large chunks of bamboo rat meat, wafting with an enticing scent, were especially delicious because they were cooked with the skin, which gave off a unique fragrance once caramelized.

“How is it?” Pei Qin didn’t taste it, but she knew the flavor wasn’t anything special since many seasonings were missing.

However, compared to the bamboo rat meat they cooked, the roasted and then braised meat would be a fresh taste they would surely enjoy.

The Second Shopkeeper nodded as he ate, and because the tavern often had customers looking for something novel, he agreed to buy their bamboo rats.

Pei Qin didn’t know the market price, but seeing how her cousin and his buddy had been roughed up by her, a young girl, Ge Liu knew better than to mess with her.

“We have another fresh vegetable dish as well.

If you’re also interested in buying, we can bring it over in two days!

But we’ll have to deliver it to Landlord Chang’s house first, and if there’s any left, we’ll sell it to you!” Pei Qin boasted without as much as a blink.

The Second Shopkeeper asked her what kind of vegetable it was, but Pei Qin played coy, insisting they settle up for the bamboo rats first.

Thinking he could inquire with Landlord Chang later, and confident that the bamboo rats with Pei Qin’s unique skin-on cooking method would be an easy sell, he agreed to buy them for ten coins per catty.

The seven large bamboo rats weighed between eight or nine catties each, and even the smallest weighed about three or four catties.

After weighing, there were one hundred and ten catties in total.

Pei Qin generously rounded down to one hundred and one, “Just give us two taels of silver and one hundred copper coins as change!”

The Second Shopkeeper hadn’t done the math yet, but seeing her rattle off the amount, he couldn’t help but be amazed, “Young lady, can you do mental arithmetic?”

“Um…

my father is a Scholar, I’ve learned a little.” Pei Qin coughed twice.

She had accidentally shown off a bit!

The Second Shopkeeper nodded, given that the sum was also easy to calculate.

He promptly fetched the silver and a string of copper coins for Pei Qin, “If you have time tomorrow, bring that fresh vegetable dish over.

We can negotiate the price!”

“Sure!

No problem!” Having received the money, Pei Qin was very happy.

She grabbed the sack and led San Ya and Si Ya out of the Moon Restaurant, “Do you want buns or meat pies?”

“Let’s just eat Wo Wo buns!

Big sister!

We still have some Wo Wo with us!” San Ya said.

Si Ya thought of meat buns and pies, swallowed her saliva, “Never mind!

We’ll just eat Wo Wo buns!

It wasn’t easy to earn this bit of money!” Their mother and brother hadn’t eaten.

The one thing Pei Qin wouldn’t shortchange was her own stomach.

She splurged on three meat pies and ordered three bowls of plain noodles, urging San Ya and Si Ya to eat.

Si Ya’s face fell at the expense; the money spent could have bought a bushel of cornmeal!

“Eat up first!

We still have to go up the mountain later!” Pei Qin started eating, having originally planned to keep a couple of bamboo rats in case they couldn’t sell them all and needed to take some home, but now they had sold out and she had to make another trip to the mountain.

San Ya hesitated, not wanting to eat her meat pie and considered wrapping it to take away, and only ate the plain noodles.

“Finish eating before we go back, or you’ll end up causing trouble again!” Pei Qin had already finished eating in no time.

San Ya hesitantly took small bites until the meat pie was gone.

After finishing, Pei Qin wiped her mouth and the three of them headed home with the empty sack.

A shout came from the street corner, “Wenli!

What are you looking at?”

Pei Wenli withdrew his gaze, puzzled.

Was it Da Ya and the others?

Or was he seeing things?