Second Young Master Li also said, "That’s for sure, in case he starts looking into it..."
"Shh... that kid’s coming, let’s go quickly!" Second Young Master Li whispered.
He hoisted the leopard meat they used for bartering and quietly retreated.
Li Xing’an pulled Li Yuzhu along, quickly following behind.
The three ran straight to the foot of the mountain.
Li Xing’an patted his chest, "That scared me to death."
Second Young Master Li also gasped for breath because he was still carrying a big chunk of meat, weighing dozens of pounds!
Li Yuzhu laughed, "You guys ran so fast, as if guilty of something. You should have walked slowly, acting as if nothing had happened."
The two looked at each other, nodded in agreement, indeed, why did they need to run? fr.e ewe.bno.vel .com
At the wooden house on the mountain.
Mu Yuanxiu glanced in the direction where Li Yuzhu and her siblings had left, and tossed a few vegetable leaves into the cage.
"You’re short one companion, did you know?" he said to the rabbits.
Arriving at Taohua River Village, Li Yuzhu and the two others first went to Old Qin’s house.
Old Qin’s piglet had been found by the village chief’s eldest son, and Mrs. Qin was feeding the pig at the moment.
Li Yuzhu borrowed their kitchen knife, cut off a pound of meat, and wanted to give it to their family.
Old Qin and his wife repeatedly declined, unwilling to accept it.
"Of course, it’s not for free oh," Li Yuzhu smiled, "I actually want to ask Grandpa and Grandma for a favor."
Hearing it wasn’t for free, the old couple finally felt relieved.
Old Qin said, "Just say the word, we’ll definitely help if we can."
Li Yuzhu pointed at the large piece of leopard meat and said, "We want to trade the leopard meat with the villagers for some daily necessities. We’re not familiar with the people in the village, so we would like to ask Grandpa and Grandma to speak on our behalf."
Old Qin laughed, "What’s difficult about that? Easy peasy." He said to Mrs. Qin, "Old woman, go tell our eldest son to ask around in the village."
"Alright, I’ll go now." Mrs. Qin immediately went to her eldest son, the village chief’s house.
The village chief heard Li Yuzhu’s request and, without a word, started spreading the news among the villagers.
Some wanting to ingratiate themselves with the village chief, others just wanting to buy fresh leopard meat, all came to Old Qin’s house one after another.
There were as many as twenty or thirty villagers who came.
Li Yuzhu set aside two pounds specifically for the Li Zheng’s house, and the rest, several dozen pounds of meat, was quickly divided among the villagers.
In fact, another main reason the meat was divided so quickly was that Li Yuzhu and the others didn’t want cash, only goods.
And as long as they were roughly of equivalent value, they weren’t too concerned about them being new or used.
This was much more cost-effective than buying on the street.
As a result, when Li Yuzhu and the others returned, they almost had collected all the daily necessities they needed.
A chopping knife, a saw, a vegetable knife, and a scythe for cutting grass.
Two old mosquito nets, two old bedsheets, about ten old clothes for men and women.
A small shovel for digging herbs, two old baskets for carrying things, and two old straw hats.
An old wooden basin for bathing, and a piece of old fabric.
The fabric was some old linen that had been stored for a long time, which could be cut into bath towels. Although it was old, it hadn’t been used.
An old clay jar for boiling water, a small iron pot for stir-frying, and an old spoon with a broken handle, along with an old stove with two unsteady legs.
Two clay basins with chips, one large and one small.
The larger one could be used as a washbasin, and the smaller one as a soup bowl.
A dozen or so old bowls with varying degrees of damage, a few spoons, a bag of brown rice weighing about four or five pounds, a few pounds of salt, a little over one pound of lamp oil, and a few candles.
Someone even gave them a packet of cabbage seeds.