The Zhang Family would certainly not hesitate to eat several hundred jin of pork themselves!
Upon seeing their unyielding stance, the Zhang Family, albeit tearfully, finally nodded their heads in agreement: "Fine! Four mao it is!"
At least, it would help recoup some of their losses, and they wouldn't starve at the beginning of the year!
Well, there's also the extra twenty yuan; that should last for a while.
But that means the plan to buy a daughter would have to be postponed for several more years.
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Not long after Sanni had left the village, her stomach began rumbling furiously.
She hadn't eaten anything in eight or nine hours.
Helian Qiao immediately sprung into action, enthusiastically saying, "Sister San, I will catch some meat for you!"
"Guibao, there's no need for that, dad has some dried beef and milk candies here. We can give these to Sanni to alleviate her hunger."