Capítulo 19: Uninvited Guests
Liu Xiaolan looked towards Zou Xinghe and thought about what he meant. He wouldn't try and buy the mushrooms she picks at a lower price and then sell them himself?
But from what she saw in the past couple days of dealing with him, he didn't seem to be that kind of a person?
Seeing the look on Liu Xiaolan's face, he said: "Girl Liu, I don't need much, just a pound of mushrooms will be fine. Anyway, I can't afford to buy more than that…"
Liu Xiaolan smiled slightly. "Uncle Zou, aren't you afraid of eating fungus? You can die if you get poisoned by eating the wrong ones…"
"Girl Liu, I might not be the smartest, but I still have an eye for the people. You don't look like a shady figure, and since you can sell them to the city people without any issues, it means that the fungus you pick doesn't have any problems…"
Zou Xinghe added, "It's not like I can buy much anyway. If not for the fact that my wife heard that you sell them and wanted some, I wouldn't want to eat them anyway…"
"Alright, Uncle Zou. You've been taking me to the city on the ox cart for free, so let me repay you a little. I'll sell it to you at half the market price, 500 copper coins per pound of fungus." Liu Xiaolan said with a slight smile.
"Alright, you can bring them the next time you want to come to the city, I'll prepare the money for you…" Zou Xinghe sighed.
Even through Zou's are a family of hunters for many generations now, because of that they don't have the time to farm like most people in the village, and need to survive from the money they earn by selling what they hunted.
Even if they have a lot of experience, it doesn't mean they can hunt down animals on a large scale. With their finances right now, even 500 copper coins hurts him a little.
But well, who asked him to get a wife that loves eating different kinds of food. If he didn't agree to bring home what she wanted, she would probably do a hunger strike and ignore him for days...
Liu Xiaolan said, "No problem, Uncle Zou. But you need to remember that you need to eat the mushrooms within a day of bringing them home, otherwise they might get spoiled with how hot is was recently…"
Zou Xinghe smiled. "No problem, girl Liu. Our family often needs to keep the meet of our pray for a longer amount of time before we can sell it, so we have a dark room underground where the temperature is much lower. It shouldn't be a problem if I put them in there, right?"
Thinking of it, Zou Xinghe was a little happy. After all, his family originally didn't have a dark room at all. It was only that once he was in the city, he heard someone mentioned that you could lower the room temperature by digging deep inside the soul and keep your food there.
Thanks to this dark room, his family has a much easier life now. If not for it, they would probably need to rush to city as soon as they killed a prey, in fear that it's meat would spoil during the hot days...
"Well, if you put them directly in the dark room, they should be fine for at least a couple of days…" Liu Xiaolan answered. After all, she had no idea how long they could be kept in this way without checking it for herself, but a few days should be fine in a cold temperature, right?
After a few more sentences with Zou Xinghe, Liu Xiaolan picked up the things she bought today and prepared to go home. Thinking about leaving Mu Yuchen all alone for the whole day, she was a little scared that something might have happened…
And unfortunately for her, it looks like her gut was correct this time.
When Liu Xiaolan moved passed the central part of the village and was nearing her own home, she heard a shout coming from her house. "You robber, what are you doing here, quickly get out…"
Upon coming towards her own broken house, she noticed that Mu Yuchen was keeping hold of the entrance of her home, while being cornered by the people from the Liu family.
Looking at the group, it seems that Grandma Liu mobilised most of her family to come and make trouble this time. Not only was Shen Meijing and Liu Xueyue here, but even her husband, Liu Weixin, came as well.
With Liu Yimu being married off and living with her in-laws, and Liu Weihao's family moving to the city as well, the only person missing is Liu Weixin's son. Thinking about it, he probably was in Shenyang now as well, considering that he was favoured and very likely went to the local college.
"What are you? It's my family's home, who dares to stop me from going inside?" Grandma Liu shouted.
Mu Yuchen had a dark look on his face, but still kept quiet and blocked their way inside. Thinking of the task that Liu Xiaolan gave him, he gritted his teeth and straightened up his body, completely blocking the entrance.
It was at this time that Liu Xiaolan finally came near them. With anger in her voice, she shouted towards the Liu family. "What are you doing here? What? Your family's house? Since when, you've given it to me when we separated, and now I don't remember inviting you to come here?"
The look on the faces of Liu family changed. Yan Rusheng's face was red with anger, her teeth making a clenching sound. "Stupid girl, what do you mean you didn't invite us here? Biological family, we can come whenever we want…"
"Exactly, if not for our Liu family, you wouldn't have this home at all…" The voice of other members of the Liu family sounded in agreement.
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