Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Chapter 486: Local Specialties in the Box

Zhou Guo went closer to take a look and saw that it was indeed the food from the building, including pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, lotus root, and most importantly, there was even a basket of crabs!

This is the time to eat crabs.

She looked at the basket of crabs and couldn't help licking her lips. She was very conflicted. There were no crabs in the north, and it would cost so much to transport them from the south. It seemed a bit unaffordable.

Shopkeeper Yang saw her looking at the crab with a frown on her face, and asked curiously, "Could it be that Madam Zhou knows about this thing?"

Zhou Guo was speechless. "Boss, we live in the countryside. Although there are no crabs this big in the creeks and ditches in the countryside, there are still crabs the size of copper coins. This one is just a little bigger, not a changed shell. How can I not recognize it?"

Shopkeeper Yang laughed, "Yes, yes, I just forgot about it. You can take it back and eat it. These are all the things I have in Baoyue Tower. It's not worth giving you a portion. How could I not have this little bit of food?"

Zhou Guo said, "Shopkeeper, I heard from my old man that there are no crabs in the north. You must have spent a lot of effort to transport these crabs from the south. I, I'd better not eat them. I can't afford it if I eat them."

Shopkeeper Yang smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is not shipped from the south. Our boss personally selected the land and raised it. It only takes one night for a fast horse to transport it from there. It doesn't cost that much."

Zhou Guo immediately smiled when he heard it, and nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I'll take it. Thank you, shopkeeper. I'm so lucky to have such a delicious meal. No wonder Baoyue Tower's business is so good!"

No wonder Baoyue Tower has become so big. This crab must be a killer. He chose the place to raise it himself and it was successful. The owner of Baoyue Tower is really amazing.

Seeing how much she liked it, Shopkeeper Yang waved his hand and asked someone to bring out another basket, "Since you like it so much, you can take this one back too."

Zhou Guo accepted the offer and thanked them with a smile. Since they were her own walnuts, she would not be polite. At most, she could give Manager Yang a few kilograms of wild walnuts. Anyway, the walnuts in the mountains were ripe, and it was also her way of showing her love.

After saying goodbye to Shopkeeper Yang, the group drove out of the city in the empty cart.

When they came, the car was so full of cargo that there was no space at all. When they went back, the boy sat in the car, making a lot of noises. Most people didn't dare to get close to him. If they didn't know him, they would think he was a gangster from somewhere.

After leaving the city, Zhou Guo was always on edge. All the money was in her car. If someone tried to take advantage of the situation and steal some money, she might not be able to stop him.

I don’t know if it was because the noise they made scared those people so much that they didn’t dare to show up, or if the old man was scared after being beaten up, but he didn’t run into anyone on the way back. It was so smooth that it seemed unreal.

When they got home, everyone was surprised to see that she had brought back another box. "Didn't you say you were going to Yunzhou and your husband was going to Chengding? How come someone gave you a gift again?"

Li was worried, "It's fine if we just do business with them, but accepting so many gifts from them, doesn't that mean we are inferior to them?"

Before Zhou Guo could say anything, Zhou Su opened the box and said, "Don't worry, Mom. There's food in here, all meat. The fat shopkeeper said it's their local specialty, just like the pine mushrooms in our house."

Zhou Guo nodded and said, "Yes, there are plenty of local specialties at home. We won't feel bad if we give away a few kilograms. At most, we can bring him some local specialties next time."

Li said helplessly, "We don't have any local specialties at home. Matsutake mushrooms are shipped out to sell for money. People bought so many at once. How can they be rare?"

Zhou Guo said, "We don't have any at home, but there are some in the mountains. At worst, I can go catch two shadowless fish, one for each of the two shopkeepers. At worst, the walnuts in the mountains are about to ripen. I think we can harvest them in half a month. Ten or twenty kilograms per person is not bad."

At this point, he sighed, "It's a pity that my uncle and several uncles are very busy. They left last year and never came back. I don't know when I can see them again."

There are so many delicious foods at home, we should share them together.

I don't know why she mentioned Zhou Dacang again. Thinking of Zhou Dacang, the whole family sighed. He hasn't received a letter in all this time, and they don't know how he is doing in the military camp.

Zhou Mai said: "Uncle, he is so smart and skilled, he will be fine."

Zhou Mi nodded, "Let's go and see what Yunzhou's shopkeeper sent to our family. It's really strange that they always send gifts in boxes. Wouldn't it be better to put the meat in baskets? It will smell bad if it's kept in there, and we have to wash the boxes."

Zhou Xing and Li also nodded.

Zhou Guo laughed and said, "The shopkeeper said that sending gifts in boxes is for the sake of appearance. He said that no one would send gifts in baskets, which is not appropriate."

Li sighed, "Rich people are really different. They care about the appearance of their gifts. It's OK if the gifts are not good enough. They even have to spend money to buy a box. How much does it cost?"

"Ah, mom, come and look, this, this, this, is a crab? It's so big, I'm afraid it must be the ancestor of those crabs in the ditch? This must be the ancestor from many generations ago, it's almost become a spirit!" Zhou Mai couldn't hold it in anymore and shouted.

The whole family gathered around immediately, even Hei Dadan jumped up from the ground and surrounded them.

Zhou Guo picked up two baskets of crabs and placed them on the ground.

Everyone could see more clearly now, and they were amazed at these crabs as big as bowls.

My ancestors have lived in the countryside for several lifetimes. There are plenty of small crabs in the ravines, but I have never seen such a big one. Crabs as big as two copper coins are already the largest. This is the first time I have encountered such a big crab. The whole family was so curious that they couldn't stop looking at it.

Wu Jiang and a few others unloaded their belongings, returned the cars to others one by one, and then returned.

Zhou Guo said: "Just stay at home for the next two days, and then go back together with Hu Zi and the others when they come back."

Wu Jiang shook his head and said, "No, my brothers and sisters are too young. Let's go back. Hu Zi and the others are back. Let them go home by themselves."

Zhou Guo nodded, took out a chicken, a duck, a piece of mutton and a large piece of pork from the box, and handed them to him, "Take these meats back and we will have a good meal together."

I couldn’t bear to give away the beef and crabs. Beef is rare and you can’t search for it easily. The old man likes them very much. As for the crabs, well, there are many people in their family, so we won’t share them.

Wu Jiang was already very surprised, especially the large piece of pork, which must have weighed more than ten pounds. He took it readily and said, "I would like to thank you on behalf of my brothers and sisters at home!"