Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 883 - 451: Money Earned is Meant to be Spent

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"I’m full." Xiao Qi took the frozen pear and said.

In the past, before the family split, when the Upper Room slaughtered the New Year’s pig, all the meat on the bone in the pork dish was carefully counted and had to be distributed by Lady Zhou herself. The children barely saw any fat throughout the year, and even on a day that was supposed to be the most bountiful, they would get very little meat. As for Lady Zhang, she couldn’t get any meat at all and could only eat pickled vegetables.

This year, Lian Manman’s family did their own New Year pig slaughter, so the laughable rationing system was of course abolished. To let both guests and their own children eat well, Lady Zhang deliberately added a lot more meat to the pork dishes. In the end, even though everyone ate their fill, there was still meat left over.

Lian Manman and Xiao Qi weren’t particularly craving meat. Over the past year, as the family’s circumstances had improved, so had their diet. They ate chicken and duck eggs daily, and could afford fish and meat every other three days, achieving a diet that included meat or fish at almost every meal.

Many tenant farmer families, even those with some wealth, mostly lived frugally, especially when it came to food. But Lian Manman believed that only with good food could one have good health, and only with good health could one work better, earn money, and learn. Moreover, she always remembered the sight of Wu Lang, Lian Zhizhi, and Xiao Qi looking malnourished when she first became aware in this world, as well as the unpalatable meals and Lady Zhou’s differential treatment at her dining table.

Due to various reasons, once Lian Manman had money, she wanted to ensure that she along with Wu Lang, Lian Zhizhi, and Xiao Qi all ate well and were satiated. They were all at a growing stage and needed sufficient nutrition.

Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin, neither of whom were stingy, also indulged this out of love and a desire to compensate the children.

Indeed, as long as Lian Manman said something and the children agreed, Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin hardly ever objected to anything.

The family chatted for a while and then started discussing how to distribute the pork.

With the exception of the meat from this meal, the remaining pork from the pig was chopped into large pieces by Butcher Zhang and now lay frozen in an outdoor vat.

"Cut ten pounds for my maternal family, ten pounds for Brother Youheng, ten pounds for Brother Jiaxing Home, and ten pounds for Yeye Household," Lian Manman said. "Right, we don’t eat the intestines and such, just give them to Old Uncle Huang. I heard him say the other day that he seems quite fond of those things."

The pig slaughtered by Lian Manman’s family was the fattest of the six, with a gross weight of nearly two hundred pounds. After the slaughter, naturally, the weight was reduced. Taking away those forty pounds of pork and considering what was consumed today—the internal organs, the pig’s head, feet, tail, and the lard—the remainders for Lian Manman’s family weighted just over a hundred pounds including bone and meat.

"For the New Year’s bonus meat for everyone, we won’t need to buy extra; we can give it from this batch," Lady Zhang said.

"Don’t we still need to host a few tables of guests for the New Year? That might take about twenty pounds of pork," Lian Shouxin said.

"We’ll use some in the store, and this meat should be enough to last us until next year," Lady Zhang said.

"Hmm," Lian Manman nodded, "The store could use more. I reckon we won’t eat much of this pork ourselves, don’t forget we’ve also ordered a whole sheep and ten pounds of beef."

"Right, almost forgot about that," Lady Zhang responded.

"I remember that, just now at the dinner table, Third Brother Wu said he’ll head west with Brother Jiaxing tomorrow and in a couple of days they’ll bring the meat back," Lian Manman added.

Having finished discussing the distribution of pork, they talked about sharing the money from one pig with Lady Zhao.

"Let’s calculate based on the heaviest pig for him," Lady Zhang suggested.

The heaviest pig was the one from Lian Manman’s family, originally a piglet caught by Lady Zhang. Its gross weight was one hundred and ninety-three pounds, priced at fourteen Wen Money per pound, totaling two thousand seven hundred and two Wen Money.

In the afternoon, when Lady Zhao and Lian Yeye came over, Lady Zhang handed them the weighed pork, and Lian Manman took out two thousand seven hundred and two Wen Money from the cashbox and gave it to Lady Zhao and Lian Yeye.

Although they had initially agreed to give Lady Zhao a pig, now that Lian Manman’s family also gave them pork and this money, Lady Zhao and Lian Yeye were hesitant and truly unwilling to accept it.

"Auntie, I have a lot of free time, and feeding pigs just comes naturally. With these ten pounds of meat, we can have a plentiful New Year. This is enough for us; we cannot take this much money," Lady Zhao said.