Chapter 30: Going broke in a minute
Knowing that Bai Tao wanted Zibai, not only was no one curious, but the children in the village also said that they wanted to dig it up and would not tolerate it.

"We have a satchel, and our aunt has recognized that we are grown up, so why shouldn't she let us go dig cypress trees?"

"You adults are allowed to find things for my aunt, but we are not allowed to get close to her?"

"Don't underestimate us because we are small. We are much faster than you."

"We also have backpacks, and we have grown up..."

"My aunt is ours too."

"We also have to honor our aunt."

Now that things have come to this, it would be inappropriate to stop the children.

Each family could only agree reluctantly, and told their children not to run too far, but to stay with three or five friends...

"Since you are carrying the bag that I gave you, you must listen to me even more. I have told you not to run too far..."

"You guys said you were going to dig purple cypress trees. If I find out that you guys are messing around and running off to play, watch out for your butts."

Others have mothers, brothers and sisters, or fathers, grandparents to give them instructions, but Bai Xiaocao and her siblings don’t have any of them.

Bai Xiaocao looked at the people around her, then subconsciously held her brother's hand tightly and said, "Shitou, you stay with your sister, just like when we were digging wild vegetables in the village before, stay close to your sister, don't go too far."

Bai Shitou nodded obediently.

Children from poor families have to grow up early, not to mention that both of them lost their parents at an early age.

Don’t say that Baishitou is not big. In fact, in Taohua Village, you can often see children aged five or six carrying bamboo baskets and following the older brothers and sisters in the village to the mountains to collect firewood, cut grass, and dig wild vegetables.

Many children aged seven or eight would carry their younger brothers and sisters who were one or two years old up the mountain on their backs, so that the adults in the family could have their hands free to tend the fields.

The scene was so lively at the moment, Bai Tao wondered whether she should say something now?
After thinking for a while, she cleared her throat, and when she saw everyone looking over, she said, "Don't run too far, we'll have something delicious to eat tonight."

When the adults heard that they would have something delicious to eat in the evening, they were fine, but the children cheered happily: "That's great~"

"Auntie, we listen to you."

The adults felt helpless and amused at the same time, so they laughed and scolded him for being a naughty boy and then said nothing more.

At this time, Bai Tao didn't know that because of her sudden idea of ​​arranging the shoulder bag, the people in Taohua Village later developed the custom of sewing shoulder bags for their children to symbolize their growing up.

As these children followed their mother, sisters and brothers to dig purple cypress, the cave suddenly became much quieter.

The people who stayed in the cave were not idle either. Bai Tao scratched her head with her little hands. Everyone was working, so shouldn't she do something too?
After thinking about it, she immediately called Bai Duoxi.

"What shall we have for dinner?"

It is less than four hours until seven o'clock in the evening, but it gets dark early now, and Bai Tao has nothing to do, so she starts thinking about the dinner menu.

As usual, Bai Duoxi reported what he had now, but Bai Tao interrupted him by shaking her head before he was halfway through his words.

"Eat something else."

With so much money, it's only right to indulge in a meal occasionally.

Bai Duoxi understood that the aunt had an idea, so she nodded: "Aunt, I will follow your arrangements."

"It seems like I haven't eaten rice for a long time." Bai Tao flipped through the cookbook in her hand and said this when she looked up.

She seemed to have forgotten that she had eaten a discounted lunch box before, and pointed towards the white pumice inside and said, "There are three hundred kilograms of rice in it. You can cook rice for everyone." While speaking, Bai Tao took out the discounted rice she bought last time, and then bought another hundred kilograms to make up for it.

She murmured in her heart that it was still more cost-effective to buy discounted items. She should have bought more at the beginning. Now this hundred kilograms of rice costs five hundred coins. It’s a loss.

"Also, the sausage has a sweeter flavor, so you can steam it with rice. Three sausages per person."

The original price of cured sausage was 25.6 yuan per pound. She bought 300 pounds as part of a group purchase, at 13.8 yuan per pound.

The weather is cold, so it's best to eat some chili peppers. Bai Tao bought some peppers with a less spicy taste and took out 80 kilograms of frozen pork belly. She decided to stir-fry the pork belly with chili peppers.

Eighty kilograms of pork belly was definitely not enough for more than two hundred people. Assuming one kilogram of meat per adult, Bai Tao bought another one hundred and twenty kilograms.

The regular price of pork belly is 19.9 coins per pound, and now it’s gone with 2,388 coins.

Each person under ten years old gets a chicken leg, which costs 6.8 coins each. If we buy 60 of them, it will be 408 coins in total.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes is something that people of all ages will love.

I took out the leftover eggs from last time and bought some tomatoes, which cost 1.9 coins per pound, totaling 722 coins.

"That's all for now." Bai Tao said, waving her hand, indicating that Bai Duoxi could go to work.

"Hey, auntie, don't worry, I'll go and get ready right away."

When Bai Duoxi saw the things neatly arranged in the cave, even though he had seen such scenes many times and had been mentally prepared, he still gasped.

But soon, he calmed down, called people to help move things outside, and began to prepare meticulously.

A dinner costs more than 8,000 coins, Bai Tao muttered to herself as she browsed the mall.

Other people's families have half-grown boys who eat their fathers out of money, but she has more than 200 people and she will eat me, the old lady, out of money in any minute.

Although she was muttering to herself, Bai Tao thought of Zibai and immediately placed an order for a lot of toothpaste, toothbrushes and soap.

She cannot be the only one who is clean, other people must also pay attention to hygiene to prevent all kinds of diseases caused by unhygienic conditions.

I originally wanted to buy shampoo, but then I thought that since we are on the run now, it would be inappropriate to use something that produces so much foam and requires a lot of water.

Outside the cave, Bai Duoxi and several villagers who were recognized for their good cooking skills began to prepare dinner.

There were no chili peppers at that time. Some villagers had eaten them when eating boxed lunches before, but this was the first time I saw a whole one.

Everyone gathered around the black frame that contained the peppers, holding the peppers in their hands and looking at them in amazement.

"Is this the chili that grandma was talking about? This is what I ate last time."

"It looks weird, but it's indescribably beautiful."

"My aunt said that there are many varieties of peppers. This one is not too spicy and can be eaten by children aged four or five." Bai Duoxi said casually.

One villager took a tomato in both hands and looked at it, reluctant to put it down: "I don't know how these tomatoes were grown, they are so big and red."

There are tomatoes in this world, but not only are they small, but even when they are ripe they are green with a hint of red, which is very different from white peaches.

"Yes, it would be great if I could meet someone who can grow tomatoes like this, so I can learn a thing or two from him." When farmers meet someone who can grow good crops, they will naturally admire and respect him.

(End of this chapter)