"What?" Peng Yu was stunned. A sour and warm liquid swirled in his eyes.
" Xiao Lin, from now on, you can eat as much meat as you want every day when you follow me. You can eat whatever you want. Do you believe that?" Peng Yu squatted down and looked at the childish little girl's face.
She was only ten years old, but due to her family's poverty, her nutrition did not keep up. She appeared to be shorter than the girls of the same age in her later generations.
Peng Xiaolin was still in disbelief. Her eyes widened."Brother, is this true? Can I really eat as much as I want?”
Peng Yu nodded and stood up. She looked at the nearest meat stall and bought the remaining half of the lamb rack. She carried it on her shoulder and continued walking.
After walking around, he bought an old hen and asked Peng Xiaolin to carry it. The price of chickens and ducks here was so low that it was shocking. He didn't know if the people of the Tang Dynasty didn't know how to cook or something.
However, he might not know that in fact, in the Tang Dynasty, chickens and ducks were not considered official meat products. They were only on the same level as wild boars and deer hunted in the wild.
With meat, there had to be vegetables. However, after walking around, he realized that there were really very few vegetables in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, he did not recognize many of them. The potatoes and winter melons in the past were definitely gone. There were not even beans and cucumbers.
He had originally wanted to make winter melon stewed mutton, but now it seemed that there was no chance. He could only carry the mutton and rush home gloomily.
Along the way, he and Peng Xiaolin were scrutinized by many passers-by. This mutton was something that commoners could not afford. It was exclusive to the rich. For him to carry half a piece of lamb without a carriage seat was no different from carrying a few bags of money.
As soon as they reached the entrance of the alley, they saw that the door was already surrounded by people. There were also many people outside who were craning their necks to look inside.
"Did something happen?" Peng Yu's heart quivered. She quickened her pace and walked to the door, wanting to push through the crowd and squeeze in.
However, before he could do anything, the crowd had already looked at him in surprise and automatically made way for him.
He walked into the courtyard and saw a pile of copper coins in the courtyard. His mother, sister, big brother, Big Bull, and Second Father Li were staring blankly at the pile of copper coins.
When they saw Peng Yu enter, the family members immediately shifted their gazes to the half of the sheep he was carrying.
"Yu, why did you buy so much mutton?”Li Cuihua's tone was already filled with reproach.
He looked at his brother and sister. Other than the eagerness in their eyes as they stared at the mutton, there was more doubt and anger.
"Crazy, Third Young Master Peng is crazy!"
"That's right. This half a sheep is enough for the people on our street to celebrate the new year."
"What a prodigal. How did Father Peng give birth to such a thing after working hard all his life?"
Peng Yu's face instantly turned ashen. What kind of logic was this?
However, he couldn't say anything to his neighbors. He could only put the mutton and chicken on the ground and glanced at the copper coins on the ground.
Then, he prepared some words and said to Li Cuihua,"Mother, these copper coins, mutton, and chicken were all bought by me with money."
"What?!" Everyone gasped.
Peng Yu had left the house at noon, and in less than six hours, he had brought back nearly ten strings of money. This was the income of a family of five for several years during the Zhenguan period, when copper coins were still very valuable. How could this not be shocking?
In modern times, it was like a person saying that he was going out to earn money in the afternoon, only to drive back an Audi in the afternoon.
" How did you do it?" Li Cuihua was stunned for a moment before she opened her mouth to ask. She really couldn't accept it, but the copper coin was right in front of her. She couldn't not believe it.
" I'm going to Hongbin Restaurant to tell a story. If you don't believe me, you can ask Xiao Lin." Peng Yu raised her head.
" Mother, this is all my brother's doing. The stories I tell are so good. Those rich people all give me money to tell them," Peng Xiaolin said excitedly as she clenched her fists.
"Storytelling?" Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what this storytelling meant.
Peng Yu was too lazy to explain. In the Tang Dynasty, things like storytelling were destined to be something that only rich people could consume. It was already good enough for ordinary people to only occasionally hear the rich talk about it.
" Mother, keep all the money. If you don't believe me, the manager of Hongbin Restaurant will come to pick me up tomorrow afternoon to tell a story," Peng Yu said lightly.
"Hongbin Restaurant?" All the neighbors were stunned once again. That was a famous restaurant in Luoyang. Ordinary people like them could go in and eat once and show off for the rest of their lives.
Seeing that her family was starting to believe her, Peng Yu said to Li Cuihua,""Mother, stew this mutton first. I'm starving. I haven't even eaten lunch yet."
Seeing that there was no more excitement, the surrounding crowd loosened up a little. Some people began to walk out, but many people were staring at the half piece of mutton. Their eyes were full of envy, but some people's eyes were indeed filled with jealousy.
Peng Yu saw the gazes of these people and smiled.""Everyone, thank you for your help in this matter. I'll treat everyone to a meal of mutton in the next two days to express my gratitude. I hope that everyone will come."
"Really?" The moving crowd instantly froze, their eyes filled with disbelief.
This was mutton, meat that only the upper class could eat. Many ordinary people like them could not even eat meat, let alone mutton.
" Of course it's true. I wanted to treat everyone today, but I was too late. There's only so much meat. It's not enough for everyone," Peng Yu explained.
" Alright, thank you, Third Young Master Peng." Everyone thanked him. This was equivalent to letting them enjoy a good new year for free.
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