Sources of Meat

Zou Xinhao looked at the money in his hand and was happy. Even if he has to split up the money with a few other families, it's still a nice amount of money to be made in such a short time, especially now when they've been having issues with selling their prey.

Thinking of this, he still cursed the butcher a little. Why does he need to go out of business at such a time? It's not like there's only a single woman in this world that can be married with his son...

To be honest, 200 copper coins might not sound like much, but it's still a big amount of money for a person from the village. Not to mention, that what Liu Xiaolan picked are just 2 hares, which generally don't sell for a big price, since they don't have too much meat on themselves...

After all, the concept of breeding animals during these times is too low. Most common people need to live based on farming some staple food, but that's also a reason why it's not worth much.

Since everyone is growing the same thing, who would want to buy it from the others? Unless there's a flood or other catastrophe that makes the amount of food insufficient, staple food is cheap and most villagers barely get any money…

So, when it comes to getting meat during these times, it's not so easy. Even if some richer farmers might breed some cattle or other animals, they will have their own sales channels, most often going to big restaurants or rich, noble families.

Hell, most of the breeding farms belong directly to nobles, otherwise most people couldn't afford them. After all, it just takes a little illness and all of the animals can die, wouldn't the farmers lose all of their belongings too easily? Without the support of a big family behind, nobody would dare to do this business.

But it's also not like everyone can afford to open a breeding farm, right? Some villagers might keep a few chickens in order to get some eggs, but almost none normal villages would dare to directly give up farming land and open breeding farms.

So for smaller shops and individuals, most people still need to rely on hunters. However, there's a limited amount of hunters, and it's not like they can catch tens of different animals every day.

Because of that, the price of meat is huge compared to the price of other staple food grown by farmers. With prices being so high,

Zou Xinhao smilled happily towards Liu Xiaolan and said, "Girl Liu, if you ever need more meat, you can come to us at any time. As long as we have some, I can sell it to you…"

"Ah… yes, here, these two hares belong to you…"

Liu Xiaolan was also smiling at this time. Looking at these two hares, at least dinner for today should be good. Also, while they might not have much meat compared to some bigger animals, at least she can still use their bones to make a nice soup.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaolan answered, "Thank you, Uncle Zou. I'll come back to buy some more when we can afford it again…"

Zou Xinhao was a little disappointed, but after thinking about it for a moment, he acknowledged her words. Liu Xiaolan is still a little village girl in his eyes, where would she be able to take away all of their goods?

Even if she made some money recently, she probably wouldn't dare to buy meat from them unless she needed it, and it's not like she would get hurt every day from now on...

Even though Liu Xiaolan would love to eat meat each day, but she was still a little scared to make promises early. After all, didn't she just buy two hares for 200 copper coins?

These are just hares, if she wanted a deer or other bigger animals, wouldn't she need to pay in silver coins? Even though her business of selling chestnuts is making money, but she still needs to save money for the future. Where can she afford buying so much meat now?

If it was just for herself, perhaps she could still do it. But Mu Yuchen is a grown up man, and although she's happy about his strength, but that also very much increases the amount of food he eats.

If her little fool got used to eating meat and she had to provide him with a large amount of meat daily, wouldn't she go bankrupt?

Liu Xiaolan took her purchased goods and followed Zou Xinhao outside of the dark room. They went back towards the lobby and sat down with Zou Xinhao's father, Zou Cheng.

Elder Zou saw that Liu Xiaolan was holding hares in her hands and was happy. It seems like the business was done, so even though it might not be a big amount for his family, it's still a good feeling to earn money.

Thinking of this, his attitude towards her was much closer than before. "Little girl, did you find the meat you wanted? If not, just tell that boy, next time they hunt he'll bring back some for you…"

Zou Xinhao heard what his father has said and his face twitched a little. Just when did his father become so shameless?

Where would he bring back anything for her? As hunters, they don't have the ability to choose their prey. Most of the time they need to rely on their luck to find animals that they can hunt, much less go around and pick for what they want.

Can you imagine, during one of their hunts when he and his team find a good prey, he would tell them that he doesn't want to hunt it because he needs to find a different animal? Wouldn't they laugh at him, or worse think that he has something wrong with his head?

Although Liu Xiaolan didn't know much about how hunters did they work in current times, she wasn't stupid and could see some clues from Zou Xinhao's face.