She gave birth to three daughters in a row, and was kicked out by her mother-in-law who favored boys

Chapter 237 Meeting Potato

By the time Gu Qingqing's meat was stewed, other parents who were taking the exam came into the kitchen awkwardly.

Seeing that there were already people inside, he asked softly, "Are you here to take the exam too?"

Gu Qingqing looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman who was a few years older than her. She was holding a basket covered with a dirty sackcloth.

Gu Qingqing politely replied "hmm".

When the woman saw that the other party had the same purpose as her, she immediately started talking nonstop, not feeling that she was talking too much.

Suddenly smelling the aroma coming out of Gu Qingqing's group, the woman was surprised and asked, "Hey, you guys are grilling meat?"

Gu Qingqing felt that she was not a social bull, so she smiled and said, "I roasted some meat, thinking that if I eat well, I can get good grades in the exam."

The woman sighed and said, "You look young, but I didn't expect your family to be so generous. In order to support my son's literacy, we didn't even eat a pound of meat during the Chinese New Year."

After the woman finished speaking, she saw Gu Qingqing looking at her clothes. She said nonchalantly, "I only have this nice set of clothes. I usually don't wear them. I put them on because I want to meet someone in the county."

The woman had been blabbering for a long time just now, and Gu Qingqing finally understood what was going on. She and her husband came to accompany her son to take the exam. In her words, her father-in-law used to be an accountant in the county, but his master moved away and closed the shop, so he went home to farm as he was too old.

Originally, she intended to let the woman's husband learn to read and write, but her husband was not good at studying, so she kept her attention on her son.

Gu Qingqing didn't eat meat during the New Year in order to study. She couldn't understand it for a moment. Although knowledge can change one's destiny, it is already so difficult to support a family now. If she really passes the examination to become a student, the cost will be huge.

Although she thought about it, she didn't dare to say that her family was eating meat. Instead, she echoed, "My family usually doesn't eat meat, but I think if we eat some meat today, it will be worth it if we can pass the exam to become a student..."

He was halfway through his words when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the woman holding five or six lumps of earth the size of eggs in her hand. At that moment his eyes seemed to be welded to them and he couldn't even speak clearly.

"Sister-in-law, what are you holding in your hand?"

Not a socialite?

That's because you haven't found what you like.

When you encounter something you care about, you can work like a slave.

As Gu Qingqing spoke, she stood up and walked over. She saw clearly that the egg in the woman's hand was the potato that she had not found yesterday.

The woman saw her curiously coming over to stare at the thing in her hand. When she saw her expression, she knew she had never seen this thing before.

The woman smelled the meaty aroma in the air and said with a little pride, "You've never seen this before, right? This is called a soil egg."

Gu Qingqing got closer and finally saw a little sprout on it, and was very sure that it was a potato.

"Tudandan?" Gu Qingqing was surprised by the name, and at the same time she was wondering in her heart if she didn't find it yesterday. It turned out that she had recited the spell wrong.

Now she knows that the potatoes here are called earth eggs. After she sends Wen Wuyan to the exam today, she can go to the grain store to ask.

Just when Gu Qingqing was thinking this, the woman's words shattered her beautiful dream.

"But it's a rare thing. We don't have it here at all," said the woman.

"Not in Shangyang County?" Gu Qingqing asked.

The woman waved her hand, "Anyway, I haven't seen it."

As the woman rubbed her fingers to remove the bud-like substance on top, Gu Qingqing felt her heart bleeding.

I squatted down quickly and asked, "Didn't sister-in-law just say that you are also from Shangyang County? Isn't this grown in your family?"

The woman glanced at the pot where she was stewing meat, then stared at Gu Qingqing. "You want this?"

Gu Qingqing saw her expression clearly, even the movement of her swallowing saliva, and instantly understood the other party's intention.

She didn't know whether what the woman had just said was true or false, but this was her first time seeing potatoes and she didn't want to miss it.

Because she was not sure when she would meet him again after missing him this time.

Now that she knew the other party's intentions, she was willing to take the bait.

"I just like to eat something new. I've never seen this before. I have some meat stewed in the pot, not a lot. It will be ready soon. Please have a taste, sister-in-law."

The woman was drooling at the smell of the meat. When she heard that she would be able to taste it later, her face immediately lit up and her voice became much louder. "Oh, that's so embarrassing."

Gu Qingqing pointed at what she was holding and said bluntly, "Nothing. We both got up early this year to come here to cook. It's fate that we met. Sister-in-law, can you tell me about this?"

The woman smiled widely, "Hey, I really wasn't kidding you just now. I have never seen this thing in this area. This is what my father-in-law brought back when he went to Dongtengzhou to pay New Year's greetings to his old boss. The distance is more than a hundred miles, how can it not be rare."

Gu Qingqing had no idea where Dongtengzhou was, but the distance of more than a hundred miles mentioned by the other party was a bit scary.

Gu Qingqing pointed to the basket she brought, "Can I see what's left of your basket?"

When the woman heard that she wanted to see it, she quickly lifted the sackcloth from the basket and said, "Take a look. It won't hurt to take a look. We have eaten this for a whole winter. It is filling, but not as delicious as sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes have a slightly sweet taste, but this has no taste at all."

Seeing that Gu Qingqing was greedy, the woman deliberately said that she had eaten it for a whole winter. Her father-in-law brought back half a sack of it that day, and the whole family treated it like a treasure and were reluctant to eat it on weekdays.

This was because her son was coming to take an exam, so she brought half a basket of food to eat on the way.

Gu Qingqing ignored the woman's words and looked at the contents of the basket eagerly. She saw more than twenty potatoes the size of eggs in the basket.

Maybe the other party was placed in a warmer place, and some of them have already sprouted buds the size of rice grains.

"You brought these here, aren't you going to rely on them for food today?"

"That's right, there are only so many left at home. My father-in-law and I will be hungry soon when we are on the road. Eating this will help us, and it is convenient to carry it after cooking it."

When Gu Qingqing heard that there were only so many, and the other party was going to eat them all today, she thought for a while and said, "Sister-in-law, let me discuss something with you. You see, I like to eat things like this that I have never eaten before. This basket is your daily ration. You name a price and give it to me. I will pay you copper coins. What do you think?"

The woman didn't expect that she actually wanted to buy the earthen egg in her hand. She was so excited that she asked, "Do you really want to buy it?"

"As long as the price is reasonable, I will buy it."

Then Gu Qingqing saw the woman holding up three fingers, "Thirty... No, fifty coins. If you give me fifty copper coins, I will give you the eggs in the basket."

As the woman finished her words, the three fingers she had originally raised turned into a palm, and she almost slapped Gu Qingqing in the face for fear that she could not see clearly.

This little money? Gu Qingqing nodded indifferently, "Okay."