No matter how you say it, the Gu Family is really poor now. Maybe not exactly poor, but their silver is almost running out.
With the New Year approaching, many things they need to prepare can only be randomly bought due to the lack of silver.
At first, they didn't think much of it, as they were better off than the locals in the village. But when the aroma of smoked meat wafted over, they realized that even those living worse off than them were smoking preserved meat at home.
"Smelling this cured meat aroma every day is driving me crazy with craving," Gu Kaichen sniffed, "Dad, how about we buy some meat and smoke it too?
It's not easy to buy meat here. The weather here fluctuates between hot and cold, and meat won't keep unless it's smoked."
