No matter how you looked at it, the Gu Family was truly broke. Well, not exactly broke, but the Silver in their hands was about to bottom out.
With the New Year fast approaching, many necessary preparations had to be half-heartedly scraped together due to their lack of Silver.
At first, they didn't think much of it. Even at their worst, they assumed they were still better off than the village's original inhabitants. But as wafts of smoking meat drifted through the air, they realized that even the locals—who supposedly had it much worse than them—were curing bacon at home.
"Smelling this smoked meat every day is going to make me die of cravings." Gu Kaichen sniffled. "Father, why don't we go buy some meat to smoke too?
"It's not even convenient to buy meat around here. The weather fluctuates between hot and cold so suddenly; if we don't smoke it, it won't keep."
