Seeing her granddaughter eyeing the pork ribs with such longing, how could Old Madam Hua refuse? Even though she thought buying pork ribs was not worth it—no fat and too many bones.
"Shopkeeper, throw in a few more ribs." She glanced at the cleaned big bones beside her and decided to take them too; after all, these weren't worth much.
"Alright!" The shopkeeper was pleased with such a big order and skillfully cut the meat.
"Five pounds of fatty meat, three pounds of mixed fat and lean, let's round it to one hundred and thirteen coins since you've bought so much, sister-in-law. Five pounds of ribs, forty-nine coins. As for these big bones, I'll give them to you for five coins."
The shopkeeper was shrewd in business; the bones were practically given away.
Old Madam Hua did the math in her mind. It wasn't overpriced, and her face broke into a smile: "Oh, thank you, shopkeeper."
"No need to thank me; just come more often in the future," said the shopkeeper with a grin.
