Wang Cuilan and Pei Baoshan are both very familiar with this sort of thing.
A few days ago, they had already talked to the butcher and asked him to set aside some beef for them.
As luck would have it, there was some available today.
Beef is rare to come by, so they bought more of it than mutton.
Both types of meat are heavy, carried by Jiang Ran and Pei Huai.
Once they bought these, the main items were settled.
After buying the mutton and beef, they also got some pork.
Additionally, seeing fresh fish for sale, they bought a few.
The fish heads could be used for soup, and the meat could be made into fish balls, ensuring nothing would go to waste.
The character for "fresh" combines fish and sheep, and using them together in soup makes the base exceptionally delicious.
Although meat is best for hotpot, they couldn't just eat meat alone.
Fortunately, there were plenty of dried goods for sale too.
Various kinds of mushrooms, picked in autumn and then sun-dried and sold.
