Eight hundred cents was no small sum for anyone present.
The village chief clicked his tongue in admiration and gave a thumbs-up. "Little Fei, you're so generous!"
Giving one barbecue grill to each household cost a total of four taels of silver.
He, for one, couldn't bear to just give away four taels of silver for nothing.
Gu Fei smiled. "If you feel one grill isn't enough, you can just go get more custom-made. Tie Niu the blacksmith knows where to go. Once you're in the city, have him take you."
Her aunt laughed. "Let's try it out first. If business is good, we'll make a few more."
Everyone began to light their charcoal. Once the fires were going, each family took some ingredients and started grilling.
The greediest of the bunch was Ms. Qian, who took more than half of the lamb skewers and threw them on her grill.
No one felt it was their place to say anything. Everything belonged to Gu Fei, and Ms. Qian was her eldest uncle's wife—family, no matter how you looked at it.
