But this meat can't just be given away freely. Qin Shuangshuang thought about it, and decided to keep a few bags of jerky and dried mushrooms and wild vegetables for her family, while moving the rest to the ancestral hall. Her house was close to the hall, allowing her to move these items discreetly.
When the time comes, she would have the village chief and a few respected elders supervise making one pot of meat soup daily, then gather the villagers and give each person a bowl—adults with big bowls, children with small ones. This method would be fairer than distributing the meat directly.
Having made up her mind, Qin Shuangshuang moved the meat into the ancestral hall. The hall had three rooms in succession; the innermost was for placing ancestral tablets, which she couldn't enter, but she could access the first two rooms. Qin Shuangshuang stacked the meat and dried mushrooms and wild vegetables so high in the second room that it was completely filled!
