When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1279 Farm Owner 32
Tan You watched their retreating figures, a slight smile playing on her lips. She called out to everyone again, "Let's go inside and eat. It's cold, so I've made ginger tea for everyone."

Chen Xiaojun sneezed: "Achoo! Ginger tea! Sister Wei's ginger tea is really strong!"

Another soldier spoke up: "Level four mutated ginger, no joke. After drinking it, it felt like all the cold air in my body was expelled. It was so satisfying, but it was just too spicy!"

Tan You chuckled: "So, are you guys drinking or not?"

Everyone shouted in unison: "Drink!"

They'd rather drink pungent ginger tea than catch a cold.

After sitting down at the large round table in the courtyard, Tan You instructed Chen Xiaojun to bring over a large pot. The pot was about a meter in diameter and could hold a large goose upright.

At this moment, the food in the pot is overflowing. At a glance, there is rabbit meat, chicken feet, chicken gizzards, chicken hearts, and various side dishes, such as sweet potatoes, green beans, and rice cakes.

After Tan You took the first bite of a chicken gizzard, everyone forgot about formalities and devoured it in a flash. Only after finishing two bowls of rice did they start chatting.

Chen Xiaojun spoke first: "These two geese are quite fierce. It took us a lot of effort to subdue them. I didn't expect them to be so well-behaved here with you."

Zhang Xiang: "If someone let me eat whatever I wanted on such a big farm, I'd be more obedient than those two."

Li Yong paused, thinking to himself that he had never seen anything like this before. But then he remembered that many people were still eating grass seed cakes, and Li Yong could understand Zhang Xiang's words.

Those who have experienced hardship are unwilling to endure it forever. At this point, talking about money is meaningless; the most important thing is food.

Listening to their pleasantries, Tan You took the initiative to approach Li Yong for the first time: "Thank you so much this time. Are you badly injured?"

Li Yong smiled and said, "It's just a superficial wound; it'll heal in a few days."

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "I have a comrade-in-arms named Hu Feng who was discharged due to injury and had his left leg amputated. I saw his name on the list at Jin Ying's place. Please take good care of him in the future."

"Although he lost a leg, he didn't lose his skills; he's an earth-type ability user."

Tan You seemed not to have heard the word "amputation." "It's a waste of talent for a superhuman to work on a farm."

Then she said seriously, "I'm not doing charity. Since Jin Xi is sending people over, he must have considered all of this. The work on the farm is quite heavy. I plan to move the breeding to C87 in the future."

“I’m also worried that with so much work, people might think I’m exploiting them.”

Li Yong laughed: "No, these days it's already a rare treat to find a place that provides food. Your place is a place everyone would kill for; you get to eat and drink and it's safe."

Tan You thought back to the previous mutated rat swarm. Was she safe? She and the mutated plants had only managed to thwart some dangers. If the mutated rat swarm had broken through the blockade of the small grass stems and leaves last time, the surrounding farms would likely have suffered losses.

"Don't worry, we're all family here." Tan You reassured Li Yong, "As long as everyone takes good care of the farm, I won't mistreat you."

Li Yong knew Tan You was a kind-hearted person, and he was a little embarrassed: "I'm not doubting you, it's just that Hu Feng has a heavy family burden. His parents are over sixty, and he also has a wife and children to support..."

Tan You interrupted him: "I know you care about your comrades. Do you think I'm the kind of person who holds grudges?"

Tan You was indeed somewhat narrow-minded when she lacked ability, but her personality has gradually changed as her horizons have broadened. Perhaps because she has experienced hardship herself, Tan You rarely stands idly by when she sees others suffering in the same way.

She can't help others for a lifetime, but she can at least provide shelter for them for a while. Li Yong shook his head: "No, you are an exceptionally generous person. Whether it's material or spiritual, you are extremely generous."

Tan You tapped the table: "With you praising me so much, I feel embarrassed to ask you to do any work this afternoon."

Li Yong lowered his eyes and smiled, thinking that Tan You's personality was really quite interesting.

In the afternoon, the earthen stove outside the courtyard came in handy, and the courtyard was bustling with activity. Some people were cutting sugarcane, some were juicing it, and others were boiling sugar. Pot after pot of sugar syrup was poured out and then quickly cooled to solidify into sugar.

Two large geese had somehow appeared in a corner of the courtyard and lay down at Tan You's feet. Tan You touched the beak of the smaller goose: "You like mutated strawberries?"

The goose nuzzled Tan You's hand with its beak, and Tan You stroked its neck: "You can eat it, but you can't waste it."

The goose honked twice, and Tan You pinched its beak shut: "You ate my food, so you'd better guard the house well."

As she spoke, she tossed a ball of supernatural power to each of the two geese. The two large white geese nestled beside Tan You's legs and dozed off, seemingly digesting the supernatural power.

Chen Xiaojun was jealous: "They live much more comfortably than I do. I also want to eat mutated strawberries."

Tan You handed over two bunches of grapes: "We're out of strawberries, have some grapes to satisfy your craving."

Chen Xiaojun was delighted, but he resisted his craving: "There are grapes? Let's share them together later, let's get to work first."

Tan You's smile deepened; she genuinely liked Chen Xiaojun. This world was full of shortages, but Chen Xiaojun never ate alone when there was something good to eat, which explained why she always liked to feed him.

Tan You watched everyone busy with their hands supporting her chin. There was really no room for her to do such strenuous work. Even the final cutting of the sugar was done by Zhang Xiang.

Compared to last time, the courtyard produced over 200 jin of sugar this time. Tan You kept 10 jin for herself, and after giving 2 jin to each person, Li Yong took the rest to Minister Huang.

Although these are just a drop in the ocean for such a large army, Tan You is all alone. How could she possibly support an army of tens of thousands of people?
Everyone was in a great mood after receiving the brown sugar, and Tan You didn't have to lift a finger to cook dinner; they all took the initiative to cook it themselves. The others also found work to do on the farm, helping Tan You feed the pigs, sheep, and rabbits, and even cleaning the pigsty.

They even helped Tan You prepare a few rabbits, so she could eat them slowly over the next few days. It was just that the extra food and water left Tan You a little overwhelmed.

Dealing with it is too much trouble, but leaving it here is just pointless.

Finally, Tan You looked at the more than twenty rabbit entrails in front of her, then looked up at everyone and asked, "Does anyone want them?"

“I want it,” Zhang Xiang was the first to speak. “I have a large family, so I can handle it.”

Although a single rabbit doesn't produce much waste, it adds up. If you clean it all out, you can feed it for several meals if you're careful with its diet.

Once Zhang Xiang spoke up, no one argued with him anymore, so Tan You nodded: "Then take it back. I didn't mean to neglect you."

"I know, I'm not ungrateful." Zhang Xiang shook his head, quickly cleaning up the wastewater without any intention of scavenging. He'd managed to get by like this, pieced together from scraps; he knew how to manage his finances.

Just like when he asked Tan You for sweet potato scraps, he never felt that it was beneath him.

(End of this chapter)