I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 40 Sheep Prices
Madam Zou's husband, Daniu, was working as a porter at the dock, when he met a kind-hearted boss.

This family came to Beijing from other places to sell mutton. One of their batches of meat had some problems and was difficult to sell, so they gave some as a reward to the laborers who helped move the goods.

Da Niu also got two pounds. He kept one piece for himself, sent one piece to Chen Dafa, and picked out the biggest piece and asked Madam Zou to send it to Xie Fei.

Madam Zou was overjoyed and said while holding the mutton, "I don't know what this mutton tastes like. I have lived for more than 20 years and have never tasted it. You are not feeling well, so you can make mutton soup with it. Maybe it will make you feel better."

Xie Fei coughed twice again, thanked him politely, and then asked Fu Yu to send Madam Zou out.

Hearing the gate of the yard closing, Yuan San suddenly sat up from under the quilt.

Xie Fei stared at him dimly, "No place to hide?"

Yuan San sighed: "It's too sudden."

The two were silent for a moment.

Fu Yu ran back in a hurry, lifted the gauze curtain and took a look, and was immediately dumbfounded.

"Yuan, Third Brother Yuan, why are you in the girl's bed?"

Yuan San was also helpless and said, "Is there any other place in this room where we can hide?"

Fu Yu thought about it and agreed, but quickly reacted and grabbed Yuan San's arm and dragged him under the bed.

"Oh my god, if other people saw this, our girl wouldn't even need Madam Xiao to do anything, she would be drowned in the spit of the people in the capital!"

Yuan San's clothes were pulled so hard that they came undone. After he stood firm and straightened his clothes, he said helplessly, "The people in this village are too enthusiastic."

"That's right. You're too enthusiastic." Fu Yu still closed the gauze curtain to block Xie Fei, and then pushed Yuan San out of the house.

Then she closed the door and continued to help Xie Fei disguise himself.

Yuan San carried the piece of mutton to the kitchen and said through the wall: "There is not enough mutton, should we make soup or something?"

Xie Fei was finishing the last step in front of the mirror and said, "It can only be stewed. You cut it first and season it with ginger and salt. I will stew it later."

Fu Yu said happily, "Madam Zou is a very nice person. She finally got some mutton and sent it to us."

"Yes, although he is a bit reckless, he is sincere and easy to get along with." After drawing small spots on his face, Xie Fei asked, "Compared with before, is there any change?"

Fu Yu took a closer look and said, "It fits perfectly. I can't tell the difference."

Every time something went wrong and I had to change my appearance again, I had to worry whether it would be different from before and cause others to notice something.

Xie Fei looked in the brass mirror again and again, and only after making sure that nothing was missed did he start to pack up the disguise box.

"It's cold in the winter, so eating a pot of mutton soup is the best way to warm your body and stomach, and it's also very delicious."

Fu Yu replied, "I remember that last year, a sheep cost three or four strings of money. This year, there was a disaster in other places, and the victims suffered heavy losses. I'm afraid that fewer sheep will be transported to the capital."

As a result, prices naturally rise.

Xie Fei thought: "Mutton soup is good for the body, so we can't save money on it. Go to the city this afternoon to check the price. If it's suitable, we can buy a sheep."

Fu Yu was surprised and asked, "A whole head?"

"Keep them first and kill them in winter. The weather is cold and if they are stored well, they can be eaten all winter." Xie Fei ordered.

The lunch consisted of freshly cooked mutton soup, which was white, thick and very delicious.

But there was too little meat, not enough for a man like Yuan San to eat alone.

So after noon, Fu Yu went to the city to ask about the price of sheep.

Yuan San thought that it was cold and damp in the mountains, so it was not easy to make charcoal for the time being, so he stayed to paint the newly made tables and chairs. Xie Fei was not idle either. He dug so many herbs in the mountains yesterday, drying them and pounding them.

After Yuan San finished painting the table, he carried it to the middle of the yard and put it down. In the evening, the wind blew on it. If the sun came out tomorrow, the paint would dry.

He turned his head and saw Xie Fei's serious and focused look, and suddenly asked, "Girl, if you regain your freedom, what do you want to do?"

Xie Fei first hummed, then thought about it carefully and said, "Of course I will save money and open a medicine shop."

"Save the world and save people?"

"No, no," Xie Fei shook his head and said, "Of course it's to make money."

Apart from her old job from her previous life, her other talents are zero.

Besides, no matter what era, doctors still have their status.

She doesn't need to be as famous as Hua Tuo and Bian Que. As long as she can support herself and Fu Yu, it will be enough with Yuan San.

It’s a pity that even if Pei Yuan died of syphilis one day, she would never be free again.

I don’t know how many days I can live this peaceful life in this lifetime.

Continuing to pound the medicine, Xie Fei asked again, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

Yuan San sneered and said self-deprecatingly: "I am unwilling to do so, but I am helpless."

Xie Fei didn't understand what he meant, but felt that he seemed to be depressed about his own affairs, so he comforted him: "There is always a way out, who knows when things will turn around."

Yuan San didn't want to affect Xie Fei with his emotions, so he talked about the news he got from Pei Mansion.

"I went to the Pei Mansion disguised as a laborer to do some work, and heard from a few servants that Master Pei's concubine, Miao, was in the limelight."

Xie Fei was very grateful to Miao. It was precisely because Miao was pregnant that Xiao Shirong had no time to deal with her.

"I have seen Miao. She is handsome and not ugly, but she is not as good as Xiao Shirong."

It’s strange to say, but in terms of beauty, Xiao Shirong can be said to crush all the concubines.

But Pei Yuan seemed to have no interest in Xiao Shirong. He would rather go out and look for other women than sleep with Xiao Shirong.

Not to mention Xiao Shirong, a girl raised in a wealthy family, who was the perfect choice to marry the prince, but was given to Pei Yuan by mistake.

Pei Yuan is a playboy, uneducated and only has a pretty face. How could he catch Xiao Shirong's eye?
Xie Fei said: "If our Madam Xiao was smart, she should have waited for Mr. Miao to give birth to a child. She is the legitimate mother, even if she only has a concubine's son, she can still firmly control the Pei family after Pei Yuan is gone."

Otherwise, he would be childless, and the other fierce and ferocious families would be determined to seize the foundation laid by the fourth general.

Yuan San hesitated to speak, and finally just looked at Xie Fei and said, "No matter how they fight overtly or secretly, just don't involve the girl."

Xie Fei nodded vigorously.

In the evening, Fu Yu came back.

"I went to several markets and the price of sheep was about the same. Buying a whole head cost at least five strings of cash."

Xie Fei felt pain in his heart, "So expensive? It's already five strings of cash at this time of year. When winter comes, many waterways will be closed and merchant ships will not be able to enter Beijing. Won't the price of sheep be even more expensive?"

Fu Yu drank some tea to moisten his throat, but his throat was still very dry.

"That's right, the vendors all say so, so now the price of both sheep and pigs is rising steadily. I tried my best to persuade them today, and they said that if I buy two sheep at a time, the price will be slightly cheaper."

(End of this chapter)