The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 146 The Enthusiasm of the Border Town Aunt

Three women and one drama.

The men, young and old, didn't dare utter a sound.

Seeing Lu Shi's ashen face, Zuo Wenxuan remained expressionless on the surface but was inwardly ecstatic.

He was completely helpless against this vicious woman, and she even managed to seize control of the entire family's money pouches.

These days, you have to get every penny from this wicked woman.

But his experiences on the road to exile taught Zuo Wenxuan a lesson: this wicked woman had a knack for manipulating powerful, wealthy men.

Even the long scar on her face could be transformed into a peach blossom by her drawing.

If they drug her and send her to the red tent, maybe tomorrow she'll be able to seduce the border soldiers who will be in charge of arranging their future work.

Therefore, he cannot be impatient.

We must come up with a safe solution.

However, that didn't stop him from looking for opportunities to annoy this wicked woman!

"Auntie, you've made the perfect arrangement. The three main rooms are just right for our family to share one room! If we're talking about the second room on the east side being the most prestigious, then you should stay in that room too."

Knowing you love your granddaughter dearly, the left side room has the best lighting, making it the perfect place for Wenkang's family to live.

It's fine for our family of four to stay in the west wing room; Granny Li lives in the side room next to ours. So, all things considered, my family actually benefits.”

The west wing room doesn't have a heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed) and isn't very big; it's usually used as a storage room.

What opinions could a servant like Granny Li possibly have?
No one will take her ideas into consideration!
After Gan Minglan finished feeding the baby, she handed the baby to the cheap man and patted him to burp him.

Then she saw her mother-in-law wave her hand:
"Then that's settled. Everyone go and get busy cleaning up their own houses."

Before Lady Lü left, Gan Minglan saw her face, which was a mix of red and blue, changing constantly, like a spilled palette.

Uh, I feel a little good, what's going on?

Even if she were completely oblivious, she could still sense Lu's dislike for her from her words and actions.

He offended her several times, and she retaliated on the spot each time.

It's not easy to treat people differently when they're doing something in a group, but now that life is family-oriented, Gan Minglan won't let this person take advantage of her anymore.

It has to be said, birds of a feather flock together!

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were on the same wavelength at that moment.

She heard the commotion from Tian Jiu and the others as they delivered supplies to her new home from the side room.

But seeing how seriously her daughter was eating, she didn't dare to take the bowl away halfway through.

Upon seeing the supplies filling most of the room, Gan Minglan gasped slightly in surprise.

Settlement allowances are usually given directly in silver.

But with supplies so scarce and prices so outrageous, even giving her 500 taels as a settlement fee would surely buy her all these good things.

Who wouldn't be willing to risk their life for such a considerate general?

Gan Minglan: Tsk tsk, it has a bit of the flavor of spending a fortune to buy a horse's bones.

But looking at the huge pile of stuff on the floor and the kang (heated brick bed), she didn't know where to start tidying up.

They're really making a scene.

Then we heard a series of shouts.

"Scholar's wife, scholar's wife!"

Suddenly, the courtyard gate was pushed open from the outside. A dozen or so middle-aged women, each carrying a weapon and looking fierce, rushed in.

Gan Minglan's heart sank, and she quickly strode out of the east side room to greet him.

As soon as these women entered the courtyard, they saw Gan Minglan.

Then, the fierce-looking aunties opened their mouths so wide you could see their little tongues, and their eyes widened in disbelief.

Gan Minglan was a little confused and didn't understand: Why did he just push the door open and come in? What's going on?

The woman at the front, wearing a black sheepskin coat, was the first to come to her senses. Her wrinkled face broke into a smile that resembled a sea anemone.
"Oh dear, I thought my son was trying to trick me!"
When he got home last night, he praised the scholar's wife to the skies, saying that she was the most beautiful woman in the world, and that her appearance was as stunning as her skill in killing the barbarians!

"Isn't she beautiful? My goodness! Not to mention our border town, even if you searched the entire Huaiqing Prefecture, you couldn't find anyone as beautiful as the scholar's wife!"

The other women nodded frantically in agreement, and some even came up to grab Gan Minglan's hand.

“Jun, the scholar’s ​​wife is not only beautiful, but she also has a straightforward and spirited air about her, just like the temperament of our border town wives.”

"Yes, yes, Da Dezi's mother, you're good at talking. We think the same thing, but we just can't put it into words."

"Look at you two chattering away, don't scare the scholar's wife! Hahaha, scholar's wife, we are all locals from the border town, and our sons have all gone to Jin Guan Prefecture with General Tian this time."

"Yes, yes, yes! The boys all say they received a great favor from you on the battlefield, and we mothers are very grateful. We wanted to send you a few more sheep, but General Tian and the others beat us to it! Eat as much as you like. Each of us has dozens of sheep frozen in the snow. We'll send you more after you finish these ten."

Ah, these seemingly fierce-looking middle-aged women are actually military dependents.

Luo and She could only watch helplessly as their daughter-in-law/son's teacher's wife was surrounded by this group of aunties in a very disheveled state.

Some held hands, some touched each other's hair.

If we weren't both women, I probably would have been beaten to a pulp by my daughter-in-law/son's teacher's wife, right?
They chattered away for a while, and it turned out they had come to help her clean her house!

They also showed the same level of enthusiasm to the scholar's wife's mother-in-law.

She kept repeating the same praises about having such a good daughter-in-law for a long time.

They also learned from Madam Lu about the allocation of the three main rooms in the courtyard.

And I learned that her family planned to build two stoves and put a partition on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Then, the women started arranging their own work.

Are you being too polite with people?

The sheer ability of those dozen or so middle-aged women to squeeze into any available space was astonishing.

"Come, come, you lot, help the scholar's wife put up the window paper!"

"Hey, yellow mud and ash, sweep up all the yellow mud and ash in this room first."

"I say, whoever shouts at the gate, tell the boys in your houses to bring a few cartloads of mud bricks from each family!"

“That’s right! The men in our family are used to doing these kinds of chores. Just wait a moment, Mrs. Scholar, we’ll definitely get both rooms ready before dark.”

"The well and outhouse in the yard are frozen solid now. We can only clean them up after the snow melts. You'll have to make do with the chamber pot and toilet for now!"

"By the way, don't cook tonight. Before we came, we asked our daughters-in-law to prepare an extra dish of their specialties, which we'll bring to your house later."

Gan Minglan didn't know what to say.

On the battlefield, it's either kill the enemy or save your own army.

These fierce-looking aunties are surprisingly warm and welcoming to people.

I'll help you with the work.

They're really willing to go all out!
I wish I could crawl into the stove hole and help you remove the ashes.
(End of this chapter)