The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 25 Trading
Use the sky as a quilt and the earth as a mat.

There were no stars in the sky, but there was a chorus of frogs.

In the campfire.

Occasionally, the firewood sticks would be burned until they were charred.

It made a crackling sound.

Except for children who don't have to worry about anything.

Few adults could sleep soundly in such an environment.

Even though it was past midnight, some people were still tossing and turning in bed.

My limbs were so tired I could barely lift them, but inside my body a fire was burning.

They wished they could devour everything as food.

The taste of hunger is unbearable.

It also makes people disregard dignity.

During the daytime, there was Zuo Chixia, who kowtowed everywhere to borrow steamed buns in order to save his own mother.

Tonight, there is a woman from the Zuo family who is penniless but wants to survive.

"The Left Family Women" was the general term used by the officials to refer to this group of exiled female prisoners.

This woman lost her name after she got married.

Those who know her call her Ms. Mu; she is not yet eighteen years old.

Her mother-in-law passed away early, and her father-in-law was a head manager who helped the main branch of the family manage all the grain stores in Daming Prefecture.

My husband's family is considered a medium-sized landowner, owning more than 500 acres of fertile land.

After the direct descendants were accused of "aiding the enemy," the father-in-law was among the first to commit suicide.

Fortunately, according to the family genealogy, the relationship between the husband's family and the direct line is just beyond the third degree of mourning.

Therefore, her man, Zuo Wenjun, is still alive.

Actually, it's better to be dead.

Before getting married, Zuo Wenjun kept a close female friend outside the marriage.

He told her on their wedding night.

Marrying her was merely an arrangement made by his parents and a matchmaker; his objections were futile, and he had no choice but to obey.

He also said that her beauty and talent were worlds apart from his beloved, like heaven and earth.

Newly married, the man used the excuse of going to study at the academy to never return to the main house.

Before the incident, her father-in-law probably had a premonition, so he exchanged all the family's money for silver notes and gave them all to Zuo Wenjun.

If it weren't for the old concubine who served her father-in-law letting slip, she wouldn't have known about this.

As it turned out, this guy was already penniless before he went to jail.

It's obvious without even thinking that he gave all of these to his mistress!

Even now, he still forcibly takes half a steamed bun from her every day.

After eating her steamed bun, he kept criticizing her for not being virtuous enough!
She doesn't consider her husband her heaven!
To hell with his wife's obsession with her husband!
She shouldn't have had any illusions about a man like that.

Fantasy that sharing hardships with him will earn him his true affection.

The Mu family has finally figured things out tonight!

She wanted to get revenge on that scumbag!

She wanted him to be unable to hold his head up in front of everyone!
Once a woman is willing to go all out, she can make other men understand her with just a glance.

Not far away, in the wagon where the mules were unloaded.

First, there was a series of soft chewing sounds, followed by the occasional sound of drinking water.

Hungry, I started imagining all the delicious food I had ever eaten while listening to the sounds.

Putting myself in that situation made me even hungrier!

Those who were having extra food didn't care about their own lives at all, and ate slowly for about 15 minutes.

Just when I thought he had finally calmed down.

There was new commotion in the carriage.

The singing was melodious and gentle.

After you've taken your turn, it's my turn.

Or it could be a male-female duet.

The noise is so disturbing!

The carriage curtains swayed back and forth.

It also makes a "creak, creak" sound.

The chorus quickly moved into the chorus.

Just when everyone thought the carriage was about to fall apart, the singing suddenly stopped. Those who had been listening intently breathed a sigh of relief.

inside the carriage.

The woman asked in a hoarse voice, "Master Huang, was I paying attention just now?"

The leader surnamed Huang was still somewhat unsatisfied.

Although this daughter-in-law is of average appearance, she has the advantage of being young.

With proper training, they would be better than the women in the brothels.

Besides, all she asked for was two full meals a day.

He really got a great deal.

Thinking of the blissful experience he had just had, he pulled her into his arms again.

"Good boy, if you behave, I promise I'll never let you go hungry again!"

"Master Huang, how do you want me to be obedient? Why don't you give me some pointers?"

"Let me give you a hint, let me give you a hint."

The female singer continued to sing energetically.

Her slightly husky voice had a unique charm.

The official closest to the mule cart was so captivated by the song that he couldn't tear himself away.

Some impatient ones kept peeking through the carriage curtains.

Without the leader's permission, they could only watch; they couldn't join in this enjoyable game.

Officer A: "Tsk tsk! If I hadn't heard it with my own ears, who would believe that the woman inside was once a lady from a prominent family?"

Officer B: "Hehe, if only those eighty-odd young women would come to their senses sooner! We have seventy brothers, we still have some to spare."

Officer A: "What are you dreaming of! Some of those people are people the boss has ordered we can't mess with!"

Officer C: "Tsk tsk, if we don't provoke them, will they have a good life once we reach the border town?"

Officer B: "That's right, that's right! Since they're all destined to serve those border troops, wouldn't it be better to let them get used to it beforehand?"

Officer A: "I didn't realize you were so willing to help others, you brat. Does your shrewish wife know how kind you are?"

"Hey hey hey"

The officials did not try to suppress their chatter.

Many young women huddled together, shivering.

So, this is how their fates were arranged?
Was walking three thousand miles to reach the border town just to do this?

They dared not think too deeply about it.

Gan Minglan naturally heard it as well, but she did not comment on it.

In the apocalypse, the strong rule.

The strong can control the fate of the weak.

She believed that the same principle applied even when reaching the border closest to the battlefield.

With her abilities, she could even use this butcher knife in her hand to carve out a way to survive.

Of course, she didn't think that women who use their bodies as bargaining chips were that wrong.

Isn't it all about surviving?
To forge iron, one must be strong oneself; one's superpowers must be maxed out!
Many people were pretending to be asleep, afraid to make a sound of sobbing.

Zuo Wenkang's thoughts were complicated.

In the Phoenix Dynasty, there were also frivolous female playboys, and others who were adept at playing along with the crowd.

Even someone as noble as the War King treated men with utmost courtesy.

Even the most powerful man in a household who had relations with a woman from an ordinary family would be castrated.

Even if a woman breaks the law and becomes a prisoner, she would not willingly degenerate to such a state.

Thirty years of female superiority and male inferiority ideology were dealt a heavy blow at this moment.

The border town has endless walls waiting for them to repair.

There are countless old bachelors in the border town who are eyeing these young women.

He wasn't worried about his wife's martial arts skills; she would have a better chance to prove herself in the border town.

But his wife said that the baby in her belly was most likely a girl.

Does that mean his daughter is going to be born in an environment where women are not treated as human beings?

For the first time since being resurrected, Zuo Wenkang began to despise the original body.

Indeed, a scholar is utterly useless!

How can he become powerful?

(End of this chapter)