The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 40 Eating Meat in a Dream
Fatty was half-awake and half-asleep when his mother quietly pulled him up for an extra meal.

After taking a bite in a daze, my brain became even more dazed by the aroma of the meat.

All that was left was its mouth, which instinctively chewed and swallowed the rabbit meat.

I couldn't tell if I was dreaming or in reality.
I woke up the next day.

The little guy was still smacking his lips, savoring the memory.

While bringing water to his father, he whispered to him:
"Daddy, that rabbit leg is so plump and delicious, it's so juicy when you bite into it! Mommy said beef is good, but I think rabbit meat is the best in the world."

Zuo Wenkang looked at him smacking his lips, feeling both amused and sorry for him:
"You ate two rabbit legs all by yourself in your dream? Did your tummy burst from overeating?"

Fatty stared with his big, dark eyes: "So what? A rabbit's legs aren't that big!"

Those around them were drooling just listening to the father and son talking in their sleep.

This guy teased him: "Fatty, tell your uncle, how does rabbit leg meat smell so good? How is it made?"

The one said, "Didn't you have two rabbit legs? Why don't you show filial piety to your father?"

Fatty waved his hand and smacked his lips again:
"Oh! Let's not talk about it, I'm afraid if I tell you, you'll be too craving to eat your steamed buns! Anyway, rabbit meat is very fragrant, very tender, and very delicious. Hmm, next time you dream about it, save a leg for Daddy."

Zuo Wenkang: "."

My son is a very filial son; he never forgets to show respect to his father, even in his dreams.

The officials are now quite satisfied with the arrangements made for Madam She.

Every day we can eat freshly cooked salted vegetable rice porridge and vegetable buns wrapped in wild vegetables.

The taste was even better than what they had bought along the way.

The key point is that the rice and grain used in the past few days, when converted into silver, saved more than half the money compared to buying ready-made rice!

Every morning, the She family and others would get up an hour early to prepare the dough.

On the road, a mule cart was used to pull large vats of fermented dough.

In this kind of weather, it was ready before noon.

As long as they stop to rest.

One group went to find wild vegetables to eat that day, while another group chose a sheltered spot to build a stove.

They only need to lie in the shade and wait for half an hour to enjoy a delicious meal.

A few days down.

All the officials tacitly approved of the twenty women's work.

There were ten old women, led by Luo, who were specifically responsible for washing their clothes.

There were also ten young women who cooked and washed dishes for them, using a variety of wild vegetables.

They have someone to take care of their food, clothing, and shelter, and there's a constant stream of shady business opportunities.

The officials were naturally in high spirits.

That day, Mu came to find Gan Minglan while she was tending the fire.

Looking at her flushed cheeks by the stove, he feigned concern and said, "Can you really get through this smoky, fiery life?"

Gan Minglan proudly declared, head held high and chest puffed out, "I can get two steamed buns for every fire I start!"

Mu's lips trembled slightly: "Your family slaughters pigs, and you're used to eating meat every day. How could you not crave meat?"

Gan Minglan used her consciousness to look at the more than twenty rabbits refrigerated in the freezer of the space kitchen.

He can spout lies without batting an eye:

"I'm so tired of eating meat every day! I've never had this kind of mixed grain steamed bun before, but I've gotten used to it and I actually think it's quite delicious."

Mu was caught in a choking strait, unable to catch her breath. Seeing that the temptation of meat wasn't working, she rolled her eyes and said again:
"Master Huang said that he would make new clothes for us when we arrive at the next prefecture."

Gan Minglan kept shaking her head:
"What's the point of wearing new clothes if you have to walk for five hours a day? You'll be soaked in sweat by the end of the day! I think old clothes are more comfortable to wear."

Her stubbornness and inflexibility greatly annoyed Mu.

So he simply stated it outright:

"You're over three months pregnant and you can still walk. Your belly will only get bigger. Do you really think you can walk all the way to the border town on your own two legs?"

Gan Minglan rolled her eyes at her: "If I don't walk by myself, are you going to carry me?"

Mu deliberately raised his voice a few notches:

"The officers said they would buy a few more horses when we reach the next prefecture, so we won't have to walk on our own anymore!"
Their children can also benefit! Everyone says your brain is much better now, you can understand what I mean, right?

Gan Minglan said with disdain:

"The carriage is so bumpy, it's uncomfortable to sit in. My son doesn't like it! My mother says that women should walk a lot before giving birth. You, who have never given birth, don't understand!"

"Heh, I'd like to see how long you can hold out!"

"Okay, I'll hold out a little longer to show you!"

"."

After Mu Shi turned and left, She Shi's expression was complicated:
"Zuo Wenjun is now skin and bones. I heard she was beaten and suffered internal injuries in the prison of Cheng'an Prefecture. Wenjun's family is becoming more and more unscrupulous."

Gan Minglan spread her hands:
"Everyone has their own fate. We can't control others, we can only control ourselves. If the officials get a taste of the benefits, they'll inevitably become pimps for them in the future."

They bring all sorts of dirty and smelly things here. If they accidentally catch a venereal disease, I wonder which way they'll cry.”

Hearing their conversation, the other women helping in the kitchen quickened their pace.

They didn't want to get venereal diseases; they'd heard that dying from one of those diseases was incredibly painful.

Mu turned her head away angrily and headed back towards the direction of Lu and her two children.

I don't know how she persuaded them.

Anyway, when they arrived at the next post station, the officials began to arrange the rooms.

Not only did they arrange the best room for Lady Lü, but they also bought her new silk clothes and cosmetics.

Having darkened several shades and become emaciated, Lady Lü, with her rouge and elaborate attire, barely retained a fraction of her former beauty.

Her pitiful appearance and slender waist made her very endearing.

It immediately attracted the attention of a wealthy man in his fifties who was staying at the same post station and whose belly was as big as that of a woman in her seventh month of pregnancy.

The official is getting on in years.

But he was exceptionally generous with his money!
One night's prostitution fee was only one hundred taels of silver!
Especially after learning of her identity as a noblewoman from the prestigious Lü family, his satisfaction with her increased even further.

If it weren't for her current status as a prisoner, which prevents her from being bought and sold.

The wealthy man couldn't wait to take her home as his eleventh concubine!

The Huang family leader counted the gleaming silver ingots, beaming with joy.

"Truly worthy of being one of the three beauties of Daming Prefecture, such beauty is fit to serve the masters."

The leader surnamed Mao nodded repeatedly:

"From now on, we must take good care of this young lady. All she thinks about is her two children. So, wherever we go, we'll have a pediatrician come to examine her."

We'll provide her with the best of everything, from food and drink to daily necessities, and we won't let her entertain anyone who spends less than one hundred taels of silver!

The leader surnamed Huang waved his hand:
"You can arrange it as you see fit! Oh, and have someone give that man a talking-to too. We've spent the most money on medicine for him! If he dares to cause trouble, make him come down on his own."

(End of this chapter)