The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 43 The Invincible King Atu

A perfectly good feast of slaughtering pigs turned into a mess where few people could actually swallow it.

Most of the meat ended up in the mouths of those officials.

After having eaten their fill of meat and soup, they launched into a long string of compliments to Lady Lü.

However, there was also a lot of gossip going around behind their backs.

Officer A:
"Damn it, does she really think she's still that high and mighty young mistress of a noble family? If it weren't for the fact that she can earn money, who would bother to fawn over her?"

Officer B:
"Aren't you being a bit unreasonable? Do you think a few kind words would kill you or cost you your money? Do you still want to eat meat every few days?"

Officer A:
"Hehe, that's true! Master Huang instructed us to flatter her to the skies, preferably to the point of being completely lost. Over time, those women will naturally be assimilated."

Officer C:
"Come closer, all of you! I heard some news at the post station, do you want to know?"

Everyone: "Tell us quickly!"

Officer C:
"We're about to pass through Yuzhou Prefecture! I heard that they're going to hold their annual Flower Queen Contest in seven days!"

Dozens of brothels participated in this grand event.

At that time, all the high-ranking officials and nobles of Yuzhou Prefecture and even the surrounding prefectures will gather here!
At our current speed, we can definitely catch up with this grand event!

Officer A: "Hahaha, isn't our chance to make a fortune right now?"

Officer B: "So, we have to keep this cash cow, the young mistress, happy."

The money tree, Lady Lü, was not particularly happy today.

The reaction of the Zuo clan members was beyond her expectations, which only made her angrier.

Her true nature can be glimpsed from the fact that Gan Minglan was dragged into trouble the very night she arrived.

To put it bluntly, he is a sophisticated egoist.

In both conduct and actions, one should prioritize one's own interests.

In the past, as the matriarch of the Zuo family, she did not hesitate to put on a show of respect.

Nowadays, even spending a few taels of silver to buy a pig involves one's own little calculations.

Unfortunately, the attempt to humiliate the "Pork Beauty" by having her personally slaughter and divide the meat failed.

It even turned people who used to turn a blind eye to their behavior into their opponents!
How could she possibly feel at ease?

So many people are unhappy today!

The children, who had only tasted meat at noon, were in tears the whole way.

The women who had to soothe their babies were exhausted.

The gaze directed at the instigator was quite hostile.

Even if the elderly people in the clan really wanted to eat meat, they couldn't bring themselves to do it because of their pride.

This isn't meat.

What they were eating was their compromise with the collective betrayal of the Zuo family women.

They haven't reached the end of their rope yet; their old bones can still hold on a little longer.
Fatty suppressed his craving for pork.

For lunch, I only ate a tasteless black steamed bun and drank half a water-filled energy drink.

In order to be able to eat rabbit meat while sober that night, he slept on his mother's back for two whole hours in the afternoon.

Gan Minglan was incredibly impressed by the foodie's perseverance.

As night fell, Mingming's stomach was growling with hunger, but because the adults at the campsite were still awake, he stayed close to her without making a fuss.

Finally, midnight (11:00 PM) arrived.

Suddenly, his mother shoved a rabbit leg into Fatty's hand.

My mind, which had been a little dazed, snapped back to normal in a flash.

He looked around for a while, then, like a thief, clutched the rabbit leg meat and hid in Gan Minglan's arms.

With his back to her, he pressed his forehead against her chest and carefully began to nibble on her flesh.

This feeling is different from the previous times I was in a half-asleep, half-awake state.

This was the first time the little guy had ever eaten roasted rabbit while fully awake.

The golden, crisp rabbit leg meat, one bite and the rich, fresh meat flavor, along with a subtle mulberry aroma, fills your entire mouth.

It's so delicious that kids will want to scream.

The outer layer of meat is slightly chewy, but it doesn't get stuck in your teeth at all.

When you bite into the meat inside, it's not only flavorful but also tender and juicy.

Rabbit meat is quite palatable for children whose teeth are not as strong as adults.

Fatty focused all his attention on how to quickly finish the entire rabbit leg.

His mother just quietly told him that as long as he can eat, all four legs are his alone.

The little guy is quite clever.

He would openly share with others how delicious the rabbit leg he ate in his dream was.

Once you eat meat while sober, you'll just keep your mouth tightly shut.

Even his own father wouldn't tell him!
Fatty: This is prey that Mom caught at night. She's going to share most of the rabbit meat with the officers on night duty. If anyone else finds out, he won't get to eat rabbit leg meat anymore.

The mother and son tacitly kept their little secret of secretly eating meat.

They even adjusted Fatty's schedule.

Let him sleep on his back for two hours every afternoon.

That way, I can hold out until I have a late-night snack.

Gan Minglan usually only enters the space to quickly level up after he has finished eating and fallen asleep.

I've been in this other world for almost a month now.

Her superpower had barely stabilized at level three.

Wood-type abilities need to be upgraded to level four to achieve a qualitative leap.

It can cultivate annual plants from seed to maturity on an acre of land.

Her stomach is now like a funnel.

The more energy she absorbs, the more her child can take away from her.

As the little guy grows up, his need for wood-type energy increases noticeably.

Gan Minglan walks fifty li (about 25 kilometers) during the day.

At night, I'm busy feeding my two kids and upgrading my superpowers.

She also had to deal with the prey that Atu had brought her.

The official road they are now traveling on leads to a vast, undulating mountain range just a few miles away.

The highest peak is nearly 1,000 meters above sea level.

The variety of prey in the forest has also become visibly richer.

Besides rabbits, which Gan Minglan was already tired of eating, there were also pheasants, wild boars, wolves, foxes, and the like.

Atu, who had been in power in Daming Prefecture for less than a month, was already a veritable king in these mountains and forests.

In the post-apocalyptic world, mutated plants are all aggressive.

It used to be a cautious mouse, tucking its tail between its legs.

Now, please refer to the State of Bei as your happy hometown!

And so, it was another fruitful night.

A-Tu raised his little head, seeking praise:

"Hmph! That leopard tonight was scared away by my heroic wolf-slaying prowess! Master, would you like to eat leopard meat? If so, I'll catch one for you!"

Gan Minglan quickly stopped her:
"Ah Tu, you're a herbivore, how come you've been letting yourself go all out lately?"
I asked you to catch something small, and you even dragged back a 300-pound wild boar.

"You want a cheetah? Before the apocalypse, it was a Class I protected animal in China! Let's not go and harm it!"

A-Tu tilted its little head, its eyes looking adorably silly.

Pretend you don't understand!
What I was thinking was:
The freezers in the master kitchen were far too small.

I've only been hunting for a few days and my food is already stuffed!
(End of this chapter)