The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 76 Retaliate with a Sword
The inn only provides one meal a day, so no one is not hungry at this time.

After exchanging pleasantries with Liu Wu, everyone began to eat.

The children ate the meat with gusto, while the women sipped the soup slowly.

In a daze, it seemed as if I had returned to the good days before my exile.

The chicken soup had a strong medicinal flavor.

After drinking a few sips, Mrs. She felt her stomach and spleen felt more comfortable.

Seeing that her son's teacher's wife was still struggling to break up the white flour pancakes, she wanted to serve her a bowl of chicken soup.

Gan Minglan quickly stopped her:

"Sister-in-law, please don't serve me this. The angelica in this chicken soup has the effect of promoting blood circulation and clearing the meridians. If I drink it, I might die."

Ms. She: "What? Pregnant women can't drink astragalus and angelica chicken soup?"

Liu Wu, who hadn't left yet, became anxious upon hearing this.

He jogged over, his face flushed, and apologized repeatedly.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! Did the scholar's wife not drink any?"

Oh dear, the cooks at our Qianhu Office are all roughnecks; they have no experience cooking for pregnant women.

"Scholar's wife, quickly tell me what kind of soup you can drink, and I'll have the cook make you a special one."

Gan Minglan waved the white flour pancake in her hand:
"No soup is as nourishing as rice and noodles. This is excellent for me, and it's also very nutritious for the little ones. I don't have to worry about the bread getting dry. I also brought a water pouch, so I can drink this when I'm thirsty!"

After trying to persuade her for a long time, Liu Wu saw that she insisted on not adding any more food. He then told everyone that he had to go back to report to the centurion before turning and leaving.

The woman and children breathed a sigh of relief after he left.

With outsiders watching, they can't eat meat or drink soup freely!
Fatty held a large chicken leg in his right paw, and his mouth was bulging like a hamster's.

The corners of his mouth were shiny with oil.

Compared to the other kids, he received extra help along the way.

This kid just craves meat; he can't get enough of it even if he eats meat every day.

Mrs. She watched him eat happily, her eyes filled with smiles.

He spoke softly to Gan Minglan:

"Look at Fatty, he can eat half a bowl more than usual. I wish Xia'er had such a good appetite as his junior brother."

Gan Minglan: "We're on our way to exile! What kind of conditions are these? My appetite is like a bottomless pit; if I'm not full for a long time, my stomach and intestines will suffer!"

There weren't many people talking in the restaurant, and Fatty, while munching on a chicken leg, overheard his mother's words.

The little guy was unhappy and tried hard to swallow the chicken in his mouth, shouting, "I'm not in pain, I'll be full after just one more chicken leg!"

Gan Minglan rolled her eyes: "Let your aunt listen to this, which family can afford to raise a little fat boy who can eat two big chicken legs in one meal?"

Fatty shook his head and said, "My mother raised me until I was five, and then I learned to slaughter pigs to support her, and I fed her a big pork knuckle every day!"

Gan Minglan chuckled, "Everyone here should be my witnesses! My son will be taking care of me in my old age next year!"

Everyone: Listen to the nonsense you're spouting! You expect your five-year-old son to take care of you in your old age!
The atmosphere in the restaurant suddenly became much livelier.

Outside the checkpoint.

At this time, more than 10,000 refugees were sneaking towards the checkpoint under the moonlight.

The people of Stone Village, who had been hiding behind the refugees, had been eagerly waiting for this opportunity.

Old Zhong looked up at the sky and gave instructions to the men in the village:

"Never mind anything else, and don't take the silver that the soldiers embezzled! But you have to get back those two tiger skins that we sent out a few days ago! Those were valuable items that cost us the lives of five brothers."

The men nodded. What Stone Village truly lacked wasn't money.

They didn't want to be wanted again before they even returned to their ancestral home.

She cherished the identity she had finally managed to clear, which she had worked so hard to achieve.

This time, the one leading this group of refugees to break through the barrier was not the leader.

Instead, he was a cunning strategist.

A few days ago, they defeated the Ruzhou Prefecture army and occupied the Ruzhou Prefecture government office.

Their influence now extends throughout the entire Ruzhou Prefecture.

The strategist has brought refugees from Ruzhou Prefecture to Nanhe Prefecture to seize territory.

Soldiers are very fast!
The faster they seize territory, the sooner this gang can take shape.

They need to grow through real-world experience.

The news that Speedy brought back gave them a rather convincing excuse.

Before they arrived, the leader brainwashed the displaced people: they wanted to punish the corrupt official who caused the current situation on behalf of the displaced people of Lushan County!
Corrupt officials who flee will be brought to justice, no matter how far they go!
Especially after learning that only a few hundred people were guarding the checkpoint, the refugees didn't even have time to stop and catch their breath.

The refugee strategist: We have over ten thousand men! If each of them throws a punch, we can turn the government troops into mincemeat.

Their experience fighting against the local army in Ruzhou Prefecture gave them an inexplicable confidence in the fighting strength of their 10,000-strong force.

The refugees felt:
These days, I can eat my fill of food three times a day, have meat every few days, and live in a big mansion in the county town. Life is just too wonderful!

The leader and strategist ate and lived with them, treated them as brothers, and even distributed land to them.

This is something the imperial court and those corrupt officials could not have done!

Having tasted success, they naturally followed their leader's instructions blindly.
It was located in the Qianhu Office, not far from the checkpoint.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, the children and women were happily eating meat and drinking soup.

I felt as if a mountain was pressing down on my eyelids, getting heavier and heavier.

The children were the first to give up and collapsed onto the table.

The women weren't much better off; they followed suit and collapsed in their chairs.

The guards who had been hiding outside the restaurant were finally relieved to see this.

He swaggered in from the corner:
"Our boss is truly a master strategist! Several people were on guard over the medicinal chicken soup and didn't touch a single drop!"

"Hehe, these people have no idea that the chicken soup and the meat are fine, but the chopsticks in their hands have been soaked in sleeping potion for half a day."

"The boss is so kind-hearted; he only soaked the baby's short chopsticks for fifteen minutes!"

"After all, it's a sleeping potion. We can't let it turn a little kid into an idiot! I've heard of people who became stupid after taking an overdose of sleeping potion."

"Hehehe, I knew these young kids couldn't be separated from their mothers! I didn't expect six of them to come along at once! We're really lucky."

"Tell me, can we have some soup tonight? I'd even rather die right now if you let me kiss the scholar's wife's lips!"

"You still want to kiss? Don't even dream about it! The boss might not even get a drop of soup tonight; the VIPs in the front yard will have to enjoy themselves first."

"Boss, I'm a little worried. What if these women wake up and cause trouble in the middle of the business? Will our distinguished guest blame us for not doing a good job?"

"Hmph, these brats are in our hands. Let them try to cause any trouble! Exile is an unforgivable crime. I don't believe they'll ever be able to turn their lives around once they're in the border town!"

"That makes sense, then I'm relieved."

(End of this chapter)