"The landlord slaughtered a pig and gave each of our households nearly a pound and a half of pork leg meat." Li Dani took the vegetables out of the basket and placed them on a flat spot under the shade of a tree.

Uncover the gauze covering another vegetable basket to reveal cornbread pancakes inside.

Such food would be incredibly good for any farming family!

Feng Da, Feng Er, and their group swallowed hard, wiping their hands on their clothes before finally reaching out to take the pancakes and chopsticks.

Li Dani set out her own meals and then served the food to Hong Daniu and his family of three.

Of these four households, only Hong Daniu's family didn't have a single woman. They were quite good at doing housework like washing clothes and cleaning, but cooking was something they really couldn't do.

Normally, it's enough to just have a bite to eat, but it becomes inconvenient when it's busy with farm work. Firstly, farm work is very hard and tiring, and who wants to boil water and cook when they get home?

Secondly, since we are already exhausted from the work, we need to eat something good to replenish our energy. It would be a waste of ingredients to cook something that doesn't taste good.

The Hong family is small, with only three people. If only one person is left to cook, there will be even less work to be done. So after discussion, they decided to provide their own ingredients and work with the Feng family during the busy farming season.

Hong Mancang's eyes widened when he saw the dishes that were served.

They saw the owner slaughtering the pig when they woke up in the morning, but the owner had given them a large piece of pork fat just yesterday. In addition, the owner wanted to exchange the pig for matsutake and bamboo mushrooms with the villagers, so they didn't think about it being used for pork at all.

Hong Manku swallowed hard and asked, "Why does the boss still have pork for us? Weren't we supposed to exchange it for mushrooms?"

While eating a flatbread and a bite of vegetables, Feng Da said happily, "It's still good meat! The meat on the pork leg is really chewy."

Although fatty meat is the best, the villagers aren't stupid; who wouldn't want to trade for fatty meat? These lean pieces are probably what the owner painstakingly saved; otherwise, they would have all been traded away.

Hong Mancang quickly picked up a large piece of vegetables and put it in his mouth. The pork was chewy and delicious!

Pork is so delicious!

"I heard from the men in the village that the landlord is very honest in handling things. He doesn't exchange offal or pork bones, and keeps them for his own consumption."

Li Dani sighed, "Yes, I've heard the women say that even the pork ribs and pig's trotters are not replaced by the owners, who say that there are too many bones and they weigh too much, so it's not worth it to replace them."

With a mouthful of flatbread in his mouth, Hong Manku mumbled, "Actually, it's fine if you give us ribs and big bones. We can make a soup, stew it, and add some oil! It would be better if the landlord kept these real meat dishes for his own meals."

“The master’s daughters and sons are all at the age where they are growing and love to eat meat. If this is given to us, are the young masters and daughters eating offal and gnawing on big bones while we servants are eating pork leg meat?” Feng Er replied.

I have a feeling that something's off, like there's a lack of distinction between superiors and inferiors?

Upon hearing the mention of "young lady and young master," Li Dani quickly brought up Fan Zhaodi's matter as well, reminding her, "From now on, there will be another young lady."

Apart from her, the other members of both families came to the mountain early to dig soil. They were different from the villagers. The villagers were free to watch the excitement if they wanted, and they could choose not to work or work late if they wanted. They were servants of the landlord, and they depended on the landlord for their livelihood. When it was time to work, they had to work hard.

In addition, they were not familiar with Fan Qian's family, so when they heard crying coming from his yard when they passed by in the morning, they did not go over to see what was going on.

They all came directly to the mountain to dig up soil.