Starting as a Mute Girl? I Thrive in Famine Years

Special forces operative Jiang Huaixu transmigrated, becoming a seemingly dull and mute girl.

Her grandmother secretly abused her and even planned to sell her off? Jiang Huaixu was furious, d...

Chapter 171: Flatter the High and Scream the Low

"Those families are so unreasonable!" Jiang Miao said angrily, "If Youli hadn't been here, they might have caused some trouble!"

When the villagers heard this, they all gathered around to ask questions. Jiang Huaixu had nothing to do and wanted to go out and see what was going on.

She found Jiang Erlang and asked about the situation. Jiang Erlang's expression was not as ugly as the others, and he told her the whole story.

Jiang Zhengmao called him and several strong laborers to escort the three people all the way to Dafeng Village. The villagers of Dafeng Village knew that they were refugees. Although they did not look down on them, they did not point fingers at them in person.

On the way, he first visited Zhou Lizheng's family. When he personally invited Zhou Lizheng over, the two groups started arguing with each other, and some people sat on the ground crying.

The women on the other side were all village women, quick-witted, venomous, and unreasonable. With the exception of Jiang Zhengmao, who was quite articulate, the others were tongue-tied and therefore suffered a lot of humiliation.

Fortunately, Zhou Lizheng was sensible and knew that the three families were difficult to deal with. He scolded the three criminals and let them leave.

On the way back, everyone was getting angrier and angrier. It was clearly the three lechers who did something wrong, so how could they confuse right and wrong just because they were outsiders?

So, when I come back, I can't hold back my anger and I have to complain a few words.

"There are so many people who flatter the powerful and bully the weak. It's really inconvenient for us outsiders to clash with the locals. Not to mention whether it's useful, it's just a waste of our time."

Jiang Huaixu said this while looking at Jiang Zhengmao who was spitting in the crowd.

"...What do you want to do? What do you want to do? Huh? Fight with them? How can we defeat them with so many people in the village? They are obviously bullying us because we have a weak foundation. Do you think people will respect you just because you fight with your fists?

We originally wanted to show them that we are not soft persimmons that they can bully. This time, even if they have any intentions towards us, they will have to think twice. If they just want to use their fists when encountering problems, what's the difference between them and bandits? "

Seeing the men calm down, Jiang Zhengmao glanced at Jiang Miao and said, "Boss, come with me!"

Seeing that Jiang Zhengmao was really angry, everyone became quiet and went about their own business.

When Jiang Zhengmao showed up again, he called all the busy women from each family to the yard of Jiang Huaixu's house, and talked about making big pot meals and paying wages, and also mentioned that Zheng Li'niang was the head chef.

No one objected to Zheng Li Niang becoming the head chef. No one else could cook, but Zheng Li Niang could. Who could say anything? Some people had never even touched a wok.

The next step was to select kitchen helpers. After traveling for so long, they all knew which wife was the best cook, so it didn’t take long to select six people.

Zheng Wangshi slapped her thigh and felt so upset looking at her two daughters-in-law. Neither of them could cook, and sometimes when she wanted to eat something good, she had to cook for herself. How could she afford to waste other people's food?

She really wants to go on her own and get paid for it, how great is that?

Jiang Huaixu tugged at Jiang Zhengmao's sleeve and said, "Uncle, Aunt Zheng's cooking skills are pretty good too. We should at least find an older one to take care of things so that the younger sisters-in-law won't be too busy."

Jiang Zhengmao didn't hesitate and immediately made the decision: "Sister-in-law Zheng, you will take care of these wives. If there is anything you need to buy, just tell your son-in-law directly. Dalang will be in charge of the money from now on."

After hearing what Jiang Huaixu said, Jiang Zhengmao felt that everyone who worked for them needed someone to supervise them, and anyone who was lazy would have their wages deducted.

Zheng Wangshi didn't expect that happiness would come so suddenly. She looked at Jiang Huaixu as if she had seen a treasure and wanted to kiss him twice.

She responded repeatedly, unable to suppress the smile on her lips.

Jiang Huaixu stood aside and watched for a while, then went to the kitchen to check on the tofu.

Jiang Wei and several other girls went to the back to collect a lot of leaves for burning. They just came back and were drinking soy milk with a bowl in their hands.

Ever since they met the three hooligans, they now go out in groups of three or four and never alone.

"Little sister, have you drunk the soy milk? It's so sweet." Jiang Wei handed over the bowl.

Jiang Huaixu didn't answer. "I've had it, sister. Come and see how the tofu I made is."

Everyone gathered together to watch Jiang Huaixu move the stone down, open the wooden lid and coarse cloth, and the white and tender tofu appeared before their eyes.

“This is no different from what’s sold on the street!”

"I want to eat the fried tofu I had before."

"You actually did it! How come you can do everything, second cousin?"

Jiang Huaixu poked the tofu, feeling it was good, and was satisfied. "This is the benefit of being literate."

Liu Yeer took the opportunity to ask, "Second cousin, when will you teach us to read again? I've almost memorized everything we learned before."

Jiang Huaixu covered the tofu again. "Then starting tomorrow, I'll teach you a few words every day, just like before. Remember, there's a lot to do, and I can't teach you more. If there are children in the village who want to learn to read, you can teach them according to my method. If you want to learn kung fu, you can do it later when you're more stable. Now, carry chili powder with you. If anyone dares to move, you can sprinkle it in their eyes and burn them to death!"

"Chili powder, that red stuff you eat with barbecue?"

"I was wondering why it was so spicy that I couldn't open my eyes. How could it be useful?"

The three of them were talking and laughing.

Speaking of self-defense items, Jiang Huaixu thought of the put away sword and arrowheads. In order to avoid the inspection of the soldiers at the gate of Ganzhou City, the bow and arrow bodies were burned, leaving only the iron arrowheads and sword, which were put into a sack and tied under the car.

Iron control is strict, and I don’t know if I can melt it down in a blacksmith shop and make other things.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Jiang Huaixu called Qian Xiuzhu into the kitchen.

Qian Xiuzhu looked at the white and tender tofu with excitement. "It's such a good deal to make so much tofu with only three pounds of beans. Let your sister-in-law make all this tofu tonight so that everyone can have a taste."

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