Fang Mingming was engrossed in gnawing on a beef bone when his mother tugged at it, causing the bone to fall to the ground.
Fang Mingming immediately started punching and kicking Lu Cuilan, yelling, "My cow bones, Mother, you owe me cow bones!"
Still shaken, Lu Cuilan ignored her son's kicks and punches, shouting, "Snake! Where's the snake?"
Jiang Tangtang smiled gently and blinked her bright, lively eyes. "Oh, sorry, I misread it!"
"You did this on purpose," Lu Cuilan said angrily.
"Yeah, I did it on purpose, what can you do about it?" Jiang Tangtang said, infuriatingly.
“I am your aunt, your elder. You disrespectful thing, do you believe I will make Shi Yanxiu punish you, you shrew?”
"You're a married woman, and it's one thing to come back to your parents' home to beg for money, but you also try to force your daughter into my husband's household every day, gossiping and causing unrest in our home. Where is your behavior as an elder?"
Jiang Tangtang said slowly, "Just because someone wears the skin of an elder doesn't mean they can be an elder or deserve respect."
"You...you...you sharp-tongued woman!" Lu Cuilan's face nearly contorted with anger. "Sister-in-law, aren't you going to do anything about your daughter-in-law?"
“Cuilan, the beef bone you ate was part of the dowry from the bride’s family.” Madam Su had just witnessed Lu Shiyan take down a refugee with a single slash; his technique was far more powerful than before.
She felt that it was all thanks to her third daughter-in-law. Such a good daughter-in-law, of course she had to stand on her side and help her.
"How her dowry is distributed should be up to her. You, on the other hand, ate someone else's cow bones and then kept calling her a shrew. If you were in her shoes, would you feel good about it?"
Lu Cuilan realized that now the entire Lu family was protecting Jiang Tangtang, and no matter how much trouble she caused, no one would help her.
She was furious, but she couldn't afford to have too much of a falling out with her family. After all, the Fang family was a bunch of good-for-nothings, and she would have to rely on her family when it mattered most.
Lu Cuihua suppressed her anger, picked up the cow bone that had fallen to the ground, stuffed it into her crying son's mouth, and took her two children back to the Fang family home.
"Oh, so you're back from eating beef at your parents' house? How come you only got a bone stuck in the mud? Did they throw it on the ground after they finished eating it?" Fang's second sister-in-law, Wang Qiuju, said sarcastically as she saw Lu Cuilan and the others return.
"I didn't find it; there's meat on it." Fang Mingming proudly waved the cow bone in his hand.
Even though it fell to the ground, he didn't mind and still ate it happily.
The other children in the Fang family all swallowed hard, their mouths watering. Fang Maogou shook his mother's clothes and said, "Mom, I want to eat beef bones too."
Wang Qiuju also wanted to eat, but where could she get beef bones? "I don't have any beef bones. Your fourth aunt brought them back. What use are they to me?"
After hearing Wang Qiuju's words, all the Fang family children surrounded Lu Cuilan, clamoring for beef bones.
Lu Cuilan received two cow bones in total. She wouldn't even share them with her husband and daughter, so how could she possibly share them with her nephew?
The Fang family had another argument because of these two cow bones.
But on the other side, the Lu family was at peace.
The beef and beef bones are now cooked.
The broth, made with beef and beef bones, was very rich. Each person took a bowl of the fragrant beef bone soup and drank it in big gulps, and they were even given the illusion of a peaceful and idyllic life.
After eating the beef bone soup, everyone began to share the beef bones.
Although there wasn't much meat left on the beef bones, the spine and long bones of the limbs contained bone marrow, which was quite satisfying to share.
Before everyone could even eat the beggar's beef wrapped in oxen and simmered under the fire, they were already full.
After eating and drinking her fill, Jiang Tangtang felt drowsy, but she couldn't sleep yet; she still had to continue building up her public image.
Otherwise, she would still have to walk a long and arduous journey the next day.
Jiang Tangtang first called out the system to check her character settings.
She felt that with her outstanding performance in dealing with the jerk and her brilliant methods in disciplining the bratty kid, her public image would definitely skyrocket.
However, the system said that although it was good, based on the negative reviews on the vegetable website, some people would also feel that her behavior was a bit harsh. Therefore, considering both factors, her character value could only increase by 2.
Jiang Tangtang was immediately furious, and engaged in a verbal battle with the system in her mind for three hundred rounds. In the end, she was so tired that she fell asleep, completely forgetting about finding the male lead to boost her character points.
When Jiang Tangtang woke up the next day, she realized she hadn't done anything the night before; she had simply fallen asleep leaning against a large tree trunk. She immediately wailed, "Damn system, it's all your fault! You made me forget to do my quest!"
The system is innocent. [Please refrain from personal attacks. Your argument with this system is entirely your personal behavior and has nothing to do with the system.]
Jiang Tangtang was about to curse the system when she saw Zhou Qiongniang running towards her with a happy expression, "Third sister-in-law, you're awake?"
Zhou Qiongniang held up a basket and showed it to Jiang Tangtang like it was a treasure. "After you fell asleep last night, my third brother went to the mountains and picked a lot of the red berries you mentioned. What should we do with these?"
Looking at the chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and other spices inside, Jiang Tangtang no longer cared about arguing with the system.
"Wipe these red berries clean with a clean cloth, then crush them. Render the butter in a large pot. Let's make the spicy beef sauce first before we continue our journey."
Although Li Shi was anxious to find his wife and children, he had just eaten the beef bones and beef soup that Jiang Tangtang had given him last night, and besides, it was still early, so he couldn't urge them.
All I can do is try my best to help.
So, early in the morning, the Lu family got busy. Some gathered firewood to start a fire, some crushed chili peppers, and others cooked and sliced beef.
Jiang Tangtang held a few pieces of the silver elixir that Lu Shiyan had found in her mouth to freshen her breath, and then described how to make the beef sauce.
With Jiang Tangtang dictating the process, Zhou Qiongniang in charge of cooking, and Luo Taohua and the Lu family helping out, a pot of fragrant beef sauce was quickly prepared.
The aroma of beef sauce wafted to the Fang family's resting place, once again filling the Fang family with complaints.
The cooked beef sauce was carefully stored by Fang in a large earthenware jar, to be eaten slowly on the road.
The remaining butter and spices in the pot were mixed with cactus and dry food, then cooked together and served as breakfast.
The broth, with its remaining butter, chili peppers, and Sichuan peppercorns, tasted better when cooked than before.
Jiang Tangtang also ate a bowl this morning.
After breakfast, everyone started packing their things and preparing to set off.
The beef that had been buried under the fire last night, wrapped in leaves and mud, was also pulled out.
The villagers of Da Zhou usually only eat two meals a day. On the road to escape famine, many refugees couldn't even get two meals, and could only eat one meal a day.
The Lu family had a big meal last night, and they ate well this morning as well. Su was thinking that she should be more frugal for the rest of the days.
We can save this beef for tomorrow.
But thinking that Jiang Tangtang was delicate and different from them, Madam Su simply gave all the beggar's beef she had taken out to Jiang Tangtang, saying, "I see that you don't like to eat dry food, so you can keep this beef and eat it slowly."
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