Regardless of what she's up to, it's always better to be kind to yourself than to cause trouble for yourself.
Jiang Tangtang accepted the fan and cactus that her mother-in-law gave her without any hesitation.
However, Lu Shiyan didn't bother to fan himself.
Before setting off, he fed the cows grass, and perhaps sensed something. Jiang Tangtang saw him staring at the cows for a while, then he returned to the oxcart, sat upright, and began cultivating.
Cactus doesn't taste good, but compared to a mixture of dry food and cactus, Jiang Tangtang thinks cactus is easier to eat.
Jiang Tangtang occasionally eats a bite of cactus to relieve the heat and hunger.
After walking for more than an hour, just when it seemed that the day's escape was about to pass smoothly, the ox pulling the cart suddenly foamed at the mouth, knelt down, and collapsed.
Because of the cow's sudden fall, Jiang Tangtang and Lu Chenyan, who were sitting in the car, almost fell backward to the ground. Fortunately, Lu Shiyan grabbed them at the critical moment.
The two were thus spared from danger.
"What's wrong?"
What's going on?
...
The sudden collapse of Lu Jia Niu caused quite a commotion, drawing gasps from the villagers, and some even ran over to look at the cow.
Su was the first to run to the oxcart. When she saw the old ox with its eyes wide open and foaming at the mouth, she almost lost her balance and fainted.
This is the most valuable asset in the Lu family's possessions!
He just died like that?
Unlike Su's heartbreak, Luo Taohua subtly revealed an expression of excitement.
Anyway, while the cow was alive, the eldest son's family couldn't ride in the oxcart; instead, they were assigned to cut grass for the cow, which did her no good at all.
Now that the cow is dead, she no longer has to think about how to kill it. She can finally eat beef.
Like Luo Taohua, the villagers of Dawancun are also looking forward to eating beef.
Lu Cuilan suppressed the smile on her face, pretended to look regretful, and helped Su Shi up, saying, "Sister-in-law, it's a pity to lose this cow. Why don't we bleed it and eat its meat?"
"Exactly, exactly. In this hot weather, we should hurry up and drain the blood before it starts to rot."
"I think we shouldn't rush today. Everyone, lend a hand and help Lu Jiatou get the ox out."
The villagers were all talking at once, as if they wanted to take a piece of the Lu family's ox. Wang Ergou's group, in particular, were shouting the loudest.
If they weren't worried that Lu Shiyan might suddenly attack, they would have already taken action by now.
Su was already furious, but she was so angry that she couldn't utter a single word.
Luo Taohua, who is usually sharp-tongued, was only thinking about how to eat the beef to her heart's content. She was too slow to realize the true meaning behind the villagers' words of help.
"Thank you for your kindness, folks, but you needn't trouble yourselves with the ox that was part of my dowry. My husband will handle it. We won't keep you any longer; you can continue on your way," Jiang Tangtang said loudly.
Old Gao, relying on his age, said arrogantly, "Third daughter-in-law of the Lu family, your husband hasn't said anything, what right do you, a mere woman, have to interrupt?"
Wang Ergou leered at Jiang Tangtang, "Sister-in-law Lu, the villagers are all trying to help you, but the way you talked made it sound like they were after your cow. That's really hurtful!"
Her speech was so greasy that Jiang Tangtang felt like vomiting.
After hesitating for a moment between hurling insults at the two of them and saving her breath, she decisively chose the latter.
"Husband, they're bullying me, boohoo—"
Before she could even finish her whimper, Lu Shiyan was already looking at the two of them with icy eyes.
He said nothing, but both of them could feel the intense killing intent in his eyes.
Wang Ergou's legs went weak instantly, and he apologized to Jiang Tangtang in a cowardly manner.
Old Gao still wanted to act arrogantly because of his age, but under Lu Shiyan's cold gaze, he couldn't bring himself to speak and finally cowered into the crowd.
Lu Shiyan then slowly withdrew his gaze.
He walked to a dead willow tree by the roadside and struck the trunk with his palm. Instantly, the tree trunk broke in two.
Lu Shiyan placed the two tree trunks side by side, returned to the oxcart, and then lifted the ox up.
The old ox pulling the cart was thin, but it still weighed at least two hundred pounds. Yet, he lifted it up with just one hand, so easily.
This shocked the villagers even more than when he chopped down a large tree with one palm.
So, amidst the stunned silence, Lu Shiyan placed the cow on the tree trunk and began to skin it.
He moved with lightning speed, skinning the cow in the blink of an eye. After skinning it, he somehow managed to pull out the cow's internal organs.
The crowd didn't even see his movements clearly; they only felt that a cow in his hands was like a block of tofu, and that killing a cow was as simple as slicing tofu for him.
He carefully removed the steak, bones, tendons, and beef, one by one, and arranged them neatly on the hide he had already peeled off.
Finally, he looked up and asked Jiang Tangtang, "Would you like some beef offal?"
Mrs. Su quickly replied, "Yes, of course we'd like it! So much cow offal could save two lives."
She wasn't exaggerating.
In a world where even grass roots and tree bark are scarce, and many families are forced to resort to cannibalism to survive, so much cow entrails could certainly save two lives.
As for the fact that the cow's offal wasn't washed with water, that's not a big problem.
Think of a way! A living person can't die from holding their pee, can they?
The villagers who had just been thinking of taking advantage of the Lu family and getting a share of the food were now feeling a bit embarrassed.
Even under normal circumstances, beef is a delicacy, and ordinary people can only afford it if they are wealthy.
Not to mention how rare beef was during times of famine.
Their thoughts just now were indeed dishonorable. Besides, Lu Sanlang had just helped them find water at noon today.
Their eagerness to take a share of someone else's cow just now—what else could it be but ungratefulness?
Will Lu Sanlang help them find water again in the future?
Fortunately, apart from the conflict between Old Man Gao and Wang Ergou and the Lu family, although they had that intention, they didn't say it out loud, so it's not impossible for them to get along in the future.
In order to maintain the current peace, many people pretended that nothing had happened and continued to move forward carrying their belongings.
Jiang Tangtang paid little attention to the villagers' reactions. She was communicating with the system, trying to use her existing character values to activate random rewards, wondering if she could get a cow or a horse.
She found it hard to accept that she would have to rely on her own two legs to get through the rest of the journey.
The system had told her that her current character value was still too low, and activating the random reward at this time might not necessarily make her dream come true.
Jiang Tangtang was as if she had lost her parents.
Lu Shiyan pulled a vine, intending to tie up the cow's internal organs. When Lu's elder brother and second brother came to their senses, they felt extremely guilty, as they had actually left all the work to their younger brother.
The two rushed over and vied to help. Lu Shiyan was clean and naturally chose not to touch the dirty internal organs.
She handed over the task of cleaning up the entrails to the two men, while she wrapped the cut-up beef and bones in cowhide and loaded them all onto the oxcart.
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