"Does Aunt Liu always manage to sell all her game when she comes to sell it?"
Su Qinghe walked ahead and turned her head to ask.
"Hehe, Your Majesty is joking! If it could be like this every day, our family would have been the richest in the village long ago!"
Aunt Liu sat on the oxcart, smiling shyly.
“We always sell our game by chance; there’s no fixed number. Most of the time we have leftovers, but we were lucky today to run into Ms. Su!”
Aunt Liu looked pained as she spoke of the remaining prey.
“We take home any game that we can’t sell. If it’s too hot to keep it fresh, we eat it that day. If we have any left over, we give it to our fellow villagers.”
"When the weather gets cold, we have to make cured pork. Our family has several hundred kilograms of cured pork now, and we can't even finish it all! We eat as much as we want every winter."
"After two more months when it snows, the animals in the mountains will basically not come out, and we will stop hunting at that time. We will rely on the money we earn during the peak season to make ends meet."
After hearing what she said, Su Qinghe had another idea in mind, and she turned to look at Aunt Liu.
"Didn't Aunt Liu ever think of selling the game to the big restaurants in Tianhe County? They're always packed with customers, so they should be in short supply."
"A restaurant?" Aunt Liu shook her head.
"Tianhe County is mountainous, and the business of those restaurants is taken up by the villages that are close to the mountains and Tianhe County. Every year, whether it is game or vegetables, they are ordered in advance! If I bring them, they simply don't want them!"
"Such a thing is true?" Su Qinghe wondered to herself.
"Then can I also order Aunt Liu's hunts each time? I'll take care of all the hunts you hunt each time, I just ask that you deliver them every three days."
"Does the Queen mean she wants to take care of my prey? Of course!"
Aunt Liu stood up excitedly, swinging the bullwhip in her hand with great force, patting her firm chest repeatedly.
"I, Old Niu, am not very skilled, but I am a great hunter. I always catch the most game in the village. Miss Su, you can guarantee that my game will be safe and sound!"
"Me too! Me too! I've inherited my mother's true skills!" Liu Erniang was also very excited; her family had found a big boss!
"I'm relieved to hear Aunt Liu say that!" Su Qinghe said with a smile.
"I wonder how Aunt Liu's cured meat tastes? If it's delicious, I'd like to buy some from you!"
Hearing that Su Qinghe wanted to buy the mountain of cured meat piled up in her home, Aunt Liu became even more excited.
"My husband has been curing meat for so many years, he can make any kind of meat taste delicious. I'll bring you some to try tomorrow, I guarantee it will be delicious!"
Su Qinghe smiled and agreed.
"Okay! Then I'll wait for Aunt Liu at the shop tomorrow at noon!"
"Oh, right! My restaurant hasn't decided on a vegetable supplier yet. Could you please go back and ask around for me? If any of the villagers are interested, you can come and find me together tomorrow!" Su Qinghe added.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely convey your message! Everyone will be very grateful to you!"
Aunt Liu was so excited by the series of good news that she almost crashed her oxcart into a pillar on her way home.
The next day, Aunt Liu indeed brought several people, all of whom were from families in the village with a lot of farmland, including Aunt Li's family.
Su Qinghe looked at their dishes, and they all looked very fresh.
"I also buy chestnuts and sweet potatoes here, including sweet potato leaves. I'll buy as many as you have, except for those that have been priced by the government."
Su Qinghe told them what dishes she needed, and after agreeing on the price, she saw them off.
...
As night fell, Su Qinghe embraced Ji Yuan, and the two were at a crucial moment.
Suddenly, a hissing sound came from outside the window, and a pipe pierced through the window paper and stretched in, followed by a puff of white smoke.
Ji Yuan was in a daze and didn't notice anything, but Su Qinghe turned her head to look over.
"Damn it! You interrupted my good time!" she cursed as she got out of bed.
"Ah! My wife..."
She was fine, but the sudden withdrawal made Ji Yuan tremble violently.
"Shh!" Su Qinghe gestured for her to be quiet, then quickly took a handkerchief, dipped it in tea, and covered her mouth and nose.
She tiptoed closer to the pipe that was still emitting white smoke, and when she got close, she maliciously stuck out a finger and blocked the nozzle.
Three men in black were clinging to the window, one of whom was blowing something loudly.
"Hmm... why can't I blow it anymore?" The man asked anxiously, his face turning red.
"What's wrong?" the person on her left asked in a low voice.
"Blow...cough cough cough..."
The woman tried to answer, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the smoke rushed back in. She took a deep drag, and then with a "thud," she fell headfirst off the windowsill.
"There's a hidden weapon!"
The two of them used their hands and feet to quickly climb onto the roof.
"There it is!"
One of them pointed to two people dressed in black on the opposite rooftop.
The two people walked one after the other, and they were about to reach the rooftop where they were.
"Use your hidden weapons!" one of them shouted, throwing a hidden weapon at the two men.
With a clang, the person in front blocked the attack with their sword.
"?"
The person following behind her paused.
"Could it be that the cabinet has sent someone again?"
She had seen it clearly just now; it was obviously a hidden weapon unique to the Seven Kill Pavilion.
"The Seven Kill Pavilion really thinks highly of me!"
The man surrounded sneered, tightened his grip on his sword, and charged toward the two men in front of him.
"Then come on! I want to see if you have the guts to take my head back and claim credit for it!"
She rushed forward, and the people chasing her were not idle either, closely surrounding her.
Seeing the two rushing towards them, the two people on Su Qinghe's roof exchanged a glance.
"I bet she hired someone to guard against it!"
"You deal with this one, I'll deal with the one behind!"
After saying that, the two of them each found their target and rushed towards it.
"What are you doing?" the last man in black shouted angrily, taking a few steps back.
Seeing her coming over, she thought she was going to attack from the side, but instead she slashed at herself directly.
"I'll kill you! Can't you tell?" The man in black raised his knife again and slashed at the person in front of him.
"You dare to betray the Pavilion!" Without further hesitation, the man slashed the man's throat with a flourish of his sword.
"?"
Noticing the commotion behind her, Baili Honglan turned her head in surprise. Her arm had been slashed, making her already severely injured body even heavier.
"Wait!" she suddenly shouted, panting heavily.
"Sister! Did you kill the wrong target?"
Hearing her words, the man in black opposite her did not hesitate at all, and his knife swiftly slashed towards her.
"Stop with your petty tricks! I'm not falling for your fools!"
"no!"
Baili Honglan felt her vision blurring.
I have to stop the bleeding right away, or I'm going to die!
She brandished her sword, having no energy left to attack. She was only focused on defending.
After eliminating one of the men in black, the others relentlessly continued their attack on Baili Honglan.
Kill her first, then deal with the traitor's accomplices!
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