Chapter 12: Exchanging Body for Medicine
Jiang Tangtang patted the child's head lovingly and said, "When we get to Lingnan, I'll make you glutinous rice cakes, okay? How about making you yam cakes today?"
Hearing that they could eat yam cakes that evening, Lu Tiantian felt more energetic when walking. After two days of adaptation, Jiang Tangtang's pace also increased slightly, and the mother and daughter could barely keep in the middle of the group.
We walked until dark before we arrived at the post station.
The inns in these desolate areas were small and shabby, but people were already very satisfied compared to sleeping in the wild.
The rooms were divided into families, with each family having a large room. There were no beds, tables, chairs, or benches in it, only a large, dusty bunk bed.
At this time, everyone didn't care about the dirt and mess. They just dusted off the floor and couldn't wait to lie down and rest.
Jiang Tangtang whispered to Lu Tiantian for a while, then took Shan Yao out of the room.
Seeing Jiang Tangtang take away the entire bag of yams, Chen couldn't help but ask, "What is she doing now? Is she planning to secretly eat all of them by herself again?"
"No, my mother went to make yam cake for me." Lu Tiantian pouted and defended her mother.
Chen pursed her lips and said, "Come on, she's like that. I'd believe you if she went to eat something, but I don't believe you if she can make yam cakes."
Lu Tiantian didn't understand why her second aunt always said bad things about her when her mother was so nice. She pouted and started crying in grievance.
Lu Shiyan held her in his arms, glanced at Chen coldly and said, "Those yams were originally dug by Jiang. Even if she ate them, it wouldn't be considered stealing. Second aunt, please be more careful with your words in the future."
Chen was startled by Lu Shiyan's cold eyes. She didn't dare to say anything and turned away in anger. Jiang Caiwei pinched her palms hard with her fingernails and walked out of the room with her head lowered.
Jiang Tangtang was completely unaware of the conflict in the room. She took the yam and went out to find Liang Jiamin, "Sir, my child wants to eat some cakes. Can I borrow the kitchen?"
Without waiting for Liang Jiamin to answer, she continued, "By the way, my Lord, what are you having for dinner? Do you want me to help you cook? I cook for the kids anyway, so how about I help you cook dinner tonight as well?"
Thinking of Jiang Tangtang's good cooking skills, Liang Jiamin naturally did not refuse and took her to the small kitchen of the inn.
Although the food the officials ate was not very good, it was at the post station after all, so the food was much richer.
This time, in addition to brown rice and beans, there were also a few large pumpkins, a long winter melon, a small piece of bacon, a few fan bones, and half a bag of white flour.
Looking at the food on the table, Jiang Tangtang quickly came up with an idea.
She first washed the brown rice and put it in a pot to cook.
While the brown rice is cooking, peel and dice the pumpkin. Once the rice is halfway cooked, drain the pumpkin in a colander and steam it in a steamer.
The steamer at the post station is an old-fashioned bamboo steamer. Jiang Tangtang used three layers to steam brown rice, the second layer to steam pumpkin, and the top layer to steam yam.
The mixed beans were cooked in a separate pot, just like last time. But this time she was alone in the kitchen, so she secretly took out some spices from her space, and the taste of the stew was even better than last time.
Cut the winter melon into pieces and put it in another large pot to stew with the fan bones.
After the pumpkin is steamed, crush it with a spoon and knead it into a dough with flour to make pumpkin pie.
The yam cake was also crushed like the pumpkin, and glutinous rice flour, tapioca flour, milk, cooking oil, and white sugar were secretly taken out from the space. After mixing them in appropriate proportions, they were put back into the big pot to steam.
Dice the bacon, put it in a pan and stir-fry until fragrant, then put the steamed brown rice into the pan and stir-fry.
In an instant, the fragrance spread throughout the entire post station, and the guards outside and the officials resting in the house were all excited.
While Jiang Tangtang was cooking in the kitchen, Jiang Caiwei also found an official from the post station.
She took out a silver note from the lining of her clothes, handed it over, and said, "Young man, could you please give me some medicine powder?"
The mustache officer's narrowed eyes lingered on Jiang Caiwei, and he asked in a lewd tone, "What medicine do you want? Is someone at home sick?"
Jiang Caiwei was disgusted by her gaze, but thinking about what she was planning, she suppressed her disgust and said, "Yes, my man is injured and can't sleep every night because of the pain. Can you give me some medicine powder to help him sleep at night?"
The mustachioed officer reluctantly pushed the banknote back. "You want me to use the powder to help you escape? No way. If we find out, I'll lose my head."
"How dare I run away!" Jiang Caiwei said in a delicate voice, "It's really because my man can't sleep at night, so you can help him. Just give me a little bit, that little bit, how can it possibly make a few officers faint? Besides, I'm a weak woman, where can I run to in this desolate mountain?"
There was no way the police would believe her.
But looking at Jiang Caiwei, who looks like a beautiful girl next door and acts coquettishly, makes people's bones go soft and their hearts itch very much.
He held her in his arms, his hands dishonestly reaching into her clothes, "Are you really for your man?"
Jiang Caiwei felt so nauseous that she wanted to vomit, but thinking of Jiang Tangtang leaning on Lu Shiyan and provoking her, she resisted the urge to push him away and said in a delicate voice, "Really, please help me, big brother, please."
"Your man is not injured physically, but his roots are injured, right?" The officer said as he took Jiang Caiwei to an empty room at the side.
Jiang Caiwei was very anxious and clung to the wall, refusing to move. "Brother, what do you think about the medicine powder..."
"Don't worry, as long as it makes me happy, I can help you do it even if it breaks the rules. But apart from me, no one dares to give the exiled prisoners the knockout drug..."
The official's meaning was very clear. If he was not allowed to take advantage, he would not be able to get the knockout drug even if he spent money.
Jiang Caiwei felt his fingers like disgusting poisonous snakes, climbing back and forth on her body. She wanted to grab the banknotes and escape immediately.
But being on the road to exile is a good time to kill.
Moreover, if someone died on the way to exile, the officials would generally not investigate the cause of death. They would just report a random reason to the higher-ups.
Thinking of how Lu Shiyan had defended Jiang Tangtang with a cold face just now, Jiang Caiwei did not push the man away.
The man worked in this remote post station and had no idea how many exiled noble ladies he had seen.
Who wasn't a chaste and virtuous woman at the beginning? But for a bite to eat, for the sake of survival, who didn't end up as slutty as that whore in the brothel?
But there are few people like her who feed the powder.
But the man didn't care what she was going to do with the powder. He took Jiang Caiwei to the room, and couldn't wait to undress her and start biting her soft little mouth.
Jiang Caiwei smelled a fishy stench. She resisted the urge to vomit and endured the storm of nausea.
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