Chapter 78: Another Exploitation

Zhulan felt that if she didn't scold Li, she would not know who she was. She was a big mouth and didn't brag about her trip to the south of the Yangtze River. Everyone in the village knew about it. She didn't want the whole village to know that Zhou Shuren had gone to the south of the Yangtze River. "Shut up, you are so proud. If you dare to tell others that your father went to the south of the Yangtze River, I will punish you. What are you doing standing there? Go back to your room."

Li's fiery heart suddenly cooled down, and she calmed down. Then she remembered that her grandmother had told her not to tell anyone about her trip to the south of the Yangtze River. She was so excited that she almost blurted out the words. She weakly called out, "Mom."

Zhulan said coldly, "What mother? Go back to your room."

Li stuffed the meat to her mother-in-law and went back to the house quickly. She closed the door and patted her chest. In the past, when her mother-in-law got angry, she was afraid but not scared. This time, she was scared. Her mother-in-law's cold eyes were frightening. She shivered against the door and warned herself again and again to watch her mouth in the future!

Zhulan was satisfied. She really thought that she was the deputy general manager for nothing. She was parachuted into the company, young and just graduated, and no one was convinced by her. She worked hard and gradually even stopped smiling. When she had no expression on her face, she had a strong aura and it was no problem for her to shock Li.

Zhulan weighed the mutton in her hand. Mutton is a good thing, eaten by the privileged and wealthy people. More than a pound of mutton can only be used to make soup. She had to put the mutton aside for now and eat it to warm herself up when the weather gets colder.

It is said that Zhulan has been in ancient times for some time. Mutton was really hard to buy. No one sold mutton on the market. People who raised sheep in nearby villages would not kill them and sell them. Instead, they would send them directly to restaurants or wealthy families in the county. A whole sheep was more valuable. Mutton was also a good thing for nourishing the body in winter, so it was very precious.

Zhulan wanted to buy some mutton but she didn't dare to buy a whole one. Not only was it several taels of silver too expensive, but it was also too high-profile and not her purpose of life. She didn't have the means to buy a slaughtered animal. When she thought of mutton, she thought of beef. In ancient times, it was not allowed to slaughter cattle privately. It was more difficult to eat beef than mutton, unless one became a privileged class and had countermeasures. Unfortunately, Zhulan's family was currently ordinary people, and any mistake would result in a serious incident that could cost lives.

The next morning, the roads to the villages were open. Zhulan packed the prepared pork and a jar of spicy cabbage pickled by Li, and asked her eldest son to deliver it to her mother's house. She also asked her mother's family if they could buy some slaughtered mutton.

She thought about mutton all night long. She really wanted to eat hot pot. The more she thought about it, the more she thought about the modern life where people can eat whatever they want. After scolding Zhou Shuren several times, she wanted to eat mutton even more. She could only go to her mother's house. Good luck.

Boss Zhou went there in the morning and came back after lunch. Zhulan saw the mutton she had been thinking about. The lamb chops and meat weighed more than ten kilograms. "Boss, what's going on?"

Zhou Laoda blushed. He was embarrassed to ask for money every time he went to grandpa's house. "Grandpa heard mom asking for mutton, so he went out to get a sheep and killed it right away. There wasn't much mutton, less than 50 kilograms of meat and bones. Grandpa divided it into four portions. This is the portion for mom."

It’s still the largest portion. Grandpa really loves mom.

Zhulan, "......."

She really had no intention of taking advantage of her, and was touched by the fact that her original parents really loved her, so she finally decided not to bother her parents' family except for sending gifts in the future. She was also a person who cared about her appearance!

Zhulan motioned to Li to take it to the kitchen to cut it into small pieces. She looked at the other return gifts. Her father had caught a rabbit again, a fat rabbit that had been killed and some dates. Zhulan was touched that her parents were so good to her. She thought that when Zhou Shuren came back, he would give her a more generous New Year gift, so that her parents would not give her any more money.

On the second day, Zhulan planned to go shopping in the county. This time she brought Li with her. She was really afraid that Li couldn't control her mouth, so it would be better to keep her by her side and let her go out more often to broaden her horizons, so as to avoid being petty and embarrassing herself in the future.

The roads are more difficult to walk on in winter. It took nearly an hour to walk to the county, two hours in total. Zhulan had the foresight to bring a thick scarf to cover her face, but her face was not hurt, but her body was frozen.

Zhulan decided to buy more. She didn't plan to go out in the ancient winter. She would rather stay at home comfortably. She didn't want to feel the knife-like cold wind in ancient times.

Zhulan first went to buy paper and pens for her two sons, and then bought a pen for Rongchuan. Currently, Rongchuan is using the old pens of his two sons, the hairs of which are almost gone and he can't write well with them.

Then I went to the grocery store to buy salt and other seasonings. In ancient times, salt was not pure and was expensive, so the salt merchants were the richest.

When they had almost finished shopping, Li said shyly, "Mom, I want to go to the jewelry shop to have a look."

Zhulan stared at Li, "Why do you want to go to the jewelry shop?"