Because Wan Shu's voice was so hoarse, Wang Lizheng turned his head and recognized that the speaker was Wan Shu.
Wang Lizheng was very pleased to see Wan Shu being helped by Da Zhu as they walked over.
"My dear wife, you're finally awake! We were so worried about you these past few days while you were sick!"
"But you're really lucky. You just woke up and found some dead pig meat from the prefectural city. It's a great tonic. I'll give you a piece of the fattier kind later!"
When Zhao's family heard this in the crowd, they immediately became dissatisfied.
"Why should she get a cut of the profits?!"
"She was the last one to arrive in line, so she could only get the thinnest and smallest one!"
"In my opinion, she shouldn't have been given any meat. She didn't queue up, so she didn't deserve any meat at all!"
Wang Lizheng rolled his eyes in anger: "This is meat that the prefect ordered to be distributed. It was agreed that each household would get a piece of meat. Aunt Zhao, just how much influence do you have that you can disregard even the prefect's orders? And even try to make decisions for the prefect?"
Wang Lizheng's face darkened immediately, and he said sternly, "You're so audacious, do you believe I'll send someone to tell the prefect right now?"
In fact, Wang Lizheng was not qualified to relay messages to such a powerful figure as the prefect.
However, Aunt Zhao and her family were ignorant and were still frightened.
"Village head, this is all a joke! What kind of person is the prefect? How could I dare to make decisions for him? Please don't tell the prefect, I will never dare to do it again!"
They dared not speak nonsense again, and could only glare at Wan Shu resentfully in the end.
Wan Shu was too lazy to pay attention to this strange family. She leaned weakly against Da Zhu, and after catching her breath, she immediately spoke again: "Uncle Village Head, we can't divide it! We absolutely can't divide this meat!"
Why is that?
Wang Lizheng looked puzzled, and the other villagers also looked at Wan Shu with curiosity.
Under the gaze of so many people, Wan Shu was not intimidated at all. To save energy, she found a clean patch of grass to sit down before continuing to ask, "Uncle Village Head, is this pork from pigs that died in the flood?"
“Yes.” Speaking of the flood, Wang Lizheng still felt lingering fear: “At first, when we saw such a big flood, we thought a lot of people would drown. But unexpectedly, God was merciful. The flood came quickly and went quickly. No one drowned. Only about a hundred pigs drowned.”
"The prefect took pity on our crops because of the disaster, so he specially distributed the dead pig meat to us to eat. It can be said that we turned misfortune into blessing and were extremely lucky in our misfortune."
Wan Shu agreed, saying, "It's truly fortunate that we weren't affected by the disaster, but we absolutely mustn't eat the meat from those dead pigs..."
This time, Wan Shu didn't try to hide anything, and said in a serious tone: "Because eating this dead pig meat will kill people!"
Upon hearing this, all the villagers present were stunned.
"What! People will die? That's impossible! This meat was ordered to be distributed by the prefect himself, no one would dare to poison it!"
"No one dares to poison us. Could it be that the prefect himself poisoned us to kill us?"
"That can't be right. Why would the prefect kill us for no reason? Rich lady, you can't just say things like that."
Wang Lizheng also said, "That's right, you can't just say things like that. Otherwise, if others find out that you falsely accused the prefect of poisoning him, your whole family will be in deep trouble!"
Wan Shu: "......" What is all this about? When did she say that the prefect poisoned someone? Their imaginations are really rich!
However, the villagers lacked medical knowledge, so it's understandable that they might misunderstand her words as referring to poisoning.
Wan Shu took a breath and patiently explained, "I didn't say that the prefect poisoned the meat, I just said that eating this dead pig's meat would kill people."
Wang, being the village head after all, understood Wan Shu's meaning after a moment's thought.
"Are you saying that the meat from these dead pigs was problematic in itself?"
Wan Shu: "Yes, these dead pigs were drowned in the flood. The expert who taught me first aid told me that any animal that drowned in the flood should not be eaten, otherwise there is a risk of contracting the plague."
"I've lived all these years and this is the first time I've heard of such a saying, but since it's from an expert, it must be true!"
"That's right, that's right. If a master can bring the dead back to life, what he says must be true. These dead pigs must be infected with plague and cannot be eaten."
Upon hearing that it was said by a first aid expert, many villagers gave up the idea of eating wild boar meat.
To avoid contracting the plague, many people even took two steps back and kept their distance from the dead pig meat.
However, many villagers who had a sweet tooth were unwilling to believe Wan Shu's words.
"What nonsense are you spouting? When I was young, I used to pick up drowned chickens from the river and eat them. How come I was perfectly fine? I didn't get the plague that the expert mentioned?"
"Exactly, I've even eaten dead fish that had been soaking in the river for three days, and I was perfectly fine."
"Such good fatty pork, can't we eat it? Are we just going to throw it all away?"
“Yes.” Wan Shu nodded: “And it’s not just about dumping it. To prevent the plague caused by wild animals eating it, we have to dig a deep pit and cover it with soil after dumping it.”
"What! Not only can't we eat it, we have to bury it! I won't allow you to waste food like this. If you don't want to eat it, then eat it all! I'm not afraid of the plague at all!"
After one of the villagers finished speaking, he rushed forward to try and snatch the dead pig's meat.
But before he could rush forward, Wang Lizheng had his men stop him.
Wang Lizheng: "As long as I'm here, no one is allowed to eat wild boar meat today!"
Grandpa Zhang, who was stopped, was furious: "If you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it! Why are you stopping us from eating it?!"
Many hungry villagers chimed in, "That's right, this is meat allocated by the prefect, why can't we eat it?!"
"Because I am the village head of Qingshui Village!" Village Head Wang declared authoritatively, "As the village head, I am responsible for protecting the safety of the entire village!"
“The wealthy wife has already made it very clear that this is not some other ailment, but a plague. If you eat the dead pig's meat and get infected with the plague, and then spread it to other people in the village, how will our Qingshui Village survive?”
“I don’t see any village headmen in other villages having such a mess!” someone tried to retort.
But Wang Lizheng remained unmoved and firmly said, "I don't care about what happens in other villages, but in our village, I still stand by what I said: as long as I'm here, no one is allowed to eat wild boar meat today!"
After saying that, Wang Lizheng called several strong laborers from the Wang family to carry the dead pig meat away and bury it.
Seeing this, Grandpa Zhang, who had just been stopped, became even angrier and rushed forward to argue with Wang, the village head.
Seeing this, Aunt Zhao and Zhao Ergou quickly stepped forward to pull him back and earnestly persuaded him.
"Uncle Zhang, I think you should just forget about it. For the safety of our Qingshui Village, it's better not to eat this dead pig!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
