“Not for sale,” Hong Xiaoduo replied coldly.
The other party was a fat sheep delivered to her doorstep; why not take advantage of them? However, compared to slaughtering such a fat sheep, she would rather the other party go hungry.
Even if she were short of money, she wouldn't take advantage of this easy target today.
If you don't have money, you can use your brain to earn it. Just make sure this scoundrel of a young master is well-fed so he can come back and annoy her again with full energy.
"We can't even buy it with silver?" The manager was surprised that the other party would refuse. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that the other party was not short of silver at all.
Besides, given the young lady's previous attitude towards her young master, it seems that buying chickens and ducks at a high price won't work.
"Young lady, do you not know who my young master is?" The steward had no choice but to try a different approach. In any case, if the young master didn't get anything to eat today, he would be in trouble too.
Hong Xiaoduo laughed upon hearing this: "I'm not an official checking household registrations. What does it matter to me who your young master is?"
"You?" The manager was so angry that he almost choked on his breath, not expecting her to be so unyielding.
Having worked in this household for so long, I have never been treated so coldly.
Even if someone is dissatisfied, they wouldn't dare to show it to him openly.
"May I ask where your household is, young lady?" the steward asked again, suppressing his anger and lowering his tone.
Such arrogance! Could this be the residence of some important person? The steward decided it was best to be cautious; better safe than sorry.
"Are you from the government office checking household registrations?" Hong Xiaoduo retorted coldly.
A wicked master raises a wicked servant. Given the master's character, it's no surprise that his subordinates act like dogs, relying on their master's power.
"You, young lady, let me give you a piece of advice: don't be too arrogant when you're out and about, or you'll regret it later." The steward gritted his teeth and warned with a cold smile.
Hong Xiaoduo reached out and took the peanuts from Yaoguang, cracked open the shells, removed the skins from the peanut kernels, and then put the slightly roasted peanuts back into Yaoguang's hand.
"Are you done talking? If you are, hurry up and leave. We don't like being disturbed by irrelevant people when we're eating." Hong Xiaoduo directly shooed them away.
"Fine, fine, you're so smug. I hope you stay this smug." The manager huffed and puffed out the harsh words before turning and leaving.
Tianquan stood up and walked to Hong Xiaoduo's side, looking at the manager's back: "I think they'll do something bad."
Hong Xiaoduo smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, that's what I think too. Same as always, after you finish eating, you can rest well and don't worry about anything else."
"Mother, if we wake up from the noise, can we go and watch the fun? Several times when you've punished bad people, my older brothers and sisters wouldn't let me watch." Yao Guang pouted as she finished speaking.
Seeing Yao Guang's aggrieved little face, Hong Xiaoduo couldn't laugh: "Yao Guang, be good. We'll meet a lot of bad people in the future. If you want to see me teach bad people a lesson, there will be plenty of opportunities. Let's skip tonight. It's cold. If you get sick from the cold, you'll have to drink a big bowl of that smelly medicine soup."
"Mother, I understand. I won't look anymore. I'll lie down and go to sleep obediently." Yao Guang immediately promised when she heard that she was going to drink medicine soup, and a big bowl of it at that.
She had never drunk the medicinal soup before, but she had smelled it when she was with that villain. It smelled so bad, it must taste terrible. She preferred sweet drinks.
Having settled things with Xiao Yaoguang, Hong Xiaoduo looked approvingly at the other children, saying they had done a great job.
At the same time, it also reminded Hong Xiaoduo of a serious problem: although teaching bad people a lesson is a righteous and satisfying thing, it is inevitably somewhat violent. But we can't always make the children avoid such situations.
Hong Xiaoduo didn't want to teach the children to fight violence with violence, but in all the things that happened in this dynasty, how many times could one reason and communicate with the other party?
You want to reform the robbers who blocked the road earlier and make them abandon evil and do good? Forget it, Hong Xiaoduo felt that she did not have that ability.
Even though neither of them were particularly evil, there was no reasoning with them either!
As they were talking, the meat soup was ready. Several children began to put the food from around the charcoal fire into large plates and place them on the table. They then ladled the cooked meat soup into bowls and brought them to the table, while the other children carefully scooped it into their bowls.
Hong Xiaoduo looked at her bowl, which was overflowing with meat chunks, while the other children's bowls each contained two evenly spaced pieces of meat.
She first picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and gave it to Tian Shu: "It's so cold, our Tian Shu has worked the hardest while traveling." Then, she picked up some for the other children as well.
After the meat in the bowl was divided into several pieces, there were still three pieces left in her bowl.
The children happily held the hot, baked multigrain buns and ate them with the meat broth.
The meat used for this soup was bought from the villagers before.
According to Tianxuan, who is in charge of food, just add two pieces of meat to the soup each time to give it a little flavor. The child said that since the weather is cold, the meat can be kept for a long time without spoiling, so they can eat it slowly.
Hong Xiaoduo said that if her younger siblings didn't eat well and didn't get enough nutrition, their health would be poor, they would get sick easily, and they wouldn't grow tall. This scared Tianxuan so much that she gritted her teeth and generously added more meat.
The group of seven ate heartily, while the group further away suffered. This trip was rather rushed, and they only brought a teapot and cups with them. They had also brought some pastries with them on the day of departure, but at midday they were in the middle of nowhere, with nowhere to buy anything to eat, so they could only make do with snacks.
So, right now, there aren't even any snacks left to eat.
Having a teapot but no kettle is like not being able to get a sip of hot water right now.
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