Chapter 38

As expected.

That group of people wasn’t satisfied with their loss that night and were still investigating.

The old man driving the cart stopped the vehicle, “Everyone, I drive this cart here every day, I’m from Lao Ya Village!”

Naturally, the people from that night weren’t the old man.

The few hooligans understood and waved their hands, “Our boss said that everyone who passes by has to be checked.”

Their gaze fell upon the people in the cart.

Shen Wu’s face immediately caught their attention.

Shen Wu smiled, “Gentlemen, what are you doing?”

Shen Wu’s voice was gentle, her smile sweet. The people checking the cart saw her smile and couldn’t help but smile themselves.

“Looking for someone, it’s none of your business.” She looked so beautiful and gentle, she couldn’t be the two female fiends from that night.

Someone shouted from behind, “Blind Brother, boss said to pay attention to young people!”

The one called Blind Brother said, “I know!”

He stared at them for a while, finally focusing on Shen Wu.

Xu Yin, beside her, had her hand on the dagger.

Then Blind Brother said, “Little sister, where do you live?”

“Lao Ya Village.” Shen Wu blushed slightly, looking a bit shy.

Seeing her shyness, the man felt even more excited, “What’s your name? When will I come to play with you?”

Shen Wu smiled sweetly, but she was sneering in her heart. She lowered her head and blushed as she gave a name, “Lu Su Lan.”

The others didn’t react, but a middle-aged aunt on the cart widened her eyes in shock, staring at Shen Wu.

She seemed surprised that Shen Wu would say that name.

The young man was quite satisfied, “Okay, I’ll come find you when I’m done with this.”

He waved his hand, “Go ahead.”

“Blind Brother, did you check? How is it?”

Blind Brother shook his head, his eyes still filled with a playful smile, “They’re all good people. They’re gentle and delicate girls, they couldn’t be the ones from that night.”

He then went to stop others.

Shen Wu and their donkey cart had already traveled a distance. The aunts on the cart looked at Shen Wu with hesitant expressions.

Shen Wu smiled, “Aunties, what’s wrong?”

Zhang Da Niang on the cart couldn’t hold it in anymore, “Third brother’s wife, do you know who you just gave as your name?”

Shen Wu nodded, “I know, it’s my mother-in-law’s.”

“That hooligan just now clearly had his eye on me because I’m pretty. I’m only devoted to the third brother, of course I had to give my mother-in-law’s name. When he comes looking for me, she’ll know I don’t have any feelings for him.”

Shen Wu said it so naturally that the aunts on the cart were speechless. Old Lady Lu wasn’t a kind person, and they felt sorry for the hooligan.

Shen Wu and Xu Yin were dressed completely differently from last time. They both looked thin and frail, not like they could fight at all. They went to the grocery store in the county to buy meat first.

It was early morning, and there was already a long line at the grocery store.

When they learned Shen Wu was buying meat, everyone was envious.

“My second brother is coming home today. My mother told me to make something good for him to eat.”

Upon hearing that it was for Lu Lao Er, “Your second brother is successful, he gets a salary, he eats rationed food, he’s better off than us.”

“Isn’t that all thanks to his good father-in-law?”

“If they get a separate house, they’ll bring Wang Hua’s family over, and then they’ll be out of the ranks of us mud-legged peasants…”

The novel was about Long Yu Jiao, Wang Hua was completely a background character. In Shen Wu’s impression from reading, she was a simple and hardworking person. The people who appeared in the Lu family were surprisingly normal. Later, she didn’t know why, but there was a big fight and it seemed like she divorced Lu Lao Er. The novel didn’t mention it, it only said that Old Lady Lu scolded Wang Hua at home.

Shen Wu didn’t know about the discussions of the aunts. One ear was listening, half her brain was thinking about buying braised pork, eating rice, her mouth was already watering.

At this time, things were limited. When it was Shen Wu’s turn, someone wanted to cut in line. Before they could, Xu Yin elbowed them away.

The old man cried out in pain, and Shen Wu took advantage of the moment to buy the last piece of pork belly.

One pound of meat, a pitiful amount. There were so many people in the Lu family, each person would only get a taste.

After buying the meat, Shen Wu said, “It’s rare to come to the county, I have to go shopping. We’ll meet at the donkey cart later.”

Xu Yin was cold and distant to outsiders, “I’ll keep an eye on her, I won’t let her sneakily eat.”

The two of them successfully escaped.

As soon as they left, the aunts, who had been discussing other things, started talking about Shen Wu and Xu Yin again.

“I say, that Lu Lao Po has been powerful all her life, but now she’s met these two daughters-in-law, and they still don’t work in the fields.”

“Lazy women!”

“They’ll exhaust the third and fourth brothers to death.”

“They’re alluring and have a bad temper. Last time I said she seduced the third brother and he couldn’t get out of bed, she splashed a basin of water all over my head…”

Shen Wu didn’t care about them talking bad about her. The two of them went straight to the state-owned restaurant. Shen Wu ordered braised pork, a fish-flavored pork, and a stir-fried eggplant, and two bowls of white rice.

This was the first time she had eaten white rice since she came to this place. Shen Wu closed her eyes and savored the aroma of the rice, feeling like her soul was elevated.

“This rice is delicious, it’s better than any Thai fragrant rice!”

Shen Wu said to Xu Yin as she ate.

The helper in the kitchen heard her, “It’s rice from Wuchang, of course it’s better than other places!”

Xu Yin took a bite. The rice was fragrant and chewy. She didn’t know if it was because she hadn’t eaten rice for too long, or if the rice itself was good, but she thought it was better than any other rice.

She picked up a piece of braised pork and poured a spoonful of gravy over the rice. The aroma of the rice mixed with the gravy of the meat. The meat at this time wasn’t like the kind in later generations that was fed all kinds of feed. The meat was very good, all natural and organic. It was fragrant in every bite.

There were three dishes, and the portions were quite large. But both of them had been lacking food recently, and by the end, they had finished all three dishes. Before leaving, Shen Wu saw that they had braised mutton and sesame cakes that were freshly baked.

“I’ll get two mutton buns, take them back for my man.”

Xu Yin thought for a moment, “I’ll get two too.”

With their bellies full, the two women rubbed their stomachs and came out of the state-owned restaurant. Before reaching the meeting point, Shen Wu asked Xu Yin to check if she had any oil on her face.

Of course, there wasn’t.

The mutton buns were wrapped in oil paper and placed in the cloth bag they had brought. When they arrived at the meeting point, not many people had arrived yet. It wasn’t easy to come to the county, everyone wanted to get things done.

Zhou Da Ye, the cart driver, had already arrived. He was squatting on the ground smoking a dry pipe. Shen Wu took a steamed bun from the state-owned restaurant, “Da Ye, have one!”

“Oh, I can’t take this, you keep it and take it home.”

“This is my third brother’s order for you. He said it’s not easy for you to drive the cart, it’s hot, you eat it quickly, otherwise I won’t be able to return to him.” Shen Wu thought to herself that in a way, they were all in the same boat with Zhou Da Ye. They had to stick together, so no one would report anyone, everyone would be happy –