Chapter 264: Chapter 264 Gifting Tear-Inducing Powder
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Then I’ll be waiting.” Uncle Nian immediately smiled and nodded.
Wolves weren’t only strong in combat, but they also held grudges. Therefore, they didn’t want to kill them unless it was absolutely necessary. Otherwise, they would have to exterminate the entire wolf pack.
However, a wolf pack wasn’t easy to exterminate; many villagers would die from exterminating every last wolf. So, if there were a way to deal with the wolves, it would naturally be the best.
Zhou Ying nodded and continued, “Uncle Nian, to save on consuming grain, I plan to slaughter a cow or sheep every few days so that the people in the village can eat meat. What do you think?”
“You’re kind for doing so, but try to slaughter as little as possible. After this draught, the price of meat will definitely rise a lot.
“Furthermore, the manor was very safe with Manager Liu and the others around, so there isn’t any need to be afraid of robberies.
“Therefore, if you really want to improve the meals of everyone, you can take in pigs. Pigs have a lot of meat and are more filling.”
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“Pigs?” Zhou Ying paused for a moment to think before nodding. “Indeed. Then it’s decided. Let’s serve them pork first. We’ll talk about cattle and sheep if there’s nothing else.”
“Alright, you can send the pigs you buy over directly. I promise I won’t waste a single drop of pig blood.”
Afterwards, Zhou Ying gave him a few more instructions, telling him he could directly look for Manager Liu if he needed anything, and she returned to her village.
She went to her interspace in the afternoon and took out some devil chilies and mustard powder; she used them to make two big bags of tear-inducing powder.
Qiu Niang walked over with her pregnant belly when she was just done and asked, “Mistress, are you making tear-inducing powder again? I can feel my nose getting choked from next door.”
“Yeah, there are wolves on the mountain. I have to prepare some for self-defense.” After Zhou Ying finished speaking, she brought a stool for her to sit on. “You weren’t busy drying the beans today?”
“Thank you, Mistress. We were almost done yesterday,” said Qiu Niang after she sat down. “My eldest sister-in-law is taking care of the rest with the two children.”
“It seems that you’re living a stable life.”
“It’s all thanks to you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have this blessing.” Qiu Niang smiled shyly.
Honestly, although they weren’t wealthy, it was a comfortable life.
Her husband was down-to-earth, willing to work, and knew how to love her.
Her eldest sister-in-law wasn’t like the other families, who would find trouble for no reason. Instead, she had helped them a lot, which was a lifesaver.
“That’s great. Brother Tian is a man worth entrusting your life to.” Zhou Ying said so and gave her about half a pound of tear-inducing powder. “It isn’t peaceful now, so keep some for self-defense.”
“Thank you so much. My mistress,” Qiu Niang thanked her as she took it.
“Sigh. Since you’ve already broken away from your status as a servant, don’t always mention that I used to be your mistress.”
“Even if I’ve moved on from my servant’s status, I’ll always be your servant. This is not going to change.”
“You…” Zhou Ying smiled and shook her head. She put away the tear-inducing powder and brought her into the house.
They sat down, drank tea, and chatted for a while. Only when Qiu Niang felt tired did she go home.
As for Zhou Ying, she took a portion of tear-inducing powder and gave some to the patriarch so that he could distribute it to the patrol team for self-protection.
At night, the couple chose two fat pigs from her interspace.
The following day, the tear-inducing powder and the pigs were sent to the manor.
Once that was done, Gu Chengrui drove the carriage to town while Zhou Ying stayed in the manor to have a meal.
In the afternoon, she brought home five pounds of pork ribs and two pounds of pork belly.
Someone came to visit for medication help in the afternoon. It happened that the patient required surgery, something Gu Chengrui was good at. After confirming it was a patient from the wealthy Wang family in town, he took the first aid kit and followed them..