Winds of Change in the Quiet Town Chapter 2

This wild boar weighs more than 300 pounds. At ten cents per pound, it is worth three taels of silver. Blake Tang is very satisfied with today's income.

They found some vines and made a curtain, then dragged the wild boar onto it. Blake Tang discovered just now that this body had supernatural strength, and it could actually carry a wild boar weighing more than 300 pounds effortlessly.

To give her another guarantee in this new world, he carried the wild boar down the mountain.

"Mom, I'm back." It was already evening. Blake Tang got some greens and cabbages from the vegetable garden in the backyard. He took a piece of dried wild boar meat and stewed the cabbage with it. He also fried some green vegetables and helped Ellen out to eat.

Ellen also figured it out. She still had to live her life. If she continued to be in poor health, on the one hand, it would cost money, and on the other hand, her daughter would have to hunt to support the family and take care of her, which made her feel distressed.

Looking at the wild boar in the yard, "My son, how dare you fight such a big wild boar? Don't go to the mountains again. Your father has gone. If anything happens to you, how will I live alone?"

"Don't worry, Mom. I've learned how to avoid danger when I went hunting with Dad. Besides, Dad was always the main person, so I didn't know I was quite strong. Don't worry, I'll make sure I'm safe first."

After hearing this, Ellen wiped her tears and felt sorry for her daughter. She had been raised as a man since she was young, and now she had to rely on her to support the family.

I had discussed with her father before that now that the new dynasty has been established, she should no longer be displaced, and should let her daughter return to being a girl; but I didn't expect that her father would get into trouble, and now she has no choice but to let her remain a man, otherwise it will be too difficult for two women in this world.

"Mom, don't be sad. I can hunt now and let you live a good life. Today you also saw me go to the medicine store to look at the herbs. In the future, I can not only hunt, but also sell herbs. You just wait and enjoy the good life!"

In order to have more sources of money in the future, Blake Tang asked the old doctor in front of her mother in the morning, so that her mother would not doubt why she knew so many herbs.

Ellen quickly stopped crying. Today, the old doctor told her not to worry too much. Ellen, who was reluctant to spend money, did not dare to be sad anymore. "Okay, okay, mother knows you are a good person. But you must take care of your health."

"I know, mother, let's eat, I'm starving."

After dinner, Blake Tang gave Ellen the medicine she had prepared, then cut the wild boar into pieces and chopped it up, leaving the viscera and fat at home to eat. Ellen saw Blake Tang slaughtering the pig alone and came to help.

"Lu Zi, this wild boar is quite big. You can keep some of it at home and send the rest to Xiangmanlou." Ellen knew that her daughter had a big appetite and estimated that her daughter had not been full during this period.

"Okay, I thought so too."

The moon was already at its zenith when the two of them finished cleaning up. Blake Tang boiled some water and took a bath before lying down on the bed. Thinking that he would receive more money tomorrow, he slept more soundly today.

The next morning, Ellen was able to get up on her own. Ellen was not going to the town today, so Blake Tang pushed her own cart to the town to sell the wild boar. Because there were other people from the village riding on the ox cart, she was afraid that the villagers would be jealous of the wild boar. Tang's father also sold his prey in this way before.

In the morning, Ellen brought a small bundle to Blake Tang. She was quite good at embroidery. Before Tang's father got into trouble, she had embroidered some handkerchiefs and fans. After Tang's father got into trouble, the bags were put aside and she had not yet handed them over to the embroidery workshop in the town.

Blake Tang pushed the cart for an hour and a half and finally arrived at the town. Even though she had a lot of strength, she had to admit that her hands were sore. She would have to buy a ox cart or a horse cart in the future, which was too exhausting.

First go to Xiangmanlou to find Manager Liu to sell wild boars. Xiangmanlou and Baiweilou are the two most famous restaurants in the town. Xiangmanlou sells game at a fair price and does not shortchange customers on weight, so Tang's father used to supply his game to Xiangmanlou.

Shopkeeper Liu came out with a worried look on his face, "You're here, Tang family kid." He looked at the wild boar on the cart and said, "Oh, it's a big one today. I'll have them carry it in and weigh it right away."

Blake Tang looked at the face of Shopkeeper Liu, thinking that Shopkeeper Liu was usually nice to them, so he asked, "Uncle Liu, why do you look so sad?"

"Alas~ you don't know." Shopkeeper Liu was thinking about his boss's mess and didn't know how to tell Blake Tang. After all, it was their boss's family affair.

When Ethan Zhao heard this, he started talking about it; it turned out that Liu, the owner of Xiangmanlou, was a widow, and this restaurant was originally her dowry. After marriage, this restaurant has been managed by Liu herself. Her husband was a student from a poor family, and his surname was Zheng. The Liu family saw his potential, as he was a student at a young age and would definitely be a scholar in the future, so they married their daughter to him.

As a result, Zheng Tongsheng got married. His wife's family was rich. He made some bad friends and spent every day in places of entertainment. Later, he even became addicted to gambling and stopped studying.

Zheng Tongsheng was the youngest son in the family. His four brothers and four sisters-in-law tightened their belts for his studies. The family lived frugally just to support Zheng Tongsheng's studies.

He married the daughter of a merchant, who had a large family and wealth. All of a sudden, the whole family became arrogant and started sucking Liu's blood. Today, they asked Liu for money to buy clothes, and tomorrow they asked Liu for money to repair the house. Almost the whole family depended on Liu alone. Later, because Celia Liu gave birth to a daughter, the whole family became even more critical of her.

Later, Zheng Tongsheng killed himself, and Liu's in-laws blamed Liu for being a jinx. They said that their good son had stopped studying and had picked up so many bad habits since marrying Liu.

She blamed Liu for not being able to control her husband, and the Zheng family refused to recognize the daughter she gave birth to. Liu had no choice but to continue to provide money for her husband's expenses. Who knew that this would only make the Zheng family's heart grow bigger and bigger.

However, when the Xia Dynasty was established, there was a lot of work to be done. Due to war, the population had dropped sharply. There was a law that stipulated: "A woman who lost her husband before the age of 30 can marry after a year of mourning. After three years of widowhood, she can be married off by the government." In this way, a young woman who lost her husband had to remarry.

Liu has been a widow for two years, and her in-laws are getting anxious. If Liu remarries, they will have nothing to do with her and they will lose their cash cow. During this period, Liu's in-laws have been coming to the house every day, wanting to marry Liu to Zheng Tongsheng's uneducated cousin.

Liu naturally refused. The Zheng family came to sit at the door of Xiangmanlou every day, causing Xiangmanlou's business to decline a lot recently.

Liu was also very worried. Hearing this, Blake Tang didn't have time to think about Liu's matter. He thought of another law in the original owner's memory: "Any good citizen of Daxia who is over 20 years old and does not marry, or a woman who is over 18 years old and does not marry, shall be married by the government."

I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat. If I remembered correctly, the original owner's birthday was August 26th, and now it seemed like he had just turned 19.