Chapter 44: Follow me and you’ll get meat.

All three moved pretty much all the time, and all couldn’t wait to take a sip.

Sister Zhang behaved relatively elegantly, as a relatively decent sister in the house, she could still often eat meat, but the two elders were different, in the past years, when the yearly schedule was good, they still ate more, but in the past two years, they only ate meat during the New Year and festivals.

They thought that eating meat was already a happy enough thing, but when they tasted the flavor, all three of them were amazed, this time even Sister Zhang was no exception.

It’s not like what they’ve had elsewhere!

How can this meat be so good?

The three of them buried their heads in their rice, and when the meat was finished, the rice mixed with the broth was unspeakably delicious.

The trio ate quickly for the first half of the meal and then extraordinarily slowly for the second half.

Fast because it’s so good you can’t help but take bite after bite, and slow because it’s so good you want to savor more and don’t want to lose it in a few bites.

When the food was finished, and the two eldest workers didn’t have the good sense to finish, Sister Zhang couldn’t help but inquire about Wei Ruo: “Missy, did you make this meat in the kitchen? How did you make it so delicious?”

“This is made by Xiu Mei.” Wei Ruo replied.

“Miss Xiu Mei’s cooking skills are so good!” Sister Zhang couldn’t help but praise, while looking at Xiu Mei with something more in her eyes that wasn’t there before.

From the first time she met Xiu Mei, Sister Zhang couldn’t see her because she was the maid that the He family hired for Wei Ruo, and she followed Wei Ruo to stay in the countryside, with little upbringing, and was far inferior to those of them who came out of the school captain’s residence.

But I didn’t expect this girl to have such a skill! It seems that this countryside people are not all unruly shallow, but also some powerful!

Feeling the amazement in Sister Zhang’s eyes as she looked at herself, Xiu Mei couldn’t help but smile.

It was the first time she’d seen the snub-nosed Sister Zhang show such an expression to her!

Wei Ruo said to Sister Zhang and the two eldest workers, “Lunch is only one aspect, as long as you follow me and do a good job, and the tasks I’ve explained to you are completed satisfactorily, I won’t treat you poorly.”

At this time, one of the eldest workers, Gui, finally couldn’t help himself, “Does Missy mean that she will still provide us with such delicious lunches in the future?”

“It’s not just lunch, other aspects of the welfare package will also be available.” Wei Ruo promised.

“Don’t worry miss we will follow you well!” A Gui hurriedly stated his position to Wei Ruo.

“Me too!” Another longtime laborer, Hachi, hastily seconded.

Don’t look at it as just a meal, it was very rare for them, and although they didn’t know what other aspects of preferential treatment Wei Ruo was talking about, it was already enough to make them work even more dutifully for Wei Ruo.

Sister Zhang didn’t say anything, although she thought the meal Wei Ruo gave her was delicious, she wasn’t so shallow-eyed to shift her opinion of the eldest young lady just for a meal.

As she was thinking, Xiu Mei walked over and handed Sister Zhang a small cloth bag.

At the same time, they also gave Gui and Xiaohachi a packet each, each packet had the same portion and felt quite substantial in their hands.

Curious, Sister Zhang opened the cloth bag, and seeing the food inside, asked, “Could this be the dried sweet potato that the eldest young lady took to all the ladies and young ladies to eat earlier?”

Sister Zhang had heard about it, and it was rumored to have won unanimous praise from the crowd, only she had never seen what the real thing looked like.

“Well, yes, this is easy to store and good for satiating the stomach, take it for yourselves when you are hungry or take it home for your children to try.” Wei Ruo said.

Out of curiosity, Gui and Hachi successively took a piece and savored it.

Neither of them said anything, but judging from their expressions, they were very fond of and enjoyed the dried sweet potatoes. For the lower class people like them, sweets were a great luxury, so they reacted a bit more than the average person.

Sister Zhang looked at it for a while, but just by looking at the appearance there was nothing special, and the look was not as enticing as those exquisite pastries.

But driven by curiosity, I also tasted a couple of bites.

The reaction wasn’t as big as the two longtime workers, but it showed a liking all the same.

Sister Zhang, who had just sputtered in her heart that she wouldn’t easily change her attitude towards Wei Ruo over a meal, was now starting to waver because of a packet of dried sweet potatoes.

This big miss seems to be really quite generous to those of them who work after her ……

All three of them only ate one piece and didn’t eat more, one is that the amount Wei Ruo gave for lunch was sufficient and they were full, and two is that they all wanted to keep it to bring home to their families to taste.

After lunch, the crowd continued to work, and this time the two longtime workers were obviously going to work harder.

Before there was no laziness, but just by the book, now Wei Ruo gave them the motivation to work more attentively, the spirit is different.

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Not far away, there was another line of people who went out of the south city gate just like Wei Ruo.

Chu Lan’s sight swept across the desolate south of the city, originally thinking that everything was as depressed and barren as he thought, but he didn’t want to see a few silhouettes in the middle of the empty wasteland.

“What’s going on?” Chu Lan inquired of his men.

“Back to Your Highness, this group of people are from the family of School Captain Wei, saying that they are making an attempt at wasteland cultivation, and that if they can make it, they can lead the people of the city to come here to cultivate after the war improves. This matter has already been promised by Governor Qian.” The attendant who followed him reported to Chu Lan.

As Chu Lan’s entourage, when Chu Lan visited a place, he would investigate some of the basic conditions of that place beforehand.

“The Wei family?” Chu Lan was surprised, “When did this Wei family even know how to do such things? It doesn’t seem like something that family could do.”

Lu Yuhong smiled and said, “Your Highness, it looks like this Wei family still gives quite a lot of surprises, last time it was calligraphy, and this time it’s opening up the land.”

Chu Lan didn’t refute Lu Yuhong’s words, his gaze still resting on the Wei family’s people who were opening up the land, and asked, “Who is the person who is commanding over there?”

The subordinate who followed him looked carefully for a while before giving a guess: “It might be the eldest young lady of the Wei family who has just returned to the house.”

“The eldest young lady who just returned to the mansion?” Chu Lan was slightly curious.

“The Wei family claimed to the public that they were raised in the countryside because of poor health, and only recently picked them up.” The subordinate replied.

“You’ve been raised in the countryside, so you’re good at farming things, right?” Chu Lan asked.

“So I’m told.” The subordinate replied.

Lu Yuhong smiled and said, “A Miss of the Count’s House who grew up in the countryside and is well versed in farming, this is somewhat of a novelty.”

“Whether she is proficient or not has to be seen to see what kind of tricks she can grow to know, it’s not that those who can get off the ground are called proficient.” Chu Lan had reservations about this matter.

“That’s true, it only counts when you come up with results. Compared to that it’s still that Four Treasures that’s a bit more interesting.” Lu Yuhong said.

Although the last time to ask the shopkeeper was politely refused, but Lu Yuhong heart still think of the Four Treasures, always feel that it is a good opportunity to make money.

After stopping briefly, Chu Lan led the crowd in the direction of the Moonwatch Mountain, not attracting too much attention by this one little episode.