Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 78 - The Autumn Wind Blows Again_1

Hurry back to your room.”

Lady Li handed the meat to the grandmother and scurried back to her room, closed the door and patted her chest.

Usually, she was scared but not terrified when the grandmother got angry, but today she was frightened.

The cold eyes of the grandmother were intimidating; leaning against the door, she shivered and repeatedly reminded herself to keep her mouth shut in the future!

Zhulan was satisfied.

She didn’t become a deputy general manager for nothing.

She was parachuted into the company, young and fresh out of school, with no one taking her seriously.

She had put in a lot of work, and gradually, she stopped smiling.

When her face was expressionless, her presence was commanding, enough to deter Lady Li without issues.

Zhulan hefted the lamb in her hands.

Lamb was a delicacy reserved for the privileged and the rich.

The piece of lamb, weighing over a pound, could only be used for soup.

She decided to store the lamb for when the weather turned colder to warm their bodies.

Admittedly, Zhulan had been in ancient times for a while, and lamb was hard to come by.

There was no lamb to purchase in the market, and nearby villagers who raised sheep wouldn’t slaughter them to sell.

They would send them directly to restaurants or big households in the county, where selling whole sheep was more profitable.

Lamb, a good food for nourishing the body in winter, was clearly a rare item.

Zhulan did want to buy some lamb to eat but didn’t dare to buy a whole one.

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It was expensive, costing a few two silver taels, not to mention too conspicuous, which was not her principle for survival.

She didn’t have a way to buy pre-slaughtered meat, and considering lamb reminded her of beef.

In ancient times, it was forbidden to slaughter cattle privately.

Eating beef was even more difficult than lamb, except for the privileged classes who had means to bypass policies.

Unfortunately, Zhulan’s family was just ordinary folk, and any mistake could be a capital offense.

The next morning, when the village roads were cleared, Zhulan packed the prepared pork along with a jar of spicy pickled cabbage that Lady Li had made and asked the eldest son to deliver them to her maternal home.

She also wanted to ask if they could acquire some pre-slaughtered lamb.

All night she mulled over the lamb, really craving hotpot.

Thinking too much of it reminded her of the days in the modern world when she could eat whatever she wanted.

After cursing Zhou Shuren a few times, her desire for lamb deepened, leaving her no choice but to try her luck at her maternal home.

Zhou’s eldest son went in the morning and returned after lunch.

Zhulan saw the long-awaited lamb, a rack of ribs plus meat, seemingly over ten pounds.

“Eldest brother, what’s going on?”

The eldest son’s face was flushed; he felt embarrassed about freeloading from his maternal grandfather’s home every time.

“Maternal grandfather found out that mother asked about lamb, went out, and came back with a sheep.

He slaughtered it right away.

There wasn’t much meat; less than fifty pounds including the bones.

He divided it into four portions, and this is the one for mother.”

It was the largest portion; grandfather really adored mother.

Zhulan, “….”

She really hadn’t meant to take advantage of them, and she was touched that her true parents dearly loved her original self.

She decided that in the future, apart from gift-giving, she wouldn’t trouble her maternal home.

She had her pride, after all!

Zhulan gestured to Lady Li to take the lamb to the kitchen to be cut into smaller pieces.

She also checked the other gifts in return; her father had caught rabbits again, one fat rabbit already butchered, along with some jujubes.

Zhulan was touched by her parents’ kindness and thought that when Zhou Shuren returned for New Year’s gifts, they needed to be more generous so that her parents wouldn’t need to subsidize them anymore.

The following day, Zhulan planned to go shopping in the county and took Lady Li with her.

She was genuinely afraid Lady Li couldn’t control her mouth.

It was better to have her by her side and give her a chance to broaden her horizons, so she wouldn’t embarrass them in the future with her petty ways.

The roads were harder to navigate in winter; it took nearly two hours to sway to the county.

Zhulan, having the foresight, brought a thick scarf to cover her face, preventing any damage but feeling thoroughly chilled.

Zhulan was determined to purchase more goods.

She didn’t plan to go out in the cold winter days of ancient times again.

Staying comfortably at home was preferable; she didn’t want to experience the biting ancient wind anymore.

Zhulan first bought paper and brushes for her two sons, and a new brush for Rongchuan, who was currently using the worn-out ones from her sons, no longer suitable for practicing good calligraphy.

Afterward, she visited the grocery store to buy salt and other seasonings.

The salt in ancient times was impure and expensive.

Ancient times’ salt merchants were among the richest.

After buying almost everything, Lady Li said coyly, “Mother, I’d like to have a look in the jewelry store.”

Zhulan stared at Lady Li, “Why do you want to go to the jewelry store?”