Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 516 - 457: Bandit Suppression

Initially, the Red Sausage Factory built two rows of dormitory houses, a total of twenty rooms, each equipped with a large kang bed that could easily accommodate ten people. Ever since Sun Manhong came, Liu Shuangli simply handed over the dormitory arrangements to Sun Manhong. Sun Manhong assigned two rooms to Li Dayan and Wang Dafen, but not one room per family. Instead, men stayed in one room, and women in another.

At the beginning, Yu Xiaolian had already told Liu Shuangli that men and women couldn’t stay in the same room here. They must be separated, with women living in the front row of rooms and men in the back row. Liu Shuangli kept this in mind and especially informed Sun Manhong about it. That’s how the situation of family members not living together came to be.

However, neither Li Dayan nor Wang Dafen had any objections to the rooms assigned by Sun Manhong.

Aside from the seven-year-old Zhao Sanni, the other four were troublesome kids around ten years old. What could they possibly worry about?

Moreover, as the sons grew older, it was better to avoid close contact with their mothers. They were eager to stay separately from their sons. In the past, the house was small, forcing the whole family to squeeze onto one kang bed. Now they could sleep separately, and they couldn’t have asked for anything better!

Li Dayan instructed the kids to take the clothes they brought into her room and then waved her hand to start assigning chores to them.

"Big Niu, Er Niu, you two go chop wood. Da Zhuang, Er Zhuang, you two help me and your mother; we’ll be cleaning the pig offal later, and it needs the water changed several times. You two are responsible for dumping the dirty water and bringing back fresh water!"

After Li Dayan’s instructions, the kids agreed cheerfully. They had just each eaten two steamed buns and drank a bowl of vegetable egg soup, so they were full of energy. Helping with chores was only right.

"Aunt, what should I do?" Chen Sanni asked Li Dayan while looking up.

Li Dayan smiled gently and bent slightly, "In a bit, you’ll be in charge of lighting the fire for us, okay?"

"Okay!" Zhao Sanni nodded vigorously. At home, she often helped with lighting the fire, a chore she was familiar with!

Yu Xiaolian and Sun Manhong chatted the whole afternoon. As night fell and Cao Gen hadn’t returned, she started to worry.

Although Wuyuan Mountain is neither too far nor too near from here, why hasn’t Cao Gen returned yet?

Could something have delayed him?

Yu Xiaolian decided to wait patiently a bit longer.

That evening’s meal featured three dishes, still accompanied by white rice. Almost everyone ate to their satisfaction.

Some women barely ate a bite; they packed the food into ceramic pots they brought and rushed home hurriedly. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Yu Xiaolian pulled Liu Shuangli aside and spoke to him about delivering supplies to the restaurant the next day. After meticulously detailing the reminders, she still didn’t see Cao Gen return.

Yu Xiaolian couldn’t wait any longer. Her intuition told her something might have happened. She glanced at her watch, and it was nearly eight at night.

Cao Gen knew she was waiting for him and would never delay, but now that he hadn’t returned on time, something must have happened.

Yu Xiaolian decided to ask Liu Shuangli to send someone to drive her back to the city.

The wagon had barely left the Red Sausage Factory when it met another wagon coming towards them on the road.

By the moonlight, Yu Xiaolian saw that the other wagon appeared to be Su Jingchen’s.

"I’m here!" Yu Xiaolian shouted.

She couldn’t clearly see the person driving, so her shout was somewhat hesitant.

"Madam?"

"It’s me. Are you Fu Gui?" Yu Xiaolian recognized Fu Gui’s voice.

"Yes, it’s me, madam. The master sent me to pick you up!"

"Where’s Cao Gen? Why didn’t he come? Did something happen to him?" Yu Xiaolian’s heart was still on edge, convinced something had happened to Cao Gen.

Her intuition had always been very accurate.

Fu Gui replied, "Cao Gen... he got injured. The ox cart and the load of meat were both stolen."

As expected, Yu Xiaolian’s heart clenched, "Losing the goods doesn’t matter. How badly is he hurt?"

"He has cuts on his arm and back and lost a lot of blood. When I found him, his whole body was covered in blood."

Ever since Cao Gen was assigned by Su Jingchen to Yu Xiaolian, it was He Jian who stayed by Su Jingchen’s side. As for Fu Gui, he was once a menial servant for the Su Family, and Yu Xiaolian rarely spoke to him. The reason she could instantly recognize Fu Gui’s voice was mainly thanks to his distinct duck-like voice.

Fu Gui’s voice was so recognizable that it was hard for her not to notice.

Sending Fu Gui to pick her up indirectly proved that the county government was in chaos now.