Shopkeeper Xu was surprised that the woman was so thoughtful, so he quickly took out paper and pen, drafted a document and handed it to Jiang Yuwei. After Jiang Yuwei read it carefully, she signed and put her fingerprints on it.

Shopkeeper Xu smiled and said:

"I didn't expect that the lady could read."

In fact, Jiang Yuwei didn't quite recognize the fonts of this era, but many of the characters were not much different, so she could understand the general meaning after reading it through once. Thinking about this, when the business gets bigger in the future, it would be inevitable to sign contracts, so learning to read was really an urgent matter. When she went back later, she would go to the bookstore to buy a book to learn the characters.

After Jiang Yuwei signed the contract, she wrote down the recipe for cooking fish, then went to the kitchen and asked the chef to cook it again. The fish was naturally not bad because it used Jiang Yuwei's chili sauce.

Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Xu hurriedly bought all the chili sauce in Jiang Yuwei's backpack at 50 cents a can, and even the fish in her bamboo bucket at 20 cents a pound.

It was already late when they finished all this. Before leaving, Jiang Yuwei said to Shopkeeper Xu:

"I'm sure that the people in this town rarely eat this fish, so for the first three days, we can make a portion of fish every day and put it out at the door for free tasting. As long as the guests taste this fish, we will definitely have no trouble selling it!"

Shopkeeper Xu thought Jiang Yuwei's idea was excellent, and he couldn't help but respect her even more. He thanked her repeatedly and personally saw her out the door.

Shopkeeper Lin of Zuixianlou across the street couldn't help but sneer when he saw Shopkeeper Xu treating a village woman so respectfully:

"Humph, this Xu guy must be desperate and is trying all kinds of methods. Is it worth him to treat a village woman like that? It's really not worthy of being treated like that."

After coming out of Lianxiang Tower, Jiang Yuwei went straight to the bookstore to buy some enlightenment books. Just one book cost her three taels of silver. Jiang Yuwei felt very distressed. No wonder everyone said that studying was something for rich people.

Jiang Yuwei thought about the people she had to serve at home these days, and all the meat had been eaten up. Even the nest of wild rabbits she caught last time only had a few small ones left, so she turned around and went to the butcher shop on the corner.

First, I bought 20 kilograms of pork fat to take home and refine into lard. It was not only for consumption at home, but also for use in selling fried cakes at the market next time.

Jiang Yuwei looked at the pork shanks on display and saw that they were being sold at a low price. She thought that Ning Huaizhi's leg injury had not healed yet, and it would be good if he could drink more bone soup on a daily basis to replenish his nutrition. So she bought all the pork bones.

After buying everything, Jiang Yuwei bought another 20 kilograms of pork belly before leaving the butcher shop.

Passing by a pastry shop on the street, Jiang Yuwei turned in and bought some snacks for the two children. After buying the things, Jiang Yuwei went to find Uncle Ning's ox cart and followed him back to the village.

When Jiang Yuwei came back, everyone was still busy building the house. Jiang Yuwei quickly put down her things and started preparing dinner. Now that she had bought bone soup, Jiang Yuwei did not hold back and directly stewed a large pot of bone soup. She also sliced ​​the pork and fried two large plates of twice-cooked pork, adding chili peppers. The aroma of the food had already penetrated everyone's noses.

After finishing her work, Jiang Yuwei saw that it was getting dark, so she invited everyone to eat. Although the villagers had been doing hard labor these days, Jiang Yuwei cooked good meals and the portions were sufficient, so everyone could eat a full meal every day, so they didn't look as skinny as before.

Everyone continued to praise Jiang Yuwei's cooking skills, and after dinner they all went home under the moonlight.

After seeing everyone off, Jiang Yuwei was about to close the gate when she heard a low roar. She tensed up immediately. Could it be...

Without thinking too much, he picked up the fork in the yard and ran outside. Seeing that the sound came from the pit where the wild boar was killed last time, he went straight to check.

In the moonlight, Jiang Yuwei saw a gray wolf standing in the pit and was immediately shocked. Wolves are social animals, so how could a lone wolf run next to her house?

Seeing that the wolf was still howling, Jiang Yuwei was afraid of attracting a wolf pack, so she hurriedly threw a large stone from the side of the pit at the wolf's head. The stone did not kill the gray wolf, but made the wolf howl more urgently.

Jiang Yuwei had no choice but to aim the fork in her hand at the wolf's neck and stab it down hard. She didn't know how many times she stabbed until she was exhausted and the wolf stopped making any sound.

Jiang Yuwei finally relaxed and used the moonlight to observe the wolf's movements. She saw that the wolf was lying motionless in the pit. Jiang Yuwei then ran back to the yard and got a ladder to kill the wolf.

As soon as Jiang Yuwei entered the room, she saw Ning Huaizhi looking at her with a worried look on his face, so she smiled at him comfortingly and said:

"We have prey again, it's a wolf!"

When Ning Huaizhi heard that it was a wolf, his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly called Ning Zhao and Ning Wan out:

"Hurry, wolves are afraid of fire. Go and light torches around our house. The more the better. We can't sleep too deeply tonight. We need to wake up a little, otherwise the wolves will come down the mountain without us knowing."

Then he looked at the ladder in Jiang Yuwei's hand and said:

"Yuwei, I'd like to go with you to kill the wolf, but my legs can't get out of the pit. I'll stay by the pit with you so I can take care of you."

After Ning Huaizhi finished speaking, he took out the slingshot in his arms. His vigilant look made Jiang Yuwei dare not relax. The two children had already gone out to light torches, and Jiang Yuwei pushed Ning Huaizhi to the trap.

He put the bamboo ladder into the pit and went down with a kitchen knife.

When Jiang Yuwei went down, the wolf seemed to still have a breath left. Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei showed no mercy and used the moonlight to chop down at the wolf's neck with all her might.

Ning Huaizhi, who was on the top of the pit, saw all of this. He never dared to imagine that his wife would have such cruel means. Even though he had fought on the battlefield for so many years, he had never killed someone so decisively. Although it was just a wolf, Jiang Yuwei's behavior was not like that of an ordinary village woman.

Ning Huaizhi's brows tightened as he thought about it. He didn't dare to imagine what kind of experience had created such a Jiang Yuwei. Although he was shocked to know that it was she who killed the wild boar last time, when he saw it with his own eyes, he only felt more distressed for his thin wife.

Jiang Yuwei had no idea what Ning Huaizhi was thinking. She just concentrated on killing the wolf. She thought that she could carefully peel off the wolf skin, clean it, and take it to the market to sell it for a good price. If she couldn't sell it, she could keep it for herself to make winter clothes for her family.

Soon Jiang Yuwei had dismembered the wolf, and Ning Huaizhi assisted her in putting all the wolf meat in the basket and pulling it up. After they finished, Jiang Yuwei was covered in blood. She set up the trap intact, then took the things back to the yard, and Ning Huaizhi followed behind her, pushing the wheel forward.

The two children had also placed torches all around the house and had already returned to wait. Jiang Yuwei closed the gate and said,

"I'm afraid it won't be peaceful tonight. Let's take turns keeping watch. The two children should hurry up and wash up and go to bed. I still need to deal with the meat. Huaizhi, you take the children to bed first, and you can get up and keep watch in the second half of the night."

Ning Huaizhi nodded and took the two children to wash up.

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