A few days later, Xiao Zuozi and Xiao Shunzi's mouths faded away, their eyes glowed green, and one of them couldn't help but protest to Zhichun.
Zhichun put his hands on his hips and said to them: "We don't cook or clean. We are full and have nothing to do every month. Why do we eat so much meat?"
Xiao Zuozi retorted: "I'm right. They can even chop wood, fetch water and wash dishes. Besides, there isn't much work to do. The master doesn't let them clean up the dormitory, saying they can't do it because of their hairy legs and feet."
Well, they don’t need to do anything very masterly.”
Xiao Shunzi nodded in agreement: "It's not much."
Zhichun looked in disbelief: "Don't we have hairy legs and feet? When we were cleaning the master's bedroom, who almost pulled the bead curtain aside? Besides, the master is a woman and we are men, how can we be allowed to do personal affairs?
Come!"
Xiao Zuozi and Xiao Shunzi said in unison: "They are not eunuchs!"
Zhichun Caibu: "Eunuchs are not men!"
She has the same concept as in the coal mine. She thinks that if she is not a eunuch, there is no need to avoid taboos.
Xiao Zuozi and Xiao Shunzi looked at each other wrongly and were immediately speechless.
Although they said they were not eunuchs, their new masters, Zhichun and Zhidong, treated them with respect and respect as normal people, instead of treating them as eunuchs and aliens.
The two of them didn't say anything, but they were quite moved in their hearts, and they really liked being treated so wrongly.
This was not one of the reasons why the two of them had always wanted to be called around by Zhichun's little pepper every day.
Zhichun saw that they wouldn't shut up and returned to the original topic: "No, there is no work in our eyes. No, there is no work. Have the trees in the north of the yard been pruned? Have the grass in the south been pulled out? Do you want to eat meat?"
, let’s snatch it from the cat owner.”
The little boy scratched his head regretfully: "Robbing the port." He tried it and almost got bitten.
Xiao Shunzi was immediately frightened. Fighting for meat with Wu Xue was like snatching food from the mouth of a tiger. Only their current master could do it and he would not be bitten.
Zhichun's face was straight: "That's alright. I don't want to talk to the master about this matter. She has something big to do. Let's find some work to do. We'll have dinner tomorrow night."
After all, Zhichun is hard-spoken and soft-hearted, so he is giving everyone extra food.
But going eastward like that is ultimately no solution. It will reduce expenditures but not increase revenue, and it will not solve the fundamental contradiction.
That night, after giving Wu Xue a late-night snack, Zhichun decided to talk to Lihua and handed over the accounts she kept.
I'm very prepared for Lihua Cuo, just wait and see when Zhichun will say it.
She flipped through her account and realized that Zhichun's worries were deeply felt, and more than that: "According to this, Maoqiu can eat them back to before liberation with his own power."
Meat at that time was expensive, and Wu Xue was picky as a big cat, with a big appetite and his own taste, and he couldn't care less about ordinary meat.
Don’t eat pork, don’t eat ducks, only eat part of chickens, beef and mutton are okay, rabbits are okay, it’s best not to eat game, it must be fresh, and it’s best to eat it whole.
It was not a modern place, and cattle were raised to cultivate the land. Even though the agriculture of that era was more developed than other dynasties, there were not many beef cattle, which made the meat very expensive. One pound of beef can be exchanged for twenty or thirty pounds of pork, which is especially black.
The part that Xue likes to eat is the most expensive.
Not to mention sheep, most of which are raised in Mongolia. Ordinary families rarely raise them. They are expensive and they are not available every day in the palace.
As for game, who goes out to hunt every day? Roe deer, venison, civet, etc., you have to wait in line and will not be specially supplied to Tingliyuan.
The cost of all that meat is very high. With Lihua's current palace share, even if she exchanges all her share for meat, she won't be able to last for a few days.
Therefore, raising Wuxue is very expensive.
Zhichun didn't understand: "Master, what is pre-liberation?"
"Just..." Lihua found it difficult to explain, so she said, "It means not having enough food and clothing, and being destitute."
She sighed leisurely: "Oh, raising cats will lead to poverty!"
Is there any way to do it? It's not Wu Xue's fault that he eats too much. If you have a powerful big cat, you can support yourself.
It would be too unfair for Wuxue if he was left to be raised by her now. He shouldn't starve.
You have to think of ways to get money.
The best way is to find the evildoer. He can use some of his own money to raise his big cat, so he can share it with you, right?
But the question is, Lihua said she wouldn't see him for a few months. There was no way to talk about that, so she had to wait for a few months.
Zhichun suddenly realized that what her master said was very good, but it would not make the cat owner poor.
Wu Xue came in from outside the palace with her lips licked. She was stunned when she heard those words and walked in hesitantly with her fleshy paws.
It had just had a delicious meal when it heard those words unexpectedly.
Wu Xue knew that the mistress was poor, so he took back a bunch of stolen goods.
Later, it thought the problem was solved. Wu Xue looked at the decorations given by his master in the palace and was a little confused. Are they not exchangeable for meat?
But seeing that nothing is missing, it becomes clear that the problem remains unresolved.
When Wu Xue was in trouble, his mistress did not allow him to steal...or pick it up, so his mistress punished him by not allowing him to leave the palace. Both roads were blocked.
So how can we help the mistress?
No, no, if it wants to eat meat, how can it help itself?
Wu Xue exhausted all her cat-like wisdom but couldn't think of a good solution.
Lihua and Zhichun discovered it when it wanted to go to the imperial kitchen every day to get meat and make a living on its own.
Lihua's eyes lit up, God's will, just when she was thinking about how to talk to the monster, Wu Xue appeared, wasn't it just right?
In fact, it is God's will. Otherwise, Lihua wants to be a monster, just borrowing Wu Xue's mouth.
Lihua waved towards Wu Xue: "Here comes the fur ball, did I hear what I just said?"
When Wu Xue heard this, her ears drooped and she came to the east. She walked over with heavy steps on her four legs. One month is a little heavy, and the cat's life is difficult.
Seeing its lack of energy, Lihua knew that everyone had heard it, so the big cat was very spiritual. From now on, she would have to carry Wu Xue behind her back when she said those words that Keke hurt the cat.
She squatted down and touched Wu Xue's head passionately, expressing affectionately that she didn't dislike it.
She, Zhichun, and even everyone in Tingliyuan were very fond of Wu Xue and wanted Wu Xue to live well.
Of course, the people in the East Side Hall are not counted, and Lihua automatically ignores them.
Lihua took Xiao Shunzi, the little boy, as an example, and comforted Wu Xue: "I think they both have something to eat, so they can save the meat for me..."
Zhichun was ashamed. She thought it was something that she kept secret, so every time she let a few people eat in the kitchen before appearing in front of her master, she used the excuse of adapting to the confinement period when Long live the Lord's arrival, but she didn't expect that she had not hidden it from her master.
No, her master was so smart, how could he hide his little bit of knowledge from her? Zhichun felt relieved when he thought about it.
Lihua comforted Wu Xue from head to toe, deeply expressed her joy and appreciation for Wu Xue, and finally said:
"Would it be right for me to eat so much meat? It's the same thing as a person's need to eat every meal."
Wu Xue was in high spirits and her morale was greatly improved. She said "Ouch", all the heaviness was gone, and she felt much better.