Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Pocket Supermarket

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

With Father Yu’s shout, the surrounding crowd immediately started discussing.

Someone began to persuade Madam Sun, “Madam Sun, your in-laws are already so old. How many years can they eat meat? In a few years, their teeth will fall out and they won’t be able to eat meat anymore. In my opinion, the days when young people eat meat can come later.”

“That’s right. Young people like you should be filial. This meat should be given to your in-laws.”

Yu Xiaolian deliberately glanced at the crowd and secretly remembered who had spoken just now.

Madam Sun did not expect the situation to suddenly turn in Old Madam Yu’s favor. She thought for a moment and said, “My Xiaolian is insensible and privately accepted such a heavy gift from Hunter Jiang’s family. I didn’t intend to eat it at first, but I wanted to return it.”

“If you do as you say and leave the prey for my in-laws to eat, then this favor…?”

Madam Sun’s words could not be clearer. Whoever ate the meat would owe someone a favor.

In any case, if they couldn’t eat it, Old Madam Yu wouldn’t be able to either. At most, she would send the wild animals back to Hunter Jiang’s family.

“I gave the wild animals to Yu Xiaolian. Which greedy person wants to snatch my sister’s food?”

Jiang Lin suddenly came out from the back of the crowd. The Yu family was in an uproar for a while. Some of the children who were watching the show realized what was going on and specially went to the Jiang family to call Jiang Lin over.

“Yo, Jiang Lin is here. You can ask him. Why is he calling Yu Xiaolian his sister?”

“Sister-Brother lovers, right? Haha…”

A few young men around Jiang Lin’s age started joking around.

“Go, go, go. Stop fooling around.” Jiang Lin waved at the few childhood friends in the crowd, then said to Old Madam Yu, “I gave this to Yu Xiaolian. I won’t ask for money if she eats it. If others eat it, I’m sorry, but the wild rabbit costs 80 copper coins each, and the pheasant costs 60 copper coins each. It’s a total of 200 copper coins. You can eat it if you want, but you have to pay first.”

“Two hundred copper coins? You’re robbing us!” Old Madam Yu pursed her lips and said to Yu Changfu, “Return the prey to him. Our family can’t afford it.”

Yu Changfu responded and quickly went to the kitchen. He took out the pheasants and hares that he had already packed and handed them to Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin smiled roguishly. “Oh, they’re all packed up. You’re quite fast.”

As he spoke, he picked up the basket that Yu Xiaolian had knocked to the ground. He placed the pheasant and hares into the basket and said to Madam Sun, “Actually, I only gave Xiaolian a chicken, but Sister Xiaolian said that Auntie’s cooking skills are good. I want to borrow your family’s pot to make two more portions for my father and me.”

Jiang Lin placed the basket in Madam Sun’s hand. “Auntie, although my father and I hunt for a living and have eaten a lot of wild animals, our culinary skills are not good. The meat we make is woody and hard. I wanted to ask Xiaolian to bring a few more back and ask you to help stew them. I didn’t expect it to cause such a huge commotion.”

Jiang Lin secretly winked at Yu Xiaolian. Yu Xiaolian immediately understood and said, “Brother Jiang, when I got home, before I could enter the house, the basket was snatched away by my grandmother. My grandmother even threw away all the wild vegetables I dug. Fortunately, you came. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to eat a single bite of this meat.”

Jiang Lin patted Yu Xiaolian’s shoulder, then turned to look at Old Madam Yu and the others. “Sigh, if you ask me, if some people are greedy, why don’t they go door to door to lick the outhouse? Who knows, they might even smell like meat!”

“Kid, are you asking for a beating? I’ve already returned the meat to you. Get out of my house.”

Yu Changfu shook his fist, but he did not step forward to attack. He knew that if they really fought, their family would not be a match for Jiang Lin alone.

Jiang Lin’s kung fu was inherited from Hunter Jiang. It was not a problem for him to fight ten people alone. Otherwise, he would not have become the leader of these half-grown boys in the village.

“I didn’t go to your house either. I’m here to visit my aunt.” Jiang Lin asked Yu Xiaolian, “Which one is your house? I have to go in and wait for my aunt to stew meat for me.”

Yu Xiaolian pointed with her little hand, and Jiang Lin strode into Yu Xiaolian’s house.

Madam Sun was stunned for a moment before she followed him in.

Old Madam Yu’s scolding came from behind. “Little b*tch, you know how to seduce men at such a young age. Pfft, stewed meat? Aren’t you afraid of choking you to death?”

“Hey… Changhe is back.”

Everyone made way and saw Yu Changhe dragging his crippled leg into the courtyard with a bundle of willow branches.

Yu Changhe threw the willow branches to the ground and looked at Old Madam Yu. “Mother, what happened to our family? Why are these people here?”

When Old Madam Yu saw Yu Changhe return, she immediately sat down on the ground and cried. “Son, your wife and daughter joined forces with outsiders to bully me. Oh… My life is so bitter. I don’t see any wife in our village who dares to talk back to her mother-in-law. However, I just happened to encounter such an unfilial thing. I don’t want to live anymore…”

Yu Changhe was confused. He looked at Father Yu and asked, “Father, what’s wrong?”

Father Yu glared at Yu Changhe and said loudly, “Ask your wife!”

When Yu Changhe heard this, he couldn’t care less about Old Madam Yu on the ground and hurriedly walked back.

He was afraid that something would happen to Madam Sun. When he entered and saw Jiang Lin sitting by the bed, he was stunned.

He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that his wife and daughter were safe and sound.

Madam Sun told Yu Changhe what had happened. Although Yu Changhe felt that Old Madam Yu was unreasonable, he still felt that it was a shame that she didn’t give her parents any meat.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, “Why don’t… I bring them a bowl when it’s ready?”

Madam Sun picked up a pheasant. “Send it over later. They won’t admit it even if they eat it. While the crowd outside hasn’t dispersed, send it over openly so that others won’t say that we’re unfilial.”

Yu Changhe smiled and took the pheasant. “I understand.”

Although Yu Xiaolian didn’t agree with their actions, she didn’t say anything to stop them.

Outside, Yu Changhe held the pheasant’s leg and handed it to Old Madam Yu. “Mother, we’re not eating this one anymore. This is for you.”

Old Madam Yu got up from the ground and took the pheasant. She said in disdain, “You gave me the smallest one, right? Hmph!”

Old Madam Yu carried the pheasant and left. Yu Changhe said to the people around him, “Everyone, disperse. There’s nothing to see.”

“Second Brother Yu, at least you have some filial piety. You gave the pheasant to your parents. Your days of eating meat will come later.”

“Changhe is still filial. Although they’ve split up, he doesn’t hate his Father and Mother. Good job!”

In the crowd, Madam Feng sighed and turned to go home.

After Yu Changhe returned to his room, he said to Jiang Lin, “Child, take these two back. Xiaolian is an insensible child. She takes everything back. You can exchange them for a lot of copper coins at the restaurant in town!”

Jiang Lin stood up. “Uncle Changhe, I didn’t have time to tell everyone about the new hunting pit I dug. Yesterday, I caused Xiaolian to fall into the hunting pit. Take these wild animals as my apology. It doesn’t matter if you eat them or sell them. In any case, I won’t take them back. My father is still waiting for me at home. I’ll go back first.”