Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 510 - 454: True Strength Comes from Within

The only reason a person would think of sneaking food is because they don’t have enough to eat, especially these people who rarely get to eat meat all year round. Faced with the enticing aroma of meat sausages, who among them could resist?

But Yu Xiaolian can’t afford to feed them meat every day, though it’s necessary to improve their meals occasionally.

"Manhong Sister, shall we go take a look in the kitchen?"

Sun Manhong nodded, and the two of them headed to the kitchen together.

In the kitchen, Li Dayan and Wang Dafen were kneading dough, while Zhang Jinhua and Zhang Yinhua were washing spring vegetables in large wooden basins.

Seeing Yu Xiaolian coming, Li Dayan, as the group leader, immediately stepped forward to greet her.

"Madam, you’ve come!"

Ever since Li Dayan started working at the Red Sausage Factory, besides getting half a month’s wage advance, she could save at least two pieces of dry rations every day to take home. This allowed her kids to fill their bellies, and she could save some money too. She was sincerely grateful to the new County Magistrate and his wife.

"Hmm, are you getting ready to steam buns?"

"Yes, we’re going to steam some bread!" Li Dayan knew that city folks were accustomed to calling dry ration bread ’steamed buns.’ 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Let’s keep it the same for lunch today: steamed buns and cabbage egg soup. But let’s change it up for dinner; we’ll have rice, braised pork intestines with potatoes, stir-fried liver slices, and cold pig heart salad!"

Initially, Yu Xiaolian planned to use pig offal to improve the meals for the female workers in the food factory and the workers in the cement factory.

"Tell the workers they can pack the meals to take home after work. Each person gets two scoops of rice and one scoop of dish."

Yu Xiaolian understood that some of these workers were filial sons and grandsons—they were eating well at the food factory, yet their elders at home were eating gruel. This made them feel uncomfortable. Since the meals were of fixed portions, Yu Xiaolian didn’t care whose stomachs they ended up in, as long as everyone got their share.

Just a few days ago, Li Dayan had said to Wang Dafen that she didn’t know what Steward Liu was keeping all those smelly intestines and organs for, and she never expected they would end up being used for their meals. They thought those things might be for some other purpose!

"Madam, we’re making three dishes?" Li Dayan asked, a bit incredulous.

"Yes, three. From now on, every ten days, we’ll improve the meals. Today is the fifteenth, so the next time will be the twenty-fifth, and then the fifth, fifteenth, and twenty-fifth to improve the meals.

If I’m not available, just ask Steward Liu what to prepare!"

After Yu Xiaolian finished speaking, she called over Cao Gen, "Go to the cellar and take those pig lungs, and the pig head and trotters, to Wuyuan Mountain to improve their meals as well. Make sure you hurry so they can have meat for dinner tonight too! Also, take the pig kidneys and tails over there; we don’t need them here."

"Yes!" Cao Gen responded, "Madam, I’ll probably return when it’s almost dark, so please wait for me to pick you up and don’t go by yourself."

Ever since the last time Yu Xiaolian got hurt, Cao Gen had been scolded by Su Jingchen, so now he didn’t dare to stray more than a few meters from Yu Xiaolian’s side, always vigilant about any unforeseen dangers around them.

"Okay, I’ll wait for you to pick me up! It’s just... when you deliver those things, use the ox cart from the factory." Yu Xiaolian’s carriage was already decked out like a luxury carriage and couldn’t possibly be used by Cao Gen for transporting goods.

Cao Gen nodded. Even if the Madam hadn’t specifically instructed, he already knew.

Yu Xiaolian noticed Wang Dafen was vigorously kneading dough with her head down as if she hadn’t seen her arrival, which she found peculiar. Wang Dafen was naturally sociable, and Yu Xiaolian had mentally nicknamed her as "Bold Wang." Usually, whenever Wang Dafen saw Yu Xiaolian, she’d definitely come over to chat. Yet today, she kept her head down as if afraid Yu Xiaolian would see her face.

Yu Xiaolian walked over, bent down to look at Wang Dafen’s face, which was somewhat bruised but healing, clearly from being beaten a few days ago. But wasn’t Wang Dafen a widow? Now that she was living separately from her mother-in-law, who could have beaten her?

"Madam, what are you looking at?" Wang Dafen asked, embarrassed, trying to avoid Yu Xiaolian’s gaze.

However, as soon as she spoke, it revealed the fact that she was missing two front teeth.

"Where are your teeth? Did you get hit?" Yu Xiaolian frowned.

No wonder Wang Dafen was avoiding eye contact, fearing she’d be laughed at for missing her front teeth.

Wang Dafen kneaded the dough fiercely again, her voice filled with endless grievance, "It was my father-in-law and his brother who beat me!"