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Here, Zhang Wu was also talking to Song Shiwei about the Li family's legitimate daughter.

No one knew the reason, but it did not stop people from loving gossip by nature. Besides, it was winter, so it was a good time for them to get together and chat. As they chatted, they naturally talked about the latest news in the city, the Li family and the Zhou family.

"Master, you don't know that everyone in the capital is saying that the eldest daughter of the Li family and the eldest son of the Zhou family are going to get engaged. It is also said that the head of the Li family has been visiting the Zhou family recently. Everyone is speculating whether the two families are discussing the engagement."

Song Shiwei rested his elbows on the window sill, supported his head with his hands, and slightly opened his tightly closed eyes: "Good news."

Zhang Wu looked very strange when he heard this, and said in a complicated way: "I heard that the Li family's family tradition is not very good. I heard that the eldest daughter of the Li family is very arrogant and domineering. She will beat and scold people whenever she is unhappy. If the eldest daughter of the Li family enters the Zhou family, the Zhou family will probably be in trouble."

Song Shiwei's mouth corners slowly rose: "Life should be lively."

Zhang Wu couldn't help laughing: "Master is right."

After saying this, he remembered something and continued, "But I also heard that the Zhou family has no plans to marry the Li family. Everything was just the result of the Li family's eldest daughter's love for the Zhou eldest son, so she staged it herself. Of the two rumors, I actually believe the second one more. What do you think, master?"

Song Shiwei's eyelashes trembled slightly: "No matter which one it is, it's nothing but some boring love affairs, boring."

Zhang Wu's face changed drastically. It seemed that his master was very averse to love between men and women from the very beginning, but he was only averse to it himself. He would not oppose other people's feelings. Instead, he would be happy to see it happen.

Zhang Wu rolled his eyes. Was his master planning to live out his life alone?

The more he thought about it, the more this possibility seemed to him, and Zhang Wu was so frightened that his face turned pale.

Song Shiwei in the carriage naturally had no idea what Zhang Wu was thinking. Even if he knew, he would only smile sarcastically.

It is not as fun to talk about love yourself as to watch others do it. It is more fun to watch others do something that you are not interested in.

Thinking of the resentful couples he had seen in the world of cultivation, as well as the many infatuated men and resentful women in the world of martial arts, Song Shiwei shuddered violently.

When they got home, Song Shiwei told Zhang Wu about trading wild animal meat with Zhou Huai, and then went back to his room to catch up on his sleep.

The next day, Song Shiwei got up early and went into the city with Luo Hongmei to find someone to calculate the date. According to the ideas of the two families, it would be best for Zhang Wu and Huang Ying to get married after the extreme cold. After estimating the date, they chose August 15th, half a year later.

After calculating the date, it was still early before noon, so the three of them did not eat in the city. Instead, they drove the carriage to Xiahuang Village to send Luo Hongmei home, and then the two of them returned to Damao Village.

"I'll put the wolf, bear, and roe deer meat I hunted outside. If someone comes to take it away tomorrow, remember to sell it at the market price."

Zhang Wu nodded and asked, "Master, are you going out tomorrow?"

"Let's go out for a walk tomorrow."

Zhang Wu watched his master enter the main room, frowned and thought for a moment, then turned and went into the kitchen to boil water for lunch.

In the afternoon, Song Shiwei took some time to take out the wild beast meat in the space and piled it in the yard. Looking at the mountain of wild beast meat, Song Shiwei was inexplicably in a very good mood.

Zhang Wu's eyes lit up even more. The master of the engagement had already paid a lot of silver. If this pile of meat was sold at the current market price, he could make a lot of money.

Early the next morning, Li An drove a horse-drawn carriage to the Damao Village, followed by several horses carrying carts.

The group of people braved the wind and snow and stopped at the door of Song Shiwei's house, attracting many people in the village to look at them curiously.

Fortunately, this place is at the foot of the mountain. Even if the villagers want to come to satisfy their curiosity, the snow on the ground can stop them and they will not be treated as monkeys.

Song Shiwei, who had just stood up in the room, rolled his eyes when he heard the noise outside.

Is this because he’s afraid that he’ll run away or that he won’t be able to buy meat?

There's no need to come so early.

Zhang Wu heard a knock on the door and came out of the room. He just happened to see Song Shiwei rolling his eyes. He almost couldn't help laughing out loud. But he was afraid that his master would be unhappy, so he quickly turned around and went to open the door while holding back his laughter.

"Wow, so much meat?" As soon as Li An entered the room, he saw a mountain of wild animal meat piled up in the corner, and his eyes widened immediately.

"They are all from the master who went into the mountains to hunt."

Li An looked at the pile of meat with sparkling eyes: "Sell all of this to us?"

"Of course I sell them all. My master doesn't like to eat this meat."

Upon hearing this, Li An turned around and quickly glanced at Song Shiwei under the eaves, then leaned close to Zhang Wu's ear and said incredulously: "Is there still anyone who doesn't like to eat meat these days?"

Zhang Wu pursed his lips and looked at him expressionlessly: "Don't you think wolf meat is fishy and woody? It's normal that the master doesn't like to eat it."

Li An shook his head frantically: "I don't think so, not at all."

Zhang Wu was silent, in fact he didn't realize it.

Li An couldn't hold back when he saw the piles of meat, so he waved to the people waiting outside the door and said loudly, "Hurry up, take all the meat away."

After instructing the people he brought with him, Li An turned back and said, "Our master said that all the meat should be bought at the market price. I will tell you straight, the weather right now is a time of lack of food and clothing, especially meat. The city is in short supply, but our northern border is deep in the mountains, so the price of wild animal meat is naturally cheaper than poultry.

The restaurant in the city offers 80 wen per pound of wild beast meat, which is only 10 wen cheaper than pork. What do you think of this price, brother Zhang Wu?"

In normal years, a pound of pork in the capital costs thirty-five coins. The northern border is vast and sparsely populated, and few people raise poultry, so a pound of pork costs fifty coins. The meat here mostly comes from wild animals hunted in the mountains.

There was an extremely hot drought before, and the people were unable to get enough food. Now there is an extremely cold snow disaster, and they are even more short of food and clothing. Although the price is cheaper than pork, it is several times more expensive than in previous years.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wu nodded: "Brother Li is honest, I will follow your wishes."

Li An felt relieved when he heard this, and laughed happily. He patted Zhang Wu on the shoulder twice and said in a rough voice: "Don't worry, brother Zhang Wu, I, Li An, never bluff. Besides, our young master is watching you, and he will never let you and Miss Song suffer any loss."

"Thank you very much for your care, Brother Li. We will have to move the meat for a while. It's cold outside. Brother Li, why don't you come inside and have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up?"

Originally, Zhang Wu was just making a false invitation and saying some polite words, but he didn't expect Li An to nod and agree the next moment.

Zhang Wu: .....Too careless!

As soon as Li Anfu entered the room, he saw Song Shiwei sitting there drinking tea and reading a travelogue. He took two steps forward and clasped his fists towards her: "Miss Song, I'm sorry to bother you."

Song Shiwei hummed softly: "Sit down."

Zhang Wu brought a kettle from the kitchen and made a cup of tea for Li An. Then he took the bowl and kettle and went out to pour a bowl of brown sugar water for each of the servants who were carrying the wild animal meat.

Although Li An didn't see it in the main hall, he could clearly hear the voices outside. He said with a sigh, "Miss Song, how did you train your men? How come they are so capable? Unlike the ones under me, they are all stupid. Why don't you teach me a few moves? I will train them well when I go back."

Song Shiwei opened his eyelids and looked at him, his eyes calm: "I have never trained him, so I can't give him any advice."

Li An couldn't help but wonder, maybe Zhang Wu was born incompetent in dealing with things, he looked simple and honest, but he was actually a simple person.