Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 499 - 445: Sun Manhong

By the time it was three quarters past You hour, the female workers clocked out on time. Today, they just cut the meat and took it to the ice room for curing. There was no stuffing and smoking work.

As for the pig legs, Yu Xiaolian originally planned to make Jinhua ham, because her culinary book had the recipe for Jinhua ham. However, whether she could succeed or not was uncertain, and the process of making Jinhua ham was very long, requiring multiple rounds of salting, air drying, and fermentation.

Later, Yu Xiaolian changed her mind. Since Steward Liu had found sheep casing for her, she decided to go all out and make everything into red sausages.

After dinner, the female workers all went to Liu Shuangli to advance their wages. Except for a few who feared their money would be snatched by their mothers-in-law, most advanced half a month’s wages, a hundred and fifty copper coins.

Yu Xiaolian thought many would stay overnight since she prepared enough bedding for them. Yet, except for two orphaned girls who set up their own households, everyone else cheerfully went home.

Watching the female workers leave the Red Sausage Factory with smiles on their faces, holding steamed buns and copper coins, even Yu Xiaolian felt happy.

Sometimes, helping others really brings happiness.

After people gradually left, Yu Xiaolian glanced at the only two female workers staying overnight and decided to personally take them to the dormitory.

On the way, Yu Xiaolian casually asked, "Why didn’t you two go home?"

"Madam, my parents have passed away. It’s just my brother and me left at home. My uncle’s family has no sons, so they took my brother to raise him as their own. Now it’s just me alone at home."

That place couldn’t even be called home anymore, so going back or not didn’t matter much.

"What’s your name? How old are you?" Yu Xiaolian sized up the girl. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The girl wore a gray jacket and black pants, both patched all over with various-sized patches.

But the girl had delicate features and clear eyebrows. Apart from being a bit dark and thin, she had no other flaws. Even her eyebrows grew neatly, like semi-permanent ones, without any unruly hair.

"My name is Xiaoru, Li Xiaoru. I’m exactly sixteen this year."

When the county government was hiring, it was for those between sixteen and forty-five. Many in her village didn’t come because they were too young. Luckily, she made it, or else she wouldn’t know how to survive this winter. If she still had to beg for food like last year, she would rather have died.

"Madam, I’m Sun Manhong. My husband’s family is in Beiwai, quite far from Yangcheng. I won’t go back today!"

Sun Manhong?

Yu Xiaolian suddenly turned her gaze, "Do you know Sun Erlin?"

"Of course I know, Sun Erlin is my father!" Sun Manhong seemed to realize something, her voice suddenly excited, "Do you know my father?"

Yu Xiaolian nodded vigorously, "Sister Manhong, my fifth aunt and I couldn’t find you in Yangcheng. We also went to Beiwai but couldn’t find you there?"

"And you are?" Sun Manhong was a bit dumbfounded.

"I’m Sun Chunfang’s daughter. My name is Yu Xiaolian. We haven’t met, and I don’t know if you remember me?" Yu Xiaolian was also a bit excited. Someone she looked for high and low was now right in front of her, how could she not be?

Sun Manhong gave a long "oh," "I do remember, how could I not? We’ve met before. When you were little, I even held you. You were so young then; perhaps you don’t remember."

Yu Xiaolian took Sun Manhong by the hand and led her to her room, pointing to the dormitory, signaling Li Xiaoru to go on her own.

"Sister Manhong, why couldn’t we find you when my fifth aunt and I went to Beiwai?" Back in Luocheng, Sun Erlin had asked Sun Wulin’s wife Gao to find their two married daughters, but Gao only found Sun Manxue’s husband, who told her Sun Manxue had died. Helplessly, Gao gave Sun Erlin’s silver to Sun Manxue’s son.

"My husband died, fighting for food while fleeing famine. He was beaten to death. Later, I took my two children back to Beiwai. The house was somehow burned down, and we had no place to go, so we lived in a cave ten miles outside Beiwai."

Talking about this, Sun Manhong couldn’t stop her tears. Losing the house and having no seeds to plant, she and her daughters begged for food to survive till today. It’s been tough!