Chapter 40: A Big Deal Has Arrived

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: A Big Deal Has Arrived

If she weren’t entertaining guests at home today, she would have gone to get it herself.

Bai Yizhen was also speechless. She took a deep breath, moved the coins in her hand closer to the light screen, and said, "A total of one hundred and ten thousand coins. Keep the change."

Feng Si: "No problem!"

Mao Qiu tilted her head in surprise. She watched as Feng Si, who had looked completely uninterested during the call just moments ago, suddenly stood up from the dining table.

She stared with her big, round eyes. "Didn’t you say you were busy this afternoon? Why are you suddenly making a delivery?"

Feng Si smiled lightly. "How could I possibly turn down such a big order that basically fell into my lap?"

’Actually, I calculated it. I get three thousand for travel expenses.’

’Can’t argue with coins.’

It was still noon.

After Mao Qiu left, Feng Si went to the storage room and selected two large pieces of marbled pork. She washed them, cut them into thick chunks, and stir-fried them with ginger and spices in hot oil until they were fragrant and slightly browned. Then, she added chopped pickled cabbage and water to let it stew.

The only seasoning for cooking here was salt.

She could only cook with the seasonings she had discovered so far. Even though it was just wild ginger, garlic, and scallions, the flavor was already much better than using only salt.

While the pickled cabbage stew simmered, Feng Si moved on to the next dish. The roasted meat needed to be marinated.

While waiting for the meat to marinate, she took the opportunity to cook a bowl of wild vegetable and minced meat soup for her lunch.

Then, she could lay the meat flat in the iron pan to fry. It was called frying, but because she was afraid it would stick, she added a bit of her own rendered fat, making it more like a pan-sear that was half-fried.

Even humans from the modern world, accustomed to countless delicacies, couldn’t resist fried food, let alone the Beastmen of the Beast World, whose diet was monotonous.

This time, compared to her usual morning offerings, Feng Si cooked with even more care. She was confident that her food would stun everyone at the sub-females’ banquet.

The travel fee of over three thousand wasn’t much, certainly not as much as the over one hundred thousand coins she was earning from the order. But strangely, it was inexplicably invigorating. It was like a delivery fee for takeout; free delivery was always more appealing than a small delivery charge of a few bucks.

As a result, Feng Si didn’t even plan to take a lunch break. After frying the meat and packing the food, she piloted her hovercraft toward the North District right at midday, personally delivering the order to her major client. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

She thought optimistically.

’Mao Qiu is in charge of purchasing this afternoon. I’m the only one living upstairs, so no one usually comes up. The things I left in the hallway won’t get stolen, and this won’t delay my afternoon work.’

...

Mao Qiu’s daily purchasing load had increased, so she specifically called her sisters, Mao Hua and Mao Lian, to help her acquire green potatoes and wild mustard greens in the first-floor hall.

Mao Qiu led the three of them, squatting in a corner of the hall, surrounded by large, empty bamboo baskets.

After so many days, everyone knew that Mao Qiu was collecting food for Feng Si. Mao Qiu just had to be at her spot in the corner of the hall on time, and regular sub-females and Beastmen would come to deliver meat and vegetables.

Mao Qiu was in charge of inspection, checking if the ingredients were fresh, picking out any spoiled or rotten ones, and then settling the payment in coins with the sellers.

Mao Ge the Little Beastman had also volunteered to come along. Having received a piece of meat from the pretty big sister, he was now her enforcer—a super fierce one.

His small, orange body was curled up on top of a basket full of green potatoes. He was diligently guarding the purchased food, his big eyes wide and round, in a ready stance as if he would pounce and fight anyone who met his gaze.

While Mao Qiu was counting the green potatoes they had acquired for the day, she heard a commotion nearby. Looking up, she saw four Beastmen armed with long staves blocking a Rat Clan sub-female who had just left a stall.

She didn’t recognize the strange Beastmen with the staves, but the ox horns on the tips of their staves were the emblem of the Nantong City Guard Team. The Guard Team was established by the City Lord of Nantong City.

It was comprised entirely of male beasts who had passed the City Lord’s tests. Their martial strength was low-level, but after being selected and trained, their combat power was far greater than that of ordinary male beasts.

They were usually responsible for periodically clearing large, dangerous prey from the forest area outside the city, conducting daily patrols around the city’s perimeter, and ensuring security within the city.

Compared to the patrol squads that handled various civil disputes, the City Guard Team could be considered the martial representatives of Nantong City. They rarely appeared in a place like the South District.

But now, in the noisy hall, their voices could be heard asking who the stall owner selling pickled cabbage was.

’What’s happening? Why are they asking about Feng Si? They look so fierce... They don’t look like they’re here to buy food. That Rat Clan sub-female is pointing this way...’

Mao Qiu froze, her heart sinking like a stone.

Their teeth chattered. Facing the male beasts of the City Guard Team, they had neither the will nor the ability to resist.

"Hey, are you the sub-females working for that Feng Si? I’ll give you one chance. Get Feng Si over here right now," one of the City Guard Team Beastmen said.

The other three male beasts closed in. Nearby sub-females who might have approached were terrified of getting into trouble and scrambled far away.

The Mao Family’s three sub-females were too scared to move. Seeing this, Mao Ge arched his little body, flattened his ears, and hissed threateningly. "HISS—This is my territory! Get out!"

"Hahaha, the little thing is surprisingly brave." The threat from the weak little Beastman made the four members of the City Guard Team roar with laughter.

The Empire had a rule against harming cubs. The leader stepped forward, grabbed the little orange cat by the scruff of his neck, lifted him out of the green potato basket, and tossed him aside, considering it a merciful act to spare the Little Beastman.

The little orange cat tumbled through the air, rolled a few times on the ground, and cried out with painful meows.

Xiong Neng, who had come over to deliver pork, saw the little cat cub struggling to get up. His brow twitched. "Excuse me, sirs, how has Feng Si offended you?"

"Do I need a reason to grab a sub-female?" the leader said contemptuously. "This isn’t something you can ask about. Scram."

A member of the City Guard Team raised his long stave and brought it down with a WHACK. Xiong Neng’s expression immediately turned ugly.

The blow nearly knocked him to the ground. Although his surname was Xiong, his prototype was a small raccoon. Even with his Intermediate-level martial strength, he understood he was no match for the four chimpanzee-clan Beastmen before him.

Moreover, the City Guard Team were warriors raised by the City Lord.

Xiong Neng and the onlookers turned pale as paper, too afraid to take another step forward. They cast a sympathetic glance at Mao Qiu and her sisters. Someone in the crowd said, "Hurry up. Just call Feng Si down and you’ll be fine."

...

The sun shone directly overhead. Green trees began to dot the golden high-rises. The hovercraft descended at the end of its automated route, landing on a vast, meticulously manicured green lawn.

Bai Yi, who had been waiting on the balcony, saw Feng Si get out. She immediately stepped out from the cool, shaded area and jogged toward her, waving. "Over here! Over here!"

Feng Si stood on the lawn, turned to get the food packed in wooden boxes, and carried two large ones down. She looked at Bai Yi and said, "Hello, your food has been delivered. The total is one hundred and ten thousand coins."