Chapter 7 Where is Piggy?

"You clearly know that the black slave has bad intentions, why do you keep him? Don't say you can't kill him."

Paine asked a little strangely.

"Kill him? Please, he is the only male left in Tara Manor. If I kill him, who will drive out the old sows hiding in the swamp? Who will harvest the corn and cotton that are about to mature? We women can’t be allowed to do such cumbersome physical work by ourselves!”

Scarlett Hao said confidently.

"The day the Yankees came, I asked Pork to drive the old sow and a litter of piglets into the swamp, but the old sow had lived for ten years and was very smart. Now I don't know what she was carrying. Where did his babies go? There's nothing left to eat in the manor except potatoes, and the last bit of corn whiskey was knocked over, so..."

She stared at Paine with her emerald eyes.

"Hey, Miss Scarlett, I'm not your black slave." Paine said dissatisfiedly. He naturally knew that the woman in front of him was planning to let him go to the swamp to look for the pigs. But Paine doesn't want to take risks. He just wants to wait for the 24-hour smart butler to synchronize tasks for him. Leaving this world as soon as possible is what he wants to do most.

"Tara Manor is my territory. You have to think carefully. You have killed Yankees, and they will not let you go. There are enough Northern soldiers 'missing' around here now. They will Organizing a large-scale inspection activity!"

"Then I can find someone else to live with."

"They all ran away, Mr. Ronald. And there was no food around here. The Yankees put the horses in the cornfields and took away all the corn that the horses didn't eat or spoil. They took it away. The artillery trucks and freight cars drove through the cotton fields and destroyed all the cotton, leaving only a few acres over there on the creek bank, which they didn't pay attention to."

"So this is a fair deal, Mr. Ronald, if you help us find the pig litter, Tara Manor will accept you."

Paine knew that if he refused at this point, he would either start a fight or get out. Scarlett Hao was right. There were troops from the north outside at the moment, and he really didn't find any other people along the way. If those soldiers really used the tactics of fortifying the wall and clearing the field, and he couldn't get food, he wouldn't be able to complete the mission even if he came down - he didn't find any signs of other players along the way. If the mission location was too far away from here, there would be no supplies. He couldn't go far at all.

"Oh well."

"It would be best if you can figure it out!"

Half an hour later, Paine changed into a black uniform that was a little awkward for him.

"This outfit is too weird. Why does it still smell musty?"

Scarlett Hao said with a smile, "This is the uniform of a noble housekeeper from the Kingdom of Frans left by my mother. Those excellent housekeepers trained in the Old World will not come to the New World to suffer, so no one has worn this uniform for decades. Yes. I think your figure is just right for wearing this uniform, so I brought it out from the closet for you."

"You actually put this kind of clothes on me?"

"There are no men's clothes in Tara Manor. Of course, if you like, you can go to the black slaves' accommodation area and look for any scraps of cloth they have left behind. I still feel sorry for how this housekeeper's uniform will look on you. It won’t be damaged.”

"Can't I wear my own clothes?"

"Of course not!" Scarlett Hao said categorically, "The chain armor you were wearing just now was too eye-catching. It was exclusive to the priests in the Northern Army. If they find you wearing that chain armor, they will definitely fight. No matter how strong you are, you can still fight. An army?"

"Then even if I didn't wear the chain armor, would I still be able to escape when I encountered the troops coming to investigate? The three people I met before came to beat me without saying a word."

"At least you still have a chance to escape before they kill you wearing this. But if you are found wearing chain armor, you will never die." Scarlett Hao said quietly.

"Okay." Paine thought that it wouldn't be very difficult to go out to find pigs, and it shouldn't take long to come back, so he stopped arguing with Scarlett Hao on this issue. The reason why the black slave couldn't be found before he wanted to come was probably because he was too lazy to work as a day laborer.