Xia Xiaolan looked at Du Juan with her sparkling eyes. She was usually very quiet and rarely got so excited.

Du Juan smiled gently, like a caring older sister, and said softly, "I am also from Shanghai."

Chu Yue was surprised. She knew that Du Juan was an educated youth who went to the countryside from the city, and she thought it was a small town in the south. She didn't expect that she was actually a girl from Shanghai.

Song Dashun was so lucky to marry such a good wife.

When the other sisters-in-law heard that Du Juan was from Shanghai, they opened their mouths in surprise and were shocked.

Li Dahua said without restraint, "Since you are from Shanghai, why did you marry such a peasant as your husband?"

Afterwards, she was glared at fiercely by Song Dashun's angry eyes.

Du Juan didn't care. Since she chose to marry Song Dashun, she accepted everything and would not regret it.

She and Xia Xiaolan were from the same hometown, so she naturally felt close to her. She said to Xia Xiaolan, "I did all this just to give it a try..."

"How much do you sell the mugwort glutinous rice cake for?" Xia Xiaolan asked at the same time.

Du Juan immediately panicked. On the one hand, she made these mugwort glutinous rice cakes to give them to Chu Yue to taste as a token of her love; on the other hand, she was just giving it a try, not knowing if she could sell them and make money.

I didn’t expect to meet my first customer so soon.

Seeing that Du Juan was not mentally prepared and was too flustered to know what to say, Chu Yue immediately walked over to greet her, "Shanghai specialty, 50 cents a pound."

When Li Dahua heard the price, she immediately started to scream, "50 cents a pound? Eggs are only 50 cents a pound, this is just made of wild vegetables and glutinous rice flour, and you're selling it for the same price as eggs, are you crazy?"

Chu Yue looked at Li Dahua with contempt and snorted.

"Sister Li, you don't understand. Mugwort and glutinous rice flour are worthless, but look at these pine flowers——"

Chu Yue picked up the mugwort glutinous rice cake and placed it in front of her sisters-in-law, asking them to open their eyes and see clearly.

It is light yellow, thin in layer, and has a light and elegant fragrance, which is very special.

Chu Yue pointed at the pine flowers and said, "Do they look like gold? As the saying goes, one ounce of pine flowers is worth one ounce of gold. These pine flowers have to be picked by climbing up a pine tree over 30 meters high, risking one's life. They are very precious. If you eat pine flowers, you are eating gold. How can it be cheap?"

Chu Yue spoke in a serious and confident manner, leaving her sisters-in-law stunned and dumbfounded.

There just happened to be Xia Xiaolan acting as a supporting actor.

Xia Xiaolan nodded her head in a serious tone, "Yes, yes, sister Yue is right. When I was a kid, I loved eating pine flowers. My mother always put them on the highest shelf to prevent me from sneaking a bite, because pine flowers are very expensive."

The sisters-in-law all knew Xia Xiaolan's family background. To put it bluntly, she was a capitalist. She was a capitalist lady, so she had money to drink coffee and eat cake.

Now that she is married to a soldier, her sisters-in-law complain about her behind her back but dare not say it to her face.

Even Xia Xiaolan said it was expensive, which shows how terrible the price is.

One sister-in-law nodded and said in agreement, "It really is true that 'one ounce of pine flowers is worth one ounce of gold', so it makes sense to sell it at 50 cents per pound."

"Sister Dujuan, I want to buy some mugwort glutinous rice cakes. Give me two dollars." Xia Xiaolan had already spoken to Dujuan.

Two yuan, which is four kilograms.

Du Juan just tried something out and sold it for two dollars easily. It was as valuable as eggs. She was so nervous that she dared not breathe too loudly and her whole body froze.

Chu Yue smiled and reminded her, "Du Juan, Xiao Lan wants 2 yuan of mugwort glutinous rice cake."

"...Okay, okay, I'll do it right away."

Dujuan came back to her senses in a hurry and took out two yuan's worth of food from a pile of mugwort glutinous rice cakes. However, because she didn't bring a scale, she just relied on the feel of her hands and gave out a full five kilograms.

Xia Xiaolan readily gave two dollars and happily hugged a pile of fragrant mugwort glutinous rice cakes.

After Du Juan took the two dollars, she looked up and exchanged glances with Song Dashun, and they were equally happy.

Seeing Xia Xiaolan buying so much at once, Chen Fengying was very curious, "Is this thing really so delicious? It's worth gold and silver. I want to buy some too. Just give me one pound."

She took out fifty cents and handed it to Dujuan.

"Okay, I'll give it to you right away." Dujuan immediately wiped her hands, carefully wrapped the mugwort glutinous rice cake and handed it over.

Chen Fengying held the mugwort glutinous rice cake in her hand and took a deep sniff. It was true that pine flowers were fragrant, as fragrant as gold.

Xia Xiaolan and Chen Fengying both bought things, in other words, "helping the backward and needy people." Chu Yue turned to look at Li Dahua and others.

"Sisters-in-law, have you made your choice? What do you want to buy? Feel free to tell me."

The sisters-in-law looked at each other, hesitating and no one was willing to step forward, because most of the things were mountain products, such as wild vegetables and mushrooms. If they wanted to eat them, they could go to the mountains to dig them. Why spend money on this?

As for the mugwort glutinous rice cake, it’s only fifty cents... Wouldn’t it be better to eat eggs with that money?

"You buy..." "You buy first..." "Let me see what you buy and then I'll decide..."

They were detained by Chu Yue in the yard and couldn't leave even if they wanted to. At this time, as they were pushing and shoving each other, Chu Yue's eyes suddenly lit up.

She shouted loudly, "Sister Song!"

Song Hongmei's house is next to Chu Yue's. She came back temporarily to get something. At first, she didn't notice the movement in the yard next door. She only walked in after Chu Yue called her.

Song Hongmei saw a lot of people, "Ayue, why are there so many people at your house? Dashun and Dujuan are here too?"

"Sister Song, Song Dashun and Du Juan are here to deliver mountain products. The sisters-in-law came to chat with me and happened to meet. The sisters-in-law knew that the situation in the village was not good, and they took the initiative to say that they were willing to help the backward people. They rushed to buy things from them." Chu Yue smiled and looked up at Li Dahua and others. "Sisters-in-law, don't you agree?"

With Song Hongmei present, the sisters-in-law dared not say no and could only give fake smiles and nod continuously.

If Song Hongmei were to settle the score, the incident in which Fang Xiuli fainted due to anger would be enough for them to receive ideological education and criticism, and they would not be able to raise their heads in front of Song Hongmei for a long time.

They have to work hard to change their image.

Li Dahua was the first to betray. She had just been madly shirking responsibility, but now she was the first to stand up and said to Du Juan, "It's that mugwort glutinous rice cake. I want to taste what gold tastes like. I want... one piece! Give me one piece."

Chu Yue said, "Sister Li, I see you are the same as Xiaolan, buying two yuan. You have three children in your family, and one yuan is not enough for the children. Xia Xiaolan recognized one of them, so she bought two yuan each."

Li Dahua looked at the cautious Chu Yue, then looked at the majestic Song Hongmei, and said through gritted teeth, "Two dollars is two dollars."

Song Hongmei's mind was as clear as a mirror. She knew what was going on as soon as she saw Li Dahua's expression.

But she favors Chu Yue and is willing to act with Chu Yue.

Song Hongmei said with a little surprise, "Do you have mugwort glutinous rice cake? This thing is rare. I haven't eaten it for many years. I'll give two yuan too."

When she said this, the sisters-in-law were devastated.