"Of course! How did you catch such a big pheasant? We've never seen any pheasants in the mountains behind Niushan Village." The mountains behind Niushan Village are very low, only about twenty or thirty steps high, but the area is quite large.

“I don’t know why, but when I caught this pheasant on the other side of the mountain, it wouldn’t even run away when it saw me. Father, there seems to be some Ganoderma lucidum here, but the color is different,” Niu Cuihua said, pointing to a hundred-year-old pine tree next to her.

Niu Da walked over and took a look. It was almost exactly the same as the blood spirit mushroom in his hand, except for the color. "This...this is truly a miracle! We can't believe such a wonderful thing grows here!"

Suppressing his excitement, Niu Da went home and told Shen Yu about it that very night.

The father and daughter hunted a pheasant, and Niu Da killed it immediately. The next day, he stewed it into soup. Chen Yu looked at the huge blood-red lingzhi mushroom in disbelief.

"Honey, it looks like a Ganoderma lucidum to me too. Even though I've never eaten pork, I've seen pigs run, right? The coffin fungus that Niu Baoshan dug up last time only had one layer, but this one is exactly the same as the one in Doctor Xue's medical book!"

The path to sinking fish.

"Whether it is or not, we should take it to Doctor Xue for a checkup before we can be at ease!" Niu said.

The next day, Niu Da drove to Doctor Xue's house in town. Doctor Xue Simiao was an honest man. "Where did you get these two Ganoderma lucidum?"

"It was dug up right behind our Niushan Village. This...this really is Ganoderma lucidum?" Niu Da said, somewhat incredulous.

Doctor Xue said, "Take it to the county and sell it. Remember, don't sell this blood-red Ganoderma lucidum for less than two hundred strings of cash! This ordinary Ganoderma lucidum is worth fifty strings of cash, and I'll take it."

Niu Da's heart leaped out of his chest: "My goodness, this thing is worth over two hundred strings of cash?" He almost lost his footing and fell down the steps. "Am I dreaming?"

Niu Da drove to the county town. The owner of the local pharmacy, seeing he was a countryman, decided to deceive him, saying:

"This thing is a coffin fungus, it's not worth much. Here's five strings of cash for you!"

Niu Da was poor, but he wasn't stupid.

He walked out of the Jimin Pharmacy without saying a word, and the shopkeeper immediately chased after him, saying, "How about I give you fifteen strings of cash, thirty strings of cash, thirty strings of cash?"

Niu Da ran straight into the opposite side of Jimin Pharmacy, Jiren Pharmacy, as if a ghost was chasing him. Jiren Pharmacy was a century-old brand. The manager of the pharmacy immediately invited the attending doctor to come and offered to buy it for 220 guan.

Meanwhile, in Niushan Village, Niu Cuihua got into a fight with Niu Gou'er, a fellow villager.

"Silly Niu, you can even hold a little sister now! Don't drop her and kill her!" The one making fun of Niu Cuihua was Da Tan's youngest son, Niu Gou'er.

The surname Niu (牛) doesn't sound very good to begin with, but his given name is Niu Gou'er (牛狗儿).

"Niu Gou'er, do you prefer to imitate a cow's moo or a dog's bark? I bet it's a dog's bark. My dad says that cows work diligently and honestly their whole lives, plowing and planting crops, and their mooing is quite pleasant. Only dogs like to bite people and bark everywhere."

As Niu Cuihua spoke, she even imitated a dog's bark a few times, which made the other children laugh. Niu Gou'er was so angry that his face turned ashen.

"My parents said that since your family has no sons, it's a lineage ending, and your uncle won't be able to get married in the future. All those four acres of land and your house will belong to us."

"You're talking nonsense! I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you. Your house and mine are worlds apart. You even claimed that Sister Niu Xiaocao, who raised three pigs, owned the house! Did you take it all for yourself?" "So what if you only have a daughter? I haven't seen your family living any better than Sister Niu Xiaocao's family."

"Pah! Who wants to compare themselves to that live-in son-in-law of hers? My mom said that only useless men go to live with their wives' families, and they'll be looked down upon! So what if they live a good life? They can't become scholars like Aunt Zhang's son." "Do you know what a scholar is? They're the future of prime ministers! I'm going to become a scholar and a high-ranking official!"

"Little Grass Sister's eldest son passed the preliminary examination in his first year. You've taken it three times and still can't even pass the preliminary examination, yet you want to become a Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination)? Bah! I'm waiting to see when you'll finally pass the Xiucai exam. You have many sons, but don't end up like your second uncle, almost fifty years old and still without a wife, a lifelong bachelor."

Ever since Niu Cuihua recovered her senses, she's become incredibly sharp-tongued. Beside her, Niu Baozhu nodded in agreement like a chick pecking at rice, saying, "That's right, that's right!"

Enraged, Niu Gou rushed over and started hitting Niu Meihua, even trying to gouge out her eyes, which terrified Niu Meihua, who burst into tears.

Niu Cuihua and three-year-old Niu Baozhu pounced on Niu Gou'er and began to bite him:

"You bastard! You argued with my two sisters, why did you hit my younger sister? Do you think my second sister is easy to bully because she's so docile? I'll bite you to death!"

Niu Cuihua fluttered her hand and said to Niu Gou'er, who was two years older than her. Niu Baozhu, who was two years old, didn't say a word and just bit Niu Gou'er's hand.

"You hit my brother? Just wait, I'll tell my mom and she'll call all six of your older brothers over. I'll beat you all to death!"

Niu Gou'er's older brother, Niu Zhu'er, said as he ran.

With a "splash," he fell into the river.

Some of the children who were watching ran to find Da Tanshi and Niu Li, while others found other adults nearby to rescue Niu Zhu'er.

Niu Cuihua's fighting power was off the charts. She grabbed Niu Gou'er by the hair and shoved dog poop into his mouth, yelling, "I'll teach you to bully my sister! I'll teach you to bully my family!"

The finger that Niu Baozhu bit still hurts, and Niu Cuihua beat him so badly that he hurts all over.

Finally, Niu Cuihua said, "You're not allowed to bully my sisters anymore, not any of my four sisters!"

These two sisters are both amazing.

After beating him, Niu Baozhu ran over to coax Xiao Fubao and Niu Baolan. Niu Cuihua pulled on the rope and dragged the small board, humming a little tune as she went home, with Xiao Fubao following behind happily.

As for Niu Da, he was somewhat lost in thought as he listened to Manager Qian of Jiren Pharmacy rambling on.

Manager Qian said it would cost two hundred and ten strings of cash…

Seeing that Niu Da remained silent, Manager Qian assumed he was dissatisfied with the price and changed his mind, saying, "How about two hundred and twenty strings of cash?"

But Niu Da's mind was filled with thoughts of: two hundred and twenty strings of cash...

Two hundred and twenty…

Two hundred and twenty…

"Two hundred and forty strings of cash. In the entire Jiangzhou, I'm afraid no one will offer a higher price than mine. Two hundred and forty strings of cash, will you sell it or not?" Manager Qian asked.

Niu Da suddenly snapped out of his daze: "What did you say?"

"Two hundred and forty strings of cash, will you sell it or not?" The shopkeeper thought he was hard of hearing, so he deliberately spoke loudly.

Niu Da stumbled and nearly slipped off the counter, but he managed to brace himself with both hands. "Sell! Sell!"

"Here are two hundred taels of silver notes, plus forty strings of cash. Keep them safe!" Manager Qian shouted.

Niu Da, carrying two hundred taels of silver notes and forty strings of cash, tripped on the threshold as he went out and fell, finally waking up completely.

Manager Qian sneered, "So young, and his hearing isn't good, and his legs aren't good either!"