Yun Qiao almost swore, and she tried to negotiate.

"Mom, please let me rest for a while. I haven't stopped all morning."

"Look who has rested?" Qi's mother asked angrily.

Indeed, it was the spring plowing and planting season, and everyone in the family except the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to work in the fields. Mrs. Liu stayed at home to look after the two little grandsons and cook. Aren't all the other chores Yunqiao's responsibility?

"Don't be so unconvinced. The family's income is used by Han Ge'er. You are his wife. If he is successful in his studies, how can you not benefit from it? Don't be so superficial and refuse to do things. It's not a big job. Otherwise, Han Ge'er will divorce you!"

"Mother..." Yun Qiao hurriedly smiled apologetically, "I didn't refuse, I just wanted to take a break and go to the toilet. As a person, you have to be quick. I really didn't mean anything else."

"That's good. Hurry up! After you release the ducks, go pick some wild vegetables and make some soup."

There are wild vegetables everywhere in spring. If you don’t pick them yourself, others will pick them. You can’t suffer a loss.

"And you washed everyone's clothes before lunch. Didn't you see how they've piled up like a mountain in the basin? You need to be more active and stop asking me to remind you to push and move them every day. Whose daughter-in-law is like you?"

"Hey." Yun Qiao responded, turned around and his face immediately darkened.

She said to herself, if she endured for another four years, Qi Han would soon become an official. It was just some housework, and he had done it in his previous life.

But it was because she had worked hard in her previous life that she felt uncomfortable and irritable whenever she worked in this life, as if she had returned to her previous life, reminding her of her failure.

"Be careful when you release the ducks." Mrs. Liu kept nagging behind him.

Yun Qiao was delighted. It turned out that her mother-in-law still cared about her! She had always said that she was definitely more likable than Yun Yuan. Yun Yuan hadn't lived as well as she had after marrying into the family.

"Keep a close eye on the ducks. If a dog takes one of them, don't come back tonight."

Yun Qiao: ...Old hag, bah!

———Dividing line———

Qi Sheng found half of Yun Yuan's older siblings.

The original owner rarely walked around the village. Qi Sheng knew this and introduced her: "These are the children of Uncle Qi's second uncle, Qi Shan and Qi Si."

Yun Yuan greeted them with a smile: "Hello."

The two of them greeted her in her own way: "Hello, sister-in-law." They were a little shy.

Qi Sheng warned them: "Don't run too far. Be sure to come back before dark, okay?"

The three of them walked into the mountains together. After spending a while together, they started talking and became more casual and less reserved.

"Oh my God, sister-in-law, have you never gone up the mountain to pick mushrooms before?"

Yun Yuan shook her head.

It's no wonder that Qi Shan was surprised. Mushrooms were a major source of income for the village. Most children would follow their parents to pick mushrooms as soon as they could walk. The original owner had never picked mushrooms seriously except for a few mushrooms when there were plenty of mushrooms in the summer when he was cutting grass for pigs or chopping wood.

When the original owner was a child, she would also make a fuss about wanting to pick mushrooms, but she was scolded by her father and mother without exception. They only took Yun Qiao with them and left her at home to take care of the housework. After a few times, she knew that her family would not agree, so she gradually stopped asking.

There are few mushrooms at the foot of the mountain, so they want to go to a higher mountain.

Qi Shan took Yun Yuan through the forest that the original owner often went to, and over two low hills.

"We're here." Qi Shan pointed to the mountain in front of them.

Yun Yuan stopped and looked. The continuous mountains looked like a giant green dragon. Following the direction Qi Shan pointed, she saw countless tall pine and oak trees. There was a thick layer of humus on the ground, which made slight depressions when stepped on. The bushes were not tall, which was perfect for picking mushrooms.

"Sister-in-law, there are three roads here. Choose one and we'll wait for you in two hours."

It is taboo for mushroom pickers to act together. Those who pick mushrooms frequently will have their own favorite secret bases, which some people call "secret bases". They go there every year and will not tell others easily, and perhaps even their closest people do not know about it.

Yun Yuan chose the path on the far right. Because of spring plowing and planting, not many people went up the mountain, only a few here and there, all of them children. She deliberately avoided people and did not find any mushrooms, but she did find something else.