Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua had heard villagers mention this matter when they were working before, but this was the first time they had encountered such an opportunity.

"Go, go, of course we will go. We have never seen such a market before!" Li Tingyun was extremely excited to hear the news.

"Let's go and take a look." He Fei said.

Brother Xiaolan led the way and took a small path to another entrance of the town. After walking along the small path next to this entrance for half an hour, they arrived at the foot of a mountain.

There are many people setting up stalls at the foot of the mountain, but relatively few people exchanging things.

"There aren't many people here now, so you can take a look first. We are familiar with many of them. If there's anything you like, you can ask them to keep it first. Ask them privately whether they want money or food. If they want food, you can buy it for them in town later." Brother Xiaolan whispered the rules to everyone.

"Thank you, Brother Xiaolan." Li Tingyun thanked Brother Xiaolan.

Brother Xiaolan also told everyone some things that need to be paid attention to. Many of them are ethnic minorities in the mountains, so some rules still need to be made known to everyone.

Xu Erhua and Li Tingyun listened carefully, fearing that they would cause trouble for Sister Xiaolan's family.

After Brother Xiaolan finished speaking, everyone started looking for what they needed.

Li Tingyun discovered that there were actually matsutake mushrooms, which were good stuff and could only be bought at a high price in later generations.

Xu Erhua didn't know what to buy, so she looked around and found some of the medicinal herbs that Tingyun asked her to dig a few days ago. She asked and found out that they could be exchanged for half a pound of rice.

She hurried to find Li Tingyun and asked Li Tingyun to come over and take a look.

Li Tingyun talked to this person, and then he and Xu Erhua quickly pushed the cart to the town. After a while, they pushed back two large bags of rice.

They first exchanged back the herbs that Xu Erhua liked, then exchanged them for some matsutake mushrooms, and then exchanged the remaining rice for some more special herbs.

Xiao Zhuang's mother and her friends also bought rice and exchanged it for some other things. As more and more people came, they didn't want to be too conspicuous, so they pushed a cart to the town.

After buying a lot of things in town, they didn't rush back, but went to Xiaolan's house for dinner.

They waited until dark before heading towards the village.

The reason is simple: they don’t want people to think that they have bought a lot of things.

After returning home, Xu Erhua packed up the things she had bought, while Li Tingyun moved some firewood from the shed into the utility room.

Let’s make some space in the shed so that everyone can have classes here when they come tomorrow.

Although the kitchen is warm, the light is too dim. The light in the shed is better during the day, so we can just light two more fire sheds when the time comes.

Of course, if the wind is too strong, you will have to move to the kitchen to continue.

They were busy until midnight, and Xu Erhua went to sleep. Li Tingyun packed up the medicines he had collected and lay down too.

…

The next morning, Li Tingyun and Xu Erhua got up early. After breakfast, Li Tingyun took out the medicinal herbs he had exchanged yesterday and taught everyone to recognize these herbs.

Erniu and the others arrived outside the yard at the time agreed upon yesterday. After hearing the noise inside, they knocked on the door.

Li Tingyun found that even Uncle He came over, and he was holding a cup.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, she patiently gave lectures to everyone, explaining clearly the characteristics of these medicinal herbs and where they might appear.

Uncle He often wanders around in the mountains and knows some herbs. He has seen all the herbs that Li Tingyun talked about today in the mountains, but he didn't recognize them before, so he didn't dig them up.

Now that he knew these herbs were so valuable, he secretly took note of them.

The others had little exposure to these medicinal herbs, so they listened very carefully and asked questions when they didn't understand.

At noon, everyone brought rice and vegetables, and Li Tingyun cooked for everyone.

Everyone reviewed what they learned in the morning carefully. In the afternoon, they were sent home after only one class.

First, we are preparing for the New Year and there are things to clean up at home;

Second, there was too much to teach at once, and Li Tingyun was afraid that everyone wouldn’t be able to remember it.

After everyone left, Xu Erhua sat in the shed and looked at her notes carefully, while Li Tingyun went out with Heifeng, carrying a backpack.

Now I have to keep one at home, so I have to take turns every time I go out.

Today Bai Ju stayed at home with Xu Erhua, so Li Tingyun could feel more at ease when going out.

When Li Tingyun came out with the backpack, some people had already gone down the mountain.

Seeing Li Tingyun going up the mountain, a group of people followed her again.

Li Tingyun originally planned to try her luck in the woods, but in this situation there was no chance of any luck, so she chopped a load of firewood nearby and walked back.

Seeing Li Tingyun coming back so quickly, Xu Erhua walked out to take a look. Seeing a lot of people following behind him, she immediately understood what was going on.

It seems that I can only go up the mountain before dawn in the future, otherwise I will not find anything.

Unable to go up the mountain for the time being, Li Tingyun set his sights on the river nearby.

She sat at the door, watching the villagers coming down the mountain. Some came to greet them, while others were sarcastic.

Li Tingyun spotted Liu Yue, who hadn't been seen for a long time. She looked much thinner. Her clothes and appearance were still the same as before, but she looked listless.

I guess the two men pursuing her are both squatting, and she doesn’t know who to dress up for?

When Liu Yue passed by Li Tingyun's door, she glanced at Li Tingyun and then stretched her neck to look inside.

"If you want to see it, come in and see it!" Li Tingyun shouted.

Liu Yue then quickened her pace and left quickly, but when she turned her back to Li Tingyun, a gloating smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Xiao Zhuang's mother happened to come over here to give some beans to Li Tingyun and the others, and happened to see the gloating smile on Liu Yue's face.

Xiao Zhuang's mother walked up to Li Tingyun and cursed in a low voice, "Liu Yue is such a piece of shit. Seeing you guys get robbed, she's still gloating over your misfortune. She doesn't even think about the fact that she's also an educated youth. How come she doesn't have any sympathy at all?"

"It's normal for someone like her to gloat over other people's misfortunes. Why are you here so late? Come in and sit down." Li Tingyun pulled Xiaozhuang's mother into the yard.

"No, I'm still waiting to go back to cook. We picked a lot of beans in the backyard today, and we can't finish them all, so I'll send some to you. Just bring out a basket." Xiao Zhuang's mother came over after she had just picked the beans.

Li Tingyun took the basket to collect the beans and thanked Xiaozhuang's mother.

After Xiaozhuang's mother left, she returned to the yard with the basket, and suddenly thought of something and stood there motionless.

Xu Erhua seemed to have heard Xiao Zhuang's mother talking. She put down her notes and walked out of the room, only to see Li Tingyun standing there motionless.

"What's wrong, Tingyun?" She walked up curiously.

Li Tingyun came back to his senses, looked up at Xu Erhua and said, "I was wondering if our theft this time was related to that bitch Liu Yue?"

"What do you mean? She also stole our things?" Xu Erhua didn't react for a while.