"You don't need to do anything. Just follow Brother Nanxun and the others up the mountain to collect firewood and mountain produce. But now the mountain produce is almost gone, so there's nothing else to do."

Lin Yunfeng looked bewildered. "What do you mean there's nothing else?"

Lin Qing explained with a smile, "It means exactly what it says! We hibernate here in winter, and we don't need to farm, so there's nothing else to do. Did you think I was just trying to fool you when I went to the countryside before?"

After listening, Lin Yunfeng nodded thoughtfully.

At this moment, Gu Nanxun said with a smile, "Don't think too much about it. Just come up the mountain with us tomorrow and you'll see." Lin Yunfeng responded.

The next morning, Lin Yunfeng and Lin Qing followed Gu Nanxun up the mountain. Thunder and Lightning also accompanied them, as they had grown up and Gu Nanxun often took them with him on his mountain trips recently. The dogs excitedly ran ahead. Lin Yunfeng followed behind the two dogs, while Gu Nanxun supported Lin Qing at the very back.

Today, Gu Nanxun finally allowed her to go up the mountain, and Lin Qing was overjoyed. Ever since she became pregnant, Gu Nanxun had stopped allowing her to go up the mountain, and she felt like she was going to get creeped out of her house every day.

As Lin Qing walked along, he introduced the local products to Lin Yunfeng. Suddenly, Thunder and Lightning seemed to sense something and quickly rushed into the bushes beside them. A moment later, a rustling sound was heard, and then two dogs came running out, each carrying a wild rabbit in its mouth.

Thunder and Lightning kept rubbing their heads against Gu Nanxun and Lin Qing's legs, begging for praise. Lin Qing squatted down and patted Thunder and Lightning's heads, "Thunder and Lightning are great, I'll give you extra food when we get back."

Then they took the rabbit from the mouths of Thunder and Lightning and put it into the basket on Gu Nanxun's back.

Lin Yunfeng's eyes widened in surprise. "These two dogs can actually hunt!" Lin Qing smiled and said, "Of course! Thunder and Lightning are incredibly powerful." Gu Nanxun nodded in agreement. "Yes, they're very intelligent."

Lin Yunfeng exclaimed with delight, "That's amazing! They don't look very old!"

"That's right, they're only four months old."

Lin Qing said with a proud look that Thunder and Lightning were the best quality dogs she had ever won in a lottery. Moreover, she had fed them spiritual spring water and food from her space since they were puppies, so their intelligence was quite high.

"They've grown so much in just four months, that's amazing!" He happily patted Thunder and Lightning's heads.

The group continued gathering firewood for a while, and as Lin Qing had said, mountain produce was becoming increasingly scarce. Lin Yunfeng shrugged and said, "Looks like I'm too late." Lin Qing smiled and said, "It's alright, there's always next year. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to go up the mountain and collect mountain produce in the future."

Because Lin Qing was pregnant, the group didn't stay on the mountain for long; they played for a while and then went back.

After descending the mountain, they put the firewood away. Lin Yunfeng stretched and said, "This day was pretty easy. It's much easier than working at the steel factory."

Lin Qing teased from the side, "See? I told you so. Now you know that life here is actually quite simple and pleasant, isn't it?"

Lin Yunfeng smiled and said, "Yes, it does feel a bit different."

"Fourth Sister-in-law, I heard that someone came to your house."

Lin Qing and the others were chatting in the courtyard when they heard Wang Haoran's loud voice outside the gate.

Lin Qing looked towards the door and saw Wang Haoran, Chen Bin, Lu Xianghong, and Xu Fengjiao walk in together. Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao were carrying baskets.

"Sister Xianghong, Fengjiao, what brings you here?" Lin Qing asked with a surprised look when she saw Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao.

Recently, Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao have been either gathering mountain produce and firewood on the mountain or running to the county town commune. Even Chen Bin and Wang Haoran have been running with them.

The four of them have been doing business on the black market recently, and the source of the goods is secretly provided to them by Lin Qing. They had asked Lin Qing and Gu Nanxun about it, but they were refused by the two of them.

What they didn't know was that Lin Qing supplied most of the goods in the county's black market, and even many of the goods in the city were supplied by Lin Qing. Moreover, one of the biggest bosses in the black market was Gu Nanxun. They had no need to follow those four people around the streets.

"I came to see you because I knew you were pregnant. You didn't even tell me you were pregnant. I only found out from the old ladies in the village."

Lu Xianghong said with a smile that she only found out about Lin Qing's pregnancy when the village aunties were gossiping about her when she returned to the village the day before yesterday. She and Xu Fengjiao bought some things in the county town yesterday. Because they returned late yesterday, Lin Qing went up the mountain early this morning, so they only came over now.

Lin Qing smiled as she accepted the gifts brought by Lu Xianghong and Xu Fengjiao, saying, "I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to spend money. I don't need anything here, so there's no need for you to come and see."

Lu Xianghong looked disapproving. "What kind of talk is that? Just because you don't need anything doesn't mean we can't look after you. Besides, we're not like when we first came to the countryside and lacked everything."

Li Fengjiao chimed in with a coquettish smile, "That's right, Qingqing, that's not right of you. Didn't we say we're good friends? Why are you being so formal with us?"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault. I won't do it again."

Seeing that the two girls were angry, Lin Qing quickly grabbed one of them and begged for forgiveness.

"No, what are you talking about?" Wang Haoran asked incredulously after hearing their conversation, his eyes involuntarily glancing at Lin Qing's stomach.

Gu Nanxun took two steps forward, subtly blocking Wang Haoran's view. "It's nothing, it's just that your fourth sister-in-law is pregnant."

"Fourth Brother, Uncle, and Aunt know?" Chen Bin asked Gu Nanxun with a delighted expression.

Looking at Chen Bin's rarely expressionless face, Gu Nanxun smiled and said, "I've already sent the letter, and I guess it's been received by now."

“That’s wonderful, Uncle! Aunt will be so happy. It means I’m going to be an uncle.”

Seeing Chen Bin happy, Gu Nanxun also patted Chen Bin on the shoulder with great joy.

"Me too! Me too! I'm going to be an uncle too!"

Wang Haoran couldn't help but jump up and down while shouting.

"Alright, let me introduce you. This is Lin Yunfeng, my third brother. You can take my third brother with you when you go out in the future."

"Don't worry, Fourth Sister-in-law, your Third Brother is my Third Brother too. I will definitely take good care of him."

Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, Wang Haoran immediately understood that Lin Qing meant for them to take Lin Sange to the black market to do business.

Actually, Lin Qing had just suddenly thought of it. She wasn't short of money, but she couldn't just give money to her third brother directly. The key was to find a way for him to earn money on his own. After all, with her and Gu Nanxun around, and the black market being full of their own people, it was relatively safe as long as they were careful.