"Xiaohua, Xiaoli, quickly help your mother make something to eat, your mother is starving."

Early in the morning, Wang Dahua rushed home from the county hospital, not returning until after lunch. After driving the brigade leader away yesterday, Wang Dahua and Gu Changhe realized they had no money on them. Although the brigade had already covered Gu Changhe's medical expenses, they had no money for food. The couple had been starving since yesterday. Remembering the things they had buried in their yard, Gu Changhe and Wang Dahua sent Wang Dahua home from the county town early in the morning.

"Mom, have you forgotten that we have nothing left? We haven't eaten anything since yesterday, Mom, we're so hungry! What should we do?"

Upon hearing Wang Dahua's words, Wang Xiaoli and Wang Xiaohua cried out, their voices filled with grievance.

Yes, her family has nothing left now. Thinking of this, Wang Dahua wanted to cry again. She was heartbroken. How could they have lost everything? That damned thief, that damned Gu Tieniu!

"Where are your sister-in-law, nephew, and niece?"

Suddenly, Wang Dahua noticed that the house was unusually quiet, and her three daughters-in-law and grandchildren were not home. So she asked in confusion.

"Mother, my sister-in-law has taken them back to her parents' home."

Hearing that her daughter-in-law had taken the child back to her parents' home, Wang Dahua didn't think much of it. She had been hungry all day, and all she wanted to do was dig out the food as quickly as possible to exchange it for money.

So Wang Dahua quickly ran to the backyard, found the spot where the box was buried, and started digging. Since they had nothing left, they could only dig by hand. She was grateful that Lin Qing had dug there before; the soil was still loose. Otherwise, how could she possibly dig it up by hand?

No matter how hard Wang Dahua and her two mothers dug, they couldn't find the box. Wang Dahua thought they had just remembered the wrong location.

"Xiaoli, go next door and borrow a hoe. Don't say anything. If anyone asks, just say you're tidying up the vegetable garden."

"Yes, Mother."

Although she didn't know what her mother was digging for, Gu Xiaoli answered cheerfully and quickly borrowed a hoe from next door.

So Wang Dahua and her two children dug from noon until night, eventually pulling up all the vegetables in both plots. They still hadn't found the wooden box.

"Good heavens! How are we supposed to survive?! This is like they're leaving no way for people to live!"

In despair, Wang Dahua sat down on the ground, hugged her legs, and started crying. Although her two daughters didn't know what their mother was digging for, they knew that what their mother had hoped for had not been found, so they also started crying. For a moment, a burst of sobs echoed from the Gu family's courtyard.

"Dahua, why are you back? Why are you crying here? Please stop crying."

The neighbor auntie had originally come to watch the commotion. She had been complaining that the Gu family had caused Xiao Lin, the educated youth, to give up being a barefoot doctor. But now, seeing the mother and her two children crying together, she couldn't help but feel sorry for them.

"Stop crying. There's nothing you can do about losing your things. Go find the brigade leader! If that doesn't work, borrow some money from the brigade first. You should work hard in the fields from now on, and things will get better."

"Yes, no matter what, we have to stay alive first!"

"Go quickly! Don't ruin yourself. Xiaohua, Xiaoli, you two quickly try to persuade your mother!"

Hearing what the people around her said, Wang Dahua felt even more upset. She never needed to work in the fields before! With so many grown men in the family and Tie Niu's salary, there was no need for her to do farm work!

"..."

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for reaching level three. Reward: gold coins and unlocking rice planting."

That evening, Lin Qing excitedly finished harvesting the wheat for the day. Finally, her space had been upgraded again, and this time she was rewarded with 50,000 gold coins. Adding the gold coins from before, she now had 66,000 gold coins. Looking at so many gold coins, Lin Qing couldn't stop smiling with excitement.

Finally, it was time to plant rice. Lin Qing couldn't wait to plant rice on all four plots of land.

Rice seeds cost 500 gold coins per plot, and the harvest yields 3000 gold coins, meaning each plot can earn 2500 gold coins. Four plots would earn 10,000 gold coins. The rice planting cycle is exactly 24 hours, meaning one planting can be done per day. This translates to Lin Qing earning 10,000 gold coins per day. Lin Qing calculated that without using points, he could accumulate enough gold coins in five days. Gold coins can be exchanged for 1000 points, and 1000 points are needed to unlock interdimensional trading. Lin Qing was really looking forward to it.

Lin Qing checked her points again. She had earned 150 points from daily check-ins over the past few days, and she still had ten more check-in opportunities. If she used them all, she could get another 100 points, bringing her total to 250 points. With the gold coins she could exchange for 660 points, she would have 910 points in total. If things went as fast as tomorrow, she could open interdimensional trading. Thinking about this, Lin Qing couldn't help but get excited. After so long, could she finally open interdimensional trading? For a while, Lin Qing was so excited that she couldn't sleep. It took her a long time before she finally fell asleep.

"Xiao Lin, do you know? Old Gu's family came back from the county town last night."

As soon as Lin Qing started work in the morning, the carpenter auntie looked at her with a gossipy expression and said something.

"You came back overnight, why?"

"They must be out of money, that's why they came back," Lin Qing thought to herself, but still asked with a curious expression.

"It's all because we're broke! Yesterday, Wang Dahua went crazy. She came back and uprooted all her vegetable garden. After that, she sat in the garden and cried. In the end, she had to borrow grain from the brigade. She even borrowed a donkey cart overnight to bring Old Gu back. I heard his right leg is completely crippled now."

The carpenter's aunt whispered in Lin Qing's ear.

"In my opinion, they used to have a vegetable garden, but now, there's not a single vegetable left."

"That's right, I don't know what's gotten into Wang Dahua, why is she uprooting the vegetable garden!"

“Look, the mother and her two children have all come to work.”

As she spoke, an older woman pointed to the mother and her two children not far away.

"How long do you think it has been since Wang Dahua went to work in the fields?"

"It's all thanks to Xiao Gu; otherwise, she could have stayed home all this time."

An older woman said with a displeased look.

"They deserved it. You really shouldn't do bad things. Look, they got their comeuppance."

"That's right, good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds are punished."

"Oh dear! Their family is going to have a tough time from now on. There isn't a single able-bodied person in the family. I heard that all of their daughters-in-law have taken their sons back to their parents' homes."

“Going back to your parents’ home is no use. How can they stay there forever? They’ll have to come back sooner or later.”

Lin Qing listened to the older women discussing the Gu family's affairs and thought to herself that Wang Dahua was definitely looking for the gold, but no matter how hard she looked, she wouldn't find it. It was all already in Lin Qing's pocket. It was just a pity about the vegetables.