"Who would dare to talk about something like this? They'd be afraid of being targeted and getting into trouble. But she was different. She had just received the money when she ran back to the village and, in front of the whole village, threw the banknotes out one by one, slapped them on the table, and grinned from ear to ear!"
She was eager to prove herself and wanted the whole village to see her success.
But once the news spread, problems arose.
The village had kept a record of her debts from years ago, which totaled more than three hundred yuan.
There were also several sums of money that Xie Daping's family advanced for her, totaling a little over four hundred yuan.
She barely had a chance to enjoy her hundred yuan before the village accountant called her in to settle accounts the very next day.
Su Yueyue turned pale with anger on the spot.
But faced with the irrefutable accounts, she couldn't utter a single word.
She went up the mountain several more times afterward.
They were quite lucky, digging up herbs like Solomon's Seal and Codonopsis.
Now, Wang Chunhua's eyes light up when she looks at Su Yueyue.
The villagers gossiped behind her back, saying that Su Yueyue was lucky and had struck it rich.
Even Xie Yichang stopped working and followed her up the mountain to "collect herbs" every day.
Su Qingzhi was stunned for a moment after hearing Zhu Xiuqin's words.
"Qingzhi, do you really think there are so many good things in these mountains? Is it really that easy to make money?"
Zhu Xiuqin looked puzzled.
Su Qingzhi remained silent for a while.
After a moment, she slowly spoke.
"Mom, people are forced to do things. There are snakes, wild boars, and a lot of poisonous insects in the back mountain, as well as steep slopes and deep ditches. Just because Su Yueyue and the others haven't encountered them yet doesn't mean they haven't."
“Our family isn’t short of wild vegetables and mountain produce. They’re so eager to go in, they must have found it profitable. But can this kind of profit last? Who can guarantee that next time they go into the mountains, they won’t slip and fall, or run into a raging wild animal?”
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