He couldn't hold a long banquet, but he had a good candidate.
"Second Brother still has to go harvest vegetables later, why don't you shout out a bit?" He pursed his red lips and leaned closer to Zheng Ruqian.
Zheng Ruqian, "..."
This young man is quite good at ordering people around.
You two are so good-looking you can't open your mouths wide, so you're bullying me because I have a big mouth and can open it wide, huh?
The second brother was unhappy and turned his head away, pretending not to hear.
Changyan had no choice but to reach out, tug at his sleeve, and whisper, "Second Brother..."
Zheng Ruqian's mind began to spin.
That's why people say beauty can be intoxicating; Little Fifth Brother only needed to use a little coquetry to be irresistible.
Zheng Ruqian couldn't imagine how disastrous the country and its people would be if Changyan were a woman.
"Okay, okay, I'll go call them, I'm going right now." He surrendered, grabbed his small basket, and ran off.
As he ran, he kept shouting, "Anyone going to the county? I'll go for just one coin, I'll go for just one coin!"
About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, four people stood at the village entrance, all of them on their way to the county.
Some planned to walk, while others planned to take a cart the next day. But when they heard that there were cheap donkey carts available today, they figured they might as well take one, so they all left early.
Fang Heng was very satisfied and took a donkey cart to the county.
He brought Xu Mo back before it got completely dark.
He carried four passengers on the way there and three on the way back, earning seven coins in two hours.
Fang Heng handed over all of it.
Jiang Sheng didn't stand on ceremony. She happily opened the small purse, threw in seven copper coins, tied it up, and put it in her pocket.
She cooked dinner.
The freshly made, steaming hot vegetable porridge was brought to the table, and the expressions on the faces of the older brothers all froze.
Xu Mo stirred the still-cooked dough and said softly, "I can make dinner when I get back."
“That won’t do.” Jiang Sheng said righteously, “Big brother is already working so hard at school, how can he come back to cook dinner? Big brother will eat what I cook.”
Zheng Ruqian swallowed the shepherd's purse leaves that stung his throat. "I support my elder brother."
Fang Heng didn't speak, but picked out a piece of vegetable root covered in mud, thinking that he should go up the mountain more often in the next few days.
Unfortunately, wild game isn't something you can just have whenever you want.
Although I long for it, I can only wait quietly.
This wait lasted for more than half a month.
Instead of wild game, they were met with a harsh winter.
Overnight, the frost flowers in the fields became three-dimensional, and the river was covered with a thin layer of ice. All the remaining vegetables were carefully harvested by the farmers and put into the cellar. Beans and eggplants were long gone, and even radishes and cabbages became scarce.
Zheng Ruqian traveled all over the village, but only managed to collect a small portion of the goods in two days.
He was somewhat lost in thought, sitting blankly at the entrance of the dilapidated temple, worried that if he failed to meet with You Ran Ju, Manager Bai would terminate their cooperation.
Jiang Sheng was also stunned. Even if Manager Bai kindly didn't end the cooperation, their future income would be greatly reduced.
The brother and sister were about to look at each other, their eyes brimming with tears.
Zhang Qiquan rushed over, shouting, "Where's the third brother? Quick, a big guy has come up the mountain!"
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