Xu Lanzhou was extremely excited and quickly agreed.
Carpenter Tian owned a carpentry shop in the county town, working with his son and two apprentices. He was the uncle of Xu Dashi's wife, Li, and Xu Dashi often went to the shop to help out during his winter off-season to earn a little money. Xu Lanzhou also wanted to help out during the off-season, both to learn the craft and to help supplement the family income. Xu Dashi kept interceding, and Carpenter Tian agreed, and he brought him along on this logging trip.
After seeing Xu Dashi off, Xu Lanzhou turned around and closed the door, his mouth grinning from ear to ear with joy.
Looking at the tall, slender boy, who looked like a bean sprout, Xu Lanyin's heart trembled. He was so young, and in his previous life, he had just started junior high school. Not only did he drop out of school to farm, but now he had to cut wood to make a living. Cutting wood was a strenuous job, tiring and dangerous.
Xu Lanyin no longer hated his shortcoming of swearing so much.
Xu Lanzhou saw Xu Lanyin poking around in the yard, and there seemed to be a look of heartache in his eyes. He felt something was fake, and he felt even more annoyed. He said coldly, "I'm going into the mountains early tomorrow morning and won't be back until the afternoon. Don't go into the mountains to collect herbs before I come back. Take good care of mother and little brother. Little brother can't sleep alone, and mother is not feeling well, so you can sleep with him tomorrow. Humph, if you dare to steal our food again, I'll beat you up when I get back."
Naughty child! Xu Lanyin rolled her eyes in anger.
Xu Lanzhou returned to his room and carried Xu Lanting up to Qin's room. He whispered to them about logging and told them that he would let Xu Lanting sleep with Xu Lanyin while he was away.
Qin was a little reluctant, "Logging is for strong men, you are still so young..."
Xu Lanzhou smiled and said, "Mom, I am already a man, and I have to support this family."
Xu Lanting was extremely excited and happy for his elder brother. This matter was of great significance. Not only did his elder brother go to earn money, but it also showed that his elder brother was capable. Even Tian the carpenter was willing to hire him.
"Don't worry, big brother. I will take good care of Mom and our family." Xu Lanting puffed out his chest, feeling proud, and flattered him, "Big brother, you are so capable that you are appreciated by Carpenter Tian..."
Xu Lanzhou was in a state of trance, and his heart was even more excited when he heard his brother's compliments.
Their voices drifted out the small window, and Xu Lanyin curled her lips. The little brat even knew how to "appreciate." She went to the west room alone, lying on the kang, and worried about how this family would get by.
Four mouths to feed, two and a half laborers, a weak child who can't work, and a patient who lies down most of the time.
As the original owner remembered, the two acres of land remaining at home were planted with corn, ready for harvest next month. Xu Lanzhou tended these two acres, but he was small and unskilled, so the harvest couldn't be very good. Corn wasn't worth much to begin with, and after paying taxes and buying necessities, the remaining corn wouldn't last until the wheat harvest next spring, no matter how much he saved.
The six acres of land sold for forty-eight taels of silver. The original owner gave forty-five taels to Gu Wangchen, and even thought he was being considerate by keeping three taels for himself. Later, the enraged Xu Lanzhou snatched all of it away and gave it to Qin. A considerable amount of it had been spent over the past few months, mainly on medicine for Qin and Xu Lanting's medical treatment.
There was a half-acre vegetable patch in the backyard. A small portion of the vegetables were eaten by the family, and the rest could not be sold for much money. In the future, selling vegetables would not be possible. Some vegetables needed to survive the winter, and they also needed to be dried and pickled. So the original owner also started to dig wild vegetables.
Because Qin Shi had always been taking herbs, the original owner had learned to identify them, often going up the mountain to dig them up and sell them to supplement the family income. It seemed the original owner had a natural talent for identifying herbs, and a good nose. No matter what medicine it was, she could remember it simply by seeing it, hearing about it, and smelling it, and she could find it accurately and quickly. Oat Mountain was rich in vegetation, and as long as it wasn't winter, she could earn over 300 wen a month digging for herbs, but she had previously given most of her income to the Gu family.
There is no output in the fields in winter and herbs cannot be collected. Even if Xu Lanzhou gets the favor of Carpenter Tian and goes to help in the carpentry shop, his life will not be easy.
I have to go to the county town someday to see if there are other ways to make money. I can earn more money to treat Qin and the little boy, buy back the land that the original owner lost, and it would be best if Xu Lanzhou could go back to school...
After Xu Lanyin finished thinking about the present, she thought about her past life. In her past life, when she was in junior high school, she accidentally discovered that she had the ability to listen to people's minds. In a sense, this was also a mental illness.
After years of practice, she learned that telepathy isn't about simply looking at someone; it requires a conductor. She could pull directly on the person's body or clothing, or through conductors like wood, steel, or water. Eye contact is also possible, but it's extremely damaging. She used it once in her sophomore year of high school, and she fainted afterward. She spent over two months in the hospital, nearly dying, and never dared to use it again. Furthermore, telepathy is very demanding, requiring only two attempts per day; more than that, and she loses her ability to hear.
When her parents in her previous life learned of her ability, they were initially delighted, then saddened. They believed that being different from ordinary people was bad, and they didn't know whether it would be a blessing or a curse. They told her not to share this secret and to avoid "eavesdropping" on others, especially her friends and future lovers.
When it came to choosing a major for the college entrance exam, she loved art and had been studying it. After careful consideration, her father decided to let her apply for psychology at a medical university. He said everyone has two sides, with secrets and thoughts they don't want to share, even darker aspects that might be innocuous. He worried that she would become obsessed with knowing too much, which would be detrimental to her future growth and life. He suggested that studying psychology would help her constantly adjust her mindset, allowing her to see people with a normal perspective, think about them with a normal mindset, interact with them normally, and live a normal life...
But she didn't listen to her parents. Driven by curiosity, she always liked to eavesdrop on other people's thoughts. Because she knew what others were thinking, she had very few good friends, never got married, and eventually lost her life.
Curiosity kills, I should have listened to them earlier.
Learn from your mistakes in this new life. Try not to listen to others in normal interactions. Although everyone in this family hates her, you can't blame them. The original owner did too many wrong things. To live a better life in this life, stay away from the heroine and the supporting actor, work hard to improve your relationship with your family, and keep a low profile to earn money.
Xu Lanyin was awakened by the sound of footsteps. She opened her eyes, but it was still dark. The kang beneath her was hard, and the small window, through which the starlight shone, seemed unfamiliar. Then there was the hazy kang, the small cabinets at its foot, the table beneath the window... She was stunned for a moment before realizing she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the short-lived fiancée of the first infatuated male supporting character, still possessing the ability to listen to others' thoughts.
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