Jiang Yuman turned around and looked at her, somewhat surprised, because she knew that Fang Xi and Yao Simeng had a good relationship and had been dissatisfied with her before.

What do you want to say to me this time when you suddenly come to see me?

Although she didn't know the reason, they all lived in the same courtyard after all, so Jiang Yuman asked, "Fang Zhiqing, what do you want to say?"

"Comrade Jiang, I want to trouble you with something," Fang Xi said in a tangled tone, "I also just went to the countryside not long ago, and there is no earthen kang in my house."

"So I would like to ask you to ask Third Brother Yao if you can give me a bed here. I also have two meat tickets..."

After she finished speaking, her face turned red and her voice was as soft as a mosquito's. It was obvious that she felt very embarrassed.

Today, when she saw Yao Zhenjiang and the Fu family busy making earthen bricks, she remembered that she had nothing in her house, and she didn't have enough cotton tickets, so her quilt was very thin.

If we don't heat the kang, this winter will be very difficult to endure.

If the lock picking incident had not happened, perhaps she would have spoken to Yao Simeng about it. But after that incident, she had already planned to keep her distance from Yao Simeng.

I don't want to go to other gay men for help alone, for fear of being seen and gossiped about.

After much thought, he decided to shamelessly approach Jiang Yuman and ask her if she could help.

Jiang Yuman thought about it for a moment and understood. She nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask for you."

Although Fang Xi had a good relationship with Yao Simeng before, she didn't do anything bad to herself. It all comes down to a word.

Moreover, the two meat tickets are quite a lot of thank-you gifts, and Yao San's wife is still in confinement, so I believe Yao Zhenjiang will be very happy.

Fang Xi didn't expect Jiang Yuman to agree immediately, and she was grateful: "Comrade Jiang, thank you so much..."

It was no secret that she and Yao Simeng had a good relationship. Jiang Yuman must have known about it, and she mustered up the courage to give it a try this time.

Jiang Yuman didn't take it seriously: "It's just a word, you're welcome."

At this time, the dishes in the pot were cooked. After she finished speaking, she quickly put the dishes in the pot into a bowl.

Fang Xi looked at her nimble hands and feet in front of the stove. No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't match up with the "lazy daughter-in-law who does nothing" in Zhou Yun's words.

If you really don't do anything, how can your hands and feet be so nimble?

She pursed her lips, feeling a little guilty for a moment.

Because of this face, I and my admirers have been slandered by people with ulterior motives and suffered a lot.

As a result, he believed what others said and speculated about the Fu family's daughter-in-law with malicious thoughts.

But she is not what those people say...

On the way back to her room from the kitchen, Fang Xi kept thinking about this.

She had no relationship with the Fu family's daughter-in-law, but she was able to help. If Yao Simeng was really her savior, how could she not even say thank you?

Thinking about how Yao Simeng pried open the door to enter the Fu family, the two of them didn't seem to be in a relationship of gratitude, but more like a feud.

Fang Xi always felt that this matter was not that simple, and the truth might not be what she knew.

She walked to the door while thinking, and when she looked up, she saw Yao Simeng standing at her door.

"Xi'an, where are you going?" Yao Simeng asked as he watched her come back.

"I'm going to the kitchen," Fang Xi said in a cold tone, "How did you get here?"

"I have something to discuss with you." Yao Simeng had something hidden in his mind and did not notice the coldness in Fang Xi's tone.

After saying that, he quickly took Fang Xi's hand and went into the house.

After entering the house and closing the door, she couldn't wait to say, "Xi, come with me to the back mountain tonight, and we'll go digging."

"Are you crazy?" Fang Xi's eyes widened. "The back hill is so dangerous, why are you going there in the middle of the night?"

"I'll go dig up herbs and sell them on the black market. I can make a lot of money."

Yao Simeng looked at her and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to make money?"

Fang Xi frowned: "If this is a scam, if it is discovered, there will be a mass criticism meeting."

"That's why we have to go at night so we won't be seen." Yao Simeng patiently explained, "I saw something interesting on the mountain that day, so we took a detour to get there so no one would see us."

She went into the back mountain to look for Ganoderma lucidum that day. When she was pulling the vines, she saw a piece of iron sheet in the crack of the rock.

Yao Simeng was busy pulling the vines at the time and did not move. Later, Lingzhi was so upset that she completely forgot about the incident.

It was only after the noisy atmosphere at home that I realized this.

Although the iron bark is not as valuable as the Ganoderma lucidum, there are so many of them in one piece. If you take them to the black market and sell them, you can make a lot of money.

"Does the captain agree?" Fang Xi asked.

Yao Simeng hesitated for a moment. Yao Anguo certainly did not support it, but his brother and sister-in-law were willing to agree.

But her brother and sister-in-law were alienated from her, and Yao Simeng wanted to take Fang Xibo with him because he had a good relationship with her.

She feels at ease only when there are people standing on her side.

"He won't care." Yao Simeng said vaguely.

The smart villagers would take these good things to the black market at night to process them so that they could make money without being caught.

Fang Xi said seriously: "Si Meng, I won't go for this. The back mountain is very dangerous at night, so you shouldn't go either."

Even if she wanted to end their friendship, she couldn't just watch Yao Simeng go astray.

Yao Simeng was unwilling to give in and tried to persuade her, but seeing that Fang Xi was still unwilling and kept trying to stop her, she gradually lost interest.

Without saying a word, he left.

Fang Xi saw that she was a little unhappy, but she didn't chase after her to explain.

This kind of thing does make money, but the risk is too great. If you are caught, you will be criticized and have your hair shaved like a yin and yang.

What's more, the back mountain is so dangerous. Who knows what you will encounter if you go up the mountain at night?

Thinking about this, Fang Xi couldn't help but sigh: She didn't understand how Yao Simeng could have changed so much during this period of time? She became more and more irrational.

…

the other side.

Fu Jingchen and his father and Yao Zhenjiang spent an afternoon making earthen bricks, which were neatly arranged in several rows at the door.

Yao Zhenjiang said, "Remember to turn these bricks over and let them air-dry for a few days. I'll bring some people over to make the kang base tomorrow after you hand in your communal grain."

"When those are done, this brick will be almost done."

Fu Wangshan nodded: "Okay, Zhenjiang, you've worked really hard today, let's eat here."

"No, my wife is still waiting for me at home. I'll go back to eat." Yao Zhenjiang refused with a smile.

He smelled the delicious food at the Fu family's house. It was not easy to eat good food these days, so of course he didn't want to join in the hustle and bustle.

Jiang Yuman had guessed that he would do this, so she stuffed the lunch box with the food into his hands and said, "Take it back. Remember to wash it and bring it back after you eat it."

"Brother Chen, sister-in-law, this--" Yao Zhenjiang looked at Fu Jingchen subconsciously, as if holding a hot potato.

Fu Jingchen smiled and said, "Your sister-in-law's craftsmanship is very good."

Jiang Yuman glanced at the man with a smile, reasonably suspecting that he was showing off his wife in front of Yao Zhenjiang.

I felt helpless, but at the same time, I felt very happy.

Yao Zhenjiang certainly knew that Jiang Yuman was a good cook. During the harvest season, every time she came to deliver meals, many people would eat dry food while smelling the aroma of Fu's dishes.

But he saw that the fresh pig's trotters we stewed today were too expensive.

Mother Fu also said, "Zhenjiang, take it. It's good if you don't mind. You are tired today too."

Having said that, Yao Zhenjiang could only agree.

Thinking that his wife could eat more pig's trotters, he became even more determined to help the Fu family build a kang and repair the kitchen.

When he entered the main hall with his lunch box, the whole Yao family was having dinner and they all looked over at once.

The lunch box was uncovered, and when Yao Simeng saw the brightly colored pig's trotters, his face turned ugly.