Hearing Jin Jinxiu's words, He Ying slapped her thigh and said, "That's a good idea! That's why we need to learn more. Look at our Duoduo, she came up with a great idea. Let's not wait until the kids are on vacation. Tomorrow, the whole family will go. Your Qian Sheng and Qian Xiang will go to deliver grain, but they can skip it. Let the kids be looked after by their grandfather. The rest of us, my daughter-in-law, Qian Rao, and Qian Gui will go mushroom picking."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly said, "Second brother's wife, there's something I need your help with, sister-in-law."
Jin Jinxiu said, "What is it? Do you need to talk to me like this?"
He Ying smiled and said, "In a while, my second son, Qian Yin, is bringing his girlfriend over. You can come over too and help with cooking. You know, my cooking skills are just so-so. I'm okay with everyday dishes, but I'm not good at making elaborate dishes."
Upon hearing this, Jin Jinxiu immediately asked, "What? Qian Yin's girlfriend? Who is she? I've never heard of her." Because every year when they went to the black market, the small flower baskets they used were taught by Qian Yin, and they were different every year, which became a unique feature of their business selling hawthorns and wild apples on the black market.
He Ying said with a smile, "The second son's girlfriend is actually his master's daughter."
Upon hearing this, Jin Jinxiu smiled and said, "Oh, this is a predestined fate."
He Ying smiled and patted Jin Jinxiu, saying, "They are three years apart. When the second brother first became an apprentice there, the girl was still young. The second brother was also naive at that time, and neither of them had any romantic feelings for her."
Over the years, the second son completed his apprenticeship. He worked diligently and intelligently under his master, which caught his eye. His master then developed feelings for him, and since his daughter was growing up, she mentioned it to him, and the two became a couple.
Jin Jinxiu nodded and said, "If your second son succeeds, will he still live with his master?"
He Ying said with a smile, "We won't be living at Master's house anymore, but we'll build a house for the second son in their village."
Jin Jinxiu frowned and said, "Wouldn't that make him a live-in son-in-law?"
He Ying sighed and said, "What can we do? The second son can't bear to part with his wife, he can't bear to part with his master's skills, and he can't bear to part with the opportunity to make money."
Besides, once you get married, you'll eventually have to live independently. My husband and I plan to live with our eldest son in the future, so Qiancai and I discussed it and decided to separate the household after our third son gets married.
We'll build a house for the second and third sons, and their weddings will be the same as the eldest's—fair and impartial.
Jin Jinxiu thought of her two sons who were serving in the military. They had only informed the family of their wedding plans and hadn't even had a banquet.
She sighed and said, "Every family has its own problems."
She then added, "That's fine too. Your second son is going to his master's house to make a living. Anyway, we'll build the house for him, and we have to pay the betrothal gifts that we're supposed to pay."
He Ying nodded and said, "That makes sense. Although my son lives in the same village as his master, we are doing this so that he can earn money to support the family."
Jin Jinxiu nodded: "Our eldest and second eldest are both working away from home. In the future, my husband and I will probably be either the third or the fourth child."
He Ying smiled: "I think neither the third nor the fourth child is as good as your Duoduo. She's smart, capable, and knowledgeable."
"Look at our family, these past few years we've gone to the black market for a few days in the fall and made quite a bit of money."
Jin Jinxiu was happy when she mentioned her youngest daughter. She said she was smart, capable, good at studying, and could make money. It seemed like all the good qualities were in her youngest daughter.
If Qian Duoduo knew what Jin Jinxiu was thinking, she would definitely tell her, "Mom, your filter is too thick!"
Over the next few days, all the members of the Qian family who could go up the mountain went up, and when it came to picking mushrooms, Qian Duoduo completely outperformed the others.
Guo Ni grabbed Qian Duoduo's neck and said fiercely, "Confess and you'll be treated leniently, resist and you'll be punished severely. Where did you pick them? I'm going to follow you around tomorrow, I want to pick lots of them too!"
Qian Duoduo said rather unkindly, "Sister-in-law, you can't pick them by following me around like that."
Guo Ni asked, puzzled, "Why?"
Qian Duoduo: "I'm like a wild goose that leaves its mark everywhere, leaving no trace of life. So if you follow me, you won't get anything. I plan to change locations every day."
Guo Ni tapped Qian Duoduo's little head and said, "Hmph, you're just being stingy!"
Sure enough, as others harvested less and less, Qian Duoduo's amount also decreased, but he still had more than them in terms of quantity.
Guo Ni said enviously, "What kind of luck do you have?"
Qian Duoduo could only laugh awkwardly and not respond. She couldn't tell Guo Ni that she had picked about the same amount as them, or even less, but the mushrooms on her farm grew fast, well, and in large quantities.
Half a month later, the Qian family and Qian Cai family's yards were filled with dried mushrooms. He Ying and Jin Jinxiu were afraid that they would be crushed, so they packed them into burlap sacks.
The following time is the season for picking hawthorn berries and wild apples. Some villagers have seen them picking these fruits every year, and others have seen them selling these things on the black market.
But they didn't know how the wild crabapples could be made so sweet and sour. They had tried cooking them with white sugar themselves, but the taste was not as good as the Qian family's.
Moreover, He Ying and her team have successfully built up a group of loyal customers over the years.
As soon as Jin Jinxiu finished stir-frying the mushroom and chicken sauce, the aroma filled the air, and before long, there was a knock on her door.
Qian Duoduo stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
Jin Jinxiu raised her head and said, "Old lady, you should win people over with virtue."
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