"You brat, I didn't even have a second to look after you, and you're already bullying Xiaomei!"
Zhao Shufang stood at the door with her hands on her hips, angrily berating Lin Chaosheng, but there was no hint of reproach on her face.
Pregnancy doesn't mean you can't kiss; she was just joking with Lin Chaosheng.
"Alright, Mom, stop talking." Lin Chaosheng glanced at Liang Mei, who was practically bowing her head to the ground, and pleaded with Zhao Shufang, "It's fine if your son is thick-skinned, but your daughter-in-law is thin-skinned. If you keep talking like this, and your son and daughter-in-law run away in the future, I'll come after you!"
Zhao Shufang laughed and scolded Lin Chaosheng a couple more times, then told him to come out quickly so that Liang Mei could get some rest.
"I don't have anything to do this afternoon. Go check on the house. They're going to dig the foundation this afternoon."
Zhao Shufang gave Lin Chaosheng instructions while picking wild vegetables in her hands.
"The dandelions are growing best now, and the weather is getting warmer, so Xiaofu and I will pick some for you to make some tea to help cool you down."
Lin Chaosheng nodded and asked, "Could we get some herbal tea? It's so hot. We don't want everyone to get heatstroke before the foundation is even finished."
Zhao Shufang slapped her forehead: "I knew I'd forgotten something! Turns out I'd forgotten about this! You're right, I'll soak some mung beans now and make you some mung bean soup tomorrow!"
After saying that, Zhao Shufang rushed to the storeroom. She had treasured half a bag of mung beans, but now that her sons could earn money, she no longer needed to hide them.
She was generous to others, and they were generous to her in return. That's why Zhao Shufang was never stingy and was very popular in the village.
In the afternoon, Lin Chaosheng went to the yard. Liang Mei had been supervising the work in the morning, but his father took over in the afternoon. This way, no one was tired, and it was fair.
"Chaosheng, look at these lads, they're really capable! I told them to take a break at noon, but they all kept their heads down and worked hard, saying that if the houses are finished sooner, everyone will be happy."
Lin Chaosheng couldn't help but feel moved as he watched these men digging the foundation shirtless.
Although he provided food and drink, he was initially worried that these people would slack off in order to freeload, taking three or four days to finish what could be done in a day, just to eat more of his food.
But these people didn't. Although most of them came to work so that they could have enough to eat, in this famine-stricken era, if there was really no food left, who would beg for food with their palms up?
"My mom said she'll make mung bean soup for everyone every afternoon from now on, so we don't have to rush when we're working, and we should prioritize our health!"
Lin Chaosheng clapped his hands, signaling everyone to look over.
"If you feel unwell, stop immediately and tell my dad or my wife. Go to the clinic right away. Your safety is the most important thing!"
"Don't worry, Chaosheng, we're all keeping an eye on things!"
"You've been feeding us so well, we'll definitely build your house very securely, don't worry!"
Seeing that everyone was in good spirits, Lin Chaosheng didn't say anything more, just smiled and replied a couple of times before leaving.
It was still early, and Shansheng probably hadn't gone home yet, so he planned to take a walk up the mountain.
However, he wasn't going hunting; he was just strolling around and picking some wild vegetables along the way.
We have enough meat at home to last a long time. If we chop too much meat, it will spoil, especially since it's hot now.
So now he suddenly has some free time. But he can't stay at home, so he decides to go for a walk in the mountains.
In this day and age, the mountains have not yet been developed or polluted, and many pure natural plants and medicinal herbs will be priceless treasures for future generations.
"Mom, where's our bamboo basket?"
"Shansheng took one this morning, the other one is in the warehouse, go get it yourself!" Zhao Shufang came out of the main room and asked, "Don't you have nothing to do this afternoon? Why don't you stay home and rest? What else do you need to do?"
"I can't stay idle, so I'll go up the mountain to see if I can run into Shansheng. I'll just come back together on the way."
"Then be careful, we have enough meat and other food at home."
Zhao Shufang looked at her sons with heartache. The family's life was getting better and better, but her two sons ate so much food every day, but they didn't gain weight. Instead, their faces looked even thinner.
"I'm lean, but all muscle, look!" Lin Chaosheng showed Zhao Shufang his muscles. He could tell what his mother was thinking at a glance. "Don't worry, I'm leaving now."
Only after Lin Chaosheng's figure disappeared did Zhao Shufang turn around and go back into the main room.
Lin Chaosheng walked up the mountain. It was the end of July, and the mountain was lush and green everywhere.
But even in the lushest of places, there's very little to eat.
A few years ago, these wild grasses and leaves wouldn't have survived, and people would have eaten them whenever they saw them. Later, many people died because of this, so people stopped eating them indiscriminately and only dared to dig up wild vegetables they recognized.
Suddenly, Lin Chaosheng's eyes caught sight of a small, light brown figure. He walked over and used his hands to push aside the decaying leaves under the tree roots, and sure enough, he saw a mushroom!
Lin Chaosheng's eyes lit up, and he scraped away all the rotten leaves, instantly catching his breath.
This place is actually a whole mushroom colony!
There were more than twenty mushrooms clustered together, each about the size of a quail egg, which looked very beautiful.
Lin Chaosheng pulled it up directly and put it in the basket.
Since there are mushroom colonies here, there must be others under the trees as well, and they look newly grown, so they haven't been discovered by the rest of the village yet.
Sure enough, Lin Chaosheng found mushrooms of varying sizes under the tree roots along the way.
Lin Chaosheng waved his hand and put them all into his basket.
By the time he had thoroughly searched the path, his basket was filled with a quarter of the mushrooms—enough to last him for several days.
Lin Chaosheng thought of the pheasant that his family hadn't eaten yet. He planned to stew the pheasant with mushrooms and soak it in rice. The taste was indescribable. Just thinking about it made his mouth water!
Lin Shansheng continued walking forward and suddenly saw a dark red color.
Lin Chaosheng froze on the spot, rubbing his eyes in disbelief. He thought he was seeing things, but he could still see that cluster of five palmate compound leaves!
This is the signature leaf of ginseng!
He quickly ran over, squatted down, and dug around to find the half-buried red ginseng rootlets buried in the soil!
Lin Chaosheng held his breath, his hands trembling with excitement.
He cleared away the surrounding soil and pulled out all the ginseng.
"System detection indicates that this ginseng is a thousand-year-old ginseng. Congratulations, host, for meeting the conditions to open the space."
The next second, Lin Chaosheng entered an unfamiliar space.
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