Every year in late spring and early summer, people from Cuishui Village would go to the back mountain in groups to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms. If they were lucky, they could even catch some pheasants or rabbits.
These things can not only improve the family's meals, but can also be taken to the city to sell.
The Lu family thought the same way. Even after the recent setbacks, Old Lady Li still had no intention of giving up this opportunity to make money.
It was still time for the family to eat, and Grandma Li announced to everyone: "Tomorrow, our whole family will stop what we're doing and go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables together."
"Mom, something's come up at the factory, I can't leave," Lu Yunzhi said truthfully.
Old Mrs. Li, remembering that he still had to pay back the money to his family, nodded in agreement without hesitation.
Seeing this, Lu Yuncheng was also eager to try, and followed closely behind Lu Yunzhi, saying, "Mom, well... the factory needs me too, and besides, they'll deduct my wages if I'm absent."
Picking wild vegetables requires running all over the mountains and fields; it's much more comfortable for him to sit in the factory with a fan blowing on him.
"What good are your skills at the factory?" Old Mrs. Li rolled her eyes at him, not voicing her true feelings.
What she really meant was, how much money could be deducted for just one day of absence? Besides, his two hundred yuan was nothing compared to Lao Wu's.
He's dreaming that she'll let him go, this piece of work.
Grandma Li had been craving wild pheasants, wild rabbits, and wild mushrooms from the mountains for a long time.
"That's settled then. Tomorrow, everyone go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables!" Old Lady Li declared decisively.
sound.
In the middle of the night, Shen Qianqian was fast asleep when a system alarm suddenly popped into her mind.
[Warning! Warning! The female lead is up to no good again! Host, please think of a countermeasure in time!]
right!]
"Qi Ran? What bad things could she be doing in the middle of the night?" Shen Qianqian thought to herself, still half asleep, and sat up, pulling back the curtains to peek out through a crack.
Under the moonlight, a figure stealthily walked towards the clothes that had been hung out to dry in the Lu family's courtyard.
[Host, that person is Qi Qi!]
Upon hearing the system's voice, Shen Qianqian's mind instantly cleared, and she stared intently at Qi.
dye.
The light was dim, and Shen Qianqian could only vaguely see that Qi Ran seemed to have spilled something on his clothes. The only clothes that had been spilled on were those of Shen Qianqian and Qi Ran.
"Did she do something to my clothes? Can you detect it all?" Shen Qianqian asked the system.
[Host, you need to get the clothes before I can perform the test!]
Holding onto the system's words, Shen Qianqian got up before the rooster crowed for the first time and tiptoed to her clothes.
The moment her hand touched the surface of the clothes, the system screamed in her mind.
[Host, she's sprinkled a powder on your clothes that can drive wild beasts mad!]
Considering the Lu family's plan to go up the mountain to gather wild vegetables, Qi Ran is clearly trying to kill Shen Qianqian and Shen Qian deep in the mountains!
Destroying the clothes now might allow us to avoid Qi Ran's scheme. But if we turn the tables on him, we might be able to outmaneuver Qi Ran.
While we're at it, let's find out who the mastermind is.
Thinking of this, Shen Qianqian went back to her room and woke up Lu Yunzhi.
"Let's go up the mountain and set up a trap to catch wild animals."
Lu Yunzhi had been awake since Shen Qianqian got up. Upon hearing Shen Qianqian's words, he got up and dressed without saying a word, grabbed his tools, and went to the back mountain with her.
Shen Qianqian did not reveal that Qi Ran wanted to frame them.
She knew that if she told him, Lu Yunzhi would never let her take that risk.
At this moment, Lu Yunzhi, who was excitedly setting up the trap, only thought that he wanted to try his luck and see if he could improve the family's meals.
By the time the two men had set up the traps to catch the wild animals, it was already dawn, and many families were gradually coming up the mountain.
At this time, the Lu family was also at home taking stock of the people who had gone up the mountain.
"Where is the fifth son's wife?" Old Mrs. Li counted around and found that only Shen Qianqian was missing. When she went to the fifth son's house, she found that the door was locked with a padlock.
"Mom, is it possible that the fifth son's wife ran away because she's afraid of hardship?" Chen Qin said sarcastically to Old Lady Li.
"Yes, in my opinion, the fifth son's wife doesn't respect our parents at all." Lu Yunfeng was afraid that Old Lady Li's anger wasn't burning hot enough, so he deliberately added fuel to the fire.
"How can we let the fifth brother's wife run away?" Qi Ran said anxiously, mainly because she was worried about the powder she had sprinkled last night.
She had spent a lot of her luck points to exchange for the potion that would drive wild beasts mad, and she didn't want those luck points to go to waste!
Grandma Li noticed that it was getting late, and if Shen Qianqian delayed the whole family any further...
If it takes them a long time to get there, by the time their whole family goes up the mountain, they probably won't get anything at all.
"Alright, forget about her, the whole family, let's get going!" With that, Old Lady Li led the Lu family up the mountain.
The group had just reached the foot of the mountain when they found Shen Qianqian already waiting for them there. "Mom, over here!" Shen Qianqian waved to them.
"Where did you run off to, you brat?" Old Mrs. Li cursed as she walked towards Chen Qianqian.
go.
Shen Qianqian showed Grandma Li the basket of wild mushrooms she was carrying: "I was thinking of..."
It takes some effort to gather these, so we came before dawn.
Considering the wild mushrooms, Old Lady Li's anger subsided considerably, and she silently took the basket from her hands: "You're quite enthusiastic today."
“We’ll split up today, each family will go their own way, and the fifth son’s wife can go with whichever family she wants.”
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