Seeing that Jiang and Liu were chatting and laughing together, the others became anxious.
He wanted to go forward shamelessly, but he was afraid that Jiang would be as unreasonable and merciless as before, making sarcastic remarks.
Caught in a dilemma, he awkwardly squatted down to dig for wild vegetables.
Dandelions are very common, but they taste bitter and are difficult to swallow after being cooked, so women only dig them up when they have no other vegetables to eat.
Liu was focused on digging up dandelions and listened to everything Jiang said.
Jiang had no reason to harm her. Last time, she trusted the village chief and Jiang, and earned two hundred copper coins in less than ten days...
"Hey, what were you saying to the Jiang family just now?"
Some people were too shameless to ask Jiang, but dared to ask Liu, who was more accommodating.
When Liu saw that it was Cuihua's mother, the gossipy old woman who had previously slandered her, she disliked her but didn't want to immediately sever ties. So she smiled and said:
“I just asked Cao’er’s mother how Qingyun is doing in her studies. Cuihua’s mother, as you know, my Changjun is also studying at the academy and is Qingyun’s classmate. Asking about the child’s studies is just because I want my child to do well, isn’t it?”
Cuihua's mother thought this made sense, but unfortunately her son Huzi didn't like studying, so now he could only farm with his father...
Thinking of this, she felt a pang of jealousy towards Liu and Jiang, who, despite being widows, were putting on a brave face to send their children to school...
Hmph~
Liu watched as the other person wiggled their hips and left, and sneered inwardly.
Looking down on her, yet being jealous of her, is just insane!
She dug up her dandelions, dug up a lot, and used the money to buy new clothes for Changjun, Daxue, and Xiaoxue!
When you have something to look forward to, nothing feels hard anymore.
Jiang Yue glanced at Liu Shi a few times, feeling a surge of admiration for her.
"Mother, I'm all better now."
After Cao'er returned from the bathroom, she greeted her mother and then squatted down to dig for wild vegetables.
She saw many elderly women from the surrounding villages coming over and thought to herself that she had to work harder to dig, otherwise all the wild vegetables would be dug up by these people!
"Yes, we'll dig here. Mother, go look around and see if there are any wild fruits."
Jiang Yue nodded. There were many people here, so it would be safe for Cao'er to stay here.
Her purpose in coming to the mountains was not just to dig for wild vegetables, but more to try her luck.
"Mom, go early and come back early."
Cao'er is very sensible and doesn't cause her mother any trouble.
Seeing how well-behaved Cao'er was, the others thought that while the Jiang family wasn't exactly good people, their children were all quite decent...
However, no one was willing to follow Chiang Kai-shek deeper into the mountains; it was common knowledge that the mountains were dangerous.
Although Liu did not stop her, she handed the long stick she carried with her to Jiang and said with concern:
"Grass Mother, be careful."
"Oh, thank you."
Jiang Yue accepted the long stick, which was tantamount to accepting the other party's goodwill.
Armed with a long stick in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other, she mustered her courage and began to venture deeper into the dense forest...
No one has ever been here before; the deeper you go, the denser the vegetation becomes.
Jiang Yue didn't dare to go too far. After about a kilometer, she stopped and observed the footprints around her.
There was animal droppings and footprints.
It seems there are wild animals like wild boars in here. We can't go too deep, otherwise we'll be spotted, and it will be difficult for her to get out on her own!
Looking around, the bushes nearby were covered with wild black fungus.
"Buzz buzz buzz~"
Looking up, there were several beehives the size of basketballs on the treetops above.
The honeycomb was too high. Jiang Yue licked her lips, thinking that she would remember the location and bring Da Niu and Er Gou to pick it another day!
The black fungus can be picked off!
"bite--"
"The system has detected wild black fungus. One pound of black fungus can be exchanged for ten points. Do you wish to exchange?"
"yes!"
Jiang Yue was overjoyed to find that this thing could be exchanged for more points than honeysuckle, and she quickly went to pick some.
Let's get it!
Black fungus is easy to pick; you can easily gather a large handful at a time.
Jiang Yue was having a great time picking the black fungus. Under the cover of the bamboo basket, she transferred the harvested fungus into her system space. Before long, three hundred points appeared in her system account...
Knowing when to stop, she left five or six catties of black fungus unexchanged. Later, when she went out, others would see her carrying some things so they wouldn't be too suspicious.
Besides black fungus, there were also some mushrooms on the ground.
However, given their vibrant colors, based on her experience, these were probably all poisonous mushrooms, so she wouldn't pick them!
After searching for a while, she found the kudzu vines!
With her old arms and legs, she's not going to bother with all that. Like I said, mark it, remember the location, and let her good sons do the hard work another day!
"Thump~"
A grayish-white thing crashed into a tree stump and then tumbled to the ground.
Jiang Yue looked closely and saw that it was a wild rabbit!
Without saying a word, he squatted down, grabbed the rabbit by the ear, and examined it carefully. Good heavens, the story of waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump in the textbook was not a lie!
There really are silly rabbits who will come to your door on their own!
Jiang Yue weighed it in her hand; this silly rabbit probably weighed about six or seven pounds!
Wow, what a haul! Let's head home and have my mother-in-law, or rather, my sister-in-law, stew some rabbit meat!
Before long, while everyone else was vying for territory to dig for wild vegetables, Cao'er saw her mother carrying a big one, waving at her triumphantly!
"Mother~"
Cao'er cried out in grievance. She had stopped digging for wild vegetables a long time ago. The reason was that the other aunties were taking over her spot.
It was Aunt Liu's kindness that allowed her to quickly shield the basket behind her; otherwise, the basket would have been overturned, and the wild vegetables inside would have been ruined...
"Grass, come on, let's go home with Mommy and eat meat~"
Jiang Yue nodded gratefully to Liu, then returned the long stick to her, and finally glanced coldly at the old women around her.
One, two, three, four, five...
Hmph, she remembered, these people didn't originally dig for wild vegetables in this spot!
How dare they bully her daughter and steal her daughter's place!
Good, very good, she's remembered all of these people!
From now on, these people will never be able to buy medicinal herbs or seedlings from her!
"Okay, Mom~"
When Cao'er saw her mother glaring at the aunties to protect her, she felt a warm glow in her heart.
However, she was worried that her mother was alone and couldn't beat these aunties, so after thanking Aunt Liu, she carried her little bamboo basket on her back and happily followed her mother.
As long as her mother cares about her, it's no big deal if she suffers a little grievance!
The mother and daughter, hand in hand, walked away proudly and confidently...
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