It seems that these five kids, though impulsive, are still quite intelligent. At least they can see people clearly and weren't fooled by the villagers into actually trying to curry favor with Liang Yaozu.
She nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, you don't need to care what the villagers say behind your backs."
"Life is your own, and you don't live it for others to see. What do people say matter? As long as we know we haven't done anything wrong, that's enough."
Instead of wasting time worrying about and getting angry about what others think of us, we should use that time to do something that is good for us.
"The best way to refute their words is to make our lives better and better."
In all my years, these five kids have never heard anything like this before.
It sounds like the profound truths that a teacher in a school would impart to his students.
They seemed not to understand, yet they also seemed to understand somewhat. Their indignation had subsided, replaced by a renewed drive to fight for life.
"Alright, stop standing there."
Wan Shu knew they were uneducated and illiterate with limited comprehension, so he stopped there and gave them instructions.
"It's already noon, time for lunch. Dazhu, go chop firewood, Erya, cook porridge, Sanshun, start a fire, Siya, go feed the chickens in the yard, and Wuping, you help me at the stove."
It's not the busy farming season now, so the villagers only eat breakfast and dinner.
However, after the "Su family's" warning over the past two days, the five children have become numb to Wan Shu's various wasteful behaviors.
Now, when she says she wants to eat lunch, my first reaction isn't to try to save money, but rather to subconsciously swallow.
There was no way around it; her cooking was just so delicious! She was generous with the oil and salt, and even the most unpalatable yellow goose vegetables became so delicious that they almost wanted to swallow their tongues when she stir-fried them!
Wan Shu didn't buy any groceries today, so she didn't cook anything fancy. She just used the braised pork belly she made last night to stew a radish and stir-fried a large bowl of wild vegetables with pork cracklings.
Even so, the five children still ate with great relish.
"Ah, I can eat meat every day, am I dreaming?" Liang Sanshun exclaimed, clutching his stomach.
"If this is a dream, I hope I can have this dream for a lifetime!" Liang Wuping squinted, a look of smug satisfaction on his face.
Wan Shu kicked their stool legs: "Alright, stop dreaming and get up to wash the dishes. After you wash the dishes, go do your chores. I'm going up the mountain with Er Ya and Siya to dig for wild vegetables."
After shopping yesterday morning, she only had a little over twenty coins left in her pocket.
These twenty-odd coins were her life-saving money; she couldn't afford to touch them. It was time to go up the mountain and make more money.
If you want to make more money, just digging for wild vegetables is definitely not enough. Wild vegetables are too cheap, so no matter how much you dig, you'll still get rich.
In her past life, besides making a living, Wan Shu would also read novels in her spare time.
In every farming novel she reads, the female protagonist finds a valuable ginseng after transmigrating.
Although she doesn't pick up a prince and nobleman right away like the heroine in the book, she still has a spatial shop at her disposal. What if she gets that kind of luck too?
Therefore, Wan Shu's purpose in going up the mountain today was very clear: to dig for ginseng!
Ginseng is a shade-loving plant that prefers diffused light and cannot be exposed to direct sunlight. It generally only grows in densely wooded deep mountains and shady mountain slopes.
Wild beasts roam the deep mountains, and even with a stun gun, Wan Shu dared not venture there rashly, so he chose a shady hillside.
Because it is shady, the hillside here is more humid, and there is more vegetation and wild vegetables growing here.
However, there were also more mosquitoes. As soon as they entered the hillside, the mother and her two daughters were bitten several times.
Er Ya and Si Ya had long since gotten used to it and didn't care, but Wan Shu couldn't stand it.
She secretly bought a small bottle of mosquito repellent for three coins in the mall, first applying some to herself, and then to Er Ya and S Ya.
The area where the mosquito repellent was applied felt cool.
Er Ya and Si Ya stared wide-eyed in surprise: "What is this? It's cool and smells good!"
Wan Shu casually replied, "This is mosquito repellent I bought in the county town before, with mint added."
"Hey! It seems like after applying it, no mosquitoes are coming near us!"
"Great! Now we don't have to worry about mosquito bites, and we can go anywhere!"
There were no wild animals on the hillside, and the two sisters were familiar with the terrain, so Wan Shu didn't restrain them.
"Go wherever you want, just remember to be careful and don't go too far. Call out to let your mother know you're safe every fifteen minutes."
The two obediently agreed and disappeared in no time.
Wan Shu didn't rest any longer and started searching every nook and cranny where ginseng might grow.
However, she may not really be destined to be the female lead, as she searched for half an hour but still found nothing.
Wan Shu was feeling discouraged and was about to give up when a voice suddenly came to her mind.
[Ding!]
Wan Shu's eyes lit up, and he silently chanted in his heart, "Ginseng, ginseng, ginseng!"
[Pure, natural, and pollution-free porcini mushrooms detected!]
Pure, natural, pollution-free porcini mushrooms are priced at 188 yuan per jin (approximately 500 grams)! Would you like to go and find some?
The light in Wan Shu's eyes, which was about to go out, lit up again when she heard the last sentence.
188! Although it's not as expensive as a single ginseng root that costs hundreds of taels, 188 is still a lot of money. If I find a few more kilograms, I won't have to worry about food and drink for at least the next month or two.
Wan Shu immediately replied that, guided by the system, he found a large clump of porcini mushrooms under a very hidden, decaying tree at his feet.
It weighed one and a half jin in total and sold for 280 wen.
She found several more clumps, but none were as big as the first one. They weighed a total of two and a half jin and sold for 470 wen.
280 plus 470 equals 750.
In just one afternoon, she earned almost an ounce!
You know, even a strong laborer working in the county town wouldn't earn that much in a month!
Wan Shu happily hid the money. Seeing that it was getting hot and dark, she was about to call Er Ya and Siya back when a scream suddenly came from the mountain.
"Aaaaaah!"
Wan Shu recognized that it was Siya's voice.
Oh no, could it be that they've run into some kind of danger?
Wan Shu quickly ran towards the direction of the sound and saw Er Ya carrying a full basket of wild vegetables, while Siya was sitting on the ground covered in dirt, holding a gray rabbit in her arms.
"Hehehe, little bunny! I told you you couldn't escape!"
So she found a rabbit. Wan Shu breathed a sigh of relief, went over and helped Siya up, patting her clothes.
"You brat, shouting so loudly, you almost scared your mother to death."
"I'm just so happy!" Er Ya smiled shyly, looking at the gray rabbit with bright, sparkling eyes: "After all, this rabbit is so cute!"
It seems that whether in modern times or ancient times, young girls have no resistance to cute creatures.
Rabbits only eat grass, which saves money and effort.
Just as Wan Shu was about to speak up and ask Siya to bring the rabbit back as a pet, Siya immediately followed up.
"The meat looks delicious!"
After saying that, he wiped the drool that had accidentally dripped from the corner of his mouth.
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