For Wan Shu, the magistrate's promise of "generous rewards" was nothing more than an empty promise, completely useless.
After seeing the magistrate off, it was time to dig potatoes. I still had to go up the mountain with the villagers to dig potatoes.
Noon, when the sun is at its highest point.
The scorching sun baked the earth, and it also baked the villagers who were busy working in the potato field.
Other villagers work in the fields all year round and are used to such a hot working environment.
But Wan Shu couldn't stand it.
Before she transmigrated, she had air conditioning every day, so the change was too drastic. In addition, the original owner of this body never did any farm work and had delicate skin.
There were fewer people digging potatoes a couple of days ago, so she chose to work in the shade of a tree, which was still bearable.
But today, Li Dagen was stripped of his position as village head, and the remaining members of the Li family could no longer wait for Li Dagen to come and shovel potatoes for them. So they all had to turn around and go up the mountain to dig potatoes themselves.
With more people, it becomes harder to find a good spot under the shade of a tree.
Under the scorching sun, Wan Shu felt dizzy and lightheaded.
The observant Er Ya noticed Wan Shu's unusual behavior and immediately felt heartbroken.
"Mother, we can handle these potatoes ourselves. It's cooler over there in the woods, why don't you go and rest there!"
Dazhu, Sanshun, Siya, and Wuping, sounding pitiful, turned around and saw Wan Shu's abnormally red face, and quickly tried to persuade her as well.
"Yes, Mother, you go and rest. We can take care of it ourselves."
"Yes, yes, we can just dig fewer potatoes. We can't let Mother get too tired!"
Wan Shu knew that if she continued digging in her current condition, she would definitely suffer from heatstroke, so she didn't insist. Just as she was about to get up, a strange voice suddenly appeared.
"Oh, so I was wondering who was so pampered. Turns out it's a wealthy wife!"
The person speaking was Li Lanhua, who lived next door to Aunt Wu.
"However, it's only right for a rich man's wife to be a little pampered. You've won the county magistrate's favor and have a pension. You'll be incredibly wealthy in the future, so you definitely won't want these potatoes."
Li Lanhua's mother-in-law, Aunt Zhao, echoed her sentiments.
"No matter how rich and powerful we become, that's for the future. The rich wife is very shrewd. When she asked everyone to dig potatoes, she deliberately didn't explain clearly and only led half of the people to dig, so that her family could dig more."
"Including the potatoes they secretly dug up a few days ago, their potatoes must be piled up like a mountain by now. Unlike us clumsy folks, we can only pick up what your family has left over."
Wan Shu could tell the difference.
These two women, outwardly praising her intelligence, were actually subtly criticizing her for digging up more potatoes so that they would get fewer.
Wan Shu twitched the corners of her mouth and said with a faint smile, "What are you saying, Er Gou's wife? How could you be a fool? Didn't you just spend twenty coins yesterday to buy more than a hundred catties of fern powder? You can make such a good deal. I think you are the real shrewd person."
Everyone in the village knew that Li Lanhua was severely scolded by her in-laws for persuading her family to hand over those twenty coins.
Upon hearing this, the villagers digging potatoes nearby burst into laughter.
When Aunt Zhao thought of those twenty coins, she became even angrier and glared fiercely at Ma Lanhua.
Malanhua was so angry at being laughed at that she glared at him with a wronged expression. She could no longer hold back and voiced her grievances.
"Wan Shu, it's all your fault! You clearly knew the potatoes weren't poisonous, so why didn't you explain it to us more clearly back then!"
"If you had explained things to us more clearly back then, would we have had to waste twenty coins like this!"
Wan Shu almost burst out laughing.
What kind of logic is this? After all that, it turns out it's her fault?
Not to mention Wan Shu, even some of the villagers who, like Li Lanhua, had spent money to buy fern powder couldn't stand it anymore.
“Ergou’s wife, you can’t say that. Fugui’s wife made it clear enough at the time, but we just didn’t believe her.”
"Yes, we didn't dare to take the risk at the time, so we can't blame Fugui's wife. She was just doing a good deed."
"You ungrateful bastards! I'm only speaking up for you!" Li Lanhua said angrily, opening her mouth as if to say something more, when Wang Lizheng heard the commotion and came over to shout.
"Li Lanhua, if your family dares to utter another word, get out of here!"
"With all this time you're rambling on and on, you could probably dig up so many more potatoes!"
Li Lanhua used to be so arrogant because she relied on her family's influence and connections.
Now that Li Dagen has been dismissed from his position as village head, she no longer dares to be arrogant in the face of Wang Shuisheng, the new village head who has always been at odds with the Li family. She can only purse her lips and reluctantly shut her mouth.
We went back with Aunt Zhao and dug potatoes obediently.
Wang Lizheng patted Wan Shu on the shoulder: "Rich wife, don't be angry. Most people in the village are reasonable and won't listen to her nonsense."
Wan Shu nodded understandingly: "I know, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest, I won't take it to heart."
It's a waste of time and energy to take this kind of person to heart.
She was so hot that she told Dazhu and the others, then took her water bottle and went to a shady spot near the dense forest.
The water in the kettle was also heated by the heat.
Wan Shu drank half a pot of water and rested for a while, but still felt that the heat in his body could not dissipate, so he quietly walked into the edge of the deserted dense forest.
She bought two bottles of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and two bottles of ice water from the mall, and drank them down one after the other, which finally brought her back to life.
[Ding!]
Suddenly, a notification sound from the shopping mall echoed in my mind.
[20 pure, natural, and pollution-free Monotropa monnieri plants were detected!]
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