When asked, Village Chief Li proudly explained the work point system in detail, and added at the end, "Nothing is difficult for our village now, and this work point system is the number one contributor."
"Was this also suggested by Madam?" Wei Chengzong asked in surprise.
Jiang Qinyu silently turned her head away, listening to Village Chief Li proudly tell Wei Chengzong why the work point system was adopted in the first place.
After listening, Wei Chengzhong seemed to be deep in thought. After a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "This humble official will take his leave. Madam, please come to the county office early tomorrow morning."
It seems he needs to make good use of the General's wife's talent; it would be a waste to only ask her to help with flood control planning.
Jiang Qinyu was unaware that Wei Chengzong had his eye on her; she dropped the person off at the village entrance and then went home.
With Yunzhu handling things at home, she wasn't too worried, but she still needed to inform Madam Chen and Old Man Lu.
When Jiang Qinyu arrived at the neighboring courtyard, she saw Chen wearing a straw hat and raincoat, carrying a basket in the corner of the courtyard.
"Mother, it's raining. Are you going out?" Jiang Qinyu quickly stepped forward and asked.
The roads were slippery from the rain, and she was worried that something might happen to Chen.
Chen smiled and said, "The rain has lessened now, hasn't it? Your Aunt Qin just called me and asked if I wanted to go mushroom picking with them on the mountain. I thought Pan'er and Shufan both like mushroom stir-fried with vegetables, so I agreed."
Besides, these days, who wouldn't want to take anything edible to their own home? It's been raining for two or three days, so there must be plenty of mushrooms growing in the mountains. Why not take advantage of something that's unclaimed?
Jiang Qinyu paused upon hearing this, then turned and walked back, saying, "Then wait for me, Mother, I'll go with you."
If she hadn't run into them, that would have been fine, but since she did, of course she had to go with them.
Actually, Chen made a mistake. Shufan and Pan'er's favorite dish is chicken stew with mushrooms, not to mention she had a reason to go.
Just thinking about the fresh mushrooms made Jiang Qinyu's mouth water. She quickly grabbed her basket, gave Yunzhu a few instructions, and then went up the mountain with Chen and the others.
The rain had lessened considerably by now, with only a light drizzle remaining. However, Jiang Qinyu and her companions were all fully dressed in preparation for the rain to intensify again later.
There were quite a few people going up the mountain this time, even Ma, who is usually too lazy to move, came along.
"By the way, eldest daughter-in-law, did you come to see me just now to say something?" Chen suddenly remembered this and asked as she walked.
Jiang Qinyu, who was also leaning on a wooden stick, said upon hearing this, "Yes, I'm going to the county town tomorrow and may stay for a few days. I was thinking of telling you and Father to help look after the house."
"Why do you need to go to the county?" Chen asked, but the answer was already clear. "The county magistrate sent you, didn't he?"
"Um, I have something to take care of," Jiang Qinyu said vaguely.
It wasn't that she didn't want to tell Chen the specifics, but rather that if she were to explain, it would take a long time, so she simply chose not to.
Madam Chen didn't think anything of it and readily agreed to keep an eye on Shufan and Pan'er for her. She then gave them a lot of instructions on how to be careful.
She didn't say much, but Ma got excited.
"Oh, some people really think too highly of themselves, don't they? Going to stay in the county town for a few days, are they just secretly enjoying a good life and leaving the elderly and children at home?" Ma said sarcastically.
Before Jiang Qinyu could even retort, Aunt Qin and the others spoke up first.
"It's hilarious! Some people don't even look at themselves in the mirror. They think everyone is like her, only caring about eating the good food themselves, never telling their families about good things, treating their in-laws like a granary, instigating their children to insult their own grandparents, and still being jealous that others are doing better than them!"
"Oh dear, Sister Qin is right. Some people are just jealous of others' success and can't stand seeing others do well. They don't even bother to find out why others went to the county, yet they dare to say such things. How can she be so shameless?"
"That's right, our village hasn't had a fat person for so many years, but some people have managed to make one out of thin air. Tsk tsk... Before you criticize others, you should think about yourself first!"
"..."
The aunties kept nagging and teasing Ma, making her grit her teeth in frustration. But she couldn't win the argument, and because she was so fat and walked at the back, she was afraid someone would push her off the mountain. So she had to just endure it.
Jiang Qinyu glanced back at her, not feeling angry, but rather finding it amusing.
She didn't quite understand what Madam Ma was thinking. Knowing that with Lu Yanzheng around, she could never gain the upper hand in front of her, Madam Ma still had to jump out from time to time. Surely she wasn't just trying to annoy her?
And sure enough, Jiang Qinyu guessed right by accident; Ma Shi was in the same boat right now.
After being teased by the villagers, Ma glared hatefully at Jiang Qinyu's back, then ran ahead of Jiang Qinyu, deliberately walking slowly.
Seeing this, Chen was furious. "Second son's wife, you're blocking my way!"
"Oh, Mother, how could I be blocking your way? I'm clearly paving the way for you!" Madam Ma said triumphantly, finally getting her revenge for being teased earlier.
She was stunned. She should have gone first and picked up all the mushrooms so that Jiang Qinyu wouldn't be able to pick up a single one!
Jiang Qinyu wasn't going to tolerate her. She pulled Chen Shi along and quickly walked a few steps to the side, past Ma Shi, and also activated the quest item map hint function.
That's right, the broken system has finally issued a task again after many days, but it's a random task, and the reward will also be random.
Jiang Qinyu didn't take the words "collecting fresh mushrooms" seriously when she first saw them. After all, it was a drought time back then, so where would she get fresh mushrooms to collect?
She had been busy taking care of Lu Yanzheng and his group these past two days and had completely forgotten about this task. It was only when Chen Shi mentioned going up the mountain to pick mushrooms that she remembered it.
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