After about half an hour, the father and daughter finally arrived at the town gate.
After paying a four-cent entrance fee, the father and daughter were able to enter the town without any problems.
As agreed, the two split into two groups.
The cheap father was in charge of buying mugwort, while Jiang Wanwan was in charge of buying charcoal, elm wood mortar, realgar, and dried tangerine peel powder, among other materials.
Jiang Wanwan was driving an oxcart when she discovered that some farmers were selling charcoal on handcarts in the street.
Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that charcoal was surprisingly cheap at this time of year.
You can buy two pounds for just one penny!
In the mall, it costs 2.5 yuan per kilogram, making ancient charcoal much cheaper in comparison.
Jiang Wanwan bought the entire cart of charcoal without any hesitation, spending only 190 coins to buy more than 380 catties of charcoal.
The farmer who sold the charcoal was all smiles and gave Jiang Wanwan the bamboo baskets he had used to hold the charcoal.
Jiang Wanwan continued strolling through the streets with charcoal in tow. She turned into a quieter alley, opened the online store, and went on a shopping spree.
Twenty catties of realgar powder, forty catties of dried tangerine peel powder, and twenty-five catties of elm wood powder.
She packed all the items she bought in cloth bags and placed them directly into bamboo baskets. This prevented anyone from noticing anything amiss.
Not only that, she also bought three large buckets of mosquito coils.
After buying the materials, Jiang Wanwan went to the place she had arranged to meet her adoptive father to pick him up.
Because they were in a hurry to make mosquito coils, the father and daughter didn't have time to stroll around the town and went straight back to Dashui Village in an oxcart.
When I got home, the house was empty. It seemed the whole family had gone out to cut mugwort and peel elm bark.
When it comes to making money, no one in the Jiang family is ambiguous.
Everyone was working with full enthusiasm and dedication.
"Dad, let me teach you how to make mosquito coils." Jiang Wanwan kept working while carefully explaining the weight of various materials for making mosquito coils to her adoptive father.
The father and daughter were busy making mosquito coils, which were then carefully laid out to dry in the yard.
Once the mosquito coils are made, they just need to dry in the sun.
It was only Shen Shi (3-5 PM), and there was still an hour and a half before nightfall.
Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Jialin wanted to go up the mountain to cut more mugwort.
The two men, each carrying a basket on their backs and holding a wood-chopping knife, left their homes.
The father and daughter had just reached the end of the village when they encountered Zhang Guilan, the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law.
Zhang Guilan carried a hoe, looking like she had just returned from working in the fields. She smiled and said, "Wan'er, Jialin, are you going up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables?"
Before Jiang Wanwan could speak, a shrill, high-pitched voice interrupted.
"That's right, Old Jiang's family can't even afford to eat anymore. So they've gone up the mountain to peel tree bark and cut mugwort to eat."
Tsk tsk, how pitiful. It's still a peaceful year, and there's no famine, yet they're eating tree bark.
A few days ago, they caught a wild rabbit and found wild eggs. I thought their fortunes were about to change and they would become rich and powerful. But I didn't expect that, haha, their lives are getting worse and worse.
"Looking at yesterday's oxcart and iron pot, it wasn't probably bought with silver from those officials' daughters, it was mostly bought with high-interest loans from money lenders, just to make a grand display."
After saying that, Liu San Niang glanced mockingly at Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Jialin.
She said, "Yesterday, Old Jiang's family had an oxcart and an iron pot. I thought they were going to become rich overnight."
Unexpectedly, this morning, the whole family was out cutting mugwort and tree bark; it turns out they were so poor they couldn't even afford to eat.
Liu San Niang firmly believed that Jiang Wanwan must have borrowed money from the bank to buy it, how could it have been given by those daughters of officials?
How could a daughter of an official's family associate with commoners like them?
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