Chapter 141 Forgery
They set out as soon as it was light, went to town to sell things and met Granny Zhou, and talked with Murong Run for a while, but it didn't take long.

The round trip took five hours, and by the time I got home, it wasn't even time for dinner yet.

Compared to their last trip out, they received a warm welcome this time when they returned home.

Seeing that they had returned so early, Wang Chuanman, who had been waiting at the village entrance, hurriedly asked, "How did it go? Did you sell out this time too?"

"Yes, they're all sold out!" Wang Dalang said.

He just didn't look very happy.

When everyone arrived home with Wang Chuanman, Wang Dalang recounted what had happened in town in front of everyone.

Wang Chuanman was so angry that he immediately stood up: "What? You were actually stopped! I should have gone to town with you!"

Last time, Wang Chuanman followed them to the town, and only left secretly after seeing the children start chatting with the people around them.

Then, halfway there, I secretly waited for them without letting the children know.

This time, Wang Chuanman wasn't as careful, and unexpectedly, just one oversight led to problems for the children.

Grandma Wang immediately realized that it must be Granny Zhou who was behind this.

These past two days, Old Mrs. Wang has been busy, and has roughly figured out who was behind this mess, and has also found out some information about that Granny Zhou.

She's a formidable character. I heard that she beat out several matchmakers back then to secure the opportunity to work as a matchmaker in the county town.

After moving to the county town, she began to dislike her husband back in her hometown and rarely returned home.

In Nanhe Town, Granny Zhou has a terrible reputation.

In today's society, women who frequently appear in public and rarely return home generally don't have a good reputation.

Matchmaking was originally a lowly profession. Although matchmakers were needed for marriage, good families would not let their children become matchmakers if they had a choice.

"Mother, didn't you say that Lord Zhang was going to take care of this matter? How come that person is still so arrogant! He even tried to have our child arrested!" Liu felt a chill run down her spine when she heard this. If it weren't for the help of kind people, would little Ayu have already been arrested?

Why is Xiao Ayu's fate so full of twists and turns?

Why do these people always have to pick on her? She's just a child!

Old Mrs. Wang said, "Lord Zhang is very busy and must have other things to attend to. It's impossible for him to handle this in just one or two days. But that Granny Zhou is really too arrogant. You should not go to town for the next couple of days."

If it happened around the village, it would be fine, but since it's in Nanhe Town, there are places beyond their reach.

After all, they were just outsiders who had barely managed to establish themselves in Hujia Village, but had no connections whatsoever in Nanhe Town.

"No, Brother Murong is waiting for us. We're going to town tomorrow!" Little Ayu became anxious when she heard that they shouldn't go to town, since they had promised him.

Wang Erlang quickly added, "That's right, that's the second thing we're going to talk about. Young Master Murong Run, who bought all our fruit before, wants to buy new fruit from us again."

They had only talked about Granny Zhou before, but now they've brought up Murong Run's story as well.

Everyone's attention is focused on the fruit—what kind of fruit is it?
What does Xiao Ayu usually eat?

Seeing a real 100-tael silver note, everyone was very curious and looked at it from all angles, even though they had never seen one before.

Can this item be exchanged for 100 taels of silver?

Good heavens, that's 100 taels!
They had never seen so much money before.

Even if Mother sold the truffles, the money didn't reach them.

When they talked about truffles, they remembered Dr. Hu and even went to help sell Paris polyphylla.

The price of Paris polyphylla is extremely high, with no market available. They met with Dr. Hu and then visited Old Mrs. Wang again, but they didn't tell everyone how much the Paris polyphylla actually cost.

The Wang family had also guessed that there would be slightly less than truffles.

After all, not all medicinal herbs are that expensive. Grandma Wang didn't intend to tell them either.

"Alright, go about your business. I'll handle this."

Without saying a word, Old Mrs. Wang chased everyone away from her family and then pulled Xiao Ayu into the house.

Grandma Wang asked, "Ayu, tell Grandma, did you give away the fruit from that place?"

Little Ayu nodded: "Yes, Brother Murong is a good person, and Ayu wanted to share some fruit with him."

Seeing Grandma Wang's somewhat serious expression, little Ayu belatedly asked, "Grandma, did Ayu do something wrong? Shouldn't I have given the fruit to someone else?"

In fact, Xiao Ayu knew that things in the space couldn't be taken out casually, but fruits were different; once they were eaten, they were gone.

There shouldn't be anything wrong.

Little Ayu, of course, couldn't have imagined the deeper questions.

"It's alright, it's fine if they gave it to us." Just to be on the safe side, Grandma Wang still communicated with Tuanzi through Xiao Ayu.

I mainly want to know what the guardian deity's attitude is.

After the conversation, Grandma Wang said to Xiao Ayu, "Put those plants that have fruit on them in Grandma's room... Never mind, you can go into the mountains with Grandma later."

Grandma Wang's plan was simple: she wanted to take Xiao Ayu to a more remote place in the mountains, especially a place no one had ever been before, and then have Xiao Ayu take out the wild fruit vines from her spatial storage and plant them, pretending they were something that originally grew in the mountains.

Actually, it wouldn't be impossible to just take out the wild fruits and then trade them with Murong Run without telling the Wang family.

However, Old Mrs. Wang was a bit cautious. She was afraid that this matter would eventually be traced back to its source, so she decided to put on a good show from the beginning.

Xiao Ayu naturally obeyed Grandma Wang's words. While everyone in the family was busy preparing dinner, the two of them went to the mountains. Xiao Ayu took out a few wild fruit vines from her spatial storage.

Grandma Wang dug holes with a hoe, planted them, and then picked all the fruits from the wildfire vine and put them into her basket.

Looking at the bare wild fruit vines, Old Mrs. Wang felt a pang of heartache.

These wild fruit vines now belong to the public, and others can pick them if they see them.

But for Xiao Ayu's safety, there was no other way but to do this.

Otherwise, Xiao Ayu's space will be exposed.

Anyway, not everyone in the village has the opportunity to go into the mountains, and given the previous incident with the divine rain, everyone assumes that there will be some strange plants in the mountains, and they won't be surprised to see them in the future.

【Baby, you still need to plant some more on your land to complete the task.】

Tuanzi promptly reminded her.

So Xiao Ayu went with Old Lady Wang to their land and planted a few more wild fruit vines.

Next, they removed the fruit from the top, because the mountain was full of all kinds of wild fruits, some of which still had bright red fruit hanging on them.

The mutated wild fruit vine looks no different from other wild fruit vines, so it can blend in well.

The next day, Grandma Wang, along with her three sons and two grandsons, went to Nanhe Town in high spirits.

For safety reasons, Xiao Ayu did not go.

However, two hours later, Tuanzi spoke to Xiao Ayu in the space.

[Honey, great news! Your task progress has improved significantly! You only need a little over 200 taels to complete it!]

Tuanzi could hardly believe it. The task she had been worried would take years to complete was now halfway done in less than a month.

Only little Ayu was curious: what exactly did Grandma and the others do in town?

(End of this chapter)

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