After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

They met other villagers along the way, and everyone asked them where they were going.

When Qiao Chao said they were going to the mountains, Zhen Yue, who had sharp ears, heard two villagers chatting in the distance, "They must be looking for food. The Qiao family owes so much money, maybe they have to sell food to pay off the debt. If they don't have food, they can only go into the mountains to find food."

"that's right."

Zhen Yue: ... She really doesn't understand why all the villagers think that their family owes a lot of money? Or is it because of the loudspeakers of Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Zhou and others who spread the word all day long, so everyone believes it without a doubt?

Arriving at the foot of the mountain and walking a distance inside, Cheng Jiuge saw a lot of mushrooms, "I'll pick some mushrooms." It had just rained, so the mushrooms grew very fast. She could even see wood ears on the wet wood on the side.

Zhen Yue also picked those wood ears. In fact, Zhen Yue had thought about growing wood ears, but she thought it was better to put it aside for now. One cannot eat a fat man in one bite. She should plant the usual vegetables first and raise the pigs and chickens.

After picking the wood ears, the two continued walking forward. Zhen Yue mainly looked at the wood on one side. She touched them with her hands to see if any of them were hard enough.

After a while, she chose one of the trees, a tree that was not particularly big and looked very hard. It had no branches and not many leaves, and looked easy to cut.

"Let's just do this. Get some first and go back and try it. If possible, you and dad or Qiao Er can come over and chop more. What do you think?" Zhen Yue asked Qiao Chao for his opinion.

"can."

"Okay, you cut down this tree first. I'll go to the side and take a look."

"Okay, you don't have to go far."

"Ah."

Zhen Yue walked aside to find some wild vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, etc., while Qiao Chao was chopping trees over there.

Soon, Zhen Yue found a pile of things and filled up Qiao Chao's backpack. Little Achu, who was placed aside, giggled for some reason.

Zhen Yue saw Qiao Chao was still sweating profusely, so she sat aside and teased little Ah Chu, "Laugh, laugh, laugh, ha ha ha, mother, mother, do you know how to call me?"

Little Achu stretched out his hand towards Zhen Yue and kept giggling something. Suddenly, a bug fell from a tree and landed on little Achu's clothes. Zhen Yue quickly crushed the bug to death with her hand.

She looked up and felt unsafe, so she hugged little Achu in her arms. Raising a child is really hard work.

Qiao Chao looked at Chai and occasionally glanced over. He saw Zhen Yue playing with the child. For some reason, he felt an unknown feeling in his heart. Was it satisfaction? Joy? Complexity?

All in all, I feel a little warm in my heart.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Qiao Chao carried a bundle of firewood and Zhen Yue carried a backpack and held a basket in her hand, and the two of them slowly walked out of the mountain.

Qiao Chao walked in front, Zhen Yue walked behind. After they walked out of the mountain, they walked back home along the path. At this time, a person came up to them. It was Lin Zhenniang. When she saw Qiao Chao, she walked up to him and stood in front of him, "Brother Qiao."

Qiao Chao looked up in confusion for a moment, and it took him a while to realize that it was Lin Zhenniang. He nodded and prepared to walk around her and leave.

Lin Zhenniang stood in front of him again, lowered her head slightly and whispered: "Thank you, Brother Qiao, for last time. If it weren't for Brother Qiao, I might not have been given the order." She looked at the sweat on Qiao Chao's forehead and took out a handkerchief, "Brother Qiao, let me wipe the sweat off you."

Qiao Chao immediately took several steps back, frowning at the man in front of him. Are they familiar with each other? Just at this moment, Zhen Yue came up from behind, "Why are you stopping here? Are you tired? Why don't you sit down and rest?"

Qiao Chao turned sideways so that Zhen Yue could see Lin Zhenniang standing in front of him.

Zhen Yue was stunned for a moment, "Who are you?"

When Lin Zhenniang saw Zhen Yue, she shivered. Her already frail body looked even weaker. Her face turned pale and she bowed to Zhen Yue. "Sister-in-law Zhen, I'm Zhenniang. Please don't misunderstand me. I just came to thank Brother Qiao for helping me when I fainted last time."

As he spoke, his body began to stagger and he looked like he was about to faint.

Zhen Yue hurriedly stepped back several steps, "If you fall, just fall, but don't try to scam me. If Mrs. Zhang dares to ask me for money, I will scam you."

Lin Zhenniang's body stiffened, and she finally stabilized herself. If Zhen Yue went to Zhang's house, she might be beaten by Mrs. Zhang again.

"Yes, I'm sorry." Lin Zhenniang looked timid.

Zhen Yue looked at Qiao Chao and said, "She is thanking you. I'll go first." After saying that, Zhen Yue walked around Qiao Chao and walked forward.

Lin Zhenniang looks like she would be easily bullied. I heard that she was often abused by Mrs. Zhang. Of course she would be abused if she couldn't stand up and had no spirit to resist, right?

Qiao Chao: "...wait for me." He hurriedly followed, but still said, "It wasn't me who saved you, just go and thank the person who saved you."

He just called someone over, so what's the point of wiping his sweat? This guy is really weird.

Qiao Chao shook his head and quickly followed Zhen Yue's pace.

Zhen Yue turned her head and glanced at him. She realized belatedly that Lin Zhenniang had just asked her not to misunderstand and was speaking in a sly manner. This was...

"Does she see you as her life-saving straw? What did she want to do just now?" Zhen Yue asked Qiao Chao.

A trace of disdain flashed across Qiao Chao's face. He felt insulted that Lin Zhenniang liked him. Who did she think he was? He was a... ahem, he had seen all kinds of beauties. To be honest, Lin Zhenniang was not ugly.

Even... Qiao Chao looked at Zhen Yue's face. Even Zhen was inferior to her. And she was too weak. He looked down on people who were too cowardly.

"...I think I've only seen her twice." Qiao Chao looked at Zhen Yue's face, wondering why she wasn't angry? Wasn't he her husband? Given her personality, why didn't she get mad?

However...during this period of time, Zhen actually seems to be quite reasonable, if the other party is also normal.

"What did you do to her after seeing her twice?"

Qiao Chao felt uncomfortable when he heard this, thinking that Zhen was misunderstanding him. "What could I do to her? I didn't do anything to her."

Zhen Yue: "No, okay, I mean, what interactions did you have with her at that time?"

Qiao Chao: "Didn't I just help someone up when I saw someone fall during the heavy rain last time? I didn't even see the person clearly, but Dad said it was her. Also, the last time someone fell to the ground, it was my second brother who went to call for help, but I didn't do anything."

Zhen Yue rolled her eyes and said, "Maybe it was these two times. She just wanted to really thank you."

Qiao Chao: “Haha.”

Zhen Yue: "..." What's going on? How dare this man treat her like this? He's really getting bolder and bolder. At first, he would even look at her face.

When they got home, they were both tired. They asked Qiao Dashan to put their things away, and they drank some water and sat aside to rest.

Little Achu had fallen asleep. Zhen Yue pounded his drooping arms and went to take out the mushrooms he had picked to dry them.