The female doctor farmed the land, bought a husband and set up a separate household

The rumbling thunder continued in my ears and lightning flashed through the clouds not far away.

On the top of the mountain, Jiang Sining was feeling the cool and comfortable wind.

"Sister," Jiang Yan said a little worriedly, "It's going to rain heavily. Will our shack leak?"

"Don't worry, the rain won't be heavy, and it won't last long."

My grandfather's proverb, "If the thunder god sings first, there will not be much rain," describes the current situation.

Sure enough, after the loud thunder and strong winds passed, only a few raindrops fell here and there, and it was estimated that even the dust on the ground was not wet.

However, the air is still quite humid and the temperature is high enough, so I estimate that we will have a good harvest of mushrooms tomorrow.

After his brothers and sisters-in-law fell asleep, Jiang Sining stored more than 100 kilograms of mushrooms into the space, and then took them out with his mind and placed them in various pots, nourishing them with spiritual spring water.

The next day, before dawn, my second aunt came with Qiao Yatou.

"Ning girl, you better be careful today." Second aunt said, "Last night your grandmother and the others almost fainted. They all said that you drugged their meal, and today they are here to settle the score with you."

"It's okay, let them do it."

Jiang Sining knew that they didn’t have dinner last night, so she took a few large pieces of the freshly made egg pancakes.

"No, no," Mrs. Wu quickly declined, "I ate yours yesterday, and I really can't have any more today."

Although Qiao Yatou couldn't help drooling over the fragrant and greasy egg pancakes, she also shook her head and said, "Sister Ning, we're not hungry."

"Be good, take it." Jiang Sining pulled Qiao Yatou over and stuffed the bread into her hands. "Consider it as what you bought. I'll deduct it from the money I earned from selling mushrooms later."

"That's good too," Wu said. "Take it, Qiao girl. Thank Sister Ning quickly."

"Thank you, Sister Ning."

Soon Aunt Li and a few others arrived. They took the cooling oil given by Jiang Sining and headed for the mountains without stopping.

"Sister, what are we doing today?"

"Go to the mountains to collect herbs."

The amount of mugwort and mosquito repellent grass brought back yesterday was too little, so Jiang Sining planned to get more today. In addition to making mosquito coils, he would also try to make some herbal ointment.

It rained last night and the sun is even hotter today. Even in the woods, you can feel the scorching sunlight.

At the end of the day, the three siblings cut a lot of mugwort and mosquito repellent grass, and they were exhausted.

Fortunately, they had the spiritual spring water to support them, and Jiang Sining also cooked a pot of chicken at noon. Otherwise, with such intensity of labor, the three of them would be too tired to move.

It seemed that the Jiang family members did not come to cause trouble today. It was probably because they had too much diarrhea yesterday and everyone was too exhausted to have any strength left.

This is just right, quiet.

When the sun went down, Aunt Li and the others came back.

As Jiang Sining expected, everyone's harvest today was bigger than yesterday. Aunt Li and the others picked up at least 50 kilograms each, and the second aunt, who had a burden with her, picked up more than 40 kilograms.

Including yesterday’s, the total is 420 kilograms, which is a little more than the maximum amount agreed upon with Bai Kuan.

"Ning girl, can we really sell so many mushrooms?" Aunt Zhang asked worriedly.

"It might work."

"It's okay if you can't sell them. The sun is good these days, so you can bring them back to dry." Aunt Li said, "By the way, how are you going to get so many mushrooms to the market tomorrow? Do you want us to help you carry them?"

"No need, I'll just ask Father Wu to take it for me."

"Okay, then we'll go into the mountains tomorrow."

……

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Jiang Sining set off with Jiang Yan and Qianqian.

I had already made arrangements with Old Man Wu yesterday, so he was waiting at the roadside at the entrance of the village early in the morning.

His ox cart has been repaired, but the road leading to the market town is still bumpy. Fortunately, most of the mushrooms are in the space, and the three large backpacks on the ox cart are filled with weeds that can be concealed from view, so there is no need to worry about the mushrooms being damaged.

When they arrived at the city gate, Jiang Sining paid the entrance fee for the ox cart and asked Old Man Wu to drive the ox cart directly to the back door of Tianranju.

When Bai Kuan heard that Jiang Sining was coming to deliver mushrooms, he immediately rushed over after just getting up.

"How many are there today, little girl?"

"About 20 kilograms more than agreed."

"20 pounds?"

Seeing him frowning, Jiang Yan was afraid that he didn't want it, so he quickly said, "Sir, if you don't want it, it's okay. We can take it back."

"Take it back?" Bai Kuan said quickly, "No, no, no, how can you take it back?"

"Then you are..."

"I mean, why is there only this little extra? If it were an extra 100 or 200 pounds, that would be just right!"

Jiang Sining: ...

Is it because the mushrooms are selling so well that you regret ordering too little?

"Little girl, I won't hide it from you," Bai Kuan said, "After I collected your mushrooms that day, I distributed a few kilograms to each of my restaurants and sent a few kilograms to the capital. Guess what happened?"

“Selling well?”

"It's not just selling well, it's selling so well!" When he said this, Bai Kuan's eyes began to sparkle, "Especially the mushrooms sent to the capital, which were divided up by two wealthy families. They came back and wanted to buy another 20 kilograms!"

"I really didn't expect that your mushrooms would sell so well!"

"I haven't had any mushrooms to sell these past two days, and I was so anxious that I almost got angry. If I didn't know where you live, I would have come to your house yesterday."

Jiang Sining said: "Congratulations to Mr. Bai."

"Haha... Congratulations. My sales are good, and you can make money together," Bai Kuan said with a smile, "How about this, let's change the contract we made last time. As long as it doesn't exceed 600 kilograms, I will accept it. In addition, the original delivery every three days can be changed to every two days. Little girl, do you think it's okay?"

When it comes to making money, who would complain about having too much?

Seeing Jiang Sining agreed, Bai Kuan felt relieved and his face was full of joy.

He would keep half of these mushrooms for himself, and send the rest to the provincial capital immediately. He could make several taels of silver by selling them, which was more than the profit of a restaurant!

"Little girl, I, Bai, owe you a favor this time!"

"Easy to say."

However, personal relationships are personal relationships, and business is business.

Of the more than 400 kilograms of mushrooms delivered this time, Bai Kuan still had to pick some out and ask the chef to make a few plates to ensure that they tasted as good as last time.

While waiting for the goods to be inspected, Bai Kuan invited Jiang Sining and the other two to a private room on the second floor and asked the waiter to serve them tea and snacks.

Dang-dang-dang-

While we were enjoying the delicious snacks, a loud gong sounded suddenly in the street.

Jiang Sining looked through the window and saw an official on horseback and some soldiers in leather armor coming from the other end of the street.

Behind them were prison vans filled with prisoners.

Jiang Sining discovered that although the prisoners in the car were all unkempt, they could smell the sour odor even though she was sitting on the second floor.

But judging from their clothes which were so dirty that their colors could hardly be seen, they were definitely not ordinary people but people who were once very wealthy.

Because ordinary people definitely cannot afford to wear silk and satin.

So she asked curiously: "Mr. Bai, do you know who these people are?"

"I know. The county magistrate issued a notice yesterday," Bai Kuan said, "These people are all family members of the general's mansion in the capital."

司？

This surname and the identity of the General's Mansion made Jiang Sining feel a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Jiang Yan asked in confusion: "Isn't the general very powerful? How come his whole family became prisoners?"

"Because General Si colluded with foreign enemies, His Majesty found out!" Bai Kuan lowered his voice and said, "Alas, I can't understand it. He is obviously a great general of our Great Xia country who is famous in the border areas. Why would he collude with foreign countries?"

"Not only did he lose his life, but he also implicated his entire family."

"Mr. Bai," Jiang Sining asked, "what will happen to these families after they are exiled here?"

"What else can we do?" Bai Kuan said, "All the male descendants will be sent to the border between us and Yelang. They will either work themselves to death while reclaiming wasteland, or be sent into exile!"

"The male descendants of the family or the retainers would have words branded on their foreheads, and then they would be sent to pawnbrokers to be sold and become slaves."

"Young women will suffer an even more miserable fate!"

"Maidens are better off, as they will be sold to others. The lucky ones will be bought as concubines or maids, while the unlucky ones will become prostitutes."

"I heard that the young female relatives of the direct lineage were sent to brothels in the capital!"