I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Bai Jingzhou nodded, "Don't worry, I'll remember it."

After a pause, he continued: "I think all our gains this time will have to be confiscated. You..."

Gu Wenxuan stretched lazily, "I had guessed this would happen." Could she still hide her private money when she came hunting with her parents? It was impossible.

Seeing that she looked calm and not disappointed, Bai Jingzhou's last bit of worry also dissipated.

He smiled and said to Gu Wenxuan, "Then let's try to collect as many valuable things as possible. There won't be many opportunities to supplement our family's income in a legitimate way like we do now."

Before, every time they bought something and brought it home, they always claimed it was a "gift from the master." But this time, the money could be handed directly to the elders in an open and aboveboard manner.

Gu Wenxuan nodded, "I'll try my best."

No one can predict things like mountain luck. It is impossible for her to accidentally find Ganoderma lucidum, encounter pythons and fight wild boars every time she goes into the mountains.

"It's time to eat!" About two quarters of an hour later, Grandmother Jia raised her voice, greeted Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou with a smile, and put the clean dishes on the table.

Gu Wenxuan stood up to help Lady Jia get things, while Bai Jingzhou quickly did the finishing work.

By the time he finished his work and washed his hands, the Jia family's dinner was already on the table.

Everyone sat around and started to enjoy the large and fragrant shepherd's purse and minced meat stewed noodles.

The temperature in the mountains was low, and it was colder than outside the mountains both in the morning and at night. Gu Wenxuan, who had a good sleep with her sheepskin coat pressed over her quilt, got up early to practice martial arts. Hearing the noise, Bai Jingzhou also got up immediately.

As diligent and hardworking as them was Jia Yuelan. The little girl got up at the same time as Gu Wenxuan. They first washed their hands, washed the rice and cooked a pot of sorghum rice porridge, and fried a dozen mixed flour steamed buns on the rice porridge. Then they walked to the open space in the middle of the yard to stretch their arms and legs.

After Bai Jingzhou got up, the number of people Gu Wenxuan needed to guide increased from one to two. They talked in low voices and practiced martial arts as much as possible without disturbing Lady Jia and Jia Guizhi.

Grandmother Jia and Jia Guizhi slept together last night. The mother and daughter talked privately for a long time and were unable to get out of bed today.

It was not until Gu Wenxuan and the other two finished their training and took the wooden basin to scoop water for washing that Jia Mu and Jia Guizhi got off the kang in a daze, smelling the faint fragrance of breakfast coming from the kitchen.

When Jia Yuelan heard the noise, she immediately prepared clean water, cloth towels, willow branches, green salt and other items for the two of them.

After Lady Jia and Jia Guizhi finished washing up, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had already placed breakfast on the solid wooden dining table.

In addition to kaoliang rice porridge and mixed flour steamed buns, Gu Wenxuan also scooped out a small bowl of salty side dishes from the Jia family's pickle jar based on the little owner's fragmentary memories.

With the bowl of salty side dish, everyone ate up the sorghum rice porridge and mixed flour steamed buns prepared by Jia Yuelan and Gu Wenxuan.

After the meal, Grandmother Jia and Jia Guizhi took the initiative to take on the task of cleaning up the mess and did not let the three younger ones interfere.

Seeing this, Gu Wenxuan carefully applied to enter the mountain, "Mom, Jingzhou and I found a nest of wild bees on the mountain yesterday. We want to harvest the honey today."

Jia Guizhi frowned, "Let's wait until your father comes back. It's too dangerous for the two of you to go alone."

Gu Wenxuan pulled Jia Yuelan over and said, "We won't go into the mountains. If you're really worried, let your cousin go with us."

Jia Guizhi hesitated for a moment and said, "Then come back quickly after you harvest the honey. Don't stay in the mountains for too long."

Gu Wenxuan nodded.

Jia Guizhi was still worried, so she pulled Jia Yuelan aside and said, "Yuelan, help me keep an eye on your cousin. If she goes deep into the mountains, tell your aunt as soon as you come back."

Her daughter is good in every way. The only thing that worries her is that she is too wild. Most of the boys in the village cannot compare to her in being adventurous and having good ideas.

Jia Yuelan was different. She was well-known in the whole Jia Village for her obedience and good behavior. Asking her to look after Gu Wenxuan was somewhat of a constraint on her.

Jia Yuelan looked left and right, looking embarrassed.

Gu Wenxuan didn't care. She knew that this was the biggest concession Jia Guizhi could make.

She held onto Jia Yuelan and refused to let go. "Then it's settled. Yuelan will go with us."

This means that he doesn't mind Jia Yuelan being Jia Guizhi's "spy".

Jia Yuelan raised the corners of her lips slightly, and she turned her head to look at Lady Jia.

Grandmother Jia patted her head and said, "Go ahead and have fun for the whole morning. Be careful not to get bitten by poisonous snakes or insects."

Jia Yuelan nodded and hummed softly.

Gu Wenxuan then turned her gaze to Bai Jingzhou.

Bai Jingzhou understood and took a backpack, cloth to protect his hands and face, sharp knives for harvesting honey, wormwood sticks essential for fumigating wild bees, as well as medicines, bows and arrows, wooden sticks, etc. for self-defense, and went out into the mountains with Gu Wenxuan and Jia Yuelan, who were also fully armed.

The three of them went up the mountain along the road they had taken yesterday and came to the dividing line between the foot of the mountain and the mountainside. Then Gu Wenxuan took the lead and led the way for Bai Jingzhou and Jia Yuelan.

Soon, the three of them found the wild beehive that Gu Wenxuan discovered yesterday.

It was hanging high on a big poplar tree in the woods. After Gu Wenxuan and Jia Yuelan hid in the distance, Bai Jingzhou, with his hands, face and neck wrapped, carefully lit the mugwort sticks they brought under the tree.

After the bees were driven away by the smoke, Bai Jingzhou took out the sharp kitchen knife from the Jia family's kitchen, and then called Gu Wenxuan to come over and help him hold the small wooden barrel that would be used to collect the honey combs.

His hands were very nimble, and although the knife was not very handy, he still used it to quickly and efficiently open the top of the beehive.

He moved quickly but was careful to avoid hurting the bees with the blade.

After opening the hive, he used a knife more carefully to separate the honey combs from the bees in the hive.

He cut off about two-thirds of the honey combs and only a little bit of the powder combs. After cutting the honey combs from the hive and carefully putting them into the wooden barrel, the three of them extinguished the still burning wormwood sticks and quickly left the scene with the two small wooden barrels containing the honey combs and powder combs.

On the way back, Gu Wenxuan gave the two small wooden barrels to Bai Jingzhou, and she took Jia Yuelan to hunt the pheasants and rabbits that jumped out near Bai Jingzhou.

Bai Jingzhou was actually not idle either. While keeping the honey, he also dug a lot of herbs along the way.

Because of an agreement with Jia Guizhi, the three of them did not stay in the mountains after harvesting honey. They quickly set out on their way home.

With no prey to hunt, Jia Yuelan quietly took out her small sickle for digging wild vegetables.

Neither Bai Jingzhou nor Gu Wenxuan thought of taking this thing with them, but since Jia Yuelan was rolled up like this, they were embarrassed to just stand by and watch, so one of them carried all their haul on his back, while the other picked up two large bundles of firewood on the way down the mountain.