Out of trust in Su Miaomiao and desire for money, the owner of the rouge shop also bought a lot of new goods from Su Miaomiao.

Business is going smoothly and Su Miaomiao is in a good mood.

There were many important things to do in the back mountain. Xiao Yunfei went back to the back mountain to guide the work after sending people here in the morning. The task of delivering meals to Meng Xiangyu and others was given to her.

In fact, it would be more convenient to buy meals directly from the snack shops in the town, but Meng Xiangyu and the others had already been fed by her, and asking them to eat those tasteless meals next to her was simply abuse for them.

There was no other way she could do, so she had to take some time to go back and get the food, or have someone deliver it to her.

Near noon, she calculated the time and drove back to Fengtou Village.

As soon as they arrived at the small square where Lu Zhenzhen and her family were cooking, Xu Xiuli put down the green-skinned hazelnuts in her hand and came over.

"Sister, you're back."

Su Miaomiao was afraid that she would be bored, so she asked Lu Zhenzhen to take care of her.

She followed Lu Zhenzhen all morning, doing whatever Lu Zhenzhen and the others did, just to experience life.

This way she could both help with the work and pass the time, and she felt pretty good about it.

"Sister-in-law, how was your morning? I saw you peeling hazelnuts just now, right?"

Su Miaomiao asked with concern, and naturally pulled her hand to check the situation, saying.

"The skin of the hazelnuts has thorns on it, so it's hard to peel. You don't do farm work often, and your hands are tender. You see, they're all red. Don't do it later."

"It's okay. I'm not that pretentious. Besides, I think it's interesting to peel hazelnuts. I've only seen them peeled before. This is the first time I've seen the green skin on the outside."

Xu Xiuli's tone was very excited. She pulled her hand back and said with a smile.

"I had a great time this morning. I dug hawthorns, picked vegetables, collected Chinese medicinal herbs, peeled walnuts and hazelnuts, and made blueberry jam with them. These were things I had never done before and I found them very interesting."

Seeing that the other party was really happy like this, Su Miaomiao didn't say anything.

She curved her lips.

"As long as you are happy, people in our village are not well educated and speak directly. If they say something unpleasant and make you feel unhappy, just tell me and I will support you."

"Okay, I get it, but I think they are warm and sincere. I can see in them the sincerity and open-mindedness that is hard to see in people on a normal day. I like them very much. Besides, I have your little apprentice and brother-in-law to look after me, so they dare not make me unhappy. Don't worry, sister."

It seems that Xu Xiuli is very satisfied with rural life.

This made her feel relieved. Before, she was a little worried that the hospitality was not good enough.

Lu Zhenzhen came over, followed by four people holding incubators.

"Master, the food for those people in town has been packed. Can I help you load it into the car now?"

"Okay, install it, I'll send it to them."

Su Miaomiao withdrew her gaze and asked Xu Xiuli.

"Sister-in-law, I'm going to deliver food to Boss Yu and the others. Do you want to take a ride with me?"

"Okay, will you go back to the village this afternoon?"

"Yes, I will be back after I have dinner with them in town. I will teach my apprentices how to make preserved eggs and other things in the afternoon."

"Well, I'll go with you and come back with you."

Xu Xiuli was visibly happy.

She must have been cooped up at home for too long and finally got a chance to go out and get some fresh air. She found everything interesting and seemed to be full of strength and energy.

Su Miaomiao likes this beautiful sister very much.

After getting to know her, she discovered that Xu Xiuli was a very thoughtful person, but she was trapped in her house by secular concepts. She thought that the only way to live was to take care of her husband and children, and she had no chance to break through.

On the way to town, there were only Su Miaomiao and Xu Xiuli in the car.

Xu Xiuli saw a group of people working by the river.

Those people were big-headed, thin-bodied, and had big bellies, and looked deformed.

She couldn't help but frown and asked.

"What are those people doing? Why are they so thin? They look like skin and bones. Are they sick?"

Su Miaomiao took a glance and couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

Those were people from Kaoshan Village, and some of them had conflicts with her family.

"They were cutting willow branches and straw. They were thin because they were hungry, had no rest, and were malnourished. This happened over time."

"It's so hard. They look so pitiful. I thought the villagers were all like yours, happy every day, strong and capable. I didn't expect some people live such a hard life."

Xu Xiuli felt a little sad and her mood became low.

She was not a bodhisattva, but she could not bear to see the sufferings of the world. The miserable lives that the people in that village had just lived were beyond her imagination.

After two seconds of silence, he couldn't help but ask.

"Aren't the resources in your back mountain very rich? There are fruits, wild vegetables, and mushrooms, all of which are edible. Picking some can at least fill your stomach, right? Why are they still starving and..."

She choked.

After all, I didn’t finish what I was going to say.

Su Miaomiao sighed and said.

"Because they are criminals, unlike ordinary farmers, their time is not their own. This autumn and winter, their village's task is to weave baskets. Before the task is completed, the men in their village have to cut willow branches and straw every day, and the women and children weave baskets at home. Day after day, they basically have no time to do their own things. And at the end of the day, they don't have much energy to go up the mountain."

"Then your village..."

Xu Xiuli seemed to be hesitant to speak, apparently afraid of hurting Su Miaomiao.

Su Miaomiao said indifferently.

"People in our village are just like them, all of them are criminals, and this year our workload is several times heavier than that of other villages."

"Then why do I see that the people in your village are doing well, at least leading a normal life?"

"Because our village has a good headman, he is kind. Under his leadership, although the villagers have lived a hard life for so many years, at least they are better off than people in many other villages. Later, when we came, we really led the villagers to live a better life, just like what you see now."

"Then can't you help other villages as well?"

Out of pity and sympathy for the people from other villages, Xu Xiuli spoke out her thoughts on the spur of the moment.

But she quickly reacted and apologized.

"I'm sorry, I'm so presumptuous, I shouldn't say such things."

Su Miaomiao shook her head and smiled slightly.

"How much can I help them if I help them village by village? How many villages can I help?"

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I said the wrong thing."

"It's okay. I don't blame you for not understanding my situation. It's not that I don't want to help, but I've only been here for a short time. I can't protect myself either. I haven't established a firm foothold yet, and I have more important things to do."

She came from a poor family, so naturally she was willing to think about the suffering people.

It’s not that I don’t want to help, but everything has to be prioritized.

Some problems must be solved from the root in order to bring liberation to more people and enable more people to live a good life.

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