The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

When Lin Xiaoman's safety was mentioned, Lin Jingzhe's heart skipped a beat.

What the shopkeeper said makes sense.

"The master wants to pay another ten taels of silver to buy out Miss Xiaoman's jelly business for the next two months."

It is true that all businessmen are dishonest!

The jelly business is only good when the weather is hot!

When the weather gets cold, what fool would buy jelly?

The owner of Ruyi Tower has a very good plan.

It sounds like two months, but in fact it bought out a whole year.

But he only cared about one thing, which was Xiaoman's safety.

Shopkeeper Tong was right about one thing. Ruyi Tower dared to challenge Yingkelai, so it must have a backer.

But they are ordinary people with no backing, and crushing them is as easy as crushing ants.

The only possible clue is the jade pendant that my father hid at home.

However, who knows whether Jixiang Bookstore is reliable.

What if Jixiang Bookstore is unable to take care of welcoming guests?

The most taboo thing in life is to pin your hopes on others. If they change their minds, you will fall off a cliff and be smashed to pieces.

"Shopkeeper Tong, I'm just a kid, I can't make up my mind."

Lin Jingzhe smiled, looking calm.

The fingertips of the fingers that were gripping the window sill turned white, and cold sweat kept coming out of the palms.

"I'll go back and discuss it with my parents first."

"Okay, okay. The market is still a few days away." Seeing that the boy was pretending to be calm, Shopkeeper Tong smiled and stopped talking.

I think people who are not stupid can weigh the pros and cons and make the best choice for themselves.

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Li Erli, who had just returned from shopping, found Lin Jingzhe waiting outside Ruyi Tower.

On the way back, Lin Jingzhe was unusually silent.

Li Erli felt strange, "What's the matter? Didn't you make a deal?"

Lin Jingzhe waved his hand, "No."

"What's the matter? Are you unhappy?"

"Nothing, I just feel that all crows are equally black." Lin Jingzhe lowered his head and sighed.

Li Erli scratched his head. "A crow is originally black. Do you expect it to turn white?"

Lin Jingzhe nodded, "You're right, I was overthinking it."

Lin Jingzhe, who had figured it out, weighed the copper coin in his arms and slowed down his pace.

An hour later, he saw the familiar courtyard gate and his melancholy filled his heart again.

How should I tell Xiaoman?

The jelly business is failing?

Xiaoman was busy selling jelly and was finally looking forward to the market day, but then this happened.

"Mother, I'm back!"

Lin Jingzhe took a deep breath and pushed open the gate as if nothing had happened.

The yard was quiet.

In the past, Lin Guyu would have rushed over with his short legs.

Lin Jingzhe stuffed five hundred copper coins under the bed and locked the gate.

After walking a few steps, I saw A Niang and Xiao Man coming back with beaming faces.

A Niang is carrying Lidong in her backpack and holding Guyu in her hand.

"Brother, you're back?" Lin Xiaoman was in a good mood, swinging the dogtail grass in his hand.

Since she had nothing to do these days, she decided to make some dumplings with the flour in the space.

So he took Li Taohua with him and wanted to try his luck in the mountains to see if he could dig some wild vegetables.

Passing by the dilapidated house at the foot of the mountain, I took a few glances at it for some unknown reason.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t watch it, but once you watch it, you won’t be able to move.

After a summer rain, the dilapidated rotten wood was covered with black fungus.

It took me half an hour to pick them one by one, and I filled half a basket.

"You found some money? So happy?"

"Haha." Lin Xiaoman felt that she was no different from picking up money. After drying the fresh fungus, she could make a cold dish!

Then I can find an opportunity to sell it to Ruyilou and make another profit.

"Mother, what happened to Xiaoman?"

Li Taohua pointed at Lin Xiaoman's backpack and said, "Your sister said she found a treasure. I saw that the black ears are obviously poisonous, but she said that they can be used to cook after being dried."

Lin Jingzhe followed Lin Xiaoman curiously, stretching his neck, and when he saw the densely packed black ears, he felt his mouth corners tingling.

When he was a child, he was very hungry. When the adults were not paying attention, he dug out a few black ears and chewed them in his hands. Not long after, he developed a rash.

Fortunately, he didn't eat much, otherwise he would be in danger of his life.

"Xiaoman, black ears are poisonous and can't be eaten." Lin Jingzhe was about to say something, embarrassed to talk about the stupid things he did as a child.

"It won't be poisonous if it's dried." Lin Xiaoman put down the backpack with a smile.

While the sun was shining, I took a piece of oilcloth used to dry long-bearded insects and spread it on the ground, then evenly spread the black fungus in the backpack.

At this rate, the moisture can be dried out in three or two days.

Cold-mixed black fungus. Needless to say, she couldn't wait to eat it.

Seeing that she didn't listen to his advice, Lin Jingzhe anxiously winked at Li Taohua.

"Mother, why don't you try to persuade Xiaoman? If he eats that black ear, his face will be disfigured. It's itchy and uncomfortable."

"Jingzhe, actually I ate black ears when I was a child, but I didn't get a rash." Li Taohua heard from the older generation that black ears are poisonous, but she ate them once when she was a child and nothing happened.

It's just dry and astringent, and the taste is not good.

Later, everyone in the village said that black ears were poisonous, so she didn't dare to eat them anymore.

She just felt that she was lucky that the God of Hell didn't take her life.

Lin Jingzhe thought about the rash he got from eating black ear when he was a child. His entire arm was so itchy that he almost scratched it to pieces. Even though his mother said that it was okay for her to eat it secretly when she was a child, he still felt scared.

He moved closer to Lin Xiaoman and touched his black ear with his finger, but he immediately drew his finger back in fright.

"Xiao Man, is it really non-toxic after being dried?"

"Yes!"

Lin Jingzhe's mouth trembled a little, still a little scared, "I got a rash after eating it, it's itchy and painful, I want to scratch it again after it's broken."

Lin Xiaoman looked up, "Have you eaten it?"

When she saw Lin Jingzhe's conflicted expression, she knew that he was allergic to porphyrin in fresh wood ear.

Porphyrin, a photosensitive substance, will greatly increase the skin's photosensitivity once it enters the body, making it prone to diseases such as solar dermatitis and rash.

Excessive consumption may cause respiratory mucosal allergies and cause breathing difficulties.

However, when wood ear mushrooms are dried in the sun, the porphyrin poisons in them can decompose by themselves.

"If you're afraid, next time you can wait for me to eat first." Lin Xiaoman understood the mentality of "once bitten by a snake, you'll be afraid of the rope for ten years", so she comforted him: "Or, I can make something else delicious for you to eat."

When Lin Jingzhe heard about delicious food, he became interested: "What delicious food? Do you want to make it now?"

“Making dumplings.”

“What are dumplings?”

"Don't worry about what it is, it tastes good. You'll know once you eat it."

After drying the fresh black fungus, Lin Xiaoman got up and walked to the kitchen. She gulped down a large bowl of cold water and felt alive again.

It is scorching hot in midsummer.

Lin Jingzhe was still thinking about the dumplings Xiaoman had just mentioned.

What are dumplings? Are they better than cold noodles?

"Xiaoman, do you want to make dumplings tonight?" Lin Jingzhe's mind was full of dumplings, especially since Xiaoman didn't tell him what dumplings were.

"I can't make it today. I don't have the ingredients."

"Ah? What ingredients do you want? I'll go buy them."

Lin Xiaoman looked at him with a smile, "Brother, I want meat, pork with both fat and lean meat."

She saw Lin Jingzhe's mouth twitch, and continued to smile, "There are also wild vegetables. If there are no wild vegetables, you can also have some corn."