After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

Jiang Xiaohe went up the mountain carrying a backpack and saw that Zhang Fu had already tied up two bundles of firewood.

She carried the basket on her back and went to the place where she had just picked wild sweet potatoes. She first padded the surroundings with banana leaves.

Zhang Fu also came to help: "This thing can be found in many places on this mountain. I never thought there would be fruits here."

Jiang Xiaohe smiled and said, "I just saw it by chance, tried it, and thought it was okay."

Zhang Fu didn't ask any more questions and picked up almost half a basket of sweet potato leaves.

"Dad, where do you think there are still places like this sweet potato vine?"

“Aren’t these enough to sell?”

Jiang Xiaohe explained: "I think this thing will go bad if it's too heavy in my hand, and I'm afraid it's past its growing season, so I thought about picking more and exchanging more for silver."

Zhang Fu pointed: "It's right in front."

After walking for a while, I found that this patch of grass was growing better than the previous ones. As it was getting late, I didn't pick much, only about half a basket.

Jiang Xiaohe found some wild vegetables in the mountains.

"With so many wild vegetables, they will go bad over time."

"Let's not put them away. I'll pick them up when I get home, and take them to town to sell together with the wild sweet potatoes tomorrow." The most important thing is that if these wild vegetables cover the wild sweet potatoes, there is no need to worry about the villagers becoming jealous.

After she said this, Zhang Fu didn't know what to say, for fear of discouraging her. There were so many vegetables growing in the farms now, how could the people in the town be willing to buy these wild vegetables to eat?

The two of them walked towards home, one after the other.

Zhang Fu reminded her to be careful along the way. After all, it had rained and the way down the mountain was not as easy as going up.

Naturally, I met a lot of people in the village, but everyone just greeted them briefly.

Of course, there were people pointing at them and talking about them, but with Wu Youhua's publicity in front, everyone just thought Jiang Xiaohe was stupid. She picked so many wild vegetables in the mountains, and when she went to town, no one would buy them. She would cry.

After returning home, Jiang Xiaohe took a bowl and went back to the room. She felt very painful because of the swelling in her chest.

After I squeezed the milk, I fed the baby at the same time. The baby was easy to take care of. He ate when he woke up and slept after eating.

In the evening, Wang Qiuxia cooked a pot of the wild vegetables that Jiang Xiaohe brought back, sprinkled a little salt on them, and that was it for a meal.

As Jiang Xiaohe was eating, she felt that the meal had no taste.

After the meal, a bright moon appeared in the sky. Jiang Xiaohe sat beside the backpack and began to pick up the wild vegetables she had picked.

He tied the wild onions into small bunches, and pulled Wang Qiuxia along to sort them out. Then he put them aside neatly, which looked very beautiful.

Wang Qiuxia urged her: "Okay, go and have a rest. You must be tired after working all afternoon."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded, fetched some water, washed up briefly, and went back to the house to rest.

This is only the first day I've been here, and it's really tiring.

Although the bed was not comfortable to sleep on, she fell asleep immediately.

Wang Qiuxia and Zhang Fu were in the room.

Wang Qiuxia said with emotion: "I think our son was not blind at the time. Xiao He is indeed a good girl."

Zhang Fu also nodded: "You had some prejudice against her before, mainly because her heart was not in our family."

"How can I not think so? Her family always comes to ask for money. When Dashan left, they also came to ask for money. And she always stands with her family."

Zhang Fu naturally understood: "Okay, she's fine now. I think based on what she did today, even if we're gone in a few years, she can still support this family. Go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow."

The next morning, when she heard noises in the yard, Jiang Xiaohe got up too.

It was only dimly light outside, but the toads were still chirping in the rice fields.

She scooped some water, washed herself briefly, and then squeezed out some milk for Wang Qiuxia to feed the baby later.

Then he put on the backpack and went out with Zhang Fu.

Wang Qiuxia stuffed a steamed bun into each of their mouths and said, "Eat it on the way."

The two of them went out.

Caoping Village is quite a distance away from the town. If you walk there, it will take an hour. One hour in ancient times is equivalent to two hours in modern times.

Jiang Xiaohe was carrying a backpack full of sweet potatoes, wild vegetables and wild onions. To be honest, it was fine at the beginning, but later on, she could not walk anymore and her inner clothes were already soaked with sweat.

In order to take care of her, Zhang Fu stopped and walked along the way. The journey that usually took him an hour to get to the town took him almost an hour and a half.

Zhang Fu first took her to the market where she could set up a stall, and then he carried the firewood on his shoulder and walked to the place where the firewood was sold.

It was already daybreak, and Jiang Xiaohe did not waste any time. She quickly spread the banana leaves, took out the wild vegetables, and poured out a small pile of sweet potatoes.

Many people came and went, but no one asked her about her business.

She felt that she could not sit still any longer, so she cleared her throat and shouted, "Brothers and sisters passing by, come and have a look. These fresh wild sweet potatoes are loved by children and the elderly. They are sweet and delicious, and extremely tasty..."

She was still a little hesitant at the beginning and shouted softly, but later she shouted louder and louder, and it became more and more fluent.

In the end, some people were called over.

"Sweet potatoes? Where are the sweet potatoes?"

She just remembered now that the ancients called sweet potatoes sweet potatoes. Why did she call for such a person for so long?

"Oh, I was wrong. Fragrant fruit, would you like to try some, sister? We grow them at home, and they are very sweet."

Afraid of missing out on such a customer, I quickly took one and gave it to someone else to try.

"Fragrant fruit?" The woman looked at the fruit in her hand.

"Big sister, try it. If it's not sweet, you don't have to pay. If you don't like it, I won't charge you."

"really?"

Seeing Jiang Xiaohe nod affirmatively, she put the fruit into her mouth.

His eyes lit up: "It's really good, what do you call it?"

"Fragrant fruit." After saying that, she handed over another one.

"Smell it, doesn't this fruit smell very fragrant?"

The woman took a deep breath and said, "It does smell sweet. How do you sell it?"

She had consulted Wang Qiuxia about the price last night, so she immediately quoted a price: "Eight cents per pound."

The woman didn't bargain: "Half a pound."

"Okay, okay!" Jiang Xiaohe quickly took out the scale and put a little more than half a pound in it: "Big sister, look, it's so high."

The woman nodded with satisfaction. While paying the copper coins, Jiang Xiaohe wrapped it for her with the banana leaves she had picked yesterday.

The woman saw her wild vegetables again and asked: "How much do you sell these wild vegetables for?"

"One penny a handful."

"Two."

"Good."

Jiang Xiaohe also added some wild onions: "You are the first one to take care of my business, so I will give this to you as a gift."

The woman was naturally very satisfied and walked away with her hips twisted.

After watching the woman leave, she shouted even harder: "Brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, if you pass by, come and have a taste. This is a sweet and delicious fruit. If it's not sweet, you don't have to pay..."

She shouted several times with all her might, attracting a large crowd of people.

As people gathered around, she quickly distributed one to each person: "Try it, try it, don't worry, if it's not sweet, you don't have to pay, and it's okay if you don't buy it!"

"Oh, this is delicious and sweet."

"Yeah, I've never seen this before."

Everyone was talking about it.

After saying that, he looked at Jiang Xiaohe and asked, "How much is this?"