I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

When we were going down the mountain, the two little ones were sitting on the stone bench in front of the door, looking around with their hands on their cheeks.

Song Anning waved her hands and shouted loudly: "Ayuan, Ayue..."

"It's Sister! Sister is back!"

Song Zeyuan held his sister's hand and ran to greet her, jumping and skipping.

"Sister, I took my sister to collect firewood today. We have several bundles."

"Ayue picked up two bundles of firewood, and my second brother also dug up some wild vegetables."

The two kids raised their little faces, looking like they were asking for praise, they were so adorable.

"One penny for each bundle of firewood! A-Yuan and A-Yue are awesome! They've earned quite a few pennies today!"

"hey-hey……"

Song An Ning praised him generously, saying that you can pamper and praise your children, but you cannot spoil them.

So she left things like collecting firewood, cleaning, washing dishes and clearing the table to the two little ones. It didn't matter if they didn't do it well, she could teach them.

"I'm going to Grandpa Lin's house to sell wild vegetables. Do you want to come with me?"

"Yes, let's go together."

The two little ones puffed out their chests. Their sister is so amazing. She can always pick the freshest wild vegetables. They are so proud to follow their sister!

Under the big banyan tree in front of the Lin family's house, there were still a dozen women sitting, some picking vegetables, and some doing needlework. The only thing in common was that their mouths were busy.

As luck would have it, when the siblings arrived, the group of women were talking passionately about what happened between Song An Ning and Wen on the ox cart yesterday.

"Damn it! Shh ...

Someone looked up and saw Song An Ning, and quickly reminded his companions to shut up.

After what happened in the past two days, they all realized that the girl from the Song family had changed for the better. She went up the mountains and down the rivers, doing serious things, and knew to say hello to people she met.

But don't mess with her! This crazy girl will tear anyone who dares to touch the Song family to pieces!

Silence, deathly silence!

Silence is Cambridge tonight...

Song An Ning had heard their whispers a long time ago, but pretended not to hear anything, smiled gently, and walked forward to greet them.

"Have none of the aunts gone up the mountain?"

"Take a day off at home today and wash up. The village is going to pick spring bamboo shoots tomorrow. Hasn't Aning heard about it?"

"I went to the mountains this morning and dug up a few pounds of vegetables. I should go home and cook soon..."

At Song An Ning's instruction, the two little ones sweetly called out "Hello, aunties" to the women. They were all mothers and loved children very much. They also responded with smiles, and the scene was very harmonious.

"Aning, what did you dig up? Take it out and let us see it. Open our eyes too."

Song Anning calmly put down the backpack, opened the lid, and several large bundles of wild vegetables appeared in front of everyone.

"My God, where did you find them? They're all so good."

"Chubby, really cute."

Wild vegetables grow in the mountains and anyone can pick them. Why can't they find such good ones?

No, they will have to wait until the girl from the Song family goes up the mountain again and then they will follow her.

After a few greetings, Song An Ning carried the basket and walked into the Lin family's house. The group of people stopped what they were doing and followed Song An Ning into the yard in groups of three or four.

"Oh, Miss Ning is here? You don't know, the vegetables you dig are so popular in the restaurants in town that they said they would buy as many as they can. It just so happens that you're here today."

Lin Afu kept glancing at Song Anning's backpack. When he saw most of the basket was full of vegetables, his old face smiled like a chrysanthemum!

Convinced! He was convinced! The day before yesterday, their whole family didn't believe in evil and went to the mountains to search for half a day, and barely found five or six kilograms of good ones. Song An Ning was alone, and the dishes she brought were always the best. This girl is capable!

Song Anning smiled inwardly. This was all thanks to the system. She just dug, and the system automatically sorted the items. Finally, she picked out the best ones and bundled them together.

Mrs. Lin happily took the scale and nodded, "Come and take a look, old man! It's twelve pounds, a full twelve pounds!"

"!!!"

Lin Afu was afraid that his wife might have misjudged the scale due to poor eyesight, so he grabbed it and weighed it again.

More and more people came to watch the fun. At first, they were afraid that Song An Ning would go crazy, so they didn't dare to say anything. They just stared at the wild vegetables, thinking they were so tempting. It would be great if they could dig them themselves.

Until they heard the Lin couple shouting twelve kilograms, they could no longer bear it.

"One catty is three cents, twelve catties is thirty-six cents!"

"Did I hear correctly? Thirty-six cents. A man carrying a heavy bag in town for a day only earns forty cents!"

"This girl is so lucky..."

The bitterness in their hearts had not yet faded when they heard Lin Afu say to Song Anning:

"Aning, the vegetables you dug are growing well, all plump little shoots. The restaurant said they'll add one copper coin per pound of your vegetables, so I'll also raise the price by one penny, to four pennies per pound."

"..."

The crowd roared again.

"Sister-in-law, I seem to be dreaming. In my dream, the price of wild vegetables has increased. Four cents per pound..."

"It's unjust. Are the wild vegetables all over the mountain worth four cents? And they're not even good varieties..."

"Well, enough talking, I'm going to take those kids up the mountain."

Song An Ning just smiled and thanked him. He was right to choose the Lin family. In fact, no one knew what price the restaurant gave him, but they could tell him openly and even raised the price by a penny. This is what a conscientious merchant does!

"Thank you, Uncle Lin. If you are sincere in doing business, please send me the vegetables you dig in the future."

"What are you thanking me for? It's our family that's thanking you! Forty-eight cents, just count them. I'll hitch a cart and send the vegetables to town right away."

Song An Ning took the string of copper coins strung together with a straw rope and counted them carefully. It wasn't that he didn't trust Grandpa Lin, but it was better for both parties to count the money in person when doing a transaction.

After checking the money, Song Anning asked again, "Grandpa, does your family buy herbs?"

Lin Afu's eyes lit up when he heard her say that. "Yes, yes. Wanhetang in town has been buying a lot of herbs these past two months, and the prices are pretty good. If you have any, just bring them over. Grandpa will only charge you for running errands."

He agreed with a smile, walked through the crowd, and headed home with his two children.

Song Zeyuan and Song Anyue raised their heads, as if telling everyone, look at my sister, how proud she is!

Song Anning's whole mind was focused on what Lin Afu had just said. She heard Doctor Zhou say that poor people could not afford medical treatment and would rather walk dozens of miles to other towns to see a doctor and get medicine.

But why did Wanhetang acquire so many herbs? Was it planning to open a shop in the capital? Or was it… just profiting from the loss of human life?

The more she thought about it, the colder her heart became. She kept telling herself that she was too weak and that she should just stay alive and make money first.

On the way, Song Zeyuan asked in confusion, "Sister, why don't you take the wild vegetables to town to sell? You can get a few more copper coins there."

“We don’t have any cows at home, and when my sister came down the mountain, there were no ox carts going to town.

If we walk there, it will take more than two hours to go back and forth. If we sell them the next day, the vegetables will no longer be fresh. Moreover, the restaurants in town don’t accept individual customers, which is too troublesome. My sister will have to negotiate with the restaurants for a long time.”

What she didn't say was that instead of going to town, it would be better to dig a few more pounds of vegetables for the system to recycle, which would at least earn her a few dozen copper coins.

"Your sister is right. It's not safe for a girl to go out all the time, and the Lin family doesn't make much money."

When Zhang heard that Aning and her two siblings were selling vegetables at the Lin family, she waited for them halfway, unable to stop smiling. Her granddaughter had been a bit of a scumbag before, but now she was very capable.

"Tomorrow the villagers will go to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots. You should get up early and bring hoes, sacks, and plenty of dry food and water."

Hearing what Zhang said, the two children grabbed Song An Ning's clothes and begged, "Sister, take me there, take us there, okay..."

Spring bamboo shoots grow fast. It rained yesterday and a lot of them sprouted in the woods. There is a large bamboo forest growing deep in the mountains. Every time this time comes, the village will organize several collective bamboo shoot digging activities. With so many people, they are not afraid of encountering wild animals.

But there was still Wang Ying'er at home. Song Anning thought about it and said, "Ayuan, come with me. Ayue still has a head injury, so we'll go next time."

"Well then, Sister, you can go into the mountains without any worries. Ah Yue will stay at home and take good care of Mother..."