After being divorced, I took care of my two children and reached the peak of my life

Shopkeeper Tong was indeed a man who had seen the world. In just a moment, he pulled the corners of his mouth together and greeted Han Yiyi with a smile on his face.

"Sister Han, long time no see, what's wrong with you..."

Han Yiyi naturally also noticed the awkwardness that Shopkeeper Tong showed when he saw her backpack. Seeing how cautious he asked, she couldn't help but laugh in her heart, and then she started talking.

"Oh, it's because I sold the marinade recipe and my family had some extra money, so I built a few houses. The beams of the houses will be put up in a few days, and I am entertaining guests at home, so I came to the town to buy some rice and flour. I passed by here and stopped by to say hello to Shopkeeper Tong and ask if the braised meat is selling well..."

At this time, Shopkeeper Tong was sure that Han Yiyi did it on purpose and deliberately said in front of him that he built the house only after selling the marinade recipe, but he had no evidence.

Thinking that he had spent eighty taels to buy the recipe, and not only had his meal wasted but a lot of it was also taken away, Shopkeeper Tong felt upset.

Shopkeeper Tong knew that although his boss had not said anything about this matter, the price was acceptable to his boss. But the moment his boss got the prescription, the look in his eyes showed that he clearly thought he had not done a good job.

Fortunately, the marinade recipe was really good, and the owner made a lot of money from it. The business of Yunlai Restaurant was also obviously much better than before.

"Thanks to the eldest sister of the Han family, the braised meat business is getting better and better. You should pack some food to take home today..."

Suddenly thinking of Han Yiyi's impolite look, he quickly added, "I'll give you a discount..."

Han Yiyi naturally understood what Manager Tong was thinking, but she had important things to do today, so she smiled and declined.

Looking at Han Yiyi who turned around and left, Shopkeeper Tong was still confused. Could it be that she really asked him whether the braised meat was easy to sell?

After leaving Yunlai Restaurant, Han Yiyi walked towards the grain shop and took a quick look at the prices. Rice cost ten cents per pound, while brown rice was half the price, only five cents per pound.

I don’t know if it’s because of the climate here, but most of the crops here are rice, so white flour is much more expensive than rice, costing twenty cents per pound. Black flour is cheaper, costing eight cents per pound. However, the black flour here is mostly a mixture of wheat bran and whole grain flour, which is very sore to the throat when eaten.

The clerk in the grain shop saw Han Yiyi coming in with such a big basket on her back and thought she was an important customer, so he went up to greet her. However, he didn't expect that she asked about the prices of all the grains in the store and then just left.

The guy looked at Han Yiyi's back as he left, was stunned for a moment, and then rolled his eyes at Han Qi.

Han Yiyi didn't notice the clerk rolling his eyes at her. She walked out of the grain shop and quickly turned into an empty alley on the side. When she came out again, her empty backpack was filled with rice.

When Han Yiyi returned to Zhushan Village, the sun had already set. Zhuzi was worried about Daya and Shitou being alone at home, and was also worried that Han Yiyi would not be able to find the two children when he came back, so he stayed with the two children and waited.

Seeing that the person had returned, he left with peace of mind. Seeing that the person was about to go back, Han Yiyi hurriedly spoke.

"Brother Zhuzi, go back and tell Uncle Chen that I'm back from town and you can come over now to exchange mushrooms..."

Because Zhuzi had been leading everyone to build a house at Han Yiyi's place, he didn't know that his family wanted to exchange mushrooms for rice for Han Yiyi. The village chief was worried that the matter would be spread, so he didn't tell his son specifically. Anyway, he was busy building a house and had no time to pick up mushrooms.

Since Zhuzi would pass by Aunt Zhang's house on his way home, Han Yiyi asked him to notify Aunt Zhang.

Although Zhuzi was a little confused, he was not a talkative person, so when he heard Han Yiyi's words, he just nodded slightly.

After everyone left, Han Yiyi took out another sack and used 500 points to exchange for 50 kilograms of rice. Together with the 50 kilograms in the backpack, it totaled 100 kilograms.

Just a quarter of an hour after Zhuzi left, Aunt Zhang and the village head's wife came over, each leading a child. Each of them was carrying a backpack. Not only that, the village head's wife and Aunt Zhang were holding baskets in their hands.

Han Yiyi was shocked when she saw them carrying things on their backs and in their arms, and she quickly welcomed everyone in.

After several people put down their things, Han Yiyi could see clearly that they placed the mushrooms layer by layer, and separated each layer with weeds. In this way, there was no need to worry about the mushrooms being crushed, and each type of mushroom was placed separately, which was why they used so many backpacks and baskets.

Han Yiyi couldn't help but sigh that they were all attentive.

The people here usually pick up and eat three kinds of mushrooms: black mushrooms, yellow boletus and matsutake mushrooms, so they only pick these three kinds. As for morels, bamboo fungi, chanterelles and white onion mushrooms, they think they are poisonous, so they naturally won't pick them.

After putting down their backpacks, they saw the rice that Han Yiyi had placed aside. Sanni, who came with Aunt Zhang, couldn't help but reached out and touched the white rice when she saw it. Aunt Zhang quickly scolded her.

Although the others were not like Sanni, their eyes hardly left the white rice.

In fact, it is no wonder that they are like this, because Beichen was weak in the past few years and was bullied by neighboring countries for a long time, so there were constant wars. Later, it was heard that a general appeared who was very brave and good at fighting, and the neighboring countries dared not to offend again, so the wars gradually became less.

However, due to the long years of war, the national treasury was empty. In order to replenish the treasury, the court increased taxes. As a result, every family was short of food and clothing, let alone rice. It was a blessing for a family not to starve to death. Therefore, they were so excited when they saw the rice.

However, this is also the case for the common people at the bottom of society. Officials and their families have all the delicacies to eat. As the saying goes, while the rich have wine and meat, there are frozen corpses on the streets. In this era when imperial power is supreme, the common people at the bottom of society are the ones who suffer the most.

Originally, Han Yiyi thought that there was no scale and no way to weigh it. Even if he exchanged it in the system now, there would probably only be electronic scales in the system. Unexpectedly, the village chief's wife actually brought a scale with her own.

Finally, they weighed them separately. The village chief had a smaller family, so he picked 25 kilograms of mushrooms in one afternoon, which could be exchanged for 25 kilograms of rice. Aunt Zhang had a larger family, and since the whole family went out, she picked more. After weighing them, it turned out to be a full 38 kilograms.

Seeing that they had all prepared clean bags, Han Yiyi started putting things into the bags.

Looking at the two people carrying the bags carefully, as if the bags contained some rare treasures, Han Yiyi actually knew that even if they took them back, they would not be willing to eat them. They would definitely take them to the town to exchange for brown rice or black flour. Thinking of this, Han Yiyi couldn't help feeling sad.

Although she was a food anchor in her previous life, she hated others wasting food, especially those who ordered a large table of dishes for the sake of face, and then refused to pack up and threw away all the food for the sake of face.