Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

The villagers picked ferns and milk apples just to have enough to eat, and exchanging them for rice was the most practical way. Those who lacked food could pick ferns and milk apples to exchange them, and those who had enough could take the rice to the market to exchange for other items.

The rice in the space mall, which costs two yuan per pound, is the most affordable and also the most profitable for Yang Xiuying.

After solving the problem of what to exchange, the mother and daughter encountered a new problem: under whose banner should they purchase the goods?

This person must have absolute strength to be believed by others.

Faced with this question, Yang Xiuying was in a dilemma. The original owner was just a village woman, how could she know such a person? Not only did the original owner not know him, but she had never even heard of such a person in her memory.

She looked at her eldest daughter and said, "Taohua, do you know any famous restaurants in Nanyang City?"

Taohua stopped eating. It was her first time going to the city, and her mother took her there.

However, when she was asking her mother for news in the city, she heard passers-by mention that Fenglai Restaurant had introduced a new dish that cost a full one or two taels of silver.

“Mom, I heard from people in the city that the dishes at Fenglai Restaurant are expensive and they also have a variety of cakes. I guess it must be a big restaurant in the city. Why don’t we just say it’s there.

Firstly, the villagers won’t spend a penny to go to the city, and secondly, even if they go to the city, they won’t go to such expensive places.”

Yang Xiuying nodded and said, "Then let's say we went to the city today to deliver goods to Fenglai Restaurant. The owner of Fenglai Restaurant was very satisfied with the goods and asked us to pick up some more.

Also, the owner of Fenglai Restaurant and your father went to the battlefield together, and they have a life-and-death friendship. He wanted to take care of us mother and daughter, so he gave the purchasing job to us."

"Okay, Mom, you're awesome."

Taohua became more creative after discovering that Yang Xiuying had split up the family business.

Thinking of this, Taohua volunteered, "Tomorrow we will split into two groups. One of us will go to the villagers to buy milk apples and bracken, and the other will transport rice."

Since Fenglai Restaurant was exchanging rice for milk apples and bracken with the villagers, it had to be done properly, and she had to cover for her mother.

Yang Xiuying's uncles were all hardworking, honest men, and since they ate so well, they worked even harder. They didn't ask Yang Xiuying for help in building the house, and not even Yang Qingfeng.

The Yang family finally had a literate person in their family, and that hand was used to hold a pen, so how could he do such rough work?

Yang Xiuying refused to give in. With uncles and aunts around, it was not her niece's turn to take action.

Thinking about lunch, Yang Kui told his daughter, "Go get some vegetables. We can't just eat rice for dinner."

Yang Kui wanted to finish building the house as soon as possible so that there would be more people to help with the cleanup. After his daughter was settled, he could bring her food without worry in the future.

Futian Village has many mountains and forests, mostly hills, and relatively few fertile fields.

The Zhao family that my daughter married into was once wealthy. It was said that the ancestor had dug up some treasure, exchanged it for a lot of money, and bought more than 50 acres of fertile land. By the generation of Zhao Cunliang, there were only two brothers, Zhao Cunliang and Zhao Yun.

The Zhao family's mother-in-law was a difficult person to get along with. She sold more than ten acres of land when the eldest son got married. After the daughter-in-law came into the family, she never treated her well. Yang Kui had asked people about all this, but he didn't expect that his daughter would ignore the advice and jump into the fire pit.

When Yang Xiuying married into the Zhao family, Yang Kui did not ask for a betrothal gift, but only hoped that the Zhao family would treat his daughter well. He also subsidized a large portion of the dowry. Later, the old man of the Zhao family passed away, and more than ten acres of land were sold, leaving only twenty-three acres.

Now, after the family split, only 14 mu remained. Although 14 mu could not compare with the 50 mu before, it was still one of the richest families in Futian Village, the poorest village in the surrounding area.

Even the village chief only has eleven acres of good farmland.

Taohua and Yang Xiuying walked down the mountain with a bamboo basket in their hands.

"The poorest person in the village right now is Mrs. Sun. I heard from the elders in the village that Uncle Sun became addicted to food and sold everything he could at home. Finally, he became seriously ill. Mrs. Sun sold all the family's fields but still couldn't save his life.

In order to treat Uncle Sun's illness, Sister Sun borrowed a lot of money, borrowing all the money she could from relatives. In the end, the relatives would avoid Sister Sun. After spending so much money, Uncle Sun still passed away. When he died, his skin was rotten and he was so hungry that only bones were left.

Taohua wanted to ask why Uncle Sun didn't die earlier and made Mrs. Sun's life so miserable, but she didn't say it because she was afraid that Yang Xiuying would say she was unfilial.

Uncle Sun died. Although Mrs. Sun's life was poorer now, it was better than before. She no longer had to live in fear.

Yang Xiuying had already guessed what illness Uncle Sun had and said angrily, "He's really harming himself and others. He should die sooner rather than later."

Taohua glanced at Xiuying,

It turned out that her mother thought the same as she did.

The mother and daughter came down the mountain and walked along a village road, where they saw rows of thatched houses. More than 80% of the households in Futian Village lived in thatched houses.

Yang Xiuying remembered that the Mrs. Sun that Taohua mentioned was the one who spoke up for her that day. She didn't expect that her life was so hard, and when she saw someone with the same miserable life, she still remembered to help.

"Okay, then let's go to Mrs. Sun's house first."

"That's great. The children of Mrs. Sun are also honest and hardworking. Her daughter, Sun Huahua, often goes up the mountain with us to pick wild mushrooms. Last time, she also gave a lot of vegetable seeds to Fourth Sister, and Fourth Sister planted them all."

In front of the thatched hut, a little girl of about eleven or twelve was cleaning the chicken coop.

Mrs. Sun's voice came from inside the room: "Huahua, after dinner, take these eggs home and see if you can exchange them for a few pounds of wheat bran."

The family ran out of food again, but fortunately there were two chickens in the chicken coop, and Mrs. Sun saved the eggs they laid. One egg could be exchanged for two kilograms of wheat bran. Mrs. Sun's family could not eat black noodles, so they cooked wheat bran with wild vegetables to make a meal.

Sun Huahua saw her good sister Taohua coming and hurried over to greet her: "Sister Zhao, Taohua, why are you here?"

Mrs. Sun, who was in the house, heard the noise outside and came out to greet them, "Child, welcome someone home. Xiuying, Taohua, come in and sit down.

I just cooked a pot of porridge, come, let's eat some together."

After saying this, Mrs. Sun went to get the bowl. Xiuying and her seven maids didn't even have a place to live, and raising a few maids was no easier than raising herself.

Since Xiuying is here, no matter what Mrs. Sun says, she can still take out a bowl of rice. Although there is not much rice at home, she will give a bowl to Xiuying even if she doesn't eat it herself. She can't let her come with an empty stomach.

Yang Xiuying stepped forward and held Mrs. Sun's hand: "Aunt, we came here to eat. I came here to tell you something."

Aunt Sun hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay, sit down and talk slowly."