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

Mrs. Sun felt a little embarrassed. She had no fields at home, only a few acres of wasteland. What should she do if Xiuying asked to borrow food from her... Mainly, there was really no food at home. If she had any, she would have to lend her some. She knew how difficult it was for a woman to raise several children.

When you walk into the house, what catches your eye is a table with missing legs and a stone under the legs. There is not even a decent chair, only a few simple wooden stools and a larger tree stump that has been polished on all sides to make a stool.

The dilapidated house was kept clean and tidy. The yellow mud floor was covered with a layer of hay to reduce the moisture in the house. It could be seen that the hay on the floor had just been changed. The house was filled with a unique fragrance of plants dried in the wind.

Yang Xiuying sat down on the wooden stool handed to her by Mrs. Sun, and Sun Huahua brought two cups of water in bamboo cups.

"Aunt Xiuying, Taohua, have some water. This is mountain spring water. We don't have any boiled water at home."

Even if the water gets cold after a while, there is no container to store hot water. In order to save firewood, Mrs. Sun's family uses cold water for washing and only uses hot water in winter.

Yang Xiuying took a sip of the mountain spring water from the bamboo cup, then took out five eggs that had been prepared in the bamboo basket and thanked her: "Auntie, thank you for speaking up for me this morning. These are some eggs from our old hens. Please accept them."

Mrs. Sun looked at the five eggs Yang Xiuying took out in surprise and stood up: "Sister, put them away quickly. I just said a few words. There is no need to give such a big gift. Take these eggs back. I can't accept them."

Yang Xiuying put the eggs in the bamboo basket aside and said with a smile, "I came to see Auntie not only to thank you. I also have something I want to discuss with you."

Aunt Sun's eyes widened: "What's the matter?"

A few boys eating wild vegetable paste in front of the eaves pricked up their ears to listen to the conversation of the adults inside.

"Goudan, did you hear it wrong? Milk fruit?" Sun Jindan took a sip of wild vegetable porridge and looked at Goudan who was sitting outside the gate.

Goudan swallowed the porridge in his mouth, not sure if he had heard it correctly. How could someone exchange rice for milk fruit? "Wait for Huahua to come out and ask, then we'll know."

Sun Huahua came out of the inner room and smiled at her brothers, saying, "That's right, Aunt Xiuying wants to buy milk apples and bracken, and she'll trade them for rice. But, Aunt said, fresh ones are best."

Several children looked into the house with their mouths wide open.

In the story, Mrs. Sun couldn't believe it when she heard Yang Xiuying say that milk fruit and fern could be exchanged for rice.

"You mean exchanging milk apple and bracken for rice?"

She couldn't believe what she heard. She must have been so hungry that she was hallucinating. This was definitely not what Xiuying said.

Yang Xiuying replied affirmatively: "Yes, you heard it right, two catties of fern can be exchanged for one catty of rice; three catties of milk fruit can be exchanged for one catty of rice.

The owner of Fenglai Restaurant in the city and my boss served in the army together, and they are friends who are willing to risk their lives for each other. One of the pastries made in the restaurant requires the ingredient milk fruit, and the new dishes also require bracken, so he asked me to help purchase it.

The owner of Fenglai Tower has... more than 500 acres of land and plenty of grain, so he wanted to exchange it for rice.

The shopkeeper, thinking that I was an orphan and a widow, entrusted this matter to me. I remembered that you had helped me before, so I came to ask if you would be willing to exchange milk fruit and fern for rice.

Yang Xiuying took a deep breath. She had never lied so easily before.

Aunt Sun did not expect that Yang Xiuying would give her such a great reward. When good things happened, she thought of herself first. As a woman, she naturally knew how difficult it was for women. Aunt Sun looked at Yang Xiuying differently.

"Big sister, the villagers said before that you disliked the girls, but now it seems that those blind people were just talking nonsense. If you take the girls and separate from the family, your life will gradually get better."

Yang Xiuying smiled and said, "Your good days are coming soon. Since you are willing, I will count you in."

"Okay, I'll have the kids go up the mountain to pick milk apples and bracken. I can't guarantee how much they'll get, but my kids are all diligent, so I don't think there will be a shortage."

Mrs. Sun's family has no fields, so they have always been the most active in picking wild vegetables. They want to store as much food as possible while they can still find food in the mountains.

Now that they have such a good job, naturally the whole family will go out. Three pounds of milk fruit can be exchanged for one pound of rice, and two pounds of fern can be exchanged for one pound of rice.

One pound of rice can be exchanged for three pounds of millet, and one pound of millet can be exchanged for three pounds of black flour. They want to take this opportunity to exchange more and store more food so that they won't go hungry during the lean season.

Mrs. Sun thought for a moment and asked again, "Xiuying, will you take whatever amount you want?"

If there were more, the other party would not exchange so much. Naturally, the whole family would go out to pick both milk apples and bracken. At least 20 kilograms of milk apples could be picked a day. The children were most familiar with which places on the mountain had wild fruits, and more than 20 kilograms of bracken could be dug a day.

That's more than 40 kilograms in total, which means you can earn more than 10 kilograms of rice in a day. Oh my god! More than 10 kilograms of rice a day, and if you convert it to black flour, that's 60 to 70 kilograms.

Yang Xiuying smiled and said, "Auntie, the bracken and milk fruit only last for about a month, and the shopkeeper wants to take advantage of this time to harvest more. Otherwise, if the season is over, the restaurant will have less food. If you are not afraid of the hard work, please hurry up and exchange for more food."

The owner of Fenglai Tower has over 500 mu of land, and there's a lot of rice. You can exchange as much as you pick."

Hearing this, Mrs. Sun laughed and said to the children outside, "After you finish your meal, come with me up the mountain to pick milk apples and bracken."

Taohua had no choice but to take the eggs back with her since she refused to accept them.

Xiuying wanted something fresh, so she told Mrs. Sun to pick the food in the afternoon and send it over in the evening, and then distribute it all when the food arrived tomorrow.

Watching Yang Xiuying leave, Mrs. Sun's eyes were already filled with tears. She looked at Sun Huahua beside her and said, "Our good days are coming. God is really watching over us!"

She was kind and hardworking throughout her life, but her fate was rough. People in the village said that she was a miserable person and was here to pay her debts. She almost believed it and that she was here to suffer in this life, until Xiuying told her just now that milk apple and bracken could be exchanged for rice, and she had hope for life again.

She wanted to take this opportunity to exchange for enough food so that there would be no panic at home.

My daughter Sun Huahua held up a bamboo basket and said, "Aunt Xiuying wants to help us, so we should seize this opportunity. Auntie isn't as kind to Taohua and the others as people say."