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

Zhao's mother and Tian Guilan each have their own thoughts. Zhao's mother must not let Yang Xiuying drag the Zhao family into trouble...

There is a long table in the yard outside the village chief's house.

The old village chief's youngest son, Li Shenghui, was wearing a scholar's robe and sitting in front of a long table with pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. The women of the village were lined up in a long row.

Taohua was responsible for weighing, Yang Xiuying reported the numbers, and Li Shenghui recorded them.

"Mrs. Sun, thirteen pounds of milk apples and twenty pounds of bracken."

Li Shenghui recorded and reported a new article at the same time. Mrs. Sun nodded. This was almost the same as her estimate. No one had a scale at home, so they could only estimate it based on the weight. It was about right. The only scale in the village was bought by Xiuying from the city and placed in the old village chief's house.

After Xiuying came home to inform them, Mrs. Sun took her children and carried bamboo baskets up the mountain. They were afraid that it would be too late and they would miss the time to come back to register, so they only picked the fruits for half a day.

"Aunt Li, 10 jin."

"Auntie Qian, 8 jin."

"Sister Zhao, 3 jin."

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Most of the people behind picked two or three pounds each. Most of the families who participated in picking milk apples and bracken were on the sidelines. Only Mrs. Sun's family picked the most.

Most of them have black flour at home, so eating a black flour steamed bun a day is not a problem, unlike Mrs. Sun's family who have to eat thin wild vegetable porridge every meal.

After the registration was completed, Li Shenghui handed the registered weight to Xiuying: "Aunt Xiuying, it's all here."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "The two smaller families here are Zhou Dazhu and Ma Ergun."

Yang Xiuying was not familiar with the people in Murakami. She looked at the list handed over by Li Shenghui. Even if it was a little less, it didn't matter. After all, it was the first time for everyone to encounter such a thing. Yang Xiuying also understood that it was a little less. What she wanted to do was to make a long-term acquisition.

The old village chief, sitting in a rocking chair, frowned when he heard the names of these two people. He looked at Yang Xiuying and said, "Zhou Dazhu is young and strong, but he hasn't picked as much as your sister-in-law Sun's family. Don't you think it's strange?"

Yang Xiuying said gratefully, "This is the first time. I guess most people want to test the waters."

It was just like the first time I took the angelica from the mall to the city to sell. I was worried that the edible grade angelica would not meet the quality of medicinal materials and the pharmacies in the city would not accept it, so I only took some to try.

However, she was still grateful for the reminder from the Li family father and son. The old village chief had three sons in total. The youngest son, Li Shenghui, was also a student like the original owner's brother. After studying in the city for a few years, he returned to the village to prepare for the exam. Children in remote areas were not like children in the provincial capital. They had to rely more on themselves because they had teachers in the academy to guide them from enlightenment to the imperial examination.

During the years that Li Shenghui was studying, the Li family had to live frugally, but with a educated person in the family, the whole family could see hope no matter how hard or tired they were.

Li Shenghui knew that Yang Xiuying didn't understand what he meant, so he simply said, "Aunt Xiuying, Zhou Dazhu has always been sneaky and cunning in his work. He has quite a few people in his family. Even if he wanted to test the waters, he couldn't have picked only two kilograms of milk fruit.

It takes three pounds of milk fruit to exchange for one pound of rice. No matter how hard you try, you have to at least get three pounds to exchange for one pound of rice. I suspect he heard that you are buying in the village for Fenglailou, and he wants to steal your job."

After expressing his thoughts, he said carefully: "This is also my own guess, but Auntie should pay attention to it."

Yang Xiuying finally understood that the Li family father and son were telling her to be careful with Zhou Dazhu, fearing that his livelihood might be taken away. She looked at the young man in front of her, who was about the same age as Yang Qingfeng, and said gratefully, "Thank you. You scholars are smart. Don't worry, I'll be careful."

Li Shenghui blushed slightly at the compliment and said with a smile, "I've only studied for a few days, so I can't say I'm that good..."

Yes, now he is just a student, who has not even passed the examination to become a scholar. He is a useless scholar. It would be better for him to follow his elder brother and second brother to help with farm work at home, so that he will feel better.

Yang Xiuying watched the boy's smiling face gradually turn sad, and said casually, "I think you will definitely get into high school! Studying is the best way to go. Studying can not only change a person's fate, but even the fate of an entire family."

Hearing what Yang Xiuying said, Li Shenghui looked at Xiuying. He had always thought that his studies were a burden to the family. His family exchanged the rice harvest for black flour every year and used the money saved to support his studies. His father, two brothers and sister-in-law did not have a decent piece of clothing. The whole family lived frugally to support him. This was not what he wanted. He even thought about giving up.

But he never thought that he was their hope.

The boy's innocent eyes became resolute and resolute. Only Aunt Xiuying told her this.

Thinking of Zhou Dazhu's character, he was worried and gave instructions again.

"Aunt, you'd better be careful. This person has evil intentions. If the business you've worked so hard to earn is taken away, I'm afraid life will be difficult for you and your maids."

Yang Xiuying smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will keep this business. He can't take it away no matter what! I never thought that someone would be interested in me this first time."

She had seen many people like this who couldn't stand others doing well in their previous life. Most of the people in Futian Village were honest farmers. This time, she took this opportunity to see who in the village had such bad intentions and be more careful of them in the future.

Yang Xiuying thanked Li Shenghui and followed the second son. While Yang Xiuying and Li Shenghui were talking, the eldest daughter Taohua and the second daughter Shiliu had already put the harvested milk apples and ferns on the cart.

Taohua and Shiliu also became worried after hearing the conversation between the two, but their worries were different from Li Shenghui's.

"Mom, our secret won't be discovered by Zhou Dazhu, right?"

"Mom, I'm so scared. What if he finds out?"

The two daughters became worried. What if Zhou Dazhu went to Fenglai Tower? Wouldn't that reveal the truth?

Yang Xiuying asked, "What kind of person is Zhou Dazhu?"

Taohua shook her head: "Not very good. Either stealing or petty theft."

Yang Xiuying asked again, "Who do you think is more likely to be believed, me or Zhou Dazhu?"

The two daughters said in unison: "Of course it's mother."

How could Zhou Dazhu compare with their mother?

Yang Xiuying smiled and said, "That's right. Let him say whatever he wants to say. We can just see who has the wrong ideas. This is called luring the snake out of its hole. The owner of Fenglai Tower is so busy that he wouldn't come here just because someone said a few words.

As for everyone, the most important thing is to exchange for rice, not with whom to exchange it."