I have been farming since I crossed over.

When she reached a hill in the east, Yang Mingxi discovered a large golden olive tree. She looked around and remembered this place. Golden olives are good things. When they are ripe, they can be picked directly and eaten as fruit. They can also be used to make oil and used as traditional Chinese medicine. It is also called golden olive. The main function of traditional Chinese medicine is to promote dampness and can also help lower blood lipids and lose weight. Olive oil can soften blood vessels and prevent the three highs.

Yang Mingxi and Zheng Huairen continued to cooperate as before. When Zheng Huairen dropped the olives on the ground, Yang Mingxi picked them up from the backpack and quickly filled it up. Then Zheng Huairen carried the backpack and prepared to go home.

Arriving at the slope that Zheng Huairen had just climbed, Yang Mingxi looked again at the place she had chosen to build a house. The more she looked, the more suitable it seemed. She casually asked, "Whose house is that? Why don't I see anyone there?"

It was now around five in the evening, and smoke was rising from the roofs of every household. There was no movement in these houses, and looking at the road in front of the houses, there should be few people walking around.

Zheng Huairen looked around and said, "I don't know. It should be uninhabited. I haven't seen anyone walking around." After saying that, he walked in front. It looked like a gentle slope. Because there were few people walking around, some places were difficult to walk on. Zheng Huairen walked in front, turning around from time to time to pull Yang Mingxi.

After a while, Yang Mingxi and the others came down to the uninhabited house. Yang Mingxi looked around and smiled as she prepared to go home. Zheng Huairen stopped Yang Mingxi and asked, "What are we going to do with these herbs? And the ones we just saw."

Yang Mingxi patted her head, having forgotten about her herbs. She looked at the basket on Zheng Huairen's back and said, "Take this basket back and separate them. The basket you picked earlier and my basket should be sent to my house. I need to sort them. Some of them need further processing. The prescription is still missing one ingredient, honeysuckle. I guess it's not expensive. Go to the pharmacy tomorrow and buy half a pound. I'll come over tomorrow afternoon to treat them."

Zheng Huairen said: "Then do you want to go to my house first? I will go with you and take you back later?"

After hearing this, Yang Mingxi quickly said, "No, no. We are in the village now. It would be bad if others saw us. You go back first. I'll call my third brother to carry you." After that, she walked towards the old Yang's house along the deserted thatched house. She wanted to take a look at this piece of land first.

Yang Mingxi walked along the wasteland for a long time until he saw a small river at the end of the wasteland. He walked down the river a little further and came to where Yang Mingxi was fishing. It was very close to the old Yang family's house. However, there was a cliff between the river and the wasteland, about three meters, which was barely enough for people to walk up and down. Yang Mingxi thought it was a great idea. If this wasteland was dug up and used for farming, it would cover at least two hundred acres!

When Yang Mingxi returned home, she found Yang Mingyu and Yang Minghao already there. They were sitting in the yard, sorting the herbs they had dug up. They had almost finished sorting them. After telling her third brother to go to Zheng Huairen's house with the baskets and backpacks, she and Yang Minghao continued dividing the herbs. All they had to do was sort them, clean them, cut them into sections, and dry them.

Not far from the courtyard, Yang Mingyu ran into Zheng Huairen, who was delivering a backpack and a basket. He took the basket, put it on his back, reached for the basket, and turned to leave. He was furious, very furious. He and his fourth brother had been waiting for Zheng Huairen by the lake today, wanting to teach him a lesson for being so aloof and wanting to eat swan meat. He hadn't expected him to stay away from his third sister, but he hadn't even come that way, heading straight for the river at the village entrance, leaving him waiting for so long.

Zheng Huairen looked at Yang Mingyu, who looked unhappy. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Yang Mingyu say, "Stay away from my third sister in the future and don't think about anything." He then walked away with the basket on his back and the backpack in his hand. Zheng Huairen looked at Yang Mingyu's back as he walked away, and sneered in his heart. He knew that no one would look up to him. Even if they did, they would be scared away by his family's situation. He shook his head and turned back.

When Yang Mingyu returned to the yard of the old Yang family, he saw a group of people surrounding Yang Mingxi and asking her all kinds of questions, all about how to make money. Yang Mingxi briefly told them that they should wait for Yang Mingyu to sell them first. If the price was right, they could pick some herbs to sell.

Yang Mingyu saw that everyone was helping to sort the herbs, so he put down his backpack and called his elder and second brothers to go to the well to fetch water and wash them. After washing, they would dry them until tomorrow, then they could be cut into sections and dried for a day, and then they could be sold the day after tomorrow.

After dinner, Old Yang also asked Yang Mingxi about the herbs. Yang Mingxi said, "It should be possible. These are common herbs and are not worth much. Some precious herbs are still very valuable."

After hearing this, Old Man Yang said, "Tomorrow everyone will go up the mountain with you to collect herbs. Come back for lunch and have a homecoming meal with Mo Yatou. The day after tomorrow we'll see how much the prices are and then decide whether to continue digging herbs."

Yang Mingxi nodded. This was possible. All he had to do was take everyone to the mountain and tell them what the herbs were. Then they would spread out and pick them themselves. It was also a way to make money.

Back at the Fifth House that night, Yang Mingxi pestered Madam Wu about the thatched cottage at the entrance to the village. Madam Wu smiled and said, "Are you talking about the place with the wheat field next to it? That's our Yang family's old house. I heard from your grandmother that they lived there at first, but then your grandfather went out at any time, and it wasn't safe for her to live there alone with the children, so she built a house here now, which is closer to the village."

Yang Mingxi laughed out loud and said, "Mom, it's not a good idea for such a large family like us to live together. Did grandpa and grandma ever talk about dividing the family?"

Mrs. Wu glanced at Yang Mingxi, then at Yang Laowu, without saying a word.

Yang Laowu said, "Your grandparents said you were our family's lucky star. When you come back, if you're doing well, we can consider splitting up. If not, then we won't." He smiled and looked at Yang Mingxi and said, "What's wrong, Xi girl? Do you want to split up?"

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Our family is too large to live together. Although everyone is hardworking, the energy we generate isn't the greatest." He glanced at Wu and continued, "For example, our family has always taken advantage of the other branches. We've made up for it now, and the other branches don't complain. But if the family splits up, you, Dad and Mom, will be the pillars of our branch. You'll definitely work even harder than you do now. Don't think too much about it. You're working hard now, but sometimes you just look down on everyone else, and then you slack off and don't contribute as much energy."

After Yang Mingxi finished speaking, he looked at his parents' confused expressions, knowing they didn't understand. He changed his tone and said, "You've heard that 'one monk carries water to drink, two monks lift water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink.' We're all family, so although this situation won't happen, have you noticed that priority is always given to your generation for public labor, and only when there's not enough left does the next generation go on to contribute. Why is that? We all have selfish motives. The next generation doesn't have to hand in the money they earn, but you have to hand in half of what you earn, so this is what happens out of selfishness. If it's short-term and the money isn't much, there won't be a big problem. But over time, with a lot of money involved, there will definitely be problems." Yang Mingxi looked at his parents who were lost in thought and continued, "Dad, Mom, everyone knows that Master left me over twenty taels of silver. If I don't hand it in, what will my other families think? At least they'll say something sour. Over time, conflicts will arise, and it will affect the relationship between brothers and sisters-in-law."

After hearing this, Yang Laowu and Wu fell into deep thought. Yes, didn't they feel bad for Xi Yatou handing over so much money? They also felt bad. If they had that money, they could expand their house and not live in such a crowded place.

The four brothers Yang Minghu, Yang Mingyang, Yang Mingyu and Yang Minghao were also listening nearby, thinking about the answer. They felt that what their sister said was right.

Every family has its own children, and everyone wants to have more children. This is everyone's selfish desire, so there is a saying that "a big tree has branches, and a big person has branches."

Yang Laowu thought it through first and said, "I also think we should split up the family. After that, the pillars of each family will lead their people to pursue their future, instead of just waiting for Dad and Big Brother to make arrangements like we are now. If there are no arrangements, we will just slack off."

After listening to this, Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "That's right. Although you have separated, you are still the closest brothers. The feelings are still there. You can still help each other if there is anything. Don't wait until the day when brothers turn against each other and sisters-in-law become enemies. If you separate at that time, it will become a mess and the old Yang family will be broken up."