The breeze ruffled the hem of my clothes.

At the foot of the mountain, many children were digging wild vegetables and squatting in groups on the ground.

There are many stones on the north mountain, large and small, exposed or hidden underground, so the villagers are accustomed to calling it Jishishan.

The place Mr. He pointed to was one mile further south. After going around a dirt slope, the view became flat. There was a remote mountain path to the west, which could not be seen unless you looked carefully.

[I found wild sonchus, 16 wen per pound.]

As soon as he reached the halfway point, he took a quick look and the system announcement immediately rang in his ears. There were pictures attached to the mall panel, and Cui Zhaozhao saw several wild vegetables at a glance.

[Found wild quinoa, 12 wen per jin.]

[Found wild amaranth, 20 wen per pound.]

......

The broadcast sound rang in his ears continuously, and Cui Zhaozhao's mouth almost stretched to his ears.

"Sister, gray stripe vegetables!"

The gray-striped vegetable is also called gray-striped quinoa. There is a large area of it along the mountainside, and there are also many on both sides of the path leading up the mountain.

Cui Zhaozhao carried Xiaoliu and led him to the flat ground nearby: "You dig the Chinese cabbage here, I'll go to the foot of the mountain to take a look, don't run around." After saying that, he touched Xiaoliu's head.

Xiaoliu shook his head and obediently dug wild vegetables.

Turning around, Cui Zhaozhao rubbed his palms on his clothes again and again. The cute baby was so adorable that he forgot for a moment that he hadn't taken a shower yet.

I have to give him a bath tonight no matter what!

The gray-striped vegetables were easy to pick, and soon the basket was full. Cui Zhaozhao secretly sold them for 20 cents, and walked up the mountain with the warm copper coins in his pocket.

The mountains and forests are rich in resources. Yu's family relies on the mountains for their livelihood and has experience in using herbs to drive away insects. However, even if ordinary families covet wild delicacies, they dare not easily go into the mountains.

In this season, the most abundant thing in the mountains is mushrooms.

Cui Zhaozhao broke off a wooden stick and pulled at the bushes on the roadside as he walked.

The system will only give a prompt after seeing the real thing, and those mushrooms growing in damp and dark places will be missed if you are not careful.

[Found wild elm yellow mushrooms, 20 wen per pound.]

Cui Zhaozhao looked back and saw clusters of yellow mushrooms scattered on a tree trunk behind a patch of weeds.

Break off all the mushrooms and carefully put them into the backpack.

[Two pounds of wild elm yellow mushrooms, purchase price 40 wen, are you selling?]

【sell!】

The copper plates made a beautiful sound when they hit each other in the palm of my hand.

Compared to digging wild vegetables, picking mushrooms can be said to be a shortcut to getting rich.

[Wild white mushrooms found, buying price 50 wen per jin.]

Buried under the fallen leaves, the white lingzhi mushroom was pure white and flawless. Cui Zhaozhao carefully picked it along the root. A prompt sounded in his ear, and this mushroom was worth 20 cents!

She searched around and found a few more white mushrooms, exchanging them for a total of 156 coins.

Including the 40 wen from the elm yellow mushroom, she now had 196 wen in her hand, which was enough for a family of four to have a good bath.

She also picked some common straw mushrooms, which were everywhere under the tree roots. Because they were cheap and in large quantities, she simply put them all in her backpack and kept them for home to eat.

They also accidentally discovered morels, which the mall was buying for 40 wen per pound. Cui Zhaozhao had just sold them when Xiaoliu suddenly poked his head over.

"Lots of mushrooms! We can have sautéed mushrooms tonight!"

Cui Zhaozhao's heart was pounding with fear. He turned around and saw Xiaoliu holding onto the backpack with his head buried in it. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Didn't I tell you to wait for me outside? Why did you come in by yourself?"

There were a lot of wild vegetables in the basket at Xiaoliu's feet. Cui Zhaozhao secretly put the copper coins away and took Xiaoliu out of the forest.

Xiaoliu pouted: "I called out, but you didn't respond, so I came in."

Ok.

She was blinded by money.

Lin unexpectedly got along well with Yu. Although Yu had a soft personality, he was kind at heart and never followed the crowd. Even when talking about Feng, he didn't say a word of criticism.

According to Yu, Lin quickly sorted out the relationships among the people in the village.

Xiahe Village is a large village with about a hundred households. The Cui family lives a decent life in the village. They have fields and land and their son is filial.

Yu was pulling the cloth and Lin was cutting it when suddenly there was a noise outside.

"What's that sound?" Lin put down the scissors.

Cui Jingwen was quick on his feet. He put down his book and took a look. “There are so many people at the door. They seem to be heading for our house.”

Lin frowned. Yu had just said that the Cui family had always been honest and dutiful. Occasionally, when there were conflicts and disputes among neighbors, Old Man Cui would be asked to uphold justice.

What is the situation?

The sound at the door was clear.

"Water is already scarce in the village, and now four people are rushing in. Isn't this just stealing our resources?"

"If everyone's relatives come to us, we will be dead!"

"We can't just let this go. Cui Lao San, come out!"

Lin's eyes darkened. The villagers knew they had entered the village yesterday, but they only came today. She was afraid it was not a simple matter.

Yu leaned over the crack of the door and took a deep breath: "It's Wu Lao Er."

Wu Laoer is the second brother of Wu Saozi's mother's family. He has always been arrogant and unreasonable. If a cow passes by his house, he will extort a basket of cow dung.

There was a crowd of people outside the door, probably coming to seek revenge for Mrs. Wu.

Old Master Cui and his third brother went to the fields, and Old Lady Cui also went out. Now only she and his third brother's wife and their son were at home. Yu glanced at Sanlang's frail body.

I'm afraid that scholars are of no use at the moment.

Lin opened the door expressionlessly.

Wu Laoer stood at the front of the door, with Erzhu standing next to him with his hands on his hips, and half of the village people following behind him.

Wu Lao Er pointed at Lin and said, "She is the one who is stealing our village's resources. This woman doesn't deserve to live in our Xiahe Village!"

"Take your hands away." Cui Jingwen's face was tense and he blocked his mother behind him.

Looking at Cui Jingwen, who had a fair complexion, Wu Lao Er sneered, "You little brat, you don't know your place. I'm not just targeting her, I'm also going to beat you until you kneel down and call me grandpa."

This made everyone behind him laugh. Someone started to jeer, "If you punch him, he won't have the energy to call me grandpa anymore."

There was unbridled laughter.

Cui Jingwen clenched his fists and trembled with anger. He would have ignored Wu Laoer's physique before.

Lin calmly comforted Cui Jingwen and looked at Wu Laoer coldly.

"He's a registered student at the government office. Think carefully before you take action."

When the crowd heard that the young boy in front of them was actually Master Tongsheng, they were suddenly in an uproar. Even Yu took a step back, her eyes full of respect.

She thought Sanlang had only attended school, but she didn't expect that he had already passed the imperial examination.

It's no wonder the villagers were making a fuss. There had never been a scholar in Xiahe Village. The highest-ranking official they had ever seen was the village head, who had only read two books and could barely understand the documents.

As everyone was shocked, a man in the crowd ran away secretly.

Wu Lao Er said stubbornly, "Master Tongsheng, you can't take away our village's resources. If you divide them up, what will we drink?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Water was a big deal in the village, and even the boy couldn't compare to a mouthful of water.

Lin sneered: "I am the daughter-in-law of the Cui family. I should have a share in the village. If you insist on dividing it so clearly, send your wife back to her parents' home first."

"But you can live in the village if you want." Wu Laoer didn't answer Lin's words, but said to himself: "Now a bucket of water in the county town costs three cents, you can buy water at this price."

The villagers finally realized that Wu Laoer was trying to blackmail them.

But who does this money belong to?

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