It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

The main reason why Yang came back home this time was to help her parents earn some money, not to compete with her elder sister-in-law.

She returned home, but her parents still wanted to live with her eldest sister-in-law.

Yang quickly changed the subject and said, "I think it's still early. Mother, please come with me to the mountain first. I'll show you how to pick the forsythia leaves."

After saying that, he took out some anti-snake and insect powder from the bamboo basket.

He then carefully instructed, "Mom, when you and Dad go up the mountain, you must wrap your exposed ankles and arms with cloth strips and sprinkle some insect repellent powder on them. I've brought you some. You and Dad must take precautions before going up the mountain."

Xue, like Yang before her, waved her hands and said, "It's not that troublesome!"

Yang had no choice but to tell her parents what her niece had said about the blood-sucking worms.

At the end, to make it more credible, he added, "These are all what our village doctor said. Mother, please don't take them lightly."

Seeing his daughter's serious words, and hearing that it was the doctor who said them, Old Man Yang made a decision and said, "You are serious, this matter must be true. Old woman, go and prepare some cloth strips, don't let anything go wrong."

Old man Yang made the final decision and the matter was settled.

After everything was packed up, before going up the mountain, Xue asked her daughter-in-law to roll out some noodles so that she could cook them for her daughter when she came down the mountain.

Wang Shi understood the ways of the world. Since her sister-in-law didn't come back to borrow money, she agreed readily.

On this side, Yang led her parents to the mountain to pick forsythia leaves, and on the other side, Song Zhi was responsible for going up the mountain to pick forsythia leaves because her aunt went to her parents' home.

The villagers poured the picked forsythia leaves into bamboo baskets, and Song Zhi carried them back to dry in the sun.

When Mrs. Lu saw Song Zhi coming up the mountain, she subconsciously moved closer to Song Zhi and asked tentatively, "Ah Zhi, I want to ask you something."

Song Zhi paused while holding the bamboo basket, then looked at the woman with a worried look on her face and asked, "Auntie, just say whatever you want to say."

Mrs. Lu then said, "My father-in-law fell down earlier. I think you must have heard from my mother-in-law. We are a little short of money at home now. I see that you can talk about picking forsythia leaves. Ah Zhi, can you find more buyers?"

"Looking at the forsythia leaves covering the entire mountain, it would be a shame not to pick them. If we could find some buyers, we could pick more to supplement our family income."

Song Zhi was stunned for a moment. She followed Lu's words and looked up the mountain. The tender green branches swayed in the wind. At this time, the forsythia leaves were the best to be used for making tea.

If you miss it, you will have to wait until next year.

However, people at that time did not know that the leaves of Forsythia suspensa could be used to make tea.

She could contact the caravans herself to make and sell tea, but due to her limited capabilities, she could not take on such a large amount of Forsythia leaves.

This means that only a part of the villagers can benefit from picking forsythia leaves.

The county where she lives is mountainous, and forsythia grows a lot in the mountains.

This is an excellent opportunity to increase income for the people.

In this era, people's ability to resist risks is still too weak. If they want to support a whole family relying solely on the income from the fields, it depends on whether God will give them food.

She had previously only thought about resolving the hidden dangers that had accumulated in her home and repaying the villagers' debts as soon as possible.

But what Lu said today made her fall into deep thought...

"Azhi, Azhi..." Lu waved her hand in front of Song Zhi, interrupting her thoughts.

Mrs. Lu said a little embarrassedly, "But does my request put you in a difficult position? I just asked this question. If I can't find a buyer, then forget it..."

Song Zhi explained, "Auntie's words gave me some inspiration. It's hard to say whether I can find another buyer now. I will inform you once I have a definite answer."

Seeing that Song Zhi didn't reject her outright, Lu finally smiled and said, "That's great! I'm waiting for your good news!"

Song Zhi smiled and nodded, then went down the mountain carrying the bamboo basket.

After Song Zhi walked away, the women who had been listening to their conversation gathered around and asked curiously, "How is it? What did Ah Zhi say?"

"Azhi, are you really agreeing to this?"

Everyone's face showed joy, obviously looking forward to the accurate news from Song Zhi's mouth.

Lu waved her hand and said, "Let's wait!"

Song Zhi returned to the backyard and saw Mrs. Wu leading her three children to help pick out dead and worm-eaten leaves.

She spread out the freshly picked leaves to dry in the sun.

While Song Zhi was busy, she was thinking about what to do next.

She had previously only wanted to earn some money by selling tea to alleviate her family's difficulties.

It can be said that she didn't think that far ahead.

But Lu's request today, or what she had seen and felt in recent days, made her change her mind.

Perhaps she could think of a better way, which would not miss the picking and making of Forsythia tea, but also generate income for the people of Qishui County to a certain extent.

If she wants to achieve this, she cannot do it by her own strength.

Tea picking and tea making require a lot of manpower and financial resources in the early stages.

She was a small peasant girl who hadn't even paid off a single debt and didn't have the financial resources to do this.

She also doesn't have the appeal to convince everyone first, and she will settle the bill with everyone after the Forsythia tea is sold.

Moreover, this is a very risky thing. If the Forsythia tea cannot be sold as promised, one can imagine the pressure she will face.

Since she couldn't do such a thing herself, the first person she thought of was Ivana Wong.

Given her family's business in Qishui County, it seemed not difficult for her to spend some money and ask the people to help pick forsythia leaves.

But then she shook her head again, the Wang family was not suitable.

Not to mention that the current head of the Wang family is not Wang Wanzhi. If the Wang family takes such an industry as their own and then distributes a small amount of silver to let the people pick it.

Then isn't her current behavior just to help the Wang family?

We must choose someone who is both capable and considerate of the people.

Song Zhi subconsciously thought of Zhou Yu.

If she didn't want to miss this year's picking season and wanted more people to benefit from it, perhaps handing over the method of making Forsythia tea to Zhou Yu would be the best choice.

And there are obvious benefits in handing it over to him, that is, with his ability and resources, he can quickly expose Forsythia tea and let most people know about it.

This was much faster than her painstakingly selling it bit by bit to passing merchants.

And there is an invisible benefit to her doing this, which is that it can further increase the income of the people. Only when the people have money in hand will they dare to consume.

This process may be very long. If she doesn't do it now, there will never be such a day.

But as long as she takes action now, this day will come sooner or later!