The young couple from the farm fights back

The next day, at dawn, the door of the wooden shed opened from the inside. Jiang Li stretched, picked up the bamboo basket at his feet and went out.

Zhou Chunfeng and the child were still asleep. It was still early and quiet all around. At this time of year, the crops in the fields were about to be harvested and it was considered the slack season, so the villagers did not get up so early.

The environment is free of industrial pollution, and the air you breathe is filled with the freshness of nature, which is refreshing.

Jiang Li regained consciousness, picked up the bamboo basket, and closed the door. She had just taken Zhou Chunfeng's pulse and found that the plague had almost been eliminated from his body, but his spleen was still weak and needed some time to heal.

Jiang Li first went to the river to wash her face, and then walked up the mountain.

At this time, several aunts and daughters-in-law from the village brought some clean clothes and saw the figure heading up the mountain from afar.

"Hey, that's not Mrs. Zhou's. Why did she get up the mountain so early?"

"I don't know. I'm afraid they're going up the mountain to look for wild fruits. God has mercy on them. Did you hear about what happened yesterday when the second and third sons of the Zhou family took my mother to the shed to cause trouble?"

"How could I not have heard of it? I never noticed before that Jiang is quite good at talking."

"Tsk~, with such a stepmother-in-law, her husband is almost dying of illness. If she doesn't speak more eloquently, will she wait until he dies before whining about how miserable her life is?"

"Yes, Aunt Lin must have a dark heart. She didn't enjoy the good things she got, but did something so shameless."

Jiang Li naturally didn't hear the discussions by the river, but she guessed that after the commotion yesterday, it would be difficult for the Lin family and the Zhou family to maintain a friendly attitude in the village in the future.

The Zhou family in the book was very successful and had good reputation and popularity, so much so that Zhou Xingyue later married into the royal family. Even though she was born a peasant girl, she was still highly regarded by the royal family.

Jiang Li remembered that the royal family of Daqing seemed to have always been in turmoil, with constant disputes over the throne. It seemed that in three or four years, an uprising would break out from Shanhaiguan.

It is not known which princes rebelled, as the book only briefly mentions them.

Yesterday, Jiang Li hurried up the mountain and found quite a few good herbs. It was a good opportunity to get up early today and bring home the useful and valuable herbs.

Jiang Li knew that once her discoveries reached the town's pharmacies, the villagers would quickly follow suit. The mountain's treasures were gifts from nature, and she couldn't stop anyone from making money. The most important thing was to prioritize her own interests.

Jiang Li found the Atractylodes lancea, which can dry out dampness and strengthen the spleen, in a shady place. It was growing in large patches. If you don’t know much about medicinal herbs, you might easily mistake it for a weed.

Jiang Li didn't say anything, bent down and dug a basketful of water. Just as he was going down the mountain, he unexpectedly found some plant roots sticking out of the soil at his feet.

Out of curiosity, I looked at the tall green stems and leaves in front of me, and they seemed somewhat familiar.

When Jiang Li dug out the thing from the soil, his eyes almost popped out.

This was the first time Jiang Li showed a happy smile on her face since she came out of the book.

【There is a way out in desperate situations, God has mercy on us! 】

Iron stick yam. It is a wild iron stick yam, which has very high nutritional value whether it is used for medicinal purposes or as a daily dietary tonic.

In order to dig up all the wild iron stick yams nearby, Jiang Li worked for another hour. When she came down from the mountain, the sun had risen to noon.

The villagers who were busy working in the fields saw Jiang Li holding a large bundle of long grass roots from afar, and they were both curious and helpless.

Naturally, everyone was curious about what kind of plant roots Jiang Li had dug up. Unfortunately, the eldest daughter was forced by the Zhou family to dig tree roots to fill her stomach.

The villagers shook their heads and sighed, then looked at the secret joy on Jiang Li's face and shook their heads and sighed again.

Everyone in the village knew that the half acre of land rented by the owner was not enough for the family to eat. Jiang was the most diligent in going up the mountain to pick wild fruits and coming down the mountain to pick wild vegetables.

Before Jiang Li returned home, she saw from afar that the gatehouse of the wooden shed was open, and several members of the Zhou family were standing inside and outside. Even the third son's wife, Xiao Lin, came with her daughter.

"Sister-in-law~"

Xiao Lin turned around and saw Jiang Li holding more than ten wooden roots in her arms and a basket of wild grass on her back. Her expression became complicated.

Zhou Laosan, who was standing inside, turned his head to glance at Jiang Li, and curled his lips in anger.

When Zhou Lao Er saw Jiang Li, he said politely: "Sister-in-law~"

Wang glanced at Jiang Li, then immediately turned her head away and whispered something to Lin.

Lin sat at the small table by the door, with a few documents placed in front of her.

Zhou Chunfeng sat opposite Lin, holding Anger in his arms, and lowered his head to read the document.

When he raised his eyes, his gaze met Jiang Li's cunningly, and a soft smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Zhou Laosan couldn't help but frown.

He felt that since yesterday, the couple in the first wife's house had become like different people. Could it be that they had been deliberately crying wolf in front of them?

Thinking of this, Zhou Laosan felt extremely depressed, feeling that their whole family had been manipulated by the eldest wife in the past.

Jiang Li saw this group of people, but she didn't dare to leave the yam outside the door. She came to the door without any courtesy and said, "Make way~."

Lin turned around and glared at Jiang Li fiercely, then looked at the dirty tree root in her arms: "Tsk~"

Wang immediately interrupted, "Sister-in-law, today our mother brought you the money you asked for, why are you still going up the mountain to dig up tree roots and showing off in front of the villagers? People who don't know would think that our mother is mean to your eldest wife and doesn't even leave her food."

When Wang said this, Zhou Laoer was stunned at first, and then hurriedly pulled his wife from behind.

This disgusting and brainless thing, since yesterday, my sister-in-law is different from before, not so easy to talk to, even I can't get along well with her.

Wang blinked in confusion, pouted and turned her face away.

I don't understand why the boss is afraid of a coward. She is just a crazy woman who was desperate yesterday. What's so scary about her?

My mother is really something. She actually bowed to the eldest wife and sent the land deed of the two acres of land and fifteen taels of silver to her early in the morning.

However, she heard from the head of the family that if the family was divided, each branch would get 20 taels of silver and two acres of land. When Wang thought about this, she felt that dividing the family was also a good idea, at least she would have money in her hands.

But as long as my parents don't divide the family, their second wife is different from the first wife. After all, the first wife is not the child that crawled out of her mother's womb.

On second thought, he felt that it would be better not to divide the family. At least the twenty taels would be in my mother's hands forever. If the family was not divided, there would be no need for it. When the family was divided, the twenty taels would still be twenty taels. In this way, it would be like living for free at Old Zhou's house and waiting for my mother to die to get the money.

Zhou Chunfeng watched his wife place the things under the kang and guessed what they were. Thinking of the way the people across from him had just looked at Jiang Li, he couldn't help but suppress a smile.

What a bunch of unsophisticated people. Anything his wife picked up must be something valuable.

Yiheng and Yijing sat in the corner of the kang bed. The two little guys seemed to be very afraid of the people in the Zhou family, especially the look of Zhou Laosan. The two children immediately lowered their heads and held their breath.

Jiang Li noticed the child's reaction, frowned slightly, and glanced back at Zhou Laosan: "The room is so small, what's the matter? Are you afraid that our eldest wife will eat your mother?"

Zhou Laosan choked on his breath, clearly feeling that Jiang was coming for him.

He immediately turned around with a furious look on his face and walked out the door.