You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

"Well, I took care of something. What were you two doing out there after dark? Aren't you afraid of mandrills?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Hu and Ah Tang shrank their necks.

Atang thought for a moment, handed the bamboo basket to Su Chen to take a look at the contents, and explained in a low voice: "Since we couldn't catch the wild boar, we thought of digging some herbs to sell."

Su Chen took a glance and saw only some Polygonatum sibiricum and a few Ophiopogon japonicus plants inside.

How much can this be sold for?

He returned the bamboo basket to Atang and asked them, "Why don't you go to town and find a job?"

"We can't find it, Uncle Chen. We've tried everything."

"Yeah, if the town really wants to hire someone, they'll look for relatives, not us."

Su Chen sighed.

These two children are so pitiful. They lost their relatives at such a young age. I don’t know how they have been getting through these years.

However, those who think of going into the mountains to trap wild boars are all ambitious.

After thinking for a while, Su Chen asked, "Do you two want to learn some skills?"

Ah Hu asked, "Uncle Ah Chen, what is your craft?"

"carpenter?"

They both shook their heads: "We tried, but Old Jiangtou wouldn't take us in."

Su Chen: "Why?"

"He said our horoscopes were not compatible, and Liang said the same thing."

Su Chen: "..."

"Give me your horoscopes, and I'll help you take a look."

After the two of them told each other their date of birth, Su Chen fell silent.

They are all people with shallow kinship, which is commonly known as unkindness to relatives. If they really want to take someone as their master, I guess the master is not very good.

No wonder Old Ginger didn’t accept them.

Even if they get married in the future, for the sake of their wives and children, they cannot stay at home all the time. It is best for them to live alone.

Thinking of the paper carts and paper figures he had spent half a day making today, Su Chen asked them, "Do you two want to learn how to make paper figures from me?"

Ah Hu and Ah Tang were stunned: "Paper-making?"

"Well, I make it for my relatives. No one in the city knows how to do this yet. If you learn it, you can open a shop in the city. Even if you can't make a fortune, you shouldn't have any problems keeping yourself well fed and clothed."

The two of them looked at each other, then knelt down in front of Su Chen in unison.

"Master, please teach us!"

"Get up, get up. Don't call me Master. I'm just teaching you a skill. My apprentice must learn Taoism."

Ah Hu asked hurriedly: "Then can we learn Taoism?"

Su Chen shook his head cruelly: "You are not qualified."

The Tianshi Mansion is very strict in accepting disciples. He will never accept a disciple unless he sees a promising cultivator.

Ah Hu and Ah Tang were visibly disappointed, but they soon cheered up again: "It's okay if I don't learn Taoism, I like paper-cutting."

"Yes, yes, I like it too."

Su Chen shook his head.

If you really want to make a good living, who would want to do anything related to funerals?

These two kids are very clear-headed.

Ah Hu and Ah Tang sent Su Chen and the others to the door of their home. After putting down the bags, they were about to leave when they were stopped by Su Chen.

He pulled two scarves from his bag and handed them to them.

"Here, it's cold, wrap yourself up warm."

Ah Hu and Ah Tang waved their hands repeatedly and refused.

"Here, do you still want to learn paper-folding?"

The two of them then took it reluctantly and expressed their gratitude.

Old Man Su heard the noise and came out. Seeing this, he remained silent. After the two left, he sighed: "They are all poor children!"

"Dad, stop sighing. Come, try on the coat Honghong and I picked for you."

Old Man Su's face immediately relaxed.

"Didn't you just buy it before? Why buy it again? Do you have a lot of money?"

"It's different. The previous one was just a cotton-padded jacket for everyday wear. Besides, I brought that one up the mountain without you even wearing it. Aliang has worn it before. This one is a fur coat. Look at the fur, mink fur. It's very warm."

Su Chen took out his fur coat and shook it: "Put it on and try it on. This year is your 60th birthday. My third sister, fourth brother and I have discussed it. The fifth day of the new year is a good day. We will set up two tables for you. Dad, please notify any friends and ask them to come over for a drink."

"When the time comes, I'll look so stylish in this fur coat, right, Mom?"

Liu Chunhua originally felt uncomfortable when she heard Su Chen say that he bought another coat for Old Man Su. But when she heard that it was for the old man's 60th birthday, her jealousy was immediately suppressed.

I will have something like a birthday party in the future!

Thinking about it, she nodded and glanced at Old Man Su: "Achen is right. It's rare for a child to care about you. Just wear the coat I bought for you. Let me see if it fits you. If it doesn't fit, you have to change it quickly."

Hearing this, Old Man Su reached into the sleeve of his fur coat and repeated, "It definitely fits. With Ah Chen's abilities, how could he buy something that doesn't fit?"

After putting it on, he hurried to the wardrobe in the room, looked at himself carefully in the half mirror, and couldn't hide his smile.

Liu Chunhua stole a glance and said to Su Chen with a look of disgust on her face: "Look at your dad, he's always pretending to be serious, isn't he just like me?"

Su Chen smiled and picked up the bag: "Mom, you have one too. Everyone in our family bought a scarf... Honghong helped you pick this one out. Do you like it?"

"I like it, it's Ah Chen. Mom knows you can make money now, but you can't spend it like this every day. We have to save some money."

As she said this, Liu Chunhua pointed at Honghong, who was carrying a bag and sharing candy with her younger brothers and sisters.

"It's not good for children to eat so much sugar. Be careful of tooth decay!"

"It's not good," Su Chen nodded in agreement. "Mom, haven't we prepared toothbrushes for Honghong and the others? It's perfect. We haven't eaten yet. I'll go to Fourth Brother's place and buy some when I come back."

"No, no, what's the use of a toothbrush for a child? It's too expensive." Liu Chunhua was stunned. "No, I'm fine, why did you go to Ade's place?"

"I want Fourth Brother to help me make something."

"Oh."

When Su Chen arrived at Su De's house, they were preparing to eat.

Seeing him coming, Su De hurriedly pulled out a stool for Su Chen to sit down, asked him if he had eaten, stood up and got him a pair of chopsticks, and when he was about to serve himself some rice, he was stopped by Su Chen.

"Fourth brother, Mom has prepared dinner at home. I just came here to tell you something."

"What's the matter? Just tell me."

"As for me, I asked you for some wood before. It was for carving little wooden figures, this kind."

Su Chen took out the little wooden figure from the bag and showed it to Su De. Then he said, "I find this little wooden figure quite easy to use, but it also burns out quickly. So I was thinking, Fourth Brother, could you help me carve some in your free time? I'll give you 5 yuan for each one. You can use any type of wood. Is that okay?"

Su De waved his hands repeatedly: "It's just a few little wooden figures, why should I pay for them? No, no!"

"If you don't want it, I'll find someone else to carve it."

Su De was embarrassed: "Well, well... that's fine, but one piece doesn't have to cost that much. I have plenty of wood at home. It only takes one piece of handwork, so why would it cost so much?"

"Yes, they will pay you for using this thing. Don't worry, we won't suffer any loss."

Only then did Su De feel relieved.

After agreeing on this, Su Chen got up and went out, then turned around and went back into Su Mao's house.

When Su Mao discussed with Su De about holding a birthday party for Old Man Su's 60th birthday, they chose to share the cost. Lin Chunjiao was in a bad mood the whole day.

When he saw Su Chen at this moment, his expression relaxed.

Putting aside other things, whether it was Aliang or this dead man, they were both brought out of the mountains by her brother-in-law Achen himself, so she should be grateful.

Smiling, Lin Chunjiao asked Su Chen to sit down and turned around to cook a bowl of noodles for him.

"Sister-in-law, the food has already been cooked at home. Don't bother me. I came here just to discuss something with you."

"What is it?"

Lin Chunjiao didn't listen to him. She started to light the fire and cook noodles quickly while asking casually.

"Oh, I see Aliang is unemployed. I wanted to ask you, should we let Aliang learn to drive and then drive for others? He can earn three or four hundred a month."

Su Mao was stunned: "Learning to drive?"

Ah Liang was also a little at a loss: "That must be a lot of money, right? I, I... don't want it!"