Bring your aunt to eat big meat, the scumbag father's family is furious

"Uncle Qian, you found so many mushrooms." Qiao Jianer went up to greet him enthusiastically.

"Yes, I accidentally fell into a big ditch. My leg was hurting, and then I saw a bunch of mushrooms growing in it. I couldn't even pick them all up. This is what they call a blessing in disguise."

Uncle Qian is a warm-hearted person and smiles cheerfully.

"Well, where is that big ditch? We can avoid it next time we go up the mountain." Qiao Lianer thought to himself, that is not a ditch where people fall, that is a fairy ditch.

"It's right there, between the two mountains opposite. Going down the mountainside, there's a steep slope. There's a ditch below. Be careful, or you'll slip and fall."

Qiao Jianer touched his chin and said, "What a scary place."

"Yeah, be more careful. You can't break all your bones just to make money."

Uncle Qian was about to go home, but Qiao Jianer called him again.

"Uncle Qian, I want to buy these mushrooms from you."

Uncle Qian was stunned for a moment: "Buy? How? I want to squeeze it dry and sell it in town. Don't your family also look for mushrooms in the mountains?"

Qiao Jianer shook her head: "My family loves to eat this kind of mushroom. We can never get enough of it. I buy it to eat."

"But the price..." Uncle Qian looked hesitant. The mushrooms he had on hand weighed a little over 20 kilograms, which could be fried into 7 kilograms of dried mushrooms and sold for 3.5 taels.

"I'll give you whatever you can sell it for in town," Qiao Jian'er said. "Not a cent less."

Uncle Qian thought this was a good thing. He wouldn't have to waste gas at home. Moreover, it would save weight and make it easier to go to town.

"Okay, okay. Let's go to your house and weigh it." Uncle Qian replied hurriedly.

In his other hand he carried a basket filled with other mushrooms, probably about ten kilograms in total.

As they walked, he said to Qiao Jianer, "We earned more than two taels yesterday. If we hadn't seen this big nest today, the ones in the basket would only be worth one and a half taels. And since it's not raining, I'm afraid we won't find much next time."

He was not only talking about himself, but also about the prospects of all the villagers in finding mushrooms.

What we can look forward to is the heavy rain that comes every year in a month. After that rain, the mushrooms will explode for a short period of time.

Although they didn’t know that those mushrooms could be eaten and sold before, the villagers often went to the mountains and were very clear about the patterns of changes in the mountains with the seasons.

Qiao Yunni and the others saw Qiao Jianer bringing Uncle Qian in, saying they wanted to buy the mushrooms in his hand. When they saw that they were chicken mushrooms, they immediately understood.

Other people sell chicken mushrooms at twice the price of ours.

Qiao Yunni hurried to find a scale. Qiao Xier went to call Old Mrs. Qiao back and asked her to give at least a few taels of silver. They didn't have that much money on hand.

Qiao Lianer weighed it and it was exactly twenty-one pounds.

She calculated for Uncle Qian: "Twenty-one pounds of fried dried mushrooms can yield seven pounds, or three and a half ounces. I'll give Uncle Qian this amount."

"Okay, Jianer is an honest man." Uncle Qian was very happy.

"My cousin asked my grandma for money. Uncle Qian, please sit down first." Qiao Jianer brought a stool.

"Oh, well, I'm not in a hurry to go back."

Uncle Qian sat down and looked at the Qiao family's yard. The cracked earthen walls were pasted with new mud and had new cracks, which were leaking air. The roof was covered with thatch, which needed to be replaced with new ones every year.

Originally, Uncle Qian envied the Qiao family for making a lot of money before, but seeing the Qiao family's current situation, he felt that the money should be earned by the Qiao family. He was afraid that after the yard was built, there would be nothing left.

The days to come will be the same as before.

Old Mrs. Qiao was cutting pig food in a distant valley and chatting with Old Man Qiao on the other side.

"Old lady, when the house is built, buy a gold bracelet for you. My family didn't have the financial resources when I married you, and you have suffered for so many years. I am sorry for you." Old man Qiao is usually a man of few words. He would only tell his old lady these words from his heart when his children are not around.

"Come on, how can an old woman like me dare walk on the street wearing a gold bracelet?" Old Mrs. Qiao said, "But when I really have money in the future, I will buy a gold bracelet for each daughter-in-law I marry and each granddaughter I marry off as a wedding gift and dowry."

Thinking of this, Old Lady Qiao worked more efficiently.

"By the way, our family's financial situation has improved. Let's go to the Shen family tomorrow to finalize the marriage. After all, it's been a while. If we delay it for another two years, we might become estranged."

Old Man Qiao said, "Okay, Xier is the eldest granddaughter in the family. The grandsons said that the issue of a daughter-in-law can be put on hold. When a granddaughter gets married, she will have to adapt to a new family. We have to treat her well and carefully to avoid her suffering any grievances."

Qiao Xier was behind another small slope. She came out only after hearing all this.

"Father, milk."

"Xier, what are you doing here?" asked Old Mrs. Qiao.

After hearing Qiao Xier's purpose, Old Mrs. Qiao's face fell slightly.

"Don't you know where the silver is and where the key is hidden? Just go get it when you need it. Why bother an old woman like me all the way here?"

Qiao Xier knew that Old Mrs. Qiao was worried about the whole family.

The money is centralized for easier management, not to prevent anyone from misusing it.

"Okay, I'll go back then."

Qiao Xier ran back home and when she was crossing the road to the town, she saw a familiar figure.

It was Shen Liang, sixteen-year-old Shen Liang, wearing a turquoise silk robe, the material fluttering softly in the wind, his black hair tied up with a silver hairpin. He was not very handsome, but he was also quite outstanding, and with his tall and straight figure, wherever he appeared, the eyes of young girls and wives would shine and their cheeks would burn.

He carried a book box on his back, but he was not going to take the imperial examination. Instead, he was going to the town to study mathematics so that he could become an accountant or something like that in the future.

Qiao Xier ran over like this, but Shen Liang seemed not to see her and passed by her naturally.

"Shen Liang." Qiao Xier stopped and called him.

"Oh, it's Xier." Shen Liang turned sideways with a faint smile on his face: "I'm back from working in the mountains."

As he spoke, his eyes swept over Qiao Xier.

Qiao Yunni makes clothes for the Qiao family every day, but there are too many people, so she makes clothes for the adults first, then for the younger generations, and it is not Qiao Xier's turn yet.

So, Qiao Xier was still wearing a coarse cotton coat with several patches on it, looking very shabby.

But Qiao Xier had a pretty face and a slim figure, so Shen Liang felt a little sorry.

"I have something to tell my grandparents. Are you going to the town to study again?" Qiao Xier's face flushed with a thin layer of red when she thought of what her grandmother had just said.