The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Song Yuntang searched all the way, but not only were there no vacancies in the shops, even the alleys were occupied by some small vendors.

What she can think of, others can naturally think of as well, although the things they sell are not satisfactory.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here?"

Suddenly, he heard a voice and looked back. It was Xu Qingye's younger brother Xu Wencheng, whom he had met once before in Lushan Village.

Xu Wencheng was only one year younger than Song Yuntang, and he felt embarrassed to call her sister-in-law.

Song Yuntang smiled and said, "I came here to look for a shop. What is Wencheng doing in town?"

Xu Wencheng patted the straw paper wrapped in his arms. "Aren't you and big brother getting married? Mother forgot some red paper when she came to town to buy things, so she asked me to buy some."

Then he asked, "Didn't I hear from my eldest brother that my sister-in-law has already opened a shop in town? Why are you looking for another shop? Did something go wrong with the previous shop?"

He had to find out clearly so that he could report to his eldest brother and ask him to support his sister-in-law.

Song Yuntang hurriedly shook his head.

"No, I wanted to do some other business here at the academy, but I didn't expect it would be so hard to find a shop."

Xu Wencheng patted his chest and said, "My eldest brother is familiar with this place. Why don't I ask him to come over tomorrow after I go back? With him by my side, my sister-in-law won't have to worry about anything."

Xu Wencheng is extremely confident in his elder brother's abilities.

Song Yuntang shook his head. "He must have been quite tired after coming to me for a few days. I'll handle these little things myself. Anyway, I already have a shop. If I can't find one, I won't force him. I'll just find it slowly."

After all, finding a shop is not a matter of one day or one night.

She had already prepared herself mentally.

Xu Wencheng was very pleased to see that Song Yuntang would consider his elder brother's health.

"I've noticed that my eldest brother is getting better and better these days. It should be no problem for him to accompany my sister-in-law to find a shop." He looked up at the sky. "Mom told me to go back early after buying things. I won't talk to my sister-in-law for long. Be careful."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

……

It was already noon.

After searching for the whole morning without any results, Song Yuntang gave up looking for a shop. He went home and got four batches of medicinal ingredients for making shampoo. On the way, he bought some ingredients for sour plum soup at Baicaotang and set off for the farm.

"Tang'er is here." The cousin from my uncle's family greeted Song Yuntang in a wooden shed not far away.

She responded with a smile and went into the yard.

Since the courtyard began to be renovated, the workers who originally made bamboo pots in the main hall moved to the wooden shed.

Song Jinsheng was quite quick. Song Yuntang had just given him five taels of silver yesterday, but he had already bought the bricks and piled them at the foot of the courtyard wall today. However, the people who had been repairing the house were still in the mountains building chicken and duck pens these past two days, so they had to wait two days before laying the bricks.

"Tang'er, I thought you wouldn't come today."

Song Jinsheng came out of the kitchen, took the medicine bag from Song Yuntang and put it into the house.

"I must come and take a look at the place where I planted the pepper seeds. Has my second brother helped me to net it up?" Song Yuntang said, and went to the kitchen to check. The fire in the stove had been extinguished, and the shampoo water had been boiled.

"The nets are all up and the plants have been watered. If Tang'er is worried, you can go check on them again."

After Song Jinsheng came out of the house, he went straight to the kitchen and scooped out a bucket of shampoo water from the pot so that it could cool down faster.

"By the way, Tang'er, Song Zhimei has gone to the Huang family. She probably won't be able to move around anymore."

Song Yuntang was a little surprised.

"She became Huang Heyu's concubine?"

Song Zhimei's looks were just okay, but I didn't expect Huang Heyu to be so tolerant of appearance.

Song Jinsheng nodded.

"She was not disciplined herself. When Second Aunt learned of this, she used it as a threat to negotiate with the Huang family, demanding twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift, thinking Huang Heyu had touched Song Zhimei because he was attracted to her. However, the Huang family didn't care about Song Zhimei at all. Because she was a decent woman they had touched, they only agreed to pay three taels of silver."

Song Yuntang just thought he was listening to an interesting story.

"and after?"

"Later, my second aunt and the Huang family argued for a long time. In the end, both families gave in and brought the person in for five taels of silver."

Song Yuntang laughed, "Second Aunt, this is a big step back."

The original twenty taels became five taels. I’m afraid Song Zhimei didn’t get a single penny?

"Who said it wasn't? Whether it's marrying a wife or taking a concubine, there is a sequence. They got it wrong. It would be strange if the Huang family didn't take advantage of them." Song Jinsheng said, took the hoe and went to work in the house.

It was still early, so Song Yuntang cleaned the small pot next to him and soaked the ingredients for sour plum soup.

While the shampoo water was cooling down, Song Jinsheng used a shovel to smooth the floor of the house so that he could directly apply mud and lay blue bricks.

Song Yuntang went to the mountains to check on the progress of the chicken and duck enclosures. When he came back, he was just in time to make sour plum soup.

After boiling for half an hour, he turned off the heat and added some rock sugar he had brought to the sour plum soup. After it melted, he scooped it out in a bowl and took it to the mountain spring. He placed it in the spring near the crevice of the rock to cool for half an hour, and then brought it back down the mountain.

It was almost noon, the sun was shining directly overhead, and the workers gradually returned to the courtyard to enjoy the cool air. They sat there chatting while waiting for their meals to arrive in the kitchen.

When Song Yuntang walked in with the sour plum soup cooled with cold water, the originally noisy courtyard suddenly became quiet.

She took one look and said with a smile, "I just made some sour plum soup. Everyone, come and try it. It can help relieve the summer heat."

How would these farmhands know what sour plum soup is?

But after eating the braised pork and stir-fried pork intestines made by Song Yuntang yesterday, I was convinced that everything she brought was good stuff.

Everyone drank a bowl and praised the food as they drank.

Song Yuntang also took a bowl and tasted it. It tasted better than the one he bought in the county town before. In the hot weather, a sip of it made people feel refreshed.

She decided that this business must be done!

The workers' meal was almost ready, and it was inconvenient for her to stay here any longer, so she filled two clean bamboo jars with the remaining sour plum soup and went to town.

She could handle it easily outside, but she still had two dogs to take care of at home.

As soon as I arrived at the official road, I saw a pale woman walking listlessly towards Cile Town. Her eyes were empty and her eye sockets were a little red, as if she had been crying. She was holding a thin child in her arms.

The child was motionless, as if he were asleep.

But Song Yuntang saw the blisters on his face and knew that it was not just a matter of sleeping. Moreover, judging from the child's condition, it seemed to be quite serious.

"Is your child sick?"

When the woman heard the voice, she turned her head woodenly. When she faced Song Yuntang, her eyes gradually focused.

She glanced at the child in her arms, took a few steps back, and moved away from Song Yuntang. "Miss, please don't get too close to us, mother and child, lest my child's illness infect you."

Her voice was a little hoarse.

I thought Song Yuntang would leave in a hurry after hearing her words, but then I heard her say, "Your child has smallpox, not a terminal illness. You don't have to be too sad. As long as he gets timely treatment, he will recover."

If she hadn't seen the woman's despair, she wouldn't have said this.

Unexpectedly, when the woman heard this, she seemed to see hope and knelt down with the child in her arms.

"Please save my child. Whether he recovers or not, I will work like a slave to repay you."

Looking at the mother and son crawling not far away, Song Yuntang frowned.

"where is your family?"

The woman choked up and said, "My husband's family learned that the child was sick. They were afraid that he would infect the whole family, so they wrapped him in straw and threw him into the mountains when I wasn't paying attention. When I found out, I insisted on finding him and bringing him home. In a fit of rage, he divorced me. Now I can't go back to my parents' home. I'm penniless and have nowhere to go."

The only thing to be thankful for is that the child was not taken away by the wild beasts in the mountains.

But even so, she was divorced and had no ability to find a doctor for her child.