My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

"Oh dear, it's such a shame you're not going."

Yang Fenglan shook her head with a regretful expression, "Yesterday I went to the county and saw people from the next village who found a huge Ganoderma lucidum on the mountain and sold it for thirty taels of silver!"

“I thought we could try our luck on the mountain. If we could find some Ganoderma lucidum, we could sell it for a few dozen taels of silver and we wouldn’t have to worry about food and drink for the next few years. Plus, you could save up a generous dowry for yourself.”

Shen Yu: ...

Now that you mention it, I'm really tempted.

Yang Fenglan: "This year's drought means the wheat harvest will definitely be poor, and we don't even know if we can plant rice and soybeans in the second half of the year. While the mountains are still green, let's try to dig up as much valuable stuff as possible."

“Save some money yourself, and you can live a good life after leaving the Zhou family in a few months. Your family won’t dare to look down on you. Xiaoyu, we women have confidence when we have money.”

Shen Yu: I'm even more tempted now.

"Why don't you come with me? It'll be good to have company. We can go early and come back early. Jingyi is a grown man, he can stay home alone without any problems."

"Alright then," Shen Yu reluctantly agreed.

After dinner, Yang Fenglan heated up Zhou Jingyi's medicine in the kitchen, while Shen Yu fed him.

Zhou Jingyi's leg injury was severe, and it hurt whenever he moved. Except when he had to get up to relieve himself, he spent most of his time lying down—sitting up was also difficult, but he could still be fed by his wife while lying down, which was a blessing.

After taking care of the patient, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law locked the door, each carrying a basket on their backs, and headed towards the back mountain.

From the village, the surrounding mountains appear green, but upon climbing the mountain, one clearly realizes that the green is merely a facade.

The plants that withered last winter still haven't sprouted new buds by late spring; they remain dry.

What appears green from a distance are evergreen trees and some resilient species.

The mountains aren't exactly dry, but they've lost their former vitality.

The back hill is covered with traces of people walking around. Most of the villagers used to gather firewood and forage for wild vegetables in this area, and everything edible and usable has been harvested.

Yang Fenglan could only lead Shen Yu over the back mountain and go a little further.

Yang Fenglan picked up a thin stick and walked along, patting the surrounding grass to prevent any large spicy snacks from suddenly jumping out.

At first, you could occasionally see a few people going up the mountain, but gradually, the forest became denser and denser, and all that could be heard around you were the chirping of insects and birds.

It's cool and refreshing, which is quite comfortable.

Walking through the woods, Yang Fenglan's gaze seemed to have wings, wandering everywhere.

Every kind of grass looks like a wild vegetable or a medicinal herb.

At this moment, I only regret that I didn't read and memorize the pirated "500 Wild Vegetables Identification Quick Reference Guide" that I bought on Pinduoduo.

In her previous life, although she grew up in the countryside, she was born in a good era with abundant food and no need to dig for wild vegetables. She dared not pick any wild vegetables she recognized by the roadside, for fear that someone had sprayed pesticides on them.

Fortunately, she enjoys watching live streams of people hiking in the mountains and has learned about some plants, so she's not completely clueless when she goes into the mountains.

Yang Fenglan's eyes lit up when she saw several tall trees ahead with clusters of reddish buds sprouting on them.

"It's Chinese toon."

She pushed aside the bushes and walked toward the Chinese toon tree.

I was walking too fast and almost stepped on a gray spicy snack, which scared me so much that my legs went weak.

Yang Fenglan obediently tapped the grass with a wooden stick for a while before daring to walk over.

"The tree is so tall, we can't reach it at all," Shen Yu said, following behind.

The Chinese toon trees are all tall and straight, some with large branches, but the branches are higher than your head and not easy to climb. There are also some small trees that have not yet grown up and have not yet sprouted.

"Pick up stones and knock them down." Yang Fenglan put down her basket and looked up at the toon sprouts high up.

The weather is dry, so the toon sprouts don't grow very big and look malnourished, but something is better than nothing.

Yang Fenglan picked up a pile of stones and placed them at her feet. "Xiaoyu, move aside."

"Can you do it?" Shen Yu stepped back, arms crossed, not intending to help.

Yang Fenglan didn't expect her help; she just needed the female lead's good luck.

He rubbed his hands together, smiled, and said, "It's time to show your true skills."