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

This shady, somewhat damp area is where the honeysuckle is growing vigorously.

Two flowers on one stem, always in pairs, some with one gold and one silver color, resembling a male and female companion.

When the wind blows, you can smell the strong fragrance of flowers.

The wild plants are relatively large, and although the flowers are not as dense as those of the cultivated plants of later generations, they are still quite numerous.

"Xiaoyu, just pick the flowers. Honeysuckle can be picked in summer and autumn. The first batch of honeysuckle picked before Xiaoman is of the best quality because the first batch of flowers gathers the nutrients of autumn, winter and spring."

Yang Fenglan picked flowers while chatting with Shen Yu.

I picked a bunch, and my stomach started growling. I had a quick lunch, and then I continued picking.

In one afternoon, the two of them only managed to fill one basket.

The honeysuckle we picked was dried in the woodshed, and the bracken was also dried on a winnowing basket on the woodpile, because we were afraid it would be stolen if we left it in the yard.

They continued collecting the next day.

This valley is quite remote and rarely visited. The entire field of honeysuckle was contracted out to Yang Fenglan.

In the afternoon, with her basket and bags full, Yang Fenglan would sneak home through the village like a thief, afraid that others would discover her way of making money.

As soon as they arrived home, Zhou Jingyi tentatively called out, "Mother? Are you back?"

"came back."

“My grandma came today and asked why you didn’t help her water the fields.”

Yang Fenglan put down her basket. "How did you reply?"

“I told you you went into the mountains.”

"..." Yang Fenglan was silent for a while, "That's good, a very honest child."

They'll suffer a great loss sooner or later.

Yang Fenglan found a straw mat and hung the freshly picked honeysuckle in her room to dry. Not sure if Wang would come again, she moved the bracken, wood ear fungus, and honeysuckle she had picked yesterday into her room, locked the door, and then went into the kitchen to cook.

Shen Yu offered to help.

Yang Fenglan smiled and said, "Xiaoyu, you rest, I'll do it."

Shen Yu pursed her lips, her previous loud and boisterous tone gone, "I saw my grandma come to the door."

"That old bitch, I'll see what she's up to this time." Yang Fenglan wiped her hands on her apron and left the kitchen.

Sure enough, under the setting sun, Wang walked aggressively towards them.

Seeing Yang Fenglan in the courtyard, she called out, "Yang, what do you mean by this?"

Yang was short and thin, but had a loud voice, as if she had a small trumpet in her throat.

"Oh, it's Mom. I didn't see her clearly because she was backlit. I thought she was a wild goat trying to walk upright like a human," Yang Fenglan said apologetically.

"Pah! Who are you calling a wild goat!"

"Look at my mouth, I've always been honest and good at talking, Mother, please don't take it to heart." Yang Fenglan pretended to slap herself.

Wang:......

The more she heard the word "honest," the stranger it seemed to her.

“I’m asking you, didn’t I tell you to take Shen Yu to irrigate my fields? Where have you been these past two days? If you don’t go irrigate the fields, the wheat won’t get any sap, and there will be no harvest. How are you going to take responsibility?” Wang Shi put her hands on her hips and looked up at Yang Fenglan.

Her face was wrinkled from the wind and frost, and her skin was dry and rough. When Yang Fenglan saw such a face, she would feel sorry for her from the bottom of her heart.

Now, facing Wang, he felt that she was still too easy to deal with.

Yang Fenglan's smile remained unchanged. "You did say that you wanted me to take Shen Yu to water the fields."

"Then why aren't you going? Are you ignoring what I say?"

"Not exactly," Yang Fenglan smiled. "Mother, you did say it, but I didn't say I would go."

"You!" Wang pointed angrily at Yang Fenglan, "We agreed on this that day!"

"You said it was agreed? How come I didn't know? Mother, I remember that day I told you and your sister-in-law to go back first, I didn't say that I was going to take Xiaoyu to water the fields."