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

Before dawn the next day, Yang Fenglan carried two buckets of fish out of the village.

Xu Yingying was already waiting.

Yang Fenglan asked in surprise, "So early?"

"To put it tactfully, I was afraid you'd be waiting too long; to put it more realistically, I was woken up by the old lady's shrill shouts."

"Next time, just use your high EQ to speak."

Yang Fenglan picked out a large fish from the bucket and handed it to Xu Yingying, but she didn't take it. Instead, she picked out a fish that was about to turn belly up.

Yang Fenglan said, "Take the big one, take the live one."

"You want me to take it back and share it with others?" Xu Yingying retorted. "I'll find a place to hide and roast it myself to satisfy my craving. You can keep the big ones to sell."

"Then get a fresh one."

“This one, saves us the trouble of killing it.” Xu Yingying shook the fish in her hand. “If I didn’t have to keep an eye on the female lead, I would really like to go with you to sell them.”

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Okay! Be careful. If you run into bad guys, don't bark like a dog, just tuck your tail between your legs and run away. Next time, take me with you to get revenge. Also, thanks for the fish."

"Well, go back."

Yang Fenglan felt very warm inside.

That's how she and her best friend are; they care about each other, worry about each other, and maintain appropriate boundaries when they're together.

The most comfortable way for adults to get along is inseparable from the concept of "boundaries".

Even if they don't contact each other for a long time, their feelings never fade; in fact, "absence makes the heart grow fonder."

Waving goodbye to her best friend, Yang Fenglan carried two buckets of fish and headed towards the county town.

It would take an hour and a half to walk to the county town empty-handed, let alone carrying such heavy things. Yang Fenglan couldn't possibly walk there like that.

After leaving Qingshui Village, we rested on the main road and waited for the oxcart.

The original owner roughly knew at what time an oxcart from another village would pass by.

The reason I didn't want to ride the oxcart in Qingshui Village was because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up the fish-selling business.

However, to everyone's surprise, the first oxcart that arrived was from Qingshui Village.

Gu Laosan, the driver of the oxcart, was calling from afar, but Yang Fenglan didn't notice until the oxcart stopped in front of her. Only then did she realize that Gu Laosan was calling her.

"Jingyi's mother, are you going to the county?"

"Yes."

"If you need a ride, I'll give you a lift."

Since they had already run into each other, Yang Fenglan couldn't very well refuse to sit down.

Gu Laosan helped her carry the bucket to the car. The bucket was covered with a cloth, but the fishy smell kept getting into her nose.

"Are you going to sell fish?" Old Gu asked in surprise. "How did you catch such a heavy fish?"

Since she would often ride in other people's oxcarts in the future, Yang Fenglan couldn't pretend to be deaf, so she casually said, "My son knows how to hunt and fish, and he taught me."

Gu Laosan laughed heartily, "I've tried catching them in the river, whether I use a basket or a fishing line, I can't catch a single one. You're quite something."

"Just kidding."

Gu Laosan took Yang Fenglan directly to the vegetable market and helped her unload the fish from the car.

Yang Fenglan paid the three copper coins for the carriage fare. Gu Laosan said, "Jingyi's mother, I still need to go and buy some things for the villagers. You go ahead with your business. Do you need to take a carriage home? If so, I'll wait for you outside the city."

Yang Fenglan nodded, "I don't know when we'll sell out. If I'm not there by noon, you can leave now."

"Alright." Old Gu smiled and drove the oxcart away.

The person didn't ask any questions or speak sarcastically throughout the entire process, which made Yang Fenglan blush a little.

The pheasants and rabbits from last time were so popular that they sold out as soon as they arrived.

So this was the first time Yang Fenglan had set up a stall in such a serious manner.

She tried several times, but she was still too embarrassed to open her mouth and call out to sell.

Finally, someone who "knows its value" came to ask the price.

How much is this fish?

"Thirty coins per item."

Then, the person rolled their eyes and walked away.

Yang Fenglan hurriedly chased after her, "Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Stop talking. That shop over there sells here all the time. They only sell them for fifteen a fish, and they're big ones. Yours..." The man chuckled disdainfully, his contemptuous words needing no further explanation.