Divorcing your wife might feel good for a moment, but seeing me make money will make you regret it f

Xu Qing thought she should tell her mother that all the money had been spent.

But fearing the disappointment on her mother's face, she hesitated for a moment before finally speaking out.

Ms. Wen waved her hand and said, "It's your money, how you spend it is your business, you don't need to tell me."

Speaking of which, we can only afford to eat this much rice and flour thanks to you, my daughter.

Before you came home, your older brothers and I usually ate bracken root noodles with wild vegetables, rice, and pork. We were lucky to get a couple of pieces during the New Year.

Xu Qing's eyes lit up when he heard about fern root powder. Fern root powder was a good thing, not only as food but also as a medicinal ingredient.

She remembered that when she sold dandelions before, the mall said they were both food and medicine, and they were 20 coins per pound, much more expensive than ordinary wild vegetables.

She's trying to make money right now. And this is just a gift delivered right to her doorstep!

"Mom, do you still have any bracken root powder at home?"

Xu Qing asked urgently, leaving Wen somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, there are still dozens of kilograms left. We haven't eaten that stuff since you came back. We don't have any farmland, so that stuff is the staple food for your brother and me."

"Take me to the place where they put the fern root powder right now!"

Wen pressed down on Xu Qing, who was about to get up, and said, "I'll go and bring it in."

Wen quickly came in carrying a bag of things.

[Ding! Detected powder made from pure, natural, additive-free wild fern roots, 50 coins per pound. Want to sell?]

【Yes! 】

Xu Qing looked at the extra 3000 coins in his hand, hugged Wen Shi excitedly, and kissed her: "Mother, you're amazing."

Although Ms. Wen was used to her daughter's affection, she was still happy: "This thing can be sold for money?"

Xu Qing nodded: "Because the starch yield of this fern root is relatively low, it's quite expensive, 50 wen per jin."

"5..." Wen exclaimed in surprise, then immediately covered her mouth and lowered her voice to confirm, "50 wen a jin? Really?"

Xu Qing nodded affirmatively and handed 3000 coins to Wen Shi: "Look, Mother, the family has a total of 60 catties of fern root powder, which cost 3000 coins. Count it."

Wen smiled so wide it stretched to her ears: "No need, no need, you keep them all. Then your brothers and I will go dig up some more fern roots to make powder."

If you ask me, why don't we just stop selling roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and start selling fern root noodles? Not only will we make more money, but we won't have to run around, and I'll feel more at ease."

Ms. Wen was terrified; she didn't want to go through the experience of losing her child again.

Xu Qing had another idea for making money: "Mom, does every household in the village make fern root powder?"

Ms. Wen: "Yes, although fern root powder doesn't taste good, at least it's free. When food is scarce, you can eat it with wild vegetables. It's at least better than rice bran."

Xu Qing: "In that case, how about we buy fern root powder from the villagers and sell it?"

Our family doesn't own any land, and we have a large family. Even if we harvest a few hundred kilograms, we can just say it's for food, and the villagers won't suspect anything. The only question is, what price would be appropriate?

Ms. Wen slapped her thigh. How could she not have thought of that? She was really getting old and useless.

“Rice is 8 coins a pound, millet is 6 coins a pound, corn is 5 coins a pound, the worst black flour is 4 coins a pound, and fern root powder is 2 coins a pound. They will definitely agree to that.”

Xu Qing thought to himself, "Buying them for 2 coins a pound would net us 48 coins! It's so exciting, I can't wait to go right now."

“We still need to continue setting up our stall in town, but we should make a smaller batch each day and let Second Brother go alone. Otherwise, where will we get the money to buy fern root powder?”

Wen nodded repeatedly as she listened. After the two of them discussed it, they waited for Xu Jian and Xu Gong to return.

Such a big deal as acquiring fern root powder can't be kept secret from the two of them, so it's better to just tell them directly and say that it's for their own consumption.

Xu Gong arrived home first. He took down the towel hanging in the yard, wiped the sweat off his body, changed into a clean set of clothes, and then went to see Xu Qing.

"Little sister, I saw the magistrate. The one-armed beggar and his family took the child out of the courtyard, and the child's parents recognized him on the way."

They insisted that the beggars had kidnapped children, and the matter went to the authorities. The county magistrate, however, was very discerning and released the beggars, even giving them a reward.

Only then did I take the token to see the county magistrate, who said he would come to fetch me personally once the matters at the yamen were settled.

Xu Qing was relieved. Xu Gong knew that the money had been spent to save Xu Beibei, so Xu Qing didn't say anything more.

All he said was that he wanted to buy fern root powder to eat in winter, and Xu Gong nodded in agreement without hesitation, saying that the two of them would go immediately when his elder brother returned.

Xu Gong waited and waited, but Xu Jian still hadn't returned, and he became a little anxious.

"My brother has been gone for most of the day. There's no way he couldn't have chopped even a single load of firewood. But the place where the firewood is piled up is still the same, which means he hasn't come back at all. Could something have happened to him?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing also became somewhat worried: "Let's go and look for it where our elder brother usually cuts firewood."

Xu Gong went ahead, and Xu Qing called Wen Shi to follow closely behind. Xu Beibei had just drunk her milk and was sleeping soundly, so Xu Qing asked Xu Baobao to watch over her little sister for a while.

When Zhou Chenggong heard that they were going to the mountain to find someone, he insisted on going to see for himself, as he had never climbed a mountain before.

They might encounter wild animals on the mountain, and the mountain path was difficult to traverse, so Xu Qing dared not let this kid go with them.

"Your father said he'll come to pick you up after he's finished with his business at the government office, so just stay home and wait for him."

After saying that, he left in a hurry, leaving Zhou Chenggong standing there in a daze.

Seeing that everyone in the family had left, and noticing Zhou Chenggong, Wangcai frantically ran after Xu Qing with his short legs.

It doesn't want to stay with this horrible person! It wants to go find its uncle too.

The three people and the pig arrived at the place where Xu Jian often chopped firewood. There was still a bundle of firewood left on the spot, but Xu Jian was nowhere to be seen.

Xu Jian shouted several times, but no one responded, which made the group very anxious.

The group split up to search, and Wangcai suddenly ran over, dragging Xu Qing's trouser leg and heading in one direction.

Reaching a steep slope, Xu Qing was startled to find traces of something rolling down the ground. Could it be that his older brother had rolled down?!

Xu Qing hurriedly called Xu Gong and his wife over and told them about Wangcai's discovery and her speculation.

The steep slope was halfway up the mountain, covered with weeds and the bottom was nowhere in sight. Xu Gong decided to go down and take a look.

Xu Gong pulled the weeds along the tracks and slowly moved down the slope, disappearing from Xu Qing and Wen Shi's sight in a moment.

Wen kept pacing back and forth, muttering to himself.

Xu Qing shouted, "Second Brother, how is it?"

"I found one of my older brother's shoes, but I didn't see him."

Xu Gong's voice could be faintly heard from the bottom of the slope, and Wen Shi immediately collapsed to the ground:

"Could it be that he was eaten by a wild beast... Waaah... My poor son! Why is God doing this to me?!"

Wen cried bitterly, pounding the ground with her hands. Xu Qing felt a tightness in her heart, but she also knew that she had to be strong at this moment.

Xu Gong climbed up the slope carrying one of Xu Jian's straw sandals. Xu Qing hurriedly asked, "Is there any blood down there?"

Xu Gong understood what his younger sister meant: "There's nothing there, only one of your older brother's shoes. Maybe he accidentally rolled down and was rescued."

Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief; as long as she hadn't seen the body, there was still hope.

Wen was very pessimistic: "Why didn't anyone notify us after we were rescued, and why didn't they bring Jianwa back? Waaah... You don't need to comfort me."

Xu Gong coaxed, "Mother, I just saw at the bottom of the slope that it was actually the back mountain of Qianjia Village. Maybe they were rescued by the people of Qianjia Village, which is why they didn't have time to notify us."

"It just so happens that Butcher Qian is from Qianjia Village. I'll go ask him right away, don't worry."