A farmer has a shrewish wife; he's busy making money every day.

"Task Two: Earn twenty taels of silver, reward one cubic meter of storage room, open up six new spirit fields, double the size of the spirit pool, and halve the maturity time of existing seed crops!"

Ye Qingxue: !!

It means double!

This means more food, so how far away is the day she leaves this dilapidated village?

It's not far off!

However, twenty taels of silver! The difference between five hundred cash and twenty taels is too big!

The first task in the relationship mission is the beginner mode, and the second task is the start of the dreaded mode, right?

Ye Qingxue thought to herself, then closed her eyes.

We'll see how things go tomorrow. If we can find something good on the mountain, then we won't have to worry.

The rain outside started to fall harder, and listening to the sound of the rain, Ye Qingxue gradually fell asleep.

The next morning, Ye Qingxue woke up when she heard noises outside. She quickly got up, dressed, and went out of the house.

Seeing that she woke up in time, Lu Meng nodded and said, "Drink the porridge and then I'll leave."

Ye Qingxue quickly finished the watery porridge and followed Lu Meng outside.

Inside the room, Li You continued to nitpick as usual, but Ye Qingxue was used to it and pretended not to hear.

The air outside was slightly cool and damp, a bit chilly, but very refreshing.

Ye Qingxue took a few deep breaths and immediately felt refreshed, all her drowsiness disappearing completely.

The villagers gradually arrived.

Seeing Ye Qingxue standing by the door, someone couldn't help but ask, "Village chief, what's your daughter-in-law doing standing here? Is she going up the mountain too?"

Lu Meng hummed in agreement.

Some people grumbled in dissatisfaction, but Liu Baode, a bold man in the crowd, spoke up directly: "Village chief, you didn't bring this young woman along just to make up the numbers so you could get a bigger share of the grain, did you?"

As he spoke, his eyes darted towards Ye Qingxue, his shifty and sneaky gaze making one feel quite uncomfortable.

When Liu Baode met with Ye Hua'er in secret, he often heard her mention this cowardly and petty third sister, which is why he targeted her directly today.

He was the second best fighter in the village after the village chief, so naturally he was bold and dared to question the village chief.

Even Ye Yu, with a gloomy expression and a secret displeasure, dared not say it out loud.

Lu Meng frowned in displeasure: "Don't talk back. Nobody said women can't go up the mountain. In the end, it's just distributed according to the amount of effort you put in. You won't be shortchanged."

Liu Baode was still dissatisfied: "If she didn't contribute anything today, can the village chief guarantee that she won't get any grain?"

Before Lu Meng could speak, Ye Qingxue said, "I can guarantee that, and I can add one more thing: if I don't contribute as much as you, I won't take any food!"

She stared intently at Liu Baode: "Similarly, if you don't contribute as much as I do, then you won't get a single grain of rice!"

Lu Meng gave Ye Qingxue a disapproving look.

Liu Baode was only slightly weaker than him. When the village chief was being elected, he only narrowly defeated Liu Baode, which shows Liu Baode's strength.

Now that his daughter-in-law was venturing into the depths of the mountains for the first time, she arrogantly challenged him to a contest. Lu Meng simply couldn't imagine how she was going to win.

Was taking her up the mountain today really a mistake?

On the other side, Liu Baode felt he had been severely provoked, and by a woman no less!

"you!"

Ye Qingxue: "What? You don't dare? Is this brother so agitated because he's afraid that I, a mere woman, will have to put in more effort than you?"

Faced with Ye Qingxue's nonchalant words, Liu Baode had nowhere to vent his anger, his face flushed red: "Why wouldn't I dare! You just wait!"

Lu Meng waved his hand: "Alright! Go back to the team, let's go."

He was very dissatisfied; Liu Baode really didn't respect him, the village chief, at all!

We need to find a chance to curb his arrogance! We can't let him really get out of control.

A group of people went up the mountain and walked deeper into the forest.

After the rain, many mushrooms grew in the forest, but that wasn't their primary goal.

As they ventured deeper, the fog thickened, and they finally arrived at a cave.

Lu Meng turned around, his tone serious: "Everyone, this is the snake den we found during our group trip up the mountain last summer. Today, let's take advantage of these snakes' weakness and catch a handful of the big ones!"

Ye Qingxue's eyes lit up. Winter was approaching, and snakes were now gradually slowing down their metabolism and entering hibernation.

Snakes are a valuable commodity; they can be used for food and medicine. In the county, a snake can sell for anywhere from two hundred coins to one tael of silver, and a beautiful ornamental snake can be worth a thousand gold pieces.

This trip was worthwhile.

Lu Meng reminded everyone, "When catching this snake, be careful not to get bitten. Also, keep an eye on the eagles in the sky. The snake is their food, and they know how to attack people. Everyone be careful."

The villagers responded, "We understand, village chief."

Lu Meng took out a tinderbox from his pocket and blew on it several times before a faint flame appeared.

Lu Meng lit a small piece of dry firewood he had brought from home and threw it directly into the snake pit.

Snakes are afraid of fire, so this method can lure them out of their holes.

Village chief Lu Meng, along with Liu Baode and a group of young and strong men, stood at the front as the main force for catching snakes.

Those who are thin should stand at the back and try to catch any snakes that have slipped through the net that the people in front haven't caught.

As the only woman in the group, Ye Qingxue was naturally assigned to the last position.

She didn't object, after all, she really looked very delicate.

As she walked on, she heard Liu Baode whisper to her, his voice sticky and disgusting: "Sister-in-law, be careful not to get bitten by a poisonous snake. But if you do get bitten, I can reluctantly help you."

Ye Qingxue glanced straight ahead and brushed past him expressionlessly: "Mind your own business, little brother."

Liu Baode was furious, his eyes widening in anger.

She! What did she say?

Little brother?

He had never heard such a title before! Someone of a lower generation than her, yet older?

What a bully!

He didn't notice that in his anger, the snakes in the snake pit had been choked by the hot smoke and had been driven out.

A snake crawled up to him, but he didn't notice and let it slip away!

"Liu Baode, what are you doing?!" Lu Meng roared, his voice filled with anger.

Before Ye Qingxue had gone far, she quickly bent down, grabbed the snake's head, and threw it into the bamboo basket.

Then he gave Liu Baode a grateful smile.

Seeing this, Liu Baode quickly focused his attention and stopped arguing with Ye Qingxue.

But no matter how he thought about it, he felt incredibly frustrated!

I actually got humiliated by a young woman!

So he vented his anger on the snake.

He grabs one when it comes, and two when it comes!

With lightning-fast hand speed, he caught snakes from many different directions in a variety of amazing poses.

Even Lu Meng was slightly inferior.

He, Liu Baode, will absolutely not let Ye Qingxue catch a single snake today!

Ye Qingxue saw through Liu Baode's thoughts and simply smiled slightly.

She could see clearly that among the snakes Liu Baode caught were baby pythons!

Since there are baby pythons, it means that the mother python is also hiding in this snake den!

Ye Qingxue watched Liu Baode, who was catching snakes with great enthusiasm, and a sly glint flashed in her eyes.