After the arranged marriage, she farms and survives under the tutelage of the villainous boss.

"Now, he can't see anymore..." she said, wiping away tears.

Jiang Zhiyun pulled her forward, her pace quickening.

Since they hadn't actually brought her to see the scenery, the two followed the pine resin and walked a short distance into the pine forest. On the shady side of a large rock covered with moss, they saw a lot of fungi.

The mushrooms still had water droplets on them, and many spider webs were stuck to them, but some of these small mushrooms had just sprouted from the ground, while others looked like they had been growing for quite some time.

Zhang's feelings of missing her deceased husband vanished instantly, and she looked at Jiang Zhiyun with some disbelief.

"Yunniang! This is a matsutake mushroom?!"

"I've eaten matsutake mushrooms before, but this is the first time I've seen dried matsutake mushrooms like this. However, judging from the smell, it should be genuine."

Jiang Zhiyun nodded: "Yes, this whole area is full of matsutake mushrooms."

To be precise, this place can be described as a natural place where matsutake mushrooms emerge, growing one after another without any human intervention.

The surrounding environment is exceptionally favorable; it can be considered a place with excellent feng shui.

"I remember back in Bianjing, a pound of dried matsutake mushrooms cost two hundred coins. Now we've found so many! Isn't this a way to make money?"

"We'll set up a stall then and sell some matsutake mushrooms on the side." Jiang Zhiyun and Zhang squatted down, each of them starting to dig from one end.

"Mother, please be careful when you dig. Don't dig too deep; it will grow back after we dig it out."

Yunniang had dug up quite a few here in her previous life, so she was quite familiar with this place.

In her past life, she also built her fortune step by step by relying on these mountain products.

Zhang nodded: "Yunniang, you're amazing. How did you know there were matsutake mushrooms here?"

"Look at this place, no one else can find it. Even the older generation who have lived here for so many years have never seen it before. You are truly amazing, young lady."

Zhang became happier and happier as she thought about it. Such a capable young girl was going to be her daughter-in-law!

Capable and intelligent, and lucky.

How do I find out about this place?

That was in her past life. Back then, Jiang Zhiyun was also married to Xu Ping'an and served Xu Ping'an's mother porridge. But for some reason, his mother caught a cold.

Then the old lady insisted that she had used underhanded tricks in the porridge, and deliberately accused her, as the daughter-in-law, of trying to harm her mother-in-law.

After that, Xu Ping'an immediately believed his mother and, as expected, kicked Jiang Zhiyun out.

She was naive back then. She knelt outside for a long time, but no one opened the door for her. So she went up the mountain to find some local produce. She wandered around for who knows how long before she inexplicably ended up in this place and discovered matsutake mushrooms.

Thinking about it now, I still feel a bitter taste in my mouth.

Perhaps life was too hard in the past, so in this life I took a different path and found that life wasn't so bad after all.

Looking at Zhang Shi's expectant face, Jiang Zhiyun casually explained how she found the matsutake mushrooms, saying, "I found them by chance. I had a dream in which I saw what matsutake mushrooms looked like, so I brought my mother to see them today. I never thought they would actually exist."

Zhang nodded: "That's it then, it's just a matter of luck."

"Thank God for his blessing."

After the two dug up these matsutake mushrooms, their baskets were almost full, and Jiang Zhiyun also carried some tender matsutake mushrooms in a hand basket that were more fragile.

With such a great haul, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law returned home laden with their purchases, chatting and laughing as they made their way back along the main road.

When they arrived at the mountain where Jiang Zhiyun had obtained the mushrooms, Zhao Guifen and her group were still sitting and resting there, as if they were enjoying the cool air.

It's almost noon, and the sun is at its strongest.

They had seen Jiang Zhiyun and Zhang Shi's appearances long ago, and now they were eagerly anticipating their arrival.

"Do you think these two—the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law—can get their hands on anything good? What if they know something about chicken coops and are sneaking off without telling us?"

"If we had known, we would have gone with them. If they had found it first, we could have stolen their termite mushrooms. In the mountains, things don't really belong to anyone; first come, first served is the only right thing to do."

“That Zhang family member was hunched over, and it looked like there was something heavy in her basket. Aunt Hong, aren’t you on good terms with them? Go take a look and then come back and tell us. We’re curious too.”

Aunt Hong crossed her arms and said, "Of course I want to go see, but why should I tell you?"

“You’re not even capable of picking mushrooms yourselves, yet you still complain about how many others have picked. If you have too many, you complain about too few; if you have none, you complain even more. You’re incredibly ruthless. I have no business with you.”

After saying that, Aunt Hong packed up her basket and came downstairs, and many people followed her.

Jiang Zhiyun saw Aunt Hong and said, "Aunt Hong! Let's go back together."

"Okay." Aunt Hong quickly followed, and now everyone could see the basket that Jiang Zhiyun was carrying.

"That's... a matsutake mushroom?"

"This is a matsutake mushroom. I haven't picked one in years. A few days ago, a matsutake mushroom collector came by and said that it's very precious now."

"I heard that even from the distant city of Bianjing, noblewomen are inquiring about the supply of matsutake mushrooms in our southwestern border region."

"Jiang Zhiyun...wouldn't that mean she'd make a lot of money?"

"..."

Zhao Guifen was also jealous; she couldn't just raise her daughter for nothing.

There was no money at home, and Jiang Laosan insisted on blaming her for the lost six taels, telling her to go to her parents' house to look for it.

Why go to your parents' home? You should go directly to Jiang Zhiyun.

Yunniang can now earn money by selling mushrooms on her own, and I heard she's going to set up a stall. How can she set up a stall if she doesn't have money?

The Xie family must have some wealth.

Cold words and harsh reprimands are clearly not going to work.

I don't know what happened to Yunniang, but after getting married, she was no longer as timid and submissive as before, and she couldn't be intimidated at all.

Since that's the case, I can only pretend to be nice to her so that I can swindle some money from her first.

Oh, and we also need to find out what kind of stall she's running, so we can prevent her from going and have her stepmother take over the stall from her.

This way, the stall can be taken over by the stepmother, and the money will stay with her—it's a perfect solution.

However, you must first show weakness.

Zhao Guifen was very proactive. Once she came up with a plan, she immediately put it into action. She went home, put away the sickles, and prepared to make herself look disheveled so she could go to Yunniang to complain.

That way, Yunniang will feel sorry for her.

Zhao Guifen had tried this before, and it always worked.

Anyway, Yunniang is a very soft-hearted person, and she's completely useless.

There's no such thing as a grudge lasting overnight when mother and daughter argue...

While she was plotting at home, Jiang Zhiyun returned home and gave Aunt Hong a handful of matsutake mushrooms.

There were also some miscellaneous mushrooms. He said, "Aunt Hong, thank you for speaking up for me today. We're neighbors, so let's not be formal. Take these and eat them."

Aunt Hong was flattered: "I can have the others, but I don't want these matsutake mushrooms! They're so valuable, I'll sell them for money."

Then she refused to accept anything, even fearing that Yunniang would force it on her. She stood behind the fence as if she could leap out and get far away from Jiang Zhiyun.