Transmigrated Little Farm Girl Bringing Great Fortune

Smoke curls from the chimneys of the small village as dusk falls.

The aroma of meat and food wafted from each courtyard.

This caused the dog to bark wildly.

Jiang Yunhu had prepared the meal and set it on the table, but his wife still hadn't returned.

He's happy today.

We got the land deed back; we should celebrate.

I cut off a small piece of cured meat and stewed some wild vegetables that my wife had dug up from the mountain.

I scooped out a large bowl and handed it to my daughter.

"Qiao'er, go and call your mother back for dinner, and take a bowl of meat to your aunt's house."

Jiang Qiao'er looked at the few pieces of meat floating in the wild vegetable soup, licked her lips, and said, "Alright! Dad, I'll go right now."

Then, Jiang put his younger brother on a stool, tugged at his sleeves, and went out.

Where else could her mother have gone? She must have gone to her aunt's house.

Her mother was really strange.

When my aunt first came to Taoxi Village, my mother couldn't stand her because of my second uncle.

One minute they complain that she's clumsy, can't cook, and can't do needlework.

Then he complained that she was too delicate.

Now, they've started to admire others.

She goes to her aunt's house all the time, and thankfully no one finds her annoying.

Along the way, the aroma of meat from the wild vegetables wafted into her nose in waves.

She was so tempted she was practically drooling.

But the closer we got to my aunt's house, the stronger the aroma seemed to get.

Jiang Qiao'er quickened her pace and hurried to the door.

The aroma of the meat was coming from my aunt's house.

She peeked inside.

I saw her mother holding a bamboo shoot, seemingly lost in thought.

"Mother, dinner is ready. Father has prepared the meal and is waiting for us," she said.

Liu Yuniang turned her head and saw her daughter carrying a bowl of wild vegetable soup over.

You can immediately spot the scattered bits of cured meat floating inside.

I knew exactly why my daughter was there, and I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Lu Qingyao saw it too, her face beaming with a smile, and took the bowl.

"Qiao'er, you've come at just the right time. We were worried that we wouldn't have any green vegetables to eat today, and you brought them here."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuniang felt much more at ease.

My sister-in-law is someone who knows how to save face for others.

Although we still have wild boar meat cured at home.

But they were all used to being poor, so they kept their food hidden and only dared to take it out to eat during festivals.

Eating like my younger brother and sister-in-law do is too extravagant.

Jiang Qiao'er also saw the large bowl with a lid next to her mother.

The rich aroma y'g comes from inside.

She licked her lips.

I'm so lucky! Every time I come to my aunt's house, I get to enjoy some delicious food.

She really likes her aunt's family.

Since they came to Taoxi Village.

Life at home got better and better; they had meat to eat from time to time and new clothes to wear.

Few people laughed at her poverty anymore, or at her patched clothes, and no one laughed at her father's lameness anymore...

Most importantly, no one dared to come to her door again and offer ten taels of silver to have her parents sell her as a maid or concubine!

Liu Yu and her mother happily carried the pickled and stewed seafood back home.

Jiang Yunhu saw that Jiang Qiao'er had traded a bowl of wild vegetables for a large bowl of stewed pork and bamboo shoots.

Their eyes widened in disbelief.

"Did your sister-in-law make this?"

"Indeed, it's so extravagant!" Liu Yuniang washed her hands and helped her mother-in-law sit down.

Only then did he sit down next to Jiang Yunhu.

Mimicking her younger siblings' tone, she asked mysteriously, "Husband, do you know how much a bowl of this pickled and stewed seafood costs in the capital?"

"Eighty coins should be enough..."

Jiang Yunhu went to Beijing that time.

The only time I splurged was when I ate a bowl of wontons that cost twenty coins.

This bamboo shoot stew with cured pork will cost at most eighty coins.

Restaurants wouldn't be willing to put out as much cured meat as my younger brother and sister-in-law do.

Before Liu Yuniang could answer, Jiang Qiao'er, with the meat still in her mouth, exclaimed, "Eighty coins... how can it be so expensive?"

After receiving the pattern drawn by my aunt.

She embroiders a handkerchief, which takes her two days to complete, and she can only sell it for a hundred or so coins.

"Father, why are bamboo shoots so expensive in the capital?"

Liu Yuniang leaned closer to the father and son, lowering her voice as if afraid others would hear.

"Let me tell you, it's more than eighty coins..."

"My sister-in-law once said that at Zuixianlou, the best restaurant in the capital, a bowl of this stewed winter bamboo shoots with cured pork would cost four hundred copper coins!"

The air froze instantly.

Jiang Yunhu and his daughter exchanged a glance and gasped.

He asked, word by word, "My lady, is it really... four hundred coins?"

Liu Yuniang clicked her tongue. "That's right, it's four hundred coins a bowl. My sister-in-law also said that the most exotic thing is the winter bamboo shoots, which are said to be a favorite of high-ranking officials and scholars in the capital..."

"They also said that winter bamboo shoots are... something like 'golden clothes,' 'vegetable'... "

"Is it made of gold and white jade, a unique delicacy among vegetables?"

Liu Yuniang nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's exactly what she said."

Jiang Yunhu wasn't well-read, but he knew that the trend of scholars eating bamboo shoots was prevalent.

I just didn't expect it to be so expensive in Beijing!

The travel expenses he lent to Jiang Yunze were money he had saved up from digging bamboo shoots and selling them in the county town.

But at most, it can only sell for five coins per pound.

But ever since he injured his leg, he has almost become a cripple.

The mountain cannot be climbed.

We can't go to faraway places.

He went outside to look for work, but no one wanted him.

The entire burden of the family fell on Yu Niang's shoulders, and she never had a good day.

Jiang Yunhu placed a large piece of meat in his wife's bowl, saying, "My wife, you've worked hard. Eat more meat!"

Liu Yuniang also picked up a piece for him, saying, "My husband has worked hard, please eat."

Jiang Yunhu picked up a piece of meat, put it in his mouth, and began to chew it heartily.

He couldn't taste anything, so he asked Liu Yuniang, "What else did your sister-in-law say?"

The voice was hoarse.

"My sister-in-law said she wants me to go with her to dig bamboo shoots tomorrow, and then take them to Jiangzhou to sell," Liu Yuniang said while eating, with rice still in her mouth.

"Maybe...maybe it can sell for ten coins a pound..."

If bamboo shoots are really that rare, she would be willing to dig them up every day.

Back then, my husband would personally pick the vegetables and sell them in the county town, where they could fetch five coins a pound.

Going to Jiangzhou would cost at least double.

If you dig like this for a whole day, you can probably sell it for several hundred coins.

As she thought about it, her appetite improved even more.

“I’ll go dig with you!” Jiang Yunhu said in a deep voice.

Liu Yuniang's hand holding the chopsticks froze in mid-air, and she hesitated to ask the question.

Although the mountains in Taoxi Village are not very steep, my husband can still walk on flat roads.

Climbing the mountain is probably out of the question...

She opened her mouth, unsure how to begin her persuasion.

Then I heard my husband say, "I know what you're worried about?"

"Don't worry, I've already thought of a way. My sister-in-law's family has a horse, right? I'll ride it. With me there, and by calling on Old Man Li's two sons, digging four or five hundred catties a day won't be a problem..."

“Yes, my husband is so clever. With a horse, you don’t have to climb the mountain. How come I didn’t think of that?” Liu Yuniang patted her blockhead.

Digging for winter bamboo shoots is a skilled job.

You need to observe the color and shape of the bamboo leaves, look for cracks in the ground, and also know how to find the bamboo rhizomes.

Those without experience won't even see a trace of bamboo shoots, let alone dig for them.

Even if you are lucky enough to find it.

If you accidentally damage it, not only will you not be able to get any money, but you'll also have wasted a whole day's work.

When it comes to digging bamboo shoots, probably no one in Taoxi Village is more experienced than my husband.

Right now, Liu Yuniang's mind and eyes were filled with bamboo shoots.

No, those aren't bamboo shoots, they're pure silver...