The peasant woman quickly calculated that the entire village had been preparing for a mass exodus th

The family doesn't have much money left now, and we can't rely on the income from the first and second wives at all.

If it weren't for Peach Blossom asking them to dig for medicinal herbs at the foot of the mountain and earn some money, they would probably be penniless by now.

How can it withstand repeated setbacks?

Zhao Taohua and her two companions had just arrived home when Grandma Sun came over, much to their surprise.

Ms. Qian thought that Old Mrs. Sun had come to ask for money, so she stepped forward to block her.

Unexpectedly, Old Lady Sun pulled out another two taels of silver from her bosom:

"Grandma needs your help with something. Grandma wants to rent your 'nitpicker' to help Grandma reclaim twenty acres of wasteland after he finishes his work for someone else."

"???"

"!!!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Taohua and the other two widened their eyes in surprise. Grandma Sun actually planned to plant twenty acres of medicinal herbs all at once.

The cost of renting the land from the trolls alone is two taels, and the cost of seeds is also two taels. She's going all out.

Not making money when you can is a bastard!

Since Grandma Sun brought the money to her door, Zhao Taohua naturally accepted it.

"Grandma, don't worry. Once the nitpicker has cleared all the wasteland in front, I'll have him work on your twenty acres of wasteland."

Zhao Taohua put the two taels of silver into her bosom.

When Grandma Sun heard Zhao Taohua agree, her tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

This time, she was taking a gamble by clearing twenty acres of wasteland and hoping to make money by following Tao Hua.

If it really makes money, then the Zhao family's old house could earn at least fifty taels of silver.

At that time, neither the old house, nor the grandson's marriage, nor Xiao Lei's tuition fees will be a problem.

After Grandma Sun left, she went to the wasteland to continue clearing the land with the other people from the Zhao family's old house, while Zhao Taohua returned to the main room to continue looking at the snail spirit on the table.

It carried its little house around the table, and when Zhao Taohua knocked it over, it no longer shrank its whole body into its shell like before.

Its large belly and feet remained outside, and its tiny eyes, no bigger than sesame seeds, looked at Zhao Taohua with a bewildered expression.

Why did Zhao Tianshi turn it over again?

Under Zhao Taohua's control, its body could grow large or small, sometimes so large that it couldn't fit in the main room, and sometimes smaller than a sesame seed.

Menstrual spirit withdrew its gaze and said:

“Miss Zhao, although you have found its other half, its cultivation is insufficient, so it still cannot transform into human form.”

Zhao Taohua curled her lip. It was only good as a toy and had no other use. It was not even as good as durian essence.

Durian spirit can at least guard the house, it...

After a long pause, Zhao Taohua said to the snail spirit:

"From now on, you can crawl around and play in the yard, but you're not allowed to damage the vegetables in the yard."

After saying that, Zhao Taohua threw the snail spirit into the vegetable garden in the yard.

With a whoosh, the snail spirit was caught steadily by the eggplant leaf.

The moment it stretched out its abdominal legs and grabbed the eggplant leaf, it suddenly discovered that there were other insects on the leaf.

Immediately, the snail spirit became so angry that its long antennae stood straight like antenna poles. Even though Miss Zhao wouldn't allow it to wreak havoc on the vegetables in the yard, this insect was still happily munching on them.

If Miss Zhao were to turn around and think that it was the one who ate it!

The snail spirit quickly moved towards the insect, its nimble antennae swung half a circle in mid-air, and then, like hitting a golf ball, slapped the insect away.

The snail spirit tilted its head back, and a perfect arc flew over the Zhao family's courtyard wall, finally landing on the ground outside the courtyard.

The moment the insect hits the ground, its skin tears open, and it sticks to the ground like a potsticker, then it dies.

The snail spirit withdrew its gaze and then patrolled the vegetable garden like a model soldier.

Its size can vary. When it encounters a large, vegetable-eating insect, it will grow larger to match the size of the insect. If it encounters a small insect, it will shrink accordingly.

However, regardless of whether they are big or small insects, they all end up being swept away by the snail spirit and left stuck on the road outside.

That evening, when Qian was picking green beans, she noticed that there were far fewer wormholes on them, which puzzled her.

The snail spirit, perched on the bean trellis, proudly shook its two pairs of antennae upon hearing Qian's words.

Looking down over the entire yard, it saw that the vegetable patch that had once been teeming with caterpillars was now completely devoid of them.

Under its watchful eye, no insect can disturb a single leaf of vegetable in its territory.

The next day, when Zhao Taohua went out, she noticed that there was a spot on the road in front of her door that was different from the others. It was a different color and seemed to be a bit higher than the other places.

Zhao Taohua squatted down to examine the body. When she saw that it was covered with the corpses of countless cabbage worms, flea beetles, leaf beetles, and other insects, she first frowned in confusion, then turned her head to look at her own home.

When she returned to the yard and bent down to check the vegetables, there were indeed no more insects on them.

She immediately walked up to the snail spirit and said, almost with certainty:

"Did you do this? You can kill insects?"

The snail spirit's two tentacles swayed up and down.

Zhao Taohua was pleasantly surprised; she hadn't expected the snail spirit to have such an effect, so it wasn't entirely useless after all.

……

Six days later, everyone in the village except Zhao Shenglin's family had finished planting the medicinal herbs.

Furthermore, the seeds planted first at Zhao Taohua's house have already sprouted and are growing well.

Gradually, the sprouts also began to appear in the wasteland of other households in the village.

However, the perilla and motherwort in the field had only grown to about an inch tall when the herbs looked rather strange.

Many leaves have curled up, some are wrinkled and shrunken, and some have turned yellow.

Some leaves withered and fell off within two days after small white spots appeared on them a couple of days ago.

It should have been growing vigorously, but it turned out like this.

Everyone started to feel uneasy and went to the village chief and Zhao Xiangping for help.

Although they didn't pay rent for the wasteland, they all spent money to buy seeds. Everyone planted at least two acres of land, and the seeds alone cost them over 160 yuan.

They were hoping to make money selling herbs, but now the herbs are barely an inch tall and are already dying. What will they do in the future?

That day, Zhao Taohua was trying on the new clothes that Qian had made for her in the main room. The size was just right, just like Qian's love for her, neither too much nor too little.

Madam Qian urged, "Peach Blossom, go to your room and change. Now that you have new clothes, don't wear the old ones anymore."

Recently, the family's financial situation has improved a lot, and Qian Shi has more confidence to go to the cloth shop. She bought linen for Tao Hua to make clothes.

When she saw the light pink fabric on the wall, she immediately thought of peach blossoms!

Zhao Taohua smiled as she took the new clothes back to her room. The clothes fit her perfectly, covering her body just right, thick and warm.

Qian used the same color thread to carefully sew the edges of the cuffs and collar, creating a clean and neat look without any embellishments.

Looking at the fine stitches, Zhao Taohua's lips unconsciously turned up. While feeling satisfied and happy, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Peach blossoms, are you done changing them?"

Suddenly, Qian's voice came from inside the main room.

"All right!"

Zhao Taohua composed herself, smiled, and opened the door to go out.

In an instant, Zhao Taohua saw that Qian Shi, the Menstrual Spirit, and the Durian Spirit in the main room were all staring at her in a daze.