The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

He wasn't really at the point of selling land just to rent a mule cart; the main problem was that his fourth brother had told him that if he didn't pass the exam, he'd have to go back to the town school, and if he did, he'd have to go to the county school, which would be much more expensive. He figured Xiao Ning's family had the money, so every little bit saved counted!

What to do?

"Fourth brother, Xiao Ning's oxcart delivers goods every day. We can't delay their business, you see..."

Fang Laosi gritted his teeth, thinking that once he made something of himself, he would see if anyone would dare to do business with the Song family.

He wants them to be worse off than beggars!

In the end, they rented a mule cart for the fourth son. The old man couldn't bear to see his son exposed to the cold wind, but he never thought that he himself wouldn't even ride in an oxcart when he went to town.

That day, the Wang family's gate remained tightly shut all day. The Fang family was understandably distressed. Wang Defa lay on the bed, looking like a storm was brewing. Cui Hehua kept her distance; this man was simply terrifying. She didn't dare stay in the same room with him—it was too oppressive, too unbearable. Even getting close, she was afraid he would catch her and beat her. Waaah… she missed her widower so much.

"Xiao Ning, we'll start building the house tomorrow. I'll also go to town these next few days to see if there are any suitable tutors to reserve in advance."

"Yes, the desks and chairs in the school can also be made by carpenters, as well as that little blackboard I mentioned."

"understood."

Fang Xiaoning looked at her four-month pregnant belly and asked, "Mom, Auntie, shall we go to the mountain to dig for wild vegetables?"

"What are you talking about? Your aunt and I will go. What are you thinking, going up the mountain with a pregnant belly?"

"I just wanted to go for a walk in the mountains. The weather is so nice and the ground is dry, what could possibly happen? Let's go pick some shepherd's purse and make shepherd's purse dumplings."

She stayed home all winter; she's just pregnant, not disabled.

"Really want to go?"

"I really want to go out now. It's even more difficult to go out now that I'm further along in my pregnancy."

"Okay, let's go together. The toon leaves have sprouted now, and we can make soy sauce with eggs; it's so delicious."

"The three of us going? What will happen to our families?"

"Aren't the aunties, Xiao An, and Dayong here?"

Su was intrigued; she hadn't been to the back mountain for several years.

"Mom, let's take this road home. Fewer people travel this road, so there are bound to be more wild vegetables."

“Okay, your aunt and I will carry the baskets, or you can carry a small basket.”

Who is she looking down on? She doesn't dare to compare herself to her mother-in-law, but her physical strength is definitely not as good as hers.

“I’ll carry one too, let’s see who picks more. My family loves dumplings, if we don’t pick enough, it won’t be enough for them.”

Fang Xiaoning carried a basket on her back and held a sickle, her steps light and graceful.

"Xiao Ning, over here, come quick!"

As soon as she arrived at the foot of the mountain, Song Xiaogu spotted a large patch of shepherd's purse.

"You guys dig, I'll go up and take a look." Fang Xiaoning wanted to go up and find something else; the toon sprouts were at their tenderest right now, and she loved to eat them.

"Don't go too far!"

"Know!"

I couldn't find any Chinese toon, but I did see some lamb's quarters, which is best eaten cold. Shepherd's purse, wild onions, and purslane were the most abundant. The pristine environment is truly wonderful; the wild vegetables all grew exceptionally well, and there were so many varieties.

"Xiao Ning, here are some Chinese toon leaves."

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw tiny buds sprouting from the tops of the withered branches. There were only two of them. Song Chunni plucked one, and it turned into two withered branches, looking completely out of place in the lush green of spring.

There aren't many toon leaves this year!

"I bet they've all been picked clean. There's so much shepherd's purse here," Su said with a sigh. She had already filled most of her basket. No wonder Fengzi often carried a basket home every spring.

"Mother, what's that you stepped on and crushed?"

"Poisonous mushrooms." If they're poisonous, shouldn't we step on them?

Poisonous mushrooms? They don't look like them at all. They're in the mountains now.

"It's a poisonous mushroom. I just saw a huge one that was covered in mold, it looked so disgusting. I cut it off with a sickle and threw it on the ground. It was huge, it just kept growing, it might even kill the tree."

"You mean those white mushrooms that stick to the trees? I see them every year, there are so many in Wangjia Village. They're big white clumps with long hairs, they look creepy."

Fang Xiaoning's eyelids twitched violently a few times. What they were talking about was...

Why isn't this in the original owner's memories? Did she never see it before? And what about the things her mother-in-law just trampled? She felt...

"Mom, can you take me to see that white mushroom? And could you find me another one of the ones you just trampled?"

Mrs. Su was horrified. Her daughter-in-law wanted to eat poisonous mushrooms? How could this be allowed? "What's wrong? Xiao Ning, you can't just eat mushrooms. There was a famine in the village before, and some people went into the mountains to pick mushrooms to eat, and their whole families died from the poison."