A family with three widows, after severing ties with relatives, she became wealthy and married into

"Jinghe, you drink too."

Qin Daya pushed another bowl of soy milk in front of Tian Jinghe, "My mother said she'll save some for you every morning from now on."

She picked up a small bucket from the ground. "This is for Auntie and Sister Xiang."

A layer of oil skin had also formed on the soy milk in the small bucket.

Looking at the oily skin, Tian Tian suddenly had an idea.

She took a chopstick and carefully picked up the oily skin...

Qin Daya and Tian Jinghe had no idea what she was going to do, and watched curiously.

Tian Tian took the chopsticks with the oily skin hanging on them and went out to find the place where Liu San Niang was drying gauze, where she hung the oily skin to dry.

"Sister Sweetie..." Qin Daya looked completely bewildered.

"Da Ya, when your mother comes back, tell her to put this in the soup at the end to blanch it. It should taste delicious," Tian Tian said.

This layer of oily skin is highly nutritious and tastes great...it wouldn't be cheap these days...

Liu San Niang works so hard making tofu, but each piece only sells for a few copper coins. She might as well make fried dough sticks instead.

Oily skin types don't need to rush or get up early; they can do it all day.

She can make the oil-based dough in the afternoon and sell it the next morning.

If it sells well...we can even have Mom and my older sister come over to help...

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After delivering the soy milk home, Tian Tian took Qin Daya and Tian Jinghe up the mountain together.

The mountain was damp early in the morning, and each step made a crunching sound.

The wild vegetables that hadn't grown much a couple of days ago are now ready to be dug up.

Tian Tian told Qin Daya and Tian Jinghe to continue digging in the area they had dug before.

And she...

We ventured deeper into the mountains.

Dandelion is the cheapest medicinal herb; even if sold to the system, it would only cost eight coins per pound. Tian Tian wanted to find some valuable mountain delicacies.

It is now late summer and early autumn, which is the best time to harvest many Chinese medicinal herbs.

Tian Tian is not familiar with traditional Chinese medicine, but having watched many documentaries in modern times, she can still recognize some common medicinal herbs.

For example, ginseng, astragalus, angelica, wolfberry, gastrodia, chrysanthemum, coptis, white peony root, fleeceflower root, achyranthes, honeysuckle, and dandelion...

Besides medicinal herbs, the mountains also have precious mushrooms.

Like sheep liver mushrooms, matsutake mushrooms, and monkey head mushrooms.

If she can find a few decent items, her system can be upgraded.

The morning sunlight filtered through the treetops, and Tian Tian's eyes scanned the area, hoping to spot familiar plants.

Suddenly, Tian Tian's eyes lit up.

I saw it, I saw it, I really saw it.

This plant is very easy to recognize.

The flowers bloom like silver and gold, and their fragrance fills the air; it is honeysuckle!

This honeysuckle plant is very robust, with its vines winding and climbing onto another plant. The green vines are covered with clusters of golden and white flowers, among which there are many green buds that have not yet fully opened.

Tian Tian happily stepped forward, gently picked a few flower buds, and carefully placed them in her backpack.

Honeysuckle buds have higher medicinal value than fully opened flowers, and therefore command a higher price.

"So many! Hurry up and pick them!" Tian Tian muttered to herself.

Honeysuckle is also a very common medicinal herb. I don't know how much the county charges for it, but the system... it's definitely much more expensive than dandelion.

Tian Tian adjusted the backpack; there seemed to be quite a lot of honeysuckle inside.

Let's see how much it's worth first.

Access the system.

"System detection: Wild honeysuckle, top grade, with fuzz and sulfur-free, 100 wen per jin, 5 liang in total, total: 50 wen."

Tian Tian's eyes widened. This honeysuckle...

One hundred coins a pound?!

If she picks ten pounds, wouldn't her space be able to upgrade?

It's easier said than done.

She's been picking for so long, and she's only gotten five ounces, half a pound.

But compared to picking dandelions, it's much more comfortable because you don't have to move around or squat.

Tian Tian returned to Da Ya and Tian Jinghe's place, where the two of them had already dug up two or three pounds of dandelions.

"Da Ya, Jing He, we're not going to dig for wild vegetables today. You two come with me to pick flowers."

Daya stood up. "Picking flowers?"

Tian Tian held one in each hand, saying, "Those aren't ordinary flowers; they're flowers that can be exchanged for money."

"If the three of us pick a few more, we'll have money to spend..."

She rubbed her fingers together, making Da Ya and Tian Jinghe laugh.

Upon arriving at their destination, Tian Tian plucked the honeysuckle vines from another plant, and the three of them sat on a rock, leisurely picking flowers and chatting...

"Da Ya, Jing He and I are going to the county to exchange silver the day after tomorrow. We'll exchange it for you too. Do you want to buy anything? We'll bring it back for you while we're at it."

Daya looked up and asked, "Sister Tian, ​​can I go with you?"

"Sure," Tian Tian nodded. "But you'll have to talk to your mother first."

Daya replied somewhat dejectedly, "Mm."

"Da Ya, have you never been to the county?" Otherwise, you wouldn't have developed such a timid personality.

"My mother said... there are many bad people in the county..."

“If your mother is really worried, you can tell her…” It was clear that Daya really wanted to go, so Tian Tian helped her think of a way, “We’ll go to the county with her, sell the wild vegetables and these flowers, and then come back with her.”

"In that case, your mother should be able to rest assured."

"it is good."

The three people's backpacks and baskets were full, and it was lunchtime.

As soon as they came down the mountain, they saw Liu San Niang waiting at the door of the thatched hut.

"Da Ya, Tian Tian, ​​Jing He, you're back."

Liu San Niang took the bamboo basket from Da Ya's back, glanced at it, and exclaimed, "Huh? Why are there flowers? Can these flowers be eaten?"

"Mother." Upon seeing Liu San Niang, Daya clung to her just as Tian Jinghe clung to Tian Tian.

"Sister Tian said these flowers can be exchanged for silver."

When Da Ya spoke to Liu San Niang, she spoke louder and more freely.

Liu San Niang hugged her, "Really?"

"Hmm, Sister Tian said we're going to the county to exchange silver the day after tomorrow. Mother, can I go with her?"

Liu San Niang raised an eyebrow at Tian Tian, ​​as if asking her if what Da Ya said was true.

Tian Tian put down the basket. "These flowers can be exchanged for silver. Da Ya picked some too, so of course we have to take her with us when we go to exchange them for silver."

“Auntie, I know you’re worried. I’ve thought about it too. The day after tomorrow, we’ll go out together and come back together.”

"How about it?"

Liu San Niang looked at Lu Tao and smiled, "Tian Tian is very thoughtful."

“I was thinking of saying this yesterday: you really put your mind at ease, sister-in-law, that Tian Tian and Jing He went to the county together.”

Lu Tao gave a wry smile, "Isn't there no other way?"

Liu San Niang understood, "Then from now on, when they go to the county, they can go with me, and I'll leave later."

"How can that be? Your business is more important," Lu Tao said with a smile. "They're young, a little less sleep won't hurt them."

"Then we'll head back first." Liu San Niang took Qin Daya's hand.

"Da Ya." Tian Tian winked at Da Ya and made a gesture of picking up chopsticks.

Daya opened her mouth slightly and nodded.

The things that were drying there... she remembered them.