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

Tian Jinghe was still a child, and his face showed no sign of pretense.

As soon as Liu Xianglan reached out, he covered his chest and hid behind Tian Tian, ​​truly a case of "protesting too much."

"Hey, child, I'm just looking at you. Do you think I'd take it from you?" Liu Xianglan said, pushing past Tian Tian and grabbing Tian Jinghe's clothes.

This is simply taking advantage of Tian Jinghe being a child and a mute.

Seeing this, Tian Tian grabbed a dry branch from the side of the road and lashed it directly at Liu Xianglan's wrist.

"Ouch!" Liu Xianglan cried out in pain and turned around to see Tian Tian.

She, who had been putting on an act just moments before, completely lost her composure, yelling, "You brat! You jinx! How dare you hit me?!"

"I'll tear your mouth apart."

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and headed towards Tian Tian.

Tian Tian remained calm. Every time Liu Xianglan took a step closer, she would pull back and step back to Tian Jinghe's side, taking his hand.

Tian Jinghe looked up with a look of admiration on his terrified little face.

My second sister is amazing!

Liu Xianglan was hit several times and was in so much pain that she kept shaking her hands.

He wanted to continue, but was afraid of the branch in Tian Tian's hand.

She looked around and saw a thick tree branch. She picked it up, weighed it in her hand, and approached Tian Tian with a mischievous smile.

Tian Jinghe held Tian Tian's hand tightly, making terrified whimpering sounds.

The small body rushed forward, trying to shield Tian Tian.

Tian Tian couldn't let him step forward to block her way, so she pushed Tian Jinghe forcefully behind her.

Moreover, she wouldn't confront Liu Xianglan head-on.

"Hey, Liu Xianglan, what are you doing? Bullying a child?"

"Isn't that shameless?"

Tian Tian looked at the person who had come...

She is Liu San Niang, who lives at the end of the village.

Yesterday she jumped into the river, and the other villagers were watching the spectacle. It was Liu San Niang who jumped in and saved her.

Liu San Niang was also a widow, and had been widowed for nine years.

"Liu San Niang? Mind your own business." Liu Xianglan didn't give Liu San Niang a friendly look.

Lu Tao's family was known in the village as a jinx, and Liu San Niang was known as a vixen and a slut. All the women in the village were wary of Liu San Niang.

"I don't care what you do." Liu San Niang carried a carrying pole with a large bamboo basket on each side.

She twisted her waist and stood in front of Tian Tian and Tian Jinghe, saying, "If you want to bully a child, I won't allow it."

Liu Xianglan glared at Liu Sanniang resentfully, and after a while, she threw the branch in her hand aside.

"Humph."

"You two are trying to cover it up. I bet you've stolen something from someone and are going to sell it in the county."

"When I get back, I'll warn everyone to be careful of your family."

"You jinx! You little mute!"

Liu Xianglan walked forward awkwardly, cursing under her breath.

She...couldn't out-argue Liu San Niang, nor could she beat Liu San Niang.

Although Liu San Niang looks very frail, she gets up early every day to make tofu, carrying dozens of kilograms of soybeans and soy milk in one hand.

Moreover, Liu San Niang's husband, Qin Hanzi, who died young, used to be a hunter and taught Liu San Niang some skills in using a knife and a bow.

Whenever she had free time, Liu San Niang would go up the mountain to hunt some wild game to nourish her daughter Qin Daya. Among all the girls in the village, Qin Daya was the strongest.

Tian Tian threw away the small branch and politely thanked Liu San Niang, "Thank you, Auntie."

"Are you and Jinghe alright?" Liu San Niang asked.

Tian Tian shook her head, and Tian Jinghe followed suit.

"Let's go then, or it will be too late to get home."

With Liu San Niang by their side, Tian Tian and Tian Jinghe did not encounter any further danger.

but...

After losing her husband, Liu San Niang became accustomed to being alone and was efficient in her work.

She strode ahead, while Tian Tian and Tian Jinghe jogged behind.

By the time they arrived at Qingliu Village, the siblings were already panting heavily.

Liu San Niang also lived at the end of the village, but she was still some distance away from Tian Tian's thatched house.

"Thank you, Auntie. Goodbye, Auntie."

Tian Tian and Tian Jinghe obediently saw Liu San Niang off, and then... Tian Jinghe looked at Tian Tian with anticipation.

"come over."

Tian Tian pulled Tian Jinghe to hide in a nearby clump of grass.

She untied the loose cloth bag, placed it on the ground, and took out the copper coins she had on her person.

She accessed the transaction system and bought a pound of rice.

"System notification: Purchase one pound of rice, three coins per pound, total three coins."

I had saved eighteen coins before.

I earned 100 coins today, and spent 16 coins on rice cakes and 3 coins on rice, leaving me with 81 coins.

A total of ninety-nine coins.

Tian Tian kept two copper coins and deposited the rest into the system, for a total of ninety-seven coins.

The copper coin disappeared, and a pound of plump, white rice appeared in its place.

"walk home."

Tian Jinghe skipped and hopped after her. Great, at least we have rice to eat today.

*

Lu Tao and Tian Xiang had already prepared the wild vegetable soup for dinner and were just waiting for Tian Tian and Tian Jinghe to return.

The siblings saw them gazing into the distance from afar.

"Mother, eldest sister." Tian Tian pulled Tian Jinghe to them.

"Mother, eldest sister, today..."

Tian Tian began to tally the accounts, "Today's wild vegetables sold for ten coins."

He started spouting nonsense with his eyes wide open: "I bought a pound of rice for eight coins, and I have two copper coins left."

After she finished speaking, she saw Tian Jinghe eagerly holding four pieces of rice cake and placing them in front of Lu Tao and Tian Xiang.

“Then this rice cake…” Lu Tao looked at the four pieces of rice cake, then looked at Tian Tian.

Tian Tian blinked, her face neither blushing nor her heart skipping a beat, "The rice cake was a gift from the pharmacy owner."

Lu Tao and Tian Xiang had both been to the county. "These rice cakes cost two coins each."

"You sold ten coins worth of wild vegetables, and the shopkeeper gave you four pieces of rice cake as a gift?"

The shopkeeper not only lost money, he lost quite a lot.

Tian Tian chuckled guiltily, "It's because... the pharmacy owner wants us to send him more medicinal herbs."

"It would be best to wash and dry them thoroughly."

Adding an extra step in the process should allow them to sell for a higher price.

Although Tian Jinghe looked puzzled when he heard Tian Tian's words, he was certain in his heart that his second sister was right!

Tian Xiang knew the owner of a pharmacy in the county, which was located next to the Chu Xing Restaurant.

"Is that Manager Zhang from Baicaoju?"

Tian Tian recalled the pharmacy she had visited today and shook her head. "No, it was Anhe Pharmacy. The shopkeeper's surname is... An."

She overheard the clerk addressing the shopkeeper at the entrance of that pharmacy.

"Oh, it's Manager An's." Tian Xiang nodded. "Then it's no surprise, Manager An is a good person."

"He often gave medicine to people who couldn't afford it."

Anhe Pharmacy also buys medicinal herbs regularly.

Lu Tao carefully put away the pound of rice and the two copper coins, then asked, "So, recently..."

"Mom and my eldest sister are working hard to repair the house. They've asked Jinghe and me to go dig for wild vegetables soon," Tian Tian said before Lu Tao could speak.

In my memory, more and more things happened after autumn.

Lu Tao nodded thoughtfully, "It's not just about repairing the house, we also need to...buy some vegetable seeds and plant the vegetables we'll eat in the winter."

"As the weather gets colder, we'll need to prepare firewood for the winter."