Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

In the end, the brothers decided to open it and take a look. He Zhu pulled the rope on the bag, and the three brothers quickly leaned over to look.

Suddenly, their expressions changed from surprise to horror. It turned out that there really was a snake inside, and not just any snake, but a cobra.

At this moment, seeing the bag open, the cobra sensed danger and immediately raised its head.

"Oh my god, a snake!"

He Shu shouted, and his brothers were so frightened that they scrambled down the mountain to escape. Even He Zhu, who had just cried out in pain, ran as fast as he could, abandoning his basket.

"Hahaha……"

Seeing them tumbling and scrambling down the mountain, Zhao Lian laughed so hard she almost fell over, tears streaming down her face: "Hey, don't go! Are you sure you don't want this? It's worth a lot of money!"

The more Zhao Lian shouted, the faster they ran.

When they were almost at the foot of the mountain, He Mu lost his footing and rolled down, knocking down He Shu, who was running ahead of him. The two of them rolled down the mountain together.

He Zhu was running at the back. Although his back hurt, he didn't dare to stop, fearing that Cobra would catch up.

He ran all the way to the foot of the mountain, but when he saw the two brothers fall, he didn't dare to help them up. Instead, he ran home first.

"Ouch~"

He Mu and He Shu groaned at the foot of the mountain. Suddenly, they remembered the snake. Ignoring their pain, they quickly got up and ran home without looking back.

Watching them run down the mountain, Zhao Lian withdrew her gaze, turned her head and saw the snake still standing upright in the pocket, and immediately walked over.

As she approached, the snake automatically lowered its head again. Zhao Lian quickly tightened the bag's opening, tied it around her waist, and continued down the mountain.

After all that commotion, Zhao Lian got home around 3 or 4 pm.

The first thing Zhaolian did upon returning home was to dump all the mushrooms from the basket onto the ground and sort them all.

July is truly mushroom harvest season. In this sweltering weather, with the ground damp, mushrooms can sprout overnight. I reckon there will be plenty more tomorrow morning.

This time, we harvested chanterelles, porcini mushrooms, as well as deer antler mushrooms, red mushrooms, bamboo fungus, wood ear mushrooms, and termite mushrooms...

Looking at it now, the termite mushrooms were crushed at the bottom, some were broken, and some had separated from their stems, which made Zhao Lian feel a pang of regret.

These could only be kept for themselves. In addition to sorting them, Zhaolian also picked out all the ones that were not of good quality.

All the ones that weren't in good condition were dried and kept for personal consumption, mostly termite mushrooms, because they don't keep very long and were kept at the bottom.

Some bamboo fungus were also crushed, but it shouldn't have a big impact. Only a few particularly bad ones were picked out by Zhaolian.

Finally, the bad ones were picked out, which weighed about three pounds. Zhaolian put them into a winnowing basket and put them in the front yard to dry.

There's still some sun out right now, so we can bask in the sun a little longer.

After finishing her work, Zhaolian started cooking. Today she planned to make rice porridge. The weather was too hot, and she didn't want to eat anything. She just wanted to drink water.

When the porridge was almost cooked, Zhaolian picked out some small pieces of mushrooms, washed them, and threw them in. She also added some ginger, oil, and salt, and a delicious pot of porridge was ready.

While eating her porridge, Zhao Lian started doing the math. Last time, the rat snake cost 200 coins per pound. Today, she caught two venomous snakes, which should fetch a good price.

Rat snakes are 200 yuan per jin (500g), those two venomous snakes should be worth more than one tael of silver per jin, right?

And these deer antler mushrooms, red mushrooms, and bamboo fungus are all good stuff. In the end, Zhao Lian calculated that if the price was good, she could probably sell them for twenty or thirty taels of silver this time.

Haha ...

Zhao Lian became happier and happier as she thought about it. If that were the case, she would be rich and one step closer to her dream.

After dinner, Zhao Lian resumed her kung fu practice. After a few rounds, she began studying the comic book.

This time she began to grasp some of the key points. She started to feel a surge of energy flowing through her body, and eventually learned to control it, circulate her energy, and sink it to her dantian.

The more she practiced, the more addicted she became, and the more she was swept up in the process. Zhao Lian began to feel refreshed and light all over.

Then they started practicing kung fu again, and Zhao Lian felt that her body was lighter than before, and she could jump higher.

"Could it be that mastering it will turn into what's called 'lightness skill'?" This discovery excited Zhao Lian even more, greatly increasing her determination to study the comic book carefully.

The next morning, Zhao Lian got up early to prepare breakfast, and heated up the steamed buns and placed them under the phoenix tree.

When I got back, I ate two steamed buns, packed all the mushrooms into a basket, put the ones that weren't afraid of being crushed at the bottom, and separated them with leaves in between.

Finally, she filled a pot with water, tied the snake to her waist, and went out just as dawn was breaking.

If you go early, it won't be so hot today. There's still fog, but it's quite thin, and the visibility is estimated to be around 500 meters.

Smoke was rising from many chimneys, and the early risers in the village were getting up. Zhao Lian saw some men leaving their homes one after another.

When they arrived at the banyan tree, Old Li's oxcart was already waiting there, with three or four people sitting inside.

Zhao Lian had an idea. Since there was a carriage, she should take the oxcart. Besides, it wasn't like she couldn't afford it.

With that thought in mind, Zhao Lian stepped onto the carriage.

"Zhao Lian, why are you up so early?" Old Li greeted Zhao Lian as soon as she got into the car.

"Good morning, Grandpa Li!" Zhao Lian responded sweetly to Old Li's greeting.

There were two men and two women sitting on the oxcart. Zhao Lian recognized one of them as Zhang Lingqiao, the second daughter-in-law of Master Liu.

Zhang was quite pretty, with a fair complexion, a few freckles, and large eyes under her willow-leaf eyebrows.

With a high nose and small lips, she was a typical beauty from southern China and considered one of the prettiest wives in the village.

Today she wore a white blouse with a small floral print, blue pants, and black embroidered shoes, which made her look even more fresh and elegant. Her attire was generous and appropriate.

Zhang Shi has been married into the family for about seven or eight years and should be around 20 years old. In Zhao Lian's memory, Zhang Shi has a very good temper and her two children are well-educated.

On the contrary, the eldest daughter-in-law, Qi, was shrewish and ruthless, unwilling to suffer losses, and her two children were also not very good-tempered.

If it weren't for the fact that the father-in-law, Mr. Liu, was a good earner and the mother-in-law, Ms. Guan, was in charge of the household, this family would have fallen out long ago.

The other woman sitting next to Zhang was Chen Qing, the elder sister-in-law of Mei. Chen Qing looked like an honest person.

Due to years of hard work, his skin was dark, and his words were not as sharp as Mei's.

Although she was the first wife, because the first wife and her husband were honest and didn't know how to say nice things, they were not favored by their mother-in-law, so she was always suppressed by the second wife, Madam Mei.

The second wife, Mei, was eloquent and knew how to coax her mother-in-law. In addition, the mother-in-law also doted on her younger son, so she was more biased towards the second wife.

The other two men were Liu the carpenter from the village entrance and Zhao Lian, who was not very familiar with the other one.