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

"Hey, Mother, there seems to be someone up there." He Donghua pointed in the direction where Zhao Lian was.

"What! Someone actually got here before us?" Aunt Liang didn't believe it. She squinted and looked up, but her eyesight wasn't as good as He Donghua's. She couldn't tell no matter how hard she tried.

"Mom, I saw it too!" He Jinliang shouted.

Because Zhao Lian was squatting on the ground, she could only see the basket, which looked almost the same color as the leaves on the ground, so she couldn't tell at first glance.

Knowing they had connections in higher places, they quickened their pace.

Mei quickened her pace, bypassed Aunt Liang, and ran up to her. She only saw a basket on her back, but no one in sight.

Just as I was wondering what was going on, I saw a hand constantly tossing mushrooms into a basket.

Upon approaching, I discovered that it was Zhao Lian squatting on the ground with a basket on her back. Because she was short, the large basket blocked her entire body.

"So it's you, Zhaolian! Why are you here so early?" Madam Mei looked surprised when she saw Zhaolian and walked over.

When Mei saw that Zhaolian's basket contained quite a few mushrooms, her eyes widened in surprise.

"Oh, it's Second Aunt! Good morning!" Zhao Lian turned around and saw that Mei greeted her before continuing to pull bamboo fungus.

She knew Mei Shi well; she never followed any rules and always liked to take advantage of others. She had to hurry up and pull it out, otherwise she would probably be fighting with her for it later.

Sure enough, seeing that there were still quite a few bamboo fungus on the ground, Mei quickly squatted down and pulled them up with both hands.

"Hey, Second Aunt, I found it first! Why did you pull it right in front of me?" Zhao Lian was exasperated. She had never seen such a shameless person. If anyone was going to pull something, it shouldn't be right in front of someone else's eyes.

“Hey, Zhaolian, that’s not how it works. These mushrooms grow on the mountain. They don’t belong to you or me. Whoever picks them first gets to keep them.” Mei squatted on the ground, talking as she spoke, her hands never stopping.

At this moment, Niu Shi and Aunt Liang also arrived. When they saw that it was Zhao Lian, they exclaimed in surprise, "We thought it was someone else, but it's Zhao Lian. Poor child, you came up here so early."

"Who's pitiful? Look how many mushrooms they've picked, we're the ones who're pitiful." Mei said sarcastically, her eyes lighting up at the sight of the mushrooms in Zhaolian's basket.

Zhao Lian pointed to the trees in front: "Aunt Liang, Aunt Niu, there are quite a few mushrooms under that tree in front!"

Before Zhao Lian could finish speaking, Mei rushed over first. She had already picked most of the larger ones on Zhao Lian's side, so she left Zhao Lian behind and ran over there.

Aunt Liang and Madam Niu saw this and quickly ran over: "Hey, Chunlan, why are you so fast? Leave some for us."

"Hey~ I saw it first, why did you pull it out?"

"Chunlan, don't just focus on pulling them out, look how many you've trampled!"

Niu and Aunt Liang talked back and forth, their words full of dissatisfaction with Mei.

Zhao Lian knew that this Mei was like a bandit; she wouldn't show you any mercy.

There wasn't much left in front of her, so Zhao Lian stood up and walked another ten meters or so, carefully searching for more.

There were many withered branches and leaves under this tree, and at first glance, it seemed like there was nothing there. But Zhao Lian looked closer.

It turned out that there were quite a few plump porcini mushrooms hidden underneath. Because the porcini mushrooms were somewhat black, they blended in with the color of the withered branches and leaves, making them difficult to spot.

Upon closer inspection, she saw many mushrooms peeking out from the ground, already pushing up the leaves. Zhao Lian's face lit up with joy, and she quickly squatted down.

These porcini mushrooms are more expensive than termite mushrooms, and they also look better and are easier to preserve.

Zhao Lian brushed aside the withered leaves, and a plump, large porcini mushroom was immediately revealed.

Just as Zhao Lian was about to reach out and pull it off, another hand moved faster than her and pulled the porcini mushroom off first.

Zhao Lian looked up and saw that it was He Jinliang. He Jinliang looked similar to He Dong, and was also strong and domineering.

Like mother, like son; if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. Mother and son are both like robbers.

Zhao Lian immediately retorted angrily, "I found these mushrooms first, why did you pull them out!"

"My mother said these mushrooms grow on the ground, whoever picks them keeps them." He Jinliang shook his head smugly, making Zhao Lian so angry that she wanted to punch him.

"Hey, there's quite a lot!" He Donghua's eyes lit up as she squatted down and quickly pulled up the dead branches and leaves on the ground.

Zhao Lian glared at He Jinliang, then prepared to pull up the porcini mushrooms from the ground, but He Donghua pressed down on her hand.

The man with the hoarse voice shouted, "We found this; you can't pick it!"

"Why should I? I found it first." Zhao Lian was really angry. They said whoever picked it should keep it, but now they're blocking her from picking it.

“My sister is right, this land belongs to both of us, you get out of here.” With that, He Jinliang shoved Zhao Lian aside.

Zhao Lian couldn't dodge in time and fell to the side, spilling the mushrooms from her basket.

"Wow……"

Seeing the mushrooms falling out of Zhaolian's basket, Jinliang's eyes were filled with greed. He grabbed some and put them into his own basket.

"Stop it! These are my mushrooms!" Zhao Lian shouted, trying to stop He Jinliang when she saw him taking the mushrooms from her basket.

Unexpectedly, he not only didn't stop, but he moved even faster.

Zhao Lian quickly stood up and pushed him away: "You've gone too far. I won't say anything if you pick the ones from the ground, but you actually put your hand in my basket."

He Jinliang lost his balance and staggered backward.

"Ouch!" He Jinliang cried out in pain, "Sis, that jinx actually pushed me."

"You brat, how dare you push my brother! I'm going to tell my mother!" He Donghua was furious, glaring fiercely at Zhao Lian.

At this moment, Zhao Lian had already picked up all the mushrooms from the ground, patted the mud off her clothes, and looked into Dong Hua's eyes: "Don't you, as her older sister, know what good things your brother has done!"

"You jinx, you're so annoying! No wonder your family doesn't want you," Donghua cursed loudly, then went over and helped He Jinliang up.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Mei seemed to have heard her son's cry of pain. Seeing that she had almost finished picking the mushrooms, she quickly came over.

As soon as Jinliang saw Madam Mei approaching, he quickly complained, "Mother, that jinx pushed me!"

"That's right, she pushed her brother." Donghua added fuel to the fire, not thinking they were wrong at all.

"Ouch~ Let your mother see if you've fallen anywhere?" Madam Mei carefully examined He Jinliang and breathed a sigh of relief when she found no injuries.

"Zhaolian, this is not right of you. Mushrooms are a treasure of the mountain. We should all pick them together. Why did you start hitting me?"

Madam Mei gave him a long lecture. Needless to say, she knew that Jin Liang was in the wrong, but even if he was wrong, she still had to protect him.

"Ask your good son, who gave him the right to take mushrooms from my basket? I'm being lenient by not breaking his hand." Zhao Lian didn't care whether he had anyone to help him or not; if they angered her, she'd make them pay.