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Chapter 9: Picking up chestnuts

With yesterday's reward, everyone got up early, packed up and started running for life.

Fang Cuiying proposed to sell fish. Her family used to do business and she was quick with money. Secondly, she wanted to go to the town to see what kind of business there was. She wanted to do some small business with Brother Ye. She always stared at the fields.

They can only starve to death.

The boys now just want to go fishing on the river. For safety, Father Wang asked Wang Yonglin to take him with him and give them some red mud balls to mix with the bait.

The diluted red bait is naturally not as powerful as yesterday, but it can still lure many fish to take the bait.

Today, Dad Wang went to the mountains because Wang Yongping never came home and wanted to take a look.

"Dad, these are grilled steamed buns and grilled fish. You can eat them with Yongping." Zhang Guihua took out a cloth parcel and stuffed a few dry steamed buns and two half-sized grilled fish into it.

"Dad, forget it if you can't beat him. It's very cold in the mountains." Zhang Guihua not only felt sorry for her father, but also felt sorry for her own man.

An Ran was carried out to dig wild vegetables today. Alas, the strap was so tight that it swayed on his back.

When it comes to digging for wild vegetables, An Ran feels that it is no different from digging for rabbit grass. It may not be as good as rabbits.

The foot of the mountain was so thoroughly dug that it was almost bare, and the army digging wild vegetables was pressed halfway up the mountain.

The women in the family are also moving farther and farther away and climbing higher and higher.

"This rabbit eats a lot of grass, but humans eat nothing. They can't even see the old pile." Zhang Guihua muttered.

An Ran thought, of course, it's almost cold autumn, and a little green will be nice.

"What is this? What kind of nut does it look like?" Zhang Guihua picked up a few and bit into them. They were golden inside and looked edible.

"Don't eat it randomly, what if it's poisonous?" Li Zhenxiang was a little cautious.

"This is a chestnut. It's edible. I ate this when I was a kid. There are a lot of these trees here. Pick them all up. You can sell them for money by roasting them into sugar chestnuts." Liu Chunlan grew up in the town and has more experience.

"Really, you can even sell it." Li Zhenxiang was in disbelief that there were still people eating this black thing.

Although the women were talking to each other, their hands were moving very quickly, fearing that others would pick it up the next second.

An Ran has been put down, and her strap has been used to hold chestnuts. Look at these women, picking up chestnuts like money, as if they never let go of a copper plate.

This is a chestnut forest with more than a dozen chestnut trees, and they all bear very good fruit, and there are quite a few hanging on the trees.

"This thing pricks my hand, it's not easy to pick it up." Zhang Guihua's hand was pricked.

We didn’t dig any wild vegetables today, but there were bags after bags of chestnuts. An Ran’s little butt was pricked by the chestnut shells that looked like hedgehogs. If she hadn’t cried like a pig butchering, those women who were obsessed with picking chestnuts

I almost can’t remember her, I pity her butt.

Today, the boys missed the joy of picking chestnuts again, and they all went fishing.

Lunch is a simple wild vegetable paste with pickled vegetables and fish soup from last night.

"This thing can be eaten raw. It's a little sweet and can fill your stomach. It won't be bad if you eat too much." Zhang Guihua kept mouthing, knowing that she wouldn't be able to eat enough every day.

"That little girl Ling, shake the washed clothes before drying them, otherwise they will become wrinkled."

"Oh." Li Aling shook the clothes in her hands, stood on tiptoes and hung them on the pole to dry.

Wang Lao and Wang Yongping carried several large bundles of firewood back. Since the flood, the number of wild animals in the mountains was pitiful. They didn't know where they went, but they all drowned in the flood.

"Really, what a bullshit official, how can anyone in this world have free food and drinks?"

Fang Cuiying was so angry that she kept complaining when she got home.

It turned out that they met the new county magistrate when they were selling fish, and he walked to the place where they sold fish with a big belly.

I fell in love with a big carp they caught yesterday, and unexpectedly I asked someone to pick it up without giving me a penny, calling it filial piety.

If she hadn't thought about not causing trouble and ending up with the same fate as her elder brother, Fang Cuiying would have wanted to scratch him to death because he knew how to rob the people of their wealth.

Wang Yongye could only endure it, and the people would not fight with the officials. Besides, he was not a reasonable official and had no power. If he got in, his father would not know how to make money.

An Ran was also angry. This dog official was really not a good person. How could he be demoted and thrown directly into jail? It would be less harmful to the country.

Fang Cuiying handed over all the money she earned from selling fish today. With a hundred yuan, she could buy dozens of kilograms of brown rice.

"Dad, let's discuss something. Brother Ye and I went to the town today. There were many people on the dock and there were many merchant ships. I want to do business, so I will set up a stall there and sell some food for men.

My mother also did it before. Although she worked early and late, she earned a little or two. The capital was not taken from the family. My father gave some capital, and Brother Ye and I were responsible for the profit and loss. You see..." Fang Cuiying said as she spoke.

Give Wang Yongye a wink, please help me at least.

Father Wang is a man with a bright mind and knows that this young couple has never wanted to take root in the ground. Although Fang Cuiying is a quick-talking person, she is smart and will not suffer at all. She has nothing to say with the support of her mother-in-law.

These children have grown up, and they should make some decisions of their own. If they want to do something, just do it.

"What kind of food are you going to sell? People on the pier want to eat well and at the same time cheaply. Whether it tastes good or not is secondary. There are a lot of people setting up stalls there. Be careful not to step on others' tails."

As soon as she heard this, Fang Cuiying knew there was something going on. The crackling was like pouring beans, and the cake was getting bigger and bigger.

Lying peacefully in the cradle, listening to her second aunt's grand plan, I have to say that her second aunt is a person with ideas, and if she is given a chance, she will definitely not be far behind.

The other sisters-in-law were moved when they heard this, but this business is not that easy to do. They didn’t even have to wear their pants because they were worried about losing money.

I really envy Fang Cuiying. Her natal family is so hardworking that even the farmers don’t have enough to eat. Her natal family still has spare money to use for their married daughter to do business.

An Ran waved her little hand, "Abba, Abba, when will I grow up? I also want to make money." She tilted her head while thinking, "Isn't there one?"

"Fubao, be good, grandpa, give me a hug." Father Wang picked An Ran up, patted her back gently and walked around.

"Hey, you little girl, don't take these things out casually. Didn't Grandpa tell you?"

When Father Wang saw a red apple appear in An Ran's hand, he was shocked. There were so many pairs of eyes in the house.

Father Wang knows about his granddaughter's strangeness, but when these magical powers are discovered, they will only lead to disaster, and may even lead to the destruction of the family. The so-called ordinary man is guilty of harboring a treasure.

An Ran just wished she could learn to speak quickly. Father Wang didn't understand what she meant. She wanted them to exchange the things she took out for money, so that they could live a good life.

"Don't worry about it. Your teeth haven't even grown yet. Let them worry about it first." Father Wang didn't want his granddaughter to do too much. People have to be self-reliant.

An Ran had to admire this old man. If someone found out that he had such a precious baby in his family, he should not treat it like a god and offer it to him, just like a cornucopia of fish and meat to make him rich overnight.

Maybe she is too impatient. She should calm down, take care of the farm, and wait until she is older before making other plans. It would still be a big trouble if someone discovers that she is plotting against her.

The farm is now prosperous everywhere, and a spring has recently been developed. The spring water is sweet and clear of diseases and odors. Everything grown in the land irrigated by the spring water grows quickly and well.

There were many precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, snow lotus and so on in the medicine field, and each plant grew extremely well. She also obtained several pharmacology books, which she read to pass the time.

Now on the farm, she has to look after the fruit trees in the vegetable garden and take care of the medicinal fields every day. From time to time, she also goes to the processing room to look at various agricultural products, and sometimes she gets some unexpected treasures.

For example, if these books and medicines were left outside, they would be the only copies of rare treasures and the rejuvenated Hua Tuo who was still alive, as well as poisons.
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