Chapter 23

Jiang Zhizhi excitedly dug wild ginseng with her small shovel. There was a lot of attention to detail when it came to digging ginseng.

Coincidentally, she learned how to dig ginseng during her missions, with a 99.9% guarantee that she wouldn’t break the ginseng’s roots.

Jiang Zhizhi always marveled at the various missions the mysterious special forces assigned to her, feeling like she was learning skills.

She knew a little bit about everything.

After an hour, Jiang Zhizhi wiped the sweat from her forehead, packed the wild ginseng, and handed it to Jiang Yuanyang the next second.

“Third Brother, you’re in charge of keeping it safe.”

Jiang Yuanyang pointed at his own nose in disbelief, his expression stiff for a moment. He asked in a trembling voice, “Are you sure?”

Is my sister crazy, or am I crazy?

This thing is worth a fortune!

He was afraid that he would clumsily ruin the ginseng!

If he became the sinner of the Jiang family, he would be beaten up by his father, mother, elder brother, and second brother in turn!

He might not even be able to get through the door!

No, no, no!

I’m scared!

“Third Brother! You’re the best! Your butt did a great job. You have a great connection with this wild ginseng. Who else would I give it to?”

Jiang Zhizhi didn’t care about Jiang Yuanyang’s life or death. She just threw the wrapped ginseng at him.

She vividly demonstrated what it meant to be a hands-off boss.

Jiang Yuanfeng stroked his chin, laughing, “Zhizhi gave it to you, just take it. What are you hesitating for?”

“Whose butt is made of gold?”

Whenever the third brother encountered good fortune, didn’t he always agree eagerly?

Why is he afraid this time?

“You guys are just making fun of me. Don’t you know this thing is radiating golden light? How could I be the same as usual?”

“Then why don’t you help your brother and sister share the burden, Second Brother?”

“Little brother really needs Second Brother’s help!”

Jiang Yuanfeng: “…”

Jiang Yuanyang sniffed and insisted, “The ginseng was dug by my sister. I’m just a tool, specifically for transportation.”

Jiang Yuanfeng’s teasing gaze fell on Jiang Yuanyang, “Don’t you remember who caught a cold before? I took care of you for two days and two nights, and now you’re lecturing me.”

Jiang Yuanyang shrunk his neck.

To be fair, Second Brother did work hard.

Jiang Yuanshan’s heart lifted, and he laughed and scolded, “Little Yang, take it. Don’t be so nervous.”

Of all the people present, only Jiang Zhizhi was the most composed.

The four siblings continued up the mountain. Along the way, Jiang Zhizhi discovered signs of wild chickens. She led her brothers towards the north.

Sure enough, they saw two wild chickens flapping their wings and walking around, looking majestic.

The four siblings’ eyes lit up instantly.

Majesty is good, but the meat of wild chickens is firm!

Why catch them if not now?

After all, Jiang Yuanyang was carrying wild ginseng, and the four siblings exchanged glances.

Jiang Yuanshan and Jiang Yuanfeng darted out.

Chase!

“Cluck, cluck, cluck!!!”

The wild chickens were almost furious. They came out for a walk with their wives, and they encountered two “killers” who ran faster than rabbits.

The wild chickens let out a mournful cry, their fate held in the hands of others. It was over, it was over!

“There are still pies falling from the sky?!” Jiang Yuanyang tied the chickens’ wings and feet with grass ropes, and he grinned with delight, “We’re so awesome! I’ve been craving chicken and mushroom stew for so long.”

The two wild chickens struggled even harder!

You go eat mushrooms!

What does it have to do with me?

Jiang Zhizhi walked around with a smile.

Soon, she found the chicken coop.

There were at least eight wild eggs inside.

She skillfully put the wild eggs into her small basket and sighed, “We’re really lucky today! We’ll have a feast tonight!”

At this point, Jiang Zhizhi was actually a little tired.

Her body was still a little weak.

But Jiang Zhizhi planned to persevere, taking this opportunity to exercise her body and practice her martial arts.

Her brothers always said that they could hear wolves howling at night in these mountains.

When going up the mountain, they had to be careful of wolves and also watch out for bears.

At least with better physical fitness, they could fight back against large wild animals and get some benefits.

They collected a lot of medicinal herbs today.

The wild ginseng, angelica, angelica root, poria cocos, and wild black goji berries could all be transplanted to the farmland in her space.

Hopefully, they could find some good mountain goods later.

Jiang Zhizhi guessed that her space could connect to spaces in other dimensions.

To achieve inter-dimensional trade between different eras.

For example, ancient times to modern times?

Modern times to ancient times?

Modern times to interstellar space?

Based on this idea, wouldn’t people also like things from the 1970s?

Especially wild mountain goods.

Big hazelnuts, Korean pine nuts, chestnuts!

Give me a chance, let me have you!

Jiang Zhizhi needed to earn contribution points, activate the Peach Mall, and achieve the freedom to buy, buy, buy as soon as possible.

Seeing that Jiang Zhizhi was tired, her brothers took the initiative to suggest a break.

Jiang Zhizhi took out her leather bag, which contained spring water. She gulped down half of it.

Then she took out the egg pancake her aunt gave her and ate it, munching, munching.

Her brothers also took out their vegetable pancakes to eat.

This was so pathetic!

My sister has eggs, and we have vegetables!

After finishing the pancakes, they rested in place for fifteen minutes. The four siblings put on their backpacks and walked forward, holding their shovels and poking into the grass from time to time, startling any creatures. They were afraid that something would suddenly jump out, leaving them unprepared.

After all, they were going deeper and deeper!

Jiang Yuanshan: “Should we continue?”

Jiang Yuanfeng: “This is the farthest we’ve ever been before. If we go any further, I don’t know what’s waiting for us.”

Jiang Yuanyang blinked his eyes and immediately turned to Jiang Zhizhi, “Hee hee hee, I listen to my sister.”

Jiang Zhizhi didn’t even blink, “Okay, let’s walk for another half an hour. If we find good things, it’s a win-win situation. If we don’t, we’ll go home.”

As soon as she said this, Jiang Yuanshan and Jiang Yuanyang raised their hands in agreement.

Jiang Yuanfeng couldn’t help but shiver.

What’s going on?

Is he the only one who’s still sane?

How did Big Brother join the sister-loving squad?

……..

After walking for about twenty minutes, they suddenly stumbled upon a natural pine forest!

Anyone would have to admire it.

These Korean pine trees were about 20-30 meters tall. The four siblings looked up, their eyes sparkling as they stared at the pine cones above.

Oh my god, their hearts were pounding, the surprise came too suddenly!

The number of pine cones was simply astonishing!

Jiang Yuanyang was almost excited to faint. He was so happy today!

Jiang Zhizhi quickly reached out to support her third brother, her voice clear, “Stay calm, we’ll need your help later.”

Jiang Yuanyang was so excited that his eyebrows were about to fly off, “Zhizhi, do you know?

Since I brought you to the mountain, good things have been happening one after another.

You’re a treasure to our Jiang family!”

Jiang Zhizhi: “…”

No, you’re not mentioning the fact that you just ran into your arch-nemesis?

Jiang Yuanfeng patted his face, trying to maintain a clear and rational appearance. But the harder he tried, the more uncontrollably his lips turned up.

“So many pine cones? We’ve struck gold!”

“Hahaha, I told you, trust my sister once, and you’ll benefit for a lifetime!”

Jiang Yuanyang laughed so brightly!

He felt like he was here to win easily!

Jiang Zhizhi also chuckled, “Thank you for the compliment, Third Brother. Our good fortune is yet to come.”

“You have to take good care of me later!”

Jiang Zhizhi was also overjoyed. She got what she wanted!

Thanks to nature’s bounty, thanks to her brothers for transporting nature’s delicacies.

We are “nature’s movers.”

What made Jiang Zhizhi even happier was that so many pine cones meant so many pine nuts!

She could sell them to her space to earn contribution points.

Pine nuts were so expensive in the future!

Especially Korean pine nuts from Changbai Mountain, they cost 70-80 yuan per pound.

Today, Jiang Zhizhi could finally achieve pine nut freedom!

She would definitely transplant a few pine trees into her space and cultivate them.

Jiang Zhizhi hoped to have a pine forest in her space. In the future, if she wanted to eat pine nuts, she could just take them from her space, how convenient!

The four siblings happily picked up mountain goods. These were all snacks! Just thinking about it made them happy.

With her brothers’ explanations, Jiang Zhizhi learned that Korean pine trees produced pine nuts, but not the common pine trees.

Jiang Yuanshan clenched and unclenched his fist, unclenched and clenched again. Hearing Jiang Zhizhi’s words, he immediately felt better, “Okay!”

The four siblings played around for a while, then rolled up their sleeves and got to work.

It’s safe to say that the squirrels’ food supply was gone!

It was mid-September, the peak season for pine nuts.

Jiang Yuanshan: “There are no suitable poles here. I’ll climb up.”

These pine trees were so tall, and they didn’t have long enough poles to knock down the pine cones.

Ordinary poles wouldn’t be able to reach the pine cones.

Jiang Zhizhi nodded. She couldn’t just pull out a super-long pole from her space.

Of course, if there were no poles, she would climb up herself!

Jiang Zhizhi excitedly walked to the bottom of the pine tree. Just as she was about to push off and climb, her collar was grabbed by her eldest brother!

“Zhizhi!!!”

Jiang Yuanfeng naturally stood on his brother’s side, frowning and saying, “We three are enough here. Be good, okay?”

Jiang Yuanyang wouldn’t let Jiang Zhizhi climb such a tall and thick tree. It was too dangerous!

Looking at the whole Dajiang Village, there really wasn’t a single girl who dared to be so bold.

He thought, Oh! There’s one right in front of me today!

That’s Jiang Zhizhi, the little tigress who just joined Dajiang Village two days ago!

Jiang Yuanshan: “We don’t have bamboo poles or climbing hooks. We have to be very careful when climbing.”

Jiang Zhizhi’s eyes instantly bloomed like flowers. She shouted to her brothers, “Don’t worry! Don’t underestimate me. I’m a pro at climbing trees.”

A mere twenty to thirty-meter tree, she usually just zipped up in a flash.

It’s just that this body hadn’t recovered to its best state yet, which was a bit of a limitation.

She had to be very careful.

Jiang Zhizhi found a few six-meter-long poles nearby. They would have to make do as knocking poles.

“Brother, I’ll go first!”

Jiang Zhizhi carried the pole with one hand and climbed the tree without hesitation, showing off her skills in front of her brothers.

They say a master can tell by one move whether someone is skilled or not.

Looking at my sister’s posture, was she a monkey in her previous life?

Her climbing technique was so familiar and smooth, her brothers were stunned!

“I didn’t know Zhizhi was such a foodie. She’s going all out for this snack!”

“I wonder if the squirrels climb faster or if our sister is faster?”

“Let’s go, let’s go, move away. We don’t want to get hit on the head.”

The three brothers quickly climbed the trees and knocked down the pine cones. Generally speaking, there shouldn’t be anyone below when knocking down pine cones.

If you get hit on the head… it’s going to be a disaster.

Jiang Yuanyang knocked down two pine trees, excited like a victorious rooster, and quickly climbed down.

He started picking up pine cones automatically.

“This resin is enough, it’s sticky to the touch.” Jiang Yuanyang picked them up directly. There were no gloves!

Jiang Zhizhi glanced at her brother and said, “It seems like we need to prepare a few more pairs of gloves, and we also need to get some non-slip shoes.”

Big Brother Jiang Yuanshan laughed, “We should be able to get over thirty pounds of pine nuts from these three bags of pine cones.

In the past, when we encountered pine cones, we wished they would fall by themselves.

Those squirrels would break open the pine cones, and we would just pick up the pine nuts!”

Jiang Zhizhi: The squirrels have endured so much!

Second Brother Jiang Yuanfeng was even happier, “The squirrels’ homes are almost empty. I wonder where they’re hiding and crying now.”

Third Brother Jiang Yuanyang always remembered delicious food, “When we go back, we’ll throw the pine cones into the stove. The aroma will waft out immediately. Tsk tsk tsk, I’m already drooling.”

Big Brother Jiang Yuanshan: “Okay, let’s just knock down this much for today. It’ll be too heavy to carry down the mountain later.”

“Alright.” The happy workers continued to pick up the pine cones on the ground.

Just by looking at Jiang Yuanshan’s tall and strong physique, you could tell he had a lot of strength.

Jiang Yuanshan filled three sacks with pine cones. Each sack weighed about a hundred pounds. He tied the mouths of the sacks with ropes and carried them on his shoulders.

Jiang Yuanfeng’s physique was tall and slender. He didn’t have the same strength as his brother and younger brother, but he didn’t lag behind either.

Jiang Zhizhi used her small shovel to make marks on the trees, “We definitely can’t carry everything down today. We’ll come back tomorrow.”

Jiang Yuanfeng: “Okay, we’ll call Dad then.”

This was the first time Jiang Zhizhi had seen pine cones in person. They looked like pineapples!

Jiang Yuanyang had over a hundred pounds of medicinal herbs in his backpack, pine cones on his shoulders, and two sacks in his hands.

He was tired, but he couldn’t help but be happy.

“I feel like this is a high point for our Jiang family.”

Jiang Zhizhi listened happily and said to her brothers, “Then get closer to me from now on. Maybe you’ll catch my good luck, and our family will have more and more high points.”

Jiang Yuanshan, Jiang Yuanfeng, and Jiang Yuanyang laughed heartily, scolding her, “You little rascal.”

Jiang Zhizhi didn’t hesitate to speak to her brothers. She also carried sacks in both hands and laughed, “By the way, don’t let our wild chickens suffocate.”

“Don’t worry, they’re fine.” Jiang Yuanyang waved his hand and laughed loudly.

It seems like my sister is craving meat!

But my sister had a lot of fun on the mountain today. Is she trying to integrate into rural life?

Today’s mountain trip was full of rewards. The four siblings happily hummed songs as they went down the mountain.

When people are happy, their spirits are high. Their happiness soared, and they couldn’t stop.

Half an hour later.

The four siblings were walking when they suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from ahead.

One of the voices was very familiar.

“It’s Jiang Fengshou!”

Jiang Zhizhi suddenly remembered the plot of the original book and thought, oh no.