Chapter 21

Jiang Yuanyang couldn’t take it anymore, “Humph! Desperate enough to even eat your armpit!”

Jiang Zhizhi: “…”

Jiang Fengshou: “…”

His little followers: “!!!”

Holy crap, something’s wrong! We haven’t even made a move, and the enemy already guessed our plan?

Jiang Fengshou’s scalp tingled. His heart was stabbed once again. He roared, “Don’t tell me, I’ll tell you!”

The joy of the brothers and Jiang Zhizhi going out was gone.

Wait… Jiang Fengshou, that name.

Standing behind her brothers, Jiang Zhizhi suddenly remembered a plot from the original book.

This Jiang Fengshou was the third brother’s arch-nemesis. They had been fighting since childhood, always at odds.

They were sworn enemies, forever at each other’s throats!

Once, the three Jiang brothers went up the mountain to collect firewood, hoping to catch some game for a treat.

They ran into Jiang Fengshou and his little followers halfway up the mountain.

Jiang Fengshou deliberately waited there to provoke the three Jiang brothers, and his followers egged him on, making a ruckus.

The three Jiang brothers weren’t afraid of fighting. They didn’t care about anything, just punching one little kid after another.

They fought without a word.

Of course, Jiang Fengshou was no match for Jiang Yuanshan, Jiang Yuanfeng, and Jiang Yuanyang!

He was beaten up, screaming and howling, covered in bruises, looking utterly pathetic.

He had to retreat with his followers, grumbling and cursing!

But they didn’t know what happened on the way down. When the three brothers returned home, the whole house was surrounded by people.

Village head Jiang Weimin’s eyes were bloodshot, and his words were filled with grief, “You give me back my son!”

“If you hadn’t fought on the mountain that day, how could my son Fengshou have been so badly injured?”

“If you hadn’t fought, he would have come back! He would have come back safe and sound!”

Jiang Fengshou’s mother, Li Hong, cried heart-wrenchingly, her voice getting louder and louder, “What did Fengshou do to you?

He’s just a good-for-nothing rascal. He didn’t do anything wicked. Why didn’t God spare him? Why did he take his life away?”

Why didn’t you come down from the mountain…

My Fengshou…

But the original book didn’t specifically describe how Jiang Fengshou died. It simply said, “He died from the poison, and there was no medicine. He died in agony.”

As his arch-nemesis, Jiang Yuanyang often thought about this incident, like a thorn stuck in his heart.

Yeah, why were they so impulsive and fought that day?

Actually, everyone knew Jiang Fengshou died in an accident.

But the village head and his wife blamed the three Jiang brothers for a large part of the responsibility.

In their eyes, if they hadn’t fought, Fengshou wouldn’t have been so badly injured.

He would have watched his step on the way down the mountain and avoided danger.

Then he wouldn’t have had an accident.

Was it all because of that fight today?

Jiang Zhizhi pondered. No matter what the reason for his death, they couldn’t fight today!

Jiang Zhizhi pursed her lips, “Jiang Fengshou, we saw the village head on the mountain. He’s looking for you.”

Jiang Yuanshan: “…”

Jiang Yuanfeng: “…”

Jiang Yuanyang: “…”

What is my sister talking about?

They haven’t even seen the village head’s shadow. Where did she get the idea of calling him?

They just want to slap the arrogant Jiang Fengshou to death!

His little followers were about to go crazy! Should they fight or not?

Jiang Fengshou’s eyes glowed green, his fists clenched. He stood at the front of the group, “Don’t panic, don’t panic! This is their trick to deceive us.”

“Brothers, stay calm! Listen to my command!”

Jiang Yuanfeng was the first to calm down. He smiled lightly, “Oh no, your father is looking for you.”

“You wouldn’t dare disobey him, would you?”

Jiang Yuanshan followed closely behind. Although he didn’t know what his sister was up to, he immediately followed the group to avoid ruining her plan.

“Don’t believe me? Then don’t go back.”

Jiang Yuanyang clapped his hands, “Forget it, it’s not fun. Let’s just go up the mountain with our sister.”

Jiang Fengshou shuddered.

What if his father really is looking for him…

He wouldn’t go back. I’m afraid a few fire pokers wouldn’t be enough to break!

“You’re lucky today. Let’s go!”

Jiang Fengshou stormed off with his men, just as quickly as he came.

Jiang Yuanshan breathed a sigh of relief, “With his attitude, I could just slap him away with my hand.”

Jiang Yuanyang nodded, “Yeah, Big Brother hasn’t even used his fist yet.”

“He’s lucky he ran fast.”

Only Jiang Yuanfeng’s eyes flashed, and he smiled without saying anything.

The four siblings shook their heads and happily continued up the mountain.

Along the way, Jiang Zhizhi dug up a lot of wild angelica and wild angelica root. Then, as if she thought of something, she said,

“Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, do you want to make money?”

Jiang Yuanshan was stunned, then a serious expression appeared on his face, “I do.”

Of course, he wanted to make money to support his family. He was already twenty-four years old, but he hadn’t married yet.

First, he hadn’t met the right person.

Second, they were already living well enough, able to eat their fill.

He didn’t have much money saved for a wife. Would he make the girl he likes suffer by marrying into his family?

He didn’t have the ability to make his family better, make his parents suffer less, or give the girl he likes a good life.

Not only was the eldest brother shocked, but Jiang Yuanfeng also looked at Jiang Zhizhi in astonishment, smiling and saying,

“Just kidding. If we had money, who would still be playing with someone like Jiang Fengshou in the village?

The outside world is so exciting, we’ve only heard about it, we haven’t had the chance to experience it.

Second Brother, I would love to see the world for myself.”

Jiang Yuanfeng’s eyes were bright, and he continued,

“Besides, the people in the village aren’t stupid. On the contrary, many of them are very shrewd and calculating.

They know that the mountains are full of treasures, but besides treasures, there are also wolves, leopards, black bears, snakes, poisonous insects, tigers, basically every kind of animal. Who would risk their lives for it?

Some people think that money is nothing compared to life. They’d rather work honestly and earn work points.

Many people have gone up the mountain to dig medicinal herbs, but in reality, many herbs and wild plants look very similar, and many people can’t tell the difference.

They dig three big baskets and secretly take them to the county to sell, but the black market people take one look and see that they are all weeds!

These people work themselves to death for nothing.

Not only that, some herbs in the mountains look ordinary, but they are actually poisonous. If they accidentally kill someone…”

Jiang Yuanfeng spoke earnestly, wishing he could pull his sister away from danger.

He was genuinely worried about Jiang Zhizhi getting hurt on the mountain, not because he thought she wouldn’t be careful.

He always judged people accurately.

His sister was just a delicate little girl who knew a little bit about Chinese medicine?

After all, she used to live in the city. Where did she get so many mountains to climb?

Sigh, my sister is great in every way, except that she doesn’t listen.

Jiang Yuanshan added, “Some people pick up gotu kola and sell it. They dry a whole basket and only sell it for a few cents.”

Hearing about making money, Jiang Yuanyang was about to laugh like a fool, “Who would say no to money?”

“I’m just an ordinary person, of course I want to!”

Jiang Zhizhi patted her third brother’s shoulder in agreement, sighing, “Life is not easy!”

“But it’s good to want to make money!”

“I can teach you how to identify medicinal herbs in the mountains.”

Speaking of money, Jiang Zhizhi’s heart beat faster:

“There are so many treasures in the mountains, wouldn’t it be a waste to not take them?

I can pick a sack full of these expensive herbs in a minute!

Hee hee hee, free stuff is the best.”