Chapter 19

“Second sister-in-law? Second sister-in-law, are you alright!”

From the other side, Zhou Jiaojiao screamed.

Soon, the fourth son’s wife, Chen Fang, also started shouting: “Help, someone help! Second sister-in-law, wake up!”

From below, Liu Xiao’e’s weak voice soon came: “I… I, help me up!”

“Second sister-in-law, wait, let me find some grass first, and we’ll brush off the mud on our bodies. Otherwise, we won’t be able to walk down the mountain with all this mud.” Zhou Jiaojiao said, and ran to the place nearby with the most grass.

It was a small mound of earth.

As soon as she got there, she exclaimed in surprise: “It’s Astragalus! Come and see!”

Zhou Jiaojiao’s voice was filled with excitement. Sure enough, even after getting married, her good luck followed her.

The second sister-in-law had just had a little bad luck, and she found Astragalus!

“Astra what? Stop acting crazy! Come and help me!” Liu Xiao’e was in pain, and seeing that Zhou Jiaojiao wasn’t coming to help her, but was dancing around over there.

It seemed she was happy about her fall!

How could the fifth son’s wife be so bad?

Liu Xiao’e became angrier and angrier.

Over there, Zhou Jiaojiao excitedly pulled out an Astragalus root: “Second sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law, look!”

They lived in the mountains, and while Astragalus wasn’t everywhere, it could still be found occasionally.

Everyone recognized it.

As soon as she saw it, Liu Xiao’e was immediately happy: “This is a good thing! Hurry up and dig them all up.”

She forgot about the pain.

On the mountain, Zhao Cuihua’s eyes widened: “This, this… they’re too lucky! So many people come and go in the mountains, how come this Astragalus grew there and wasn’t discovered?”

Bai Xiuxiu watched the three people busy below and smiled.

It was still so strange!

“Eldest sister-in-law, are we just going to watch?” Zhao Cuihua felt a sense of injustice.

Of course, they had to watch!

This bunch of stuff belonged to Zhou Jiaojiao, and anyone who wanted to get a share of it after Zhou Jiaojiao had already discovered and gotten it would be unlucky.

She didn’t care about the Astragalus, she just wanted the seeds.

She could get the seeds no matter who took them home.

Besides, knowing Zhou Jiaojiao, she wouldn’t just go down the mountain like this!

She wouldn’t be Zhou Jiaojiao if she didn’t make good use of all these people on the mountain.

They just had to follow Zhou Jiaojiao and her group down the mountain, and they would get all the herb seeds!

It was best to walk ahead of them, get Zhou Jiaojiao’s things before she discovered them, and that would be it!

Sure enough, it was just as Bai Xiuxiu had thought.

Down below, after digging the Astragalus, Liu Xiao’e, who had been enduring the pain, frowned and suggested: “We’ve found so many good things, let’s go back quickly. You two help me, my head is spinning, I can’t walk two steps.”

Liu Xiao’e touched the back of her head and found blood.

As soon as she saw the blood, her legs went weak: “Go home! Let’s go home quickly!”

Zhou Jiaojiao frowned when she heard this. It had just begun, how could they go back so soon?

It was just a little bit of blood, she was still jumping around just now, she wouldn’t die.

“Second sister-in-law, we just came to the mountain and we’re already talking about going back, if Mom sees us, she’ll scold us, won’t she? If you really can’t walk, you can stay here.

We’ll come back for you later.

These days, the ones going up the mountain are all children, it’s just that the team leader agreed to let each family leave some people at home today, so everyone came to the mountains.

We just came here and found something like Astragalus, who knows what treasures we’ll find if we go further in!

I don’t want to go back like this.”

Zhou Jiaojiao, who had discovered the Astragalus, was very stubborn now.

She was about to walk further in.

“You! You’re so cruel! Fifth son’s wife? Wait for me! At least help me sit down over there… ouch!” Liu Xiao’e hadn’t finished shouting when she suddenly lost her footing again and fell hard.

She landed face-first!

She looked up, and before she could cry, two of her front teeth fell out.

The two people on the mountaintop couldn’t see clearly, but they quickly heard Liu Xiao’e crying: “My teeth! My teeth!”

Zhou Jiaojiao was excited to see this!

It seemed the second sister-in-law could be even more unlucky! She couldn’t let the second sister-in-law stay here.

But to avoid being noticed, she still looked worried: “Second sister-in-law, you can’t stay here alone, how about this, the fourth sister-in-law and I will help you walk.”

“Ah?” The fourth sister-in-law, Chen Fang, was stunned.

Did that make sense?

She was in such a state, and they still wanted her to walk?

Liu Xiao’e wanted to tear Zhou Jiaojiao apart, but thinking about the good things they might miss, and the face her mother-in-law would make when she got home, she endured it.

Besides, these good things they found would be divided among the family!

It was also beneficial to them.

Thinking about this, Liu Xiao’e compromised.

On the mountain, Bai Xiuxiu, who had already seen what it meant to be unlucky, got up and walked forward.

“Eldest sister-in-law? Where are we going?” Zhao Cuihua followed her quickly.

Bai Xiuxiu smiled: “There are good things in the mountains, it’s not just them who can find them, we can too. Besides, there are only two of us. You know what I’m thinking, and I’m thinking the same thing.

Our mother-in-law, although she’s related to you, she still favors the second and fifth son’s families more.

If we don’t get something for ourselves, who will care about us?”

Zhao Cuihua’s eyes lit up: “Eldest sister-in-law, you’re right, let’s hurry up.”

The two of them walked ahead, Zhou Jiaojiao and her group were dragging an injured Liu Xiao’e, so they didn’t walk fast.

This made it much easier for Bai Xiuxiu and Zhao Cuihua to walk ahead.

Based on the law that Zhou Jiaojiao would get good things whenever someone got hurt or unlucky, Bai Xiuxiu was certain that there were good things ahead.

Even if they were slow to find them, they would definitely find them.

And she was right!

After searching for almost half an hour, they finally discovered a large patch of Astragalus in a clump of grass. Besides the Astragalus, they also found a patch of wolfberry vines by a gully, laden with wolfberries.

Seeing this, Zhao Cuihua almost screamed.

Bai Xiuxiu was quick and covered her mouth: “They’re walking slowly behind us, but they’re not deaf. Let’s hurry up and pick them before they get here.”

Zhao Cuihua stopped shouting, this was all money! It would be her own money when she sold it.

Now they were each picking for themselves, it was all about skill.

Bai Xiuxiu’s picking speed wasn’t slow, the two of them quickly picked all the wolfberries and then pulled up all the Astragalus.

After doing all this, they found a new mountaintop to wait.

This mountaintop was covered by trees, they could see where Zhou Jiaojiao and her group were, but they wouldn’t be discovered.

“Eldest sister-in-law, these things…” Zhao Cuihua was a little conflicted, she didn’t know how much to keep for the family.