Chapter 22

Seeing that it was her daughters-in-law who had returned, she frowned.

Especially when she saw Chen Fang and Liu Xiao’e’s injuries, she immediately started scolding: “What were you doing? You went to the mountains to pick some mushrooms and find some herbs, how could you end up like this? Did you rob someone’s house?”

“Mom, don’t even mention it, the fourth sister-in-law and I were unlucky all the way.”

Liu Xiao’e started crying in grievance, recounting her experience along the way.

Bai Xiuxiu now knew how much worse it had gotten.

Later, Chen Fang was supporting her, and accidentally fell into a big pit.

There were no good things in the pit, but they accidentally killed several poisonous snakes.

They were so scared they almost fainted.

Zhao Guifen’s eyes lit up when she heard this: “Snakes? Those things might be worth money!”

“Mom, we brought them back. Although the second sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law were unlucky, the three of us found a lot of good things.” Zhou Jiaojiao proudly dumped all the herbs she had collected.

Seeing these things, Zhao Guifen’s face changed from gloomy to sunny.

“There are so many good things in the mountains?” Zhao Guifen was already considering whether to go herself.

“Mom, it’s the fifth son’s wife who’s lucky, the eldest sister-in-law and I didn’t have that good fortune.” Zhao Cuihua knew her mother-in-law didn’t like the eldest sister-in-law, so she quickly spoke up.

She would take the blame!

Zhao Guifen saw Zhao Cuihua and Bai Xiuxiu’s baskets, and her face immediately darkened.

“How come our family married two useless things like you? How come everyone else can find good things, but you two can’t?” Zhao Guifen grumbled.

But she didn’t suspect that the two of them were faking it!

The third son’s wife was her distant relative! Although they weren’t blood-related, she was still closer than the others.

She wouldn’t fake it, and she wouldn’t have the guts.

Bai Xiuxiu didn’t even bother to lift her eyelids: “Mom, you’re wrong. It’s just that everyone else didn’t find anything good, only the fifth son’s wife found them. In the whole village, besides them, I doubt anyone else has that kind of luck.”

“This ginseng, I’m going to sell it. We didn’t dig it well, the later we sell it, the more we lose, so let’s sell it early. As for the money…” Bai Xiuxiu didn’t finish her sentence.

Zhao Cuihua picked up the conversation: “Eldest sister-in-law, just give me 30%! You came up with the idea today, I’m still self-aware!”

Zhao Cuihua was heartbroken, but for the sake of future benefits, she could only grit her teeth and hold on for now!

Bai Xiuxiu was surprised, the third son’s wife was really smart.

Why didn’t she flatter Zhou Jiaojiao in her past life?

Of all the Wang brothers, Zhao Cuihua and her husband had the worst life.

Zhou Jiaojiao didn’t know why she disliked Zhao Cuihua so much. After they became successful, they left the third son’s family in the county, while everyone else went to big cities.

Later, the Wang family became more and more wealthy, but Zhao Cuihua and her husband’s lives were never very good.

This was also another reason why she was willing to get in touch with Zhao Cuihua.

“Do it as you said, I’ll have my husband sell the things later. If you’re not comfortable with it, call your husband to follow along.” Bai Xiuxiu said.

“No! Eldest sister-in-law, don’t tell our family’s third son about our business!” Zhao Cuihua quickly stopped her.

She was joking, if she told the third son, with his temper, who knows how he would use the money.

She was saving it for her son later.

“Okay.” Bai Xiuxiu wasn’t curious why she made this request, as long as it didn’t interfere with her own business.

With the ginseng in hand, Bai Xiuxiu wasn’t planning to stay in the mountains.

They were already deep in the mountains following Zhou Jiaojiao, which wasn’t a good thing!

Zhou Jiaojiao was a lucky charm, with good luck.

She and Zhao Cuihua didn’t have that, what if they encountered poisonous snakes or wild animals? They wouldn’t be able to survive!

“Let’s go back, we’ll wait near the bottom of the mountain.”

Bai Xiuxiu said.

Zhao Cuihua understood.

On their way back, they picked a lot of mushrooms and dug up a bunch of wild vegetables.

They hid the herbs they had collected in their clothes.

The mushrooms from the mountains could be sold to the supply and marketing cooperative for money, but every year, their mother-in-law, Zhao Guifen, controlled them, so if they wanted to keep some for themselves, they had to hide them in their clothes.

Although fabric was precious, among the Wang family’s wives, except for the newly married fifth son’s wife, everyone had several large hidden pockets on their bodies!

Bai Xiuxiu was no exception.

It was also good that the herbs they found were easy to store.

The two of them just wandered around the mountainside.

After waiting for two hours, it was almost dark, and they saw Zhou Jiaojiao and the other three coming back.

When they saw them, Bai Xiuxiu was even more surprised.

They had seen Chen Fang limping before, but now she had a large wound on her face, almost reaching her eye. Her face was injured, and her clothes were torn.

She looked very disheveled.

She also had a sprain on her arm.

Liu Xiao’e, on the other hand, was even worse. She had been dragged along by the other two all the way, and now her face was pale, looking like she was about to faint!

Compared to them, Zhou Jiaojiao looked the most sinister.

Because the other two were half-dead, Zhou Jiaojiao looked like she didn’t have a speck of dust on her.

As they approached the edge of the mountain, there were more people around.

Seeing the three of them in this strange combination, they couldn’t help but take a few more glances.

Chen Fang and Liu Xiao’e were injured and listless, but when they saw Bai Xiuxiu and Zhao Cuihua, they perked up: “Eldest sister-in-law, how was your harvest?”

It was Liu Xiao’e who asked.

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Jiaojiao also looked over.

She was curious too!

Bai Xiuxiu responded frankly, handing them her basket: “Don’t even mention it, it was so unlucky, we found nothing, just picked some mushrooms. But that’s not bad, we can still exchange it for a few cents when we go back.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Liu Xiao’e was immediately unhappy. Just these things? These things would all be recorded in the family’s account.

Did they have to share with Bai Xiuxiu and her group?

How could that be?

She had suffered so much!

“How come you only picked these things? Were you slacking off?” Chen Fang was dissatisfied when she saw it. She was straightforward and asked directly.

Bai Xiuxiu looked wronged: “What are you saying? Fourth sister-in-law, you’re wronging us! Your third sister-in-law and I, our shoes are about to wear out! There are more people than things on this mountain, it’s good that we could pick these. If you don’t believe me, look at the others.

Aren’t they the same as us? https:/

What, are you any different?”

Bai Xiuxiu said confidently.

Zhao Cuihua was completely impressed, she wished she could kneel down and kowtow to Bai Xiuxiu.

Eldest sister-in-law, she… was a great actress!

Seeing Bai Xiuxiu’s completely unconcerned act, Chen Fang fell silent. Even if the eldest sister-in-law liked to slack off, the third sister-in-law wouldn’t.

Could it be that they really were lucky?

They…

Chen Fang looked at herself, then at the equally unlucky second sister-in-law. She fell into thought, were they really lucky?

Zhou Jiaojiao was very proud when she heard that they hadn’t found anything: “The eldest sister-in-law is right, it’s really hard to find things in the mountains. We were able to find a bunch of things, it’s actually luck. I’ve always been lucky, why don’t the eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law follow me next time.”

“You’re saying that as if you found some treasure. Besides, even if you found good things, it’s your three people’s credit.”

Zhao Cuihua said with disdain.

Then she started to stir things up.

At this moment, she understood! Following the eldest sister-in-law, she could eat nine meals a day!

As soon as Zhao Cuihua finished speaking, Chen Fang and the nearly fainted Liu Xiao’e didn’t look very happy.

Was the fifth son’s wife trying to take credit?

Zhou Jiaojiao looked embarrassed: “I… that’s not what I meant…”

“Alright, let’s argue about it at home. I don’t know what good things you found, but I know that if we don’t go home, the second sister-in-law is going to die! How did you guys end up like this? Hurry up and go home.

Third sister-in-law, fifth son’s wife, you two help one each.”

Bai Xiuxiu took over the conversation, not letting Zhou Jiaojiao explain.

She also assigned them tasks.

She didn’t want to do anything that was tiring and had no benefit!

Zhou Jiaojiao’s face turned ugly, Bai Xiuxiu was saying it nicely, but she hadn’t done anything herself!

The five of them returned to the village in a grand procession.

Because Chen Fang and Liu Xiao’e looked so spectacular, as soon as they returned to the village, they were surrounded by people.

Everyone asked them questions.

When they heard that they had fallen in the mountains, they all said that they were too unlucky.

After a long and unlucky journey, they finally reached home.

Zhao Guifen was resting at home, drinking water! There was a rocking chair in their courtyard, usually no one sat on it because everyone was too busy. Now she was the only one at home watching the three children!

She had the two money-losing girls wash clothes and take care of the third son’s son.

She couldn’t be happier.

But the moment the door opened, Zhao Guifen immediately sat up straight.

Seeing that it was her daughters-in-law who had returned, she frowned.

Especially when she saw Chen Fang and Liu Xiao’e’s injuries, she immediately started scolding: “What were you doing? You went to the mountains to pick some mushrooms and find some herbs, how could you end up like this? Did you rob someone’s house?”

“Mom, don’t even mention it, the fourth sister-in-law and I were unlucky all the way.”

Liu Xiao’e started crying in grievance, recounting her experience along the way.

Bai Xiuxiu now knew how much worse it had gotten.

Later, Chen Fang was supporting her, and accidentally fell into a big pit.

There were no good things in the pit, but they accidentally killed several poisonous snakes.

They were so scared they almost fainted.

Zhao Guifen’s eyes lit up when she heard this: “Snakes? Those things might be worth money!”

“Mom, we brought them back. Although the second sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law were unlucky, the three of us found a lot of good things.” Zhou Jiaojiao proudly dumped all the herbs she had collected.

Seeing these things, Zhao Guifen’s face changed from gloomy to sunny.

“There are so many good things in the mountains?” Zhao Guifen was already considering whether to go herself.

“Mom, it’s the fifth son’s wife who’s lucky, the eldest sister-in-law and I didn’t have that good fortune.” Zhao Cuihua knew her mother-in-law didn’t like the eldest sister-in-law, so she quickly spoke up.

She would take the blame!

Zhao Guifen saw Zhao Cuihua and Bai Xiuxiu’s baskets, and her face immediately darkened.

“How come our family married two useless things like you? How come everyone else can find good things, but you two can’t?” Zhao Guifen grumbled.

But she didn’t suspect that the two of them were faking it!

The third son’s wife was her distant relative! Although they weren’t blood-related, she was still closer than the others.

She wouldn’t fake it, and she wouldn’t have the guts.

Bai Xiuxiu didn’t even bother to lift her eyelids: “Mom, you’re wrong. It’s just that everyone else didn’t find anything good, only the fifth son’s wife found them. In the whole village, besides them, I doubt anyone else has that kind of luck.”

Bai Xiuxiu’s words made Zhao Guifen’s heart sink.

She knew her youngest daughter-in-law was lucky, which is why she wanted her to go to the mountains.

But what if others found out?

Thinking about it, Zhao Guifen stopped scolding: “Alright, don’t tell anyone outside. It’s our family’s good fortune that we found these things!”

“Let your father sell these things later. We’ll improve our lives!” Zhao Guifen didn’t mention giving any to the others.

She was going to keep all the money for herself!

Seeing this, Zhao Cuihua was very grateful that she had listened to the eldest sister-in-law. If she had taken it out, her mother-in-law would have taken most of it!

Bai Xiuxiu had already anticipated this, she put down the mushroom basket and went back to the room.

Zhao Cuihua also didn’t bother to look at the others’ faces, and quickly went back. She had to deal with the herbs properly.

She wouldn’t tell the third son about the ginseng, but she had to tell him about the herbs.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to hide them in the room.

Besides, she needed the third son to exchange the herbs for money.

The eldest brother and sister-in-law could exchange the ginseng!

The two of them left happily, but the rest of them weren’t so comfortable.

Especially Zhou Jiaojiao.

Zhou Jiaojiao couldn’t believe that her mother-in-law hadn’t kept any for her! Back in her parents’ home, her mother would always give her half!

Chen Fang and Liu Xiao’e wanted to curse now.

In the past, when they went to the mountains by themselves, they didn’t find these good things, but at least they could hide some other things.

But they ran into Zhou Jiaojiao, such a poundsx!

They couldn’t hide anything, and they ended up with injuries.

Soon, everyone went back to their own rooms.

Not long after they returned, the men who worked in the fields also came back.

Wang Qinghe returned to the room with the two children, and saw his wife sitting on the kang drinking water, seemingly in a good mood.

There were things covered with cloth beside her.

Bai Xiuxiu saw her husband come back and immediately beckoned to him: “I have something to show you.”

She hugged the two children and put them on the kang, kissing each of them, and then took out two pieces of White Rabbit Cake: “Mingming, Yueyue, did you cause any trouble when you went out with Dad today?”

The little girl immediately nestled into her arms and kissed her back: “Mommy, Yueyue was very good!”

“I was good too!” Mingming quickly came over.

Both of them nestled in her arms.

Looking at his wife and two children, Wang Qinghe’s bad mood from the nightmare he had last night instantly disappeared.

He locked the door and sat down on the kang: “What do you want to show me?”

Bai Xiuxiu revealed their harvest from the mountains today.

Covered with cloth was a pile of Astragalus. Astragalus was a treasure, it wasn’t expensive to sell, but with so much Astragalus, they could still sell it for a dozen yuan.

There was also a pile of wolfberries beside it.

“This… did you go to the deep mountains?” Wang Qinghe’s first reaction was this. Thinking of the dream, his face turned bad.

He didn’t remember much of the dream, he mostly felt the despair of his own death, repeating over and over again when he dreamed of Xiuxiu’s death.

It was overwhelming!

He wished he could just die, let her go.

As long as Wang Qinghe thought about this, he felt fear. He couldn’t accept Xiuxiu going anywhere dangerous.

He was handsome, and his expression wasn’t ferocious when he was angry, his eyes just turned red.

Bai Xiuxiu was startled by his appearance, but she wasn’t afraid at all, she asked him back: “Are you yelling at me?”

As soon as she spoke, Wang Qinghe immediately calmed down: “I, no. I’m just worried about you…”

“I didn’t go to the deep mountains, I just went with the third son’s wife, secretly following the fifth son’s wife. The fifth son’s wife is very lucky, I don’t know why, so we quietly walked ahead of them and intercepted some things.

Don’t worry, no one knows.

Besides, we didn’t go deep into the mountains.

I’m so afraid of death, how could I go to the deep mountains? If anything happened, what would you and the two kids do?”

Bai Xiuxiu softly explained the source of these things.

After she died in her past life, she was a ghost following Wang Qinghe, and she knew very well what this man would become if she died.

What would her sweet Mingming and Yueyue become!

She wouldn’t die, no one could make her die!

Wang Qinghe also breathed a sigh of relief: “That’s good, so many things… I’ll find time to sell them?”

Bai Xiuxiu nodded: “That’s what I meant. I’ve already collected the Astragalus seeds. By the way, there’s another thing.”

Bai Xiuxiu brought out the main event.

Seeing the ginseng, Wang Qinghe was also startled: “How did you get this? This…”

Looking at the ugly scars on the ginseng, it was probably dug by his wife.

“The third son’s wife and I saw it, but we both had the same idea, we didn’t want to hand it over to the family. So we just secretly dug it up before they found it. Although the ginseng is damaged, it’s better than getting nothing.

You find a way to sell this as soon as possible, we’ll split 70%, and the third son’s wife will get 30%.”