Chapter 25

“But… what about the things we pick up in the mountains?” Zhao Cuihua was still thinking about getting rich with Bai Xiuxiu!

Bai Xiuxiu immediately refused: “That one time was enough. If you want to save up some private money, then go to the mountains and pick some mushrooms. Don’t go deep into the mountains. Look at your second sister-in-law and your fourth sister-in-law.”

Thinking about those two, Zhao Cuihua felt pain all over!

It was too tragic!

“Then, Big Sister-in-law, aren’t you afraid that they will secretly divide the spoils?” Zhao Cuihua couldn’t understand. Why didn’t Big Sister-in-law follow the usual path?

Bai Xiuxiu wasn’t afraid at all!

“Afraid of what? With me around, no one can hide anything! You go to the mountains every now and then, and we’ll make sure no one fools us.” Bai Xiuxiu automatically pulled her into her camp.

After all, the benefits she got from following her weren’t for nothing!

Zhao Cuihua was dumbfounded, feeling like she had gotten on a pirate ship!

Back home, Bai Xiuxiu took out the new fabric she had prepared to make clothes for her children and started cutting patterns.

Right, let’s see, the time was right, her older sister and her mother should be sending her things soon! She remembered that the things they sent last time included yarn!

It seemed like they had gotten a batch of flawed yarn, and they were selling it at a low price without needing tickets.

Her mother and older sister had gotten her some.

No, she had to go to the county tomorrow and call her older sister! She had to ask her older sister to send her more.

The ones from last time were only enough for her and her children. This time, she had to knit a sweater and pants for Wang Qinghe too.

When she first married Wang Qinghe, she simply wanted to live a comfortable life.

Even when she died, she couldn’t say that she had any love for him.

She truly liked this man because she saw how he spent decades seeking revenge for her, venting his anger, dragging his own life down.

He didn’t even find another woman after she died.

Her heart wasn’t made of stone. He was sincere to her, and she had to respond.

In the evening.

The Wang family’s conference table… oh, no, the dinner table.

The family had learned many lessons from the past, so they ate first, and after they had eaten their fill, Wang Qingqi brought out the money he had earned from selling the medicinal herbs with his eldest brother today: “Today, my eldest brother and I went to sell those Astragalus. The pharmacy gave us one yuan per pounds.

Those Astragalus weighed over thirty pounds, and the pharmacy calculated it as thirty-five pounds.

Plus, we got fifteen yuan for other miscellaneous medicinal herbs.

We got fifty yuan in total, and ten food coupons.”

Zhao Guifen almost fainted from happiness when she saw so much money.

When she saw the food coupons, she snatched them up: “Keep these for the New Year’s goods.”

No one in the family objected, after all, the things were in Zhao Guifen’s hands.

Wang Qingqi handed the money to his father, Wang Shoucheng.

Wang Shoucheng looked at his youngest son with satisfaction, then pretended to take out twenty-five yuan: “Old lady, here’s five yuan for us, and the remaining twenty is for the family, keep it well.”

Then he gave each of his five sons five yuan.

Although everyone had some private money, they didn’t get it so openly.

And it was five yuan at once!

Zhao Cuihua’s smile couldn’t be contained! Because the price of Astragalus reminded her of the pile she had at home!

Bai Xiuxiu put the money away.

The family had different thoughts.

Zhao Guifen coughed and brought up the matter she had discussed with the fifth son’s wife: “Recently, the second and fourth son’s wives have been injured and can’t go to the mountains. But we can’t let the mountain work fall behind. I think starting tomorrow, eldest son’s wife, you and the third son’s wife, and me, and the fifth son’s wife, will all go to the mountains together.”

“Mom, I was just about to say this. Today, the third son’s wife accompanied me to Uncle Zhang’s, and Uncle Zhang said that if I get tired again, I might die. This is a matter of my life. If I die, you’re going to make me go to the mountains, then you’re deliberately trying to kill your daughter-in-law.

You might even go to jail.”

Bai Xiuxiu still had a smile on her face.

Go to the mountains? Not a chance! She had already gotten the medicinal herb seeds she wanted, and she had also confirmed Zhou Jiaojiao’s situation. Most importantly, she could now get a share of Zhou Jiaojiao’s gains. There was no need to go to the mountains anymore!

Zhao Guifen was furious when she heard Bai Jiaojiao’s words: “What? Are you not done pretending to be sick?”

“Mom, what do you mean? When did Xiuxiu pretend to be sick? The whole village knows that she felt dizzy and fainted in the fields because she wasn’t feeling well. Yesterday, you wouldn’t let her rest properly, you insisted on making her go to the mountains. Today, her condition worsened…

Are you only satisfied when she dies?”

Wang Qinghe’s face turned cold. He didn’t know if Uncle Zhang’s words were true or not, but regardless, he had to discuss it with Xiuxiu when he got back and take her to the hospital to check.

“You! I’m your mother! Are you scolding me for a vixen?” Zhao Guifen was so confused that she doubted her own existence.

“Alright! Why are you being so harsh?” Wang Shoucheng, who had just planned to make his sons calm down for a while, was having a splitting headache.

He scolded his wife, then said to Wang Qinghe and Bai Xiuxiu: “Since you’re sick, then rest well. Our family is not a cruel one. When the village’s grain is sold and the money is in our hands, you can take your wife to the county to see a doctor.”

“Okay.” Wang Qinghe’s face was cold, and his tone was also chilling.

Zhao Guifen was even angrier when she heard her old man say that he would let the eldest son’s wife go to the county for a checkup.

Why?

She hadn’t even gone to the county for a checkup, how come Bai Xiuxiu was more precious than anyone else?

“Then what about going to the mountains? There are so many good things in the mountains, are we just not going to the mountains?” Zhao Guifen was unwilling.

“You and the fifth son’s wife can go.” Wang Shoucheng glanced at his wife.

She was really stupid all her life!

When had the family ever picked up so many good things before? Tomorrow, she would go with the fifth son’s wife and see if this child was lucky. If she was, she could also help the fifth son hide some things.

They said they would take it back and divide it among the whole family, but would they really divide it all?

Zhao Guifen was unwilling to go with her daughter-in-law. Wouldn’t that mean she had to work too?

“Mom, I’ll go too. The three of us will have each other’s backs in the mountains. Look at your second sister-in-law and your fourth sister-in-law.” Zhao Cuihua was also anxious when she saw her mother-in-law and the fifth son’s family going to the mountains together.

She was kidding! With her mother-in-law like that? She would definitely hide all the good things!

She had to go to the mountains.

“That’s more like it.” Zhao Guifen was finally satisfied.

Wang Shoucheng: …

Zhou Jiaojiao, who had previously thought she could hide things, suddenly became disheartened.

She secretly cursed her mother-in-law for being stupid.

After the family finished discussing, they all dispersed.

Back in the room, Bai Xiuxiu met her husband’s serious expression.

Bai Xiuxiu was confused: “What’s wrong with you?”