HLnovel Chapter 25 Her Unruly Little Actions!
Chapter 25 Her Unruly Little Actions!
Zhao Guangzhu looked at her in shock. What kind of twisted logic was this?
Isn't it normal for someone to discover their own way to make money and not tell others?
Why didn't I see her being so selfless before, passing on her skill in making cloud cakes to others?
However, since the Jiang family was so powerful, Zhao Guangzhu didn't dare to argue with her and let her say whatever she wanted.
Zhao Shengxiang inherited her mother's strong personality and couldn't stand any other girl in the village marrying better than her. She said smugly:
“Zhao Taohua is younger than me. I always pick the best young men from the surrounding villages first, and then she chooses the ones I don’t have.”
Upon hearing this, Madam Jiang immediately beamed with joy, looking at her now-grown-up beloved daughter and saying, "Tomorrow, when Mother sells the herbs, I'll buy you a box of rouge."
"After the matchmaker sees him the day after tomorrow, she'll definitely tell you about the richest and most handsome young man in the surrounding villages."
Upon hearing Jiang's words, Zhao Shengxiang immediately covered her cheeks with her hands in embarrassment.
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Zhao family.
Before it even got dark, Shen Ming arrived early, bringing with him a wolf leg.
Today he went to town and bought some salt, then cut the wolf meat into pieces, marinated them, strung them together with rope to dry, and saved them to eat slowly.
Although Aunt Qian told him to come over for a meal, he couldn't just bring his mouth and his hands empty-handed.
Zhao Taohua was delighted to see Shen Ming arrive, as his presence provided her with an opportunity to replenish her spiritual energy.
Spiritual energy is something you can always have more of; you never know when you might need it.
"Shen Ming, why did you bring so much meat? You should take it home and eat it yourself," Madam Qian immediately refused.
Her original intention was simply to pity Shen Ming spending the Mid-Autumn Festival alone, which is why she invited him over for dinner; she didn't intend to eat Shen Ming's flesh.
"Aunt Qian, I brought it all with me, there's no reason for me to take it back."
Hearing this, Ms. Qian felt a warmth in her heart.
She gestured for Shen Ming to sit down: "Dinner will be ready in a little while!"
Zhao Taohua stepped forward: "Brother Shen Ming, give me the wolf leg!"
The moment Zhao Taohua took the wolf leg from Shen Ming, she secretly touched the back of Shen Ming's hand again, startling him.
Why is this girl always so unruly?
Because of his tall stature, neither Qian nor Zhao Ershu noticed her little tricks!
For dinner, Qian made braised pork belly with potatoes, braised pork ribs, steamed crab, eggplant with minced meat made with wolf meat, lotus root cakes, and crucian carp soup. After all the dishes were on the table, she also served four bowls of rice.
To be honest, after eating cornmeal for several days, Zhao Taohua found this rice to be the most delicious thing in the world!
Such a lavish meal had never been served in the Zhao family before. In previous years, they would at most buy two crucian carp to make a crucian carp soup for the Mid-Autumn Festival, just to let Zhao Taohua enjoy the crucian carp.
Unlike today, where there is fish, meat, crab, and even wolf meat, we can eat all kinds of food.
"Shen Ming, don't be shy, eat whatever you want."
"Thank you, Aunt Qian."
It has to be said that Aunt Qian's cooking is really delicious. Ever since Zhao Taohua brought him a meal last time, he has missed Aunt Qian's cooking very much.
Tonight, he not only got to eat the food cooked by Aunt Qian, but also had a reunion dinner with so many people.
While shoveling rice into his mouth, Shen Ming lowered his eyes to conceal the strange look in them.
The next morning, everyone got up early and went to the foot of the mountain, covered in morning dew.
Everyone was carrying tools; those without small shovels used large hoes or rakes, and some even brought kitchen knives from home.
Some people dig even without tools, using only their bare hands.
Everyone worked hard to dig up medicinal herbs. On the first day, the village chief's family, which had the most people and the most complete tools, sold more than one tael of silver.
Grandma Feng's family sold for one tael of silver, Aunt Zheng's family sold for over eight hundred coins, and the Zhao family's old house also sold for over eight hundred coins.
Even those with fewer family members can earn at least three hundred dollars a day.
No one has ever thought that making money could be so easy!
At the Zhao family's old house, Zhao Sanshi excitedly said, "Mother, we earned more than eight hundred coins today! If that's enough for a month, wouldn't that be more than two taels of silver? That's what our family used to earn in a whole year!"
Grandma Sun put the money away and said to everyone, "Keep digging well tomorrow. In the evening, Xiao Feng will go to Uncle Xiangping's house to learn how to identify medicinal herbs."
The villagers were all energized, ready to get up early the next day to dig for medicinal herbs again.
Zhao Taohua's family started digging for medicinal herbs at the foot of the mountain yesterday afternoon. Moreover, Zhao Ershu and Qian Shi followed Zhao Taohua to dig for far more than just the two kinds of herbs that Zhao Xiangping taught them to dig.
So, even though there were only three of them, they still made more than one tael of silver.
Everyone else only digs up the same two kinds of herbs. Once someone else has dug up a spot, you can't find any more herbs there. In fact, everyone is competing to see who can find those two kinds of herbs faster.
Today, Zhao Taohua also brought her embroidered handkerchiefs and purses for menstruation to town to sell, earning a total of nine hundred and ten coins.
However, Zhao Taohua later bought another ten feet of coarse cloth, which cost four hundred coins.
So, by this calculation, the three-and-a-half-tons who bought the homestead are only 1,600 coins short. If they work a little harder, it will only take them two days at most.
When the time comes, go and tell the village chief that her family wants to buy a plot of land!
The next day, as soon as it was light, everyone took their tools and went to the foot of the mountain. They tried to spread out and dig for medicinal herbs. Some even bought small shovels after selling the herbs the day before.
Jiang led her family to the foot of the mountain at the west end of the village. Before they dispersed, she said to the others, "Hurry up and dig! Although our family is small, we'll fight for pride, even if it's just for a living. We'll definitely dig more than everyone else!"
"Yes, mother!"
Zhao Shengxiang's voice was exceptionally loud in response.
The images of the four herbs she had just learned about yesterday and the day before were already etched in her mind. With a shovel and a basket on her back, she bent over and began searching on the ground.
However, it was obviously not as easy to dig today as it was yesterday. Although the villagers were scattered and digging for medicinal herbs, there were more than 100 households and nearly 1,000 people in the village. Each person could dig a large area in a day.
The number of herbs at the foot of the mountain had decreased dramatically. Suddenly, when Zhao Shengxiang looked up at the hillside, she was surprised to see a small patch full of the herbs she was looking for!
Zhao Shengxiang hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to go forward and dig them up.
That area was enough for her to fill half a basket.
The village chief said that Zhao Taohua had subdued the troublemakers at the foot of the mountain, and no more wolves would come down.
Since there are no wolves, what is she afraid of?
Zhao Shengxiang pursed her lips, a fierce glint flashing in her eyes. Her mother had said that she wouldn't fight for a steamed bun but for pride, and she, Zhao Shengxiang, absolutely could not be inferior to others.
Immediately, Zhao Shengxiang went up and started digging up the patch of herbs. Seeing the increasing number of herbs in his basket, Zhao Shengxiang was very excited.
After she finished digging, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. She wished she could dig another patch of land.
Just as she turned her head, something familiar suddenly appeared in her line of sight. She was startled at first, then her eyes were filled with joy.
She recognized it; it was a durian, which was very expensive in town, costing over two hundred yuan each.
I heard it smells bad, but tastes delicious, and is very popular with the wealthy people in town.
She had watched others buy durians and, seeing the golden flesh inside after breaking open the shell, she really wanted to take a bite.
To everyone's surprise, she actually saw a durian in the mountains today.
She walked to the tree, imitated the vendor counting the durians, and then said, "There are actually ten compartments of flesh!"