The three people went deep into the forest.
Zhao Si Dan excitedly cried out, “Mother, so many mushrooms!”
Cheng Loan Loan glanced at the interface. These were chicken mushrooms, commonly found in Da He Village and edible. The system prompted 12 *wen* per *catty*.
She smiled and said, “Si Dan, you’re amazing!”
Zhao Si Dan’s eyes widened. This seemed to be the first time his mother had praised him!
“Alright, Si Dan, you pick mushrooms here. We’ll go over there and see if there are any.” Cheng Loan Loan patted his head. “Remember not to run around.”
Zhao Si Dan nodded vigorously.
This was the first time his mother had touched his hair!
Ever since eating a full meal last night, he had felt his mother was different. He liked his current mother!
Zhao Si Dan squatted down and busily picked mushrooms, wanting his mother to praise him once more.
Cheng Loan Loan secretly rubbed her hands again.
This kid hadn’t washed his hair for who knows how many days; just a touch, and her hands were greasy… Oh well, she herself hadn’t washed her hair or bathed in a long time either.
Cheng Loan Loan ignored this image-shattering matter and went to the other side with Wu Hui Niang. As soon as they walked over, they saw quite a few wild ferns.
In this season, wild ferns grew well, though they were a bit old. They could be dried and stir-fried, and the taste wasn’t bad.
Wu Hui Niang immediately squatted down to dig up the wild ferns.
Cheng Loan Loan continued searching.
【Ding! Wild black bolete mushrooms discovered! 】
It was black bolete mushrooms again, growing under a tree trunk in a large, dark black cluster. This color made the villagers wary of picking them indiscriminately, allowing Cheng Loan Loan to benefit.
This was the most expensive item she had seen so far; the system sold it for 45 *wen* per *catty*.
She took out a small shovel from her basket and quickly scooped the bolete mushrooms into the basket…
【Ding! Wild black bolete mushrooms, three *catties* and five *liang*, 158 *wen*. Sell? 】
【Sell! 】
*Swoosh*, Cheng Loan Loan’s purse swelled.
She calculated that, adding the previous amount, she now had a total of 211 *wen*.
This amount of money could buy a hundred *catties* of rice at the market, enough for a family of six to eat for nearly two months.
“Waaah—this is mine!”
Not far away, the loud crying of a child suddenly rang out.
Cheng Loan Loan originally didn’t want to bother, but she felt this crying sounded a bit familiar.
With the empty basket on her back, she circled around. Before she had taken a few steps, she saw a group of children around ten years old surrounding Zhao Si Dan.
Zhao Si Dan cried, panting, “I saw it first, it’s my rabbit, give it back to me, *hoo hoo hoo*…”
“You little brat, don’t talk nonsense! This is the rabbit we caught!”
“Your name, Zhao Si Dan, isn’t written on the rabbit, so what makes you say it’s yours!”
“If the rabbit is in our hands, then it’s ours, let’s go!”
The older children, holding the rabbit, wanted to leave.
“Stop!”
Cheng Loan Loan walked over, her gaze fixed on the rabbit.
She wasn’t looking at the rabbit, but at braised rabbit, spicy rabbit, steamed rabbit…
Those pre-teen brats all took a step back when they saw Cheng Loan Loan. This was Auntie Zhao; she even dared to scold her own mother-in-law, so she wouldn’t want to hit them, would she?
They wanted to run but didn’t dare.
Cheng Loan Loan tried her best to make her tone gentle: “Tell me, what exactly happened with this rabbit?”
The leader was the eldest son of Zhang Wu Lai from the village, named Zhang Da Gang, twelve years old this year, who spent all day causing trouble with a bunch of other pre-teen boys.
However, the original owner was also a notorious troublemaker in the village, frequently standing with hands on hips and ranting. The women and mothers-in-law in the village all had to give her a wide berth. How would these young rascals dare to tease her?
But what had to be claimed, still had to be claimed.
“This is the rabbit we caught!” Zhang Da Gang stated, quite reasonably. “Zhao Si Dan is jealous we have the rabbit and keeps claiming it’s his!”
“It’s not like that, boo hoo hoo……” Zhao Si Dan wailed. “Mom, I caught the rabbit first, but they snatched it away from me……”