During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

Ye Qingqing raised her hand and took down two fortune sticks, one of medium luck and one of minor luck.

The divination slips transformed into clusters of starlight and dissipated in her hands.

She didn't rush to get up, but instead raised her arm behind her head and began to ponder...

Great!

They were only thinking about eating pork and underestimated the ferocity of wild boars, especially two of them!

She and Ye Dazhuang went up the mountain, but dealing with the wild boar family of five would probably be a bit difficult.

But we can't let the pork we've already got slip away; once the divination slip is taken, it's not needed today or it will expire.

If that doesn't work, we can organize the village hunters to go up the mountain and hunt them, then everyone can share the meat – a win-win situation through cooperation.

As for Xiao Jiqian, he probably wouldn't have time to hunt wild boars, so he could be entrusted to...

"Second Sister!"

Just as she was pondering this, Ye Cuicui skipped in, bringing a chill with her, and pounced on the bedside table, calling to her.

"It's so noisy outside, how can you still sleep?"

Ye Qingqing quickly shrank her neck further into the blankets, laughing and scolding.

"You brat, it's cold! Let them have their fun, I'm sleeping in my warm bed."

"It's quite cold today; it might snow for the first time in the next couple of days."

Ye Cuicui tucked her hands, red from the cold, under her blanket to warm them, and said with a radiant smile, "Second Sister, aren't you going up the mountain? Take me with you, I want to go too!"

Ye Qingqing slowly sat up and put on her clothes. "It's so cold, aren't you afraid of getting cold?"

"Don't be afraid! Second sister, look, my sister-in-law and I have padded our cotton-padded jackets and trousers thickly, so we're not cold at all."

To show her determination, Ye Cuicui tugged at the hem of her clothes and pleaded with a charmingly naive expression, "Second sister, please take me with you! Please, please, I also want to go up the mountain and bring back some things."

Ye Qingqing had originally intended to entrust the task of picking frozen mushrooms to her, which was exactly what she wanted.

She touched Ye Cuicui's hand and smiled, "Since you begged me, alright, I'll take you with me."

"Really? Thank you, Second Sister!"

Ye Cuicui jumped for joy, hugging her neck and laughing and shouting, "Second sister, you're so good to me!"

His innocence and naivety were evident in his words.

This little girl!

I saw her a few days ago and she was like a cat seeing a mouse. How come she's already hugging my neck and acting all playful with me so soon?

However, Ye Qingqing also genuinely enjoyed this intimate feeling between sisters, and pinched her cheek while smiling as she said...

"I'll take you up the mountain to pick some frozen mushrooms later. Go find two or three of your close girlfriends in the village, have them carry big baskets, and pick as many as you want!"

"Frozen mushrooms?"

Ye Cuicui was stunned and looked at her in a daze. "Second sister, every winter people go up the mountain to search for this thing all over the place, but very few can find it."

"You haven't even climbed the mountain, how would you know where the frozen mushrooms are?"

Frozen mushrooms are a famous delicacy in northern China; every mountain dweller knows them.

It only grows in early winter, and the colder the weather gets, the more it sprouts, until it stops growing in the twelfth lunar month.

If we could find it, it would be worth a fortune!

But my second sister immediately suggested picking frozen mushrooms. Where are we supposed to pick them?

They even told her to contact her girlfriends. If she couldn't find them after a whole day, wouldn't that be a waste of time making them freeze all day?

In the village, not everyone has brand-new, thick cotton-padded jackets and trousers to wear. It would be so embarrassing if my little sister got cold!

"Guess how I knew? I told you I know where frozen mushrooms grow, would you believe me?"

If I can't find it, I'll twist my head off and give it to you to sit on!

Ye Qingqing flicked her finger and tapped her forehead, giving her a mysterious smile.

"Just tell me if you're going or not. If not, fine, I'll go by myself!"

"Go! Go! Go!"

Ye Cuicui clung to her arm and said coquettishly, "Of course I believe you, Second Sister! Second Sister, hurry up and get up and wash up, I'll go find someone right now!"

Ye Qingqing slowly put on her cotton-padded trousers.

After buying enough cotton, my sister-in-law stuffed her cotton-padded jacket and trousers with all her might. The clothes were thick and warm, but wearing them felt like putting on a sack of cotton, and it took a lot of effort!

I finally managed to put it on, but I looked like a bloated mother bear!

However, as soon as she stepped out of the house, everyone's envious and jealous eyes were fixed on her.

The father, elder brother and sister-in-law, Xiao Huanhuan, and Ye Dazhuang's whole family were all wrapped in brand-new cotton-padded clothes, standing out conspicuously among a group of villagers wearing tattered cotton-padded coats covered in patches.

Especially my dad, dressed in new clothes, sitting under the eaves with an injured leg, smoking his pipe and greeting the villagers with a big smile, his smile more hard to suppress than an AK47!

He is now the most respected old man in Kaoshantun, and even the village head has to greet him with a smile.

Ye Qingqing also felt the power of this thick winter coat. Wrapped in a warm body, the cold air could not penetrate it for a while!

"Is Er Yatou awake?"

Li Chunyan was practically floating on air from all the praise she received among the group of aunties and grandmas. Seeing her come out, they beamed and said...

"The steamed buns, rice porridge, and pickled cabbage are all warming up in the stove; hurry up and have something hot to eat!"

Ye Qingqing nodded, "Okay, I understand, sister-in-law."

She gets up late, and every day her sister-in-law saves her a hot meal after everyone else in the family has already eaten.

Indeed, the key factor for a loving family is having enough to eat and wear.

If she had done what the original owner did and made this place so bad that even coarse grain buns couldn't be eaten, her sister-in-law wouldn't have saved her breakfast, let alone given her a hot meal!

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Dazhuang's silent gaze had already turned over, his eyes asking questions in a low voice.

Can't this silent bottle just say a word?

"Big Zhuang Brother."

Ye Qingqing walked straight over and said with a smile,

"Stop working, pack up, and come up the mountain with me in a bit. Oh, and there's something else I want to discuss with you on the way."

"Um."

Ye Dazhuang nodded, and that was the first sound he made that day.

"Second sister, we're here!"

As they were eating at the stove, Ye Cuicui, along with several girls of similar age from the village, rushed in, their faces beaming with joy.

"Lingzi and the others heard that you're taking us up the mountain, and they all really want to go!"

Several little girls wearing patched cotton-padded jackets, seeing her, were both nervous and expectant, and they chattered amongst themselves.

"Hello, Sister Qingqing..."

"Sister Qingqing, is it really possible for us to find frozen mushrooms if we go up the mountain?"

"Sister Qingqing, my mother wants to go too, is that alright?"

……

"Okay, those who were originally coming, come on over."

Ye Qingqing raised an eyebrow, instantly exuding the aura of a boss.

"I can't guarantee that we'll find frozen mushrooms. If we don't, don't complain. If you don't want to go, you don't have to."

"Yes! We're all willing to go!"

Before she could finish speaking, the girls eagerly chimed in, as if afraid of being left out.

"It's okay if we don't find the photo, Sister Qingqing, we just want to follow you!"

"My mother said you're the most capable girl in our village, and that I should learn from you!"

"Sister Qingqing, my dad says you've had a stroke of good luck! Being with you means I can share in that good fortune..."

……

Ye Qingqing, "..."

People's eyes are sharp!

She finished the steamed bun in her hand, drank the hot porridge in her bowl in one gulp, shook her head, and said, "Let's go."