After wearing it: I traded a pig for a man.

He was always idle and lazy, and after getting married, he pawned his wife to have children because he couldn't pay off his gambling debts. His cruelty made many villagers afraid of him.

"Jiang Yunning, isn't that unfair? We're all from the same village, and you're just making a three-cent profit by reselling?"

He spat out the grass he was chewing, his face showing a hint of ferocity.

"We're from the same village, what you're doing is really going too far." Another person stood up, his eyes full of resentment.

"Yes, we make three coins per pound, and there are so many of us."

"My goodness, did they buy that oxcart by profiting from our money?"

Their eyes no longer held gratitude, but anger.

"You guys can't say that, this is the price of my daughter." Jiang Laosan was about to explain when Jiang Yun Ning stopped him.

"Okay, if you all think I've gone too far, you can go sell them yourselves. The money has already been settled tonight, so if you want it back, just refund the money."

She smiled, showing no sign of anger. "But if anyone dares to cause trouble, I won't tolerate it."

Behind her, Jiang Yuntian and Liu Yuzhi had already picked up shovels, while Jiang Che picked up a bow.

Zhang Sangou pulled his foot back, snorted, and turned to leave.

Immediately afterwards, a dozen or so people returned the silver, took the cicada nymphs, and left.

"Oh dear!" Wang Cuihua exclaimed anxiously. "Girl, what should we do? Let's explain things to them."

Jiang Mancang was feeling smug and was about to say something sarcastic when he heard Jiang Yunning's very calm tone.

"Mother, there's no point in explaining now. Let them try it themselves and see if what Jiang Mancang said is true."

Jiang Mancang felt a little guilty, snorted, and left.

The courtyard was empty, and Wang Cuihua sighed as she prepared dinner.

There was one fish left over from yesterday, so I'll stew it tonight.

"Mom, cook something else," Jiang Yun Ning called out. "Jiang Che doesn't like fish."

Jiang Che, who was tidying up the dean, paused, feeling as if something inside him was slowly melting away.

Soon, news of Jiang Yuning selling it for sixteen yuan a pound spread throughout the village, and almost everyone cursed Jiang Yuning for being heartless.

Aunt Hua brought Xiaodouzi over for a visit, glancing at Jiang Yun Ning every now and then. Seeing that she hadn't been affected, she felt relieved.

"Yun Ning, you've managed to sell these unwanted cicada nymphs for sixteen coins, that's your skill. Without you, those heartless bastards in the village wouldn't have earned a single coin."

Aunt Hua spat in anger.

Jiang Yun Ning smiled and said, "It's alright, Auntie. I don't care what others say."

If she listened to everyone, she wouldn't have to do anything.

At this moment, the manager of Baiweixuan was having a bit of a headache.

"I'll say it one last time: cicada nymphs are fourteen coins a pound. If you're not buying, then get out of here. Don't dawdle."

The shopkeeper was initially quite polite when he heard these people say they were from the same village as Jiang Yunning.

But now he realized that these people had heard that Jiang Yuning was selling it for sixteen coins a catty, so they skipped over Jiang Yuning and came to deliver it themselves.

Since that's the case, there's no need to be polite.

"No way, shopkeeper." Zhang Sangou's eyes darted around. "Jiang Mancang said it's sixteen coins."

The clerk who was in charge of weighing the items overheard this and came over.

"Jiang Mancang? I already told him when he came yesterday that Miss Jiang sells for sixteen coins because she provided the recipe. Everyone else sells for fourteen coins. Didn't he tell you?"

"What?"

Everyone was stunned.

Zhang Sangou immediately realized that he had been used as a pawn.

The cicada nymphs, which cost fourteen coins a catty, were sold out, and the faces of the group of people were somewhat gloomy.

Especially Zhang Sangou.

He was so angry he gritted his teeth.

"What kind of nonsense is this? You came all this way, only to find it's one coin more expensive. You'd be better off doing something else with this time."

"Yeah. I wonder if Jiang Yunning will still accept our cicada nymphs if we go to his place again tonight."

In the afternoon, Jiang Yuning returned from town, having bought more than a dozen chicks and two hens.

There was no other way. The hen in the space was laying too many eggs; she needed a suitable excuse to take them out.

As soon as she entered the village, she saw Zhang Sangou come out of the old house in a menacing manner. When he saw her, his face was like a palette of colors.

Jiang Yun Ning ignored him and focused on playing with the chicks.

In the evening, the courtyard was once again filled with people.

Those who had said they would deliver it themselves, and even the once-righteous Zhang Sangou, all lowered their heads sheepishly, afraid that Jiang Yunning would tell them about the monkey.

Jiang Yun Ning just smiled and said nothing.

It's not worth offending a petty person over something so trivial.

In the old Jiang family house, Jiang Mancang, who had been hiding all day and dared not go out, looked at the dark, mushy steamed bun in front of him but could not eat a single bite.

"Grandma, why does Jiang Yun Ning get meat every day, while we only get to eat dark flour?" Jiang Mancang knew that Jiang Liu Shi doted on her grandson, and immediately made a bitter face. "It's alright for the adults, but Zheng An is so young, he still needs to grow."

Jiang Zheng'an nodded immediately when he heard him mention himself.

"Great-Grandma, I want to eat white flour steamed buns, and I want to eat pork," he shouted.

Jiang Liu's face darkened: "Eat, eat, all you know is how to eat. Wasn't it you who insisted on severing ties in the first place?"

She was angry too, and she was jealous too.

The relationship is over, what can be done?

Jiang Youfu glanced furtively at Jiang Liushi and suddenly spoke up: "Mother, even if we're no longer related, you're still Third Brother's mother, right? If we did something serious, he wouldn't dare lay a hand on you, would he?"

"He wouldn't dare!" Jiang Liu's eyes widened.

Jiang Youfu smiled and said, "Mother, I have a plan, but I'm just wondering if you can support it."

Then she added, "It's mainly because I feel sorry for the child. Look, Zheng'an has lost weight recently."

"What method?" Jiang Liu asked in confusion.

Jiang Youfu leaned forward slightly and whispered, "Let's find an opportunity to rob or steal. Even if they catch up, we'll just return half. We'll deny ever actually taking any."

Jiang Liu hesitated.

"Grandma." Jiang Mancang's eyes lit up. "What are you still hesitating about? Look at Uncle San, he bought an oxcart and dug a well, but he won't even give you half a pound of meat."

He made no mention of the IOU he had requested when the relationship was severed.

Anyway, he hasn't seen any return on his investment so far.

As the moon rose above the treetops, the shady dealings taking place in the courtyard began to take shape.

It took Jiang Yun Ning two days to convince her family to set aside two mu of the four mu of land they had just bought to grow sweet potatoes.

"Girl, we've never seen this thing before. Is it really that productive?" Old Jiang had already dug the pit, but he was still a little worried.

Jiang Yuning was squatting on the ground cutting pieces, not even looking up: "Dad, don't worry. If it's planted well, it'll yield a thousand catties per mu. And the leaves are edible too."

"Dad," Jiang Yuntian wiped his sweat, "Don't worry, if it really doesn't work, we can just keep eating black flour buns."

Jiang Yuntian now obeys Jiang Yunning's every word, after all, the fact that the family can afford to eat white rice and flour and has a well is all thanks to her.

Even if the sweet potato project fails, we can just go back to our old ways.

"Don't worry, big brother." Jiang Yun Ning looked up, "I won't let you suffer again."

After a busy day, the two acres of land were almost planted.

Wang Cuihua called to Jiang Anhe, "Anhe, do you want to go home with Grandma to cook?"

Jiang Anhe was squatting in the ground playing with insects when she heard this, and immediately got up: "Let's go. We're going home with Grandma."

Jiang Yun Ning turned her head to look at the grandfather and grandson walking away, the setting sun casting long shadows of the two.

This scene reminded her of her grandmother, who used to hold her hand and walk with her in the sunset when she was alive.

When she arrived at her doorstep, Wang Cuihua took out her keys, only to find that the lock had been broken.

She immediately became nervous and covered Jiang Anhe's mouth.