C3

Shen Jingli was drying wild vegetables in the courtyard. Seeing the chair that Mu Jin was sitting on, he could not help but frown, thinking in his heart, after a few days when he returns, he must definitely change all the furniture in the house.

After drying the vegetables, Shen Jingli was just about to go up the mountain to chop some firewood, when Madam Chen came over with a bag of things. She shouted at the door: "Shen, the beans you asked for, I've brought them for you."

Madam Chen lived next door to Shen Jingli's home. She was thirty years old and her husband had been arrested and forced to serve in the war a few years ago. He had crippled one of his legs and after coming back, her personality had changed greatly.

Madam Chen was a good person, taking care of him as if he was her own brother. Shen Jingli was very grateful that he gave him a gift whenever there was anything good in the family.

After welcoming Sister-in-Law Chen in, Shen Jingli quickly poured tea and water for her, and also brought out the Jiang vinegar eggs that he made last night. Sister-in-law Chen had only been born for a few days, and his body was still weak.

"Sister-in-law, this egg is good for your health. Take it back and eat it."

"No need, you keep them for your family to eat." Madam Chen shook her head and pushed the eggs back. "It won't be easy for you to exchange them for food. It's better to keep them as nourishment for your family."

After saying that, Madam Chen took out the bag of beans. "Do you think these beans are enough? "It's not enough. I'll go to my family and ask them again."

"Enough is enough." Shen Jingli looked at the bag of beans, his heart quickly calculating, "Sister-in-law, I'll buy all of these beans."

"What do you mean money? Old neighbor, I still don't know your family's situation. Where did you get the money from? Just use this bean. It's not enough, sister-in-law will find it for you." Dou Dou was not worth much. She only had one and a half gold coins in her bag for two copper coins.

Shen Jingli thought about it, and that was true, he currently did not have a single cent left, even if he wanted to, he would not be able to give it to his, "Then sister-in-law, bring this ginger egg home to eat."

"Everyone says that you keep it for our family to eat, but my family …" Sister-in-law Chen wanted to say more, but seeing Shen Jingli's insistence, he knew that he would not accept the egg. Shen Jingli would definitely not accept her help again, so he could only accept it, "Alright, I will take the egg back to eat.

Because he and his mother's health were not very good, the villagers were afraid of him and their mother. Occasionally, the villagers would help them out, but they were not willing to interact much with them, and only the next-door, Mrs. Chen, would occasionally come over to help her mother with some work. After her mother's death, it was Aunt Chen who helped her arrange the burial, and in his heart, he was truly grateful to this simple and honest village woman.

After Aunt Chen left, Shen Jingli went into the kitchen and poured some beans out. He dipped them in water and covered them with a wooden lid, then took a basket and went into the mountain.

Mu Family was an outsider's so Shen Jingli did not meet anyone along the way. He was living at the foot of the mountain with a few other outsider families, but the original inhabitants of the village all lived at the other side of the field.

He did not dare to go deep into the mountains, so he only moved around the outskirts of the mountains. He first looked at some of the traps he had set before, and found a pheasant in one of the traps, half dead and still struggling. He took it down and put it in the basket, picked some more fruit, and went down the mountain.