Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1223 - 1225: Edible Things Growing on Top

Xiaoxiao sat at the courtyard gate, holding the child, teasing the child while waiting for everyone to return.

The three little ones came back first, and Xiaoxiao waved to them from afar. The three little ones hopped over and sweetly called out, "Third Auntie."

"Have you all studied well?"

"Of course, Auntie, let me recite something for you."

"Auntie, I’ll recite something for you too."

"..."

"..."

The three little ones took turns showing Xiaoxiao what they’d been learning at school.

After a while, Father Yang returned with a group of people, coincidentally along with the eldest and second sisters-in-law.

Xiaoxiao, eager to ask about the hazelnut trees, quickly stood up, "Dad, you’re back."

"Yes." Father Yang nodded, leading everyone into the courtyard.

The second wife said as she entered, "Sister-in-law, you really should visit the small courtyard. A lot of new things have come up recently."

"Yes, I’ll find time to go." Xiaoxiao had planned to visit, but since she had just arrived home, she planned to rest for a day first.

Xiaoxiao couldn’t wait to ask about the hazelnut trees, and without waiting to enter the house, she said, "Fourth brother, may I ask you something?"

Yang Dong stopped his footsteps, "Sister-in-law, what do you want to ask me?"

Xiaoxiao didn’t hold back and asked directly in front of everyone, "I want to ask you, where did you get those firewood branches?"

"They’re from our back mountain." Yang Dong replied.

Xiaoxiao continued to ask, "Are there many of these trees on the back mountain, roughly how many? Are they in groves or scattered?"

"Oh, there are loads of them, in groves. These trees are short and not so sturdy; when we chop kindling, we always chop these. Isn’t that great, Sister-in-law? I discovered them; before, Third Brother and the others looked for big trees, which are much harder to chop." Yang Dong said proudly, taking credit.

But it was this remark that made Xiaoxiao furious; he was chopping down silver!

"Sister-in-law, what are you asking for? Are you out of firewood? I just chopped a lot. If it’s not enough, I’ll go chop more."

"..." Xiaoxiao was speechless. More chopping? How much silver would be chopped away?

"No more chopping. Take me to the mountain to see that area tomorrow."

"Okay!"

Hearing Xiaoxiao and Yang Dong’s conversation, the second wife curiously asked, "Sister-in-law, did you discover something?"

Xiaoxiao smiled; the second sister-in-law was the shrewdest in the family. Without any hesitation, she said, "Yes, I recognize that tree, what’s growing on it is edible."

"What?" Yang Dong was surprised, "Impossible, how come I didn’t notice?"

"When you chopped, it wasn’t fully grown. Tomorrow I’ll go to the mountain to confirm; if it’s true, we should buy the mountain."

Upon hearing about buying the mountain, which was no small matter, everyone turned to look at Xiaoxiao.

"It’s not certain yet. I’ll decide after I check the mountain tomorrow. If it’s true, we must buy the mountain; otherwise, if everyone goes up there to gather food, we won’t have anything to profit from. Let’s keep this to ourselves for now."

"Listen to the third daughter-in-law; no one should mention this." Father Yang instructed the family.

Everyone agreed eagerly; no one would talk about this money-making opportunity, and they were deeply impressed with Xiaoxiao.

The family chatted and laughed, not noticing that someone was standing outside the big gate.

This person had heard everything completely.