Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside-Chapter 1230 - 1232: Heading Up the Mountain in Groups
That family, afraid of being discovered by the villagers, went up the mountain early every day, returning only after dark.
In just a few days, they had picked hazelnuts from several dozen acres on Hazelnut Mountain, amounting to thousands of pounds of hazelnuts.
Even though they were very careful, they were still found out by the villagers.
Because those thousands of pounds of hazelnuts appeared in their home, which inevitably aroused suspicion.
"Hey, I say, Aunt Lan Hua, what’s going on with your family? Going out early and coming back late, what are you doing in this yard?"
"Nothing, nothing!" replied the old woman named Lan Hua hesitantly, trying to cover it up, which only made the villagers more suspicious.
"Nothing? If it’s nothing, why is everyone in your family doing nothing but working on these things at home?" The villager was clearly not convinced.
At this point, Lan Hua’s little grandson spoke up, "This is something my grandma found on the mountain to eat, it’s really tasty and can be sold for Silver."
Children are often the most truthful, and Lan Hua quickly covered her grandson’s mouth, smiling apologetically at the villagers, "Kids, they just talk nonsense, don’t take it seriously."
After saying that, the old woman closed the door, and as she turned around, she gave her grandson’s butt a few spanks, making the child cry out loudly.
The villagers outside understood perfectly well, this Aunt Lan Hua’s family was going to make a silent fortune!
They yelled from outside the door, "Aunt Lan Hua, don’t hit the child, what fault can a child have, the kid just spoke the truth."
"I say, Aunt Lan Hua, are you selling these things your family is working on? How do you sell them, how much Silver can they fetch?"
Hearing the villagers’ voices outside, the old woman named Lan Hua knew that this could no longer be kept a secret. The Yang Family would definitely find out. If the Yang Family complained, it would be better for the whole village to go pick them. After all, there were plenty left on the mountain. So she opened the door, "Oh, didn’t I hear that the mountain is going to be bought by the Yang Family? We won’t be able to go to that mountain anymore, so I thought I’d find some treasures there first."
"So what are these treasures?" The villager said as he stepped into the yard, looking at the piles of hazelnuts on the ground.
"These are edible things that grow on trees. I only just recently discovered them," said the old woman, grabbing a handful to give to the villager, "Crack it open, the kernel inside is edible."
After tasting it, the villager remarked in surprise, "Wow, this is actually quite tasty. How have I never noticed that these things were edible before?"
The old woman laughed awkwardly, thinking if she hadn’t eavesdropped, she wouldn’t have known either, "I only discovered it by accident."
"Can this stuff really be sold for Silver?" The villager’s eyes were darting around, wanting to find out all the details.
"I haven’t sold any yet, I’ve just picked them. Even if they can’t be sold, we can always eat them at home."
The villager made up his mind, "You have a point, I think I’ll head to the back mountain and pick some too."
"Yes, go ahead. There are plenty of these things on the back mountain, they’re everywhere. Once the mountain is sold to the Yang Family, we won’t be able to go up there and get anything anymore." The old woman smiled, feeling her goal had been achieved.
"Yes, yes, I’ll be off then." The villager left with these words and hurried away.
After the villager left, the little grandson in the yard said, "Grandma, if you let them go up the mountain too, won’t we end up picking fewer ourselves?"
"It’s still your fault. If you hadn’t spilled the beans, would this have happened?" The old woman scolded her little grandson once again.
Just like that, while Xiaoxiao still didn’t know it, the people of the Yang Family village had already started heading to the mountain in groups of three or five.
