The mountains were shrouded in mist and the sound of birdsong could be heard faintly in the woods.

Gu Chengxin got up early, picked up the only hatchet in the house, and shouted in the direction of Shen Lianxin, "Mom, let's go to the mountain to dig vegetables."

Shen Lianxin also woke up. She went to bed early and got up early. She came out of the room and said, "Are you all going? Xiaozhen can stay at home."

Hearing Shen Lianxin say this, the children suddenly became nervous. Is mother going to sell little sister? Gu Chengxin and Gu Chengan quickly protected Gu Chengzhen behind them, "Mom, we can take good care of little sister, so let her go with us."

Seeing the children's defensive looks, Shen Lianxin felt helpless. She was just kind-hearted and thought it would be dangerous for such a young girl to go up the mountain, but she didn't expect that the children would be on guard in return. Shen Lianxin was too lazy to pay attention and stopped talking.

Gu Chengxin and Gu Chengan looked at each other, then pulled Gu Chengzhen and ran out.

Shen Lianxin poured the rice she bought from the mall into the rice jar and cooked some porridge. When she was about to eat, she saw Gu Chengxin running back again. Shen Lianxin raised her eyebrows and looked over. Gu Chengxin smiled awkwardly when he saw his mother and said, "I left in such a hurry that I forgot to carry the backpack."

As he was about to leave with the backpack on his back, Shen Lianxin stopped him and brought out a bowl of porridge. "You guys didn't eat anything when you came up the mountain. I thought you didn't cook much after you left. Take this bowl first. Share some among each of you. You can't eat on an empty stomach."

Gu Chengxin was surprised. Didn’t they eat up all the food yesterday? Where did this rice come from?

"I hid it before. Go quickly, bring the bowl back if you can, otherwise just throw it away." Shen Lianxin saw his confusion and said impatiently.

"Mom, I will definitely bring the bowl back." Gu Chengxin carefully carried the porridge and walked out.

Shen Lianxin only had half a bowl of porridge left, which she drank up in two gulps, then washed the dishes and prepared to leave for the city.

When they reached the entrance of the village, several women saw Shen Lianxin coming over and looked at her from head to toe with disdain that they could not hide. But when they saw her coming over, they still said, "Ah! The hunter's family, are you going to the city to buy wine again!"

Shen Lianxin didn't bother to pay attention to her. She sat on the ox cart and asked Mr. Huang, the driver, "How much?"

Mr. Huang was puzzled. "It's 1 copper coin per person. The things you bring take up space and you are charged an extra fee. How come you, who always take the bus, still asked the price?"

Aunt Zhang, who was sitting in the car, said disdainfully, "I think his brain was damaged by drinking too much."

Shen Lianxin raised her eyebrows, handed a copper coin to Grandpa Huang, looked at Aunt Zhang, and asked without getting angry, "I heard from my Cheng Xin that you gave the rice to the family?"

Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes at her and said, "I just felt sorry for the child, but I didn't give it to you."

Shen Lianxin twitched her lips, "I cooked for the children yesterday, thank you!"

Cooked it all? Aunt Zhang was instantly excited. She must have heard it right. If she saved it, it would take at least a week to eat. What a spendthrift woman, she cooked the whole meal.

Aunt Zhang pointed at Shen Lianxin angrily, "You, you, you!!! You spendthrift, why did you cook all the food that was left for the children to eat slowly? You damn drunkard, you are going to drive the children to death."

Shen Lianxin held her forehead and sighed. Aunt Zhang was originally a close and good sister of Shen Lianxin. After Shen Lianxin changed, she would find fault with her and scold her from time to time. But Shen Lianxin knew that she was just pitying her misfortune and angry at her for not fighting back, and wanted to scold her to wake her up. From the fact that she helped a few little ones from time to time in this era when she couldn't even have enough food, it was clear that she had a good heart.

Before, whenever the original owner met her, they would always curse at each other, but Shen Lianxin didn't want to argue with her, so she lowered her head and kept silent, neither answering nor looking at her.

"You, you, why don't you say anything? Will it be okay if you don't say anything?" Aunt Zhang punched the cotton, at a loss.

Aunt Li and Aunt Wang who were in the same car echoed, "That's right, it's really pitiful for this child to have a mother like you. What's the living standard these days? She eats up all the food in one meal."

"Really? You go to the city to drink and eat meat when you have a little money. You don't even care that your children can't even eat. How much wealth can the dead hunter Gu have for you to spend?"

In this era, do you say gossip to people's faces? Shen Lianxin was not a good-tempered person. She could ignore Aunt Zhang, but how could she tolerate these people who never lent a helping hand and just watched her laugh and wanted to criticize her from a moral high ground?

Shen Lianxin raised her head and looked at Aunt Li and Aunt Wang, with a smile on her face. "My family is almost ruined by me. We really can't even afford to eat. How about you give me some food, just to pity my children?"

When they heard that they needed food, Aunt Li and Aunt Wang quickly moved away. "This year is not good. Every family is short of food. We don't have any extra food to help you."

"My family is the same. We can't even feed ourselves, so how can we lend you food?"

After that, they shut up and stopped talking, fearing that Shen Lianxin would think of them. Shen Lianxin felt amused and ignored them. Uncle Huang saw that almost everyone had arrived, and today only these four people were going to the city. His ox cart could carry 4 people, but it was not full every day. Uncle Huang sighed, whipped the ox cart, and it slowly set off.

There was no conversation along the way, and it took nearly an hour to reach the city. On the tall city gate were two majestic characters written: Yuncheng.

After getting off the car, Shen Lianxin walked to the city by herself. Yuncheng is a medium-sized town, relatively prosperous, with shops lining both sides of the street and roadside stalls. It is like two different worlds compared to Yunshan Village where she lives.

Shen Lianxin found everything new. It was her first time in this world and she suddenly wanted to experience it all.

Seeing a stall selling red hairpins, Shen Lian's heart was moved. A woman's shopping desire came up, and she asked, "Boss, how much is this hairpin?"

"Miss, you have good eyes. Although my hairpin is not made of silver, it has pearl flowers on it. It is very exquisite. It costs 400 coins, which is a very fair price. If you like it, don't miss it." The boss introduced enthusiastically.

400 wen, Shen Lianxin couldn't even take out 4 wen from her bag, so she put down the pearl hairpin, smiled and left. The boss saw that she didn't look like someone he could afford, so he didn't call her anymore.

After some inquiries, Shen Lianxin finally found a pawnshop and walked in. Shen Lianxin asked, "Excuse me, is the shopkeeper here?"

The pawnshop clerk looked her over and said bluntly, "What can I do for you? Just tell me. Just bring whatever you want to pawn."

Shen Lianxin was not angry either, she said with a smile, "Brother, I have an heirloom here, I'm afraid you can't make the decision."

The shop assistant was even more displeased, "What treasures do you have? I have no say over it. Take it out and let us see it. Otherwise, don't make trouble here."

Shen Lianxin raised her eyebrows and reached into the backpack, actually taking out a glass cup from the space, and placed it at the waiter's window with a bang, smiling, "Young man, please take a look, how much can this glass cup be worth."

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