Aunt Zhou followed Aunt Wang up the mountain.
The weather has been getting hotter and hotter recently. Not only are the flowers blooming well on the mountain, but the fruits are also growing well.
"Sister Zhou, look at the jasmine flowers halfway up the mountain." Aunt Wang supported Aunt Zhou and pointed towards the mountainside.
Aunt Zhou took a closer look and saw that the patch of snowflakes on the mountainside were all jasmine flowers in full bloom.
As a gust of wind blows towards my face, it is filled with the fragrance of jasmine flowers.
"Yeah! There are so many flowers, enough to make a lot of balm!" Aunt Zhou ran over with a smile.
In addition to selling fragrant pills at Zhoujia Incense Shop, the ointment is also very popular. ?.?????.ℂ??
The small balm can stay fragrant for three days when applied to the wrist, and women in Cheng'an County can't put it down.
Aunt Zhou quickly picked up the basket, "I told Du Wanchun yesterday that the jasmine flowers used to make balm are almost used up. I didn't expect to find such a large amount today!"
Aunt Wang smiled and narrowed her eyes. She cut the weeds with a sickle and said while picking the petals: "Yes, it's so timely. Madam Zhou, your family is really lucky to celebrate spring. Since she came to us, After the village, you can do whatever you want!"
Aunt Wang was telling the truth.
Aunt Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Wangchun is not only our family's lucky star, it is our family's heart and soul."
Aunt Wang smiled and said: "Speaking of which, it's a good thing that Wan Chun didn't marry into Magistrate Li's family. Look, what's happening to Magistrate Li's family now? It's really embarrassing that Mr. Li was born to Mrs. Li from the housekeeper. .”
As soon as Aunt Zhou heard about the Li family, she thought of the day when the Sun family came to buy a shop, "The master of the Sun family came to our house yesterday."
Aunt Wang was stunned, "Why did he come to your house?"
Aunt Zhou stopped smiling and said with a slightly sad expression: "He said he would use two thousand taels of silver to buy our two incense shops in Cheng'an County, as well as our incense workshop."
After hearing this, Aunt Wang immediately threw away the petals she was picking and said angrily: "This Mr. Sun is really good at making wishful thinking. He actually wants to buy your shop for two thousand taels! Your shop's business is so good now, why should you worry about it in the future? Can’t you make two thousand taels?”
Aunt Zhou nodded heavily, "Yes, we said we wouldn't sell it, but he didn't seem to want to let it go."
Aunt Wang's face darkened, she took Aunt Zhou's hand and said, "I heard that Mr. Sun is very vicious. Look at Mrs. Liu's shop, he burned it whenever he asked."
Aunt Zhou was shocked, "He won't come to burn down our shop, right?"
After Aunt Wang thought deeply, she shook her head, "Probably not. He wants to buy your shop because he wants to make money. He probably won't be willing to burn your shop down."
Aunt Zhou thought it made sense. She raised her head and looked around.
Except for a road leading to a neighboring county, there was no one around in the mountains, and a sense of uneasiness suddenly filled her heart.
She quickly pulled Aunt Wang and said, "Let's pick quickly and go home early after picking."
Aunt Wang nodded, and then pointed towards a path behind the flowers, "There is a path there, which is farther from home, but most outsiders don't know about it. I heard people in the village say that there used to be bandits in the village. When the time comes, they all go home from here.”
Aunt Zhou looked towards where she was pointing, "Okay, let's be careful and go back via the trail later."
"Then let's pick them quickly." Aunt Wang rolled up her sleeves and picked the flowers quickly.
The two of them worked at double their usual speed, and within a short time they had collected two large baskets.
Aunt Zhou was not greedy either, "That's about it, let's go."
Aunt Wang packed the petals, "Okay, it's still early now, we can still wash these petals when we go back."
Aunt Zhou carried a basket of flowers and followed her along the smiling path.
They were just about to leave.
Three or four masked men holding knives secretly came to the trail leading to Changliu Village from a neighboring county.
"Brother, is this here?" A short man asked the tall man in the lead.
The tall man looked around and said, "Yes, it's right here. I've made it clear. That woman from the Zhou family usually goes to the mountains to pick flowers and always takes this road back."
There are not many roads in the mountains. This road is still the main road, but because there are few people, it looks relatively remote.
"Okay, brother." After hearing this, the short man looked at the road intently, and then asked doubtfully: "Brother, do you know what the Zhou family's wife looks like?"
The tall man said: "I heard that she is a peasant woman with a certain appearance. Just take a look here. She is a good-looking peasant woman with flowers in her hands. That is her."
The short man's sharp eyes caught sight of Aunt Zhou walking towards the path, and he quickly pointed towards the tall man, "Brother, do you see that one?"
The tall man looked up and saw the golden hairpin on Aunt Zhou's head. He frowned and cursed: "What the hell? Have you ever seen a peasant woman wearing a gold hairpin?"
"No, she is holding flowers in her hand!" The short man quickly looked at Aunt Zhou again.
However, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Wang had already approached the path and were blocked by rows of trees, making them invisible.
"Yeah, why is this person missing?" The short man looked confused.
The tall man slapped him on the head, "Stop talking, someone is coming from ahead!"
Not far ahead, the Sun family's sister-in-law was carrying a basket of words that she had just picked on the roadside, complaining as she walked forward, "You said this was fine, but it was either raining or the carriage broke down! It made me have to walk. County, if I had known better, I wouldn’t have come to this Cheng’an County!”
