Cheng You carried the Polygonum multiflorum down the mountain and ran straight to Uncle Li's house.
"Uncle, look what I dug up!"
Uncle Li squinted and walked over, glancing behind her. "Where's that kid Qi Chengyan?"
"He went back to the educated youth point. Look at this!"
Uncle Li lowered his gaze and saw it was Polygonum multiflorum.
"My goodness, I've been collecting herbs on the mountain for so many years and have never dug up Polygonum multiflorum."
"Hehe, I guess I'm just lucky! Uncle, can this be sold for money?"
Uncle Li weighed it. It was quite a large piece.
"Yes, sell it to me, and I'll give you money."
When Cheng You heard this, she quickly said, "If you want it, I'll give it to you."
"How can I take advantage of you? Just give me a good price."
He knew Cheng You wanted to start her own business and needed money to do so.
After much back and forth, they finally settled on five yuan for the Polygonum multiflorum.
"If you can dig up more next time, I'll buy it from you."
Cheng You smiled slyly like a little fox and nodded repeatedly.
Five yuan each time, fifty yuan for ten times. She would be rich soon.
Cheng You walked home, clutching the money, feeling very pleased.
She always came home late, but this was the first time Cheng Tianhua was waiting for her at the door.
"Dad, what are you doing at the door? Meeting someone?"
Cheng Tianhua's face darkened. "Nonsense!"
"Tsk! Dad, be more civil. You're the good old man of Wujing Village, how can you use foul language."
Cheng You's face was adorned with a sweet smile, but her bright eyes were full of sarcasm.
"Cheng You, I asked you to go to the fields these past few days, but what have you been doing! You've been hiding at Uncle Li's place, slacking off every day. You might as well not come home!"
Cheng You shook her head and sighed. "Even if I wanted to not come home, Uncle Li wouldn't let me stay."
"Do you remember what I said? If you don't earn work points, you don't get to eat! Look at your sister; you're far behind her. She goes to gather pig feed every day, without fail!"
Cheng Tianhua was frustrated, especially seeing her face, which was exactly like Jiang Qing's.
If Cheng Tao had married into the Old Zhao family, he wouldn't have been so worried.
Cheng You chuckled. No matter what she did, in Cheng Tianhua's eyes, she was never as good as Cheng Tao.
"If she wants to gather pig feed, let her. I never said I liked working in the fields."
Cheng Tao peeked her head out from inside the house. "If you don't go to the fields, you won't get any food. Think carefully."
"Who says you won't get food if you don't go to the fields? Dad said you won't get food if you don't earn work points. How do you know I haven't earned any?"
Cheng Tao's eyes flickered. Cheng You was still being stubborn. The harvest was over, and she hadn't gone out for a single day. Where would she get work points?
"Dad, since Cheng You says she has, maybe she really does. You don't need to lecture her."
She would find a way to expose Cheng You tomorrow!
Cheng You couldn't be bothered to think about what she was thinking. She took clean clothes and went to take a bath.
After her bath, she returned to her room and happily took out five yuan to add to her little treasury.
It now contained over seven yuan!
When Uncle Li gave her the wages for cooking this month, it would be over ten yuan.
She wondered how long it would take to save up a hundred yuan. Then she could deposit it in the bank.
Having a bankbook was much more convenient than carrying around all this loose change.
Cheng You, like a miser, hid the seven yuan.
She usually only carried two mao on her, and most of the time, she didn't need it.
Thinking about the money, she felt happy and soon fell asleep.
The next morning, Cheng Tao eagerly pulled Cheng Tianhua along.
"Dad, this is the first time I'm earning work points by gathering pig feed. Please come with me and see how many work points I've earned!"
Cheng Tianhua rarely refused Cheng Tao's requests, so he followed her to find Cheng Xianjing.
"Sixth Grandma, Uncle Jing, good morning!" Cheng Tao called out sweetly.
Her voice was not as soft as Cheng You's, and she deliberately lowered her voice, making it sound rather unnatural.
Even Cheng Tianhua glanced at her, gesturing for her to speak in a normal tone.
Unfortunately, Cheng Tao didn't understand and continued, "Uncle Jing, this is my first time earning work points outside. I don't know how many I've earned these past few days. Can you show me?"
Cheng Xianjing had a ledger where everyone's work points were recorded.
Hearing her say this, he stood up, still chewing on a flatbread, and went to get the work point book for her.
"Look for yourself."
San Leng lowered his head, his face almost buried in his bowl, and couldn't help but snicker.
Cheng Tao flipped from the first day she started gathering pig feed. Because it was easy work, she only got five work points a day.
Cheng Xianjing had recorded it for her.
If she had been in the fields harvesting rice, she could have earned over ten work points a day.
But when she turned to the next page, her name was nowhere to be found.
Cheng Tao's smile gradually disappeared. Her name was missing for that day, but Cheng You's work points were there!
She flipped further back and found that her name was missing from then on, only Cheng You's was present!
"Uncle Jing, where are my points? Did you forget to record them for me?"
Cheng Xianjing slowly finished his last bite of flatbread and said, "You didn't do any work, so how can you have work points?"
Cheng Tao's face changed slightly. "I... I did work! Didn't I gather pig feed every day? How can you say I didn't work!"
San Leng burst out laughing. "Sister Cheng Tao, did you really work? Ye Jiansheng goes up the mountain to gather pig feed every day. I saw it clearly!"
Cheng Tao: "..."
Her face changed. Ye Jiansheng was Zhang Yunmei's son and had always liked her.
She had only worked for one day gathering pig feed and found it unbearable. Just then, he came over to apologize for the fight between Zhang Yunmei and Song Yulian.
She seized the opportunity and made a request: for him to help her gather pig feed.
Ye Jiansheng was a fool, doing whatever she said and naturally wouldn't refuse.
She had thought she had been very secretive, but San Leng had exposed her from the beginning.
That Ye Jiansheng was so stupid, he even came to tell her every day that no one had seen him.
Cheng Xianjing said, "Don't worry, I've recorded Ye Jiansheng's work points for him. If you want them, you'll have to ask the Old Ye family. If they're willing to transfer them to you, then I'll make the changes."
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She bit her lip tightly, and Cheng Tianhua was still by her side.
Now, looking at Cheng Tianhua, his face was grim, and anger was about to erupt.
Even if Cheng Tao didn't do any work, he wouldn't say anything.
He felt guilty towards this daughter, and ever since Song Yulian brought her into the family, he had never let her do any heavy labor.
This time, she had taken the initiative to offer to share his burdens.
He had even thought this daughter was indeed sensible, far better than Cheng You in countless ways.
When he discovered the whole thing was a lie, it was as if he had been slapped in the face.
He laughed in extreme anger, gritting his teeth and saying, "Cheng Tao doesn't genuinely care about these few work points. My family isn't lacking food. She had a heatstroke a few days ago, so she didn't go to gather pig feed. The Old Ye family's boy just happened to offer to help, so Cheng Tao agreed."