The wild vegetables and mushrooms that were apparent, she only needed to take a small share for show, as Chiang Xiao’s main goal lay in catching prey!
Those wild rabbits and pheasants were worth much more than wild vegetables.
"Uncle, this won’t do. Let’s start with the wild vegetables; we’ll sell all the ones we gathered today together. The money we get from selling them will be divided into ten parts, and I’ll only take two parts; the rest of it can be divided between you and my maternal uncle as you wish, according to your own desires," she proposed.
"You’re taking only two parts? That’s too little; that won’t do," Ge Dejun said with a serious face, firmly disagreeing, "This is Siyang Village’s mountainside, and you discovered all these things. You even found the buyers and negotiated the prices. Your maternal uncle and I are just tagging along and benefiting from it; how can we let you suffer losses?"
Hearing him speak , Xu Linjiang also nodded, signaling that his father-in-law made a good point.
Over the years, Chiang Xiao had only experienced people like the Old Chiang Family who fought each other openly and underhandedly, almost as if they wanted to devour each other’s flesh and blood, and people like Deng Qingjiang, leaving her quite disillusioned with human nature. Now, suddenly hearing Ge Dejun and Xu Linjiang offering to give things to her so readily, she felt somewhat unaccustomed to it at first.
But deep down, she felt very warmed.
"Just listen to me, or else I won’t come anymore!" Chiang Xiao resorted to acting a bit capricious, since she was still young after all.
If they hadn’t accompanied her up the mountain, she wouldn’t have been able to justify coming up here alone at this hour, especially with not returning by noon as an excuse.
So, in Chiang Xiao’s view, the help they provided her was significant enough.
When they heard her say this, Ge Dejun and Xu Linjiang were somewhat helpless, yet they couldn’t help but chuckle. "We really haven’t seen people who push money away."
Chiang Xiao was truly an exceptional girl.
This gesture made them feel even more grateful to her; she must have noticed their plight and was trying to help them in every way possible.
Even though the Chiang Family was also struggling to get by.
Not just Ge Dejun, but Xu Linjiang also sincerely liked and felt compassion for Chiang Xiao at that moment.
This niece of his wife might be young, but she was indeed very kind.
He had been deeply hurt by his own family over the years and hadn’t experienced much familial warmth. He received some from the Ge Family, and now he was receiving some from Chiang Xiao.
Xu Linjiang couldn’t help but reach out and pat her head.
Chiang Xiao smiled at him.
It wasn’t just her considering their situation, pushing the money their way; they would do the same, wouldn’t they?
"Alright then, let’s listen to Little," Ge Dejun laughed heartily, thinking that the two families would be as close as one in the future. Once they were capable, wouldn’t they help the Chiang Family?
"Thank you, Uncle," Chiang Xiao felt a sense of relief.
After the three of them agreed on the distribution, they continued to climb up the mountain.
Having Tianxiang Greens as a surefire backup lightened their spirits.
Now, Ge Dejun and Xu Linjiang were thinking about the bracken and mushrooms.
If they could really find several dozens of pounds, their trip up the mountain would be well worth it; they’d earn a good sum of money!
"Uncle, Maternal Uncle, there are definitely big snakes on the mountain; we need to be careful," Chiang Xiao mentioned thinking back to the snake skin she’d seen last time.
Given the size of that snake skin, there must be snakes of that size.
Moreover, with the dense forest of Bai Gu Mountain and its rich vegetation, where humans rarely ventured, the snakes were bound to be substantial.
She feared big snakes more than wild boars or dogs.
"Didn’t your grandfather give us some medicinal powder? If we come across dense grass, we’ll just sprinkle more of it. Little, you stay close to me; you can’t wander off," Ge Dejun also became quite cautious.
Chiang Xiao felt she had really dug herself into a hole.