The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 178 The Pig That Knows Its Value

Fang Xiaoning's lips twitched uncontrollably. The two men looked at her, both worried and panicked. She was more afraid of dying than they were, wasn't she? She wasn't even twenty yet, her life had just begun, she was pregnant, she had money, and she even had a handsome man sleeping with her. Why was she so distraught that she wanted to commit suicide?

"Mother, take me to see her. Don't worry, I would never risk my life."

"Really?"

Fang Xiaoning smiled helplessly, "Life is so good now, I'm also very afraid of dying, okay?"

"I'll take you there; it's in the bushes up ahead."

Fang Xiaoning stared at the large, white, round mushroom on the ground, speechless for a long time. "Ignorance is truly terrifying," she thought. "Living a miserable life of meager rations, yet treating such precious things like garbage. It's simply a terrible waste!"

"My goodness, this is monkey head mushroom, a very rare and delicious thing, highly nutritious."

She didn't know whether it was expensive or not. Logically speaking, no one would accept it. If someone did, her mother-in-law would never have chopped it off with a sickle.

"Can I eat it?"

“It’s edible!”

Why doesn't she believe it so much?

How does she know that it's edible when even her ancestors dared not eat it?

"And this one?" A mushroom wrapped in grass. "This is the one I just crushed."

Fang Xiaoning felt dizzy. She had come up the mountain specifically to find this. She remembered it from the original owner's memories, but she had never eaten it before.

"Mother, these are morel mushrooms."

"Don't tell me you can eat it! You really can't, kid!"

Song Chunni chimed in, "Yes, Xiao Ning, this stuff is highly poisonous!"

"Pick them and I'll eat them when I get home!"

"No way, daughter-in-law! You're pregnant! Or else, I'll eat it!"

"No, sister-in-law, I'll eat. Please help me raise Da Yong. Once he's an adult, let him and Xiao Lian move out."

Seeing the two of them huddled together, I thought, "Wow, is it really necessary? To put on such a dramatic scene of life and death in front of her."

She sighed with a headache, "Can't we feed the piglets first instead of the piglets? If they eat it and are fine, it means we can eat it too."

Feeding it to pigs? Sure. At worst, sacrificing a piglet is better than losing a person.

"Mother, aunt, let's look again. There aren't enough. Let's find more." Looking at the lone morel mushroom, she couldn't help but swallow hard. What kind of pig is so lucky to be able to eat authentic, purely wild morels? Couldn't they share with a pregnant woman like her?

Su and Song Chunni really didn't want to look, but they were afraid that if they didn't look, they would have Fengzi look for it later. Before they knew it, they had stuffed mushrooms into their mouths.

Forget it, let them look for it. They're just watching the pigs eat.

In half a day, I only found three monkey head mushrooms and about half a pound of morel mushrooms.

It seems the production volume is not high!

"You're back! Are there many wild vegetables on the mountain?" the village chief's wife asked as soon as they entered the courtyard. This was the only year they hadn't gone to dig for wild vegetables. However, the family had dug quite a bit; lately, they'd been eating wild vegetable buns most of their meals.

Fang Xiaoning replied with a smile, "There's plenty! Shepherd's purse and malan are growing in abundance, but there are fewer toon shoots. I only found six or seven after wandering around. I'll stir-fry them with eggs tonight." If there were more, she could make toon sauce.

So Xiaoning loves toon sprouts! I'll ask my child to go up the mountain tomorrow and pick some for her.

Fang Xiaoning didn't let them see the mushrooms in the basket, so as not to waste their breath.

"Auntie, you're busy, I'll be going now."

"Go on, take a rest."

Song Chunni looked at her, hesitant to speak. No, she had to go with her; what if the little girl stuffed a mushroom in her mouth? Wait, why did she suddenly think of eating that stuff? Wasn't there enough food at home?

Fang Xiaoning looked at her aunt who followed her everywhere and found it amusing. Did she look like someone who was suicidal?

"Auntie, why don't you throw the mushrooms to the pigs? Just feed one piglet."

"I know, I still need to take it out and put it separately."

We can't let one death wipe out the whole family; even if we have money, we can't waste it like this.

One head is enough to make one feel sorry for someone.

Fang Xiaoning didn't cook anything; she just threw a monkey head mushroom and a handful of morels into the pig basin. Humans are just too afraid of the unknown, hesitant to try new things, and prone to following the crowd.

As soon as it was put in, the piglet got up and started grunting in the bowl. In no time, it had devoured all the mushrooms. It was eating so happily; they must be delicious. Fang Xiaoning was envious. This pig knew its stuff!