What?
Hallucinations from hunger?
Just as Zhao Zheng was wondering, a translucent panel appeared before his eyes.
Holy shit.
A must-have cheat for time travelers?
But surrounded by people, he suppressed his excitement and didn't show it. He glanced at the panel:
[Ten pounds of ordinary miscellaneous wood, one pound and five cents.]
[Deposit/Withdraw/Sell?]
Zhao Zheng thought, and the wood vanished, and freshly chopped firewood appeared in the system space.
[Calculating storage fees...]
Zhao Zheng was shocked. A fee for inventory?
"Sell!"
[Ding, sale successful!]
Five Dakang Copper coins suddenly appeared in Zhao Zheng's hand.
Simultaneously, the system panel before him changed again, revealing a system mall.
The merchandise was dazzling and comprehensive.
The currency system was modeled after that of the Dakang Dynasty.
After studying it for a while, he understood: this was a trading platform with deposits, withdrawals, and sales.
With this, he had the capital to turn his life around.
Then his daughters-in-law can live a good life.
But the most urgent thing is to fill his stomach first. He ran to a remote place under the pretext of going to the bathroom and exchanged for a bottle of mineral water and four big steamed buns.
The big steamed buns made of refined flour, with a unique wheat aroma, almost made Zhao Zheng cry.
He had never thought that steamed buns were so delicious. He ate them all in one breath, drank half a bottle of water, and then burped with satisfaction.
He immediately returned to his original position and continued to chop wood.
However, there was not much firewood left in this area. He had to chop more to exchange for money before the villagers chopped them all. There were still many things he wanted to do.
Just when Zhao Zheng was chopping wood with all his might, an old man came over and said, "Old Zhao, you are really good at taking advantage of others. I opened this road, who told you to chop my wood?"
"This is an ownerless mountain. You said you opened it, so it's yours?"
Zhao Zheng looked at Liu Laosi in front of him. The two were neighbors and had a good relationship. But because the eldest son snatched Yang Zhaodi away, he started to hold a grudge against him and said bad things about him behind his back every day.
Before, when his two sons were at home, he didn't dare to come openly. Now that his son died in the battle, he immediately bullied him.
"Everyone saw it. Do you know the rules?"
Liu Laosi said in a loud voice, and everyone around looked over.
Seeing it was Zhao Zheng, they all jeered, "Hey, why didn't he let Master Zhao chop wood?"
"His son died in the war, there's no family line!"
"Now his dream of becoming an official is shattered. It's his fault for being so foolish as to listen to his brother and send both sons off to the army. He deserves it!"
"He still has two daughters-in-law. They haven't married yet, so it's okay for him to take advantage of his sons!"
Several old women laughed.
Zhao Zheng was furious. Because his previous incarnation loved drinking and gambling, often dragging the old men of their family around, they all hated his predecessor.
They all applauded any misfortune that befell the Zhao family, and would surely crush them to death if they got the chance.
"Old Zhao, didn't you hear what my father said?" Liu Tieniu rushed over, hatchet in hand, angrily threatening to eat someone.
"Old Zhao, we're neighbors, and I don't want to quarrel. Go over there," Liu Laosi said, gesturing to the barren land next to him, where there was little firewood.
In ancient rural areas, villagers were uneducated, and even unreasonableness was sometimes justified.
If he backed down today, Liu Laosi would definitely become even more aggressive in the future.
With a loud bang, he chopped down the tree with his knife, "If you're going to turn against me, then so be it. Unowned land belongs to whoever comes first, and your name isn't written here."
"If you're not convinced, then come with me to see the village elder. My son just died for his country, and you dare to bully me? If the village elder doesn't do anything, I'll go to the township to see the official and ask him face to face if I can cut down this unowned forest!"
Zhao Zheng pretended to be emotional and pulled Liu Laosi to see the village elder.
Liu Laosi was a scoundrel. He was in the wrong in the first place, so how could he dare to see the
Although Zhao Zheng had a bad character, he was still the father of a soldier who died for his country.
If he really got to the village elder, he would definitely be scolded.
"Old Zhao, I was just kidding! The village elder is old, don't bother him!"
"You're kidding! It's not funny!" Zhao Zheng persisted.
Everyone around was stunned. When had Old Zhao, always a tough guy, become so tough?
An elderly woman said, "His son's death must have upset him. Let's stay away to prevent him from doing anything stupid!"
Liu Tieniu also realized what was happening and blocked Zhao Zheng's path. With an awkward smile, he said, "Uncle Zhao, let's talk it over!"
Zhao Zheng acted directly and demanded compensation for his emotional distress.
Liu Laosi, knowing he was in the wrong, reluctantly handed Zhao Zheng half a pancake before he was done.
Seeing Liu Laosi's attempt at stealing a chicken but losing the rice, everyone around him mocked him.
After the father and son ran away in disgrace, Zhao Zheng worked even harder to chop wood, selling it as he went. He earned thirty cents and kept fifty kilograms of firewood.
The land had been cleared, and what remained was weeds, worthless and unsustainable.
He carried the firewood on his back in a serious manner and put it into the system space when he walked far away.
Otherwise, he would be exhausted to death after more than an hour of walking on the mountain road.
Considering the injury on his head, Zhao Zheng spent another thirty coins to buy anti-inflammatory drugs. If the wound got infected, he would lose half his life if he didn't die.
When he was almost home, it was already dark.
He took out the firewood and took a look at the storage fee. It was only one penny.
"Not expensive!"
A faint light came from the dark house.
Zhao Zheng pushed the door open and saw Yang Zhaodi and Zhang Xiao'e lying on the hay. He put the firewood next to the stove and said, "Now we have firewood. We can burn it to keep warm at night. Xiao'e, go and light it."
As he spoke, he exchanged the last four coins for four large white steamed buns and handed them to Yang Zhaodi, "Eat them, you two."
Looking at the large white steamed buns that were softer than snowflakes, Yang Zhaodi felt like she was dreaming.
She wondered what had happened to her father-in-law. He had changed so much, hadn't he?
In the past, whenever he had something delicious, he would eat it all for himself and never pay any attention to them.
But now, not only did he travel through mountains and rivers to chop wood, he also left the delicious steamed buns for them, his sister-in-law.
She couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears.
Zhang Xiao'e lit the wood and swallowed furiously at the steamed buns her sister-in-law handed her, but she still looked at Zhao Zheng timidly, "Father-in-law, you eat first."
Zhao Zheng said, taking off his shoes, "I've eaten, you two eat."
"Father-in-law has spoken, so eat now," Yang Zhaodi said, and Zhang Xiao'e finally put the bun into her mouth. The soft texture brought tears to her eyes. It was the best meal she had ever had since marrying into the Zhao family.
Zhao Zheng was also deeply moved. Just one steamed bun had made the two women cry.
If they could eat meat in the future, wouldn't they be overwhelmed with excitement?
Zhao Zheng was exhausted and didn't even bother to wash his feet. He slid directly into the foot-stinking mattress. Poor people didn't have such etiquette.
"You two, come up and sleep after you've eaten!"
Hearing this, Yang Zhaodi blushed, "Father-in-law, we'll sleep on the ground!"
"It's damp and cold underground, and even with firewood, it's easy to get sick. If you catch a cold, I don't have the money to treat you!" Zhao Zheng said with a deliberately stern face.
Zhang Xiao'e was still quite afraid of Zhao Zheng and didn't dare to refute, "Sister-in-law, let's...let's go to bed and don't make my father-in-law angry!"
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