No matter what business you work in, you are severely exploited. The iron shop also imposes various taxes. After paying it, you can only make ends meet. If you can eat meat once every few years, you are lucky.

But they didn't dare to exchange too much, so they could only give her a few hoes and hatchets.

Meat was a rare thing, and in the end it was all sold out, but medicinal materials were no good. This Miaozhou area was surrounded by mountains and medicinal materials were abundant, so there was no market for them at all.

After leaving the county, she simply gave them to the tenants who were working in the fields. When she came back in exchange for some vegetable seeds, she saw the dense lotus leaves in the pond and shamelessly asked for some lotus knots.

The tenant was also very enthusiastic. He took off his shirt and put it away carefully, then went into the water to touch the lotus root.

Xia Chan looked at the holes in her clothes that had been sewn and mended, and her heart felt a little sour.

The woman also saw it and said with a wry smile: "Oh, this dress was left by my mother-in-law. Now the fabric is expensive and I can't afford it even in good years."

"It will get better." Xia Chan comforted her.

There seems to be no shortage of anything in the capital, probably because the people in the capital are rich.

When she left, she took off her coat and gave it to the peasant woman. The peasant woman was so surprised that she clapped her hands repeatedly: "Miss, you can't use such a precious thing."

"Although I don't have any money, I still have a few pieces of clothing. Just accept them."

The peasant woman was very grateful and touched some lotus roots in the pond for her.

Xia Yan looked at the white and tender lotus roots and was very happy: "You can make lotus roots tonight. I eat fish every day. I'm tired of eating them."

It’s really worth mentioning. How many people are hungry?

"This is not for eating." Don't let the lake in Baihu Nest go to waste.

Returning to the White Tiger's Nest with all the messy things, men, women, old and young were all looking forward to it. When they saw them, they were so happy that the children ran up to them, calling each other "Sister Xia Chan".

Children are also very sensible, knowing that life is difficult now and will not ask for snacks.

The tribe didn't know the nature of water, so she had to do the lotus root planting. She jumped into the water, swam to the swamp, and buried the lotus roots in the mud. After a while, she touched a big and hard thing. After washing it, she was happy to see that it was a clam.

The shell is quite heavy, and the flesh is probably very thick.

After touching for a while, he touched a barrel full. Sun Ning looked at it curiously: "Xiaochan, can you eat this too?"

"Of course you can. The soup will be delicious. Just pry open the shell."

After a while, Sun Ning picked up an object and raised it: "Xiaochan, look at it quickly, what is this?"

"Pearl?" No way, you are so lucky.

I swam ashore and took it and took a look. It was indeed a pearl. There were many pearls hidden under the thick mussel meat. They were of varying sizes, but they were also crystal clear and beautiful.

In this backward place, this thing is a rare thing. She was worried about how to pay for the farm tools, but it was good. Someone gave her a pillow as soon as she fell asleep.

"Sun Ning, get all the pearls here, and I'll go find some more."

With more people and strength, tribesmen also came. They couldn't swim, so they used bamboo rakes to pull them out little by little. The women on the shore pried the shells and cleaned them, and the black pearls from the sky were piled up in a bamboo basin.

"Xiaochan, this pearl doesn't look very good. Can you exchange it for money if it's so small?"

"Of course." It's not as good as the good things in the capital, but no matter where it is, it is a woman's nature to love beauty. Look, the tribe is not very happy to see it now.

"We will take it back and process it later. It will probably be hard work, but it is also a way for us to make money quickly. Food is very expensive, so we have to buy more quickly. The world outside is quite chaotic now."

The patriarch also asked seriously: "Xiaochan, Xia Yan said that she saw that the Zhou family was also exiled to Miaozhou, is it true?"

"Yes, I saw it in the county today."
Chapter completed!