Returning to 84, hunting for wealth, one person feeding three families.

Ye Chen's old house has two rooms on the left and right.

There are two households inside and outside the main house.

The side rooms were used as storage rooms to hold various odds and ends.

Previously, the three women would make do in the living room, where they had set up two wooden plank beds.

At this moment, Ye Chen looked around and saw that the wooden bed in the living room was nowhere to be seen.

It has clearly been moved elsewhere.

"From now on, the three of us will live in the side room. If you dare to bother us at night, we'll teach you a lesson!"

Qian Jiali angrily clenched her fist, said those words, and then strode away.

Ye Chen wasn't given a chance to explain at all.

Seeing things escalate, Ye Chen felt wronged.

My buddy didn't do anything!

How did I manage to offend these three ladies?

Ye Chen wanted to ask why, but as soon as he stepped across the threshold, he noticed three eyes full of killing intent.

Tian Xiaohui, Luo Ling, and Qian Jiali stood side by side in front of the side room door.

His sharp gaze was like a knife, as if he wanted to cut Ye Chen into a thousand pieces.

These three ladies are in a bad mood; they're probably not to be trifled with!

Ye Chen shuddered and abandoned his original idea.

When people are angry, they won't listen to anything, especially women!

If you were to run into them at this moment, you would only incur the endless wrath of three women.

It's better to wait a couple of days until the three of them calm down.

I'll try to perform well then and earn a chance to explain.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen shrank back and retreated into the room.

The three women opposite him were even more furious when they saw Ye Chen's guilty look!

"Look at this coward, he's really feeling guilty!"

"In the past, when he drank, at least he could still act with self-righteousness. This time, he clearly knew he had lied and had no face left to us!"

Luo Ling said angrily, and Qian Jiali nodded in agreement.

"I knew it, this good-for-nothing is all talk and no action."

"Men can't be relied on, so you can only rely on yourself!"

Luo Ling suddenly thought of something and asked Qian Jiali.

"Sister Jiali, you said you went into town on business yesterday, what exactly did you do?"

Qian Jiali then mysteriously waved to the two of them and came inside.

The once messy room has now been tidied up by the three of them, creating a clearing.

Two wooden plank beds, one large and one small, were propped up against the wall.

Qian Jiali took out the handbag she had been carrying and showed it its contents.

"I went to the county town to buy some herbs, and later I mixed them into a powder to treat headaches and fevers."

"This house is an heirloom of my family. We'll sell it in the surrounding villages. If it works, business will definitely be good!"

"But... are you sure nothing will happen?" Luo Ling asked with some worry.

Qian Jiali's father was reported for practicing medicine without a license, which led to his being sent to the countryside for criticism and struggle sessions.

Although he miraculously survived, he could never hold his head high again for the rest of his life.

Qian Jiali is now going down the same old path, what if...?

"The commune used to be stricter, but isn't the commune going to be abolished now?"

Qian Jiali calmly said, "I've inquired. Many people in the county are now running their own businesses and making a fortune."

"There are several pharmacies located on the main street. If others aren't afraid, why should we be?"

"These herbs must have cost a lot of money at home, right? Where did you get the money?"

Tian Xiaohui, who was standing to the side, also frowned and asked.

"I... I had a bracelet before, didn't I? I pawned it when I went to town today."

"Jiali, didn't you say that was left to you by your mother? How come..."

"We can't even afford to eat, so we might as well pawn the bracelet. Besides, once we make money, I can redeem it in a month or two."

Qian Jiali spoke defiantly, her words light, but her expression was somewhat serious.

Seeing Qian Jiali's insistence, Luo Ling quickly changed the subject.

"In the end, isn't it all Ye Chen's fault!"

"If this good-for-nothing hadn't been so unreliable, Sister Jiali wouldn't have had to pawn the bracelet her mother left her."

"We need to work even harder now. The first thing we'll do after we earn the money is to help Sister Jiali redeem her table!"

"Oh well!"

Seeing her two younger sisters' enthusiasm, Tian Xiaohui reluctantly agreed.

But I still felt uneasy.

Moreover, Ye Chen was usually drunk and walked with a swaying head.

When I got home today, I was walking in a perfectly straight line.

Did he really go out and fool around with his cronies?

……

"Achoo!"

Inside the main house, Ye Chen yawned several times in a row.

He couldn't help but complain, "Those three women are probably gossiping about me behind my back. They probably saw me with Tian Cong and the others and think I've been out fooling around again."

However, Ye Chen was not in a hurry.

When someone truly makes up their mind to leave, they usually do so silently.

These three women, now in such a large household, still live in separate rooms but not separate families.

Where is it really about cutting ties with Ye Chen?

This is clearly a protest!

It's just for show.

"Perfect timing, with no one around to oversee things these past two days, some things will be easier to get done."

With three women watching, Ye Chen, the mountain treasure, dared not make a move.

Even if you can fool outsiders, you can't fool the eyes of three women.

Now that the three women are living in separate rooms, Ye Chen can hide the mountain treasure and sell it for money when he has time!

"In these turbulent times, with the communes being dismantled, people are filled with anxiety."

"Digging up some mountain treasures and exchanging them for money will give us more confidence should anything unexpected happens."

Having said that, Ye Chen made up his mind.

I'll head into the old forest as soon as it's light tomorrow and make my first fortune first!

……

The next morning, Ye Chen carried a backpack.

Before dawn, he took his hunting rifle and headed towards the old forest.

This time, Ye Chen planned to spend another night in the old forest, just in case, and brought a lot of items with him.

"In my past life, the first pot of gold I earned was due to good luck; I encountered a twin ginseng."

"I had no experience at the time, and I broke the roots when I dug it up. In the end, I only got 500 yuan."

Ye Chen was lucky in his previous life; five hundred yuan was a huge sum of money back then.

It was with this money that Ye Chen became an apprentice and learned martial arts, which led to his later skills.

"According to the boss, if these twin ginseng roots were harvested intact, they would be worth at least two thousand yuan."

"With this money, we'll truly have no worries about food and drink, and we'll have more confidence when things happen in the future."

Two thousand yuan in the 1980s could get a lot done.

That's equivalent to two years' savings for a working-class family.

Ye Chen's urgency was naturally due to his own calculations.

"In my past life, just after I recovered from my illness, three women left me."

"The following year, the commune was completely abolished, and many people went to the city to do business and made a fortune."

"There are still six months left. Excluding winter, that's only a month or so. We need to save enough capital to start a business."

"In my past life, I was in the business of selling mountain products. It was three years later, and because I entered the market late, I suffered a lot of losses."

"We absolutely cannot repeat the same mistakes this time; we must plan ahead and prepare for any eventuality!"