Quick Wear: I am the shopkeeper at the Merit Pawn Shop

The snake was knocked to the ground, rolled a few times, and its movements gradually slowed down.

A few more snakes swam over, and Shen Mo grabbed one with each hand at the seven-inch mark. When more blind snakes pounced on him, he kicked them all away.

He threw the two clothes in his hands onto the big rock, making them completely unable to move, and then he prepared to go down the mountain.

The entire body of a snake is a treasure. Snake blood, snake gall and snake skin can all be used as medicine, and snake meat can be eaten.

When I got home, it was already noon.

Li Jin had prepared dinner at home. Li's father and Gu Guifang had just returned from working in the fields.

"Dad, take out your wine." Shen Mo called to Father Li.

Father Li took out a bottle of Erguotou without thinking too much.

He thought Shen Mo wanted to drink.

Shen Mo took a knife from the kitchen, took out the dying snake from the basket, accurately cut open the snake's abdomen, took out the snake's gallbladder, and put it into Erguotou.

Gu Guifang exclaimed, and Li Weichuang's eyes lit up.

“You can catch snakes!”

Shen Mo nodded and handed the bottle of wine back to Father Li.

"Give me the snake, I'll prepare it and add a dish." Gu Guifang smiled and took the snake to the kitchen.

"Mom, wait, there's something more." Shen Mo called his mother-in-law and then took out two more rabbits from the basket.

"Wow, the wild rabbit is still alive. My son-in-law is so capable. But we have enough food for today. Can we keep the rabbit as a snack tomorrow?" Gu Guifang was afraid that her son-in-law would disagree, so she asked Shen Mo for his opinion.

"Mom, you just take care of it." Shen Mo nodded.

Gu Guifang handed the rabbit to her husband and went to the kitchen to busy herself.

Li Weichang grabbed the rabbit with a smile on his face and threw it into the abandoned pigsty. He then blocked the door with a bunch of tall, dense, thin branches and brought heavy objects to press on it from behind. No matter how high the rabbit jumped, it could not jump out.

Gu Guifang moved quickly and efficiently, and soon she had several dishes ready. She made snake soup with the snake meat and a cold dish with the snake skin.

"There is also braised snake meat for dinner." Gu Guifang said with a smile.

There is already a lot of food on the table. It would be a waste if we can’t finish any more.

While eating, Father Li looked at Shen Mo and said, "You will be working in the fields tomorrow. Do you want to give your sister an easier job?"

"No need, let's just do what we have to do! We are here to support the countryside, we can't compete with the kids for jobs. Besides, I've already helped them for three months, they should be able to adapt themselves, I can't help them forever."

When Father Li heard Shen Mo say this, he felt relieved. He was afraid that Shen Mo was still confused and wanted to help Shen Caiwei and Si Qi with the work.

Helping Shen Caiwei, that's his sister, Father Li and Gu Guifang can understand, but what about Si Qi? No matter how good the relationship is, there is no reason to help her all the time.

Only Li Jin looked worried. If Shen Mo stopped helping Si Qi with the work, wouldn't Si Qi have to go to the fields?

She coughed and said, "Dad, you should ask your second cousin to help find them an easy job. After all, Caiwei is Shen Mo's sister, and Si Zhiqing has been here for three months and hasn't even been to the fields!"

"Li Jin, how could you let your cousin do this? Even though we are relatives, you can't give them convenience just because of me. Dad, I believe they can do it."

Father Li agreed more with what Shen Mo said: "If they can't even do this little thing, then why did they come to the countryside? Besides, don't they often go to restaurants? Even if they don't do the work in the village to earn these cents, I believe they won't starve to death." Father Li made the decision.

After lunch, they took a short nap at noon. Father Li and Gu Guihua had to go to the fields again, leaving Li Jin and Shen Mo at home.

When Shen Mo arrived at the room, he saw a new low bed. It was called a low bed, but it was actually just a wooden frame. It could be pulled out from under the bed when in use, and pushed back in when not in use.

Shen Mo took a look and turned to leave the room.

"Shen Mo, why are you refusing? My second cousin means well." Li Jin stopped Shen Mo.

"Didn't you see or hear what happened at the educated youth point just now? I won't care about those two people. Of course, if you are too sympathetic, I won't care about you, but please don't drag me into this." Shen Mo looked at her with a smile.

At this moment, Li Jin almost thought that Shen Mo had seen through her. Fortunately, Shen Mo turned around and went out again. Without his sharp gaze, Li Jin felt much more relaxed.

Shen Mo in the yard was taking the collected herbs from the basket and drying them in the sun.

In the afternoon, I got a bigger and stronger backpack from Li’s house and went up the mountain again.

When Father Li and Gu Guifang came back, they saw the yard full of herbs drying in the sun.

When the two learned that these were herbs picked by Shen Mo, they were stunned for a moment.

"You know Chinese medicine!" The more Gu Guifang looked at Shen Mo, the more satisfied she became. She once again felt sorry that her daughter was not blessed.

"My grandfather was a barefoot doctor. He raised me when I was a child and I learned some simple medical skills, but they're not that great." Shen Mo smiled harmlessly.

The original owner was raised by his grandfather until he was ten years old. When he was ten, his grandfather passed away and he was taken to the capital to live with his parents.

At that time, he was asked to become Mr. Si's follower.

Now his grandfather, the barefoot doctor, has used it as an excuse to claim that he knows medical skills.

"It's good to know medical skills. We don't have to go to the clinic for headaches and fevers anymore. It's a pity that there is already a doctor in the clinic here. Otherwise, it would be nice for you to become a doctor there."

"Dad, I only know a few basics. I dry herbs for myself to drink. If I could be a doctor, I wouldn't be carried to the clinic this time." Shen Mo made fun of himself. He was impatient to treat those who he disliked.

"Dad, don't be so reckless. He doesn't have the ability. If he had the ability, he wouldn't have married into our family." Li Jin curled his lips in disdain.

Shen Mo didn't argue with her.

Seeing Gu Guifang go into the kitchen to cook dinner, Shen Mo picked up an axe and went to the yard to chop firewood.

Soon, the aroma of food wafted out from the kitchen. Shen Mo's body was not to be outdone. His stomach growled when he smelled the aroma of the food.

Fortunately, Gu Guifang came to call him for dinner soon.

The dinner was very sumptuous, with braised snake meat, a stew made with the leftovers from yesterday's banquet, and a plate of sea fish.

Country people will never waste a single bit of food. If a dish is not spoiled, they will keep processing it over and over again until all the food is eaten up and nothing is left.

Shen Mo declined to eat it this way. Even if the food was not spoiled, the nutrition of the food would be destroyed.

Fortunately, there are unwritten rules for attending banquets. If the villagers cannot finish the food on the table and want to take it away, they can take the food away.

The host can then put away the leftover dishes.

So there wasn’t much food left over from yesterday that could be put away.

Shen Mo had just picked up a piece of snake meat when the gate of Li's courtyard was pushed open and someone outside started shouting loudly.