It turned out that the gold mushrooms planted by Chief Chen's youngest daughter-in-law were sold, more than three coins for fifty mushrooms.
More than three coins is equivalent to more than three thousand, which can buy six or seven stone of rice, enough for a family of five to eat for half a year.
Earned so easily in just over a month, without interfering with farm work — who wouldn't want such a good deal?
So Han Miaoniang, Chief Chen's second daughter-in-law, said to the four sisters-in-law, "These fifty mushrooms can be propagated, right? I don't want much, just give me a hundred plants."
The fourth sister-in-law, Mrs. Shao, was of course unwilling, and went to complain to her mother-in-law, Mrs. Tang.
When Mrs. Tang heard it, she was furious, and came over to scold the second daughter-in-law, "How ruthless can your heart be, can't you stand it if our mother and daughter are doing well?"