"Aunt Meihua, we've just settled in and are planning a housewarming dinner tomorrow night. We'd like to invite Aunt Meihua and Uncle Qian to our place for a housewarming dinner tomorrow night, to make it more lively," Wenxi said, seizing the opportunity to extend the invitation.

Aunt Mei nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'll definitely go with your Uncle Qian to warm your house tomorrow night."

After saying goodbye to Aunt Meihua, the three of them walked out of Aunt Meihua's courtyard. Wenxi immediately spotted Jin Changfeng standing outside the door next to Aunt Meihua's house.

A hint of surprise flashed in Wen Xi's eyes. Did Jin Changfeng live here? She had also spent two years in the countryside in her previous life, so how come she had never seen him and knew nothing about him?

Or is he here to work and just staying temporarily?

Jin Changfeng naturally noticed the fleeting confusion in Wen Xi's eyes, wondering what she was confused about. Was she wondering why he was here?

After Wenxi and the other two left, Aunt Meihua and Captain Qian remarked that the three of them were far superior in character and conduct to the others, and that she preferred associating with such open and honest people.

Back home, everyone drank tea and then went to their rooms to rest. Because they had gotten up so early that morning, many people hadn't even gotten out of bed on days when they weren't supposed to work. They had already returned from Captain Qian's house.

After waking up from her nap, Wenxi wanted to go out for a walk, check out the situation, and then go to the back mountain to dig up some wild vegetables. She was going to have dinner at the educated youth settlement that evening, and she didn't want to bring anything nice with her, but it wouldn't be right to go empty-handed either. So she decided to cook two dishes of wild vegetables to take with her as a token of her goodwill.

Wenxi planned to call Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue to go out together, but they were both still fast asleep, so she locked the door and set off.

"Sister, do you have a shovel for digging wild vegetables? I'd like to borrow your shovel and basket to go up the mountain and dig some wild vegetables." Seeing that the gate of Chang Qingqing's house next door was open, Wen Xi went over and knocked on the door.

Chang Qingqing walked over with a puzzled look in her eyes. "Xiaoxi, have you finished eating all the dishes we changed yesterday?"

Wenxi was a little embarrassed. "No, it's because I heard that shepherd's purse is delicious, so I wanted to dig some up to try. I also wanted to see where I could find firewood. The three of us live together, so we need a lot of firewood."

"Xiaoxi, you've just arrived and don't know the situation in the mountains. Don't go too far in! Just wander around the outer area," Chang Qingqing said, bringing over a basket and a shovel.

"Thank you, sister. I understand. I will." After accepting the basket and shovel from Chang Qingqing and thanking her, Wen Xi turned and left.

The alley between their two houses leads to the foot of the mountain, and the end of the alley is at the foot of the mountain.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, we saw several children coming out of the mountains, each carrying a basket on their back, some filled with wild vegetables and others with firewood.

Children from poor families learn to be independent early, while children of the same age in the city are happily enjoying their childhood, yet they are already doing chores around the house.

After the children had come down the mountain laughing and joking, Wenxi took the usual path and started walking up the mountain.

In this season, the leaves have all fallen and the weeds have withered and turned yellow, so any bit of green is particularly clear. Although Wenxi doesn't recognize other plants, she recognizes most of the wild vegetables here, since she dug them up in her previous life.

But it was still early, and Wenxi didn't want to go dig for wild vegetables so early. There were no snakes, insects, or rodents around at this time, so she didn't have to worry about being bitten. Therefore, Wenxi started walking aimlessly on the mountain.

Besides, people come here often, so there's hardly anything good left outside. She wanted to go a little deeper inside!

As she walked, Wenxi's foot suddenly stepped on something hard, which almost made her fall. Looking down, she saw that it was a chestnut shell that looked like a hedgehog's quills.

Wenxi was overjoyed and quickly bent down to search. To her surprise, she actually found chestnuts among the dead branches and fallen leaves. So she happily squatted down to pick up the chestnuts.

I spent about half an hour picking chestnuts around the tree, collecting about three or four pounds of them, big and small. Although they were all different sizes and didn't look very nice, who cares about that these days?

Anything that can fill your stomach is a good thing.

What's more, she has a way of making chestnuts taste especially delicious.

After picking the chestnuts, Wenxi continued walking. As she walked, she heard the sound of rushing water. She quickly walked towards the source of the sound and was surprised to find that it was a river.

The river flows down from the mountain, and in some places the drop is quite large, making the sound of the water crashing down quite loud, which is why she could hear the rushing water from so far away.

The river wasn't very big, only two or three meters wide. It was clearly not man-made, but a completely natural river. There was probably a waterfall upstream, but Wenxi didn't have time to explore those things today because she was there to pick wild vegetables and was going to the educated youth settlement for dinner that night!

There happened to be a large patch of green wild vegetables by the river, so Wenxi squatted down and started digging for them. Few villagers should have ventured into this area, as there were no signs that the wild vegetables had been disturbed.

Wenxi quickly dug up a whole basket of wild vegetables. As she left, she couldn't help but look back at the river, wondering if there were any fish in it.

Thinking of this, Wenxi put down her basket, walked to the riverbank, and looked down into the river. The water was clean, transparent, and crystal clear, and even the stones at the bottom could be seen clearly.

Thinking that no one was coming here anyway, Wenxi took out the imported umbrella-shaped fish and shrimp net she had signed up for from the system warehouse, opened it like an umbrella, and then took out a box of earthworms. When she opened the box, she was shocked to find that it was full of large earthworms that were as long as chopsticks.

To be honest, she had lived in the countryside for two years and had never seen such a big earthworm before!

She picked up a twig from the ground, broke it off, and used it as chopsticks. Then she picked up two earthworms and put them into the fish and shrimp net. After that, she carefully put the fish and shrimp net into the river and hid the tow rope in the cracks between the rocks.

After that, she took the wild vegetables back home. Since they lived at the foot of the mountain, it was convenient for them to go up the mountain. She would come up the mountain again tomorrow to dig for wild vegetables, and then find an opportunity to pull up the fishing and shrimp net to see if there were any fish in it.

Life in the countryside is tough; it's rare to eat meat. If you can catch fish, it can improve your meals.

Wen Xi carried a basket of wild vegetables home and saw that Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue were already busy at home. After closing the courtyard gate, she rushed over anxiously, "Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, I just heard something on the mountain that will shatter your worldview. Do you want to hear it?"

"What's going on?" Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue both gathered around, looking at Wen Xi with curiosity in their eyes, forgetting to ask her why she was digging for wild vegetables.