After all, Wenxi had already repaid the favors she had received, and she would give gifts to everyone at their weddings, so she didn't owe them anything and naturally didn't need to give them gifts every time.

Wenxi soaked a watermelon in well water this morning. In order to eat watermelon, she planted a few watermelon trees in the yard as a show.

Whether or not watermelons grow doesn't matter, she has plenty of them anyway, after all, she stockpiled all the watermelons from Qin Mi's entire village!

After Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue returned and washed their hands and faces, everyone ate lunch together.

You can't eat crayfish and crabs without handling them, so everyone eats them with their bare hands. Crayfish are very easy to eat; you can just peel the shell and eat them. But crabs are different. People who have never eaten crabs before really don't know where to start when they see a big crab.

Wenxi taught everyone first, and then let everyone eat on their own. Two large portions of snails, crayfish, and crabs were prepared today, so everyone could enjoy a hearty meal.

Yao Hongbo kept exclaiming "Wow!" as he ate, surprised that Wen Xi's cooking skills were so good.

Although he ate seafood like snails in the cafeteria, the food there wasn't as good as what Wenxi made. He wouldn't eat it a second time unless he wanted to fill his stomach.

But Wenxi is different. He wants to eat here every day. If he can't eat here, he'll keep thinking about today.

The four of them ate all the seafood from the several bowls, leaving the table covered in shells. Wang Xinru and Yao Hongbo were so full that they were stuffed.

Wenxi and the others could eat whenever they wanted, and they weren't craving anything. But Wang Xinru and Yao Hongbo, not knowing if they'd have another chance after this meal, ate like crazy.

After resting for a while, the two quickly got up to clean the table, dumping the shells into the trash can and taking the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen, afraid that people would say they were inconsiderate for coming to eat without doing anything.

After finishing their work, everyone sat down at the table to rest.

Seeing the high school textbooks and some materials on the long table against the wall, Yao Hongbo asked curiously, "Wenxi, you guys haven't stopped studying yet?"

Wen Xi nodded. "Yes, I wanted to go to university when I was in school, but I didn't have the chance. I don't know if I'll ever have the chance, but I want to prepare in advance so that if I have the opportunity, I'll definitely register for the college entrance examination right away."

Yao Hongbo sighed almost imperceptibly, "Actually, my dream is also to go to university." Then his eyes suddenly lit up, "I'll pick up my studies again when I get back. What if I suddenly have the opportunity to take the university entrance exam someday? If I prepare in advance, won't my future prospects be better?"

Wen Xi nodded slightly, "That's possible!"

However, the college entrance examination was indeed suddenly reinstated, giving everyone only two months to review, so what Yao Hongbo said is not wrong.

With less than six months left before the resumption of the college entrance examination, everyone really needs to hurry up and review, otherwise they will really miss this opportunity.

Although there is a second chance every few months, there are no restrictions on the first two times. Anyone, regardless of age, can take the college entrance examination.

"I really hope the college entrance examination can be reinstated. If I get into university, I can go back to the city," Wang Xinru said.

“Since we both want to go to university, let’s study hard and wait for our chance! Maybe we really will get our chance!” Wen Xi said excitedly.

After chatting for a while and feeling that she had digested a lot, Wenxi took out the watermelon, cut it up, and brought it to the main room so that everyone could eat watermelon together.

The watermelon was cool, refreshing, crisp, sweet, and delicious. Yao Hongbo kept exclaiming as he ate it that he felt that life in the countryside wasn't so hard to accept after all!

"Yao Hongbo, you didn't tell anyone that you met me here, did you?" Wen Xi asked curiously.

Yao Hongbo shook his head. "He didn't say."

"That's good." Wen Xi said with relief.

After Wang Xinru and Yao Hongbo left, Wen Xi poured the shells into the stove. Once they were burned to ashes, they could be scattered in the vegetable garden along with the wood ash. In this time when fertilizer was hard to come by, this would be excellent fertilizer!

When Qin Mi returned in the evening, Wen Xi hurriedly went to the kitchen—actually, from the system kitchen—to bring the food she had left for Qin Mi to the yard. It was hot, and eating in the yard with the breeze was incredibly refreshing.

"Brother Qin, when you leave tomorrow morning, please mail out the package on the floor of my room for me." Wen Xi sat opposite Qin Mi, resting her chin on her hand as she looked at him.

Previously, when I saw Qin Mi in the mission world, I would think of Brother Qin.

I can no longer encounter Qin Mi when doing quests. Now, when I look at Brother Qin, I think of Qin Mi from time to time.

After Qin Mi matured, she not only looked exactly like Brother Qin, but also had the same temperament. I wonder if there is any connection between the two of them.

If I call myself 'Hao Liangliang' during the mission, could Qin Mi in that mission world be Brother Qin? Perhaps they just arrived in different ways or in different forms?

Qin Mi nodded, "Xi, I will definitely complete the task you gave me perfectly."

The next morning, when Wenxi got up, she didn't see the package she had packed, so she knew that Qin Mi had taken her package and left. Then she got up and started doing what she needed to do.

Lin Yiwan also made snail sauce for Pei Jingzhou, but she went to trade with the black market first on the day of the transaction, and then sent the things to Pei Jingzhou.

Wen Xi now only goes to the black market to trade meat brought back from the Beast World the day after Lin Yiwan's transaction. She does this once a week, earning tens of thousands of yuan a week. It seems that this batch of meat can bring her a lot of income.

As for those good medicinal herbs and beautiful crystals, she'd deal with them in a few years; they wouldn't fetch much of a price now anyway, and she didn't want to waste the good stuff she had.

That day, Lin Yiwan came over and invited Wen Xi to go mushroom picking together.

Because it rained last night, there must be a lot of mushrooms on the mountain today. Fortunately, there are no leeches on the mountain that can jump on people, otherwise no one would dare to go up the mountain so lightly.

Seeing Lin Yiwan looking thoughtful, Wen Xi asked worriedly, "Yiwan, what's wrong? You seem absent-minded?"

“My cousin, Lin Chuyang,” Lin Yiwan said helplessly. “His wife is pregnant, but she has a tendency to miscarry. After she rests in bed for a few days, my aunt went to take care of her. I didn’t expect this woman to be such a formidable person. In just a few days, she made my aunt lose several pounds. After that, my aunt was so angry that she went home and told Lin Chuyang not to ask his family for help unless it was a matter of life and death.”

"Huh?" Wen Xi was extremely shocked. "How could this be? I saw Lin Chuyang's wife on the wedding day. She was all smiles, not like that at all!"