After Xuemei received the food, she and Qingya and her two siblings put the food together with the food at home.

Xuemei was collecting grain, and Liu's mother brought Qingya and her two siblings back home with a cart of grain. Xuemei thought that Accountant Li was almost done reading out the names, and she could buy more grain while Liu's mother was away.

After Han Chen helped count the food for the last person, Xuemei waved to him.

Han Chen immediately put down his things and came over. He knew that Xuemei was going to buy food. They had agreed last night to buy a total of 300 kilograms of food.

As soon as Han Chen arrived, Xuemei approached Accountant Li and said, "Uncle Li, our family needs 100 kilograms of rice, 100 kilograms of corn kernels, 60 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 20 kilograms of soybeans, 10 kilograms of red beans, and 10 kilograms of mung beans. Uncle Li, that means 100 kilograms of fine grains and 200 kilograms of coarse grains!"

Li Hui replied: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll calculate it!"

After more than ten seconds, Accountant Li raised his head and said, "A total of twenty-two yuan!"

After Xuemei paid the money, she followed Liu's father to move the newly bought grain to the storage area. As soon as they finished moving, Liu's mother came back. Knowing that Xuemei had bought so much grain at once, she looked at Han Chen and saw that he did not show any dissatisfaction on his face, but rather looked quite happy.

Liu's mother understood that the young couple had agreed to subsidize the family. Although Xuemei only ate two meals at home, she would give one pound of fine grain coupons and one pound of coarse grain coupons to Qingya and the other three every month, so that they could go to the school cafeteria to get some fine grains to supplement their diet and not starve themselves.

Mother Liu thought about it and decided that she would have to call Qingya and her two siblings over that day to talk about this matter. She had to let them know that Xuemei gave them some food coupons not out of courtesy, but because she loved them. The three siblings should understand this.

Especially after they got married, Xuemei also planned to continue giving them money. Then, among the three people Qingya should be grateful to, there should be one more person, Xiaochen. Xiaochen still disagreed, and Xuemei was not in a position to say it openly.

Therefore, Xuemei now has six kilograms less of the twenty-six kilograms of food coupons every month. Sometimes, when Xuemei is making buns and dumplings or steamed buns in the supply and marketing cooperative canteen at noon, she will specially take some back to improve the meals at home. If the supply and marketing cooperative does not make delicious food, Xuemei will go to the state-owned restaurant to buy it.

But Xuemei prefers to buy food in the canteen of the supply and marketing cooperative. Although the taste is slightly worse than that of state-owned restaurants, the price is cheaper.

After thinking it through, Liu's mother immediately went to line up in front of Accountant Li. Because Xuemei had bought a lot of food, she bought less this time than in previous years, only 300 kilograms of coarse grains.

The next day at around five in the afternoon, Liu's father, Qingya, Ruirui and Han Chen had dinner, filled three military canteens with boiling water, took the dry food prepared by Liu's mother for them, and went up the mountain as soon as it got dark.

This was Han Chen's first time going up the mountain to hunt. A few days ago, Liu's father and Qing Ya and the others discussed when to go up the mountain. Seeing that he was very interested, Liu's father casually asked him if he wanted to go.

Han Chen agreed immediately and was very excited. Father Liu did not agree immediately. In the next few days, they told Han Chen a lot of things to pay attention to when hunting, especially to obey orders.

Later, Liu's father saw that Han Chen's retelling was correct, and Han Chen also listened to his advice, so he took him to the mountain.

That night, Xuemei and Liu's mother didn't sleep much. Xuemei was a little worried about Han Chen's first time going up the mountain, and was afraid that he would accidentally cause trouble for Liu's father and others.

Father Liu and his three companions didn't return until after five in the morning of the next day. As soon as Xuemei heard the noise, she put on her coat and got up to open the door. Just as Father Liu and his companions came in, Mother Liu and Ruirui also came out.

Liu's mother asked anxiously, "Why did you take so long this time? Fortunately, the sun is rising slowly now, so no one saw you, did they?"

In the past, Mr. Liu and his family usually came back at three or four in the morning.

Father Liu put down the bag on his back and said, "No, we'll be careful!"

Han Chen, who was standing aside, said embarrassedly, "Mom, this time it was because of me. I accidentally fell into a valley, and Dad and the others were looking for me for a while!"

Xuemei heard this and quickly ran to Han Chen to see if he was hurt. Han Chen sensed Xuemei's worry and shook his head, saying, "No, I'm not hurt. I'm dressed warmly, and there's a thick layer of leaves where I fell. Don't worry!"

Xuemei walked around Han Chen and carefully observed that he had no wounds on his body, only then did she feel relieved.

After everyone entered the main hall, Ruirui couldn't help but said happily: "Mom, big sister, Feifei, we have a great harvest today."

Liu's mother and Xuemei opened all the bags and found that Liu's father and his friends had made a great harvest this time. They had killed two wild roe deer weighing about 40 to 50 kilograms, caught five big fat rabbits and three pheasants.

After Liu's mother and the others finished looking, Ruirui continued, "We were able to hunt so many wild animals this time thanks to my brother-in-law. One of the roe deer and all the rabbits were found in the valley where my brother-in-law fell. And my brother-in-law also found something very valuable!"

Xuemei asked curiously, "Han Chen, what good things did you find?"

Han Chen carefully took out a handkerchief from his bosom, opened it, and found two very thin radish roots inside. Xuemei remembered the picture she had seen in a book before.

Xuemei covered her mouth and asked in surprise: "This is ginseng!"

"Sister, yes. My brother-in-law found it when we were chasing roe deer!" Ruirui answered quickly.

"Yes, these two ginsengs are thin after all, and the leaves are relatively small, so they should be not very old. And I am not very good at digging them, and the one I dug had several broken roots. This intact one was dug by my father!" Han Chen explained.

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