"Why don't you speak, Du Jiang? Forget it, forget it. I forgot you don't like to talk. I don't know why you are so dull. You are obviously a beautiful young girl, but why are you like a silent old lady?"

"Du Jiang, do you have someone you like? What do you like to eat? I like braised pork, roasted fish, stewed chicken with potatoes, and goose stewed in an iron pot..."

From Huo Yang to the recipe, Tianniu talked to herself incessantly and happily.

Looking at Tianniu's mouth opening and closing, Du Jiang was full of admiration. This person is really good at talking. Even if no one responds, she can still talk so happily. She is worthy of being Aunt Du's daughter. The mother and daughter are simply of the same blood. If one was young and beautiful and the other had a face full of wrinkles, Du Jiang would have suspected that this person had changed his skin twice.

Fortunately, Tianniu's voice is very nice. Even though she is nagging a lot, it doesn't make people impatient. Du Jiang just treats her as listening to the radio.

The sweet girl kept talking until noon when she got off work and left reluctantly. At the same time, she did not forget to tell Du Jiang, "I won't come this afternoon or tomorrow. Also, there are two new people under the cowshed over the riverbank, so don't go near them." After that, she ran away without looking back, regardless of Du Jiang's surprised expression.

Cowshed? Du Jiang muttered these two names in his mind, then threw it aside and continued to sort through the wild vegetables on the ground. After picking all the wild vegetables, Du Jiang began to wash them. It took him three times to clean the impurities on them. Then Du Jiang used branches as clamps to place the wild vegetables on the clamps to dry.

The pigs were fed once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Tianniu had already finished feeding the pigs in the morning, and Du Jiang was responsible for feeding the pigs in the afternoon. Du Jiang still did not rest at noon. After lunch, Du Jiang took a sickle and went up the mountain. This time, she did not move around halfway up the mountain where she usually moved around, but continued to go up and go deeper.

Although the sun was very bright in the sky, the tall trees in the deep mountains blocked a lot of the sunlight. Du Jiang was like a mouse falling into a rice jar as he walked through the depths of the woods. After making sure that there was no one around, Du Jiang took out the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that he had found at the scrap station last time. Although many parts had been burned, the rest was enough for Du Jiang to use. Looking at the herbs on it, Du Jiang glanced through a few pages and quickly put them away, then began to search on the ground.

Common herbs such as dandelions, Xanthium sibiricum, and Motherwort can be seen everywhere. People in the village are familiar with them, but they don't pick them much. Women, on the other hand, pick a lot of dandelions and Motherwort. These are the things that are most in abundance in the mountains, so the rest are a bargain for Du Jiang, who picks them as he walks forward.

During the picking period, we also found several lantern fruit plants and black unknown wild fruits, which tasted sour and sweet and were quite good.

Du Jiang also picked mushrooms under the shade of some trees and wood on the stumps. Unknowingly, Du Jiang walked deeper and deeper.

By the time she came to her senses, she was already trapped in the mountains. Looking at the mountain stream with no path in front of her, Du Jiang stepped forward and touched the wet stones. The cool mountain stream water flowed down through the wet cracks. She reached out her hand and touched it to her lips. The sweet and cool taste made Du Jiang feel cool in her heart.

After looking at the position of the sun, Du Jiang walked around the area a few times to make sure he remembered the place before walking down the mountain. Unlike when he came, when the basket was empty, Du Jiang's backpack was full of things when he returned.

It was still noon and there was no one around. Du Jiang walked through the alleys of the village without attracting anyone's attention and returned to the pigsty silently.

Cleaning, processing and drying, now Du Jiang has become more proficient in these things. After many days of training, her speed in processing herbs has become faster and faster. Seeing that the shelves are almost full of herbs, Du Jiang also knows that it is time for her to ship the goods. At the same time, Du Jiang feels that it is time to fill the shelves. The empty shelves make her feel uneasy. She really wants to fill it up. Its emptiness stands in front of her eyes, and there is always a feeling of emptiness, as if it should not be like this.

However, even though she felt a little anxious inside, Du Jiang remained calm on the surface. She was waiting for the day of vacation to come.

It was still the same group of people from the educated youth point, but this time Huo Yang was gone and Chen Xiaozhen was there, but the atmosphere was completely different from before.

The atmosphere along the way was unusually silent, as if everyone was preoccupied with their own thoughts. Du Jiang felt the silent and weird atmosphere along the way, and regretted why he didn't accept Tianniu's invitation the day before. Perhaps it would have been nice to come to the town with Tianniu yesterday.

Fortunately, this atmosphere did not last long. After everyone reached the town and went their separate ways, Du Jiang was completely relieved.

She used the backpack as a cover to transfer the herbs from the shelves.

Xiao Sun at the window welcomed Du Jiang, who had been away for a long time. "Finally, you're here. I missed you so much."

These excited words made Du Jiang blush a little, "You...you say..."

Looking at Du Jiang’s blushing face, Nurse Sun laughed out loud, out of breath, “You…you are so cute…hahahaha”.

Du Jiang almost lost her temper due to laughter. Fortunately, Nurse Sun still knew what was going on. After calming down, she immediately led Du Jiang in through a small door at the side, checked the herbs, weighed them, and issued invoices. Nurse Sun was particularly serious when it came to work, and her face was extremely serious. When she finally issued the invoice and handed it to Du Jiang, she was obviously relieved. "There are many people who come to sell herbs, but you are the only one who does it so cleanly. You don't know others. There are all kinds of things mixed in them. They can't refuse to accept them. If you refuse, they will make a big deal out of it. My dad almost lost his temper and even slammed the table with the dean twice."

Hearing this, Du Jiang's eyes widened. "No way, aren't they afraid?"

"Afraid," Nurse Sun scoffed. "They're all from the same village as the dean. Besides, the previous dean was pretty good, but this current one knows nothing. Forget it, why am I telling you this? My dad raised the price of your herbs, and the dean had no say. After all, he's a layman who knows nothing. Honestly, I don't understand why they chose a layman as dean. Is it just because he can talk?"

Would she say that Du Jiang didn't know? At this moment, she just smiled. Past experience told her that it was best not to talk about others behind their backs.

Seeing that Du Jiang didn't respond, Nurse Sun spoke alone in boredom and stopped after a while. "Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. Go and get your money. From now on, the medicinal materials will be priced at this price. Don't follow others and mix things in to make them heavier."

"I know, thank you Sister Sun," Du Jiang smiled shyly. Before leaving, she took out two cents from her pocket and stuffed them into Nurse Sun's hand, saying, "Sister Sun, I heard there's soda in the city. You're done."

This made Nurse Sun grin with joy, and she felt very comfortable.