Currently, apart from Zhu Pandi, no one knows what's going on here, and Zhu Qinghao and Si Tian know even less.

The two waited at home for news from the brigade leader, but several days passed without any word coming back.

Si Tian was getting a little anxious, but Zhu Qinghao advised her to calm down.

"Oh dear, how can anyone stay calm in this situation? There's no way to deal with it. I wonder what the leaders of the commune said after the brigade leader went there."

Do they agree or disagree? How can they not give a definite answer on such a simple matter?

Zhu Qinghao felt dizzy from being spun around and quickly stopped her.

"Oh dear, stop spinning! Do you think our pickled cabbage is ready to eat? It's been a month already. Didn't Aunt Haiying say last time that it would be ready in about a month?"

Upon hearing about food, Si Tian finally stopped for a moment.

"Oh? A month has passed already? Then it should be ready to eat! Sauerkraut and pork stew with glass noodles!"

Zhu Qinghao clearly heard that saliva was dripping from her mouth when she said those words, and thought that the topic had been successfully changed.

But the next moment, she steered the conversation back to the topic.

"Oh no, no, put the pickled cabbage there first. The important thing is our team's side business. Can we get it going? If only we could get it going... Sigh..."

Zhu Qinghao sighed and chewed on her little meat jerky.

"Sigh, I'm telling you, you really shouldn't worry about this. This isn't something you and I can handle. There are too many things involved, and you shouldn't be unaware of them."

Besides, if anyone's worried, the brigade leader, brigade cadres, and even commune cadres are already taking care of it. What's the point of your worrying? What good will it do?"

Si Tian understood this principle, but she couldn't help thinking about it and wished she could take action immediately.

"Yes, I know. I was just thinking that since I've come all this way, I wanted to leave them something."

Zhu Qinghao didn't react for a moment, thinking she was talking about going to the countryside, so she reached out and rubbed her forehead.

"Don't worry, neither of us will be able to return to Kyoto anytime soon, so you'll have plenty of opportunities to leave something for them."

Putting everything else aside, next spring, the land around here will be soaked with our sweat, and you won't be happy about that then.

Si Tian was taken aback, but she didn't explain to Zhu Qinghao that when she said she was coming, she didn't mean going to the countryside.

But now that things have come to this point, she temporarily put aside her inner turmoil.

"I don't think so..."

This was a reply to Zhu Qinghao, but Si Tian herself wasn't sure if she could endure the hardship of farming.

However, at this moment, she was also secretly determined that she absolutely could not appear too incompetent.

Otherwise, what if we just stop being friends with her?

Having put aside her inner turmoil, Si Tian obediently followed Zhu Qinghao to check on the sauerkraut that the two of them had previously learned to make.

I must say, both of them made very good sauerkraut. You could smell a wonderful aroma coming from afar. When you got closer and opened the package, the cabbages inside were a beautiful yellow color, which was pleasing to the eye.

"Wow~ Is this really the pickled cabbage we made ourselves? Does this count as a success? Are we that good?"

Wow~ Mom, this looks delicious! Okay, what should we have for lunch? How about sauerkraut? Sauerkraut, pork ribs, and glass noodles stew?

Or you can have something else, but you have to tell me what kind of meat you want and see if I have it. What would you like to eat?

After saying that, she stared intently at Zhu Qinghao, afraid of missing even the slightest change in her expression.

Zhu Qinghao originally planned to have Si Tian take out more meat so that she could cook more and send some to the cowshed later.