Chapter 21: First Visit to Xishan

Mother Xia glared at her and raised her head in disdain: "Have you ever seen me farming?"

Although the Xia family lived an ordinary life, Xia's mother found a temporary job in the ceramic factory after marrying into the Xia family, and got rid of the days of working in the fields. She hadn't been to the fields for nearly 20 years. Why did she not dream?

The sun is so bright now, she doesn't want to stay here to bask in the sun. She glared at Xia Jing fiercely, walked back to the village with her elephant legs and twisted her butt.

"hehe……"

A sneer came from the side. Xia Jing turned around and saw Li Xue smiling smugly.

"Xue'er, I..."

"No, we're not that familiar."

Li Xue snorted. Xia Jing had deceived her badly in the past.

The day passed relatively peacefully, except for Xia Jing's work points.

At the end of the day, scorer T looked at Xia Jing's work and wrote down 1.5 points in the notebook.

Li Xue smiled unkindly again. She was also a newbie, but at least she still had 5 points after a day's work.

"I... I just feel uncomfortable. I will definitely not do just this tomorrow."

Xia Jing's face turned red. Zhou Hao was better off, as he was given 4 points of work today.

But what surprised them was that Xia Liang also scored 5 points.

Li Xue pointed at Xia Liang's work points and said unhappily:

"Did I remember it wrong? Xia Liang didn't come to work today!"

Even if she didn't come, she would still get five points? But she actually worked hard for the whole day.

"Xia Liang, the educated youth, is doing something else. This is what the village chief wants."

"Go back quickly. Aren't you tired after working all day?"

Xu Jun was also troubled. Where there were many women, there would be many problems. If the noise continued, he didn't want to stay in the educated youth camp.

We are here for peace and quiet, but where is the peace here now?

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When Xia Liang and his friends arrived in the mountains, it was already daybreak. She had been working in the fields for more than a year, and although she looked frail, she had good physical strength.

Yang Xiaohong is just a wild girl and has no problem climbing mountains and trees.

As for Wang Bin, there is no need to say more. This short mountain road is just a piece of cake for her.

Xia Liang took out a piece of paper with the image of the medicinal herbs she had drawn yesterday on it.

"These two kinds? Sister Xia Liang, didn't you say there were three more kinds?" Wang Bin asked in confusion.

"I know where the other one is."

Xia Liang took a look at the surrounding terrain and ordered:

"Let's split up and look for it, but don't go too far away. It would be best if we could see each other."

Wang Bin nodded quickly and went up the mountain with the two girls. He had the responsibility to protect them.

"Brother Wang Bin, your days in the army were fun, right?" Yang Xiaohong was a restless person and was curious about everything.

Xia Liang also pricked up his ears, not knowing the "antidote". Oh, no, it was how Ning Zhiyuan was injured. He was injured like that, and it must have been very serious at the time.

"Fun?"

Hearing this, Wang Bin raised his eyebrows and corrected himself: "We are not doing this for fun. We are doing serious work."

"When we don't have any missions, we train at the base. It's very tiring on weekdays, but we're used to it."

"What about the missions? Can we go to many places?"

"Well, but we didn't know where to go until we were on the way to the mission. We didn't go there to have fun, we went there to fight for our lives."

"Just like last time, if it weren't for Brother Yuan, all twelve of us would have died there..."

Hiss, Yang Xiaohong and Xia Liang both took a deep breath. Twelve people almost died. The situation must have been very dangerous at that time.

"As you can see, although Brother Yuan saved us, he was also seriously injured. His legs and arms are minor issues. The key is his head."

Wang Bin pointed to his head and sighed:

"He was injured on the back of his head. He fell and hit his head. Now there is a blood clot in his brain, which is pressing on the optic nerve. The doctor said that he cannot have surgery for the time being. We don't know when the blood clot will disappear. Maybe he will be in pain for the rest of his life..."

Hearing this, Xia Liang felt even more guilty.

She was such a beast that she actually bullied such a selfless hero.

"Don't think that Brother Yuan's eyes are fine. As long as the blood clots don't spread, his eyes will never recover. Oh, I feel sorry for Brother Yuan. He is the all-round soldier in our company, the best. Especially in shooting, no one in the country is faster and more accurate than him. Fortunately, his hand bones are not injured. When his eyes recover, he will still be the sharpshooter who never misses a shot."

When talking about Ning Zhiyuan, Wang Bin looked a little lost.

"If possible, I would like to be the one who gets hurt."

Wang Bin thought about what he saw yesterday and what he actually wanted to ask, but since it involved Brother Yuan's face, he kept it to himself.

Brother Yuan didn't pursue the matter, so he must have other ideas. Maybe he wanted to make that bold woman suffer a fate worse than death in a few days?

Xia Liang felt inexplicably cold all over.

"Okay, let's quickly find some herbs! By the way, Sister Xia Liang, can you help Brother Yuan get rid of the blood clot in his head?"

Xia Liang: She is not a god. How can we help her?

It took the three of them more than two hours to reach the mountain. Although it was still early, they did not dare to waste any more time.

After finally coming here, Xia Liang didn't forget to dig other herbs while searching. Soft branches, salvia miltiorrhiza, bupleurum...

Looking at the medicinal herbs scattered everywhere, Xia Liang's eyes lit up.

Is this medicine? No, it's money, and she needs money now.

Although these prices are not expensive, they win by quantity.

Yang Xiaohong was also digging. She had lived here since she was a child and knew quite a few medicinal herbs.

Wang Bin, however, was bored and followed the two girls to dig herbs.

Time passed quickly. At noon, Xia Liang found the missing one. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief. They had been digging for medicine for the whole morning and were tired. They decided to eat something and rest for a while, and continue looking in the afternoon.

Although the village head's wife, Aunt Li Xiujuan, is a bit talkative and likes to gossip, she is still a very down-to-earth person.

Xia Liang had just stayed at her house for one night. Knowing that the three of them would come to the mountains early to dig herbs, she still prepared food for them overnight.

Although the mixed-grain steamed bun is not very white, you can tell that a lot of white flour is used.

The educated youth had never eaten steamed buns like this before.

She also made a few vegetable pancakes for me. Not much, they were made with wild vegetables, but they had eggs in them, and when I opened them I could smell the strong aroma of eggs.

There were also spicy pickled vegetables, which were all cut into slices so that they could eat them easily.

I brought three water bottles with me. The water bottles at that time were military green big-bellied water bottles, which were not very heat-retaining. It had been more than six hours since I left the village, and the water had already gone cold.

None of them were picky. They were very happy to have something to eat when they were hungry or tired, especially when the food was delicious.

Xia Liang was holding the mixed-grain steamed bun, still feeling emotional.

"Sister Xia Liang, why don't you eat?"

Yang Xiaohong had already taken a big bite. She had eaten two cakes before leaving in the morning. After running for the whole morning, her stomach was already empty.

"Eat, I was thinking about how nice your mother is."

Yang Xiaohong chuckled: "Of course! My mother is the best mother in the world."

At this time, people's address was quite chaotic. Most children in the city changed their address to "Mom", while in the countryside, many people still followed the old tradition and called their mother "Niang".

"But Sister Xia Liang, don't be sad. Your mother isn't nice to you, so just don't be nice to her."