Chapter 29 Not knowing how lucky one is
They even taught Chen Jia survival skills and had their son find her a job so she could have her own income every month.
"Don't worry, Auntie, I won't go."
Seeing that Zheng Jiayu had taken her words to heart, Chen's mother left with peace of mind.
Before leaving, she glanced at Zheng Jiayu, wishing Chen Jia were as obedient and sensible.
What a pity...
When Gu Yunting returned from the training ground that evening, Zheng Jiayu told him about Chen's mother coming to see her during dinner.
After listening, Gu Yunting put a piece of spare rib on Zheng Jiayu's plate before continuing, "Aunt Chen is a very good person. Although you keep saying that she favors boys over girls, she is actually very good to her grandsons, granddaughters and daughters-in-law."
"Aunt Chen's granddaughter was raised by her. When she grew up, she started having Aunt Chen teach her to read and write. Every year, she would also buy the child a few clothes."
“She was very good to Chen Jia, but Chen Jia always felt that her aunt was biased towards her brother Chen Ji.”
The more Zheng Jiayu listened, the more she felt that Chen Jia was a fool.
“Any other girl would be incredibly grateful to her mother, but Chen Jia is actually complaining. I really don’t understand what she’s thinking.” Zheng Jiayu still couldn’t figure it out.
For girls who are truly disregarded due to gender inequality, Chen Jia's life is already very good.
They were still not satisfied.
“Jiayu, actually, Chen Jia has never given a penny of her salary to her aunt over the years. She keeps it all herself. She eats at Chen Ji’s place, and Chen Ji and his wife always pay for it.”
"..." Zheng Jiayu.
Suddenly I feel that Chen Jia doesn't deserve such a mother, brother, and sister-in-law.
"Since Aunt Chen has come over and said so, you must be careful when you encounter Chen Jia. Don't go with Chen Jia casually, understand?" Gu Yunting reminded her worriedly.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." With so many enemies around, how could she not be at all vigilant?
Here, only Gu Yunting can she trust; she trusts no one but Gu Yunting, including Gu Yunting's superiors.
"By the way, I want to go to the mountains tomorrow. Autumn is here, and there must be lots of mountain produce there," Zheng Jiayu said to Gu Yunting with anticipation.
Gu Yunting shook his head helplessly: "Go if you want, but you have to go with the people in the family compound. They also go into the mountains in the fall to prepare some mountain produce to eat in the winter."
Speaking of winter, Zheng Jiayu said hesitantly, "There are still some days until winter. How about we plant some vegetables and dry them to keep for winter?"
Besides cowpeas, we should also plant some radishes and cabbages.
We'll make dried radish and spicy kimchi then.
As for cowpeas, they can be dried and eaten in winter.
"Do you know how? If not, I'll go to the village and buy some." Gu Yunting didn't want Zheng Jiayu to be so tired.
Zheng Jiayu was about to say no, but the words caught in her throat as she realized that growing vegetables seemed like nothing to her.
Although she didn't know why she had such an idea, Zheng Jiayu was a free spirit and simply nodded and said, "I can, I can grow vegetables."
Gu Yunting leaned closer to Zheng Jiayu: "Really? If you really can, I'll dig up the vegetable garden in the yard."
"meeting."
Seeing that Zheng Jiayu didn't seem to be lying, Gu Yunting started turning over the soil the next day, and after a day he had uncovered that small vegetable patch.
They also went to ask someone for some vegetable seeds.
After receiving the seeds, Zheng Jiayu started planting vegetables. Gu Yunting watched from the side and thought that she was doing a pretty good job, which made him believe that she really knew how to grow vegetables.
After tidying up the vegetable garden at home, Zheng Jiayu finally went out with her basket on her back.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, we met many of the women from the family compound with whom we had chatted before, who were also preparing to go up the mountain. Even Aunt Chen Jia brought her grandchildren along.
"Jiayu, you're up the mountain too?"
"Auntie, I've come up the mountain to take a look."
"There are many mountain products in the area this season, you can look around."
"good."
After chatting briefly with Aunt Chen, Zheng Jiayu carried her basket and went up the mountain alone.
On her first trip up the mountain, Zheng Jiayu not only found a walnut tree, but also a chestnut tree.
These became snacks for Zheng Jiayu during the winter.
Pick up the walnuts and chestnuts that have fallen on the ground.
After picking up some, Zheng Jiayu walked inside.
A wild pear tree was found on a hillside.
The wild pear wasn't very big, about the size of her fist, and it was golden yellow.
Zheng Jiayu walked over, picked one, and took a bite.
The sweet and slightly sour taste made Zheng Jiayu like it immediately.
Zheng Jiayu picked more than a dozen and put them in her basket before preparing to leave.
Just as I was about to descend the mountain, I heard a clucking sound coming from not far away.
Upon hearing the sound, Zheng Jiayu suddenly squatted down and picked up a stone from the ground.
As the pheasant flew out, the stone in my hand shot out, hitting the pheasant, which fell to the ground at that moment.
Zheng Jiayu didn't rush to pick up the pheasant; instead, she looked down at her hands.
What's going on?
Is her aim that good? She can hit a pheasant with just a random stone?
This idea made Zheng Jiayu subconsciously shake her head; no, that's not right.
She's never studied it, so how could she be so good at it?
After thinking for a long time, Zheng Jiayu still couldn't figure it out.
Shaking his head, he decided to stop thinking about it and just pick up the pheasant and leave it there.
After placing the pheasant in the basket, Zheng Jiayu picked some tea tree mushrooms, laid a layer of grass on top of the pheasant, put the wild pears inside, and then placed the tea tree mushrooms on top.
Seeing that her basket was almost full, Zheng Jiayu did not continue in the mountains, but turned around and went down the mountain.
On the way down the mountain, they didn't encounter anyone, which relieved Zheng Jiayu.
When Zheng Jiayu returned home, she boiled water to prepare the pheasant and peeled some chestnuts, planning to make braised chicken with chestnuts for Gu Yunting that evening.
As soon as Gu Yunting entered the door that evening, he smelled a wonderful aroma of chicken.
Stepping into the kitchen, I saw Zheng Jiayu serving rice: "It smells so good."
Hearing Gu Yunting's voice, Zheng Jiayu turned her head and looked over: "You're back. Quickly take the dishes out."
Sitting at the dining table, Gu Yunting looked at the pheasant, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Did you buy this?"
"I didn't buy it. I found it on the mountain. I don't know how it happened. I threw a stone and it hit me."
Seeing Zheng Jiayu's innocent expression, Gu Yunting was speechless.
They sometimes don't even encounter pheasants when they go into the mountains, but Zheng Jiayu encountered one on her first trip. What kind of luck is that?
"You're in luck, I'm in for a treat."
The two were eating quietly when the child next door smelled the aroma of chicken and started making a fuss: "I want to eat meat too! I want to eat meat!"
Zheng Jiayu paused in her eating when she heard the noise coming from next door.
Looking up at Gu Yunting, she asked, "They won't come looking for us, will they?"
"Don't worry, it won't happen."
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