"Old Yun, let me tell you, now the people in our educated youth settlement are being valued by the brigade leader and the party secretary. This time when they slaughtered the pig, they even let us choose the meat first."
"Isn't this great? You can continue doing this next year."
"Yes, everyone is in high spirits. Wang Xiaorong and the others are planning to catch some fish fry in the river before the water freezes. Zhang Cuicao has been busy taking care of the piglets these days. The brigade leader said that next year they will apply to the commune for a few more pigs to expand the pigsty, as well as the poultry."
However, Wang Jianguo from the front yard has been looking rather downcast these past few days; he's the team leader of our educated youth settlement.
"What happened to your captain?"
"His girlfriend is Ding Shaoling from our educated youth settlement. Her parents came over yesterday and took her to the county. They haven't returned yet. However, her parents' attitude towards Wang Jianguo wasn't very good yesterday."
It's quite amusing that Yun Shudai can still enjoy gossip about parallel universes while abroad. After saying "Oh," she added, "So this means Ding Shaoling doesn't like Wang Jianguo? What does Ding Shaoling mean?"
"I don't know about that, since I wasn't there yesterday. I was busy helping Xue Zhenzhen move yesterday."
"Xue Zhenzhen? Her matter is resolved?"
"Yes, the Zhang family gave her two hundred yuan as compensation, and then she rented the last room at the back of our row. She's staying there today and is planning to treat us to dinner."
"Tsk, isn't this great? Money should be spent on yourself, not on men. It's such a waste."
"Yeah, she can spend her own money as she pleases, can't she? I only found out today that Xue Zhenzhen's family is quite chaotic. Her mother passed away when she was little, and her father remarried when she was five. Currently, she has two younger brothers and a younger sister. She came here to take her half-brother's place. However, her father has treated her quite well. Over the years, the family has sent her a lot of things and money, otherwise she wouldn't have so much money to give to the Zhang family."
In recent years, her stepmother has spent a lot of money finding jobs for her two sons. Her father tries to get her a job, but her stepmother always manages to sabotage it.
When Yun Shudai heard about stepparents, she thought of her previous life, where she felt abandoned despite having family. The thought of it made her heart ache.
He Wan knew that she couldn't stand hearing this, so she quickly said something nice: "Old Yun, let me tell you, I found a wild ginseng on the mountain yesterday."
"Really? Can you tell how long it's been?"
"I don't know anything about this. I've only seen it in the medical books you bought. I run around in the mountains every day, but this is the first time I've encountered it. I dug it up and put it in my space, but I don't know how to prepare it."
"Whatever you prepare, our space can preserve it, just leave it there, it's good stuff."
"Yes, we can soak it in alcohol to drink, or dry it to make balm or handmade soap, what do you think?"
"Well, you can do whatever you want. Are you feeling bored and want to try making your handmade soaps?"
"Another long winter is about to begin, and it's really boring."
"I'll buy you some tools for making handmade soap when I get back."
"Alas, what a pity about all those tools I have in this world. They were all good hand-carved molds that I found in the market, as well as all my various materials."
"It's no use feeling sorry for yourself, we can't go back. Besides, that's just a hobby of yours. How much could you possibly have left?"
"That still hurts my heart."
As they chatted, they started talking about their hobbies from their past lives.
Yun Shudai likes to paint, and He Wan likes to make handmade soaps and perfumes.
Yun Shudai often uses the handmade soaps she makes to wash her face; they're very good.
Yun Shudai even joked with her that if she opened a Taobao store online to sell handmade soaps, with how good they are, she could attract a lot of loyal customers.
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