"Brother, is there something you need me for?" When she arrived at Jin Changfeng's house, she was somewhat surprised to see that Jin Changfeng had already packed his luggage and looked like he was about to leave.
Jin Changfeng handed the key to Wen Xi, "Little sister, I've almost recovered, and this mission is over. I should go back to my team. I'll leave my house to you from now on. What's mine is yours. You can move in if you want, but if any outsiders want to stay here, just tell them I don't agree."
Wenxi nodded. "Big brother, I understand. I will take care of this house as if it were my own. You must take good care of yourself while you are working outside. You must pay attention to safety and protect yourself. I don't want what happened before to happen again. I hope that you are a hero, not a martyr. Do you understand?"
Jin Changfeng's sudden departure stirred a pang of reluctance in Wenxi's heart. She wondered if her second brother would be jealous knowing that his younger sister was starting to care about other brothers.
“I will write to you when I have time.” Jin Changfeng looked down at Wen Xi, his dark eyes full of seriousness. “You must remember to write back to me. If anything happens, be sure to write to me or send me a telegram.”
Wen Xi nodded, "I know, you're my older brother, who else would I turn to if not you?"
She suddenly realized something: if her letters were intercepted by her older sister, then if they were sent from elsewhere under someone else's name, her older sister wouldn't be able to intercept them. Especially since Jin Changfeng was a soldier, intercepting a soldier's letter was illegal. Besides, her older sister didn't know Jin Changfeng, so naturally she wouldn't associate her with him.
Wen Xi decided to wait until she received Jin Changfeng's letter before discussing this matter with him.
Hearing the sound of a car outside, Jin Changfeng reached out and reluctantly ruffled Wen Xi's hair before carrying his luggage and walking outside. Wen Xi quickly followed.
Upon arriving at the courtyard gate, Jin Changfeng glanced back at Wen Xi before getting into the passenger seat. He waved to Wen Xi, who waved back reluctantly, saying, "Big brother, be careful, take care of yourself, and protect yourself."
"Let's go." Zhao Jianguo said to Wen Xi, then opened the back door and got in.
The car drove forward a little, turned around, and passed in front of Wenxi again. Wenxi saw Zhang Yong sitting in the back seat and Mo Qiaolin by the window. Zhang Yong and Mo Qiaolin had been sitting inside the car, but Wenxi hadn't seen them before.
Mo Qiaolin glanced triumphantly at Wen Xi standing outside. Although her hope of forcing Jin Changfeng to marry her after falling into the water had failed, she was now married to Zhang Yong, who was also a soldier, and she was going to go with him to his military base.
What Mo Qiaolin didn't know was that Zhang Yong's family members weren't yet allowed to accompany him to the military. He himself lived in a dormitory with multiple people. The reason he took Mo Qiaolin with him was to send her back to his hometown so that she could take care of his parents and look after the family.
Since he couldn't stay at home, his wife had to take care of him in his place.
Watching the car drive away, Wen Xi locked the gate of Jin Changfeng's house and went back. She wanted to tidy up the vegetable garden in Jin Changfeng's yard, but she didn't have any tools and would have to borrow some from the tool room first. She decided to skip it today, since it wasn't time to plant vegetables yet, and all her plants were already seedlings, which saved her the time of cultivating seedlings.
That afternoon, after Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue went to work, Lin Yiwan came over and asked Wen Xi to go out and dig for wild vegetables. The vegetables had not yet been planted, and the vegetables planted last year were slowly getting old, so there were not many vegetables to eat now. Most people were digging for wild vegetables and picking mushrooms.
Actually, there are bamboo forests on the mountain, so there are naturally bamboo shoots. However, in my previous life, I spent two years here and never saw anyone picking bamboo shoots to eat. I don't know if they didn't know how to eat them or if they just didn't like them.
Lin Yiwan was the only girl in her family and was very spoiled. Even before Lin Yiwan transmigrated into this world, the original owner of this body was still very pampered.
Other girls in the village have already taken on household chores and even work in the fields to earn work points, while Lin Yiwan is studying at school and does housework at home during busy farming seasons. She has never worked in the fields before, and now Lin Yiwan is even less likely to do so, but she has not applied for anything like cutting pig feed.
Because her family told others that she should stay at home to manage the household and that she didn't need to worry about earning work points. Moreover, Lin Yiwan had given away a lot of money to her family over the years since she transmigrated, and she had saved up a lot of money herself. Why would such a rich person need to work in the fields to earn work points?
The people who were stationed on the mountain had already left after finishing their business there, so everyone was able to go up the mountain.
Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan carried baskets on their backs and walked up the mountain together. As they walked, Lin Yiwan asked, "After spring plowing, the team will build a primary school. Are you going to sign up to be a teacher then?"
Wen Xi shook her head. "I'm not interested in being a teacher, and I don't like taking care of children either."
The thought of her child gave Wenxi a headache. In her previous life, she had taken care of that old man's child for more than ten years, and she had really had enough. In this life, she wanted to avoid marriage if possible. If her family forced her to get married, she would think of other solutions later.
"It's better not to be a teacher. Being a teacher means you don't have to work during the week, but you still have to work during the busy farming season. It's not as easy as cooking. Besides, new educated youth will be coming soon, and there will be a lot of trouble then. It's better to stay away from them." Lin Yiwan felt that she had more to talk about with Wen Xi, so she couldn't help but remind her.
Wen Xi smiled and nodded, "Thank you for reminding me, but I never intended to become a teacher."
Upon arriving at the bamboo forest, Lin Yiwan put down her basket and then squatted down to start breaking bamboo shoots. Wen Xi asked curiously, "Why are you breaking bamboo shoots?"
"Of course, it's about eating!" Lin Yiwan said with a smile.
"Oh!" Wenxi responded and squatted down to start breaking bamboo shoots. Breaking bamboo shoots is a very therapeutic thing; just listening to the sound of breaking bamboo shoots can make people forget those unpleasant things.
"Do you know how to do it?" Lin Yiwan asked, amused, when she saw Wen Xi also breaking bamboo shoots.
She broke it without even asking me. What if she cooks it back home and it doesn't taste good? Will she blame me?
Wen Xi looked at Lin Yiwan with a puzzled expression, "Isn't it prepared like cooking wild vegetables?"
In fact, Wenxi was pretending. She knew that bamboo shoots were edible and how to eat them, because she had signed up for a box of recipes, which included recipes from various cuisines. She saw all sorts of ways to cook bamboo shoots in the box.
"Let me tell you how to cook bamboo shoots..." Lin Yiwan then shared three ways to cook bamboo shoots with Wen Xi: pickled bamboo shoots, stir-fried bamboo shoots, and braised bamboo shoots with pork. She only knew how to make these three dishes, and she didn't know how to make or had ever made the other complicated ones, especially the one called Yan Du Xian, which she had never eaten.
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