"Yiwan, thank you. Now I have another dish to eat." After that, Wenxi also started to carefully break bamboo shoots, and the only sound in the bamboo forest was the crisp sound of breaking bamboo shoots.
Bamboo shoot husks can be dried and used as firewood, so the two of them didn't peel bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest. They planned to peel bamboo shoots at home and then keep the husks to dry and use as firewood.
Wenxi and Lin Yiwan picked a basketful of bamboo shoots and also found some mushrooms. Now that spring has arrived, many mushrooms have sprouted, and many people are taking advantage of the time when they are not busy to pick some mushrooms to dry and save for when they are short of vegetables.
After descending the mountain, the two said goodbye and returned home. Wenxi put the basket on her back by the well and went to the kitchen to cook lunch. Afterward, she went to the well to wash vegetables and mushrooms. Wenxi decided to make a mushroom soup, stir-fry some bok choy, and take out a meat dish from the system's warehouse for lunch.
Anyway, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue weren't home, so they didn't know what she had made for lunch. She was too lazy to spend so much time making elaborate dishes every day, so she would just make a big pot of food and store it in the system warehouse. When she wanted to eat, she would just scoop out a plate of it, which was very convenient and easy.
Today, Lin Yiwan took Wenxi to pick bamboo shoots, giving Wenxi an extra dish to eat. In return, Wenxi planned to give Lin Yiwan a big fish. However, considering that Lin Yiwan had dealings with the black market and would naturally know about the black market receiving the big fish, she thought that if she took out the big fish, Lin Yiwan would probably be able to connect her to the man who supplied the fish to the black market.
So Wenxi had to give up the idea of sending fish, but Lin Yiwan was not short of money or supplies, so Wenxi really didn't know what to send her!
Let's just wait and see!
In the afternoon, Wenxi sat by the well peeling bamboo shoots. She had never peeled bamboo shoots before and had no skills, so she could only peel them one by one, which was very inefficient. It took her a long time to peel a basket of bamboo shoots, and her fingers were sore from peeling.
After peeling the bamboo shoots, Wenxi washed them and then took them to the kitchen, put them in a pot, added water, and boiled them. After the water boiled, she boiled them for a few more minutes, then took them out to drain. She set aside a plate for dinner, and after the rest cooled down, she tore them in half by hand and then put them in the yard to dry.
After processing the bamboo shoots, Wenxi carried a basket on her back to the bamboo forest. The bamboo shoots were fresh and tender at this time of year, so she picked more and dried more. Once she contacted her family, she could send them more dried bamboo shoots to add to their dishes.
There was no one in the bamboo forest, so Wenxi first picked a basketful as a formality. The bamboo shoots she picked after that were directly stored in the system warehouse. Otherwise, sending them home repeatedly would not only waste time but also be very inefficient.
Wenxi didn't go back until evening, having picked several hundred pounds of bamboo shoots. It was so nice that no one was competing with her for the bamboo shoots.
Back home, Wenxi quickly started cooking rice, cut the bamboo shoots she had saved from the afternoon into bite-sized pieces, and added the chopped bamboo shoots to the pot when she was reheating the meat and vegetables. She then added a bowl of water and simmered it.
It was the first time Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue had ever eaten bamboo shoots. They were crunchy, like eating cartilage, but the tender, crisp, and sweet bamboo shoots were really quite delicious.
"Xiaoyue, didn't you say you wanted to make money? I'll give you a way to make money, how about it?" Thinking of the large bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, Wenxi's mind suddenly lit up like a bright light.
Jiang Yue became interested, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Wen Xi, "Xiao Xi, what's your way of making money?"
"How about we pick bamboo shoots during our off-work hours? Five cents a pound." Jiang Yue felt insecure and indebted to them if she didn't have any money.
But Jiang Yue would not accept money directly, so she suggested that Wen Xi exchange bamboo shoots for money so that she wouldn't have to pick bamboo shoots herself.
Wen Xi wasn't afraid of Jiang Yue reporting her, after all, Jiang Yue herself was the person involved. If Jiang Yue reported her, she wouldn't have a good ending either; it would be a mutual destruction. Was Jiang Yue that stupid?
"Really?" Jiang Yue's eyes lit up even more when she heard this.
Wenxi nodded.
Jiang Yue was overjoyed. "Okay, then I'll finish my work quickly tomorrow and then go to the bamboo forest to pick bamboo shoots."
"I'll go too." Shen Jiaojiao immediately raised her hand. Why miss an opportunity to make money? Besides, bamboo shoots don't seem to be available all the time. If you want to make money, you have to hurry!
Wen Xi nodded, "Okay, don't tell anyone about this. Just the three of us should know. If anyone asks you why you're breaking bamboo shoots, just say you're trying to see if you can eat them."
After dinner, the three of them sat in the kitchen and chatted for a while. Then it got dark, and Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue took turns washing up before returning to their rooms.
Wenxi waited for Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui to come and give them lessons. Zhao Zhiping was still catching eels for Wenxi. The strong laborers had already officially started working. Although it was not yet time for spring plowing, they needed to select seeds and cultivate seedlings in advance.
In his spare time, Zhao Zhiping would go to the edge of the field to find eel burrows and then directly use his hands to catch the eels. So even if the ditches were no longer dug, Zhao Zhiping could still catch eels.
After finishing her lessons with Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui, Wen Xi went to the kitchen to get hot water to wash up, and then went back to her room to rest.
Wen Xi was lying in bed, thinking about going shopping with Lin Yiwan tomorrow, when the check-in system suddenly issued another task: "Host, task issued now: Please follow the planned route to the destination."
Then a huge map appeared before her eyes, with a glowing arrow on it. Wenxi zoomed out on the map with her finger and found that her destination was in the town. She didn't know exactly where in the town it was, as the town was full of intricate alleys, and Wenxi hadn't been to every place.
Knowing that there was a person on the verge of death waiting for her to save them in the darkness, Wen Xi did not waste any time. She quickly put on her clothes, left a note, and asked them to tell Lin Yiwan that she had urgent business to attend to and could not go to town with Lin Yiwan.
Once outside, Wenxi followed the direction of the arrow. Although it was past the New Year, it was still quite cold at night. The wind was chilly on her face, and her nose felt like it was about to be blown off.
Wenxi jogged and walked at different times, arriving in town in half the usual time, but she was still exhausted and panting heavily.
Following the arrow, she arrived at a dark and long alley and saw a figure lying in the darkness. Wen Xi was startled. When she rescued Jin Changfeng, it was broad daylight, so she wasn't too afraid of what she saw. But seeing such a scene at night really frightened her.
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