When Wenxi returned home, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue were not there, but they left her a note saying they had gone to town.
Now they've both made money from bamboo shoots and even exchanged them for tickets from Wenxi. Now that they're both feeling generous, they've decided to go shopping in town.
Wenxi chose to partner with them because she understood their character and values. Although they had grown up in adversity, they were all of good character. Jiang Yue relied on Wenxi and Shen Jiaojiao for the first few months because she only had thirty yuan in her entire savings, which wasn't even enough to buy furniture.
But now that she has money, she has started to repay Wenxi and Shen Jiaojiao.
The postman comes around the same time every day. Wenxi had just returned home when she heard a knock on the door. She quickly grabbed the reply and went out to sign for her own mail. She also gave the postman a few White Rabbit candies to make him feel better.
Wen Xi looked down at the letter in her hand and suddenly thought of the package she had sent to Jin Changfeng. She wondered if Jin Changfeng had time to help her exchange the ginseng, and even more so, whether he could actually get the ginseng for her.
In the afternoon, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue returned. Both of them had brought back dumplings from the state-run restaurant because they mainly ate porridge and rice at home and rarely ate dumplings, as making dumplings took a lot of time.
As for braised pork and the like, we didn't pack any to go. We have plenty of meat at home, so there's no need to waste money on it.
Seeing that they were about to take things out, Wenxi quickly reached out to stop them, saying, "Alright, alright, whatever you bought, keep it for yourselves and don't share it."
They don't earn money easily, and when they finally earn a little, they buy some things to treat themselves. Besides, it was agreed that she would provide the money and they would provide the labor. As long as they took care of the chores around the house, she wouldn't mind taking care of their meals. After all, she wouldn't need much money, and most of the things were paid for by contract.
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue exchanged a glance and said nothing more. Instead, they carried their purchases back to their rooms.
Dinner consisted of dumplings that Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue had brought back. Wen Xi made tomato and egg soup and then put the dumplings back in the pot. Although there were only two servings of dumplings, each person still got a large bowl.
The next morning, Lin Yiwan came early again to call Wenxi to pick snails. Wenxi thought that the snail meat could be dried and preserved, so she went with her.
Collect more snails, then take out the meat, dry it, and send it home with dried bamboo shoots.
After picking lotus roots for more than an hour, the two of them carried the heavy baskets back. As they walked, Wenxi asked Lin Yiwan in a low voice, "Yiwan, do you like to eat lotus roots?"
"Lotus root?" Lin Yiwan raised an eyebrow. "Our team doesn't have any lotus root!"
“I know a place where lotus roots grow. Let’s go dig some together tomorrow morning. The lotus roots are the most tender and delicious at this time of year,” Wenxi said.
Wenxi was also planning to dig lotus roots and bring them back to eat. Lin Yiwan took her to collect snails, so she would take Lin Yiwan to dig lotus roots. This was a win-win situation; otherwise, it would be her taking advantage of the situation.
"Great!" Lin Yiwan nodded with sparkling eyes. It just so happened that she didn't have any lotus roots in her space. If she could plant lotus roots, she would have an endless supply of lotus roots to eat in the future.
"You need to get up early tomorrow morning, at least an hour early, so you can go early and come back early, and avoid being seen by others. After all, that's not our own territory," Wenxi instructed.
When Wenxi and Lin Yi returned home late, the work bell hadn't rung yet, which showed how early they had gotten up. However, summer was approaching, and it was getting light very early; it was already light outside around 4 a.m.
Wenxi prepared breakfast, ate it, and then set off with her basket on her back. She had to take the dozens or even hundreds of pounds of snails she had collected that day to the waterfall, put them together with yesterday's snails to let them purge the mud and sand. After a few days of this process, once they were completely clean, she would take them back to cook and eat.
After descending the mountain, Wenxi delivered a basket of pig feed and went home.
After the sun cooled down in the evening, Wenxi went up the mountain to collect firewood again. Her family needs firewood for three meals a day and takes turns bathing at night.
However, it's the right season now, so we can use the water to dry for bathing, which will save some firewood. Wenxi decided to start using wooden basins to dry the water in the yard from tomorrow, which will save some firewood.
Early in the morning, Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan came to the lotus pond together. The emerald green lotus leaves looked like green umbrellas, which looked very refreshing and pleasant.
Wenxi took out her waders from her basket and said as she put them on, "Yiwan, you just wait up here. I'll go down and pick lotus roots. We can split the harvest equally."
Lin Yiwan nodded gratefully. Although the water in the lotus pond only reached her knees, she didn't have the necessary equipment to go in, and her boots weren't deep enough, so she could only stand on the side and watch.
After putting on her waders, Wenxi carefully waded into the pond. When she reached the lotus leaves, she used her feet to feel her way down the stems of the lotus leaves. Once she found a lotus root, she would bend down and carefully scoop it out of the mud with her hands.
Harvesting lotus roots is a very arduous task. It took Wenxi a long time to finally pull a lotus root out of the mud. It had about six sections. The very top section was tender white, indicating that it had just grown this year. The remaining sections were covered in a rusty soil color, clearly indicating that it was an old lotus root.
When Lin Yiwan saw Wenxi take out a lotus root, she happily asked Wenxi to throw it to her. Afraid of breaking the lotus root, Wenxi simply put it aside and then continued taking out lotus roots.
After digging for a long time, Wenxi finally managed to dig up ten lotus roots. During this time, Lin Yiwan, bored while waiting, picked wild vegetables nearby and said she would share half with Wenxi later.
It was precisely because Lin Yiwan left that Wenxi was able to cheat, so Wenxi took out five more lotus roots and put them into the system warehouse. She also caught five black ducklings and a nest of duck eggs, all of which she put into the system warehouse.
As soon as she came out of the pond, Wenxi quickly took off her wetsuit, because it was too hot to wear as it wasn't breathable, and even the soles of her feet were sweaty. As soon as she took it off, a cool breeze blew by, making her feel very cool and comfortable.
When Lin Yiwan saw Wenxi come ashore, she quickly ran over with her basket, smiling mysteriously. Wenxi asked curiously, "What good thing did you find?"
"Ta-da!" Lin Yiwan removed the wild vegetables from the top, revealing two chubby rabbits inside.
"Amazing!" Wen Xi praised. This rabbit was much fatter than wild rabbits, so it must have been raised in Lin Yiwan's space.
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