"Brother Qin, I hope you can keep your word."
Wen Xi served the chilled bubble tea to Qin Mi. By this time, the ice had long since melted, so it didn't taste as cold anymore. She told Qin Mi that she had made it and cooled it down, and Qin Mi wouldn't have noticed anything amiss.
Sure enough, just like her family members in the original story who had their intelligence lowered, Qin Mi didn't utter a single word after finishing her bubble tea.
After finishing the first pot of crabs, the second pot was still cooking. Qin Mi went to throw away the crab shells. If the crab shells were thrown nearby, they might attract insects, so they had to be thrown further away.
While Qin Mi was away, Wen Xi used a net to scoop a net full of large river shrimp from the shrimp pond. She washed a few and then put them into the crab pot. These shrimp cook very quickly and can be eaten in just a few minutes.
She now has her own shrimp pond, and most importantly, she has never sold any of these large river shrimp, so she doesn't know how many large river shrimp she has now.
She rarely eats them herself, and she does eat a little bit occasionally, otherwise what if the shrimp pond overflows?
These river prawns are large and meaty; a few are enough to fill one person up, so Wenxi didn't cook too many.
When Qin Mi returned, Wen Xi saw the bouquet he was holding made of wildflowers. The wildflowers of various colors were arranged together and looked quite beautiful. Wen Xi couldn't help but think of the valley that He Chen'an had taken her to before. It seemed that she would still have to collect some seeds in the fall.
Because some wildflowers are really beautiful and can definitely be cultivated.
"Xi, this is for you." Qin Mi handed the bouquet to Wen Xi. "The most beautiful flowers are for the most beautiful person."
Wen Xi looked at Qin Mi with amusement, "Brother Qin, where did you learn all this nonsense?"
"I didn't study anything; I just wanted to give you all the beautiful things in the world," Qin Mi said firmly.
Wenxi reached out and took the flowers. "There are so many beautiful things in this world. If you want to give them all to me, you'd better work hard."
"Yes, I will continue to work hard." Qin Mi clenched her fist and said firmly.
The two then sat down and ate crabs and river shrimp. Although they were just boiled with a little salt, delicious food often tastes best when cooked using the simplest methods.
At the hottest time of day, the two of them went swimming under the waterfall. The water here is constantly flowing downwards, so it is not deep, and adults can walk upright in it.
After swimming for half an hour, Wenxi got ashore. She found a place to change into clean clothes and then lay down on a bamboo mat to rest. It was sheltered from the sun and had a gentle breeze, making it very comfortable.
In the evening, the two returned home. Wenxi noticed that Jiang Yue's eyes were a little red. After handing the things to Qin Mi, she went to Jiang Yue and asked worriedly, "Xiaoyue, what's wrong? What happened?"
“When Jiang Yang suffered from heatstroke before, I didn’t take care of him, and they wrote to me to scold me. Have they forgotten that they cut ties with me?” Jiang Yue said aggrievedly.
They didn't like her, but they needed her nonetheless.
Since we need her help, can't we treat her better?
Does she always get all the bad things but never the good ones?
What wonderful things are they thinking?
"If they write letters to insult you, you can write letters to insult them back. Let them know you're not someone to be trifled with, otherwise they'll only take advantage of you. That's how people are; they test your limits step by step," Wen Xi patted Jiang Yue on the shoulder, reminding her.
Jiang Yue nodded. "I understand."
Why should she be the only one getting scolded? She should scold back, otherwise they'll all come after her for every little thing in the future.
After that, Jiang Yue turned around and went back to her room. She took out a letter and started writing. They already didn't want her as their daughter anymore, but when something happened, they still wanted to take advantage of her. Did they really think she was still the same easy person to bully as before?
Wen Xi washed her hands and face, put the wildflowers Qin Mi had picked into a jar, and placed it on the table in the room, adding a touch of brightness to the whole room.
Afterwards, Wenxi went to the kitchen to cook dinner. Qin Mi was there today, so she couldn't cheat and had to come and cook honestly. However, Qin Mi was in charge of tending the fire, so Wenxi wouldn't have to be roasted by the fire.
The two of them worked together and quickly prepared a simple three-dish-and-one-soup meal: stir-fried cured pork with green peppers, stir-fried cured pork with cowpeas, braised eggplant, and tomato and egg soup.
In the summer, there are only these vegetables in the yard, so we can only eat these vegetables. If we want to eat other kinds of vegetables, we can only wait until she has time to cook and serve them to everyone.
Wen Xi suddenly remembered lotus root and whispered to Qin Mi, "Brother Qin, come with me to a place tonight!"
"Okay." Qin Mi agreed immediately, because he would never refuse Wen Xi's request to go anywhere, even if the place was fraught with danger.
Dinner was ready, and Wenxi called Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue over to eat. After dinner, the two of them took flashlights and tools and went out. Wenxi also got ready and went out with Qin Mi. The two of them went to the place where they had dug lotus roots and picked lotus seeds last year.
"Brother Qin, those lotus seeds are quite delicious. Could you please pick a few for me?" Wen Xi looked up at Qin Mi.
Qin Mi reached out and touched Wen Xi's hair. "Xi, your problems are my problems. How can they be troublesome?"
So Qin Mi took his basket, went down into the pond, and headed towards the lotus seeds.
Qin Mi is tall and has long legs, so she doesn't need to wear waders. Most importantly, Wen Xi has no way to take out waders to use because there are no such waders available at this time.
Watching Qin Mi walk to the middle, Wen Xi squatted down by the grass and quietly added a little bit of fish sedative to the pond. Last year she left a lot of river shrimp uncaught. After a year of growth, the river shrimp should be bigger now, right?
Sure enough, after a while, fish started floating belly up on the surface of the water, and crayfish and large river shrimp were sleeping in the water plants nearby. Wenxi quickly used a net to scoop them up.
Qin Mi was picking lotus pods in the middle, while Wen Xi was happily catching fish on the side. She didn't sort them, but put them all in a wooden bucket, since they would be eaten directly tomorrow, so there was no need to sort them.
Qin Mi encountered a wild duck nest along the way, caught a few wild ducks and some wild duck eggs, and first gave what he had in his hands to Wen Xi.
Wenxi then remembered that she had also caught wild ducks and found wild duck eggs last summer. She even used an incubator to hatch the wild duck eggs, and after the wild ducks grew up, she put them in the system warehouse.
Since she has all kinds of meat here and is never short of meat, she has never eaten wild duck. Now that Wenxi has many farmed ducks and native ducks, there is even less need to eat these things.
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