Using a casting net is more efficient, so Wenxi plans to set the fish and shrimp nets and traps in the river bend, which is closer, so he won't have to come here every day. He can just come here occasionally to use the casting net.
When Wenxi arrived home with a basket of wild vegetables on her back, it was already evening. Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue not only cleaned the pig offal she had left behind, but also cooked dinner.
"Xiaoxi, you didn't come back for lunch, you must be hungry. Have a meat bun to tide you over." Shen Jiaojiao took a meat bun out of the steamer.
When Wenxi returned earlier, she gave the pig offal to Shen Jiaojiao and also gave her three meat buns. Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue didn't have to go through the trouble of cooking lunch. They were full with one meat bun and one steamed sweet potato each, so there was still one meat bun left.
Wenxi bought a total of twelve large meat buns. She took out three, leaving nine for herself. As a grown woman, she naturally wouldn't treat herself badly. When she got hungry on the mountain, she ate the meat buns. Although she would have eaten more than the others if she ate one more, Shen Jiaojiao had already brought the buns over, and Wenxi couldn't refuse.
So Wenxi used hot water and soap to wash her hands, which were full of fishy smell, clean. Then she took the meat bun, drank the hot water, and ate the meat bun.
After having a small bite, Wenxi went to the kitchen to cook. Shen Jiaojiao had already cooked dinner. Wenxi made stir-fried pork liver and two other dishes. As for the remaining offal, it wasn't something that could be cooked in just a few minutes, so there wasn't time to cook it tonight.
Not long after dinner, Tian Shengnan and the others came over to borrow the kitchen to cook dinner. Smelling the lingering aroma of meat in the kitchen, the three of them couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and suddenly felt that their dumpling soup was tasteless.
However, once their small kitchen is usable, they can cook a meat dish every day, making the other educated youth in the settlement extremely envious.
The next day was Friday. Wen Xi had previously arranged with Lin Yiwan to follow Lu Xiaoyun and Xia Minglei together, so after giving Zhao Yuanyuan and Zhao Huihui a lesson that evening, she went to the river bend, found a relatively secluded spot, set up the fish and shrimp nets and traps, and tied the other end of the rope to the water plants.
The river bend was very wide and large. The place where she cast her fishing net was neither where people washed clothes nor where people crossed the river, so it was unlikely that she would be discovered under normal circumstances.
Then Wen Xi went to the foot of the mountain to collect the eels that Zhao Zhiping had left there, and then went home to wait for Lin Yiwan's arrival. She really wanted to see with her own eyes just how shameless the male lead could be.
She even doubted whether the book she had read was a fake, otherwise how could the male protagonist be such a person?
After waiting a while, Wenxi heard a knock on the door and went to open it. Lin Yiwan was covered up tightly, with only her eyes showing. The deep winter night was a bit cold. Wenxi locked the gate, quickly wrapped her scarf around her neck, put on her gloves, and then left with Lin Yiwan.
Not to mention Lin Yiwan, even Wen Xi, who had just arrived in the countryside, knew the roads in Fengshou Brigade like the back of her hand. The two of them walked towards the educated youth settlement in the dark without needing a flashlight at all.
Upon arriving near the educated youth settlement, the two stood behind a tree, intently watching the direction of the settlement. After a while, they indeed saw a beam of flashlight light appear outside the settlement. Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan exchanged a glance, then kept their eyes fixed on the light, not daring to relax their vigilance in the slightest.
Once the beam of the flashlight left the educated youth settlement and headed towards the outside of the village, Wenxi and Lin Yiwan quietly followed, keeping a distance of ten meters from the two people in front of them.
As long as the flashlight in front is still on, they won't lose track of the person no matter how far away they are. Even if the person in front turns off the flashlight cautiously, they can still see a blurry figure, so the chances of losing track of them are not high.
Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan followed Lu Xiaoyun and Xia Minglei until they saw the flashlight beam enter a doorway in the alley. Wen Xi whispered, "Lin Yiwan, is this Xia Minglei's lover's house? Do they live together? Or..."
Wen Xi covered her mouth in surprise, "Could it be that the two of them are the same person...?"
Lin Yiwan explained in a low voice, "This is a private restaurant that only caters to wealthy people and acquaintances. I've heard that it costs ten yuan to eat here, which is unaffordable for most people."
"So expensive?" Wen Xi stared in shock. She remembered that in her previous life in the 1980s, a meal at a restaurant would cost less than ten yuan. Ten yuan could buy a whole table of dishes. But here, a meal would cost ten yuan.
"I've only heard about it; I've never been there, so I don't know the details. All I know is that it's not cheap here," Lin Yiwan said.
She has a cheat code; she can eat whatever she wants without needing to spend money here, and the food here isn't worth the expense.
After waiting for a long time without Lu Xiaoyun and Xia Minglei coming out, Wen Xi was getting a little impatient. "Why are they taking so long? Are you sure this is a place to eat?"
"I can tell you very clearly that this is indeed a place to eat, not the kind of place for entertainment and leisure that used to be," Lin Yiwan earnestly explained to Wen Xi.
Wen Xi nodded thoughtfully. She remembered watching a TV series at that old man's house in her previous life. When men were out doing business and socializing, they would ask beautiful women to accompany them. Afterwards, they would not come home at night and would spend the night with other women, which would eventually lead to their wives and children breaking up.
However, considering Lu Xiaoyun and Xia Minglei, they probably wouldn't dare to do such a thing, since the punishment for such an act would be extremely severe, unless they didn't want their future at all.
After waiting for almost two hours, Lu Xiaoyun and Xia Minglei finally came out, both looking very satisfied, indicating that they had just eaten a lot of good food.
As the two figures gradually disappeared into the distance, Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan quickly and cautiously followed. Because they were in an alley, the two dared not walk too fast, for fear that the people in front would hear their voices and turn around to discover their presence.
Once you leave the alley and reach the wide main road in town, you no longer need to worry about being seen, because there are trees on both sides, so you can just hide behind them.
After following the two for more than ten minutes, Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan saw Xia Minglei stop outside a courtyard gate and quickly hid behind him.
The night was very dark, so it was very quiet, and Xia Minglei's knocking on the door could be heard very clearly.
The courtyard gate was quickly opened. The moonlight was quite bright tonight, and although it wasn't very clear, Wen Xi and Lin Yiwan still saw the face of a young woman. They couldn't hear what they were saying because they were a bit far away, but seeing the woman's radiant smile, they knew that she was very happy that Xia Minglei had come here.
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