Chapter 170 Mindset
Actually, it's quite simple. Before Xu Jiajia and the others arrived, the living standards and personal conditions of the educated youth at the settlement were all similar. No one was particularly well off, but no one was particularly poor either.
As a result, starting with Xu Jiajia, the people who came to the educated youth settlement were all better than the last in terms of family background and appearance. He Yuting began to feel the gap between herself and Xu Jiajia, who ate fine food at every meal at the educated youth settlement, and who was protected by Lu Xun and Zhou Zhipeng, boys with equally good family backgrounds and appearances.
Seeing that even those from well-off families were going to the countryside, He Yuting felt no hope of returning to the city, so she thought she needed to find a man to rely on, at least to share some of the burden.
Then, the people she liked at the educated youth settlement didn't reciprocate her feelings. Zhou Weimin, who always had her in mind and was a sycophant who always did what she wanted, satisfied her vanity and made her think that she wasn't so bad after all. Wasn't it because someone was willing to wait for her for so long?
However, married life was not as good as Zhou Weimin had promised. She was unhappy in her husband's family because the dowry they demanded was high, and her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law all had opinions about her. Then they separated the family, and she still had to do the work herself. Zhou Weimin couldn't support the family by himself.
Zhou Weimin also had to bear the debt from the betrothal gifts, and their lives were quite tight. Although she didn't live too badly after getting married, it was far from what she had originally expected, and she began to feel extremely unbalanced.
She also believed that if it weren't for Zhou Weimin, she might have been able to marry someone better, like Gu Yunze.
These thoughts accumulated over time, took root in He Yuting's mind, and eventually turned into crimes.
Ning Xuan recalled her brief time with He Yuting and felt that the girl was both pitiful and hateful. At the same time, she reminded herself that mindset is really important.
She decided to adjust her cultivation routine and stop relying on crystal cores so much. Otherwise, if Han Dongling's supply of crystal cores was cut off, and she had become accustomed to such an unimpeded, rapid cultivation speed, it would be difficult for her to adapt to the situation where her cultivation progress was close to zero after half a month of cultivation.
I'm afraid she won't be able to stand the extremely slow pace of cultivation anymore, and her mentality will suffer. If she makes a mistake in her cultivation, it could be serious.
However, the crystal cores were indeed very beneficial to her cultivation, so Ning Xuan thought about it and decided that, unless there were special circumstances, the maximum number of crystal cores she could absorb each day would be 5 level 1-2 crystal cores. If she encountered higher-level crystal cores, she could adjust the amount to only absorbing two or three.
Then, whenever I'm not too busy, I'll practice for at least half a day.
Having set a cultivation plan for herself, Ning Xuan found that her previously restless heart, which had been a little agitated due to her recent rapid cultivation speed, had calmed down considerably.
She finally understood what the basic manual for cultivating immortality meant: while talent and aptitude are important on the path of cultivation, character is also indispensable, and sometimes even more important than talent.
Because He Yuting couldn't accept that her plan had failed, she suffered a severe mental blow and became mentally unstable. She was still able to take care of herself, but she kept repeating things like "Impossible, how could this be?" In addition, Zhou Weimin issued a letter of understanding at the police station, and He Yuting was guilty of attempted murder. In the end, she didn't eat peanuts, but was sent to the most remote Northwest Farm for reform through labor, with a life sentence.
Ning Xuan felt that it was only because it wasn't the right time for a crackdown that He Yuting would have already eaten peanuts.
However, because of He Yuting's incident, the atmosphere among the educated youth at the settlement was very low for a period of time. In addition, most of the educated youth went back to visit their families one after another, and the settlement was deserted.
Zhao Yulian was very grateful to Xu Jiajia for taking her in, which made her life much easier during that time.
Ning Xuan was worried that it would seem strange for her to stay in her room all day, so she would chat with Xu Jiajia and Zhao Yulian for an hour or two while they were knitting together to pass the time, and then go back to her room to do her own thing.
Leisurely days fly by, and before you know it, it's Chinese New Year again.
Although Ning Xuan and her family's New Year's Eve dinner was much more low-key this year because Zhao Yulian was there, that was only in their eyes. In Zhao Yulian's eyes, the New Year's Eve dinner was far too lavish.
There was braised pork, which is a must-have every year, as well as meatballs, sweet and sour pork, braised pork ribs, chicken soup with vermicelli, and cabbage. The staple food was dumplings and rice. In Ning Xuan's opinion, this year's New Year's Eve dinner was much less elaborate than before, but Zhao Yulian had never eaten such a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, even before she went to the countryside.
However, Zhao Yulian was very sensible. In addition to expressing her appreciation for the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, she also offered to share the cost of the meal. Ning Xuan and the others were worried that Zhao Yulian would feel guilty, so they only accepted a token amount.
Knowing that they were taking care of her, Zhao Yulian took the initiative to do all the housework, such as washing dishes and sweeping the floor.
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While Ning Xuan and the others were celebrating the New Year, Shen Erya received an imperial edict from the capital.
Fortunately, Wang Erya had already received news from Prefect Shen in advance that because of her high-yield grain and handicrafts as tribute, the Emperor had issued an edict to reward her. The edict was sent halfway to Prefect Shen in advance so that he could teach Wang Erya the etiquette for receiving the edict and make the necessary preparations.
This story begins last month. At the beginning of last month, the corn was ripe, and Magistrate Wang personally supervised the harvesting and weighing of the corn.
Looking at the mountain of corn, Prefect Shen's mouth never stopped agape. In order to collect more data, he weighed it once when it was harvested, and the yield per mu was as high as sixteen shi, nearly 17 shi.
Next, they quickly dried the corn and arranged for people to work day and night to thresh it. The final weight of the dried corn kernels was indeed close to what Wang Erya had said, with a yield of up to 13 shi per mu, which was even higher than what Wang Erya had initially predicted.
Prefect Shen was so excited that he quickly wrote a memorial to the emperor and sent it to the capital. By the time the memorial arrived, the potatoes and corn were ready for harvest again. Prefect Shen had witnessed another miracle!
Moreover, sweet potatoes don't need to be dried for too long; just let them air dry a little to remove the soil before storing them, and the same goes for potatoes.
Then it just so happened that it was time for Prefect Shen to return to the capital to report on his duties. When he wrote the memorial, he had already taken some corn back with him to show the emperor. This time, Prefect Wang took potatoes and sweet potatoes back to the capital to report on his duties.
Prefect Shen suddenly revealed in the main hall that there were two other high-yield foods, causing a stir among the audience. The Emperor was overjoyed and immediately promoted Prefect Shen to a higher rank, placing him directly in one of the Six Ministries. His long-held dream of being transferred back to the capital had come true.
Fortunately, he did not take credit for it. Whether in his memorials or in person, he explained that the grain was Wang Erya's doing, so the emperor rewarded Wang Erya.
However, considering that Wang Erya was a commoner, the emperor of the Da Jin Dynasty needed to consider the reward accordingly, so he did not announce the reward on the spot, but announced it later. As a result, even after Prefect Shen returned to the prefectural city and stood his last post, he still did not know what kind of reward the emperor would give.
Following the etiquette instructions, Wang Erya burned incense and bathed, set up an altar, and then, along with her daughter and a group of servants, obediently waited in the courtyard for the imperial edict to arrive.
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