It was Hu Meiling, Zhuang Xue, and Ding Xiang who finally broke the ice. After cleaning up the dishes, they grabbed a handful of wild fruit.
They didn't even look at what kind of wild fruit they had in their hands before putting it directly into their mouths.
They weren't surprised by Zhuang Xue and Ding Xiang's performance.
After all, Shen Mu Ning seems to have had quite a bit of contact with them during this period.
The fact that the two of them are acting so freely at this moment does not mean that they can do the same.
However, Hu Meiling's actions were similar to Wang Zhu's.
Neither of them, who had previously offended Shen Mu Ning, were afraid that she would come after them.
If the two of them can eat wild fruit so casually, then all the others can too, right?
So there was no need to think about it anymore. They all got up, grabbed a handful of wild fruit, and returned to their seats.
Xu Ji had been eyeing these wild fruits for a long time, but he hadn't been hiding from Zhang Jiayang because he had teased him earlier.
He had long ago been able to sneak a taste of the fruit under the guise of helping wash it.
As soon as the wild fruit was served, he wanted to go and try it.
However, at that time, only Zhang Jiayang was there eating wild fruit, while everyone else remained calm and unmoved.
Although he loves to eat, it doesn't mean he'll lose his mind just for a bite to eat. He understands what everyone is thinking.
She felt that Zhang Jiayang was, after all, one of the people who went to the countryside in the same batch as Shen Muning. There were no unpleasant things between them.
Besides, everyone in the yard before the meal knew that he had carried that basket of wild fruit back from the mountain.
They believed that although they had not offended Shen Mu Ning, they had not gotten close to her either.
Therefore, when faced with Shen Mu Ning's explicit statement that she wanted to share the wild fruits with everyone, they could only wait and see.
It was only after Wang Zhu and Hu Meiling's subsequent actions that everyone's doubts were dispelled.
They also understood that the two of them were no longer as apprehensive as before, which meant that Shen Mu Ning had no intention of holding a grudge against them.
Since Shen Mu Ning can forgive them, she should be friendly to people like them as well.
Everyone tasted the wild fruits, among which blueberries and raspberries were the most popular.
These two fruits are not only beautiful in color, but also have a sweet and sour taste that is mostly sweet, with the sourness perfectly complementing the sweetness.
When Shen Mu Ning lingered in her room for a while and came out to chat with everyone, there was only a little wild fruit left in the basin.
She thought she had taken out quite a lot of wild fruit, but she didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic about it.
Dingxiang was the first to notice Shen Muning's surprised expression, and to make matters worse, she met her gaze. Shen Muning held the wild fruit in her hand, unsure whether to eat it or not.
To ease her embarrassment, she decided to explain, just in case she was mistaken for a good-for-nothing.
"Um, Shen Zhiqing, please sit down."
"Let me tell you, you have no idea how hard these wild fruits are to pick."
"You're really capable of getting so many."
After speaking, Dingxiang forgot her original intention and began to complain about the lack of fruit here.
"You have no idea how little fruit I've been able to eat since I came to Lingbei."
“We can’t find any wild fruits every year. As for proper fruits, the only ones we have are pears.”
"However, after each autumn harvest, everyone buys a lot of pears."
"We might buy a hundred or two hundred pounds, and if we can't finish them, we'll put them in the cellar."
"When it snows, we'll bury them directly in the snow and make frozen pears."
Upon hearing Dingxiang mention frozen pears, everyone immediately started chatting.
First, Xu Ji couldn't help but drool and insisted on talking to everyone.
"You new educated youth probably don't know what frozen pears are, right?"
"Let me tell you, these frozen pears are definitely a specialty of Lingbei, they're especially delicious."
"That's right, Xu Ji is right. After the autumn harvest, I must buy more pears."
"I don't buy many. Winter isn't even halfway over yet, and I've already finished my frozen pears."
"Yes, if we're talking about local specialties, frozen pears are definitely the best choice."
Shen Mu Ning was quite interested in this, as she often saw people from Northeast China eating frozen pears online in her previous life.
Out-of-towners who tried the frozen pears all raved about them. She had always wanted to try them, but hadn't had the chance yet.
Now that we're in Lingbei, we absolutely have to try this local specialty.
"I haven't seen any pear trees in the Johor Bahru village. Where are we going to buy some?"
When Shen Mu Ning was reading the novel before, she saw a description that said she had to go to another brigade to buy it, but it didn't mention a specific address.
“The Qingshan Brigade, which is right next to us, has a pear orchard. Every autumn after the harvest, the pears that are handed over to the commune are the property of the brigade.”
"In order to increase the income of the brigade, they sold the better pears from the remaining pears to people from surrounding brigades."
Shen Mu Ning was unaware of the situation, but she patiently continued to ask.
"Are you all going by yourselves, or with the rest of the team?"
"Of course we'll all go together, so you don't have to worry about getting lost."
Shen Mu Ning nodded to indicate that she understood, and everyone then moved on from the topic.
They sat in the courtyard, holding sweet and sour wild fruits in their hands.
On such a night with a sky full of stars and the darkness of night, the mountain breeze is not as hot as during the day; it is still cool and gentle, caressing the skin of the educated youth.
Perhaps because the farm work these past two days hasn't been too strenuous, we even got to eat a long-awaited feast today.
Now everyone can sit here, eating wild fruit and admiring the moon. They all have a strong desire to share their stories, and they talked about their past lives.
"Speaking of which, why didn't we study hard when we were kids?" said Xu Ji.
He was their family's first grandson, and his family spoiled him.
At home, his family spoiled him, even though they didn't expect him to give them everything he wanted. They pampered him so much that he became arrogant and ignorant.
But his family's favoritism made him fearless, and he just coasted through his school years.
When he graduated from high school, he failed to get a job at any of the companies that were recruiting.
On the contrary, his older sister was never as favored as him since childhood, and she helped with housework and took care of him from a young age.
Instead of becoming decadent, he worked very hard in his studies.
Despite having a lot of housework taking up her time, she still managed to finish junior high school.
If it weren't for her family not wanting to continue supporting her and wanting her to start working and earning money early...
It's likely that his sister, not him, will be the first high school student in his family.
After graduating from junior high school, his sister passed the exam for a finance clerk position at the textile factory and successfully entered the factory to work.
He barely made it into high school with his sister's help, but he didn't study properly and just spent his days aimlessly.
Unexpectedly, this aimless lifestyle resulted in him being unable to find suitable employment and forced to go to the countryside.
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