I came here to pick mushrooms, but instead of finding any, I ended up saving someone's life.
Lin Xue carried her things back as she walked, digging up some wild vegetables along the way.
In the end, her basket wasn't even full, so she just packed a bundle of firewood and carried it back.
Back home, I first took the medicine box back to the main room, and then hung the smoked rabbit that my aunt had given me in the kitchen.
The pheasant and the big bird I caught were already dead, so I went straight to the kitchen, boiled a pot of water, and plucked their feathers.
These two aren't worth smoking, but the weather is quite hot now, and if they're not treated, they might smell bad.
Since there was no refrigerator available, Lin Xue simply chopped one up and planned to stir-fry it for lunch.
The other one was preserved in salt and then placed in the space.
She doesn't really like eating frozen food, so marinating it and putting it in the space prevents it from spoiling, maintains its best texture, and adds a salty flavor.
After marinating, take it out and hang it on the stove to smoke.
Once the surface moisture dries, it generally won't spoil.
Lin Xue took a clove of garlic from the shelf and found some dried chili peppers.
Quickly cut off the chicken legs and wings to stew and make soup. Chop the remaining chicken carcass with a cleaver and add green peppers, red chili peppers, garlic, and a little bit of houttuynia cordata.
Chop the whole chicken bones into a paste, then add dried chili peppers and chopped green and red bell peppers and stir-fry in a pan.
Southerners call this spicy chicken. It's made by chopping up the meat and bones, and it's both fragrant and spicy, making it very delicious.
It's completely different from the spicy diced chicken found in restaurants all over the country.
During the stir-frying process, besides adding some oil, you can't add any water at all. Stir-fry until it's dry, crispy, and fragrant...
The spicy chicken made this way will even have crispy bits of bone.
After the dishes were ready, Lin Xue ladled a bowl of rice from another pot, then drank a bowl of chicken soup before starting to eat.
No one comes to her place on weekdays, and the villagers don't like to talk to her, so she's happy to have some peace and quiet.
After finishing the meal, clean up and cover the remaining food in the pot.
I glanced at the kitchen table, thought for a moment, and decided I'd have to go to the bamboo grove and cut some bamboo to make a curtain.
This way, you can put the leftovers on the table and cover them directly with the curtain.
After lunch, Lin Xue went to the fields on time in the afternoon, and the team leader quickly assigned her tasks.
Given that she did a good job digging in the morning, the team leader assigned her another digging job this time.
And because she finished too quickly in the morning, the team leader gave her an extra portion in the afternoon.
Lin Xue didn't care; she just picked up her hoe and got to work.
Although there was one-third more work in the afternoon than in the morning, Lin Xue still finished it in less than two hours.
When the team leader came to inspect the work, he specifically praised Lin Xue.
"Xiaoxue, if you do this every day, you won't go hungry this winter!"
"How about I give you some extra work tomorrow? That way you can earn more work points!"
The team leader is definitely happy if the villagers under his command are capable.
After all, there were three teams in their village, and he belonged to the second team in the middle.
Every team has a few members who aren't very proactive in their work, and Lin Xue used to be the least proactive member of their second team.
Now that Lin Xue is willing to work, their team's performance will definitely improve.
"Captain, you decide. If you think I should get more work, then give me more. If you think I might not be able to finish, then assign me less!"
"I think my luck has improved since I moved. I've been hunting in the mountains for the past couple of days, and now that I'm full, I have the energy to work!"
"I was so hungry before, I was never getting enough to eat, so I couldn't lift the hoe!"
Lin Xue also found a reason for her fast work speed, otherwise the team leader would probably think that the original owner of the body was cheating and shirking her duties.
Actually, that's not true!
The original owner didn't have any cheat codes; her body was genuinely weak and she couldn't do any work.
"Xiaoxue, as long as you work hard, you'll get more work and more food, and then you'll be able to eat your fill!"
"Once you've eaten your fill, you'll be able to do more work, and one day you'll be able to earn enough work points to support yourself without any problem!"
The team leader would never dampen the enthusiasm of his subordinates at this crucial moment.
So he gave Lin Xue some more encouragement before letting her leave.
Lin Xue glanced at the sky and saw that it was still early, so after putting her things at home, she went to the bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest is not far from the place where we rescued the old man.
The hunter had been injured outside the bamboo forest, and Lin Xue needed to go in from the other side to cut bamboo; she arrived quickly.
After all, this bamboo forest is really large, covering almost half of the foot of the mountain.
After arriving at the bamboo forest, we carefully selected a few bamboo stalks, then cut them down one by one and carried them home.
The bamboo here is not as thin as the bamboo in the north.
Every bamboo stalk here is as thick as Lin Xue's waist.
Two bamboo stalks this thick are enough.
However, Lin Xue was thinking of weaving some winnowing baskets and winnowing trays, and since there were quite a few things to make, she chopped up a bit more.
She didn't even spare the branches and twigs of the bamboo, cutting them off and bundling them up.
In the end, they were all transported back home.
They tied bamboo branches together to make a large broom.
The bamboo is split open to be used for weaving bamboo baskets.
Lin Xue was busy at home, while the villagers were all doing their own work. Apart from the second team leader, no one noticed Lin Xue's unusual behavior.
In the evening, Lin Xue planned to reheat the leftovers from lunch and have a quick bite.
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