At the insistent invitation of the Xie couple, Lin Xue had no choice but to have dinner at their home.
"Aunt Niu, your pickled vegetables are so delicious! Next time you make them, could you please let me know? I'd like to learn how!"
Li Xue ate the pickled vegetables that Niu Li had prepared for her, and felt that the taste was simply too wonderful.
It was sour and spicy, and she was sweating profusely as she ate it, but she just didn't want to stop.
"Sure, I'll call you over after we finish this jar and teach you how to pickle!"
"I can also make spicy radish, fermented black beans, stinky tofu, duoyiguo (a type of fruit), Jerusalem artichokes, and eight-treasure vegetables. I also have them in my kitchen. If you want any of them, I'll get some for you later!"
Niu Li enthusiastically took Lin Xue to see the various pickled vegetables she made. Each type of pickled vegetable had its own unique flavor, and Lin Xue felt her mouth water just smelling them.
With Aunt Niu's cooking skills, even without any side dishes, you could easily eat two bowls of rice.
"Aunt Niu, your cooking skills are amazing!"
Lin Xue gave the other person a thumbs up; she truly admired Aunt Niu's skill in making pickled vegetables.
After the meal, Uncle Xie was worried about Lin Xue traveling alone, so he asked Xie Yuchen to take her home.
"Yu Chen, take the Lin family girl home and come back. Don't lose her on the way!"
Uncle Xie, holding his cane, gave his son some worried instructions.
This guy hates dealing with people. A couple of years ago, he had someone deliver a villager who came to buy game home at night, but he turned back halfway there.
"Uncle Xie, Aunt Liu, you should go back now!"
"Our two houses aren't far apart; you can see my house just over the hill!"
Lin Xue originally planned to have Xie Yuchen take her to the top of the mountain and watch her go home, so she wouldn't need to make this trip.
Xie Yuchen refused and escorted the person all the way home.
"Sister, get up early tomorrow morning, I'll come and call you to go to the market together!"
After saying that, Xie Yuchen strode away with her long legs.
Before dawn the next day, Lin Xue got up and searched around the house, but found nothing she could sell.
Finally, she took four or five jicama and put them in her basket. These jicama were grown in her space, and they were exceptionally large, sweeter and crisper than the jicama grown by people in the village.
In addition to jicama, Lin Xue also added some dried bamboo shoots.
Since it's a rare opportunity to go to the market, I should bring as much stuff as possible to sell.
With only these few items filling half a basket, Lin Xue considered the situation again and finally put two pears into the basket.
That's it, this run-down house has absolutely nothing.
After she finished tidying up, she heard the sound of a bell at the gate of the courtyard.
Soon, Xie Yuchen's voice came in.
"Sister, let's go!"
When Lin Xue opened the door, she saw Xie Yuchen driving a donkey cart. The jingling sound was from the bells hanging around the donkey's neck.
"Where did you get this donkey? I didn't see you keeping any donkeys."
Lin Xue looked at the sturdy donkey, patted its big head, and asked Xie Yuchen, who was standing to the side.
"This belongs to my second uncle's family; we just borrowed it last night!"
Normally, Xie Yuchen wouldn't borrow a donkey cart when he went to the market to sell his game.
This was because they were worried that Lin Xue would get tired from walking, so they made a special trip there.
"If there's a donkey cart, then we'll have to take the main road!"
"Could you help me carry the basket onto the donkey cart? I'll lock the door and we'll be on our way!"
After saying that, Lin Xue ran back into the house, picked up her handbag, and hung it on her body.
Then he locked all the doors of the rooms, and finally locked the main gate before climbing onto the donkey cart.
"Sit here, it'll be more comfortable with the rabbit fur cushions!"
Ye Yuchen sat in the carriage seat and let Lin Xue sit next to him, where a thick leather cushion was laid out.
"Okay, I brought breakfast, it's homemade sticky rice balls!"
"This is for you!"
Lin Xue took out two rice balls from her handbag. The rice balls were wrapped in vegetable leaves, and as soon as they were opened, they released the fragrance of glutinous rice.
"Thanks!"
Because they were so close, Xie Yuchen could smell the unique fragrance emanating from Lin Xue.
In this remote mountain valley where there was no shampoo or shower gel, the sudden scent made Xie Yuchen's mind wander.
[Ah Mei smells so good!]
What kind of soap smells so good? I'll have to look everywhere at the market when I get back, and buy one for my mom too!
Lin Xue was unaware of Xie Yuchen's thoughts. She hugged her rice ball and began to eat it heartily.
The rice ball contained pickled vegetables and a large piece of salted meat.
It's much more satisfying to have both rice and vegetables when you eat.
Along the way, they encountered several villagers from Qingshan Village, but Lin Xue had dressed up specially for the day, so they didn't recognize her immediately.
Today, Lin Xue wore a set of clothes without any patches, and after three or four months of careful care, her hair had grown quite a bit.
Now her hair is long enough to barely cover her shoulders, unlike before when she had a buzz cut, so the villagers on the road didn't recognize her at first.
Xie Yuchen and Lin Xue walked and talked, with Lin Xue asking about the villages along the way and Xie Yuchen answering her questions most of the time.
For example, which village has a larger minority population?
Which villages should not be entered easily?
Which villages prohibit women from wearing red clothes?
Which villages are poor, and which villages are prosperous?
Because of this trip, Lin Xue gained a general understanding of the villages on both sides of the road.
They walked leisurely for an hour before finally arriving at the market.
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