Han Yixian didn't want Zhou Zhengye and Du Yuhan to get too close, deep down. But he couldn't say it out loud, because he had no reason to.
Zhou Zhengye had been looking for an opportunity to talk to Du Yuhan. He realized that the real Du Yuhan was very different from the person in his dream. The real Du Yuhan was more outstanding and more attractive than the one in his dream.
He prefers the real Du Yuhan. This makes him even happier.
Although their relationship didn't progress further in the dream, and he rarely had that dream anymore, he could improve his relationship with Du Yuhan in reality.
Zhou Zhengye stayed until after dinner before leaving, looking rather reluctant. Han Yixian, who had been observing Zhou Zhengye the whole time, clenched his fists secretly, wishing he could step forward and block Zhou Zhengye's view of Du Yuhan.
Du Yuhan's mind wasn't on them at the moment; she was preoccupied with going into the mountains. Therefore, she didn't notice anything amiss with Zhou Zhengye and Han Yixian.
With Du Yuhan not home, Liu Gang, a grown man, naturally lacked the meticulousness of a girl, and had to tidy up many parts of the house.
Back in the courtyard, Du Yuhan spent two days tidying up before restoring the house to its original clean and tidy state.
It's currently harvest season in Luancheng, but it's nearing its end. The harvest here is later than in Northeast China, so it's not completely finished yet.
Du Yuhan also knew that this year's harvest would not be good, because there was very little rain this year, which had affected the yield of crops and made the food supply even tighter.
During the month or so that Du Yuhan was away, she learned that the disaster situation in some places was even more severe than in Luancheng. She wondered what the situation was like in the south.
Han Yixian did give Du Yuhan an answer. He had been paying attention to the situation and learned through communication with his comrades that many places in the south had also suffered poor harvests due to lack of rainfall.
In some areas, the floods were so severe that there was absolutely no harvest.
Although this situation is not very common, it is not a good sign either.
Du Yuhan felt a great sense of urgency and felt she needed to speed up the process of accumulating food.
She carefully collected and stored all the herbs she had gathered, as a way to show Han Yixian that she had indeed brought them back.
Du Yuhan was also very worried about Han Yixian's health during the more than one month she was away. On the night she returned, she took Han Yixian's pulse and examined him. Apart from his leg and the old injuries that had not yet fully healed, he was fine.
Some of the herbs Du Yuhan collected this time were specifically for treating Han Yixian's hidden injuries.
The prescription for this treatment was from a medical book she obtained from her spatial dimension in her previous life, and the herbs required were naturally extraordinary. However, those herbs were simply unavailable in Luancheng, which was why Du Yuhan had never been able to treat Han Yixian.
This was one of the reasons why I went to the mountains in Northeast China this time.
Now that the necessary herbs are available, Du Yuhan can begin treating Han Yixian's hidden injuries.
After tidying up at home for two days, Du Yuhan and Liu Gang went into the mountains together. It was autumn, and there were many things to harvest in the mountains, such as wild fruits, mushrooms, and wood ear fungus.
In the past, Du Yuhan would always pick some mushrooms and wood ear fungus whenever she went into the mountains. This year, there has been little rain, and these things have become much scarcer.
Du Yuhan specially collected a lot of purslane. This wild vegetable can be blanched in boiling water and then dried to preserve it for a long time. When you want to eat it, you can just soak it in water.
Purslane can be used in soups, stir-fries, dumplings, buns, and vegetable dumplings; it tastes delicious. Purslane is also known as the "longevity vegetable" due to its high nutritional value.
What Du Yuhan values most is its long shelf life, which allows it to replace some grains. In times of food shortage, it can be mixed with grains to ensure that people don't starve.
Even if a real famine occurs, Han Yixian's food supply won't be too tight. Her concern is for her adoptive parents; she'll have to help them out eventually.
These wild vegetables were her excuse to send things to her adoptive parents. She could then send the other things she had prepared at the same time.
In the summer, Du Yuhan took apart and washed all of Han Yixian and Liu Gang's cotton-padded clothes and quilts, and then made new ones. Now that the weather is nice, she took all the cotton-padded clothes and quilts out to air them.
It's getting a bit chilly at night now, and the thin blankets we use in summer won't be enough soon. She needs to prepare thick quilts. In particular, Han Yixian's health can't be exposed to the cold.
The jujube tree in the courtyard bore many large jujubes. When Du Yuhan left, she instructed Liu Gang to send some fresh jujubes to a few familiar families when the jujubes ripened, and to dry the rest into dried jujubes for preservation.
These dried dates are very nutritious, and she needs to save them for Han Yi to use to improve his health.
The wild walnuts in the mountains were ripe, and by now they should have mostly fallen off. So she took Liu Gang and Yuan Qiwen into the mountains and brought them all home.
This year's harvest is poor, and many people are thinking of going into the mountains to find something to eat. Those few walnut trees will inevitably be discovered, and then they won't get any walnuts.
With the addition of Yuan Qiwen, a young man, this year, they carried all the walnuts back in just one day.
When Zhou Zhengye came to the courtyard on the weekend and saw the walnuts drying on the stone slab, he said in surprise, "You guys really know how to make things happen. Where did you get so many walnuts? These are good stuff."
Liu Gang said, "These are wild walnuts that Yuhan found in the mountains."
Zhou Zhengye also noticed that Du Yuhan seemed to have exceptionally good luck, always seeming to find good things.
Zhou Zhengye ignored the children busy in the yard and went inside to find Han Yixian; he had important business to attend to today.
Han Yixian was reading a book when he saw Zhou Zhengye walk in with a serious expression and asked, "What happened?"
Zhou Zhengye said, "According to reliable sources, Scorpion has come to Luancheng."
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