Corn kernels are a homemade snack made by burning rice straw into ashes, digging a hole in the middle, and burying corn kernels in it. When heated, the corn kernels will pop.

It's actually popcorn.

However, unlike later generations which added sugar and butter, the taste was relatively light.

But in this era of material poverty, it is still a sweet snack. Not only children, but also adults love to get it to satisfy their cravings.

Qin Hanshu looked at Liao Yujie suspiciously, "Why are you treating me to a meal? What do you want to do?"

Who is Liao Yujie? She is the only one who takes advantage of others. When has she ever taken her own things out?

And waiting for her here!

Liao Yujie paused, then chuckled, "To be honest, I do have something I want to ask you for help with. It's almost the end of the year, and I checked my work points book, and found that I'm going to be in a state of upside down again this year..."

The households that are in a disadvantaged position cannot even earn enough to feed themselves and have to buy things on credit from the production team.

"Will there be no winter hunting in a few days? I also want to join the hunting team..." Liao Yujie hesitated and looked quite embarrassed. "You have a good relationship with Aunt Zhao and Zhou Ruilan. Can you help me to speak for them?"

The autumn hunting some time ago was just a small-scale activity, and the big part of the year is the winter hunting.

There is a mountain across the river, and at the deepest part of the mountain there is a bottomless pool. Legend has it that a few hundred years ago there was a severe drought, and the water in the river dried up. People from several nearby villages went into the mountain to fetch water, saving many lives.

So the legend goes that the reason there is always water in the pond is because there is a fairy living in it.

As the story spread, the mountain got its name, Fairy Mountain.

Fairy Mountain is high and has deep forests. There are many trees and medicinal herbs, as well as many wild animals.

Every year before the twelfth lunar month, Haowan Village organizes a winter hunt to generate income for the village and prevent too many wild animals from running into the village and injuring people when there is no food in the winter.

The rule in Haowan Village has always been that members of the hunting team can not only get full work points during the hunting days, but can also get more prey without spending any work points.

After all, not everyone can do this job, and it is somewhat dangerous.

Qin Hanshu asked Liao Yujie: "Can you hunt?"

Liao Yujie wanted to blurt out "yes", but after meeting Qin Hanshu's eyes, she changed the subject and told the truth: "No... Isn't this just to get some work points at the end of the year..."

"Then there is no way I can help you. Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?" Qin Hanshu got on his bike and left.

“Hey——” Liao Yujie ran after him and shouted, “I don’t want you to be responsible, I will take responsibility myself! Just do me this favor, and when I go back, I will give you all the fried soybeans I have saved for half a year——”

"......" Qin Hanshu wanted to get rid of Liao Yujie, so he pedaled faster.

Suddenly, Qin Hanshu felt something was wrong with the bicycle. She quickly got off to take a look and found that the chain had indeed fallen off.

The breakdown was easy to deal with, but Liao Yujie who was chasing after him was a bit annoying.

"Listen to me..." Liao Yujie caught up breathlessly. Seeing that the car had broken down, she took a few deep breaths of relief before speaking.

"In addition to the fried soybeans, I'll give you a pound of millet, okay?"

Seeing that Qin Hanshu was only busy repairing the car and didn't say anything, Liao Yujie said anxiously: "I won't have any more! You also know that I have been living in poverty since I joined the team. I saved all this with great difficulty..."

"Liao Yujie, you vixen - you coaxed my Gangyong to give you all the good things in the house -"

Aunt Qi suddenly appeared on a hill not far away and ran towards this side.

"You shameless idiot! Give the beans back!!!"

Qin Hanshu looked at Liao Yujie, and it turned out that the beans he used to bribe her were not his own!

When Liao Yujie first joined the team, she successfully made Aunt Qi believe that she was a rich and easy-to-gull city educated youth with her gentle and handsome appearance and bright and beautiful dress.

Aunt Qi rushed to take him there and he lived in the Qi family.

Aunt Qi is a widow who lives with her son.

Aunt Qi's husband was accidentally killed by explosives when he was sent by the commune to dig a tunnel ten years ago.

She was 40 years old when she died. She was a stonemason and earned a lot of money every month. The commune decided to give Aunt Qi a pension of 30 yuan every year for 15 years.

A strong laborer in Haowan Village can only earn about 100 yuan a year. This pension is already a lot.

Therefore, even though Aunt Qi's son Qi Gangyong was incredibly lazy, the Qi family was still doing okay, at least they were considered a middle-class family.

But this does not affect the fact that Aunt Qi is a person who likes to take advantage of others.

She originally brought Liao Yujie into her home with the intention of taking advantage of her financially.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, she discovered that Liao Yujie and her son Qi Gangyong seemed to be in love with each other.

Qi Gangyong is old and still can't get married. One reason is that he is known for being lazy, and the other is that he has high standards.

They had to be literate and well-proportioned. These two factors filtered out most of the people.

The key point is that his own conditions are just so-so. Apart from having a pretty face, he has nothing else to show for it.

Most of the white hair on Aunt Qi's head is caused by worrying about her son's marriage.

After seeing Liao Yujie and Qi Gangyong flirting with each other, Aunt Qi was overjoyed!

However, as time went on, Aunt Qi discovered that Liao Yujie was simply the second Qi Gangyong!

I am lazy and greedy, and I have a dog nose. I can find any delicious food at home!

The key point is that he is still poor. Even with that nice clothes, he can't find a penny in his two pockets.

If she marries into this family, what hope will she have for the rest of her life?

So she tried every means to drive Liao Yujie out.

Qi Gangyong's laziness means he is poor, and even more so, he is a stingy person to death, but he would occasionally send food to Liao Yujie who was kicked out of the Qi family.

Sometimes it’s fruits and vegetables picked from home, sometimes it’s fried soybeans tricked from children…

Aunt Qi tried to stop Qi Gangyong and Liao Yujie, but it didn't work.

This time, Aunt Qi spent a long time on herself before she successfully made a bowl of steamed beans, which Qi Gangyong then secretly took away and gave to Liao Yujie.

Aunt Qi came over angrily, with her sleeves rolled up.

This is going to be a fight!

Aunt Qi was used to farm work, so her strength was much greater than Liao Yujie's. Moreover, Liao Yujie only looked fierce, but she was a coward when she really started a fight.

Seeing Aunt Qi rushing towards her, she quickly hid behind Qin Hanshu.

Qin Hanshu didn't want to get involved in the dispute between Aunt Qi and Liao Yujie, so he moved aside.

Liao Yujie had no choice but to run around everywhere.

Unexpectedly, it ran to a house not far away.

After a few seconds, he ran out crying, followed by a big black dog chasing him "woof woof".

Aunt Qi saw that something was wrong and turned around and ran away.

As a result, Aunt Qi and Liao Yujie went from being enemies to being comrades-in-arms, running side by side in front, barking and screaming, with the big black dog chasing them from behind.

I have to say, this scene is still a bit funny.

Qin Hanshu stopped repairing the car and watched the excitement.

After a while, she couldn't laugh anymore.

No one knew where Aunt Qi and Liao Yujie had gone. The big black dog came back wagging its tail, and its eyes just met Qin Hanshu's.

In an instant, Qin Hanshu felt something was wrong.

Running is not her strong point, and she may not be as fast as Aunt Qi. If she is bitten by a big black dog by accident, there is no rabies vaccine these days.

Let’s climb a tree. There’s a poplar tree next to us.

Although the poplar trees are straight and bare and difficult to climb, she now has good arm and thigh strength. Qin Feiyang taught her tree-climbing techniques when she was a child.

Little poplar, no problem!

Qin Hanshu climbed up the tree in just a few steps. The poplar tree was about five or six meters high. She stopped halfway up and held the trunk tightly with her limbs, like a koala.

The big black dog rushed over, tilted its head and looked at the tree, its eyes full of confusion.

Qin Hanshu lowered her head and continued to look at the big black dog. This time she was not afraid and she even stuck out her tongue at the big black dog proudly.

Zhou Weiguang, who was wearing a military uniform, happened to see this scene on the beam in the distance.

But he was far away, and at first glance he thought it was a big rat climbing up a tree.

When I looked closely, I realized it was a woman.

Zhou Weiguang retracted his gaze, adjusted his hat, and walked towards the path on the other side.

When Qin Hanshu's gaze slid across the beam in the distance, the last bit of green just disappeared.