In the afternoon, Liu Shuning was weaving baskets in the yard when Aunt Yang from next door opened the door and came in.
"Feng Ge wife, hurry up and bring the sacks with you. The cabbages and radishes in the Qingshan Village next door are about to be harvested. Let's go and exchange some for pickled cabbage."
"Then wait for me, I'll go find a sack." Liu Shuning really likes to eat dried radish, and she plans to buy some more radishes to make dried radish later.
Liu Shuning hurried back to the house, found a sturdy sack, put Ruibao on his back, and followed Aunt Yang out the door.
Qingshan Village is less than a kilometer away from the troops, and it takes only about forty minutes to get there.
However, Qingshan Village is on the other side of the back mountain, and the only way to get there is to climb over the back mountain.
"Auntie Yang, don't you grow cabbages at home? Why do you have to travel so far to exchange them?"
"I only grow cabbage at home, not radishes. I want to go and exchange several hundred kilograms of radishes to make dried radishes. The Northeast is different from Shanghai. When winter comes here, the mountains are closed due to heavy snow, and you can't go out at all."
Every autumn after the harvest, Aunt Yang would go to Qingshan Village to exchange food and dried vegetables. There were many people in the family, especially the three half-grown boys, who were simply three "gluttons" and ate too much! Even if they planted all the land provided by the army, the harvested food was far from enough to fill their stomachs.
"Ah, can't the supplies for our troops come in?" Liu Shuning was also a southerner in his previous life. He had no idea that the people in the south had to stockpile vegetables for the winter.
"The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and cars couldn't get in. The cabbages and radishes grown in Qingshan Village were sold to the troops. If we weren't military dependents, they wouldn't sell to us."
"Auntie Yang, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I would have starved in the winter."
It was impossible for her to starve, as she had more than enough food to eat from the rewards given by the emperor, not to mention that she had a farm space to grow food.
At most, she couldn't eat delicious food openly, because her system and space were a secret that could not be revealed.
The two of them talked and walked, and soon they arrived at the foot of the back mountain.
Aunt Yang pointed to the winding mountain road ahead and said, "Let's go over this road. It's not a smooth road, so be careful."
Liu Shuning nodded and followed closely behind Aunt Yang. She had never been on this road before, so she had to follow closely so as not to get lost.
After more than ten minutes, the two of them finally climbed over the back mountain and arrived at Qingshan Village.
Qingshan Village is now a busy scene, with villagers busy harvesting cabbages and radishes.
Aunt Yang brought Liu Shuning to the threshing ground with familiarity and explained their purpose to the village chief of Qingshan Village.
The village chief was a simple old man, and he was very enthusiastic towards Auntie Yang and the others. "Auntie, how many radishes do you want to buy?"
"Two hundred kilograms will be enough for me. Do you have any dried bamboo shoots and mushrooms at home? I want to exchange some." Aunt Yang rarely goes up the mountain because she has to take care of the vegetable fields, so she doesn't have any dried goods at home.
"Yes, we have as many as you want. My wife specially dried a lot of mushrooms in order to exchange them for more money." The village chief's wife is a hardworking person. In addition to going to work, she usually goes up the mountain to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms.
Aunt Yang took out a piece of red cotton cloth from the sack and said, "I'll exchange this for some dried mushrooms and bamboo shoots. Do you think it's okay?"
"Yes, yes, that's great." The village chief's eyes lit up when he saw the red cotton cloth. His little daughter was getting married soon, and such a bright red cloth would be just right for making clothes for her.
Liu Shuning didn't bring anything today, so she planned to buy them directly. "Uncle, how much is this radish and cabbage per pound?"
"Radishes and cabbages are both two cents a pound. I have dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms at home. Do you want some?" The village chief knew Liu Shuning was not short of money as soon as he saw the clothes she was wearing. He suddenly thought of the two ginsengs that he had just dug up at home. He wondered if this girl was willing to buy them.
"I need 100 kilograms of each of radish and cabbage, and 10 kilograms of each of dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms."
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