After coming down from the mountain, there were already three tables set up in the courtyard, with bowls and chopsticks already placed on them.
Yunxi could tell at a glance that they weren't from her own home. Where would she get so many bowls and chopsticks? It was obvious they were borrowed from someone else's house.
Once everyone had arrived, the dishes were served.
Anyway, no one knew who cooked the dishes. When Yunxi tasted them during her meal, she found that they were much tastier than what she could cook herself.
Even the eel I took out myself, I originally thought wouldn't taste very good, after all, in my memory, my grandmother's cooking was indeed not good, too fishy.
But I don't know which master chef made it, it's not fishy at all, and it's stir-fried with chili peppers, so it's especially fragrant. Just by smelling it, you know it must be delicious.
After tasting it, I felt even more that I hadn't picked enough in the ditch, so I quickly asked the others who made the dish and also inquired about the cooking method.
Yunxi never expected to find out the method without going to town. It seems she'll have to keep the eels in her space; she's reluctant to sell such delicious eels.
The grandmothers, aunts, and other women who helped out in the courtyard were all excellent cooks; as housewives, they were all exceptionally experienced.
It's much better than Yunxi, who came halfway through. At least the cooking tips they shared were quite useful.
The others were quite willing to help Yunxi with her questions, and they immediately shared all their cooking tips and tricks that they had accumulated over the years.
Whenever Yunxi hears a little trick she doesn't know, she exclaims in surprise and nods obediently, which makes the person next to her feel especially motivated, wishing they could tell her more life hacks.
The women sat at a separate table and chatted enthusiastically about all sorts of little things at home, while the men drank and ate, occasionally listening to the women's conversation with a particularly content expression on their faces.
The meal lasted for more than an hour before everyone prepared to leave. They needed to go home and rest for a while, since they had to go to work in the afternoon and couldn't stay any longer.
Before leaving, they all told Yunxi to come to their house if she needed anything, or to ask them if she had any questions.
After Yunxi saw off her enthusiastic relatives, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, before leaving, the grandmothers, aunts, and other female relatives packed up everything that needed to be packed, so Yunxi didn't have to go through all the hassle of tidying up by herself when she was left alone at home.
They even returned the borrowed bowls, chopsticks, tables, and other items.
The courtyard, which was just a moment ago bustling with activity, is now empty except for Yunxi. Fortunately, she is already used to living alone and doesn't find anything wrong with being alone in the courtyard.
Today's experience left her feeling extremely tired and also with an inexplicable sense of unease.
After burning paper money for my grandmother, I suddenly realized for a moment that human lifespan is incredibly short. The thought that I would only live to be a hundred years old at most before being buried on a mountain, returning to dust and ashes, as if everything had never existed, was terrifying to even think about.
You have to understand that she has lived for thousands of years and has long been used to being immortal. Her lifespan seems to have no end. Now, to suddenly tell her that she can only live to be a hundred years old at most is an early death for her.
How could it not be terrifying?
Yunxi had never really thought about this issue before, but reality forced her to face it.
After entering the house, he lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and used his spiritual energy to search and wander around, looking for anything useful to him.
But she was soon disappointed; apart from the things she had put in, there was nothing else in the space.
She knew there might be no way out, and that she would die young in just over a hundred years.
Suddenly, it was as if all his energy had been drained. He closed his eyes, lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), and simply couldn't accept this fact.
At the same time, other methods began to be thought of in my mind. I couldn't just die young. I had to live for at least a few hundred more years, even if it wasn't in human form.
At this point, she no longer felt that everything after becoming human was good; at the very least, living too short a life was not a good thing.
Thinking that I'll be going to school to register in two days, I'll definitely go to the school to find more books to read and see if there are any historical figures who lived a long time.
We should at least learn from them and try to extend our lifespan; dying young is just too unlucky.
It can only be said that Yunxi was thinking too highly of herself. For her, living to 100 years old is an early death, but for other people, living to 100 years old is a rare and precious thing.
It can only be said that the different species at the beginning led to different perceptions of things, making comparison impossible.
Thinking about going to school or the library in a couple of days to find books to read about history, it seems I need to prepare in advance. I'll be going to school soon, so I should start preparing the necessary things.
I just got out of bed. I couldn't sleep anyway, so I might as well toss and turn a little to keep my mind from overthinking.
I found the old schoolbag, which still looked quite new. It was a small schoolbag made of fabric with a five-pointed star sewn on the outside.
It didn't look bad, so Yunxi didn't replace it and planned to continue using it.
All the old books were no longer usable, and since she had memorized all the contents, Yunxi collected all the books on the table that she had read and memorized, and put them in her spatial storage.
As for throwing them away, that's definitely impossible. At the very least, you can still learn a lot from books. If you don't need them for the time being, just put them in the space. Anyway, the space is so big, there's no need to worry about them taking up space.
After tidying up the countertop, it instantly felt spotless. Apart from some hair clips and hair ties that little girls use, there were only notebooks, pencils, knives, and other things that are useful for studying.
There are still a lot of books at home. Right now, there are only the books for the second year of junior high school in the house. All the old books are kept separately in the storage room.
Yunxi thought she might need them in the future, so she simply put them all into her spatial storage to prevent them from getting damaged.
Some of them were placed in the storage room, and some had already been chewed up by rats, which was a real pity.
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