When I was almost at the village entrance, I put some things into the backpack. When I got home, I started packing. I put away the thick clothes and the cotton ones I was wearing. It was dark when I finished packing everything.
When she started working, Xie Yun was assigned the task of planting seeds during the spring plowing. This job was not tiring. Two people worked in a group, and she only needed to throw the seeds into the pit, cover them with some soil and step on them.
In her group was Wang Lei, a fellow educated youth who had come with her. When the team leader assigned tasks, almost everyone in the educated youth compound worked together. The plot next to her was worked by Wang Qing. She looked pouty, but she was working diligently. Usually, the men dug the holes in the front, while the women planted the seeds in the back.
The men in the village were all plowing the fields. That job paid well but was too tiring, and none of the male educated youth were capable of doing it. Maybe there were male educated youth from other places who could do it, but for the male educated youth here, forget it.
After planting the seeds for a few days and then planting the sweet potatoes, the next task was to reclaim the wasteland. When assigning the tasks, the team leader looked at Xie Yun's small arms and legs and said, "Xie Zhiqing, you should go pick grass for the pigs."
At this time, Wang Qing said, "Captain, I also want to go to pick pig grass."
The team leader looked at Wang Qing and said, "Okay, three baskets of grass a day for pigs will earn you two work points. If you don't earn enough work points when it comes time to distribute grain, the team won't lend you grain." In their team, only families truly in need could owe the production team money. Otherwise, they wouldn't lend you grain even if you starved to death. It was your fault for not working when you had the limbs. The production team leaders were remarkably unanimous on this point. When assigning work, they calculated work points based on labor. After you finished a field, you could ask for more work points, which meant you could earn more. If you slacked off, your field would earn you 10 work points. If you finished it in three days, you would only earn those 10 points in those three days. Therefore, generally, people didn't slack off.
Wang Qing's family gave her money and tickets, and even mailed her things, so she didn't need anything. Seeing Xie Yun so relaxed picking grass for pigs every day, she wanted to do the same. Others couldn't do that, so they could only envy her.
After the tasks were divided, everyone received their tools and went to work. Xie Yun still carried her backpack up the mountain. Once there, she began cutting grass for the pigs, thinking that she could finish quickly so she could go up the mountain to look around. While she was cutting grass for the pigs, she saw Wang Qing also coming towards her with a backpack and sickle. She stood beside her and said to her, "Xie Zhiqing, can you teach me what kind of grass is pig grass?"
Xie Yun looked at her and said, "Okay, look carefully. These, these, and these are all pig grass. Just take these and cut them. When the baskets are full, take them to the pigpen. Aunt Yang is counting them there." After that, she lowered her head to cut grass again.
Wang Qing also took the several kinds of grass Xie Yun had given her and began cutting them. Xie Yun finished cutting a basket and carried it to the pigpen. There, she had Aunt Yang collect the grass, record her work points, and then headed back up the mountain. This time, she didn't return to the original spot, but went to the other side. After cutting three baskets of pig grass, she went straight up the mountain. She had no specific goal today, so she just dug up whatever she saw. After walking a bit and looking at the few wild vegetables in the basket, she decided to walk further in. If there was any danger, she would run, otherwise she could hide in the space.
Thinking about this, Xie Yun walked further and further in. After walking for more than half an hour, Xie Yun came across a ravine. The ravine was almost two meters deep due to the constant rain. There were some lush wild vegetables growing on the edge of the ravine. Xie Yun thought about it and decided to pick some. After all, it would be a shame not to pick them. When she was halfway through picking, a mouse suddenly jumped out from the side. She ran to the side in fright, forgetting that there was a ditch next to her, and fell directly into it.
Xie Yun, falling, was still thinking that this was the end, but it wasn't over yet. She fell at an angle, knocking a hole directly into the ditch wall, and fell into it. Xie Yun felt herself rolling several times on the pile of things. After she calmed down and recovered from the dizziness, she opened her eyes and looked around. She felt terrible. She found herself lying on a pile of bags, the contents of which were still a little soft. In the light coming through the hole she had smashed, she saw some sacks on one side and many large wooden boxes neatly arranged on the other.
Xie Yun stood up and stretched her arms and legs. Luckily, no limbs were broken, but she was still in pain. She took out the flashlight from her space and turned it on, looking around. First, she looked at the sacks beneath her. She saw Japanese writing on them. There were several bags piled together. She looked again and saw that the other bags were all written in Japanese. Xie Yun had no idea what was inside these Japanese words; she didn't recognize a single word of Japanese.
It seems that I can only go back and study it slowly, so I should pack it up first. Thinking of this, I put all the things here into the space. After collecting them all, Xie Yun looked at such a big cave and realized that it couldn't be left empty. Now she had smashed a hole on the side. If it rained, it would collapse. Xie Yun thought about it and went to the side of the mountain to collect a lot of stones into the space. Then she came back and put them back into the cave. After filling the cave, she went home.
After arriving home, she went straight into her space, showered, changed, and ate before she began unpacking her blind boxes. She opened the first box, revealing porcelain, the second jade, the third porcelain again, and the fourth gold bars... Xie Yun was completely numb by the end. She counted twenty boxes of porcelain, thirty-one boxes of jade, six boxes of Yuan Datou coins, thirty-five boxes of gold and silver jewelry, forty boxes of gold bars, fifty boxes of silver ingots, and ten boxes of gold bricks. The pile of sacks contained fifty bags of rice and ten sacks of prepared bedding.
After Xie Yun finished her calculations, she sat there in a daze. The child was frightened. In her previous life, she had only seen these things on TV or in movies, and they were all fake. Now, suddenly, it was real to her.
These were obviously left behind by the Japanese. They probably wanted to transport them away but didn't have time. Now they are ownerless. No, they are hers now.
This windfall was worth celebrating, so let's have a seafood feast. They got out some scallops, hairy crabs, lobsters, octopus, abalone, oysters, mantis shrimp, and conch and started cooking. Once Xie Yun was done, they started to eat. It took almost two hours, but it was delicious.
After soaking in the hot springs, I slept until dawn. The next day, the alarm clock woke me up again. After washing up and having breakfast, I went to cut grass for the pigs again. Today, I saw Wang Qing cutting grass for the pigs. The two of them greeted each other and went about their own business.
After cutting grass for the pigs every day, Xie Yun would go digging wild vegetables. She made a lot of mixed and pickled vegetables such as shepherd's purse, wormwood sprouts, dandelions, and garlic chives, and put them in the space to eat slowly.
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