After a bumpy ride to town, Xie Yun's legs were a little numb when she got off the bus. She stomped her feet a few times to loosen them up before walking. She decided to collect her subsidy first, then went to the purchasing station. There wasn't much to be found there, so she returned to the supply and marketing cooperative. The cooperative actually had wool yarn today, both black and white. Xie Yun bought both. She didn't need a ticket, but they were incredibly expensive. She would go back and knit Qin Minghao a black sweater, and she would knit a white one.
She also bought some needlework for clothes and a quilt, and went to the butcher's shop to buy four pig's trotters and two large bones. She went to the state-owned restaurant and bought 20 large meat buns. Whenever she bought meat buns, she thought of the novel she had read in her previous life, the heroine Lin Qinghe and her 500 meat buns. After buying these, she took the bus back. Now she couldn't disguise herself as well as she had in the winter, and she was afraid of being discovered, so she didn't go to the black market. When she went to the black market to sell goods in the winter, she didn't know if Brother Qiang would still be working.
When she arrived at the bus stop, she saw the oxcart was there but the tractor wasn't. Xie Yun walked over to the oxcart, got on, and waited. She placed the backpack beside her and covered it with an old cloth. She hadn't covered it before, but later, seeing some people rummaging through other people's things, making sarcastic remarks, and sometimes even trying to take advantage of them, she covered it with a cloth to avoid any trouble.
After a while, the captain's wife and Aunt Yang returned. They got in the car and started chatting. The captain's wife said, "I heard Dazhu and Wang Hong are seeing each other. I don't know what Wang Laowu's wife thinks. Wang Hong is always so flattering. How could she be interested in Dazhu?"
Aunt Yang said, "Not necessarily. Dazhu works at the grain station, and that's a stable job."
The captain's wife said, "If Wang Hong returns to the city, she'll probably dump Dazhu. I'm not optimistic about that, but it's not our business."
Xie Yun sat quietly by the side and listened without saying a word. When the aunts saw Xie Yun like that, their hearts softened. Xie Yun was fair and tender, and she looked so well-behaved sitting there. The more the aunts looked at her, the more they liked her. When the ox cart was full, they headed back. There were many people on the cart, and everyone was talking at once. Widow Chen was also talking on the cart, and she kept glancing at Xie Yun's backpack, wanting to know what Xie Yun had bought. She was extremely curious, but she didn't dare to do anything.
Xie Yun is not someone you can easily mess with. She has the captain's wife and Old Yang's wife by her side. Those two old ladies are very protective of her. If anyone says anything bad about Xie Yun, they will fight him to death. She glanced at Xie Yun's backpack with regret before looking away.
After arriving home, Xie Yun washed the big bones and put them in the pot to make soup. She lit the fire, stuffed a large piece of wood root in the pot and left it alone. It would burn for a while.
Now that we've entered a special period, we've been stealing things from the mountains. If we bring them back openly, someone with bad intentions might report us. Xie Yun now does the same thing every time he goes up the mountain. He puts everything he finds in his space and carries the firewood back on his back. He's not afraid of being caught; collecting firewood is allowed everywhere.
Xie Yun did some heavy cleaning at home, and thought that if she had nothing to do tomorrow, she might as well go for a walk in the mountains to see if she could find anything good. That night, she had some noodles with bone soup, then went to the space to soak in the hot springs, washed up, and went to bed.
Xie Yun went back to her room to sleep at night, and woke up early the next morning. She got up early to pick the pig grass for the day, and then started walking into the mountains. She didn't meet anyone along the way. When she was about to reach the deep mountains, she could occasionally see pheasants or rabbits running by. After walking a little further in, she began to see more wild vegetables and mushrooms. She walked in while picking mushrooms, and saw a large area of mushrooms in front of her. Xie Yun hurried over to pick them, thinking that even if she didn't get anything else today, these mushrooms were pretty good. She picked and put them into her space, and when her backpack was full and there was no one around, she put them into her space and started picking again. Although she knew that she would not meet anyone in the deep mountains, she still had to be careful, because she didn't want to be sliced.
Xie Yun was busy picking when she heard a grunting sound behind her. Startled, she quickly stood up and looked back. The sight was terrifying, and the hairs on her back stood on end. She saw a wild boar weighing over 300 pounds, baring its fangs and staring at her. Xie Yun quickly grabbed the electric baton and turned it to the highest setting. There was a large tree next to her, so she immediately leaned against it.
As soon as the wild boar saw Xie Yun move, it rushed towards her. Xie Yun was so scared that she hid behind a tree. When the wild boar didn't hit Xie Yun and she was turning around to look for it, Xie Yun quickly gave it a shock. The wild boar shook a few times from the shock. Xie Yun took advantage of the wild boar's lack of reaction and gave it a few more shocks. The wild boar fell to the ground with a plop, still shaking. Xie Yun was worried and gave it a few more shocks. Soon the wild boar was motionless.
Xie Yun was also scared and sweating. Although she had thought it through well before, she was still terrified when she actually saw the wild boar. She put the wild boar into the space and rested for a while before continuing to pick mushrooms. After picking mushrooms, she walked forward and picked up a nest of pheasant eggs. She looked at the time and knew it was time to go back. When she was walking back, Xie Yun walked back about ten meters from the road. After walking for more than ten minutes, Xie Yun's eyes lit up. This seems to be ginseng, right? Right? Right? Xie Yun squatted down and touched it gently with her hand, found a red rope, and tied it to the ginseng. She heard that all ginseng diggers would do this, so she just did it anyway, she didn't know if it was right.
Xie Yun squatted down and dug for nearly two hours before finally unearthing a complete ginseng root. After examining it, she couldn't tell how old it was. She decided to store it in her space, as she didn't know how to prepare medicinal herbs. There were some smaller ones nearby, so Xie Yun simply dug them out with a shovel and planted them in her space. On her way home, she saw a few pheasants and rabbits, which she also stored in her space. Outside, she wouldn't kill, but in her space, she was the master, free to do whatever she pleased.
After stopping and starting along the way, the sun had already set by the time they reached home. They'd only had a quick bite of bread for lunch, but now they were starving. After washing their hands and face, they grabbed some rice, spicy and sour boneless chicken feet, and twice-cooked beef from their space and began to eat. After finishing their meal, they washed up, entered their space, soaked in the hot springs, and went to sleep. A dreamless night passed, and when they opened their eyes, it was already dawn. Xie Yun got up, made some millet porridge, mixed it with pickles, and ate a boiled egg. After packing up, she shouldered her backpack and headed to work.
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