It's late at night, so even with a flashlight, it's not convenient. But Shen Banxia already had a guess in mind and planned to check again after work tomorrow.
It's pitch black now, and it's summer, so there are plenty of poisonous insects. She needs to be careful. She doesn't have any useful medicine on hand right now, so it seems she'll have to go up the mountain sometime.
"I think we should come back tomorrow during the day. The sound seems to be coming from the abandoned well."
The male educated youth shared the same opinion. Xu Wenzhu, perhaps to show his uniqueness, said, "How can you do this? I knew you were all cowards. Brother Wenze, I'm not afraid. Today I'm going to see what's causing this trouble!"
Shen Banxia chuckled and turned to go back into the house.
Xu Wenzhu stomped her foot, "How could you do this?"
Shen Banxia ignored her completely. Zhao Zhigao yawned and said, "You can look at it yourself. I'm getting sleepy."
In the end, only Su Wenze and Xu Wenzhu remained.
"Brother Wenze, why don't we go take a look together? After all, we'll be staying here for a while, and we won't be able to sleep well at night if we don't figure things out," Xu Wenzhu said, looking at Su Wenze expectantly.
But late at night, the cold light of the flashlight gave me a strange chill.
Su Wenze shook his head. "Never mind, let's talk about it tomorrow."
Xu Wenzhu was also scared, but why should Wenze listen to Shen Banxia?
"Brother Wenze, why don't you come with me to take a look first?"
Su Wenze frowned, but he knew that if he didn't go with her, she would definitely start yelling and making a scene again, and he really didn't want to disturb others.
"Let's go, let's go take a look."
Xu Wenzhu smiled smugly, no longer feeling afraid.
But as she was walking, "Ahhhhh!" she felt herself stepping on something. She shone her flashlight on it and saw, "A snake!"
She turned around and hugged Su Wenze tightly.
"Ahhhh, Brother Wenze, I'm so scared, waaaaaah."
The commotion woke up everyone who was trying to go to sleep.
There was nothing they could do; when they came out, they saw Xu Wenzhu clinging tightly to Su Wenze.
Hearing the mention of snakes, they all shone their flashlights in this direction but found nothing, presumably having been frightened away.
However, this also dispelled Xu Wenzhu's idea of going to see the abandoned well.
The next day, all of them had dark circles under their eyes and kept yawning while in the wheat field.
Aunt Zhu approached Shen Banxia curiously, "Banxia, did you two not sleep well last night?"
Shen Banxia nodded.
Aunt Zhu asked with a gossipy look, "So? Did you hear crying last night?"
"Yes, that's right."
These words startled everyone else who was working.
Some people whispered among themselves, "Could this have startled someone?"
"Don't say things like that. If those people find out, you'll be in big trouble." Even though it's a rural area, those people haven't let us off the hook. Everyone's being very cautious right now.
"Hey, don't you guys think the captain is a bit too ruthless?"
"It's not fair to call it ruthless. Didn't you see that troublemaker do that to the brigade leader's daughter? If it were me, I wouldn't feel good either," some people said, holding a different opinion.
"But even so, isn't it a bit wrong to do this?" Some people still felt sorry for those educated youth, since the only one who offended people was Xu, and it had nothing to do with the other educated youth.
"If it's not good, can you still bring the person to your home?"
The person who spoke shook his head. "Let's forget about it then. Those educated youth don't look like honest people. If they cause trouble, my family can't take the responsibility."
"That's settled then. Forget it, those things have nothing to do with us anyway, let's just watch the show."
The people of Zhoujiazhuang felt that the excitement was coming one after another.
Aunt Zhu continued to inquire, "I heard someone say today that there are some snakes?"
Shen Banxia pointed at Xu Wenzhu, "She's the person involved, you should ask her."
Xu Wenzhu thought Shen Banxia was talking badly about her, so she glared at her fiercely.
But at least I know that Shen Banxia is not someone to be trifled with.
Aunt Zhu shook her head. "Forget it, even if I ask her, she won't tell me."
"However, the grass in your yard has grown quite tall, so it needs to be cleaned up properly. Yesterday, those people went and cleared away the straw to make sure it wouldn't leak. As for the rest, you'll have to take care of it yourselves." After all, it's harvest time now, so it's already good enough that they can help with the tidying up.
Shen Banxia was well aware of this principle.
They even asked the brigade leader for leave, but he refused.
Now they just make do with whatever's available, cooking everything in one pot and adding some salt.
The feeling was such that you wouldn't starve to death.
Shen Banxia felt terrible whenever she thought about those things.
Just then, she heard the mechanical "ding-dong" sound again, and Shen Banxia knew that the check-in system had been launched.
Sure enough, "Successfully checked in at Wu's residence and received one grass carp, one carp, one crucian carp, ten crabs, and several small fish and shrimp."
Huh? A big gift package? A surprise gift package?
Did they stir up a hornet's nest? It's full of fish, shrimp, and crabs!
If she were a culinary expert, she would be overjoyed.
But the crucial point is, all she knows how to do is boil it.
As for the others, it's not that she hadn't tried them, but they were simply indescribable, practically culinary disasters.
Hmm? A culinary disaster, I'm pretty good at describing it.
Sometimes, Shen Banxia felt that some of the adjectives she used were quite appropriate, and she didn't know where they came from, but they just appeared in her mind automatically.
She felt she needed to find a cooking partner.
But for now, she can wait to find a cooking partner, since she has also discovered that anything can be kept fresh by the system.
However, we need to find a suitable opportunity to bring it out first.
Not only that, but we also need to find out if we catch fish and shrimp in the river and have to hand them over or something.
Sigh, for the first time, Shen Banxia realized how rare and delicious that big meat bun truly was.
As for Xu Wenzhu, who was the one who encountered the snake, she was now watching Zhou Mingjiao fawning over Su Wenze again, and completely ignored what others were asking her about.
Her eyes flashed like knives at Zhou Mingjiao, and if Su Wenze hadn't disliked taking matters into his own hands and wanted her to control her temper, she would have already attacked.
Even so, she was furious.
Looking at Shen Banxia, who was still talking to the villagers, she said, "You're slacking off again."
"You're so diligent, but you haven't tied a single bundle in half a day. Don't think you can take it out on me. Otherwise, I don't mind showing you what it means to be in a deadly situation."
Xu Wenzhu looked completely bewildered.
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