The educated youth who came to the countryside were generally from families with little financial resources or connections. If their families were well-off, they would not send their children to the countryside in the south. Instead, their families would use their connections to find ways to send their children to the Northeast.
As for those bad elements, most of them were sent to farms to do the dirtiest and most tiring work.
Some were sent down to the countryside to live in cowsheds, but this was relatively rare, unless for reasons that were unclear or inexplicable.
"Oh, right." Wang Jiaxing remembered something and said to Huang Xinrui, "Li Zhiqing's vicious stepsister is here too."
Huang Xinrui exclaimed in surprise, "What?"
“Her name is Li Muqing, she’s quite the actress,” Wang Jiaxing said.
Huang Xinrui asked, "Wasn't Yueyue supposed to send her to the desert to plant trees? How did she end up here?"
Wang Jia shook his head excitedly, "Who knows?"
Huang Xinrui clenched her fist in anger, "No, I have to go tell Yueyue."
"The water's ready, go wash up first, we'll talk about it when we get to work," Wang Jiaxing stopped her.
We're about to start work, and if we don't, we'll lose work points sooner or later.
Huang Xinrui certainly didn't dare to delay her work, so she quickly scooped water to wash up and then went to the threshing ground with Wang Jiaxing.
They searched around but couldn't find Li Xiyue. When they asked, they learned that she had gone up the mountain to gather herbs.
The two had no choice but to give up and go to their respective jobs.
Li Xiyue knew nothing about the educated youth settlement. She went to bed early yesterday and got up very early this morning, heading up the mountain first thing in the morning.
Summer is here, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Let's take advantage of the cool morning to gather the herbs.
Once inside the mountains, Li Xiyue discovered a lot of mushrooms.
There was a shower last night, and the temperature and humidity were just right for the mushrooms to grow. They grew quite a bit overnight.
Li Xiyue picked half a basket of mushrooms. The bracken was too old to eat, and the wild vegetables had all been picked by the villagers. There were some small bamboo shoots, but Li Xiyue didn't like them, so she didn't pick them.
Xu Dashan had set some traps on the outskirts last time, but Li Xiyue avoided them and went deep into the mountains.
I picked some heat-clearing herbs such as Prunella vulgaris, Lonicera japonica, and mulberry leaves. With the hot weather, it's easy to get heatstroke, so I need to prepare more of these herbs.
In the spring, I picked some wild chrysanthemums and dried them. Later, I will boil them with selfheal, mulberry leaves, and other herbs to make a cooling tea to relieve the summer heat.
While picking mulberry leaves, Li Xiyue discovered that the mulberry tree was laden with dark purple mulberries. She picked quite a few, which she ate directly as fruit or boiled with medicinal herbs.
Not wanting to go back and cook breakfast, Li Xiyue went into her space and ate some of the food she had prepared earlier, and added some firewood to the alchemy furnace.
I picked a tomato from the vegetable garden and ate it. It was sweet, juicy, and delicious.
The watermelons planted earlier have all yielded bowl-sized fruits, and they will be ready to eat soon.
Summer is all about eating watermelon, whether eaten directly or made into juice or smoothies, it's incredibly sweet.
They've also planted quite a few melons; the green fruits hang on the vines, and they'll surely taste delicious when they're ripe.
Li Xiyue squatted in the melon patch, constantly swallowing her saliva.
At lunchtime, Li Xiyue descended the mountain.
Back in the village, I saw the villagers sitting together, chatting and laughing.
She walked over in confusion and saw Liu Qingju, Wang Cuihua, and several women surrounding a person, a dark-skinned and thin girl. Li Xiyue felt that she looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who she was.
"Don't worry, aunties. My sister and I have a very good relationship. As long as I ask, she will definitely agree to pay for your son's medical treatment."
Upon hearing the voice, Li Xiyue's memories flooded back, and she immediately recognized the other person as Li Muqing. What was she doing here?
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