Fast-forward to the era of cannon fodder

Zhao Yingdi was rejected by Yuanchun, but she did not give up the idea.

A few days later, Yuanchun got off work in the afternoon. As usual, she called the scorekeeper, recorded her work points, returned the farm tools, and went to the back mountain with her backpack.

As soon as she reached the foot of the mountain, she saw Zhao Yingdi and a man standing on the path and talking. Yuanchun lowered her head, as if she didn't see them, and wanted to pass by them, but was stopped by Zhao Yingdi.

"Yuanchun, you are going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables. My cousin also wants to go up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables for me. This is his first time coming to the mountain behind our village. He is not familiar with the terrain. Can you take my cousin with you?"

"No, I don't know him well."

Yuanchun turned and left.

Yuanchun already knew what Zhao Yingdi was up to, so of course she had to stay away from her, especially the strange man she brought with her. Yuanchun would not give him any chance at all.

Although she is not afraid of gossip and attacks, she cannot go there knowing there is a tiger there.

Zhao Yingdi said angrily, "Yuanchun, we are all from the same village, so what's wrong with you helping me? My husband has been giving you food for many years. If it weren't for my husband helping you from time to time, you would have starved to death long ago."

Yuanchun paused, stared at her, and said timidly, "I saved your man's life, but isn't your man's life worth more than those pieces of cake?"

"Zhao Yingdi, I don't owe you a man, and I don't owe you either. Your cousin went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables, why didn't you take him with you, and let me, a single girl, take him with you? What do you mean? Don't you know that a single man and a single woman going up the mountain together will cause gossip in the village? Or, you knew it would cause gossip, but you deliberately let me take your cousin to the mountain to pick wild vegetables, Zhao Yingdi, what are you calculating?"

Yuanchun looked timid, but her words were not weak at all.

Zhao Yingdi avoided her gaze guiltily and said angrily, "Isn't it just asking you to take someone to the mountain to pick wild vegetables? You can come up with so many things. You saved my man, and my mother-in-law gave you a basket of eggs. This life-saving grace has been repaid long ago, but you didn't repay my man for giving you steamed buns. Now I just asked you to take my cousin to the mountain to pick wild vegetables, but you are making excuses. You don't remember my man's kindness at all."

Yuanchun was so angry that she laughed at her shameless words.

"So your man's life is only worth twenty eggs?" Yuanchun looked around, dug up five or six wild vegetables from the ground and handed them to her. "Well, this is to repay your man for giving me the steamed buns. From now on, I won't owe your man anything."

"You...my man gave you so many sweets, and you want to write it off with a few wild vegetables. You're just dreaming."

"Oh, then I saved your man's life, and you want to write it off with twenty eggs. Isn't that a better plan?"

"you you……"

Zhao Yingdi was so angry that she said several "you" but was unable to refute.

Yuanchun turned around and quickly went up the mountain.

Zhao Dabao, who had been staring at her with lustful eyes, subconsciously ran after her. However, after Yuanchun entered the mountain, she disappeared soon after. Zhao Dabao searched for several times, but not only did he not find her, he also lost his way.

In the evening, when Yuanchun was going down the mountain carrying a basket of wild vegetables and mushrooms and a bundle of firewood, she met the team leader who was going up the mountain to look for someone and dozens of villagers who had been organized by the team.

Yuanchun was curious, "Captain, what are you doing? Are there any wild boars coming down the mountain?"

"The cousin of the daughter-in-law of the Cao family disappeared in the mountains. We were going to the mountains to look for him. Yuanchun, did you see a strange man in the mountains?"