Ever since Shi Chunlan found out that He Jing went out every afternoon, He Jing went out less often, but there was also a reason for that, and that was rain.

The rainy season has arrived.

Shi Chunlan said that this was because the Dragon Boat Festival was approaching and it was time to launch dragon boat races.

It was raining and the temperature dropped a lot. It was much cooler and I even had to wear an extra thin coat.

The pickled sour beans also need to be pickled for a few more days due to weather changes.

However, Zhou Qian has already found a seller.

Once the sour beans are pickled, they can be sent out immediately.

He Jing was quite surprised when she found out, "I thought it would take a long time to sell it."

"You're just overthinking it." Zhou Qian couldn't help but laugh. "Black market transactions don't require tickets, and the prices are higher than those of suppliers. Most people can't afford it."

"Those who can afford it are people who have enough money. What they lack is food and daily necessities." Zhou Qian'an didn't explain it clearly yet.

He Jing thought about their life in Yunluo City. The He family had very good living conditions, with no shortage of food or clothing.

Although you can’t eat meat every meal, it’s still okay to eat it once a day.

There's nothing wrong with eating fruit three or four times a week.

"Is that enough?" He Jing retracted her wandering thoughts.

No matter how well the He family lived, after the reforms in the 1970s and 1980s, they could no longer keep their position as factory director, and everything fell into decline.

Originally, she didn't want to think about it so much, but He Jing couldn't help but think of the fact that she was arranged to marry an old man in her previous life.

I don’t know if the He family will encounter the same situation in this life.

If so, would He Fangfang, who was not married at that time, also be arranged to marry an old man?

Zhou Qi'an said it twice, but there was no response from He Jing. He stretched out his hand in front of her and waved it, frowning slightly, "What are you thinking about?"

He Jing uttered an "ah", looked up, and blinked, "What?"

"You were distracted just now." Zhou Qian said.

He Jing hummed and shifted her gaze, "I thought May was coming soon."

"Yeah." Zhou Qian turned to look at the sky. It was gloomy with rain lines looming. "The rain will continue for a while."

"Be careful when you go down the mountain later."

After the rain, the mud is slippery. Even if you wear cattail sandals, you will still fall if you are not careful.

"After the rain, there are a lot more fungi." He Jing also looked out.

There was not only the sound of rain, but also the grunting of pigs.

"Want to go pick it up?" Zhou Qian turned around and suddenly thought of a place, "Do you want to go now?"

"I know a place that has some good mushrooms."

He Jing raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Okay."

"Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer, and drink mushroom soup all year round." Zhou Qi'an suddenly remembered what the older generation often said, and said to her, "Eating more mushrooms is good for you."

It's still raining.

Zhou Qian'an was wearing a straw raincoat, and He Jing also put one on.

The two walked slowly in the mountains, carefully looking at the chicken mushrooms in the mountains.

But in Hekou Village, people prefer to call the chicken mushroom termite umbrella.

Because the chicken mushroom and termites are symbiotic.

When it rains, the smell of the forest becomes fresher.

But the water vapor is also heavier.

He Jing could barely smell a little bit of the scent of chicken mushroom.

But Zhou Qian'an was more familiar with the environment in the mountains and forests, so he took He Jing directly to the place where the chicken mushrooms grew without much effort.

The chicken mushrooms have all grown by now.

One piece at a time.

The growth is very gratifying.

A smile instantly appeared in He Jing's eyes, "So many?"

"Not many." Zhou Qian squatted down and picked a few flowers. "There should have been quite a few people here this morning."

"Otherwise, this whole area is full of them."

He Jing looked around and saw that there were quite a lot of chicken mushrooms, but there were more traces of them having been picked, one by one, one large patch after another.

As he was talking, Zhou Qianan picked a lot of fruits. "We have two families eating them, so we'll probably have to pick all of this small patch."

"But after the rain, a large patch of it will grow again tonight."

He Jing took a look and squatted down to pick them as well.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Zhou Qianan said as he picked the fruits, "There's not much food in the village. It's raining now, and the river water is muddy, so it's even harder to catch fish."

“There are a lot of vegetables in the vegetable garden, but if I eat them all day long, my mouth will become dry.” Zhou Qian’an picked a large piece of vegetables and threw them all into the basket.

Then he stood up and went to another field, squatted down and continued picking mushrooms, and said, "These few months of mushrooms are one of the few seasons when we can eat meat."

"There are more wild vegetables in the spring, but fewer in the fall."

"There are winter bamboo shoots in winter, and maybe even bamboo worms." He Jing took over the conversation.

Zhou Qi'an thought she didn't know about bamboo worms, so he was a little surprised to hear about it out of the blue, but...

"There are bamboo worms, but."

"There are several villages in the mountains. How many bamboo worms and bamboo shoots can there be in such a small bamboo forest?" Zhou Qian shook his head and continued, "I didn't expect you to know so much."

He Jing's heart trembled suddenly, "I saw it in a book before."

"What book?" Zhou Qian'an was simply curious. He could not recognize many words, but he still admired people who knew books.

"Encyclopedias and the like." After answering, He Jing lowered her head, "There are not many books to read now."

"What kind of book do you want to read?" Zhou Qian thought for a moment, "There is a junk collector in town, and there are a lot of books piled up there."

“Some of the things that couldn’t be sold were burned as firewood.”

He Jing's heart tightened when she heard this, and she couldn't help but take a breath, "Burned?"

"Yeah." Zhou Qian didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He had seen it several times. He just felt that books could not be burned easily and were no better than firewood.

But it's really convenient to start a fire.

However, bamboo shells are more durable.

"Can we still find it now?" He Jing was a little excited, "For example, high school textbooks."

"Haven't you graduated yet?" Zhou Qian'an couldn't help but feel puzzled when he saw how anxious she was.

He Jing calmed down instantly, "It's graduation."

"But I still want to study." He Jing couldn't tell him that the college entrance examination would be resumed in one year.

If you can review in advance, your chances of passing the exam will be higher.

"Okay, I'll go to the town to have a look some other day." Zhou Qian agreed without thinking too much, "I'll get you the whole set."

"What about you?" He Jing suddenly asked, "How many years have you studied?"

"..." Zhou Qian was silent, and then he thought of the rumors among the villagers. He Jing grew up in the city and graduated from high school.

And I didn't even finish elementary school.

If this continues, will we really have any common topics?

"I'll teach you." He Jing said, "Are you willing to learn?"

Zhou Qian paused. He was already twenty-one years old. Was it really useful to continue studying?

Seeing that he was silent, He Jing licked her lips and said, "When you do business, all you have to do now is verbal promises."

"Then if we need to sign a contract in the future, we need a paper version."

"You can't read, and I'm not with you, what should I do?"

Zhou Qian started to think.

"Do you want to wait for me to come back before doing business?" He Jing continued to ask.

Zhou Qi'an made a decision, "Do you mind if I didn't graduate from elementary school?"

"That's not the point." He Jing shook her head. "The point is, are you willing to learn?"

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