Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

"I am fine."

Shi Yan pretended to be weak and climbed up, then looked at Shen Nanci for a long time, then pretended to suddenly understand and spoke again:

"Are you Shen Nanci?"

The original owner knew Shen Nanci, but she was not like Shen Nanci. Although her family lived a hard life, she was still able to study and even attended high school for a year. However, Shi Xiaoman only graduated from elementary school.

In the past, the original owner felt a little inferior when facing Shen Nanci, so even though they were from the same village, they were just nodding acquaintances.

Seeing that the person in front of him called out his name first, Shen Nanci was stunned for a long time before he dug out Shi Yan's name from his memory.

"You must be Xiaoman from the Shi family, right? Why did you come to the mountain alone? It's not safe in the mountain now."

Shi Yan lowered her head and looked a little hesitant. She waited for a long time before speaking in a low voice:

"I'm married, right? Brother Zhen didn't let me work in the fields, so I thought about going to the mountains to find some wild vegetables, mushrooms, etc., but I didn't expect that I lost my balance and fell down."

After hearing Shi Yan's words, Shen Nanci remembered that they were in the same boat, but he was better off than Shi Xiaoman. At least his husband's family was much better off than the Gu family. Facing the thin Shi Xiaoman, Shen Nanci felt some pity for her.

"I also came up the mountain to find some herbs for Brother Beiyu's leg. It's not safe in the mountains right now, so why don't we travel together so we can look after each other."

Shen Nanci's words were just what Shi Yan wanted. She smiled and nodded.

"it is good."

After Shi Yan stood up, she kept the ginseng behind her. At this moment, the atmosphere between her and Shen Nanci eased a lot. Shi Yan pretended to turn around casually, and then exclaimed softly:

“This flower is so beautiful!”

After saying this, Shi Yan pretended to pick the red flowers on the ginseng vines.

As Shen Nanci followed Shi Yan's gentle cry, he looked in the direction and his eyes lit up when he saw the red umbrella-shaped flowers with red fruits hanging from them.

"and many more!"

"What's wrong?" Shi Yan pretended to be confused and stopped picking flowers.

"I learned some medical skills from someone before. This is ginseng, and it's quite old."

Shi Yan's face showed joy, and she looked at Shen Nanci with sparkling eyes. Shen Nanci blushed unconsciously when he was looked at by Shi Yan with such admiring eyes.

"Xiao Man, ginseng is a good thing. If it is young, we can keep it for ourselves and use it to nourish the bodies of our family members."

"But I see that this ginseng is nearly a hundred years old. In many cases, just a small piece can save lives. I think we should send it to the commune. When it is processed, it can be sent to the front line to save the lives of those injured soldiers. This is my idea. What do you think? After all, it was you who discovered the ginseng."

Because the man she is marrying was a former soldier and was discharged due to injury, Shen Nanci has a natural liking for soldiers.

During the time she had been married, she had often heard Ye Beiyu talk about his time in the army. Although much of the content was confidential and could not be disclosed, it also let her know the unpleasantness of being a soldier. So the first thing she thought of when she saw the ginseng was the soldiers on the front line.

"Then do as you say, Nan Ci. If you didn't know medicine, I wouldn't know this is ginseng. I just thought this flower looks really beautiful."

Shi Yan originally planned to hand over the ginseng and then exchange it for some obvious benefits, so that she could justify spending money to improve the Gu family's food.

"Then I'll dig out the ginseng now, and we'll go to the commune together later."

"Ah."

The two smiled at each other, and Shi Yan made way to make it easier for Shen Nanci to move.

After the ginseng was completely dug out by Shen Nanci and put into the backpack, the two of them went to the commune together without any delay.

Shi Yan and Shen Nanci separated at the entrance of the village and agreed to go up the mountain together the next day. Shi Yan then walked towards Gu's house, but before she reached the door of Gu's house, she saw a tall figure standing outside the somewhat dilapidated courtyard, looking towards the path.

The moment he saw Shi Yan appear, the figure walked towards Shi Yan quickly.

"Wife! Where have you been? Why did you come back at this time?"

Gu Zhen’s expression was very serious, just like when he was interrogating a prisoner.

"Brother Zhen, don't be so fierce. I just went to the commune with Nan Ci."

"You know Shen Nanci, he was married to me on the same day. We get along pretty well and even made an appointment to go pick wild vegetables together tomorrow."

Shi Yan looked pitiful and held Gu Zhen's hand. Shi Yan knew that Gu Zhen was a hypocrite, and as long as she acted coquettishly and softened her attitude, Gu Zhen would not be able to get angry.

Sure enough, before Shi Yan even mentioned the ginseng, a hint of shyness flashed across Gu Zhen's face, and then he pretended to be serious and shook his arms lightly:

"Why are you going to the commune? Remember to tell me when you go out next time. In case something happens, I will have some idea of ​​what to do!"

"Besides, what could be so important that you can even skip meals!"

After work, Gu Zhen hurried home and went into the kitchen to cook. Unexpectedly, when the meal was ready, he asked Gu Song and Gu Tao to go into the house to call Shi Yan and Gu's mother, but he found out that Shi Yan was not in the house.

Under the question of Gu Song and Gu Tao, "Did my sister-in-law run away?"

Gu Zhen not only had to comfort Gu's mother and his younger siblings, but also had to go out to look for someone. However, he didn't see anyone after searching the entire village, and he didn't go back to the Shi family either. In the end, he had no choice but to stand at the door and wait in the hope of success. Fortunately, he finally met someone.

Shi Yan followed Gu Zhen back to Gu's house with a smile. As soon as they entered the yard, Gu Zhen hurried into the kitchen and brought out the food:

"Eat quickly. Xiaosong and Xiaotao have gone to the fields. Now that you are back, I am going to work too. If you have anything to say, we can talk when I come back in the evening."

"Ah."

............

Night, inside the house.

In the Gu family's courtyard, except for Shi Yan and Gu Zhen, everyone else had already fallen asleep. Although there was no light in their room, there was a brazier beside the bed. By the flickering firelight, they could vaguely see each other's expressions.

"You said that you and the new daughter-in-law of the Ye family found ginseng in the mountains today?"

Gu Zhen was a little surprised. Although he had not read much, he still knew about rare things like ginseng.

When he was a child, he also heard that some people found ginseng in the mountains, but they were all not very old and were sold directly to people who came to the village to collect herbs, or exchanged with people in need at the markets organized by each village.

But later the policy changed, and everything became collective property. You could keep anything you found in the mountains for your own use. If you wanted to sell it, you had to send it to a purchasing station as a team. The team would then take the money, convert it into centimeters of grain and distribute it to everyone.

Because the buying and selling process is too troublesome and the risk of selling it secretly is too high, basically no one goes into the mountains to collect herbs now, unless it is really difficult like their family, who needs to use medicine at home for a long time, then they will go into the mountains to find some commonly used ones, but this is all just a matter of luck. In most cases, they still have to go to the pharmacy in town to get the medicine.