Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Time flies, and it is the summer of 1983.

With her own efforts, Chunni completed four years of courses in three years. She rejected the olive branch offered by the school, gave up the opportunity to stay on as a teacher, and returned to Lion Rock.

I don’t know what’s so good about Lion Rock, but I just can’t forget it.

This is what Chunni said to her roommate who was reluctant to let her go.

The eleven-year-old Dong Lin was overjoyed. Although his clansmen and relatives were puzzled as to why Chun Ni could not escape from the farm and become a city dweller, some gossiped about her behind her back, some advised her in person, some supported her, but most of them felt regretful.

What's the point of studying at an agricultural university? You can just go back home and farm. This is what most people think.

Chunni is not the type of person who likes to be bound by constraints. Choosing to return to her hometown to start a business is also a way to contribute to the cause of socialism!

Chunni will never admit that she is unrestrained and loves freedom. She deeply loves Lion Rock, the land that raised her, and she came to build a better Lion Rock.

For those who study agriculture, where better to realize their own value than in the countryside!

But there was no rush for these. Chunni planned to do something else first.

That day, Chunni came back from the fields and saw a man walking towards the village excitedly from afar. She looked closely and found that it was Sun Laoer who married the educated youth Tao Xiuhua.

When Chunni passed by the Sun family's yard, she could hear the voice of Sun Laoer. He said to his mother happily: "Mom, Xiuhua's father asked someone to transfer Xiuhua back to the county hospital. Now it's convenient for Xiuhua to go home. The two children can also see their mother more often."

Then the voice of Grandma Sun came again: "Really? Really? That's good, my grandson has a mother again. When Xiuhua comes back, I will go to the commune to buy some meat!"

She looked so happy for her son's family reunion, and there was no trace of the mean look on Old Lady Sun's face when she used to be mean to Tao Xiuhua. People who didn't know the inside story would think she was a kind and gentle old lady who loved her daughter-in-law!

The educated youth in the village returned to the city one after another, and except for Tao Xiuhua, no one who got married came back to visit.

How cold-hearted and heartless, how sad and lamentable!

Chunni shook her head and smiled again. Go your own way and let others talk.

People! There's nothing wrong with being a little selfish!

Wang Lamei was pregnant again, which made the old man's family very happy.

Yang Bangming came to Chunni's house to announce the good news and explained: "Chunni, I will take your sister-in-law to the hospital tomorrow. I'll trouble you to sell the cold rabbit in the county town."

After graduating, Chunni returned to her hometown and started her small business again.

Isn't it true that only with an economic foundation can her grand plan be realized?

Chunni looked at her cousin who was so happy that he didn't know which way was which and teased her, "You really want me to sell it. You are so happy that you are almost going crazy. If you sell it, won't you lose money?"

Yang Bangming touched his head embarrassedly, smiling in a naive way, totally unlike his usual smart and capable self.

The next morning, Chunni went out with Yang Bangming and his wife, and they separated when they arrived at the county town. Now that they no longer had to go to the black market to sell things, Chunni went to the market behind the county middle school.

Their cold rabbit is delicious and has many repeat customers. The more people there are, the faster it sells out.

Chunni packed her backpack and left the market, where she unexpectedly ran into Wang Hao.

Wang Hao greeted Chunni familiarly: "Chunni, are you here to sell goods today?"

"Yeah, my cousin has something to do today."

“I heard that you are researching soil organic matter at home recently?”

"Who told you that?" Chunni was very curious. Yang Bangming never said that he had met Wang Hao during these few times when he was selling things!

"Well, I heard what Wang Ran said."

Chunni suspected that Qiuguo told her this.

"Yeah." Chunni actually didn't expect Wang Ran to repeat his senior year and get into a university in Rongcheng a year later. He will soon be a junior! Qiuguo was also very focused on his studies. Since their relationship didn't affect their studies, Chunni turned a blind eye to their relationship.

Early love is not a disaster, as long as both parties can restrain themselves and do not affect their studies. Of course, if they can encourage each other and make progress together, it would be perfect.

Qiu Guo and Wang Ran are the latter.

Chunni doesn’t have high requirements!

Wang Hao was also puzzled by Chunni's choice. Why did she go home to farm and sell cold rabbits when she obviously had better options?

Just from the fact that Chunni studied on her own to get into high school and college, it can be seen that she is not the kind of person who is bound by the secular world, so it doesn't seem so strange that she would do such a thing.

Seeing that the watch pointed to twelve o'clock, Wang Hao enthusiastically invited Chunni to dinner.

Chunni was about to refuse when she suddenly saw a familiar figure.

Chunni said goodbye to Wang Hao in a hurry and quickly caught up with him.

The man was about to walk out of the street, so Chunni had no choice but to run. But when she was about to grab the man's sleeve, Chunni sprained her ankle.

"Ouch." The pain made Chunni cry out involuntarily.

This sound successfully attracted the attention of the person in front. She turned around and saw Chunni holding her foot in pain, and asked: "Sister, are you okay?"

Chunni looked at the person in front of her. This person was not her sister Qiuguo, but she was similar in height, figure and appearance.

She thought Qiu Guo had sprouted up again and skipped classes to date!

fortunately! fortunately!

"It's okay, I'll just rub it." The pain in my foot came and my ankle immediately swelled up into a big bun.

Chunni secretly began to worry, not knowing whether her foot was just sprained or dislocated, and whether she could walk.

She gritted her teeth and stood up, enduring the pain in her foot. She tried to move her injured left foot, and a dull pain instantly came over her. It seemed that she had to go to the hospital. There was no one she knew around, so Chunni endured the pain and limped forward, but her left foot hurt when she exerted force. Chunni had no choice but to hop forward on one leg.

This look is somewhat funny, yet somewhat heartbreaking.

The girl hurriedly grabbed her upon seeing this, and advised: "Sister, don't be anxious, take a rest first." When her brother comes, he can at least help the young lady to prevent the injury from getting worse.

Chunni felt her feet were really painful, so she sat down.

Unexpectedly, just as she sat down, a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure walked over from not far away. Before she could react, she heard the little girl next to her shouting: "Brother, I'm here, come over quickly."

The man came closer, looked at Chunni who was sitting on the ground and said in surprise: "Little girl!"

Chunni is no longer the skinny girl she was a few years ago. She has grown a lot taller, her face is like a silver plate, her eyes are like autumn water, her lips are red without any makeup, and her eyebrows are green without any makeup. She is much prettier, but the outline of her facial features is still the same as before.

He Yanqing recognized her at the first sight, and deep in his heart he felt a sense of joy that his daughter had grown up.

Chunni didn't expect to meet He Yanqing again here, in this situation. She thought he had passed the university and returned to Rongcheng, and they would never meet again.

"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a beautiful woman?" Chunni was a little embarrassed after being stared at by the man for a long time, so she blurted out the words in a rather fierce tone.

"Yeah! I've never seen such a stunning beauty." There was obvious sarcasm in He Yanqing's words.

"Hmph!" Chunni turned her head away and ignored what was in front of her.