Traveling through 70's wine

When they returned to the village, it was already late and every household was cooking and eating. They had also come back from outside the village to the educated youth site, mainly because they were worried about being seen and accused of not working seriously. Besides, the things in the mountains and forests also belonged to the country, which seemed like poaching.

After returning home, everyone decided to have dinner together. Guo Jianguo said he still had a piece of bacon, Wen Qing took out ten eggs, Luo Yixing took out a can of braised pork, Gu Hua provided the oil, Wu Qing and Luo Yixing provided the rice, and Wen Qing took out four or five truffles to make truffle steamed eggs.

Although the meal that night was not sumptuous, the deliciousness of the truffles was unforgettable. Gu Hua also remembered that when he was a child, he went to a Western restaurant with his parents to eat truffles, but it had been so long that he had forgotten a little.

In the next few days, everyone participated in planting winter wheat together. Food is the farmers' obsession.

It took a week to plant all the wheat and rapeseed, and everyone finally had time to plant their own private plots, and to plant broad beans and peas in the corners of the houses and on the ridges of the fields. This completed the winter work, and the educated youth and villagers could then have some free time.

Wen Qing and the educated youth started to go up the mountain again. The villagers also had the habit of picking wild fruits and pine nuts, so they all went up the mountain.

Wen Qing had strong legs and went up the mountain with the educated youth once. She felt that they gained too little and told Wu Qing that she wanted to go somewhere farther.

Wu Qing knew from the game Wen Qing brought back that she had some support, so she just asked her to be careful and not go too far. She herself followed the male educated youth.

Wen Qing would sometimes be away for two or three days. When she walked far away, she would enter a space in the cave. This was like a portable hotel, but she didn't want anyone to see her disappear or appear out of thin air.

In the deep mountains, the air is particularly fresh, probably because there are more negative oxygen ions. She can practice faster than in the village, so she doesn't want to go back to the village every day.

The production team did not arrange any farm work for her, so she was happy with her freedom.

Wen Qing found a ginseng under a cliff. This was the first ginseng she found in Dayao Mountain. She was standing on the edge of the cliff looking at the distant mountains. Maybe the rocks were loose, and a stone rolled out from under her feet. She heard the sound and jumped back a dozen feet away. When she saw that there was no more stone sliding down, she walked carefully to the edge of the cliff.

This cliff faces a mountain, and there is a valley between the two peaks. She stood still and looked down, and found that the angle of the cliff was 50 or 60 degrees, so she could still go down.

Wen Qing saw that the vegetation here was not dense, but there were no signs of landslides. He then observed the rocks on the cliff and found that they looked like they were made of gneiss and sedimentary rocks.

She leaned forward carefully and looked down, and found several clovers growing on the cliff about three meters away from her, with red berries swaying in the wind.

She had an idea and took out a long rope from the space. She found a big tree, wrapped the rope around the trunk, tied a single knot, pulled the rope down the cliff, and when she got closer, she found a big plant about five feet high and two smaller ones about three feet high. They were indeed ginseng.

She decided to dig the big ones first. After observing the situation around her, she squatted down and took out a bamboo dagger. It was said that iron tools should not be used to dig ginseng. She dug up the topsoil little by little. This ginseng had a lot of roots. She didn't want to lose the roots, so she could only dig gently little by little. It took her three hours to finally take out the ginseng intact.

This ginseng is about 8 or 9 centimeters long, with one main ginseng beard and several secondary beards. It looks a bit like a human, with a body and two legs.

Wen Qing didn't know how to tell the age of ginseng, but after weighing it, she estimated that it weighed half a pound, and carefully put it into the space.

This place is very remote, so she won’t dig the two small ginsengs for the time being. She will come back to dig them when she has the chance.

Wen Qing has been out for three days this time. She has caught three pheasants, found more than thirty pheasant eggs, and dug up some polygonatum, angelica, Panax notoginseng, and ganoderma lucidum. Now she even has ginseng in her pocket, so she can go back and rest.

When we got back to the educated youth camp, Wu Qing was there too. He asked happily, "Xiao Qing, you're back? Did you have a safe trip?"

Wen Qing put down the backpack and said, "It's safe, but I'm very dirty."

Wu Qing hurried to heat water for her to take a bath. Seeing that there was not much water in the water tank, he said to Wen Qing, "Xiao Qing, you take a rest first. I will go fetch some water."

Wen Qing hurriedly said, "Sister Qingqing, I'll go."

Wu Qing said, "You must be tired after walking so far. I'll go."

Seeing that she insisted, Wen Qing said nothing more.

She took out a pheasant, pheasant eggs, and a rabbit caught from the space from the backpack. The rabbit was still alive, and she tied it up and put it aside.

He took out some medicinal herbs and prepared to wash and dry them before selling them to the pharmacy in the city.

Wu Qing quickly came back with the water. She was less than 160 cm tall and thin, so she could only carry half a bucket of water and pour it into the water tank.

Although these two women were not very strong and did not earn much, they were both generous and not calculative, so they always ate together and did housework together. In more than two years, they had never had any conflicts.

Because everyone was in a bad situation, the male educated youth tolerated and understood each other and got along quite well.

After taking a shower, Wen Qing showed the things she brought back to Wu Qing. When Wu Qing saw the pheasants and rabbits, she kept pulling Wen Qing and laughing. Seeing that she was too excited, Wen Qing reminded her to get the pheasants out quickly. Then Wu Qing continued to boil water and take care of the pheasants.

Dinner consisted of pheasant stewed with truffles, pheasant roasted with potatoes, and fried chicken offal. The two of them enjoyed the meal very much.

Wu Qing’s cooking skills are much better than Wen Qing’s. Although there are not many seasonings, the food tastes very good.

After dinner, Wen Qing went to fetch two buckets of water, washed the herbs, and hung them under the eaves. She asked Wu Qing, "Sister Qingqing, have you read books these days?"

Wu Qing said shyly, "Oh, I forgot."

Wen Qing didn't say anything, but took out a book and deliberately found a few questions to ask Wu Qing. Wu Qing flipped through the book for a long time before he stammered to answer Wen Qing's questions. He secretly made up his mind to read the book carefully, otherwise he would not be as good as Wen Qing, a junior high school student.

In the next few days, Wen Qing and several other educated youths joined the villagers in the mountains and found many wild fruits.

Children are the happiest at this time. Their parents are busy picking fruits and don’t care if they eat wild fruits. The children eat until their bellies are full. The adults pick out the good fruits and sell them in the town, while the educated youth peel the walnuts and pine nuts and dry them.

Wu Qing, Guo Jianguo, and Li Wei all sent packages home. Guo Jianguo received a letter from his family, telling him not to send anything, but to keep it for himself and to exchange it for food. Li Wei's family sent him 20 yuan and a piece of cloth. Wu Qing did not receive a letter from his family and did not know whether his family had received the package.

Wen Qing didn't send anything home. From her vague memory, she had never received a single word from home since she went to the countryside.

The lack of family affection is not a bad thing for a time traveler. She is not their relative, and it seems that they don't actually regard her as a relative.

Wen Qing took some time to make jam with the sea buckthorn, apples and pears collected in the space. On market days, she took a few bottles to Shangyi Town to sell.

A bottle of jam only costs three yuan, but not many people buy it. She guessed that the consumption level of the residents in the town was not high, so she decided to go to Luchun County to sell it.

On Sunday, Wen Qing got up early. Before dawn, she walked to the town to take the bus. Yawning, she arrived in Luchun County in a half-asleep state.

When she arrived at Luchun County, it was still daybreak. She entered the space while no one was paying attention, put on makeup, and dressed up as a dark and thin man. She carried a large backpack and followed the people carrying baskets and shouldering loads into the alley beside the railway.

As soon as I reached the entrance of the alley, I was stopped by an old man. I paid 2 cents in management fee before I was allowed to enter. This is an alley of more than 500 meters. There were quite a few people in it. Those selling things put their backpacks and baskets against the wall, while those buying things looked around leisurely. It seems that this place is still very safe.