Send me to the countryside? Turn around and make you homeless!

No one had lived in the educated youth site for a long time, and no one cut bamboo to bring in mountain spring water, so people had to fetch water with buckets.

The three male comrades carried water, while the female comrades went together to the mountain to find dry branches to make fire.

There is no coal in the countryside, and every household uses earth stoves. People often go to the mountains to pick up firewood, but it is not easy to find firewood.

The three people carried baskets on their backs and searched everywhere for not only dry branches but also dry leaves to use as fire starters.

There are trees everywhere on this mountain, and there are actually quite a few wild fruits. Tan Yuan picked quite a few of them.

"Yuanyuan, Linlin, do you recognize this thing? Is it edible?"

Li Xiu picked up the dry pine needles under the tree to reveal the bare ground. Who would have thought that there were a few black things growing on the ground. They looked a bit like coral and a bit like wood ear. When you touch them with your hand, they are a little elastic. A large flower is hidden under the pine needle tree.

She didn't recognize this thing, so she called Tan Yuan and Nian Lin to see if anyone of them knew it.

Tan Yuan and Nian Lin threw the things in their hands into the backpack and walked over to take a look.

Nian Lin shook her head. She had never seen this thing before and could only rely on her own guesses.

"It feels a bit like wood ear mushrooms. I'm not sure if it's edible, but if you don't know it, it's better not to eat it."

We don’t know whether wild things are poisonous or not. If they are, what use will the health department be in this remote village? I’m afraid it will be too late to send them to the hospital.

"This is dry mushroom. Look, it looks like a pair of lotus flowers, so it's also called a pair of flower mushrooms. It's edible. You can make fried rice with it, or stir-fry it. You can make fried dry mushrooms with oil, and it tastes delicious. Let's pick it. Be sure to tap it to let the fungus fall off. Also, leave some at the bottom when you pick it, so you can see it next time you come."

As she spoke, Tan Yuan went forward to pick mushrooms.

"Wow, Yuanyuan, you're amazing. You understand all this."

Li Xiu sighed. They were both educated youth sent to the countryside from the city, and they could tell the difference between any mushroom they saw and the mushrooms they saw on the ground. But she...

Sure enough, comparing people to each other makes people angry.

Nian Lin was staring at Tan Yuan in a daze. Tan Yuan's performance was too shocking to her. She watched Tan Yuan get on the bus. She was sure that people in the city where Tan Yuan lived didn't eat these things. Where did she get this knowledge?

Tan Yuan smiled calmly at Li Xiu and carefully placed the picked mushrooms on the dry pine needles she had collected. These wild delicacies were delicious, but they were difficult to preserve. If not handled properly, they would easily go bad and the taste would be greatly reduced.

As for understanding these things, she didn't think she was anything special. Anyone who stayed here for five years should understand them.

When she first came here in her previous life, she didn't understand this knowledge either. But after living here for a long time and not having enough food to eat, she had to work hard on these things, and she eventually learned them over time.

They picked up a lot of dry branches, estimating that they would be enough for several people to use for several days, and then they tied the dry branches together with hemp ropes made of hay. Each of the three people carried a little on their backs and walked towards the temporary shelter.

She met quite a few villagers on the way. After more than ten years, she saw those familiar but younger faces again. Memories of her previous life came flooding back, and Tan Yuan felt as if she were in another world.

Her mood is different now, and her mentality has also changed to a certain extent. When others look at her curiously, she just smiles back.

Although Huaiyin Village is remote, the people here are nice, simple, kind, and hospitable. Of course, this is all on the premise that their own interests are not affected.

When they returned to the resettlement site, the three men who had gone to fetch water had already filled the water tank and the yard was cleaned. When they saw Tan Yuan and the others coming back, they hurried over to help carry things.

"With so much firewood, you didn't even bother to send someone back to call us so we could go and help."

Having just started working in the countryside and not yet experiencing the hardships of labor, several male comrades have shown their best side.

"No, you're already tired from carrying water. We're all here in the countryside, not to enjoy ourselves. Why do we need you to help us with everything?"

Tan Yuan dodged the hand of one of the men who came to take the firewood, and went into the yard carrying the basket and firewood on her own.

Nian Lin simply ignored her and followed Tan Yuan inside.

Seeing this, Li Xiu, who was about to unload her things and take a rest, felt embarrassed. She quietly refused to help and followed him in carrying the firewood.

The kitchen at the temporary shelter is outside the room. It consists of an earthen stove, two pots, and a shed supported by several tree trunks. The shed is covered with straw, which makes people worry about whether it will leak when it rains.

"Linlin and I are going to cook. Do you want to join us or eat on your own?"

Tan Yuan put down her things, went back to her room to get her aluminum lunch box, and stuck her head out to ask everyone.

Nian Lin was speechless again. Did she say she wanted to have dinner with Tan Yuan?

Forget it, there’s no point in thinking too much. Besides, she didn’t object to the kindness that Tan Yuan showed to her, so she simply went back to her room to get her lunch box.

“How many meters do you want?”

She asked this question, which was not only addressed to Tan Yuan, but also to remind the others that if they wanted to eat, they had to provide their own rations and not think about eating for free.

Others didn't hear it, so how could Tan Yuan not understand what she meant? She answered with a smile.

"Just make as much rice as you need to eat, wash it, add water, and steam it all together."

She had tried eating from the same pot in her previous life, but in the end it was a mess and everyone felt that they had been wronged. It would have been better for them to eat their own food from the beginning and not blame each other.

"I'll go with you."

Li Xiu spoke quickly and hurried back to her room to get her things.

The three male educated youth didn't know how to cook, as they had delicious food prepared at home. When they heard what Tan Yuan and Nian Lin said, they hurried back to get their lunch boxes.

Add water to the pot, cover the lunch boxes and start steaming the rice.

Li Xiu and Nian Lin both grew up in the city. Although they can cook, they have never used the earthen stove in the countryside and don't know how to control the size of the fire.

Although she hadn't used it for more than ten years, the memories of it were still in her mind, and Tan Yuan was able to get the hang of it quickly.

"Linlin, Xiuxiu, go wash the mushrooms and tear them into small pieces."

Ganba mushrooms are different from other mushrooms. They are not a whole piece that can be cleaned by washing with water and then brushing with a brush. They must be torn into small pieces and washed slowly, otherwise there will be sand in them, which will affect the taste.

After turning the fire to a low heat, Tan Yuan prepared to look through the basket of vegetables that Zhao Xiaosi had sent over.

I guess they knew that they had just arrived and didn't have anything, so although the amount of things they sent was not large, the variety was rich and varied.