The groom was kidnapped on the wedding day? Fine! I'll marry someone else.

After the group walked for a while, Jiang Yi was about to go his separate ways.

Xu Kui and Zhang Hongmei gave half of the torch sticks in their hands to Jiang Yi.

It was foggy tonight, but Jiang Yi didn't refuse. He asked them to put the torch sticks in his backpack, said goodbye to them, and then walked towards another road, pushing the bicycle with one hand and holding the torch stick with the other.

Xu Yu and his companions also headed towards Hongxing Village.

On the way, Xu Jianping and Xu Kui talked about their plan to raise more pigs next year. To get his support, Xu Jianping said, "I've had a good talk with Jiang Yi, and he said I can raise them. When the time comes, we can go to the city together to find a market for them."

"If we can really sell pigs to factory canteens and state-owned restaurants in the city, our village will have an additional source of income."

After hearing this, Xu Kui did not say anything immediately, but fell into deep thought.

Xu Jianping was a little anxious. He needed his father's support for this matter, otherwise he couldn't do it alone.

"Dad, today we went to the county town. Not only was the director of the brick and tile factory polite to Jiang Yi, but the director of the furniture factory was also polite to him. I think as long as he says I can do it, I will definitely be able to do it by the time I raise pigs."

Zhang Hongmei sensed her second son's impatience and said, "This is a big deal. Your father needs to think it over carefully. Not only do you want to expand your pig farming, but you also plan to sell them twice a year. You'll definitely need to feed the pigs with grain. Where will you get all that grain?"

Xu Yu agreed: "Mom is right. Let Dad think about this. Besides, the Chinese New Year is still a few months away. Even if you want to expand the scale of pig breeding, you have to get the consent of most people in the village. And you have to consider how to manage the pigs with so many pigs."

Xu Yu actually wanted to say that he wanted to consider the problem of swine fever, but when he thought about how hard he had managed to arouse his second brother's passion for making money, he couldn't let him be discouraged and afraid to act before he even started.

After next year, policies will become more and more open. My second brother can start raising pigs at the beginning of next year to accumulate experience and catch the first bus to get rich. She will definitely let him seize this opportunity.

She thought for a moment, then said to her parents, "Brother Yi told me that when he was sent back last year, he spent two months in the city. Leaders from the commune, the city, and even the factories all came to see him. When we went there today, leaders from the brick and tile factory and the furniture factory were all very polite to him. I think as long as my second brother can keep raising pigs, he won't have any trouble selling them."

After hearing this, Zhang Hongmei thought for a moment and said, "If we sell pork under Xiao Jiang's name, will it affect Xiao Jiang? What if someone with ulterior motives reports us? Will they think we're capitalistic?"

"How could that be?" Xu Yu said, "We are working to develop Red Star Village and improve everyone's living standards. If the higher-ups knew about this, they would be full of praise. How could this be called a capitalist approach?"

Zhang Hongmei thought about it and felt that this was true, so she also hoped that her second son could achieve something successful in his career.

As a mother, who doesn’t want her children to have great success?

However, Xu Kui still didn't say anything. It was obvious that as the village chief, he thought more than the three of them.

It was already midnight when the four of them returned home.

A few of them washed up and went to bed.

The next day, Xu Yu got up early, but she didn't expect that Xu Xiaodi got up even earlier than her.

When Xu Yu walked out of the main room, he happened to see Xu Xiaodi who had already run to the edge of the yard, so he called him.

"younger brother."

Xu Xiaodi immediately stopped and turned to look at her, grinning at her: "Sister, you're up."

Xu Yu asked, "Do you want to go running?"

Xu Xiaodi nodded: "Yes, Brother Jiang said that I should run every morning. I will listen to Brother Jiang."

Then he asked, "Sister, do you want to come with me?"

Xu Yu looked towards the kitchen.

At this time, Zhang Hongmei and her grandmother were in the kitchen making breakfast. Her father and second brother had already gone out, but her grandfather was sitting on the other side of the yard weaving baskets with bamboo strips.

Xu Yu had an idea, so he said, "I'm not going today. I haven't washed up yet. You go."

Brother Xu said okay and ran away.

Xu Yu went to wash up first. After he finished, he walked up to his grandfather and said to him, "Grandpa, please make me some drying trays. I want some this big, some this big, and some this big."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hands and gestured to the sizes of drying trays she wanted.

Grandpa didn't know why she wanted to dry the plates, so he said, "We already have several at home. Whatever you want to dry, just take it out and dry it. Why make so many?"

"I want to dry herbs. The day after tomorrow I will go to the mountains with Grandpa Huang and Brother Yi to pick herbs. We will pick a lot, and those drying trays won't be enough."

Grandpa was easy to talk to, and he didn't have much to do, so he agreed when his granddaughter asked him: "Okay, I'll make some for you in the next two days."

Xu Yu immediately smiled sweetly and said, "Grandpa, I want ten drying trays."

Then he added, "Please make me a convenient backpack for picking herbs."

Grandpa laughed and said, "Okay."

Zhang Hongmei, who had just come out to fetch water, heard the number Xu Yu mentioned and scolded him with a smile, "You haven't even gathered all the herbs yet, and you want so many drying trays. If you don't dry all the herbs by the time you're done, you'll be embarrassed."

Xu Yu said confidently, "It will definitely be fully sun-dried."

After saying that, he added, "When the time comes, I'll go to the mountains to find some tonics and come back to make you some nourishing soup."

Zhang Hongmei couldn't help laughing when she heard this. She said, "You should go with us first to see if it's easy to pick herbs. Don't complain if you can't pick much."

"I'm not going to complain."

Knowing that her family didn't really believe her, Xu Yu simply stopped talking.

Then I talked to my grandfather about the requirements for drying the plates.

There are many bamboos in the mountains, and most people here know how to weave bamboo.

Now that the drying plate had been found, Xu Yu felt relieved.

After dinner, she went to see Dr. Huang.

As soon as he saw Dr. Huang, Xu Yu told him about going to the mountains to collect herbs the day after tomorrow.

Doctor Huang agreed, but said, "It's time to see how effective your medical textbook memorization has been. If you can't even recognize all the herbs, don't come to me anymore."

Liu Fengjuan, who was standing next to him, was worried about Xu Yu when she heard this.

She knew that Xu Yu had only been reading the medical book for a short time, and it had been delayed for several days, so how could he possibly memorize it all.

Xu Yu nodded happily: "Okay."

Dr. Huang glanced at her and went back to his business.

Xu Yu looked at Liu Fengjuan, who was hesitant to speak, and said to her, "You can wash off the herbs on your face today. You don't need to apply such a thick layer of herbs later."

After saying that, he went to the kitchen to boil water.

Liu Fengjuan followed him to the kitchen and asked worriedly, "Xiaoyu, do you know all the herbs?"

Xu Yu smiled at her and said, "Don't worry. If Grandpa Huang asks, he'll only ask the names of the herbs he picked. I've been helping him for so long, I know them all with my eyes closed."

Liu Fengjuan opened her mouth, but was embarrassed by Xu Yu's confidence to say anything that would hurt her.

She simply told Xu Yu about her situation: "I plan to write a registered letter and send it back today."

Then he thought for a moment and asked Xu Yu: "Xiao Yu, what do you want?"

Xu Yu looked at her in surprise.

Liu Fengjuan then said, "I'll ask my family to send me some things. My family is rich, so I'll ask them to buy whatever you want."

Xu Yu suddenly became curious about her family situation and asked, "What does your family do?"

Liu Fengjuan was silent.

Xu Yu didn't care: "If you can't say it, forget it."

"It's not that I can't talk about it," Liu Fengjuan said. "I don't like to talk about family matters. I haven't even told them to Zhang Yang."

Xu Yu looked at her again.

Liu Fengjuan raised the corner of her mouth and revealed a sarcastic smile: "Only now do I realize that not telling him about my family situation was the best decision I ever made. I was really too impulsive at the time..."

At this point, she stopped talking and was silent for a while before she said, "My parents are both cadres in important departments in S City. A tall tree attracts the wind. Some people want to punish our family and report those of us who are unwilling to go to the countryside as having bad thoughts. I have five brothers and sisters in my family, and I am the eldest. I have just reached adulthood, so I have to go to the countryside."

At this point, she gave a wry smile and continued, "I didn't expect that I would suffer from acclimatization problems after coming here. At the time, I was really at my wit's end. I was often sick, couldn't earn points, and was bullied by the village hooligans. I could only look for someone to rely on, but I never thought..."

Xu Yu was also silent. After a while, she asked a sensitive question directly: "What do you think of my second brother?"