Leisurely mountain village

A cucumber salad, a tomato and egg soup, a stir-fried potato shreds dish, a pheasant stew with mushrooms, and a roe deer meat casserole – dinner is that simple, delicious, and satisfying.

Saihu got a small piece of roe deer leg meat mixed with rice, but instead of eating it alone, it gently pushed its food bowl toward Xiaotangyuan's little dog, looking at its little owner with expectant eyes.

"My God, Saihu, is Xiaohua going to be a mother?" Ye Huan looked at Xiaohua's belly, a smile appearing on his lips, and teased, "You rascal, you want me to support your wife? You're getting more and more ambitious."

He affectionately patted Saihu's head, then took out a chicken head, chicken feet, and chicken breast from the casserole, carefully paired them with a piece of roe deer meat, mixed it with rice again, and handed it to Saihu.

Saihu immediately rushed over excitedly, enjoying the delicious food with gusto, as if at that moment, it was the happiest dog in the world.

Little Tangyuan grabbed a piece of roe deer meat, eating it with grease dripping from its mouth. In its other hand, Ye Huan stuffed a chicken leg into its mouth, leaving Little Tangyuan unsure which one to gnaw on.

He drank with his grandfather, who drank his homemade tiger bone wine, while Ye Huan drank regular beer. It was too hot for him to drink baijiu (Chinese liquor).

"Hey, you two are having a drink?" A voice entered the courtyard along with a figure.

"Uncle, please sit down." Ye Huan handed a small stool to the man. Ye Daming, the village chief, was his grandfather's nephew, who was forty-six or forty-seven years old and a cousin of his father.

"Uncle, are you happy that Xiao Huan is back to keep you company?" The village chief didn't stand on ceremony. He sat down, took an empty bowl, opened a bottle of beer, and picked up a piece of roe deer meat.

"A roe deer? Xiao Huan, that's impressive. Did you get it from the mountains?"

"Well, I went into the mountains this afternoon and met this little guy. I treated him, and this is the reward from his family~" Ye Huan said, pointing with his chopsticks at the little white wolf that was gnawing on chicken.

"Oh, is that a wolf?" the village chief exclaimed in surprise. "Are you alright?" This question was directed at Ye Huan's grandfather, his uncle.

"What could possibly happen? Don't worry~" Grandpa said, taking a sip of his drink.

The village chief nodded, and the uncle said it was alright, so it was alright.

"What are your plans now that you're back?" he asked Ye Huan. "Aren't you planning to leave again?"

"Huh~ Uncle, how did you figure that out?" Ye Huan asked in surprise.

"You little rascal, in all these years, when have you ever stayed home for more than a week? How long has it been this time? A month, right? I'm not stupid~~"

"Hehe, that's true. I'm not planning to leave this time. I'll stay home, farm, and keep Grandpa company," Ye Huan said with a smile.

"Spending time with your grandfather is a good thing, but what about your job?" the village chief asked.

"I quit. I'm not going back. Isn't it better to do something back home than to work a wage? With so much land and such a big mountain, how could I starve to death?" Ye Huan said.

The village chief nodded: "If all the young people in the village had your mindset, the village wouldn't be in this state today, with only the elderly and children left."

"That's normal. I used to work outside too. It's convenient in the city. There are hospitals, shopping malls, schools. If you want to eat something, you can just order takeout and someone will deliver it to your door." He hadn't even mentioned foot massages yet. He'd been there a few times, but they were too expensive.

Ye Huan said, "There's nothing I can do about it. If it weren't for the space, I don't know when I would have figured this out and been able to go back to the village."

"Yeah, it can't compare to the city after all." The village chief nodded and downed his beer in one gulp.

"Take it slow. Things will gradually come back as they get better."

"What are you planning to do this time you've come back?" the village chief asked.

"Let's try growing organic vegetables and grains. We're not in a rush to raise livestock; just enough for our own family." Ye Huan had already planned it out. He was currently raising a few hundred chickens, ducks, geese, and a few dozen pigs, cows, and sheep in the orchards behind the mountain, letting them roam freely.

"feasible?"

"I don't know, but we should give it a try. What if it works? Besides, I have some good seeds from a classmate at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, so I'll give it a shot."

"New seeds from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences? Are they any good?" the village chief asked doubtfully.

"It's all unknown, but how will we know if it'll be good or bad if we don't try? Anyway, Grandpa and I aren't short of food, so let's give it a try. If it works out, my parents won't have any reason to scold me," Ye Huan said with a smile.

"You'd better work hard, kid. If it's a good path, the village will consider cooperating with you. If we're poor, no one will want to come back," the village chief said.

"Okay~ We'll see when the time comes." Ye Huan didn't object. How big of a scene could he manage by himself? He'd be exhausted. But if the whole village cooperated, wouldn't he be able to relax and be a freelancer, or rather, a technical advisor?

Grandpa looked at his eldest grandson and was overjoyed. Over the years, although he didn't say it, he had been thinking about this day all the time. Every Spring Festival, he would see his eldest grandson's tired body hadn't even had a few days of rest before he was called back to work.

The old man once considered selling all the personal items he had collected over the years so that his eldest grandson would have to quit his job.

But Ye Huan eventually persuaded him to stay. Ye Huan himself said that he would come back whenever he was tired. Now that he had suddenly obtained a spring space, Ye Huan couldn't bear to stay for even a day.

"I'll go to the county in a few days to check things out. The vegetables are ready, and I'll see if there are any connections or anything." Ye Huan mainly said that a year had passed since he used the space, and he had stored up quite a lot of ingredients. He would keep these for himself, and the ones in the yard could be sold.

As for the ginseng and polygonatum he's experimenting with, that's still a long way off.

"Okay, I trust you to do things. You're the only college graduate in the village!" The village chief nodded. "Your dish is really delicious. I'm sure you can make it."

Then it was just casual conversation, about what happened in which family in the village, whose child made a fortune, or who bought a car after returning from the New Year.

Ye Huan finished eating early and took Saihu and Xiaohua for a walk to digest their food. She also picked up Xiaotangyuan and said, "Grandpa, Uncle, you guys keep drinking. I'll take Tangyuan home!"

"Okay~ Go ahead!"

"The night is so beautiful!" Ye Huan exclaimed, gazing at the stars in the sky.

Stars in the night sky

It ignited hope in people's hearts.

"Saihu, how many babies is your wife pregnant this time? I don't care, I definitely want one, there's no room for discussion." Ye Huan looked away and said to Saihu while holding Xiaotangyuan.

"Woof woof~~" Saihu agreed.

"What are you showing off for? How do you know there are two? Did you get an ultrasound?" Ye Huan was speechless. Every time he heard Saihu's bark, he had this strange feeling that he'd better behave himself and not give in to his imagination. Haha, Lu Huan made himself laugh.

Xiao Hua followed Ye Huan's footsteps with elegant steps toward its home. Of all the dogs in the village, it only liked Sai Hu. Moreover, its little master often came to eat there, so it and Sai Hu became familiar with each other over time.