Chapter 20: Even Wild Beasts Are Scared Away by Gunshots

The saying goes, “Three points of beauty come from appearance, seven points from dressing up,” meaning that women need to present themselves well. To present oneself well means to dress well, to highlight one’s strengths and conceal one’s weaknesses.

Wen Yanyan felt a surge of confidence. Hesitantly, she lifted the curtain to look outside the window and unexpectedly discovered that it had become dark again.

“Goodness, how did time pass so quickly?”

She redressed and decided to cook something to eat. While dieting requires controlling one’s diet, one can’t starve oneself. Doing so for a long time will cause problems, especially now, as she was working hard every day for her living and needed her strength.

Wen Yanyan left the room, washed her hands, took out a basin, added some cornmeal and wheat flour, mixed it with hot water, and added some baking powder.

Within minutes, she used an iron pan to fry several mixed-flour pancakes and placed them on a plate.

Then she took out the wild bracken she had mixed last night and sat down to eat.

It turned out that these mixed-flour pancakes and bracken salad were quite a match.

“Delicious!”

The wild bracken tasted really good, with a light fragrance. She planned to dig some more tomorrow.

“Oops!”

Wen Yanyan suddenly remembered that she hadn’t planted the vegetables she had just bought.

Looking outside again, she found that it was completely dark. There was no way; she would have to plant them tomorrow.

She made plans in her mind.

Tomorrow, she would also go up the mountain to pick mushrooms. She wouldn’t rush to sell them. The weather was good these days, so she could pick more and dry them in the sun.

In a few days, she would go to town to sell the dried goods.

While eating, Wen Yanyan had already arranged her activities for the next few days.

As for Yu Linglong, let her be happy for a few days. She didn’t want to create a sensation every day; it was too high-profile.

The next day.

Wen Yanyan got up early and sowed all the seeds in her garden.

Chinese cabbage, chili peppers, lettuce, coriander, scallions… The garden was small, but the variety was rich.

“Yanzi, what are you doing so early?”

Wen Yanyan was working diligently when, she didn’t know when, a head appeared over the wall, greeting her.

“Ah?”

She, who had been concentrating on planting, was startled.

After seeing who it was.

Wen Yanyan straightened up, wiped the sweat from her face, and said with a smile.

“Sister Dahua, I’m planting some vegetables. You’re up early too.”

This woman’s name was Wang Dahua, the wife of the Platoon Leader Gao, and her next-door neighbor.

“Yanzi, you’re different from before. Not only is your yard clean, but you’ve also cut your hair, you look more energetic, and you’ve become more diligent. It must be the good influence of Nan Tuan.”

Wang Dahua also had a number five haircut, which was common at the time.

She was probably in her thirties, with a slightly yellowish complexion and freckles on the sides of her nose.

Uh?

Wen Yanyan felt pleased at first, but after hearing the whole thing, she felt a little far-fetched.

These changes in her were due to Nan Jue’s… good influence? He didn’t seem to have said a word, did he?

“Sister Dahua, Nan Tuan’s work is busy; he doesn’t have time to influence me. I learned from you. You’re the one doing well. I was young and didn’t understand things before. If I did anything wrong, please bear with me.”

High emotional intelligence.

“Oh, Yanzi, look what you’re saying, you’re making me blush. You busy yourself then, I’m going back.”

Sister Dahua hurriedly retreated.

Wen Yanyan smiled secretly. In the past, the original owner had quarreled with Sister Dahua a lot.

Because the original owner always threw her garbage into Sister Dahua’s yard.

After throwing it, she wouldn’t admit it, claiming that the wind blew it over.

Sister Dahua wasn’t stupid. Could it be the wind every single time?

She got angry, and they started arguing. The original owner was a skilled arguer.

She never conceded, except to Zhang Meimei, whom the original owner had wholeheartedly and desperately tried to please.

That’s right, the original owner had also stolen a large radish from Sister Dahua’s house.

Sister Dahua had always ignored her, but today, for some reason, she took the initiative to talk to her.

It was good. Taking this opportunity to clear things up, there would be no more estrangement in the future.

After Wen Yanyan finished planting and watering, she waited for the seeds to sprout. After eating breakfast, she took her bag and went up the mountain.

Since she came to the 1970s, her favorite thing to do was to go up the mountain.

Because the mountain scenery was beautiful, the air was fresh, and most importantly, there were “treasures” on the mountain.

But in recent days, because of her crazy picking, the mushrooms nearby had decreased significantly.

If she wanted to pick more and fresher mushrooms, she had to go deeper into the mountains.

But she didn’t dare to venture in, because she didn’t know what was hidden in the depths of the mountains.

Wen Yanyan wasn’t afraid of wild animals, she was afraid of snakes.

Because an army was stationed in this mountain, and the soldiers trained every day in the open-air training ground, the sound of gunfire was very loud.

Even wild beasts were scared away by the gunshots.

However, snakes couldn’t be scared away; they might be lurking somewhere.

Wen Yanyan held a stick and cautiously ventured deeper.

When she saw tall grass, she would go around it.

But as soon as she saw mushrooms, she would squat down and pick them. As she was picking, suddenly.

She heard a rustling sound not far away, and her hair stood on end.

Uh?

What’s going on?

She had just used a stick to scare away snakes; there shouldn’t be any snakes. If it wasn’t a snake, what was it?