Chapter 30

Deep in the reeds, indescribable sounds echoed, startling countless wild ducks.

“Ah…”

One minute and twenty-three seconds later, Huang Er Niu stood up and put on his pants.

Zhan Hongyan, lying flat on her back, opened her bewildered eyes and revealed a resentful expression, clearly saying: “How come it was so fast?” Her evaluation was that it was even worse than the middle-aged Huang Jianjun.

“You stinking bitch, you dare to lie to me. You’re not a virgin at all.”

Huang Er Niu had relationships with several widows in the brigade, he was very experienced. He knew that he wasn’t Zhan Hongyan’s first man, and seeing her sarcastic and unsatisfied expression, he became even angrier, feeling his blood rush to his head.

“You stinking bitch, you rotten thing. Don’t even think about getting money. I’m going to gamble with some people tomorrow. I was thinking of finding a virgin to bring me good luck. It turns out you’re just a worn-out shoe. Damn it, what bad luck.”

Huang Er Niu spat on Zhan Hongyan, grabbed the money on the ground, and prepared to put on his shirt.

“Leave the money. You son of a bitch, you don’t want to pay after you’re done. Wait until I strangle you.”

Zhan Hongyan was also annoyed. A woman who hasn’t been satisfied has unlimited potential. Zhan Hongyan leaped to her feet, climbed on top of Huang Er Niu, and bit his shoulder.

Huang Er Niu gasped in pain. Zhan Hongyan took the opportunity to snatch the money from his pocket and then slid off him.

“You stinking old shoe, you dare to steal my money? You’re asking for it!” Huang Er Niu was furious, he raised his fist to hit her.

“You dare, you dare to hit me, I’ll call for help and say you violated me. You’re definitely going to get shot.”

Zhan Hongyan wasn’t afraid at all, she continued to taunt, “Even if you’re not afraid of death, you should have some shame. You dare to hit me, you dare to take the money back, I’ll beat a drum and shout everywhere, saying you’re not, okay!”

“You stinking bitch, you dare.” Huang Er Niu was furious, he trembled with anger, his face turned green.

What are men most afraid of? They’re afraid of being cuckolded, and they’re even more afraid of being mocked for being fast and, well, short.

“Humph.” Zhan Hongyan slowly put on her clothes, leaving behind a mocking smile, she twisted her hips and went home.

Huang Er Niu was so angry he wanted to kill someone, but he didn’t have the guts. Stealing small things was fine, he would just go to jail for a few years, but if he killed someone, he would have to pay with his life. He didn’t dare to hit her either, afraid that Zhan Hongyan would really shout it from the rooftops.

“One, two, three, four…” As soon as Zhan Hongyan came out of the reeds, she happily counted the money.

“Yo, there’s still 25 yuan and 50 cents. Today was a real bargain!”

She didn’t catch any wild chickens to sell, but Zhan Hongyan sold herself. She made over 25 yuan in a minute, but it was a pity that she didn’t enjoy it.

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The morning in the countryside woke up to the crowing of roosters.

Zhan Xinyue washed up in the morning light. She had left the Zhan family, she didn’t have to cook for so many people anymore. Zhan Xinyue leisurely went to the vegetable garden in her private plot, cut some chives, and broke off a few ears of sweet corn. Grandma had saved some eggs, and Sheng Tunan had bought some flour earlier.

Using the existing ingredients, Zhan Xinyue quickly made two chive and egg pancakes, then boiled some white rice porridge and cooked some corn.

Grandma usually didn’t eat breakfast when she was at home alone. Besides, she wasn’t very healthy, and she would wake up repeatedly at night, she couldn’t sleep for a few hours. She was still sleeping now.

Zhan Xinyue didn’t disturb Grandma. Life is about exercise, you should go to bed early and get up early, that’s for healthy people. People who are weak need to rest and recuperate.

When the battery is low, turn off the phone!

Zhan Xinyue drank a bowl of porridge and ate a chive and egg pancake. She cleaned the house, glanced at the sun, and knew it was almost nine o’clock, so she went to knock on Grandma’s door.

“Grandma, are you awake?”

“Creak,” the door opened, and Grandma Sheng came out of the room, apologetically saying, “Xinyue, Grandma woke up late. I’ll make you breakfast now. What do you want to eat?”

“Grandma, I already made it. You can wash up and eat. I’m going to go up the mountain. I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back for lunch. I’ll pick some mulberries to eat on the mountain, and I also brought corn. You don’t need to make lunch for me.”

Grandma Sheng washed up while instructing, “Then don’t go too deep into the mountains, just stay at the foot of the mountain, walk around and come back.”

“Okay.” Zhan Xinyue put on her big backpack, took her small shovel, and waved to the old lady.

It had rained yesterday, draining the water that had accumulated in the clouds. Today, the sky was clear, and a south wind was blowing. It was a good day.

Zhan Xinyue quickly reached the foot of the mountain. There weren’t many herbs at the foot of the mountain, so Zhan Xinyue didn’t hesitate, she went straight up the mountain.

The sun shone through the leaves, the light and shadow danced with the breeze, beautiful like an oil painting.

Zhan Xinyue didn’t have time to admire the scenery. She picked up a branch and beat the knee-deep grass to scare away any snakes. At this time of year, snakes had already come out of their holes. If she accidentally stepped on one, it would be troublesome.

Fortunately, most snakes don’t attack people. Zhan Xinyue made a noise to let the snakes hiding in the grass run away sooner.

Suddenly, a two-meter-long, wrist-thick Chinese cobra quickly slithered away.

Zhan Xinyue felt relieved and threw the branch away.

Where there’s a Chinese cobra, there are no poisonous snakes within ten miles!

Chinese cobras eat poisonous snakes, and they release a foul odor that poisonous snakes will automatically avoid.

Chinese cobras are not venomous, even if you’re bitten, it’s not a big deal.

Zhan Xinyue relaxed a little, she bent over and started looking for herbs to cure Grandma’s eyes.

The herbs were all common, but there were many varieties, and it took Zhan Xinyue two or three hours to find them all.

After digging up the herbs, she was tired and hungry. Zhan Xinyue simply climbed a mulberry tree, sat on a branch, nibbled on corn, and picked mulberries to eat.

Sitting high, seeing far.

After finishing her simple lunch, Zhan Xinyue looked around. She had good eyesight and saw two traps not far away. There seemed to be something alive struggling inside.

It seemed like it was about to jump out of the trap.

“They’re dug so shallow, it must be Zhan Hongyan’s.” Zhan Xinyue clapped her hands, jumped down from the mulberry tree, and went straight to the traps.

The two traps were not far apart. Zhan Xinyue checked them one by one. One had two wild chickens trapped inside, and the other had a wild chicken and a wild rabbit.

Zhan Xinyue quickly knocked the prey unconscious, tied them up, and put them in her backpack. Then she picked some mulberry leaves to cover them, and finally put in the herbs.

This way, no one would be able to see that there was prey inside. In the 1970s, even if you hunted something yourself, you had to give half to the brigade.

Zhan Xinyue didn’t want to share.

She put the heavy backpack on her back and prepared to go home while everyone was working and there weren’t many people on the road. As for the honey, she would come back to look for it next time.

Picking up Zhan Hongyan’s hard work, Zhan Xinyue didn’t feel guilty at all. Even if she hadn’t taken advantage of the situation, the traps were so shallow, the wild chickens and rabbits would have escaped anyway.

Besides, when she was at the Zhan family’s, Zhan Xinyue had done all the work that Zhan Hongyan should have done. What was wrong with taking her wild chickens and rabbits?

She would take them, and if there was another time, she would take them again!