Chapter 0194: A Large Force Followed Behind

Qi Yan knew that was all she could do.

Li Xinyue had married so well, her heart ached just thinking about it!

How could she let the person who caused her pain live so comfortably?

Absolutely not!

But how to bring her down, that needed careful consideration!

The two sisters-in-law went home like two defeated roosters. By then, Li Xinyue had already driven away.

The mountain wasn’t far or high, only about five or six miles from the army base.

Ten minutes later, the four of them were laughing and chatting as they climbed the mountain…

“My goodness, did we stumble upon a nest of wild mushrooms?”

“There are so many!”

“These are all good stuff!”

One find led to another, and the three women’s surprised voices echoed through the mountains.

Li Xinyue had already been surprised, so she was calm. There were indeed a lot of wild mushrooms, but some were valuable and some were cheap.

She was different from these three women.

She knew what was good and what was ordinary, so she focused on picking morel mushrooms and chicken of the woods, and picked some shiitake mushrooms along the way.

Because the women were reluctant to leave, the four of them returned a bit late that night, and Wang Hao picked up the two little ones himself.

Their baskets were all piled high with mushrooms, making them excited as if they had found gold.

Li Xinyue’s harvest was even greater.

Not only did she pick various mushrooms, but she also dug up a lot of herbs.

“We’ll rest tomorrow and go again!”

Xu Hongqin was genuinely excited, and she hadn’t stopped calling out all afternoon.

She had gone to the mountains to pick mushrooms more than once or twice, even ten or eight times.

But she had never encountered such a large amount of wild mushrooms in one go.

Since she had come across them, she couldn’t miss out!

Li Xinyue didn’t know if she had lucky charm luck, but anyway, these mountain delicacies were free for the taking.

“Okay, we’ll pick for another day tomorrow! The kids will be left with Pingping and Fangfang!”

“Good!”

The four were unusually excited, each of them had picked dozens of pounds, and they could dry the ones they couldn’t finish.

They agreed on a time for the next day, and everyone went to bed early that night.

Early the next morning, Liu Qiang delivered breakfast. Li Xinyue asked him to bring a few people with him to go into the mountains to pick mushrooms.

“Okay, sister-in-law, we’ll wait for you at the gate in half an hour!”

But when Li Xinyue and the others arrived at the gate, she was stunned: “Sister-in-law, these army wives, they wouldn’t all be going mushroom picking with us, would they?”

Xu Hongqin was also dumbfounded: “Xiao Li… probably… yes…”

Actually, Xu Hongqin wanted to say ‘no’.

But everyone was dressed up, carrying baskets, waiting at the gate… These people weren’t going to the mountains with them, were they going to cut grass?

Aunt Zheng’s aunt’s face twitched: “There are more than just one mountain behind, why do they all have to follow Xiao Li?”

Why else?

Because their laughter was too loud yesterday, right?

Sure enough…

Several army wives surrounded them.

“Xaio Li, we heard you went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, can we go with you?”

“Yeah, yeah, we don’t know much about them, can we learn from you?”

Could she say no?

However, she had to make things clear.

“Sisters-in-law, you can go with us if you want, but I’ll say this beforehand: first, I don’t know if we can find any more today.”

“Second, you have to let me check the mushrooms you pick before you eat them, otherwise, I won’t be responsible if you get sick!”

“Third, there are dangers in the mountains, so please don’t wander off alone.”

Of course, who would give themselves to a wild animal as a meal just for a wild mushroom?

As for poisonous mushrooms, it was fine, they wouldn’t pick any they didn’t recognize!

“Don’t worry, we’re not children, we know about safety.”

“That’s right, we usually go up the mountain to chop firewood, we know all about it.”

Since that was the case, let’s go!

Everyone surged into the mountains, while Wu Xiuzhi and Qi Yan watched their backs with vicious looks in their eyes…

“Sister-in-law, I’m sure of it! She’s not Li Xinyue!”

Wu Xiuzhi narrowed her eyes: If she wasn’t, then it was heaven sending her a big pie!

On this day, the news of dozens of families from the A Division going up the mountain to pick mushrooms quickly reached the commander’s ears…

Division Commander Xiao shook his head: “These families are really shortsighted.”

Right?

Political Commissar Zhou also felt that Chen Mingchuan’s family had only picked some mountain mushrooms, and they were envious?

But no matter what others said, the families who went up the mountain today were all very successful.

Everyone brought home dozens of pounds of wild mushrooms, big and fresh, and they were in a good mood. They all flattered Li Xinyue…

“Chen Mingchuan’s wife, take me with you next time you go up the mountain to pick mushrooms!”

“Take me too, these things are really good.”

“Yes, yes, I’ve been picking for so many years, and this is the first time I’ve picked such good mushrooms. It’s all thanks to Xaio Li!”

Qian Sanni rolled her eyes after hearing these compliments: “These people are so realistic, they used to look down on everyone!”

Li Xinyue didn’t care at all. In the 1970s, food was naturally the most delicious!

“Don’t mind them, anyway, the things on the mountain are collective property, not ours personally, they can go if they want.”

“I didn’t make you a bra last night, I’ll make you one this afternoon.”

Well, this girl is generous, so she wouldn’t argue for her.

“Okay, I’ll sun-dry the mushrooms later, you don’t have to do it.”

With mushrooms, Li Xinyue wanted to make some good things.

“Sanni, you find someone to buy me two chickens tomorrow.”

“Also get some of the cabbages from your vegetable patch, we’ll make some condiments.”

Qian Sanni knew right away that Li Xinyue was going to cook something delicious, and she agreed without hesitation.

“No problem!”

After drying the mushrooms, they had a simple lunch, and in the afternoon, the two of them started to get busy.

Xu Hongqin also heard about the bra thing, and after taking care of her household chores, she came over with some cotton cloth…

“I mainly want to make two for Pingping, she’s been eating well these past two years, and she’s growing fast.”

Li Pingping was fourteen years old, but she was already 1.6 meters tall, a tall girl.

Li Xinyue designed a student bra for her, and she jumped up and hugged her excitedly: “Aunt Xinyue, I love it so much, now I don’t have to worry about gym class anymore!”

Her daughter was so happy, Xu Hongqin was also happy, but she had a mouth full of scolding.

“Okay, you crazy girl, don’t heat up your Aunt Xinyue.”

“I won’t, Aunt Xinyue, right?”

The little girl was very cheerful and positive, Li Xinyue liked her very much: “Just hugging isn’t enough! If the dishes tonight aren’t good, you’ll be punished to write three essays!”

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Pingping instantly froze: “Aunt Xinyue, you’re too cruel! Don’t say three, I can’t even write one!”

“You want me to write an essay, you might as well ask me to help you wash the herbs for another day!”

“Pfft!”

Li Xinyue laughed, this girl was good at all subjects, she just hated writing essays!

“Is writing essays so hard?”

Li Pingping blinked: “Isn’t it hard?”

“Not hard, it’s hard because you haven’t accumulated enough knowledge, you haven’t seen enough things, so you lack rich imagination.”

“Pingping, you need to read more books!”

“The more books you read, the more knowledge you accumulate, and writing essays won’t be difficult at all.”

Is that so?

Li Pingping scratched his head: “But my family has no books except the books about my dad’s army. Where can I read them?”