SIAS Chapter 242.2

“What happened? Comrade Wang Lingling, if you don’t tell me, I’m going to eat you alive!” Li Mengxue exclaimed dramatically!

“My father also sent me a letter, saying that he would help us book train tickets and that he asked me to learn more from you guys. It was largely due to your help that I was admitted to Beijing University. He also asked me to take you to my home to play during the holidays!” Wang Lingling exclaimed happily.

In her father’s words, her time in the countryside was a good thing; it was much better than staying in the city. He never imagined that his daughter could get into such a good university.

“The tickets will arrive soon, probably in early February, more than a week before the registration time. My father asked us to go to the capital and take some photos to send back.”

“My father sent me a camera.” Xie Shiyan said.

He had wanted it for a long time, but his father rewarded him only after he was admitted to Beijing University.

“Great! Now we can start packing!” Li Mengxue said.

She was going to Beijing to buy a courtyard house, making her first major investment in life!

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With confirmation in hand, Yi Qingqing and the others busied themselves, exchanging grain and other goods.

Yi Qingqing wasn’t short of food tickets. She planned to keep a small portion of her remaining coarse grains for herself and exchange the rest for mountain products from the villagers.

She wanted to exchange for pine nuts, mushrooms, chestnuts, and the like, as these would be unavailable once she left Xiangshui Village.

Although she had planted two chestnut trees, they wouldn’t ripen for another year, so she’d exchange them for some to eat this year.

On the way to the village, Yi Qingqing saw the captain squatting by the wheat field again.

She walked over and asked, “Captain, is the wheat not growing well?”

“Yes, this winter is too cold. I’m afraid the winter wheat harvest will be ruined.” The captain sighed, his face full of worry.

Yi Qingqing’s mood also became much heavier. She had originally planned to go to the village to find someone to exchange mountain products, but she turned around and went to the place where cattle and pigs were raised in the village.

There was a large septic tank there.

Yi Qingqing burned all five harvest talismans she had saved, dissolved them in water, and poured them into the septic tank.

She had no better solution for the winter wheat, so she could only pin her hopes on these five harvest talismans, hoping they would ensure a good harvest of other crops after the spring plowing and fertilizing in Xiangshui Village next year. Even if the winter wheat failed, the villagers wouldn’t suffer too much.

Anyway, she now has the spiritual spring water, which is more effective than the harvest talisman.

After finishing this, she went to exchange for food.

When exchanging food, she spent many days running around the village, visiting many households. She even went to the city to send a letter to her mother.

In the letter, she put the newspaper that published the interview with them, and there was also a photo printed on it. She also told her family not to send letters here anymore. After she reported and settled down, she would write home to tell them her new address.

She planned to pack the remaining things in the house into the space and take them away.

Especially the large trunk, kang table, washbasin rack, and other things that Yun Guyuan gave her, all of which were quietly stuffed into the space by her the night before she left.

When she left, all that was left in the house was an empty stove, an earthen kang, and walls covered with newspapers.

What she carried with her was similar to what she had carried when she first went to the countryside, namely bedding and daily necessities, in one big bundle and one small bundle.

 

 

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