A Good Country Wife-Chapter 79 - Repayment 12_1
Chapter 79: Chapter 79 Repayment 12_1
Chapter 79: Chapter 79 Repayment 12_1
“Wait, there’s one more thing I need to bring you.” Lin Yue ran back into the room to fetch the half-bottle of wine left and gave it to Zhao Erhu to take with him. The nights were chilly in the mountains, and a bit of wine could help warm the body. This small bottle had been a gift from her great-uncle some time ago. Lin Yue had used half of it for cooking, and if she had known that Erhu could use it during his hunting trips, she would have saved it. However, after tasting the wine, Lin Yue found that it tasted similar to the rice wine she’d brewed before, but not as good; there was an added sour and astringent flavor that ruined the taste of the wine. She still had the bag of sticky rice that her great-uncle had given her last time, and planned to make some yeast cakes and brew her own wine once the weather warmed up.
After handing over the items to Zhao Erhu and giving him thorough instructions, Lin Yue, seeing that it was still early, went back to sleep for a while longer. When she woke up, the children were also up. It seemed that they had been instructed by Erhu, as none of them had gone out to play and all had sensibly stayed at home. Mother and children had breakfast together, cleaned up, and Lin Yue taught them a few new characters. Afterward, they began embroidering fan covers just as they had the days before.
“Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.” Lin Yue had only started embroidering for a short while when she heard a knock at the door. Setting down her needlework, she went to open the door, curious about who would come by so early.
“Sister Chunxi, it’s you. What brings you here so early? Come in, come in.” Seeing that it was Chunxi, Lin Yue quickly ushered her inside.
“Yueyue, I was just about to go pick some wild vegetables and didn’t plan to come inside. I came to ask if you wanted to come with me. The wild greens are fresh and tender, just sprouted. We’ve been eating salty vegetables all winter, I can’t even taste anything anymore. Now that the greens have come up, we should hurry and pick them. Not only will they add variety to our meals, but we’ll also get to eat something fresh.”
“Well, of course, I’d like to come if I can, but just the other day I went to check the wild vegetable patches, and everything had just started sprouting a little bit; they weren’t ready to be picked. Perhaps, Sister Chunxi, you know of a place where the wild vegetables are ready to harvest?”
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“Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t have come to fetch you. The wild vegetables around the village have just sprouted a little and can’t be picked yet. But I know of a place. I stumbled upon it a couple of years ago, in a small valley. There, the wild vegetables grow faster than outside. I don’t know if it’s because the temperature is higher in the valley, but I think they should be ready to pick now.”
“That’s great; I love wild vegetables the most. Sister Chunxi, wait for me, I’ll grab a basket, and we can go together.” Lin Yue put away her embroidery work and went to the kitchen to get a basket. The children, hearing Lin Yue and Chunxi’s conversation, also wanted to join them. Lin Yue thought it wouldn’t hurt, as they weren’t going to do anything important, and the children might even help with picking. She looked at Chunxi, who seemed to have no objections, so Lin Yue agreed to the children’s request. The excited kids happily grabbed their baskets and followed along.
Lin Yue followed Chunxi, walked along the stream downstream for quite a distance, turned at several bends, and indeed entered a valley green with luxuriously growing wild vegetables.
This place was really hidden; no wonder hardly anyone in the village had discovered it. Lin Yue wondered how Chunxi had found it initially; otherwise, with the wild vegetables growing so well, they would have been picked clean by now. Chunxi felt grateful for Lin Yue’s care for her family in the recent days. As they had little to offer, she wanted to repay Lin Yue somehow, so she had brought her to this place.
