Bai Yuhua put out the fire and watched Jiang Xue heading out. She reminded her, "It’s cold outside, wear more layers so you don’t catch a chill."
"Mom, I know."
Jiang Xue didn’t want Bai Yuhua to worry, so she said this while returning to her room to grab a jacket before heading out again.
As soon as she stepped out, Jiang Xue headed straight to her family’s vegetable garden. However, she hadn’t even reached her destination when she ran into a few sisters-in-law on the road.
Each of them was carrying a carrying pole, suggesting they were going up the mountain to gather firewood. Indeed, it was already December, and ti to stock up on firewood for the New Year.
If they weren’t prepared, they’d run out of firewood for the New Year. After all, in this place, it often snows for several days during the New Year. Without enough firewood, it would be a tough New Year.
After greeting the sisters-in-law, Jiang Xue was just about to make a turn onto the path to the vegetable garden. Unexpectedly, she overheard the sisters-in-law speaking.
"Chunhua, did you hear?"
"Hear about what?"
"I heard so people ca to the mountain a few days ago and camped over at Wangxian Ridge."
"Really?"
"Gui Zhi saw it with her own eyes—it can’t be fake. I heard it seems to be so unit from Xu City."
"That’s great! They say people from the city are quite good-looking, fair and clean. The girls in the village are lucky."
"Wangxian Ridge is quite far. The girls wouldn’t dare to go there."
"That was before. Things are different now. Yesterday, Little Cui and the others went there, though I heard they were stopped from getting too close."
"Really? Then let’s go have a look today. There’s still plenty of ti."
"Alright!"
Talking, the sisters-in-law gradually walked away. But their conversation resonated with Jiang Xue, making her think of the recently departed Mu Qiancheng.
She wondered if she should also go there to take a look. Maybe she might even encounter Mu Qiancheng, who knows.
As she was contemplating, Little Fox’s voice echoed in her mind: "Woman, go on, go on. There might be a surprise waiting for you."
"A surprise?" Jiang Xue was taken aback. What did Little Fox an by that? What surprise could be waiting for her there?
However, she couldn’t go there now; she’d have to wait until the afternoon to check it out. Fortunately, she planned to stay here for a few more days and just go back before the winter break. Calculating this way, she could stay here for at least five days.
Five days would be enough ti to look for the surprise that Little Fox ntioned. Jiang Xue went to the field and checked the vegetables her family had planted.
To her delight, the vegetables were growing quite well. There were cabbages, white radishes, and so cilantro, cabbages, and other things she loved to eat.
Jiang Xue pulled out a few radishes and picked a cabbage before heading back ho.
Seeing Jiang Xue return with vegetables, Bai Yuhua realized she had gone to the field and smiled, saying, "Xue’er, why did you go to the field? I thought you’d gone to visit soone."
"No, I just went to check the vegetables." Jiang Xue smiled and brought the vegetables into the kitchen.
She planned to make radish stew for lunch, along with so tossed cabbage.
Bai Yuhua watched Jiang Xue busy in the kitchen but didn’t bother her, playing with Little Reunion together with Mu Siwu.
They hadn’t seen their grandson in such a long ti that they missed him dearly.
Jiang Xue was busy alone in the kitchen, washing the vegetables quickly before starting to cook.
After lunch, Jiang Xue checked the ti. It was still early, and she figured she could make it to Wangxian Ridge and back at her pace. So, she inford her parents-in-law and headed to Wangxian Ridge with a basket on her back.
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