Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1211 Dinner and the Future

Shi Jia put the cleaned yam into the pot, added some firewood, and watched the flames roar. Only then did she take out the herbs she had specially searched for.

The herb she found was Panax notoginseng, whose leaves and roots can be used medicinally, possessing the effects of dispersing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, and relieving pain. However, she only collected the leaves. She took out a bowl, put the washed Panax notoginseng leaves in it, and then crushed the leaves with a clean stone.

Afterward, she took off her clothes, applied the crushed Panax notoginseng leaves to the marks left by the basket, and then wrapped them with clean strips of cloth.

The cool medicinal liquid, upon contact with her skin, slightly alleviated the pain that tormented Shi Jia constantly. Shi Jia's brows unconsciously relaxed.

At this moment, the aroma of yam wafts from the pot, it's ready to eat!

Shi Jia swallowed hard, put on her relatively clean clothes, and eagerly went to the stove. Lifting the wooden lid, a cloud of steam immediately rose from the pot, obscuring the yams inside for a moment.

Once most of the steam had dissipated, Shi Jia quickly picked up the yam with chopsticks. By this time, the yam was already soft and mushy, so she had to be extra careful when picking it up, as even a little too much force could break it.

Shi Jia blew on the yam twice and then couldn't wait to eat it. The yam was so hot that she couldn't close her mouth completely, so she could only breathe on it while chewing.

After eating a yam, Shi Jia's hunger was slightly relieved, and she slowly began to savor its flavor. Sweet, soft, and melt-in-your-mouth!
There is no better ingredient than this!
Shi Jia sighed subconsciously, but after the sigh, she couldn't help but laugh, "I was so hungry that I actually thought this was delicious. Well, okay, it is indeed a pretty good ingredient."

Such naturally grown things are rare anywhere. If this were a world rich in spiritual energy, this yam would at least be a medium-grade spiritual plant.

But even in this ordinary world, it can be considered a delicacy.

After eating two yams, Shi Jia's belly was already round and full. There was still one yam left in the pot, which she could save for tomorrow morning.

Shi Jia put the yams into a basket, weighed them down, and hung them on a hook from the roof beam. This would help keep the rats away to some extent.

However, if there were rats! Shi Jia subconsciously swallowed, her gaze involuntarily sweeping across every corner of the room. "That would be a feast!"

She suddenly felt that her stomach wasn't very full anymore.

Shaking off her jumbled thoughts, Shi Jia washed the pot briefly and started boiling water for washing her feet. Having only one pot at home wasn't very convenient; she wondered if she could buy another one when she went to the market later.
Shi Jia consulted the historical development of the parallel world, and realized that the era of mass steel production should have passed by now.

It seems like it will be open to the public in another year or two?

Speaking of which, she didn't seem to have seen any of the rural youths since arriving in this world? Shi Jia continued to recall Li Xiaohua's memories. Oh, there were some, but they lived quite far from Li Xiaohua's home, and she had been busy finding food since arriving in this world. Therefore, she hadn't seen them yet.

Shi Jia didn't care about this. Her current goal was to survive, then earn money for her schooling, then go to university, and finally start a company...

Of course, she might have chosen to leave before that, or she might have lived an ordinary life in this world.

Her goal is to refine her mind, nourish her soul, and find her meaning in this universe.

Her goal is ambitious because her true form is already quite large. She cannot be confined to a single place, a single world, or even a single plane.

Entering various small worlds to help different people fulfill their wishes might be a good purpose for survival, but Shi Jia always felt that this was not what her heart truly desired.

She didn't yearn for someone else's life, but for her own.

The river of time flows ever onward, recording the ever-changing world and universe. But she seemed somewhat greedy; she wondered what else she could do besides recording?
But after much thought and visiting many worlds, she seemed to realize that she could only record. Because no matter how great her achievements were in those small worlds, the history of those worlds wouldn't record her.

She wanted to be documented, not just record others. She didn't know when she became so pretentious, so ridiculous. But she knew it was her path to self-discovery.

When you finally understand this, your soul will likely be complete, and your divine body will be fully formed.

"Oh~ Oh—"

The rooster's crow startled the quiet Xinghua Village. Wisps of smoke rose from the chimneys, accompanied by a commotion that echoed from one end of the village to the other.

On her first day in this world, Shi Jia woke up after the rooster crowed, still somewhat dazed. She moved her shoulders, and the pain from the binding had eased considerably. Ignoring the fact that her clothes were stained with herbs, she casually took them off.

After rummaging through the box, I found a reasonably clean set of clothes and put them on. Looks like I'll have to take them to be washed before heading into the mountains.

Shi Jia casually took out the clothes she had changed out of over the past two days and put them into the basket. She then picked out two pairs of pants and two shirts from the pile of dirty clothes next to her and put them in as well. She planned to wash them all in a little while.

These were all clothes belonging to Li's parents. Because they died of illness, the relatives did not take these clothes when they were looting.

Of course, there's also the reason why Li Xiaohua threw a tantrum to protect these things.

I took the yams that had been hanging from the roof beam last night down. Luckily, no rats had touched them. I ladled a ladle of water into the pot, put the yams in the steamer, and covered the pot with the lid.

Shi Jia sat in front of the stove to start a fire. She skillfully lit the fire, then put firewood on the stove and let it burn. She then scooped a ladle of water from the vat to rinse her mouth and wash her face.

She checked the firewood in the yard again; there was only a little left. She would have to bring back two more pieces of dry firewood when she returned today. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to boil water tomorrow.

After filling her stomach, Shi Jia went out to greet the rising sun for the first time.

"Xiao Hua, going up the mountain again?" Grandma Wu's granddaughter-in-law from next door greeted Shi Jia as she returned from washing clothes.

"Okay." Shi Jia nodded and continued forward.

There were many people on the mountain today, or rather, there are many people on the mountain every day, but she had left too early to see them.

She also spotted several young people from the countryside who didn't look like rural folks among the people digging for wild vegetables. Their faces were sallow and emaciated, just like the people of Xinghua Village, with numb eyes.

Shi Jia didn't join them in digging for wild vegetables; instead, she went around to the bamboo mountain. There was a stream there where she could wash her clothes and pick some wild vegetables.

It would be even better if you could catch some mountain crabs or small shrimp.

She missed meat after a day without it.

What she didn't realize was that several tails were following behind her.

“Look, isn’t that Li Xiaohua!” Zhang Dahua said.

"Yes, I heard she dug up something good again yesterday. Should we follow her and see?" Mu Guihua chimed in.

"Let's go, let's follow them and see. I was too late yesterday, I didn't find a single chestnut," Li Xiaomei said.
"Go for a walk."

"How come Li Xiaohua is so lucky?"