Age: My Small World

Chapter 29 Rabbit
A new day begins with morning running.

That’s right, after walking several kilometers of mountain roads to reach school, all students have to do further exercises.

Unlike the morning exercises that came later, the current exercises are actually aimed at the standards of militia. The main purpose is to enable school students to have the ability to protect themselves when the country is in crisis. At that time, each person will even be given a gun, and they will become soldiers.

As for later generations, it was purely for physical fitness, so as to prevent students from overly burdening their bodies in the process of studying.

After half an hour, the running finally stopped.

"Yang Jun, you look so skinny, but I didn't expect you to run for so long without even blushing. You're amazing."

Wang Kui looked at Yang Jun with shining eyes and an attitude of admiration.

"Haha, you can do it if you do farm work every day." This was all Yang Jun could say at the moment. Anyway, Wang Kui would not know whether he did any work or not.

"I also help my father with work at home." Wang Kui said.

"Let's go back to the classroom."

Yang Jun just smiled and started walking back.

Cheng Xiaoyu on the side was happily talking to Yu Li, gesticulating, and probably wondering why she didn't feel so tired today.

When returning to the classroom, Jiang Xueying looked over, then immediately lowered her eyes, a hint of envy and sadness clearly visible.

We are all girls of the same age, how can we not envy others for having a healthy body?

The morning classes are quite simple, so time goes by quickly. Students who have just entered high school will not be exposed to key knowledge right away, and the teachers mostly review junior high school knowledge points.

When noon came and everyone started to eat and rest, Yu Li came over and secretly said thank you.

Cheng Xiaoyu's eyes lit up. For the first time, she truly understood what the teacher was saying in class.

The review content Yang Jun gave them yesterday was really effective.

The two sat side by side on the steps not far from the door.

"Brother Xiaoshan, you're not going out again, are you?"

Seeing Yang Jun finish the tortilla in just a few bites, Cheng Xiaoyu also sped up his pace.

"Well, I need to go out for a while."

He was also thinking of getting some bee water hyacinths or something, so naturally he wouldn't just sit and wait in school.

"Then I'll go with you. You said yesterday that you would take me around." Cheng Xiaoyu said quickly.

Yang Jun did not forget what he had said, so he felt a little embarrassed. It was difficult for him to do his own things with this little girl around.

But he had to keep his word, so he thought it would be a good idea to do some investigation today.

"Okay, I'll show you around later."

As he nodded, the corners of Cheng Xiaoyu's mouth curled up.

She grabbed Yang Jun's lunch box and said, "Then I'll help you wash the lunch box first."

Without giving him a chance to refuse, he ran towards the pool in a few seconds.

"Something strange."

Yang Jun withdrew his gaze and looked silently into the gray little world.

He just discovered something. The tortilla he had casually placed on the stone platform in the space in the morning was still hot when he took it out.

You can probably guess what this means.

"Could it be that the time in this area is constant, so the food is always kept in the same state and does not spoil?"

Yang Jun felt it necessary to take some time to do an experiment to make sure whether other places in the space were similar to those near the stone platform.

However, the conclusion should be almost the same as the guess.

"In the future, I can put perishable food here on the stone platform. I can even prepare meals in advance and put them in the space so that I can eat hot food anytime."

Not long after, Cheng Xiaoyu reappeared, having reorganized himself. "Brother Xiaoshan, I've tucked your lunch box under the table for you. Let's go now."

She was wearing an old blue top, but her smile was full of youth.

"Thank you, Xiaoyuer."

What responded to Yang Jun was a row of front teeth.

After leaving the school gate, Yang Jun led the way and headed straight for the small market.

"Brother Xiaoshan, what place is this?"

Looking at the relatively prosperous shops on the street, the little girl suddenly became interested. No matter what era, it is natural for girls to like shopping.

Look, she was already looking around so much that she was a little dazzled, but unfortunately she never asked about the price or anything.

"Xiao Yu'er, aren't you afraid that I'll kidnap you and sell you?"

Yang Jun looked at it casually and felt like chatting with some friends.

"You dare!" The little girl rolled her eyes.

"You're so dumb, you're easily fooled. I guarantee I'll always be able to fool you."

In fact, people nowadays are simpler.

"Humph, you're still lying. You're like a fool yourself."

It was hard for Cheng Xiaoyu not to think of Yang Jun's past.

"what?"

The person in front suddenly stopped, causing Cheng Xiaoyu to bump into him.

She didn't mind and immediately moved her eyes closer to see what was going on.

"What's wrong, Brother Xiaoshan?"

"There are little rabbits for sale here. Let me take a look."

"They really are little rabbits." Cheng Xiaoyu also saw a bamboo basket on the ground. Inside it were a few little rabbits gnawing on some rotten vegetable leaves.

Then she said with some disappointment:
"There's not even two ounces of meat here, what's there to see?"

Yang Jun's mouth twitched, of course he wouldn't say anything as cute as a rabbit.

It’s just that it feels a bit inappropriate for a little girl like Cheng Xiaoyu to speak in this style.

But I have to say that people nowadays are really so down-to-earth. Whether they are cute or not has nothing to do with everyone. What matters is whether they can eat or not. As the breadwinner of the family, Cheng Xiaoyu naturally thinks of how to eat it first.

"That's what I mean. Without 200 grams of meat, it will be too chewy to eat. Rabbit meat is already tough, and without enough oil, it won't be very tasty. But who would be willing to use so much oil to make a rabbit rack?"

In the era of oil and food shortage, it is difficult to make delicious rabbit meat, so now rabbits are everywhere and people are not willing to take them home.

You spend a lot of effort to catch a rabbit, but after eating it, you may not even be able to recover the energy you spent. This is the reality.

Four major factors make rabbit meat unpopular, including low energy, difficulty in catching, difficulty in cooking, and unpalatableness, even among the poor.

It was not until the next three years that rabbits began to suffer, especially after the economy opened up. Rabbit fur became valuable, and rabbits became even more valuable. It took only twenty years for rabbits to go from being an infestation to being almost extinct.

"Nier, this rabbit will become meaty if you raise it more. It's still small now." The stall owner is an old man, and when he smiles, he has few teeth left.

Yang Jun was tempted.

"Uncle, how much do you sell this rabbit for?"

There are still quite a few rabbits in the bamboo basket. It seems that the two families were swept clean and their property was ransacked.

"Young man, do you want these rabbits?" The old man was a little surprised.

He could tell that the two young men were no more than fifteen or sixteen years old. How much money could they have to waste?
Yes, even though he was selling rabbits, he felt that this was a waste of money.

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