1970s: Transmigrated into a cannon fodder female supporting character in a lucky koi novel!

After a day's work, the field was dry. Taking advantage of the soft soil, the team leader organized people to start harvesting sweet potatoes. Once the field was dry, digging up sweet potatoes would be laborious and could easily damage them.

Wen Li was assigned to the team that cut sweet potato vines. The experienced men were responsible for digging up the sweet potatoes, while some of the younger men were responsible for transporting them.

Cutting sweet potato vines is no easy task. After cutting them, they need to be transported to the edge of the field, and finally to the cowshed. After the sweet potato vines are dried, they are piled up and used to feed pigs and cattle in the winter.

The village was bustling with activity. Everyone worked for nearly ten days to gradually finish harvesting the sweet potatoes. In between, there were two rain showers, and the temperature dropped considerably.

Wen Li had already changed into a light cotton-padded jacket before she could go out.

Winter comes early in the north, and as a native of the south, I'm really not used to it.

After the sweet potatoes were harvested, there wasn't much work left in the fields, so the village chief started organizing the men to widen the river channel.

Although this kind of physical work was tiring, it earned a lot of work points. The educated youth were not very willing to do it, but the villagers were very enthusiastic about signing up. In the north, most of the year was spent hibernating, so the actual time to earn work points was only about half a year.

Everyone wants to go if it can supplement their household income.

Several older educated youths and newer educated youths who were not in good condition also signed up, while the male educated youths who lived in the backyard did not go.

There's not much work to do in the fields right now, so everyone's been heading to the back mountain every day. Winter's coming soon, so we need to stock up on firewood, or people will really freeze to death.

There are still many ripe wild fruits on the mountain. When gathering firewood, you can pick some wild fruits to take home.

Li Xiangxiang was familiar with the back mountain, and she came to the educated youth compound early in the morning to call Wen Li and Chen Yan.

"Xiangxiang, have you had breakfast yet?"

Li Xiangxiang looked at Chen Yan and Wen Li strangely, "Why are you eating breakfast when you're not working?"

Chen Yan, Wen Li: ...

"Oh dear, I forgot, you city folks are different from us. When we country folk aren't working, we only eat two meals a day!"

"I see!"

Wen Li went back into the house and brought two peach shortbreads for Li Xiangxiang to eat. Li Xiangxiang was already familiar with the two of them, so she didn't stand on ceremony with her.

"I'm taking you somewhere today; there's something amazing there that absolutely no one knows about!"

"Sure!"

The three girls left the educated youth compound with their baskets on their backs in high spirits.

Qi Jun gave Chen Yan a few instructions and then went to the back mountain to collect firewood. Winter was approaching, and he needed to store more firewood, otherwise he was worried that there wouldn't be enough!

Other educated youth are also busy preparing for the winter.

The three arrived at the back of the mountain, and Li Xiangxiang led them toward the cliff. The road twisted and turned so many times that the group almost got dizzy. Finally, they reached their destination after passing through a thicket of thorns.

The three of them emerged from the low bushes and saw a persimmon tree. The persimmons were not yet ripe, but a few had already begun to turn red.

Chen Yan's eyes lit up. "So many persimmons!"

"This is my secret hideout. It's secluded, nobody knows about it. I always come here to pick persimmons every year. This year, the persimmons are growing exceptionally well; they ripened earlier than usual, and there are so many more fruits!"

"It's not ripe yet! Can we eat it if we pick it?"

"It's alright, just pick it and leave it for a while until it ripens. If you wait until it's ripe, the birds will have eaten it all!"

Wen Li took off her coat, looking eager to try. "I'll go up and pick it, you guys catch it down here!"

"Little Pear, are you sure you can manage? This tree isn't short."

"Don't worry, I can do it!"

A woman can't say no!!

Wen Li climbed up the tree in a few quick movements, while Chen Yan and Li Xiangxiang clapped and cheered below.

"Little Pear, you're amazing!"

"That's right!"

Wen Li picked the pears from above, while Chen Yan and the others caught them below. The three worked together seamlessly, and in no time, they had filled a basket with pears.

The three of them were busy working hard, and Wen Li was sweating profusely. She didn't climb down from the tree until the three baskets were almost full.

"Wow~ a pheasant!"

As Chen Yan bent down, she saw a pheasant hopping around in the grass.

Without thinking, Li Xiangxiang threw the persimmon in her hand.

She didn't hit the pheasant hard enough, but it still managed to escape.

Chen Yan lunged forward, but missed the pheasant and fell directly into the grass.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

"Pfft~"

Seeing her disheveled appearance, Wen Li laughed out loud without any sense of loyalty.

Chen Yan was not convinced and was about to chase after them again, while Wen Li also picked up the persimmon in her hand and threw it at the pheasant.

She was strong; she knocked the pheasant unconscious. Chen Yan quickly picked up the pheasant from the ground and gave Wen Li a thumbs up.

"Little Pear, you're amazing!"

Li Xiangxiang's mouth almost watered. "Let's roast the pheasant! It's been so long since we've had roast chicken!"

"There's no salt!"

"I'll take you to my brother's and my secret hideout, where we have pots and salt!"

So the three of them followed Li Xiangxiang for half a day, until they came to a pool of water.

With such a complicated terrain, it would be easy for Wen Li to get lost. Luckily, there's Li Xiangxiang, a local.

Chen Yan: "I've been to the mountain so many times, and I never even knew there was such a place!"

"This is considered deep in the mountains. These mountains are so vast; there are many places I haven't been to before!"

Upon hearing "deep in the mountains," Chen Yan tensed up. Her encounter with the wild boar last time had left her with considerable trauma, and she was always a little afraid whenever she went up the mountain. "Deep in the mountains? Could there be wild animals?"

"No, not usually. I come here often and have never encountered any wild animals!"

Even though Li Xiangxiang said that, Chen Yan was still a little nervous and stayed close to Wen Li, not daring to go far.

Wen Li wasn't particularly afraid. She was sharp-eyed and could anticipate any wild animals that might approach.

"Xiangxiang, are there any fish in this water?"

"Yes, there are some, but they're not easy to catch. Don't be fooled by the small size of this pool; it's very deep. Be careful not to fall in!"

Li Xiangxiang skillfully pulled out a chipped sickle and a clay pot from under a crevice in the rocks, and then bled the pheasant.

Wenli gathered some firewood, started a fire to boil water, and began plucking the pheasant's feathers.

After preparing the pheasant, Li Xiangxiang skewered it with a branch and began to roast it.

"Xiangxiang, not bad, you can do all of this!"

"Hehe! My brother used to bring us here to roast sparrows when we were kids, but now that he's married, he doesn't come here as often!"

Aren't you all afraid?

"When we were little, we were naive and not afraid at all. If we encountered a wild boar, we would climb a tree and hide!"

Li Xiangxiang recounted many interesting stories from their childhood, which Wen Li and Chen Yan listened to with great interest.

Soon, the aroma of pheasant filled the air.

"Gulp~"

The three of them swallowed hard in unison, exchanged glances, and burst into laughter.

"How much longer until we can eat? I can't wait any longer!"

"Almost there!"

The "quick" that Li Xiangxiang mentioned meant that it took another half hour for the pheasant to be roasted.

Li Xiangxiang is quite skilled; she roasts the pheasant until it's golden and crispy, and even with just a little salt, it smells so delicious it makes your mouth water.

After finishing the pheasant, the three of them put out the fire and then went down the mountain.

Wen Li remembered this spot, planning to come back next time to see if she could catch some fish. The fish in this kind of pond must taste delicious!