Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 233: Alas, What a Waste!

"When you were picking Acanthopanax, I took a stroll."

Yi Chichi suddenly understood. She had thought going to the bathroom was actually going to check on the pinecones.

"You didn’t bring any back?"

"After the autumn harvest, people will be arranged to collect them. You can pay and buy more then."

Selling to the purchase station is selling, selling to her is also selling.

The brigade won’t refuse.

Yi Chichi thought it was a good idea. Pine nuts are delicious, not only does she love them, Wen Shi loves them too, so if she can buy them from the brigade, she should definitely buy more.

Divide it into three parts.

One part for them to eat at home, another to send to Qin Jiu,

and the remaining part to send to Wen Shi.

Perfect!

"Can I buy a hundred pounds?"

Uncle Yaozi’s eyes widened suddenly, "Why buy so much? To eat as staple food?"

"To send to Wen Shi, he has many comrades."

Oh, that’s why.

"It should be possible."

The tone wasn’t very certain, so Yi Chichi asked, "Has no one ever bought so much before?"

"No."

Pine nuts are just a winter snack for them, about the same status as sunflower seeds.

Munching a few just to satisfy a craving, no one’s munching them all day, not a staple.

Also, the price of these things is higher than regular grains.

So, even if the team distributes pine nuts to members, it’s usually just a few pounds or ten pounds, no one wants more.

They prefer to sell them to the purchase station under the brigade’s name and come back to split the money to buy some meat, which tastes better.

"Discuss it again when they’re collected."

Afraid she would say something astonishing again, Uncle Yaozi said.

Yi Chichi agreed with an "oh," and went down the mountain with him without speaking.

The two people and furry animals, after a busy day on the mountain, looked less than presentable.

Not only did they have medicine baskets packed with herbs, but they also had sacks full of herbs.

Dry branches and leaves clung to their hair, along with some burrs.

Their clothes weren’t much better, not only with burrs but also seeds from some unidentified plants.

The two furry animals fared slightly better, after all, their fur was sleek and shiny, clearly they were well-fed regularly, but dirty.

So, when the two humans and two furry animals appeared at the village drying ground, where Grandpa Liu and others were busy drying crops, shooing birds, and rubbing corn kernels, they paused at the sight of them before saying leisurely, "Did you two just roll around in a mud pit?"

Were they really that dirty?

Both the human and the teen looked down at their clothes and shoes, while the two furry animals remained unbothered.

Da Li was even captivated by the birds circling above the drying ground, shooting off like an arrow, leaping up high with paws clutching, successfully capturing a sparrow.

The whole weasel was as swift and vigorous as a little whirlwind.

"Cool!"

Yi Chichi couldn’t help but praise, while Grandpa Liu’s mouth twitched a bit. This girl’s nature sometimes worried him quite a bit.

"Clean up the leaves and branches on your head."

He pointed at her hair, the old gentleman instructed.

Yi Chichi agreed with an "oh," and asked him, "Grandpa Liu, when is Lanlan coming back?"

"Back today, she’s at home now."

"I’ll go find her."

Yi Chichi’s eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she stormed off like the wind with the sack, "Uncle, I’ll head back first, take your time."

Before the words even faded, she was already gone.

Left behind, Uncle Yaozi opened his mouth but swallowed his words back helplessly, "You all keep busy, I’ll head back first to deal with the herbs."

"Alright."

Then, a group of people watched Xiao Yaozi go home, carrying a sack in one hand, a musk deer in the other, with a medicine basket on his back.

It didn’t respond to the call since Da Li was entirely absorbed in the birds, ignoring his calls as if it were deaf.

Grandpa Liu chuckled, "Stop calling, it’ll return after playing enough, you just head back."

There was no other way.

Thus, Da Li stayed at the drying ground.

Meanwhile, Yi Chichi had arrived at the clinic.

The herbs in her sack had already been poured out, along with those in her back basket.

Zhang Xiaoqin, who came out upon hearing the noise from the backyard, froze at the sight of the herbs all over the ground, then approached the skilled Yi Chichi sorting the herbs, "Collected so many?"

"Uncle Yaozi has more there,"

she put some root bark aside, casually took out some seeds from a small cloth bag, "Qin Qin, get me a small sieve."

Zhang Xiaoqin responded with an "oh," stood up, ran to the backyard, and brought back a stack of sieves of differing sizes, placing them on the ground, and handing over the smallest one on top.

Yi Chichi poured the fruits out of the cloth bag, Zhang Xiaoqin picked one up, eyeing it thoroughly, "Wild fruit?"

"The fruit of Acanthopanax, also seeds."

"...Can it be eaten?"

"It can, but it’s not recommended."

"Doesn’t taste good?"

"There might be allergic reactions."

The fruit of Acanthopanax contains various alkaloids, saponins, and other active ingredients, which have a sedative and hypnotic effect on humans.

Those with poor sleep quality can take Acanthopanax to improve sleep quality, provided they are not allergic.

"Do you have allergies to alkaloids, saponins, and such?"

Zhang Xiaoqin had a puzzled expression, having no idea what alkaloids and these things were.

But it didn’t matter, she understood allergy.

"I don’t know what you’re talking about. I only know I’m allergic to lychees."

Yi Chichi, "..."

A Yangcheng person allergic to lychees, it’s almost like being born into the wrong family.

After all, Yangcheng’s Zengcheng is renowned as the home of lychees, with a long history of lychee culture, the earliest records seen in Jin.

"Do you love eating lychees?"

"Yes, I’ve loved them since I was a child."

She nodded, her eyes sparkling at the mention of lychees, then her face fell, with an expression that was hard to describe, "But I can’t eat lychees, one lychee and I’ll be asleep for a day."

Mentioning this, she nearly wanted to cry for herself, "At first, my mom and they didn’t know I was allergic to lychees, just figured lychees could keep me quiet for a day, so every year when lychee was in season, they brought lychees home, and if I cried or made trouble, they’d peel one and feed it to me to quiet me down. Later, once they found out, there were no more lychees at home."

Yi Chichi fell silent, not to be dishonest, Zhang Xiaoqin’s experience sounded a bit familiar.

A bit like a comment she saw in an allergy discussion forum online from her original world, except the allergen was different.

Zhang Xiaoqin’s was lychees, the one online was eggs.

Also, it was eat then sleep.

But, she was curious, "Later, how did they discover you were allergic to lychees?"

"My godmother discovered it."

Zhang Xiaoqin looked grateful, "Thanks to my godmother for saving my little life, otherwise, I might have met an untimely end because of lychees."

Just arriving at the door, Uncle Yaozi hadn’t caught the earlier part, but the phrase ’untimely end’ caught his attention, puzzled, "Who met an untimely end?"

To deserve being called an untimely end, couldn’t be simple.

At least a hero, worthy of respect.

"No one met an untimely end."

Knowing he misheard, Zhang Xiaoqin succinctly explained the situation, and after listening, Uncle Yaozi was quite speechless.

A Yangcheng person allergic to lychees or something...

ε=(´ο｀*))) Sigh, what a waste!