Chapter 46: Farm System in the 60s (12)

Xie Yang swept a calm gaze over the three veteran Educated Youth present: "Do you need my help moving your bedding?"

"..."

Zhou Xiaochen, who was holding a mirror to check her face, gave a cold snort: "If you've got the ability, then go ahead and move it!"

Xie Yang nodded and said no more.

She walked straight to the side of the bed, picked up the outermost quilt, gave it a light shake, and the moment it snapped taut, she gave it a quick push inward—

In an instant, all four sets of bedding, along with the miscellaneous items between them, shifted inward simultaneously, and the miscellaneous items bounced directly onto everyone's quilts.

A space opened up on the outermost side, exactly 1.2 meters wide.

While the three were left dumbfounded, Xie Yang unhurriedly untied her large bundle, first took out the mattress to use as a pad, and after laying it out, placed the large bundle on top; she smoothed out the bedsheet wrapped around it, and the bed was made.

She knew the train was dirty, but it was already dark, and she didn't know when it would dry if she washed it, so she simply made do.

In any case, the bundle cloth was wrapped inside out, with the front of the bedsheet facing inward, and it also contained quilts, pillows, clothes, and some daily necessities. The food and miscellaneous items were in another small bundle.

Smoothing the sheet, laying out the quilt, and placing the pillow, the bed was made.

She had nowhere to put her clothes and some daily necessities for the time being, so she moved a stool over and placed it at the foot of the bed to serve as a temporary storage cabinet.

She had already checked the stools; there were six in the room, which showed they were provided for six people, so she naturally had a share.

After finishing this, she untied the small bundle, took out a jin of Rice and a strip of smoked pork belly the length of a finger, packed the rest back into the bundle, tied a double-loop slipknot that she didn't understand the principle of but only knew would get tighter the more one tried to untie it, and then went out with her Towel, Scented Soap, washbasin, Thermos, and a clean change of clothes.

Feng Xuemei and the other two only came to their senses after she had left.

"This person is too... too much! Moving our bunks without our permission? And she picked the best outer bunk? She really thinks highly of herself!" Zhou Xiaochen was so angry she almost jumped.

The outer bunk was convenient for getting in and out of bed, and one didn't have to be sandwiched in the middle like a sandwich cookie; they had all wanted to sleep in the outer bunk, and in the end, it was decided by drawing lots. As a result, as soon as Xie Yang arrived, she occupied the outer bunk directly!

"What right does she have! Even if the bunks needed to be moved, they should have been rearranged!"

Feng Xuemei let out a breath of frustration: "She asked us first; it was us who refused to move."

"... That doesn't mean she can just forcibly occupy it!" Zhou Xiaochen looked at her own bunk indignantly.

She was unlucky; when they drew lots, she got the bunk against the wall. The mud-brick wall would get damp on rainy days and even grew mold spots, which was not only dirty but also had a musty smell.

Fortunately, there had been a gap of forty or fifty centimeters between everyone's bunks before, so it wasn't a big deal not to sleep against the wall.

But now, there was only a gap of a dozen centimeters left from the wall, and if she wasn't careful, her quilt would touch the mud wall. How was she supposed to sleep like this!

"By the way, how did she do that?" Hu Yue curiously leaned toward the bunk and tried to use the technique Xie Yang had just used to see if she could push the five sets of bedding, only to find that not only could she not push them, but she also messed up Xie Yang's bedding.

She: "..."

She scrambled to smooth the quilt back out.

"Oops, I didn't mean to, I just wanted to try. She won't know, will she?"

"..."

Xie Yang did not see this scene.

That trick was something she had learned from a bodyguard captain in the Tycoon Plane; in this plane, having consumed a Physical Fitness Potion, her control over strength and speed was even more precise, making the execution even more fluid, and she was quite satisfied with it herself.

She carried the Rice and smoked pork belly to the kitchen and handed them to Lai Zhaodi, who was chopping vegetables.

It was Wen Ning's turn to cook today.

But she still hadn't learned how to use the large stove to cook, and the food she made was either undercooked or charred, so every time it was her turn, Lai Zhaodi helped her cook.

She only had to be responsible for tending the fire, but she needed to give one-tenth of her rations to Lai Zhaodi.

"Meat?" Seeing what Xie Yang handed over, Lai Zhaodi's eyes instantly lit up, "Cured meat?"

Xie Yang hadn't expected her reaction to be so big and smiled: "Smoked meat. But it tastes about the same as cured meat when stir-fried."

Wen Ning stood up from behind the stove, looked at the Rice and pork belly, then looked at Xie Yang, her hostility toward Xie Yang lessening a bit: "You brought this from home, right? The Brigade Leader has already sent people to deliver your rations for the next three months; you should save these for cooking your own meals later. We aren't greedy."

Saying they weren't greedy, in reality, the saliva in their mouths was almost overflowing.

"I know." Xie Yang nodded, "But today is my first day joining the big family of the Youth Hostel, so let this be my joining gift."

Lai Zhaodi said excitedly: "Oh my, Xie Yang, you're such a good person! Don't worry, I'll definitely stir-fry the vegetables until they're fragrant."

"Okay."

Xie Yang left it to them and didn't worry about it; she scooped a basin of hot water to take a bath.

Having not had a proper bath for four days and three nights on the train, she felt like she was going to rot.

Lai Zhaodi not only filled her washbasin with steaming hot water but also filled her Thermos, saying to come back and scoop more if it wasn't enough.

Xie Yang carried the washbasin and the Thermos to the shower room built with bamboo strips and straw mats next to the kitchen, took a satisfying simple shower, changed into clean clothes, and then went to get another basin of hot water to wash her hair.

By the time her hair was wiped almost dry, dinner was ready.

Tonight's meal, in addition to the usual steamed sweet potatoes and wild vegetable soup, had an extra large plate of wild garlic sprouts stir-fried with smoked meat and a basin of thick white Rice porridge, which almost glued everyone's eyes to them.

"The smoked meat and Rice were provided by Xie Yang; everyone, let's applaud to show our gratitude!"

After Li Chengguo finished speaking, he took the lead in applauding.

The others also followed with enthusiastic applause.

Putting everything else aside, smoked meat and Rice were truly popular!

At this moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness that occurred before dinner, and everyone was burying their heads, slurping porridge and eating vegetables.

As for the agenda of deciding the subsequent duty roster during dinner, it was also thrown to the back of their minds. How could duty rosters be more important than stuffing one's face!

In the past, it was because there was nothing to eat that they would use mealtime to discuss meaningful things.

When there was actually something to eat, who cared about duty rosters! In any case, it was just that much work, and no one could escape it.

The large basin of Rice porridge and the stir-fried dish with more wild vegetables and less smoked meat were instantly wiped clean.

Zhao Wanqing chewed on the last piece of smoked meat she had snatched, mixing it with the white Rice porridge as she ate and pondered: When could the Farm Space grow rice? She wanted to eat white rice!

But the system said that rice was a relatively high-level crop seed and would only be unlocked when the experience points reached level ten.

The experience point requirement for raising Pork in the farm was even higher; it had to wait until level twenty-five.

She had sacrificed her sleep time to be busy for more than half a month, and even the Bok Choy with the shortest harvest period hadn't matured yet; where was she supposed to get points and accumulate experience points!

What to do, she can't hold on much longer!

If only someone could help her!

But she dared not tell anyone about such a miraculous thing.

Yet relying on herself, when would she ever be able to live a comfortable life with meat at any time and fine grains for every meal?

She felt lost.

Xie Yang could not hear Zhao Wanqing's inner thoughts.

She watched Li Chengguo and the other male Educated Youth roll sweet potatoes in the remaining bits of soup until they were wiped clean, the kind where you don't even need to wash the plate, and couldn't help but lament in her heart:

Half a year was enough to transform city folk into this; it's comparable to "X-Change."

It goes to show how much the countryside lacks meat... No! Not just the countryside, the city lacks it too!

Thinking of the straitened life of the original body's aunt's family... she felt it was necessary to do something.