Chapter 79: Super Farm System (45)

Xie Yang inadvertently uncovered the reason for that inexplicable fire from back then.

Facing so many gold and silver treasures, it would be a lie to say she wasn't tempted.

But as someone who might leave this plane at any moment, what use did she have for these worldly possessions?

The price of a Space Button was so high it made her dizzy.

Don't look at how the Main System desperately urged her to buy on credit just to earn interest on the points; it didn't allow credit for just anything. For supplies exceeding three times the plane's reward points, it would just play dead and not mention them.

Without a Space Button, wanting to take these worldly possessions away was just empty talk.

Moreover, one of the boxes contained a stack of account books, confirming that the source of this treasure was stained with the blood of innocent people—it was all the fat and cream of the common folk.

Perhaps she had been brainwashed by the Saint System without realizing it; after reading through the account books, she decisively chose to turn them in.

Since it came from the people, it should naturally be returned to the people.

But turning it in rashly, she feared it would attract the interest of the Yuewan Brigade members toward Banyue Mountain.

They would think: since one treasure could be found, perhaps there was a second or third; or they might suspect she had secretly kept some for herself. In any case, they would definitely come to Banyue Mountain to explore.

People die for wealth just as birds die for food; human nature is the least able to withstand testing.

Banyue Mountain, which people used to avoid at all costs, might suddenly become a treasure land that the brigade members loved to visit once news of the "treasure discovery site" leaked out, and they would conduct a carpet search of every inch of the mountain soil, fearing they might miss an opportunity to unearth wealth.

Then could her leisurely days of retirement continue?

Thus, she decided not to make a scene, using the Sub-system's Farm Space to store this batch of treasure temporarily, and would anonymously donate it to the state when she had the chance to go to the city.

Main System: 【Host, have you forgotten that you still owe the System a huge debt?】

"..."

If the damn System hadn't mentioned it, she really would have forgotten!

Then she would return to Pingcheng as soon as possible; one reason was to anonymously turn in the treasure, and the other was to visit family, while also selling some wild medicinal herbs to pay off her debt.

She had never been short of food or clothing.

Back when she first went to the countryside, she relied on the points topped up into the "Limited Time Purchase" column of the System Mall to get through that period when supplies were most scarce.

After recovering the Super Farm System, as a condition of the exchange, she needed to help the Sub-system upgrade.

But holding to the principle that "not shearing the wool = waste," she made use of the Farm Space—

Any wild vegetables, mushrooms, wild fruit trees, and wild medicinal herbs that could be picked in the mountains... she transplanted one of each into the space, letting the Sub-system simulate the growth environment for her, so she could obtain these types of supplies without ever having to enter the mountains again;

She urged the Sub-system to open a saltwater pond, achieving freedom of seafood;

She raised the Gugu Birds, which looked like chickens and were bought from the "Limited Time Purchase" column, in the Farm Space, achieving freedom of eggs and chicken meat.

Over these years, as the Super Farm System upgraded, the Farm Space not only expanded its planting area but also successively unlocked duck sheds, Pig Pens, pastures, fisheries, Mills, Processing Workshops...

Most of the supplies were naturally sold to the System to earn points for upgrades, but she would also keep a small portion for her own life.

For instance, using the Mill to mill rice, grind flour, and make tofu.

For instance, using the Processing Workshop to turn the sheared wool into wool sweaters, wool pants, wool blankets, gloves, and other wool products;

Turning the milk produced by the cow into milk powder, milk tablets, cheese, and other dairy products;

Keeping the casings and leg meat of one pig to make sausages of different flavors.

Once the unlocked cotton seeds grew cotton, she could also use the Processing Workshop to make clothes, shoes, socks, and other Cotton Cloth products.

If these were done in the outside world, it would truly take a lot of time to complete, but the Processing Workshop could produce them in anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. It was convenient, fast, and even more beautiful than handmade products.

So with the Processing Workshop, Xie Yang not only liberated her hands but also achieved freedom of clothing!

Additionally, she kept in touch with her aunt, Lin Xi, Xu Shengnan, and Song Shuhe's friends on the northwestern frontier, and they often exchanged packages.

She would mail some of her surplus supplies to them, and they would mail her some supplies that were not easy to get in the countryside.

If it was something she didn't lack, she would share it with other Educated Youth or brigade members; it wouldn't go to waste anyway.

Plus, she had work points, receiving grain twice a year and meat at the end of the year.

There was also the produce from the front and back of her farmhouse courtyard in reality.

In short, her little life had been going quite well these years.

But it was only that she didn't have to worry about food and clothing; she really hadn't saved much money.

When she first went to the countryside and saw the black market with Zhao Wanqing, she had thought about taking the time to go to the city to sell some Gastrodia and Wild Ginseng for money, but as she accumulated more and more supplies, she became too lazy to go out.

Except for going to the Commune every month or two to exchange letters and packages with her "pen pals," she basically never left the brigade.

Even when the Commune held the Labor Model commendation meeting on May Day every year or selected advanced brigades at the end of the year, it was the Brigade Leader who would come to the foot of Banyue Mountain early in the morning to urge her to go.

If he didn't come to watch her, it was very likely that the moment he left, she would go up to the terraced fields on the mountainside to work on the Experimental Field.

This was the first time since going to the countryside that she had asked the Brigade Leader to help issue an introduction letter to return to Pingcheng.

The Brigade Leader didn't say a word and opened the introduction letter for her, filling in fifteen days in the date column: "It's rare to go back, stay a few more days."

Xie Yang: "..."

Wasn't the Brigade Leader quite generous?

Why did those Educated Youth always complain that he was heartless, saying he was stingy when approving leave slips and writing introduction letters?

After putting away the introduction letter, Xie Yang went home to pack her luggage, shouldered an extra-large package, and embarked on the journey back to the city.

The Brigade Leader looked at her free and easy back, sighed deeply, and complained to his wife:

"Xiao Xie is good at everything, it's just that her temper is a bit stubborn. She's twenty-five and still doesn't want to look at a prospective partner; is she really planning to be an old maid for life? I hope that when she goes home this time, her family will help her arrange a suitable marriage."

His wife asked hesitantly: "If she finds a partner back there, will she still be willing to come back?"

"Hiss—"

The Brigade Leader gasped:

"I forgot about that! She didn't take the college entrance exam! And she rejected the return-to-city quota I gave her earlier! She can't go back to the city yet!"

His wife was both angry and amused, rolling her eyes at him: "Then you'd better pray that she's the same as the past few years, not willing to go look at anyone no matter who introduces them."

"..."

……

"Yu Huizhu, I heard your Qiqi got into a technical secondary school and can return to the city?"

Yu Huizhu was returning from outside with a rattan basket on her arm when she was stopped by a neighbor on the first floor.

Hearing this, she smiled: "Yes! She's finally coming back! She's been gone for eight years; if she didn't come back soon, I would have worried myself to death. That's why, knowing she's arriving home today, I went early to buy some meat and vegetables."

Eight years ago, Xie Qi, who met the age requirement, also had no choice but to go to the countryside.

Yu Huizhu pulled some strings to change the place where Xie Qi went to the countryside to the production brigade where her maternal relatives lived.

Although it was the countryside, it had the advantage of being close to home, making it convenient for her to go over if anything happened.

As for the pair of fraternal twins—

Her precious son reached the age to take over her job position;

Her youngest daughter got engaged early, and as soon as she reached the age, she registered for marriage with the man who, like her, would have had to go to the countryside if he didn't marry.

Her youngest pair of children were finally spared the hardship of going to the countryside.

Now, her eldest daughter had also managed to test back into the city to attend technical secondary school, and in the future, she would never have to go to the countryside to live a hard life again.

Yu Huizhu let out a long sigh of relief in her heart.

As for Xie Qi's husband and child in the countryside, she automatically ignored them.