Chapter 81: Six-Zero Farm System (47)

"Hahahaha..."

"Oh my! Hearing you say that, Yang Yang, even an old woman like me wants to go see the place where you were sent down! Is it really such a beautiful place?"

"Yang Yang, you aren't really lying to us, are you? You mustn't try to coax us just because you didn't get into university and couldn't return to the city, making it sound like you can't bear to leave the house and beautiful scenery over there."

At Xie Chunlan's home, seeing Xie Yang take one scarce, high-quality city item after another out of her large parcel, and hearing her list one comfortable aspect of life and beautiful piece of scenery after another in the Yuewan Brigade, the whole family was coaxed into high spirits.

But while Xie Chunlan was happy, she couldn't help but worry that her niece was making up nice things to coax her.

Who didn't know that being sent down was bitter!

Although her niece often sent local specialties from there, life in the mountains, just thinking about it, couldn't be very easy.

"Aunt, look at me!" Xie Yang spread her arms and spun around, "How do I compare to nine years ago?"

Before Xie Chunlan could speak, her two sons spoke up ahead of her:

"Taller."

"Fatter."

Xie Chunlan glared at her younger son: "What fatter! You call this fat?"

"Hehe! I meant to say Cousin looks better than before she went to the countryside!" the little cousin hurriedly corrected himself.

Xie Yang laughed: "Cousin didn't say it wrong."

Xie Chunlan shot her a playful glare: "Alright, as long as you are living well, it's the same wherever you live! If you aren't willing for us to spend money to buy you a position to return to the city, then it's up to you."

"Aunt is the best."

Through nine years of correspondence, Xie Yang and Xie Chunlan had long since cultivated a deep aunt-niece bond.

Returning this time, besides cashing in some things for herself, her main purpose was to visit her aunt's family.

Most of the supplies she carried back were for her aunt's family; only a small portion was for her to cash in.

As for her cheap father, he had been sending her money every month for these years; for the first few years it was 5 yuan a month, and starting the year before last it rose to 10 yuan. She heard from her aunt that it was because he had reached thirty years of seniority, and his wages and bonuses had risen accordingly.

So, returning this time, she also brought a return gift for her cheap father: one jin of Wild Tea and a gray turtleneck wool sweater.

Xie Zhaohua, who received the return gift from his daughter through Xie Chunlan: "..."

Holding the tea leaves and the wool sweater, he was so gratified that old tears streamed down his face.

"I told you Yang Yang is a filial child! You still didn't believe me."

Upon arriving home, he told Yu Huizhu happily.

Of course, he didn't forget to hide the tea leaves, lest his wife take them to give to others.

He also put on the wool sweater.

His daughter might not have known he had lost weight over the years, so the clothes were a tiny bit too big, but being too big was better than being too small.

When it got cold, wouldn't it be just right to wear an extra layer inside?

He stood happily in front of the full-length mirror, looking at himself again and again.

Yu Huizhu, who had brought this and that to Xie Qi every time she went to the countryside to visit her over the past eight years, but hadn't even seen a single wild vegetable upon her return to the city: "..."

This is really enough!

During her time in Pingcheng, Xie Yang did not stay at her aunt's house; she used her introduction letter to open a room at a guesthouse.

Once her aunt's family went to work and school, she also began to get busy.

According to the background check data from the Main System, she locked onto a dedicated and practical leader in the Pingcheng Military Region, and had the Main System copy the account books twice. One copy was dropped off at the military region along with the treasure, "entrusting" the Military to escort it.

Two copies were mailed to Shoudu along with letters written with her left hand, making it convenient for the various parties to verify the details.

Having settled this urgent matter, Xie Yang then began looking for buyers for the bag of processed wild medicinal herbs she had carried with her.

Traditional Chinese medicine shops certainly bought such wild medicinal herbs, but the amount she brought was not small.

In order to save up enough money to "repay her debt," this time, besides that one Bainian Laosanshen, two top-grade Ganoderma, and a few jin of top-grade Gastrodia, she had brought the rest of her family fortune.

In total, she brought twelve Wild Ginseng of varying ages from 15 to 50 years, twelve Ganoderma that were at least second-grade, ten jin of first-grade Gastrodia, and ten jin of first or second-grade Fleeceflower Root.

As for those inferior to these, she had given them away, used them for soup, or soaked them in wine over the years, and they were mostly used up.

The ones she brought were all capable of fetching a good price.

But selling them all to a traditional Chinese medicine shop, she worried about being targeted.

Thus, she only took one 15-year-old Wild Ginseng, one second-grade Ganoderma, one jin of first-grade Gastrodia, and two jin of second-grade Fleeceflower Root to the medicine shop.

After learning the market purchase price for such medicinal herbs, she disguised herself and began walking the streets and alleys to find suitable buyers.

Generally speaking, those willing to spend money on high-priced medicinal herbs were either patients in the family who happened to need such medicine, or people who had reached the age of retirement and were also quite wealthy.

Xie Yang hit the mark every time.

Near the family compounds of various government agencies, she left behind her graceful silhouette as she strode away after completing a Trading.

Especially in an alley near the family compound of a certain government unit, when she was trading a fifty-year-old Wild Ginseng and a first-grade Ganoderma with an old lady who had an outstanding temperament and fashionable attire, the other party not only readily took out money and coupons but also asked if she had more, saying she would take it all if she did.

Xie Yang: "..."

In this era, it was the first time she had encountered someone who didn't blink when buying Wild Ginseng; how rich must this be!

On second thought, it made sense; those living in this area were either leaders of government units or highly valued researchers, receiving at least a level 12 wage or higher, with the lowest being over a hundred, and the high ones supposedly not even capped at three hundred.

No wonder they didn't even blink when buying Wild Ginseng for three to five hundred or even a thousand each.

By the time she sold to this old lady, Xie Yang had a total of one twenty-year-old and two thirty-year-old Wild Ginseng, two first-grade Ganoderma, two jin of first-grade Gastrodia, and three jin of first-grade Fleeceflower Root left in her hands.

"Are you sure you want all of these?"

Seeing there were so many, the old lady was a bit dumbfounded for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses: "Wait for me a moment, I'm going home to get the money! You must wait for me! I'll be right back!"

Although the old lady had bound feet, she walked quite nimbly.

Presumably fearing that Xie Yang would be impatient to wait, she went quickly and returned just as quickly.

When she returned, she was followed by a very capable-looking middle-aged woman wearing a smoke-gray Lenin suit, with her hair cut in a short bob, clutching a briefcase under her arm, walking toward Xie Yang with a serious expression.

If it weren't for the fact that she looked somewhat like the old lady, at first glance, one might have thought she was a Red Armband coming to arrest her.

But even if a Red Armband had come, it wouldn't have mattered.

Over these years, she had helped the Sub-system reach over level fifty, letting it immerse itself in the joy of leveling up to the point it couldn't extricate itself; where was that original haughty attitude? It was practically calling her sister.

Occasionally, when she borrowed its Farm Space to act as a Warehouse, storing things from the outside world for a moment, not only would it not mind, but it would also enthusiastically help her organize and tidy up these items.

However, her guess was correct; the middle-aged woman was indeed not a Red Armband, but the old lady's daughter, who had followed her because she was worried the old lady would be swindled.

But after seeing the goods Xie Yang brought out, even though the other party was accustomed to seeing such high-quality items, she was truly quite shocked.

She helped cover for the old lady, and after paying for the goods and receiving them, she carefully escorted the old lady back.

Thanks to this old lady, Xie Yang could also finish work early.

"Brother System, come, come! Time to pay the debt, time to pay the debt!"

Feeling flush with cash, she turned around and topped up one thousand yuan into the System Mall.

"Here, calculate it! Is this enough to pay the debt? If it's not enough, Big Sister will top up more!"

Main System: 【...】

Look at you acting all smug!