Chapter 86: Do Not Persuade Others to Be Kind Without Experiencing Their Suffering

"I was busy with some things and came late. Have you eaten?" An Yinan looked at the two portions of braised pork that had already gone cold in front of Xie Yuanyuan, and she understood.

"I'll go borrow a lunchbox, you wait a moment." An Yinan stood up and went straight to the kitchen's serving window to knock.

As soon as Liu Mei pushed open the wooden board, she saw An Yinan.

"Little sister, you came today? Wait for me a moment, it'll be ready right away." Liu Mei wiped her hands from inside; she had just finished helping Ershu tidy up the dishes and had only been away for a moment, not expecting that the little sister would arrive.

Opening the kitchen door, Liu Mei walked out from inside.

"Shall we go to the lounge first?" An Yinan asked in a low voice.

"Come." Liu Mei's eyes lit up, and she nodded immediately.

Recently, these Woolen Coats had been selling too well; as long as there were some, they would be gone instantly. She was just acting as a middleman, but she could earn three yuan per piece. Now, the money she made from selling clothes was much higher than her wages.

"Here, five Woolen Coats and thirty Square Scarves." An Yinan handed over the items. Although the market for Square Scarves had been good recently, she planned to reduce production. This item needed to stabilize; she would release them again when spring arrived, which would trigger another small wave of hot sales.

"Is this all for the Square Scarves?" Liu Mei hadn't expected there to be so few this time.

An Yinan nodded, "Before spring arrives, there probably won't be many more Square Scarves."

"Alright, whatever you bring, I'll take." Liu Mei didn't say anything else.

"By the way, the Textile Factory side has been settled. They agreed to your request, but you need to go to the Textile Factory once; they need to confirm the weaving method and machine calibration." Liu Mei thought for a moment and added, "The Textile Factory is quite urgent."

An Yinan thought for a moment, "Then tomorrow? Should I go directly to the Textile Factory? Or come find you?"

Liu Mei said, "I'll go with you."

Although she had a mother-in-law at the Textile Factory, she was always a bit worried. The little sister was too young; she shouldn't be tricked by that bunch of old foxes. She would feel at ease if she went along.

"By the way, Sister Liu Mei, let me borrow a lunchbox. I'll return it to you tomorrow. Also, could you please trouble Ershu to make me two portions of braised pork? I was busy with other things earlier, and the little one at my place waited until the food went cold. I'll take those two portions back." An Yinan pointed at Xie Yuanyuan outside.

Liu Mei laughed, "I remember her. We met that time when this little girl came to order the braised pork."

She hurriedly took an aluminum lunchbox from the kitchen and handed it to An Yinan, then asked busily, "Ershu asks, do you want steamed buns or meat-filled buns this time?"

An Yinan waved her hand, "Is there enough time? If not, then don't bother for now. I'll bring some when I come down tomorrow? Let's go with the meat-filled buns."

"That works too." Liu Mei agreed; it was only a one-day matter anyway, and the little sister would likely have to go back to work in a moment.

An Yinan carried the hot braised pork and four Steamed Buns over and placed them directly on the table, "It's hot, eat quickly."

Xie Yuanyuan nodded, not asking a single question.

She wasn't smart, but she wasn't stupid either. Everyone had their own secrets; as long as Nan Nan was fine, she didn't care about anything else.

After finishing all the necessary business in the County, An Yinan set off from the County again, carrying Xie Yuanyuan.

However, the two of them stopped halfway because they really couldn't pedal anymore.

Looking at the big uphill slope in front of them, the two looked at each other and decided to walk.

To accommodate Xie Yuanyuan's stamina, An Yinan walked much slower than usual.

"That person still hasn't returned?" An Yinan remembered Xie Yuanyuan's past.

Xie Yuanyuan nodded. She had been here for over four months, and it was already cold enough to wear a cotton-padded jacket, yet she still hadn't seen that person.

Logically speaking, could an Educated Youth who went to the countryside be away from the Educated Youth Station for half a year?

Could one ask for leave for that long?

Perhaps this was another person with a special identity?

"Just waiting like this?" The topic might be a bit heavy, so heavy that An Yinan didn't really want to continue chatting.

Xie Yuanyuan smiled at this moment and rubbed her frozen little face, "In the past, he waited for me to grow up; now, I wait for him to turn back. It's quite fitting."

An Yinan didn't understand, but she expressed respect.

Who didn't have some persistence?

Without experiencing another's suffering, do not persuade them to be kind.

Likewise, without experiencing another's sweetness, do not persuade them to leave.

"As long as you've decided, if you need help, just say the word." An Yinan stopped talking.

The two returned to the village together, it being just past one o'clock in the afternoon.

Just hearing the sound of the door opening across the way, Zhang Qian opened his own door.

His house didn't have a courtyard and stood alone beside the vegetable garden, but he could always hear any movement across the way.

And sure enough, as soon as the two returned, he heard the sound.

"Going up the mountain later?" Zhang Qian looked at An Yinan.

Xie Yuanyuan waved her hand, "You two work hard, I'm going to slack off. Anyway, I won't go hungry."

The term "slack off" was something she learned from Nan Nan. Ever since she knew this word, she had mastered the essence of slacking off.

"Let's go." An Yinan nodded. The manuscript was submitted, the letter was replied to, and clothes weren't made in a single day. Going up the mountain to practice her aim, and with a bodyguard by her side, what a great thing.

An Yinan went into the house to tidy up, mainly to change into a set of clothes convenient for going up the mountain and running; she looked much more agile.

"Let's go check the traps I set first." Every three days, An Yinan would go check the traps, and each time there would be some harvest, more or less.

At the first trap, she only picked up a wild rabbit. The trap was located lower down the mountain and was rarely triggered on normal days. With the weather turning cold, the animals in the mountain had started searching for food everywhere, which was why this trap was triggered.

The two walked to the second trap, and An Yinan's eyes lit up, "This one was actually triggered too?"

Zhang Qian walked to the side of the trap and couldn't help but admire An Yinan's luck, "One roe deer and two wild rabbits."

Even if there were no harvest from the subsequent traps, these two traps alone were a huge profit.

"Quick, quick, let's go see the third one." An Yinan became interested.

In the past, every time she checked the traps, there were at most a few wild rabbits. Only once did she encounter a deer, and that had been the most surprising harvest.

And today, encountering a roe deer at the second trap was already an unexpected joy.

Walking to the third trap, Zhang Qian didn't want to speak anymore.

Because in that glaringly obvious trap lay a warm wild deer—that's right, warm. It had clearly stopped breathing not long ago. If the two had arrived a moment earlier, they might have even been able to see the process of the wild deer falling into the trap.

"Wow! Not a small harvest." An Yinan pulled the wild deer out and then restored the trap to its original state.

"Next one, move on." An Yinan waved her little hand, very much looking like a commanding general.

Zhang Qian no longer marveled at her luck; it seemed he had already grown accustomed to it.

"These things can't be eaten; do you need me to help you dispose of them?" Zhang Qian asked.

In the past, he would always hunt game and send it over to An Yinan, and then the few of them would eat together.

An Yinan provided the grain, Zhang Qian provided the meat, and as for Xie Yuanyuan, she provided supplements for the An siblings.

The three of them had an unspoken tacit understanding; no one wanted to take advantage of the others, and they all thought about contributing a little more.