Chapter 144: Female Educated Youth 14

As everyone watched the old woman leave, they curiously asked Ren Xin how they knew each other.

Ren Xin simply described their meeting as a match made in heaven.

“That Old Lady Yan is a formidable one. Her daughters-in-law are bullied so badly they don’t dare to resist, and she has no rival in our village. It’s rare to see her so afraid of someone.”

Ren Xin rubbed her nose and said confidently, “Maybe it’s just my charismatic personality! My aura simply conquered her.”

Everyone gave a forced laugh before scattering to bury their heads back in their work.

Fine, disagree if you want! Right, Huhu?

Huhu was busy devouring food. “Mhm, yeah. Whatever you say is right.”

See? Now that’s the kind of emotional support that makes a girl feel good.

Ren Xin harvested a total of three baskets of seafood, almost catching up to the most capable young wives in the village.

“Six work points. If you find anything particularly good in the future, we can calculate extra points for those,” Yan Liang explained to Ren Xin.

Ren Xin thanked him. She didn’t wait for the others to head back together; after all, they still had quite a while left to work.

After returning to the Sent-down Youth point, she first faked a bath scene and then quickly slipped into her space to wash up. She scrubbed away the fishy smell and rapidly polished off two hamburgers. Satisfaction!

When she came back out, she sat in the courtyard drying her hair, just as she had the day before.

When the others returned, they were greeted by this picture of peaceful serenity. But there was nothing peaceful about it for them—they were all miserable.

They had thought beachcombing would be fun, but who knew seafood was so hard to find? When they finally found something, it was usually an empty shell.

Just like that, Ren Xin’s life fell into a routine. She constantly adjusted her work schedule according to the tides, but she was always the first to finish.

Once she filled three baskets, she would drop everything and wander around.

The others at the Sent-down Youth point were incredibly envious and even came to ask her for tips. Ren Xin simply told them she went by “feeling.”

Believing Ren Xin was withholding her secrets, they began to ostracize her. Only the naive girl, Fan Zhili, still followed behind Ren Xin, her eyes always filled with admiration.

This made the Ginseng Spirit feel very satisfied. Fine, I’ll help this poor little thing out.

That day, Ren Xin finished her work very early again. She planned to check out the forest. She had heard from the villagers that there was plenty of fruit there, especially bananas and mangoes. It was just that people didn’t dare go in because there were too many venomous insects and snakes. It wasn’t worth risking one’s life for a bit of food, especially since the town market had plenty for sale. No one wanted to take the risk.

But for Ren Xin, this was no challenge at all. The forest was her domain.

Carrying the basket she had borrowed from the old woman, she strolled off toward the forest.

Ignoring the venomous creatures, Ren Xin walked deep into the woods. She kept a steady pace, looking left and right, her entire being as a Ginseng Spirit feeling relaxed and expanded.

“I still prefer it here. I’ll never truly adapt to human life.”

Book Spirit Number One didn’t buy it. “That’s not what you were thinking when you were enjoying yourself earlier.”

Alright, she admitted she was overacting. A Ginseng Spirit could thrive in any soil.

She couldn’t keep walking like this; it was too tiring. “Come out, Pika-Huhu!”

Huhu appeared with a bone in her mouth, looking around blankly. Where was she?

“I’ve raised a tiger for a thousand days to use her for ten thousand years. Now, say ‘Princess, please board the tiger¹‘?”

Huhu: “???”

Book Spirit Number One: “…” Does she really not hear the things she says?

Huhu acted extremely tough, simply crouching on the ground. If you want to get on, do it yourself.

Fine, she would.

Book Spirit Number One: “…” Is it the only pure soul in this group?

“These mangoes are growing well. Collected!”

“These passion fruits are okay too. Taken!”

“The bananas are too green, but it’s safer to put them in the pocket anyway…”

Harvesting as she went, it was another satisfying day.

That was enough for today. Tomorrow, she would go check out the sea.

Translator’s Notes