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Chapter 26 Not Accepting Apology

Ji Sisi smiled. "It's nothing. How's your digging going?"

Shen Zichen was much faster than her. In less than half an hour, the aluminum lunchbox he brought was almost full, with cordyceps neatly arranged inside.

Shen Zichen smiled faintly, looking at the cordyceps in the lunchbox with great satisfaction.

With these things, he could have a good winter. As soon as he got the money, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a better quilt and a coat.

Fortunately, the group didn't find his ticket when they stole the blankets, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to buy anything even with the money. Shen Zichen was relieved.

Ji Sisi got tired of digging and sat on the lawn, starting to chat with Shen Zichen.

"You're from Kyoto, how come you were assigned to such a far-off place? Shouldn't you be going to the vicinity of Heilongjiang Province?"

When talking about Heilongjiang Province, Ji Si thought of Ji Nian and wondered if she had gone to Heilongjiang Province as she wished.

A hint of hurt flashed in Shen Zichen's eyes as he slowly spoke.

“My eldest uncle is in charge of my family. He was afraid that I would go back and take away the family property, so he deliberately registered me here.”

He quickly smiled again, stood up and looked at the grassland. "My mother passed away when I was young, and my father also passed away last year. I am all alone now. I have no more attachment to Kyoto. If I could stay here for the rest of my life, that would be wonderful."

Ji Sisi regretted asking the question, but thankfully, seeing his relieved expression, her words probably didn't hurt Shen Zichen.

It is now 75, and there are still three years before a large number of educated youth return to the city. Shen Zichen's environment is much better than that of other educated youth from the Northwest and Northeast.

Perhaps when God closed one door for him, He opened another window.

Ji Sisi watched Shen Zichen's retreating figure and asked him, "If you can return to the city in a few years, will you still want to go back?"

Shen Zichen's back stiffened slightly before returning to normal. He closed his eyes, raised his hands, and embraced the wind.

"Do not want to."

His voice was very soft, and his words drifted into Ji Sisi's ears on the wind.

Ji Sisi stared blankly into the distance, feeling sorry for Shen Zichen.

I wonder if he will regret it many years later. When the wave of people going to sea starts, housing prices in Kyoto will skyrocket. In future generations, it will take three generations to pay for a house, and some people will not be able to settle down in Kyoto even if they spend their whole lives.

"Sisi!"

Lin Miao's voice came from afar, and Ji Sisi looked in the direction of the sound.

Lin Miao ran across the grassland. Today she was wearing a navy blue polka dot dress with a white vest over it. Her running movements were light and graceful, like a blue butterfly flying across the grassland.

Shen Zichen looked over curiously and saw a young girl. Her blue dress fluttered in the wind, and the color of the dress stood out against the grassland. She ran over, her fair cheeks flushed pink, and she was breathing rapidly. When she got closer, her bright eyes stared at him with curiosity.

Shen Zichen's throat tightened, and his gaze followed her intently. He felt his heart pounding wildly as he was being stared at.

"Who is this?"

She had a day off today and wanted to go to Ji Sisi's house to continue yesterday's gossip, but she found no one there. She heard from Sister Hongying that Ji Sisi had come to the grassland, and since she was bored, she came along too.

Ji Sisi got up, patted the weeds off her bottom, and introduced the two of them.

“This man’s name is Shen Zichen, he’s an educated youth from Huaihua Commune.” Ji Sisi then looked at Lin Miao, “This is Lin Miao, a doctor at our research institute.”

"Speaking of which, you two are quite destined to meet, as you both seem to be from Kyoto."

Shen Zichen avoided eye contact, then nodded hesitantly, "Hello, Comrade Lin Miao." "Hello, Shen Zichen, you're from Kyoto too? Where do you live? We can travel back together sometime..."

Lin Miao realized something was wrong halfway through her sentence and immediately went silent.

She forgot that Shen Zichen was an educated youth sent to the countryside, and it would be difficult for him to return to the city. Wasn't her statement just rubbing salt into his wounds?
Lin Miao apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. If you ever want to send anything back, I can help you send it or bring it back."

"It's alright, you guys chat." Shen Zichen looked away and hurriedly grabbed a hoe to search for caterpillar fungus.

Seeing that Shen Zichen was unwilling to talk any further, Lin Miao felt ashamed. Had her words hurt him?
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Lin Miao followed behind Ji Sisi, curiously observing their every move.

What are you looking for?

"I'm looking for cordyceps. Yesterday, I asked Qi Yan to ask Brother Zhang to take it to the county town and see if it can be sold to pharmacies."

Lin Miao didn't understand. Ji Sisi, with her fair skin and beautiful appearance, came to dig for cordyceps. "Are you short of money? I know the owner of a Chinese medicine shop. He and my dad were college classmates. You can ask Brother Zhang to go to his house. His family has always been buying Chinese medicine. You can ask Brother Zhang to say that I recommended him. He will definitely buy it!"

"Really? That's great! I was worried that no one would want it, but I feel much more at ease now that you've said that."

Ji Sisi's eyes lit up, and she immediately felt full of energy, thinking she could dig for another ten hours!

Lin Miao picked up a piece of cordyceps and examined it. "Such good stuff, everyone's scrambling to buy it. Speaking of Brother Zhang, I just saw Wang Cuicui lurking around your door, all sneaky. Is she up to something again?"

Ji Sisi stopped digging for cordyceps, her dislike for Wang Cuicui growing stronger.

"Sisi, that's all I'll dig. I need to get back to work, so I'm leaving the stuff with you."

Shen Zichen closed the lunchbox and placed it next to Ji Sisi.

"Okay, then let's meet here again the day after tomorrow."

After watching Shen Zichen leave, Ji Sisi's lunchbox was quickly filled with food she had carefully selected. She put the lower-quality food into a bag, planning to save it to dry and make tea later.
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"Wang Cuicui, what are you doing all morning, sneaking around here like this?"

Li Hongying's voice came from ahead.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Cuicui's voice of dissatisfaction rang out.

"Who says we can't wander around? This isn't just for military wives; half of the staff are from our research institute!"

Ji Sisi quickened her pace, and Lin Miao followed behind.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" Ji Sisi walked over to Li Hongying and asked.

"She's been loitering around your door for the past two hours, peeking through the crack in the door every now and then. I caught her red-handed just now, but she's vehemently denying it."

Li Hongying was furious. She had never seen anyone as shameless as Wang Cuicui. What else could she be but a thief? This person was like a leech, once she was stuck to someone, she couldn't get rid of them.

And every time she did something wrong, she acted self-righteous. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, wishing she could tear Wang Cuicui apart with her bare hands.

Ji Sisi tried to comfort Li Hongying, fearing that she might get seriously ill from anger.

"Sister-in-law, calm down. Don't ruin your health over someone like that. It's not worth it." Ji Sisi looked at Wang Cuicui again and questioned, "Wang Cuicui, what do you want from me?"

Lin Miao had just told her that she saw Wang Cuicui wandering around nearby, but she didn't expect that she would still be there when she came back.

Ji Sisi guessed that Wang Cuicui probably didn't intend to do anything bad; otherwise, she would be too ostentatious.

"I have something I want to talk to you about alone," Wang Cuicui said reluctantly, squeezing out the words through her back teeth.

(End of this chapter)