The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

He rode his bicycle home, with a bag of his own clothes and bedding tied to the back seat, and the other six sacks were all filled with mountain produce.

Along the way, every place we went attracted the attention of passersby.

Li Kaixin didn't seem to care and just kept pedaling.

Over the past year, he had grown accustomed to that look.

I just turned into a familiar alley.

At the entrance of courtyard number 93, Aunt Zhao, Aunt Sun, and Aunt Liu, who were chatting idly after dinner, spotted him immediately.

Aunt Liu was the first to get up, running and shouting into the yard:

"Beautiful girl, beautiful girl, your happy family is back!"

His loud voice was so loud that almost everyone in the courtyard could hear it.

Aunt Zhao and Aunt Sun also stood up and walked quickly towards Li Kaixin.

The three of them stood guard at the gate, specifically waiting for him to return.

"Oh my, I'm so happy! You've been gone for quite a while!" Aunt Zhao walked up to her with a big smile.

Grandma Sun's gaze remained fixed on the bulging burlap sacks, and she immediately asked:

"Happy, what good stuff did you bring back this time?"

"Aunt Sun, just some mountain products from Northeast China," Li Kaixin replied with a smile, patting the sack on the back seat of the car.

As soon as he finished speaking, a large group of people poured out of the courtyard.

Leading the way were father Li Mingde and mother Qin Xiuli, followed by Aunt Liu, Aunt Wang, Sun Dali, and others.

The mother, Qin Xiuli, stepped forward and grabbed her eldest son's arm.

"You've lost weight! I'm so happy you must not have eaten well on this trip."

"Honey, where do you see that Kaixin has lost weight?"

The father, Li Mingde, chimed in, "Isn't this pretty much the same as before we went?"

He was also helpless; every time his eldest son came back from a long-distance trip, his wife would put on this show.

"Mind your own business!"

Qin Xiuli, the mother, glared at her husband with annoyance. "Kaixin has been gone for more than ten days. What's wrong with me checking on her?"

The neighbors around them watched the couple bickering, and just smiled knowingly without saying a word.

Seeing this, Li Kaixin quickly changed the subject: "Um, Mom and Dad, I still have a ton of stuff on my bicycle!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Aunt Wang chimed in with a smile, then looked at the crowd in the courtyard.

"Everyone, don't just stand there, lend a hand and help Kaixin move her things into the yard."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the people in the yard immediately surrounded him, hurriedly unloading the sacks and bundles from the back of the bicycle.

In no time, six sacks and a bundle were piled up in the main room of the Li family's house.

"Xiuli, you go ahead with your work, we'll be going now."

Aunt Wang smiled and said something, then called the people in the yard to leave.

The mother, Qin Xiuli, didn't bother with polite attempts to persuade her to stay, because this kind of thing had happened many times over the past year.

After all the neighbors had left, only Li Kaixin and his family of five remained in the main house.

Li Kai, the younger brother who was doing his homework at the table, couldn't wait any longer. He immediately put down his pen, ran over, and opened a burlap sack on the ground.

Instantly, the black fungus in the bag spilled out.

Seeing this, Li Mingde, the father, frowned and slapped Li Kai on the back of the head.

"Hey kid, why aren't you doing your homework? What are you doing over here!"

"Dad, I was just curious about what my older brother brought back." Li Kai covered his head, but smiled broadly.

Li Xiaoxiao, the younger sister who was doing her homework at the table, looked up and shook her head helplessly.

At this moment, the mother, Qin Xiuli, squatted down and picked up a handful of black fungus:

"I'm so happy! These wood ear mushrooms are really big, much better than the ones sold in Beijing."

"Mother, these were all picked from Changbai Mountain, so they are naturally different from what is sold in the market."

As Li Kaixin spoke, he bent down and opened several more sacks.

Walnuts, pine nuts, mushrooms, and monkey head mushrooms were all on display.

Wow! There are so many kinds.

Father Li Mingde exclaimed in surprise, then asked, "By the way, Kaixin, what were the prices for all of these?"

"I really didn't know that!"

Li Kaixin chuckled and then briefly recounted how he traded his prey for mountain goods with the villagers.

Father Li Mingde and mother Qin Xiuli exchanged a glance, at a loss for what to do about pricing their neighbors.

Li Kaixin was naturally aware of her parents' concerns, so she suggested:

"Dad, Mom, how about this, we'll just give them half the market price here, since I didn't spend much money anyway."

After listening, Father Li Mingde thought for a moment and then nodded: "Alright! We'll do it your way."

Seeing that the matter was over, Li Kaixin took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it over: "Dad, Mom, look what this is!"

"What is this?" Father Li Mingde reached out and took it in confusion. After opening it, his eyes widened immediately.

"This...this is a letter of introduction for apprentices at your transportation station?"

"Yes, the reward given by the station has no time limit; you can report for duty whenever you want."

Li Kaixin spoke calmly, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

What he didn't know was that the lack of a time limit was added separately by Station Chief Zhao.

Otherwise, how could a position remain vacant for so long?

"That's wonderful!"

Mother Qin Xiuli also glanced at it, and a look of joy appeared on her face.

"It's perfect for your younger brother; he'll be looking for a job in a couple of years."

"Mom, I don't need it!"

Li Kai, the younger brother, quickly interjected, pointing at Li Xiaoxiao, "You should give it to Xiaoxiao!"

Upon hearing this, the father, Li Mingde, gave his second son a disdainful look:

"Give it back to Xiaoxiao. Her grades are good enough to get into high school. Do you think you can?"

"Father, who do you look down on?"

Li Kai, the younger brother, retorted, "Why can't I take the high school entrance exam? I still want to be with Xiaohua..."

As he was talking, he suddenly realized that he had let slip his little secret and immediately shut his mouth.

"Little Flower?"

Father Li Mingde glared at his second son and snorted, "With your current behavior, you still want to take the high school entrance exam with others?"

These days, that girl often comes over after her vacation starts, so of course I know that her grades are among the best in the grade.

"Well, I'll try my best, okay?" Li Kai muttered, head down.

Seeing his younger brother's embarrassed look, Li Kaixin quickly smiled and smoothed things over: "Alright, Dad, it's a good thing that Xiao Kai knows he should work hard, so please stop nagging him."

Father Li Mingde didn't say anything more.

He was just disappointed in his son.

Now that the family has such good conditions, all this kid thinks about is playing all day long; he doesn't care about studying at all.

The mountain produce in the bag was all sorted out in advance, so there was no need to bother picking it out.

After tidying things up a bit, Qin Xiuli, the mother, turned and went to the kitchen.

After dinner, Li Kaixin carried over 60 kilograms of mountain produce out the door.

As soon as I walked to the front yard, I saw that not only Aunt Zhao and her group, but also Aunt Lu and her group from courtyard number 94 had come over.

"Kaixin, is everything ready?"

Aunt Zhao's eyes lit up when she saw the sack in his hand.

"Alright, Aunt Zhao, Xiao Kai will come to call you over in a bit."

"Okay! Okay!" Aunt Zhao nodded repeatedly, beaming from ear to ear.

At this moment, Lu Chunhua also stepped forward and reached out to take it, saying, "Kaixin, come on, let us help you carry it."

Li Kaixin didn't stand on ceremony and gave it to her directly.

Anyway, these are all going to be sold to them.

Afterwards, I went to courtyard number 94 with Aunt Lu and the others.