1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Nothing much happened in the morning. It had been raining for the past two days, so Qiao Wanqing thought she'd go to the back mountain to see if she could find any mushrooms.

As a person who transmigrated from the 21st century, she was a fierce competitor in her previous life and achieved great success. In this life, she was born into a wealthy family, but she still could not escape the fate of being caught in the fierce competition. The Qiao family had strict family education, and her maternal grandfather was a very diligent and self-disciplined person. She was required to learn all kinds of things since she was a child. Now she has finally stopped and longs for the pastoral life.

She's going to pick mushrooms, she's going to climb mountains.

After changing her clothes and taking her tools, Qiao Wanqing happily set off.

This is a city, so there aren't many mountains. However, Beichuan City does have mountains, though they are not high, some not even 200 meters high. But they stretch for quite a distance, so they are different from small hills. There are forests, small animals, and even wild boars.

If you go out from the west gate of the community, it takes about half an hour to walk up the mountain.

Qiao Wanqing went up the mountain and could see many military wives picking mushrooms and digging wild vegetables from afar. The ones nearby had been picked clean, so she walked a little further away. Fortunately, she was in good physical condition and was not afraid of getting tired even if she walked a little further. If it were an ordinary person, walking alone would be tiring enough, let alone having the strength to pick mushrooms.

After the rain, the mountain was still full of mushrooms and fungus. Especially since this place was quite far from the military family compound, most military wives wouldn't go this far. The area that Qiao Wanqing came to hadn't been explored before, and she found a large area of ​​it in no time.

The wild mushrooms were incredibly fragrant, and since no one was competing for them, Qiao Wanqing would carefully remove the soil from the roots of each mushroom she picked, leaving only the clean parts. Many mushrooms grew in clusters, and before long, Qiao Wanqing's basket was full. Fortunately, she had brought a snakeskin bag, and she also had many other cloth bags of various sizes in her spatial storage, which she had taken out beforehand for convenience.

Although she has a spatial dimension, Qiao Wanqing is always very cautious and will not use it for the sake of convenience. Even though she could bring these cloth bags directly from her spatial dimension, she would still take them out at home and put them in a basket to prevent them from attracting attention if she encountered anyone along the way.

This is the military, where there's no shortage of observant people. If you let yourself go for too long, it will become a habit, and you'll easily be exposed eventually.

Qiao Wanqing's secrets have remained hidden for twenty years because she is cautious enough that she sometimes even deceives herself.

She worked until 3 p.m. and had a full snakeskin bag and three small cloth bags of mushrooms. She also dug up some herbs, caught two rabbits, and found a nest of wild eggs. It was a very fruitful day.

Qiao Wanqing happily chopped a stick to use as a carrying pole and carried all the things back. Because she walked fast enough, she arrived at the river outside the family compound in about two hours. Standing on the riverbank, she saw several fish gathered at the edge of the river not far ahead. She stood there for a few seconds, feeling that these slutty fish were tempting her. If she didn't catch them, she would remember it for the rest of her life.

In her past life, she was under a lot of work pressure, and sometimes she would go fishing by the river to relieve the pressure. Back then, she caught a big grass carp and happily opened the bucket lid to take a closer look. But then the fish suddenly leaped into the water right in front of her. Such a big fish! She held a grudge for several years!

And right now...

Qiao Wanqing gently put the load aside, picked up a large rock and smashed it down. With a bang, water splashed everywhere, and the fish were frightened and darted around in panic. However, she stunned two of them!

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Qiao Wanqing laughed out loud and quickly went down to catch the two fish that had been stunned. One was larger, weighing about six or seven pounds, and the other was smaller, weighing about three pounds.

The commotion she made attracted the attention of some family members. At this time, the family members who were out collecting samples were also returning home. They were walking in twos and threes when Qiao Wanqing made such a big commotion, and everyone gathered over. They were all surprised to see that she had caught two such big fish!

"My God, how did they catch such a big fish?"

"It looks like she just threw stones into the water, hit someone with a stone?"

"Can you really hit a fish with a rock?"

"This girl looks unfamiliar, is she new here?"

While everyone was discussing, Qiao Wanqing had already taken the fish ashore, tied it with a straw rope, and was preparing to go home.

It was only then that people noticed how much she had picked up. Everyone was surprised. They had been busy for most of the day and only managed to fill about one basket. And that was only if they were lucky. How could this girl have managed to get so much?

Where did you get this?

After Qiao Wanqing crossed the bridge, several people gathered around her. Among them, a woman in gray was the most enthusiastic. "Miss, are you new here? Which family are you from? We've never seen you before."

Qiao Wanqing looked at the group of people. She would be living in the family compound from now on, and she would have to interact with them sooner or later. It would be good to know some of their situations so that she wouldn't be completely clueless if something happened.

She laughed and said, "I just moved here a few days ago, to Commander Lu's house."

The group was taken aback. A brigade commander?

High-ranking military officer?

The people looked at her strangely. High-ranking military officers have good benefits, and their families usually live a comfortable life. They don't need to go out to dig for wild vegetables and pick mushrooms. Most of them have jobs in the city and are not like those of them from the countryside.

Since she's out picking mushrooms, she's probably just a relative, and from a poor family. But this girl has such delicate skin, she doesn't seem like one!

So that's... the one who came to power later?

That makes sense, brigade commander. Most of them are quite old. She's so young. If she's not a relative, then she must be the one who came later.

As a military wife born in a rural area, I instinctively dislike this kind of person. In the early years after liberation, this kind of situation was very common in the army. It was still the case a few years ago. Only in recent years has the situation improved slightly. Because lifestyle issues can affect one's future, this kind of trend has been somewhat curbed.

But it's just less common, not nonexistent; many divorced people remarry.

Everyone was stunned, but the enthusiastic woman didn't seem to care. She went up to Qiao Wanqing's basket as if they were old friends and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my, girl, you have so many mushrooms and wood ear fungus here! Are they in that bag too? I've been busy all day and only found some wild vegetables. I haven't seen many good mushrooms at all. You have so many, can I have some?"

As she spoke, she reached into Qiao Wanqing's basket.

Qiao Wanqing could tell at a glance that this man was a repeat offender. He probably thought she was young and easily embarrassed, which was why he was so brazen.

Qiao Wanqing moved aside, saying, "Who are you, sis? You just come up and take things from my basket without my permission. Who are you? Do you always let your family take things from your comrades' homes like this?"