The timeline system has gone awry; they insist that steamed buns are a magic pill.

"Mom, Mom, let go! What are you doing? Zhao Nan is watching!"

As soon as Li Qingqiu entered the house, Shi Lanhua grabbed him and began groping him, searching all his pockets. Then, she started taking off his shoes. "Mom, what are you doing?"

"What, you still care about saving face?"

Shi Lanhua glared at Li Qingqiu. "Buying meat, buying wild rabbit, buying groceries—you've got some nerve! Where did you get the money?"

"They sell winter bamboo shoots."

"Winter bamboo shoots, I knew it! You dug up those winter bamboo shoots for that female educated youth, didn't you?"

"Half and half."

Good heavens, there must be a traitor betraying us. Li Qingqiu glanced at Li Qingmei, whose eyes were darting around, and thought, "Well, you thick-browed, big-eyed Li Laoliu."

When Li Qingmei saw her third brother looking over, she dared not look up even more, muttering to herself, "Mom asked me, but I dare not lie."

Li Qingqiu glared at Li Qingmei, who pitifully clasped her hands in a gesture of respect. Guo Zhaonan, watching from the side, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. The relationship between the third uncle and the aunt was really good. Grandma was still so energetic.

"Give me all the money."

Shi Lanhua counted the money in her hand: a five-yuan note and a few loose coins. "Your little sister said you carried dozens of kilograms of winter bamboo shoots. Even if you sold them to the food station, you could get about twenty yuan. How come you only got this little?"

"Aren't we buying meat now?"

How much would it cost to buy just meat?

"There are also pheasants, rabbits, and ration coupons for non-staple foods."

"That's not right either, there's still at least ten yuan left."

"Goodness, that's incredibly shrewd," Li Qingqiu muttered. "I'm going to my sister's house, and I've been tricking her out of money quite a bit, so I left her ten yuan."

"You can ask Zhao Nan about this."

"Zhao Nan, is what your third uncle said true?"

"Yes, Grandma, my third uncle gave my mom ten yuan. My mom didn't want it at first, but my third uncle insisted on giving it to her, saying he would give it to me, Zhaodi, and Xiaolingdang to buy cloth to make clothes, so my mom accepted it." As Guo Zhaonan said this, Li Qingqiu puffed out her chest.

"Mom, I knew it! Would I lie to you?"

"That's hard to say. Maybe he's been bewitched by that little girl and is lying to your mother."

Shi Lanhua glared at Li Qingqiu. Recently, Li Qingqiu had been getting quite close to the young girls at the educated youth settlement, which had caused quite a bit of gossip in the team.

"What do you mean I'm captivated by this little girl? I'm the one who captivates her, that's more like it."

Li Qingqiu couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Does this mean I'm a simp? Impossible, I'd never be a simp in my life. I'd rather be a wolf warrior than a simp. Wolves travel a thousand miles to eat meat, dogs travel a thousand miles to eat shit, and simps can't even get a hot piece of shit."

"You've got your eye on that little girl? Why don't you go and bring her home?"

Shi Lanhua stuffed the five yuan into her pocket, and Li Qingqiu watched helplessly. "Mom, please leave me some."

"Here, these odds and ends are fine with me."

"Two and a half cents?"

Li Qingqiu was both amused and exasperated. "Give me at least fifty cents."

"Don't give it to me."

"Yes, yes, yes, I can still buy a meat bun."

Li Qingqiu muttered something, which earned him a glare from Shi Lanhua. "I'm not going to argue with you anymore. Aren't you going to take Zhao Nan into the mountains to dig for winter bamboo shoots? Hurry up, it'll be dark soon."

"I'll go right away."

"Where are the shovel and hoe?"

"Third Brother, Xianjing took the shovel and hoe up the mountain."

"oh."

Li Qingqiu muttered to himself, "Wait a minute, I'll go borrow a shovel."

After running around for a bit, Li Qingqiu took out his shovel. "Let's go, up the mountain to dig for winter bamboo shoots. Zhao Nan, come along."

"Here you are, Third Uncle."

Guo Zhaonan found her third uncle quite interesting. Although he was often a bit unserious and unreliable, he was a fun person and quite different from most people. "Third Uncle, where are we going to dig for winter bamboo shoots?"

"Don't worry about that, just follow me, and I guarantee you'll find something every time you dig."

"Really?"

Guo Zhaonan was somewhat skeptical. "With such thick snow, you can't even see the winter bamboo shoots. Can you really find them?"

"Zhao Nan, I can't speak for other things, but when it comes to digging winter bamboo shoots, no one in Lijia'ao can compare to Third Brother, no one in the entire commune can compare." Li Qingmei wasn't just bragging; everyone in Lijia'ao acknowledged it, except for the stubborn Sixth Aunt.

"Really, Third Uncle, you're amazing!"

"It's nothing special, nothing to brag about."

As the group talked, they reached the top of the ridge. It was snowing quite heavily. They had thought there wouldn't be many people, but wow, the whole hillside was full of people.

"Is that Aunt Liu?"

Han Caihua dug the soil fiercely, and Li Qingqiu could see from afar that the frostbite on her hands was cracked and bleeding. When it comes to hard work and diligence, Aunt Liu was one of the best in the entire production team. She used to be a landlord's wife, and now she's a loudspeaker.

The old woman was pitiful and hateful. Li Qingqiu glanced at the distribution map and saw that there weren't many winter bamboo shoots in the area where Aunt Liu was digging. She would probably have to work herself to death for half a day to dig up two or three winter bamboo shoots at best, and that would depend on luck.

"Go to the other side."

Not only were there many people in this area, but the winter bamboo shoots had also been almost harvested. Li Qingqiu asked Li Qingmei to call Li Xianjing and the other sisters-in-law to follow.

"It's Li Laosan."

Big-Foot Sister-in-Law, who was digging in the dirt, called out, "Sixth Aunt, have you found any winter bamboo shoots yet?"

"No, I don't know why, I've been digging for ages and haven't found a single one today."

"Sixth Aunt, I just saw Li Laosan. He called his sister-in-law to go to the other side."

"Li Laosan?"

Aunt Liu muttered under her breath, "What's so great about him? He's just lucky. He can't handle any hardship."

"Should we go and take a look? It might be difficult to dig here."

"Walk."

Aunt Liu immediately got up. Goodness, she said Li Laosan was nothing special, but her actions spoke louder than words. Everyone could tell that Li Laosan knew how to dig bamboo shoots, so the more quick-witted ones all followed him.

"Third Uncle."

Guo Zhaonan tugged at Li Qingqiu's sleeve, and a lot of people followed behind.

"fine."

Li Qingqiu didn't care whether he dug a few more or a few less. He had only brought Guo Zhaonan along for fun. Besides, Guo Zhaonan didn't belong to Lijiapo, so digging too much wouldn't be good. Everyone could benefit from it, and no one could say anything about it later.

"Let's go with this one."

There are quite a few winter bamboo shoots in this area, weighing a couple hundred pounds in total, and they are evenly distributed.

After clearing away the snow and marking a few spots, Li Qingqiu found a place to squat down and watched Li Qingmei, Li Xianjing, and his second sister-in-law lead Guo Zhaonan to dig for winter bamboo shoots.

He was pondering the prize he had just won, and was about to go home to study it when his mother interrupted him.

It took me a while to understand what "designated prize categories" meant. The prizes for the lottery are divided into three categories: spiritual items, secrets and news from the cultivation world, and spells or skills.

There are three categories. Li Qingqiu can use a designated card to specify the type of prize for one draw. "That's a good item."

"Spiritual objects are excluded first."

Information and skills are definitely more valuable than physical objects, but Li Qingqiu was conflicted about whether to focus on specific information or skills. "Let's put that aside for now and take a look at the giant pig monster."

"This thing changes position way too fast."

The giant boar monster didn't seem to stay in one place for long, and it was quite fast, making it difficult to hunt. "We'll need to find more people and more guns to probably be able to hunt it down."

"But the snow is too heavy now."

Especially with the blizzard expected in the next few days, hunters' movements will be further restricted, although the giant boar monsters won't be affected as much. "Hunting wild boars in the snow is quite difficult; we need to prepare more."

As expected, the family trial mission wasn't that simple. Although the points were only 10, the giant boar monster itself was a very good spiritual item reward. "Trap is unnecessary. This wild boar doesn't stay in one place, so setting traps would be redundant."

"We can weave some straw ropes, which will come in handy for interception." The most crucial thing is still the hunting rifle. Facing wild boars, a head-on confrontation or close-quarters combat is insane.

Besides, even the old headhunter couldn't catch up with him, which shows how alert this guy is. You'd have a hard time even if you tried to fight him hand-to-hand.

However, with a dynamic map, as long as you get close and ambush them, your success rate in hunting is much higher than that of other veteran hunters.

But the old headhunter is not easy to fool. Otherwise, he would shout for celebration, and Qingbing and a few others would join in. Qingbing is a good shot, and most importantly, he is easy to fool.

Let's start by choosing Li Qingbing and Li Qingzhu, and then find someone easy to fool. Four or five people should be enough. Li Qingqiu figured that with a dynamic map and his own tracking method, the wild boars basically wouldn't be able to escape.

"Third Uncle, Third Uncle, look! I've dug up some winter bamboo shoots!"

Just as Li Qingqiu was pondering who in the team he was closer to, and who was a bit naive, Guo Zhaonan ran over smugly, waving the winter bamboo shoots in her hand. "They're quite big."

"Yes, my aunt also said it's quite big."

"Third Uncle, you keep an eye on it for me while I continue digging. There's more."

"Go on, but be careful not to hurt your hand."

"Yes, Third Uncle, I know."

Guo Zhaonan was full of energy and found digging winter bamboo shoots quite addictive, especially knowing that one could be sold for two or three cents, which made him even more motivated to dig. He felt a great sense of accomplishment when he dug out a particularly intact one.

Li Qingqiu patted his bottom, stood up, and looked around. Surprisingly, his sixth aunt and the others had also come.

Seeing Li Qingqiu looking at them, the group immediately lowered their heads and began digging for winter bamboo shoots. There were more bamboo shoots here than on the other side of the ridge. They had just cleared away the snow and dug for a couple of minutes before finding some, which excited them greatly.

"I told you to follow Li Laosan. Don't let his usual unreliability fool you, when it comes to digging bamboo shoots, no one can beat him."

"I think he just knows where the bamboo is and remembers it." Aunt Liu still refused to admit Li Qingqiu's abilities.

"Stop talking, look over here."

These old women are whispering about something again. Li Qingqiu pursed his lips, picked up a winter bamboo shoot from the ground, and wondered if he could get some to lure wild boars. "That's a method worth trying."

"Did the wild boar escape again?"

Li Qingqiu muttered to himself, "Don't let him escape the trial area. That guy will be a real problem. The wild boar is currently in the old mountain gully near Zhangjia Village. I don't want him to get hunted down by the hunters from Zhangjia Village. I need to hurry."

After casually digging up a few winter bamboo shoots and stuffing them into the storage shelf, Li Qingqiu stopped to rest. The top layer of soil was already somewhat frozen, and it was unlikely that a hoe could be used to dig through it tomorrow. "I can easily clear the mountain myself with a shovel."

"Bring it along when hunting wild boar; you never know when it might come in handy."

"Brother, don't just stand there! There are more bamboo shoots here, come and help dig them up!" Li Qingmei called out when she saw Li Qingqiu dawdling again.

"It's here."

Li Qingqiu thought to himself, "My little sister's gotten hooked on digging for bamboo shoots too." "Where?"

"This one."

Li Qingqiu quickly unearthed winter bamboo shoots with a shovel, much to Guo Zhaonan's surprise. "Third Uncle, you're amazing! We were digging for ages, and you finished it in no time!"

Practice makes perfect.

Li Qingqiu glanced over. "There aren't many left over. Follow me, there's another nest up ahead."

"A lot?"

Guo Zhaonan hurriedly followed and cleared away the snow. In no time, Li Qingqiu had dug up more than ten winter bamboo shoots. The villagers digging for winter bamboo shoots around him would occasionally steal a glance. As expected of the deputy captain of the treasure hunting team and an expert in digging for winter bamboo shoots, he had dug up more than ten catties of winter bamboo shoots in one go, which was equivalent to what an average person could dig for one or two days.

"Sixth Aunt, do you think this is luck?"

Second sister-in-law Lin Xiu smiled and asked sixth aunt, who had come closer to watch the commotion.

"But dig up a few more winter bamboo shoots..."

"Sixth Aunt, why don't you dig up a few more winter bamboo shoots?"

Li Qingfu's wife, Fang Weihong, also jokingly teased him.

"I..."

Aunt Liu opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything. "I don't care. Who doesn't care? They're only worth two or three cents each. This year there's been a drought, so everyone's buying back grain. You can buy three or four pounds of bamboo shoots in a winter."

"Third brother, don't just dig by yourself, tell us which spot has the most winter bamboo shoots, so we can benefit from your status as the treasure hunt team leader." Fang Weihong is the wife of Li Qingqiu's cousin, Li Qingfu, so it didn't seem abrupt for her to say this.

"Sister-in-law, if you put it that way, there really are some here. There should be quite a few winter bamboo shoots near the small tree in front."

Li Qingqiu pointed to a spot about ten meters away.

"Really?"

"Sister-in-law, would I lie to you?"

"Then I believe you."

Fang Weihong quickly went over to clear the snow, and Aunt Liu and the others followed suit. The area was quite large, and Fang Weihong couldn't clear it all by herself. "Aunt Liu, didn't you not believe me?"

Aunt Liu kept her head down and didn't say anything. She didn't even care about the bleeding from the frostbite on her hands. After cleaning them for a while, she picked up the hoe and dug up a winter bamboo shoot with the first stroke.

Yes, it is.

Big Foot Sister couldn't help but shout it out, and all the women who were still watching ran over. Before long, someone dug up a winter bamboo shoot. Sixth Aunt didn't say a word and kept digging in the soil. In no time, she dug up five or six bamboo shoots and rubbed her hands together with joy.

"Third Uncle, you're amazing! But why didn't you keep some for yourself?"

"There are so many winter bamboo shoots, how long can I dig them all by myself? Besides, it's getting colder and colder, and the soil might freeze completely tonight, making it much harder to dig then." Li Qingqiu didn't care; it was good for the villagers to dig more.