Quick travel: The poor little thing in the period novel strikes back

Chapter 107 The Hardworking Black Bear Spirit Female Educated Youth in the 6s

Fang Ping specially cooked a full bowl of white rice for Shi Yan, which was not like his usual frugal style at all.

Seeing such a bowl of rice, Shi Yan was touched from the bottom of her heart.

In this era of food and clothing shortages, few people actually eat white rice. Even if each person in the team is given ten kilograms of fine grain every year, everyone will take it to the grain station to exchange it for coarse grain brown rice, while white rice is given to those in the city who are on rationed food.

Half of the fine grains Fang Ping was given every year were exchanged for coarse grains, and the other half was saved and sent home to his younger siblings. He usually treasured them very much.

"Why aren't you eating yet? Eat quickly. The weather is cold now and food gets cold quickly. You're weak now, so don't waste time." Fang Ping urged.

"Ah."

Shi Yan responded softly and started eating obediently.

Tonight's meal was much more sumptuous than the usual stir-fried vegetables and boiled wild vegetables. Not only was there oil in the stir-fried vegetables, but there was also egg drops in the soup. What was even more surprising was that there was a steamed fish on the table, which Shi Yan had not expected.

Perhaps seeing Shi Yan's surprised look as she looked at the dining table, Liu Chuang also started to explain.

"The river thawed two days ago. Today we got off work early, so Chen Zhiqing suggested that we go to the river to see if we can catch any fish."

"This fish was caught by Chen Zhiqing using a dustpan, and the egg in the soup was also exchanged between Chen Zhiqing and his fellow villagers."

"Chen Zhiqing said that they had finally caught some fish and wanted to give everyone a treat, so let's just have something delicious today. You should eat more eggs and fish. They are good for you and can nourish your body."

Shi Yan nodded even harder to show that she understood.

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Several people at the educated youth site sat together eating a sumptuous dinner, and no one mentioned why Guan Yao was not there.

It was not until everyone had eaten and drunk their fill that Li Xue finally could not help but speak.

"Are you really not going to look for Guan Zhiqing? She didn't go to work this afternoon. It will be dark soon. It's too unsafe for her as a female comrade!"

Li Xue's words caused the atmosphere to freeze for a moment, and then it was Chen Qinghe who spoke up to break the deadlock:

"Everyone, pack up and go look for him in the village together. If you still haven't found him by dark, come back. Don't be stubborn. Then we will ask the captain to go look in the mountains."

No one objected to Chen Qinghe's words. After all, they were all educated youth in the past, and there was no way they could just ignore the possibility that Guan Yao might be in danger.

It was naturally impossible for Shi Yan to go with everyone, so she stayed alone at the educated youth point. However, Chen Qinghe had originally planned to pair everyone up in pairs except Shi Yan. Now that Shi Yan wanted to join, Chen Qinghe was worried about Shi Yan, so he asked her to pair up with him.

Others also choose to team up with people they are familiar with.

Chen Qinghe held a flashlight and walked one step in front of Shi Yan. He didn't walk too close to Shi Yan, but he could ensure that Shi Yan could see the road clearly when it got dark.

This is basically the time when most villagers have dinner. When you walk past every house, you can see smoke rising from the yard.

Shi Yan has been in the village for three years, so she is naturally more familiar with the situation in the village than Chen Qinghe. Moreover, she has accumulated a good reputation over the past three years, and the villagers all have a good impression of her.

Whenever she passed by a member's yard, members who knew Shi Yanran would greet her, and Shi Yanran would take this opportunity to ask them if they had seen Guan Yao today.

Guan Yao's appearance is very easy to recognize. She is dressed neatly every day and always has a flower on her head or at the end of her hair. To use the words of the village aunties, Guan Yao is the girl who dresses as if there is a funeral in her family.

Asking along the way really paid off. Someone saw Guan Yao going to the grove at the east end of the village in the evening.

The two got useful information, thanked the enthusiastic village aunt, and then hurried to the grove.

Before reaching the grove, Shi Yan heard some movement in the woods. She quickened her pace and her supernatural power spread along the ground towards the inside of the woods, quickly locking onto the source of the sound.

But what was surprising was that the people in the woods were not Guan Yao, but Li Xue, Zhang Mei and the village's famous idle lazy man.

At the moment, Li Xue and Zhang Mei were in very bad conditions. Zhang Mei seemed to have fainted and was lying on the ground with blood oozing from her forehead.

Li Xue was holding a stone that she had picked up from somewhere, and was confronting the lazy man with a stubborn look on her face.

Shi Yan and Chen Qinghe were still some distance away from where they were. Shi Yan couldn't get there in a short time, so she could only use her supernatural powers to set some hidden traps on the ground.

When Wang Mazi pounced on Li Xue, he tripped him with the vines hidden under the fallen leaves.

Then he carefully moved a stone to the place where Wang Mazi fell. Although it would not make Wang Mazi faint, it would temporarily stop his movements because of the pain.

"Chen Zhiqing, I heard crying in that direction. Let's go quickly. I'm afraid there's danger."

Shi Yan explained casually, then reached out and grabbed Chen Qinghe's sleeve, dragging him forward.

As the two got closer and closer to the people in the woods, Chen Qinghe finally heard a woman crying, and his expression became very serious.

After running for half a quarter of an hour, Shi Yan finally saw three people in the woods. She let go of Chen Qinghe's hand and quickly ran to Wang Mazi, who was about to pounce on Li Xue again, and kicked the man hard, knocking Wang Mazi to the ground.

Shi Yan felt a little unsatisfied just from this kick, because she had just remembered that this Wang Mazi was the one who wanted to take advantage of the heroine in the book, and in the end the heroine pulled the simple-minded Li Xue to protect her from the disaster.

Shi Yan had good reason to suspect that the current situation was most likely related to the heroine.

Thinking of this, Shi Yan was not satisfied and kicked Wang Mazi several more times, causing Wang Mazi to scream in pain.

However, Lady Shi Yan still knew her limits. After each kick, she would use her special powers to give Wang Mazi some simple treatment. She even asked Li Xue to come up and give him a few more kicks in the middle.

Li Xue was probably terrified and extremely angry, so she picked up a stone and smashed it on Wang Mazi's head. When blood splattered, she was so scared that she stopped.

"Shi Zhiqing, do you think I killed someone?"

"No, you didn't do that. It's just a superficial wound."

In fact, Li Xue's blow was quite heavy, but Shi Yan was quick and treated Wang Mazi first, so even if Wang Mazi fainted in excruciating pain, he would still be cured.

When Wang Mazi was sent to the captain's house by Chen Qinghe, the captain checked and found that the only minor injury on his body was a broken skin on his forehead. Even if Wang Mazi wanted to make trouble tomorrow, he would not be able to produce any evidence.