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4. In Chapter 4, a snake was caught.
Chapter 4: Catching a Snake.
The original owner of this body didn't have time to grieve; she was forcibly taken to a train to the countryside. After crying for two days, she discovered that the place she was being sent to was the same place where her childhood sweetheart, Luo Yecheng
, was being sent. She composed herself and saw Luo Yecheng as her last hope.
However, all her previous efforts were in vain. After learning about her situation, Luo Yecheng denied anything between them, only saying he had always treated her like a younger sister. He
also told her a devastating piece of news: he was dating Jiang Xiaowan, the village secretary's daughter, and they were even about to get married!
No one else knew about the complicated relationship between the original owner and Luo Yecheng; they only saw the original owner chasing after him, and behind her back, they often said things like she was shameless and lacked self-respect.
Actually, the original Song Wei knew all this, after all, Liu Linlin had often mocked Song Wei in front of others.
Song Wei could only hide in her room and cry, filled with despair.
Then, she encountered Jiang Xiaowan by the river and had a conflict; she accidentally fell into the water.
During the journey to the hospital, the original owner's soul dissipated due to a total lack of desire to survive. After that, she somehow crossed through time and space to this place, becoming the Song Wei here.
However, to her, this life was something she cherished deeply. She felt no guilt toward the original owner; after all, it was the original owner who had given up on life first, not like she had pushed her out.
The romantic entanglements between the original owner and Luo Yecheng had even less to do with her. If she had the time to fall in love, she would rather go into the mountains to gather and hoard plenty of mountain goods.
Song Wei still had over a hundred yuan in her hands. It wasn't a massive amount, but it wasn't a small sum either.
The reason she had those ration coupons and some savings in her possession was all thanks to her brother, who was serving in the military.
Every month, her brother would send her 15 yuan along with various coupons.
It wasn't that her stepmother hadn't coveted them. At the beginning, all that money and those coupons had fallen into the stepmother's hands. But once, when her brother came home on leave and found out about the situation, he directly gave their precious son a brutal beating right in front of that couple's faces.
After that, her stepmother dared not take the money and tickets he sent, but she still managed to get some living expenses from her, otherwise there wouldn't be any food for her at home.
Now, the original owner only had about a hundred yuan and a few loose tickets left.
This amount was manageable for now, but her family definitely wouldn't send her any more money. She wasn't the original owner; she wouldn't feel comfortable letting her brother in the army send money.
So she had to find a way to earn money, but in this era, all commercial operations were state-owned, and privately engaging in business would easily get her labeled as a capitalist and speculator. Going into business
was out of the question now, but she could try trading on the black market. With everything in short supply, she could utilize the resources in the mountains, as long as she didn't get caught.
She found a place to hide the money and tickets before leaving the educated youth settlement.
After a nap, her head didn't hurt so much anymore.
Looking at the rolling green mountains of the village, she couldn't sit still. Grabbing a basket and a wood-chopping knife, she eagerly ran up the mountain.
Dear mountains, here I come!
The sun was normal, with no radiation; the plants were normal, without any mutations.
Who could understand her trembling hands and excited heart at that moment?
Standing at the foot of the mountain, Song Wei wanted to scream.
She squatted down, plucked a handful of tender grass leaves, and stuffed them into her mouth. Feeling the slightly bitter taste of the grass, her heart finally calmed down.
This scene was witnessed by a skinny little boy.
The boy, barefoot, stood on a tree, staring blankly at Song Wei.
Song Wei, without changing her expression, swallowed the grass leaves and looked back at the boy.
The two stared at each other.
Then, a hint of wariness appeared in the rather pretty eyes of the skinny, dark-skinned boy on the tree.
Song Wei, chewing her food, looked towards the tree where he was standing.
Oh, it looks edible.
"Mine!"
The ugly boy bared his teeth, feigning ferocity, but he actually looked more like a frightened wolf cub trying to protect its prey, clearly terrified yet still baring his small teeth in an attempt to scare people away.
The tree he was standing on was a walnut tree, and the child had some walnuts wrapped inside his tattered, dirty clothes.
Song Wei also wanted some; in her past life, she would have snatched a few walnuts even from a child.
But now, there were plenty of things to eat in these mountains, and there was no need to fight with a child.
"Fine, these are yours,"
Song Wei said, carrying her basket on her back, and walked deeper into the mountains under the child's wary gaze.
The child in the tree seemed conflicted, but after a while, he finally spoke up to warn her,
"There are wild beasts in the mountains, it's dangerous."
He then darted up the tree, seemingly trying to hide it from Song Wei.
Song Wei smiled and said, "I know."
But she was determined to go into the mountains.
She had gone to the countryside right after the busy harvest season.
This had its advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage was that she wouldn't have to go through the transition period and directly experience the daily struggles of the harvest.
Otherwise, the original owner might not have fallen into the river and ended up in the hospital, but rather suffered heatstroke or been overworked and hospitalized.
The disadvantage was that she wouldn't have any work points upon arriving in the countryside, and winter came early in Northeast China; it was uncertain whether her meager food supply would last through the winter. She
might not be able to exchange it for enough food in the production brigade, so Song Wei decided to go to the mountains.
Wild animals roamed the deep mountains, and many villagers dared not venture in, which was perfect for Song Wei.
She was lucky enough to find a clump of wood ear mushrooms as soon as she entered.
The entire tree trunk was covered in thick, black wood ear mushrooms.
Song Wei's eyes lit up instantly. She put her basket aside and quickly began picking the mushrooms.
The unique aroma of the wood ear
mushrooms filled her basket to a third.
Continuing on, after walking for about five minutes, she encountered another type of edible wild fruit.
It was called "round jujube" here, but it was actually a wild kiwi, about the size of a jujube and green.
It was ripe for this season. The round jujube was a vine that climbed a large tree, and many of the fruits grew quite high.
The fruit smelled very fragrant, and Song Wei picked one and ate it, her hands never stopping.
She picked all the ones she could reach, her mouth stuffed full, her dark eyes shining with pure happiness.
Then she nimbly climbed the tree.
The tree was very tall, but she darted up like a monkey. Unable
to carry the basket up, she stuffed the picked round jujubes into her clothes.
Her mouth didn't stop either; when she couldn't carry any more, Song Wei prepared to climb down and put them away before coming back up.
However, an unexpected incident occurred.
A large snake, as thick as an arm, hung silently behind her on a branch. As it opened its mouth to attack, Song Wei tilted her neck, and her free right hand precisely grabbed the snake's head.
Her slender hand, with its fair skin and clearly visible dark blue veins, exerted force instantly, the veins on the back of her hand clearly visible. The snake's head was ripped off and slammed against the tree trunk.
With a loud crash, the snake's head was almost flattened.
The snake was killed instantly, but its body continued to writhe.
"Not bad, it should weigh almost three pounds."
Song Wei lifted the snake and gave it a shake; in her eyes, it was all meat.
After climbing down the tree, she gathered some leaves and laid a layer on top of the wood ear mushrooms, then coiled the snake twice and stuffed it inside. She then covered the snake with another layer of leaves before placing the jujubes inside.
Afterward, she found some more mushrooms, including four monkey head mushrooms.
The basket was bulging, and Song Wei then piled a large bundle of firewood on top, making her appear even smaller.
The frail-looking girl seemed ready to collapse under its weight at any moment.
Yet, she carried it with ease. Not only that, but she also picked up a dead tree branch thicker than a grown man's leg, tucked it under her arm, and ran downhill.
She walked with incredible speed, showing no sign of having just been discharged from the hospital and being physically weak.