Chapter 57 The Rumors Finally Came to Fruition

Since there was no one around at the moment, the two of them came directly to the reed marsh with baskets and sickles on their backs.

This place had become a place where they could improve their lives on weekdays. Of course, the educated youth would often see them coming to the reed marsh, but most of the time no one would think what they were doing here.

On the one hand, the educated youth would be exhausted after working during the day, and secondly, they didn’t see Xia Zhi and his team taking anything useful back.

Thirdly, of course, they were more afraid of encountering wolves here.

They went around Xi’an twice, and indeed found three nests of duck eggs.

They hadn’t had the opportunity to raise chickens and pigs yet, so for the time being they could only rely on these wild duck eggs to supplement their nutrition.

However, this time, although there were three nests of wild duck eggs, there were only six eggs in total.

It can be seen that as the weather got colder, even ducks were not willing to build nests here.

The two looked for a long time and couldn’t find anything else. When they were about to leave, they heard Liu Zhiyan screaming.

The sharp sound almost pierced Xia Zhi’s eardrums.

Xia Zhi was so scared that he clenched his sickle and rushed to Liu Zhiyan, thinking that Liu Zhiyan was attacked.

When he rushed to her, he found that there was a crab hanging on Liu Zhiyan's finger, and the crab's claws were tightly clamped on her finger.

Her face was pale with pain.

Xia Zhi asked Liu Zhiyan to put her hand on the ground.

He knocked on the crab's claws, and sure enough, the crab let go of Liu Zhiyan's finger. When it was about to turn its head and crawl away, Xia Zhi was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He grabbed the shell and threw it directly into the backpack behind him and covered the lid of the backpack.

"What are you doing? This thing pinches people."

"Silly girl, this is a crab. This thing is a good thing. If it weren't for you being pinched, I wouldn't know there were crabs here."

It's no wonder that Xia Zhi didn't know that there was Panjin rice and Panjin crabs here in the future, but those became famous only after large-scale cultivation.

Now who would raise crabs when they are poor and penniless?

But I didn't expect that there were already wild crabs here.

"Are you going to eat this? The shell is so hard, there must be no meat."

Liu Zhiyan has seen it before, but few northerners can eat fresh crabs.

Most dead crabs can't be transported to the north.

There are almost no farmed crabs now.

Purely natural ones can't supply such a large market.

"Okay, don't worry about it. Use your 1.5 eyes to observe the surroundings. Let's find crabs. I'll go back and make you a spicy crab. I guarantee you'll lick your fingers."

Liu Zhiyan didn't say anything after hearing this. Anyway, she knew Xia Zhi wouldn't lie to her and said that this thing was delicious. It must be delicious.

The two worked for a long time.

They found about twenty crabs, not to mention that these crabs were plump.

But they probably had killed all the crabs. Anyway, they never found a crab again.

Even if there were, there would definitely be none in front of them.

The two walked back happily with their backpacks.

When they went back, it was already dark, and the educated youth who had finished their work had already returned.

They saw Xia Zhi and Liu Zhiyan walking back.

Many people stared at Xia Zhi, and most of the meaning in their eyes was ill-intentioned.

Everyone knew that Xia Zhi and Captain Zhou had been out for two days and two nights and had not returned.

Fang Xiaoya and Li Jinhui hurried forward.

"Xia Zhi, you are finally back, we were all worried to death."

"It's good to be back. As long as you are okay."

Various rumors were flying around in the past two days, and the two were also worried.

In their minds, Xia Zhi was a capable, cheerful and enthusiastic girl.

If something really happened to such a girl, it would inevitably make people feel sorry.

More importantly, Xia Zhi had helped them before.

"It's okay, don't worry, nothing happened, you see I am not in good shape."

Xia Zhi also appreciated the kindness of others.

As soon as he turned his head, someone rushed over and tightly held Xia Zhi's arm.

"Xiao Xia, you are finally back. Don't you know that the sisters-in-law and aunties at work have asked about your whereabouts these two days?

And I couldn't eat well when you were away. Don't you know that Liu Zhiyan's cooking is particularly bad?

Xiao Xia, I saved a lot of delicious food for you. Auntie gave me two corns and I saved them for you."

Liu Qianjin hugged Xia Zhi's arm like a child.

Fearing that Xia Zhi would run away.

"Okay, okay, bring the corns you saved for me. We will cook dinner later. We will have delicious food tonight. Go back and prepare to come over for dinner."

Seeing that Liu Qianjin was not injured and looked energetic, Xia Zhi was relieved. He was afraid that Liu Qianjin would be bullied when he was not there.

When Liu Qianjin heard this, he turned around and ran to the dugout.

"Xia Zhi, I'm glad you're okay."

When Zhao Hong and the three female educated youth saw Xia Zhi at this time, they said something human.

Last time, Xia Zhi and Captain Zhou were left there because they saved them. When they heard that something happened to Xia Zhi and Captain Zhou, the four of them felt very guilty. They didn't expect that just because they ran away from home, they would cause such a big trouble.

And if Xia Zhi hadn't brought Captain Zhou and the others to the scene, they might not be able to hold their heads up in their lives even if they survived.

Captain Zhou sent people to keep this matter a secret, and no one knew what happened when they ran away from home. People only knew that they almost died.

The four people kept their mouths shut, and it was impossible for them to tell others about this kind of thing.

That's why they were more worried about Xia Zhi and Captain Zhou.

"I'm fine."

Xia Zhi responded lightly, as long as the four female educated youths don't make trouble again, it's fine.

This time it's really a blessing.

"What's your attitude? You and Captain Zhou were alone outside for two days and two nights, who knows what happened.

Our Zhao Hong asked you kindly, but you were cold and icy.

You really think you are a fairy. Everyone knows that you are almost like a slut now."

Liu Haidong, who used to be the most active, didn't jump out, but Feng Xizhu jumped out instead.

"Feng Xizhu, what did you say?"

Xia Zhi knew that what happened between her and Captain Zhou would definitely be criticized, and she had thought about facing rumors, but this was the first time that someone pointed at her nose and called her a slut.

She couldn't stand this.

Even in her previous life, she had never been insulted like this in person.

Xia Zhi was ready to fight Feng Xizhu directly.

"What did I say?

Don't you understand what I said?

You are a slut now, and you still have the nerve to be with so many educated youth like us.

I tell you, if you have any shame, you should just find a place to get out, and don't be a rat shit here, ruining our pot of porridge."