Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 182 Going into the Mountains, Enhancement of Special Ability

Chapter 182: Chapter 182 Going into the Mountains, Enhancement of Special Ability

Sun Baojun swung a fist and knocked the old man down right away. An elderly man couldn’t withstand his punch, and when he was taken to the hospital, they said his nasal bone was broken and two of his front teeth had been knocked out.

The small amount of compensation he was assigned was nowhere near enough to settle what happened today. By the time the Sun family received the news and rushed to the county town, the old man’s son was already forcing Sun Baojun to write an IOU.

In a burst of impulsiveness, Sun Baojun not only had to pay for the man’s hospital fees but also the cost of dental work, nutrition supplements during recovery, lost wages, and additional compensation. Certainly, one couldn’t just be beaten for nothing.

The family didn’t have enough money to cover all the costs, so Sun Baojun’s wife had to borrow some from her parents’ home before they could finally settle the matter.

But when Sun Baojun returned to the village, he was far from done. He started teaming up with his big brother, Sun Baowen, to create trouble for his second brother, Sun Baoqing. It was only then that the villagers learned that even Sun Baoqing’s job had been gained because of the accidental incident involving Stone’s mom, Sun Mei.

Following these developments, the Sun family’s reputation in Qingshan Village, and even Chaoyang Commune, was utterly ruined. It wasn’t just about finding wives anymore, even the Sun family’s daughters were shunned, as no one dared to tarnish their reputation by association.

The eldest branch of the family was the most anxious. Their daughter was already seventeen years old, and they felt as if her prospects had been compromised. They had no choice but to pull some strings with their relatives to marry her off to a distant place.

Luo Qiao didn’t care about their quarreling. There wasn’t much work in the fields these days, so the secretary granted everyone two days off. The main reason was that the team leader and the secretary had noticed that the members were just chatting and stalling for time in the fields, so they might as well let everyone have a couple of days to themselves.

Luo Qiao was delighted by this. She had been wanting to find an opportunity to venture deep into Daqing Mountain, and this was exactly what she wished for.

The next day, she cooked and ate breakfast early. After eating, Lu Yichen and Stone left, mainly because they did not want passersby to see them and start spreading unpleasant rumors.

So both Lu Yichen and Stone were particularly cautious about these things and had a lot of experience dealing with them.

A few days ago, Lu Yichen brought back quite a bit of fine grain. Yesterday, he also brought back a good amount of meat, so for breakfast, he made some potstickers, storing some in the space so there would be something to eat at noon as well.

Today Lu Yichen had work to do, so before Luo Qiao left, she took Stone’s lunch to him. It consisted of steamed rolls made with two kinds of flour from yesterday and this morning’s potstickers, along with some mung bean soup she’d prepared the day before.

She told Stone that she might not be back by noon and asked him to eat lunch there. She then filled the big pot with water, put the food in the steamer, and lit a small piece of firewood, ensuring the meal would still be warm by midday.

Going into the mountains was extremely soothing. Because of her Wood-Based Special Ability, she felt a natural affinity for the plants. Over the past half year, Luo Qiao had trained to the point where she could take on ten opponents at once.

That was why she dared to venture deeper into the mountains. The further she went, the more relaxed she felt, as though every pore in her body were opening. She sat down under a large camphor tree.

Without the apocalypse crystals, Luo Qiao had to try absorbing the essences of the plants to enhance her Special Ability. Perhaps plant essences, being purely natural, were absorbed better than when cultivating with crystals in the apocalypse.

When she finished her cultivation, the energy she’d inadvertently released nourished the surrounding vegetation, making everything look even more lush and luxurious. She could feel that the Special Ability within her had grown stronger than before.

It seemed that she needed to visit the deep mountains more often. Just relying on speeding up the growth of fruits and vegetables wasn’t going to advance her Special Ability much in this lifetime. However, she wasn’t sure how far she could get by absorbing the essence of plants.