The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 287 - 267: Shock, Concealment, Catching Fish (1880-1900+) _2

Chapter 287: Chapter 267: Shock, Concealment, Catching Fish (1880-1900+) _2

Huo Yingjie also smiled. With Xiao Xuanxuan, he would no longer have to be passive in many things and could take the initiative to strike.

"Awesome, Xiao Xuanxuan," Huo Yingjie said with a smile, "By the way, why are you called Xuanxuan?"

Little Rotating Turtle scratched its head in confusion and said, "My original form is a Rotating Turtle. The master saved me and named me Xiao Xuanxuan."

Huo Yingjie shuddered; he couldn’t stand such a mushy name and said, "Let’s not use the name Xiao Xuanxuan for now. Let’s go back to your original name, Little Rotating Turtle, how about that?"

"Okay, okay!" Little Rotating Turtle danced with its hands and feet. In fact, it didn’t care what it was called; the key was being with its master.

Putting aside the startling fact that Little Rotating Turtle could talk, it was quite cute otherwise.

Huo Yingjie pointed at Zhang Aijun and Li Yunzhong and signaled for Little Rotating Turtle to release them.

"Okay, okay," Little Rotating Turtle said, and after a few swipes in the air with its paws, the two men were released.

Huo Yingjie carefully observed Zhang Aijun and Li Yunzhong.

"Yunzhong, your cooking skills were really good today," said Zhang Aijun, "I’ve never tasted such delicious rabbit meat before."

"Haha, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Tomorrow I’ll go to the river and catch some fish," said Li Yunzhong, "I’ll cook fish for you."

"Sure, we’ll do it together," Zhang Aijun laughed. Coming here under the pretense of a mission was practically a vacation with Huo Yingjie, "By the way, Comrade Huo, do you like fish? If you do, we’ll catch more."

Huo Yingjie smiled and said, "I like West Lake Vinegar Fish; I know how to make it too."

"Then I’ll catch more," said Li Yunzhong with a smile, "In this village, there shouldn’t be any hostile forces. This mission is just a vacation."

Zhang Aijun slapped Li Yunzhong on the back of his head, "Even if it’s true, you can’t just say it out loud."

"It’s fine, we’re all friends here," Huo Yingjie said with a smile, "This place is just an honest rural village, not one of those chaotic borders. I’m here on vacation, and you can consider yourselves on vacation as well."

As for those hostile forces seeking his information, they wouldn’t find it for a while since he had grown too quickly, and no one would expect someone under twenty to achieve so much.

Meanwhile, his grandfather in Yanjing was probably keeping his profile low, so he was safe for this year.

As for the future, that was uncertain.

Huo Yingjie was easygoing, and Zhang Aijun and Li Yunzhong appreciated his character.

In the middle of the night, Huo Yingjie was chatting with Little Rotating Turtle through telepathy.

When Huo Yingjie fell asleep, Little Rotating Turtle began to cultivate. Absorbing Divine Power from Huo Yingjie’s body was twice as effective as usual, which delighted the turtle. Perhaps one day it could transform into human form and stand alongside its master without hiding.

Huo Yingjie woke up in the morning feeling refreshed.

This puzzled him; he had chatted with Little Rotating Turtle until two in the morning and now woke up at five thirty with no sleepiness at all. Instead, a surge of energy was pulsing through his body.

It was like he had taken a Complement Pill.

But that wasn’t quite right either.

How could he put it?

Huo Yingjie had trouble describing how he felt, but he was sure that a tremendous strength was contained within his body, an endless vigor.

When Huo Yingjie went up the mountain to work with He Tiantian today, he was even more efficient than yesterday.

"Brother Yingjie, aren’t your arms and legs sore from working yesterday?" He Tiantian asked in surprise. She had also taken several days to adjust when she first started working.

Huo Yingjie found it strange that his arms and legs, sore the night before, now felt completely fine.

"Hehe, it’s okay, you get used to it," said Huo Yingjie, "I’ll help you for a while. Once the task is done, we can go fishing together."

"Sure!" He Tiantian said with a smile. She liked catching fish as much as she liked eating them.

By ten o’clock, He Tiantian said to Aunt Liu, "Aunt Liu, I’ve cut a lot of grass; I’m going to take it down now."

"Go ahead, off you go," Aunt Liu laughed happily. Having four people working and only paying one person’s salary was a great deal.

Even if He Tiantian wanted to leave early, that was fine. After all, her partner was there; she couldn’t just keep working all the time.

"Thank you, Aunt Liu," said He Tiantian gratefully. The group descended the mountain, submitted all of today’s harvested grass, borrowed the fishing net from there, and went to catch fish by the creek at Dark River.