Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space

So many people are all hoping to get out of here as soon as possible; she used to think the same way, but now that feeling really isn’t there anymore.

Even in the city, you wouldn’t get days like this, would you? Spring planting is easy, and you can still get quite a bit of money.

She’d heard that the distillery was about to start up too. She had two liquor recipes in her hands and had been thinking all along about whether she should hand them over.

Just for Village Chief Li’s sake, she knew she definitely wouldn’t get shortchanged. But she really couldn’t bear to part with them either; they’d been handed down in her family.

As she was thinking, she looked up at Lv Beiguang, who was talking with Li Yungui.

This must be Mr. Lv’s dad, right? He really was something else. Now this was what you called a handsome man.

"Village Chief Li."

"Yang. What is it?" The whole village was on holiday today; you could tell at a glance that Yang was waiting for him.

"Village Chief Li, I have some family liquor recipes."

Li Yungui and Lv Beiguang were both taken aback. Lv Beiguang, who had an eye for this, knew all the recipes at the distillery and all the brewing techniques. At first he really hadn’t cared much about recipes, but he had a particular kind of persistence when it came to brewing; as soon as he heard it was an ancestral recipe, his heart stirred at once.

He was already good-looking to begin with, and now, staring at Yang Xiuqin with that fiery, persistent gaze, he made her heart—one that had never been moved before—thump wildly out of control.

This man was too charming; it was really hard to bear. She knew what she looked like, not even counting as plain, and she was very self-aware, so she had never once let herself go and allowed herself to like someone.

But then what was with this heart of hers pounding now?

"Yang, what exactly do you mean?"

Li Yungui asked this female educated youth who was blushing and dazed. This in-law of his was indeed a rarely seen handsome man; see, even this educated youth had been drawn in by him.

Yang Xiuqin raised her head and glanced at Lv Beiguang, who was still looking at her with that eager gaze. "Village Chief Li, I’d like to offer up these two recipes. I do know how to brew liquor, but right now I don’t have the chance to, so keeping them in my hands is a waste.

But I hope the liquor can still be called by its old name. If you count back five generations in my family, we made our living by brewing.

By my grandfather’s generation, that original trade had already been abandoned."

"How about this, Yang, you wait to hear from us. We need to discuss this. Don’t worry, we absolutely won’t shortchange you."

Lv Beiguang nodded beside him as well. Other people might just think this recipe was precious, but in the eyes of someone who understood brewing, this was not a simple matter of monetary value.

"Alright, you can come to me anytime, and I’ll give you the recipes." Yang Xiuqin didn’t refuse the compensation Li Yungui mentioned.

She went back alone to the educated youth spot. It was a holiday today. Everyone else had gone together to the commune’s supply and marketing cooperative; after all, it had been more than a month since they’d gone out, and they were running low on daily necessities.

Yang Xiuqin had refused from the start; she wasn’t short of anything right now. She still had enough, so she was the only one at the educated youth spot.

Lying on the kang, she replayed that scene from just now.

She knew her heart had been moved; she had fallen for Lv Beiguang.

She knew both his children were already grown, and he himself wasn’t young anymore—he should be around forty.

She was twenty-four this year, more than ten years younger than him.

But that wasn’t even the main point; the main point was his looks were right there for all to see. Her own circumstances were there too. With her self-awareness, she knew she wasn’t worthy of him. Aside from being a bit younger, she had nothing.

But it was impossible for her to find out anything about Lv Beiguang either. He had arrived here even later than she had; who could she ask?

Yang Xiuqin gave a bitter little smile; clearly, she was destined never to have this chance.

Her heart felt extremely bitter. She kept telling herself to guard her heart, but in the end, she still hadn’t managed to.

Well, with a man like that, who wouldn’t be moved?

Li Yungui and Lv Beiguang went back to the Wei Family.

"Xiao Wei, if we really do take this recipe, how should we compensate Yang?"

Wei Kaiyun didn’t know the recipe, but as soon as he heard it was an ancestral secret, he knew it had to be very valuable.

"Beiguang, what do you think?"

"I think we should first ask that educated youth what conditions she has. But I feel sure it’ll be worth it.

It’s only because I have a good relationship with our brewing master that I know a few recipes. Those things are absolutely not passed out. Even if you see the main ingredient list, the core formula would never be shown to outsiders."

"In-law, does that mean we agree to whatever conditions she asks for?"

"I think it should be like that, as long as it’s within what we can manage."

Li Yungui nodded. "I understand what you mean, in-law. Xiao Wei, how about the three of us go ask her?"

It would be a bit awkward to go alone, especially since he knew there was only this one Yang at the educated youth spot.

Wei Kaiyun nodded with a smile; he was really just going along to make up the numbers.

"Beiguang, do you think there’ll be minor recipes too?"

"Mm, with this kind of ancestral recipe, there usually are."

"Do you want to first take a look at how valuable it is?" Li Yungui also asked his in-law.

"I’m afraid she might not trust me." Of course Lv Beiguang wanted to have a look.

"In-law, you’re overthinking it. She was planning to offer it up in the first place."

"Alright then, I’ll definitely have a look."

Wei Kaiyun felt that ever since Lv Beiguang had come here, he’d changed a lot; he wasn’t the same as before. Now he was full of passion and looked much more alive.

The three of them went to the educated youth spot, and Yang Xiuqin invited them inside to sit. Of course, they sat directly in the main room, and the courtyard gate was left wide open.

"Yang, we came to hear what conditions you have."

Yang Xiuqin froze for a moment. "Village Chief Li, I don’t really know."

"Yang, how about we figure out a way to get you sent back?" Wei Kaiyun thought that would be more tempting.

Yang Xiuqin smiled. "It doesn’t matter whether I go back or not. There’s only me left in my family; it’s the same wherever I am. Life in our village is so good; it’s much more comfortable than outside."

"Then, Yang, think about what you’d like."

"You three wait a moment; I’ll go get the recipes and let Mr. Lv have a look."

The three of them glanced at each other, all silently impressed at how straightforward Yang was in handling things.

But they were all uneasy as well. Since she didn’t want to go back anymore, what on earth should they give her? That made it very tricky.

Yang Xiuqin took out a cloth bag that looked to be made of leather. They watched as she took out two pieces of leather from inside; they weren’t paper at all.

Yang Xiuqin handed them straight to Lv Beiguang. "Mr. Lv, have a look. Both the main and minor recipes are here. I also have my brewing notes."

Lv Beiguang accepted the recipes with great care and couldn’t wait to start reading.

The others all watched Lv Beiguang. Seeing the delight on his face, Wei Kaiyun knew the value of this recipe had to be extremely high.

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