In the afternoon, Shen Niantang went alone to the small barren plot behind the military camp. Gu Tingchuan had already cleared away the rubble and all sorts of debris from the area at some point. Shen Niantang took out the medicinal herb seeds she had brought from the dormitory, neatly sectioned off the plots, and began sowing.
Shen Niantang bent over, carefully burying the seeds one by one into the loose soil. Sweat trickled down her cheeks, dripping into the earth. Her fingertips were covered in dirt, and fine grains of sand were embedded beneath her fingernails.
"Finally finished..."
Chapter 36