A month later, Feng Yuanzhen began working at the County Grain Bureau, a position Yuanchun had purchased for her for five hundred yuan.
Yuanchun did not have a job, nor did she return to the village. With her and Gu Zhishu’s wedding set for the Mid-Autumn Festival, she used the excuse of preparing her dowry to stay in the county town, where she spent every day trekking into the large mountains on its outskirts.
In just one month, she had practically cleared the mountains of all their large game. Her pockets were stuffed with money and ration coupons.
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