Chapter 150 Material Preparation

Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng were not familiar with this area and couldn't even speak the language, so they invited Li Ying and a few steady Guzhu people to accompany them.

Most people in their tribe go to town only a few times in their lives. After all, who would go if there is nothing to do?

When everyone heard that they were going to the town, they were very happy. Li Ying was the same. She dressed up specially, put on a clean new dress embroidered with flowers, combed her hair carefully, chose an embroidered headscarf, put on a pair of unique silver earrings, and pinned two small flowers of unknown origin on her temples. She looked bright and pretty.

We went out early in the morning. It was cool in the morning. When we arrived in town, it was just around nine o'clock and the sun was not high in the sky yet.

But perhaps because I was in a hurry, I already felt very hot.

The seven hungry people found a noodle stall and sat down. Each of them ate a big bowl of rice noodles with rich toppings such as fried peanuts, fried sesame seeds, chopped green onions, shredded meat, pickled cabbage, etc., plus a spoonful of meat bone soup, which was extremely delicious.

Zhao Liya saw that it seemed that they didn’t have enough, and Zhou Hansheng had a big appetite, so she asked for another portion for each of them.

She herself was enough.

Li Ying and the others felt a little embarrassed, "This cost Sister Xiaoya a lot of money again."

Zhao Liya smiled and said, "You are helping us work. How can we make people work without eating? Just eat and eat well. If it's not enough, ask for another bowl!"

Everyone was polite and happy in their hearts. I don't know how many times they praised them, saying "What kind people they are!"

The shop owner was also very happy. He didn't expect to get so lucky so early in the morning and sold more than ten bowls at once.

After eating and drinking, everyone was full of energy. "Let's go and get to work! Sister Xiaoya, Brother Zhou, if you have any questions, just tell us. Don't be polite!" "Yes, yes, we may not have other things, but we have plenty of strength." "We can't eat Sister Xiaoya's rice noodles for nothing!"

"Exactly!"

Everyone agreed.

Zhao Liya was at a loss for words and agreed politely.

She quietly smiled and sighed to Zhou Hansheng, "Sister Liying and the others are so polite and simple-minded. It's just that—I even feel a little guilty!"

Zhou Hansheng couldn't help but laugh and consoled her, saying, "We're just lucky. The people we've met are all kind and honest." He smiled again and said, "You're being too polite and honest. At worst, we can just buy them some more gifts."

He didn't tell her that these tribesmen were really nice, but if you were unlucky and met a difficult one, then they would be really difficult and there was no reasoning with them at all!

Just one word, axis.

Two words: extreme.

It depends on the direction of the axis and the extremes.

Zhao Liya couldn't help but smile when she heard him say that, and nodded: "Well, buy them some more rice and two pounds of meat!"

Zhao Liya and her team were purchasing in large quantities, so they rented four donkey carts in total.

Although Li Ying and others were driving a donkey cart for the first time, they were all familiar with driving an ox cart.

Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng took them to the largest rice shop in town.

They said they wanted to buy 1,800 kilograms of rice, and would come back every four days to buy 1,800 kilograms each time. When they no longer needed it, they would tell them in advance and ask if they could supply it in their store.

This was a big deal. The shopkeeper was very happy and personally received the customer and made the decision on the spot.

Their rice store can afford to supply this quantity.

After the two sides agreed on the price, the guys immediately loaded bags of rice onto the donkey carts and divided them into three carts.

Zhao Liya bought more than 200 kilograms of rice and loaded them into another car. Then the group went to buy various seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc.

A lot of miscellaneous items were bought, and the other donkey cart was filled to the brim.

After buying the things, seeing that it was still quite early, Zhao Liya smiled and said, "Brother Zhou and I will be guarding the donkey cart. You guys go for a walk and come back after a while. Don't worry, we'll still be back in time."

After finally coming to the town, Li Ying and the others couldn't keep their eyes open since they entered the town. They looked around unconsciously, eager to try and seemed very interested.

Zhao Liya could understand this feeling. Since they were already here, it would be embarrassing not to let others take a look around.

Li Ying and the others really seemed to want to go, and after confirming that it would not waste time, they went happily.

Zhou Hansheng smiled at her and said, "Do you want to go for a walk too? I can wait here by myself."

Zhao Liya shook her head and smiled: "We will be here for quite a while, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Li Ying and the others are different, they don’t often have free time.

Zhou Hansheng said: "That's right, I'll go shopping with you next time."

"Um!"

Although Li Ying and the others were strolling around, they still knew that business was more important, so they came back after only half an hour.

She also brought back some delicious coconut cakes for Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng. "Our coconut cakes are so fragrant and delicious!"

Zhao Liya tasted it and it was full of coconut flavor and a sweet taste. "Hmm, it's really delicious!"

"Right!" Everyone was happy to see that she liked it.

There was a rice noodle stall nearby, so we had another meal there before returning.

The next morning, someone from the tribe will return the donkey cart and take back the deposit.

Zhao Liya asked Li Ying and the others to divide the more than 200 kilograms of rice and several pieces of meat bought from the market among those who went to help. Each person could get about 30 kilograms of rice and 3 or 4 kilograms of pork.

Now everyone felt even more embarrassed, saying that Xiaoya and Zhou were too polite! They didn't help much, and they even took the opportunity to go shopping in town. In any case, they were the ones who benefited.

So everyone rushed to invite the two of them to their homes for dinner.

In the end, neither of them could snatch the cake from Li Ying, who happily pulled them away. "Of course, you should go to our house! We'll kill a chicken and stew it with coconut tonight. It's delicious!"

Coconut chicken! Zhao Liya was really craving it! Her eyes lit up.

The next day, various supplies were transported into the mountains by boat.

Because they were going against the current, it would be more troublesome. Lizhu specially selected thirty or forty strong men to follow the boat. When they encountered a place with fast current, they could use hemp ropes to pull the boat in front and push it from the back.

Li Zhu patted his chest and guaranteed that all supplies would be delivered safely, and then he stayed in the mountains to help build a simple shelter and would not come back.

Zhao Liya and Zhou Hansheng nodded in agreement.

They will wait for the fleet to arrive and then go over.

Zhaonan and Zhongming were also very quick and arrived the next day. They hired a car to bring saws, axes, hatchets, hemp ropes, etc., as well as gauze, external injury medicine, mosquito, snake and ant medicine, etc. that had been prepared long ago.

Obviously, everyone will be staying in the mountains for quite a long time.

(End of this chapter)