Chapter 100 Conflict Breaks Out

There's no need to dig hard, just pick it up!

Miao Jinfeng excitedly patted Lu Xuan's shoulder and praised loudly, "Well done! You saved us a lot of effort! You have a sharp mind, no wonder the immortal took a fancy to you!"

Then he couldn't wait to call out to the collection team, "Hurry up, everyone, get moving and pick up the sweet potatoes!"

"Let's pick sweet potatoes!" The women immediately rushed to the valley.

Lu Xuan released the vampire vines to block the entrance to the valley as a deterrent, and the hunting team helped pick up the sweet potatoes without being on guard.

It took a full hour to pick up the items.

Hundreds of bamboo baskets filled with sweet potatoes were placed in a specially cleared space. Next to them were large plastic boxes provided by Lu Xuan after many bamboo baskets were used up, which were also filled with sweet potatoes.

Everyone took some time to roughly count the total output and found that it was far more than previously estimated!

The area where sweet potatoes grow is nearly fifteen acres, and the average weight reaches more than six hundred kilograms!

In other words, they only spent one hour to obtain nearly 10,000 kilograms of wild sweet potatoes!

"This is too much! Could it be a miscalculation?" The villagers who followed were shaking with excitement.

Before leaving, Lu Xuan said that he didn't want any extra sweet potatoes from this batch, and that they could be distributed equally to every household in the village. In other words, each of the more than 40 households could get more than 200 kilograms!

"How can it be more? Didn't Lu Xuan say long ago that the sweet potato yield is as high as 1,000 kilograms? This is only 600 kilograms per mu, which is already considered low!"

"Well, before, I couldn't believe there could be such a high-yield crop, but now I completely believe it."

"If Lu Xuan had helped to stimulate growth from the moment the seeds were planted, and we had worked harder to water and fertilize them, the yield could have increased by at least 50%!"

"I never thought we'd harvest so many sweet potatoes before we even harvested the crops in the fields. It feels like a dream."

"Sweet potatoes are truly magical! With them, even in a disaster year, we don't have to worry about starving to death!"

Not only were the villagers excited, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was also very warm.

Even though I didn't get any sweet potatoes, I was still so excited to see their good harvest!!!

【Wood-type abilities are indeed amazing! 】

[Speaking of which, wouldn't it be much better for the streamer to collect all the sweet potatoes himself? Why share them with the villagers? It feels like a loss.]

Isn't that a bit too narrow-minded? The host has so many goodies, and the villagers want to exchange them for so many things. In the end, won't all these things end up in the host's hands?

[Besides, the original sweet potato probably doesn't taste very good. The streamer has already cultivated mutant sweet potatoes with a better taste. Why would he still be interested in these original varieties?]

[Instead of being greedy and insisting on taking everything for yourself, it's better to increase the villagers' rations. At least the villagers won't find it unpalatable.]

After the sweet potatoes were harvested, it was completely dark. Lu Xuan took out the single safe house and several family tents as their residence for the night.

The single safe house was a bit small, so it was reserved for the female family members. A few more large beds were bought from the mall and placed in the living room for them to squeeze in. The men of the hunting team made do in the tents.

Because traveling and digging sweet potatoes took up a lot of energy, dinner was relatively simple, mostly food prepared in advance yesterday.

In addition, everyone was curious about the taste of sweet potatoes, so they simply took some and roasted them.

result……

After Lu Xuan's promotion, the bitterness and astringency were gone, but at the same time, there was not much sweetness. It tasted bland, with a thick skin and obvious fiber, and a dry taste.

In short, it doesn’t taste good.

[Pfft, who said the villagers wouldn't find the sweet potatoes unpalatable? Looking at their subtle expressions, they clearly dislike them.]

[It's obvious that the villagers have been living too comfortably with Lu Xuan, and their greed has become a problem.]

[I have a picky mouth, and this sweet potato is really unpalatable!]

[After trying other delicacies, eating this is really like chewing wax. Pah, pah, pah, I won't eat it. I can suffer other things while watching the ancient live broadcast, but I absolutely cannot suffer my own mouth! ]

The villagers were not as picky as the audience. Although the sweet potatoes were not tasty, they still ate all of them without leaving a single one.

But the joy of the harvest eventually faded.

I thought to myself, unless the family is completely out of food, I should keep these sweet potatoes for emergency use.

Lu Xuan had anticipated their reaction and took the initiative to say, "Don't worry about the taste. When we get back, make these sweet potatoes into vermicelli noodles. They will taste much better and can be stored longer."

Everyone regained their spirits.

Lu Qing asked, "Sweet potato vermicelli? What is that? How do you make it? What dishes can it be made into?"

Others also pricked up their ears.

Lu Xuan briefly told them how to make sweet potato vermicelli and how to eat it.

After listening to Lu Xuan talk about several kinds of delicious food that made people drool just by hearing about them, the villagers' enthusiasm, which had suddenly dropped, was rekindled. They couldn't wait to go back and make some vermicelli to try.

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The next day, the sweet potato picking team set out on their way back before dawn. On the way, they were excited about getting the vermicelli back as soon as possible.

But when they arrived in the evening, they saw the disaster victims and villagers standing on each side in a clear confrontation.

The victims either had arrogant expressions or flickering eyes, while the villagers were either holding engineering shovels or pointing their crossbows at the victims. The atmosphere seemed to be on the verge of breaking out.

The happy smiles on everyone's faces disappeared instantly.

What's going on?

They had only been gone for a day, why did the people on both sides look like they were about to fight?

Someone noticed something and exclaimed, "Why is the water pipe in the ground broken?!"

The others took a closer look and found that the bamboo water pipes that were in good condition before they set out had been torn into pieces.

The waterfall that was originally flowing has stopped flowing. Looking at the marks on the water pipes, it doesn’t look like it was caused by excessive water flow or quality problems. It was clearly destroyed by human beings!

Looking at the position where the disaster victims were standing and the anger on the faces of the villagers, what else did they not understand? Immediately, their faces darkened and they looked at the disaster victims with unfriendly eyes.

"Lu Xuan and the others are back!"

The villagers' tense expressions relaxed when they saw Lu Xuan and his group, and they angrily told them what had happened without waiting for them to ask.

Realizing that there was something interesting to watch next, the audience in the live broadcast room began to quickly call their friends and the number of online users increased significantly again.

The victims' faces changed when they saw Lu Xuan and others, but they did not retreat because they thought about the benefits after achieving their goal.

Uncle Xu spoke again, "As long as you agree to our request, we will let you use the water. Otherwise, even if you fix the water pipe, we will tear it down again!"

Fang Dahe, supported by Zhou, said in a deep voice, "You went into the mountains right after the earthquake, and you probably don't know how many people outside died of sunburn and thirst. You used water that people couldn't even drink to irrigate crops that you didn't know would ever grow. Have you ever considered how many lives this water could have saved if it had been used by the disaster victims outside?"

Fang Dahe's gaze couldn't help but sweep across the lush crops in the field, and a hint of discontent flashed in his eyes.

They clearly wanted to live in peace with the people of Yunlu Village and be self-sufficient by farming. It was the people of Yunlu Village who didn't care about their lives and were ruthless and ungrateful to them, so don't blame them for retaliating.

Aunt Liu cursed loudly, "What do the disaster victims outside have to do with us? Even if there's no disaster, people are dying all the time. Is it our fault that they died while we're still alive? You're still restless even after having your leg broken? Do you think you're a good person?"

Aunt Liu excitedly waved the engineer shovel in her hand, her expression mocking, "How did you break your leg? How did Fang Hu die? Do you think we don't know?"

The disaster victims who were helping them would occasionally be curious about their lives while they were working, and in return they would of course ask the disaster victims about what happened on the way into the mountains, including the cause of Fang Hu's death.

Why did Fang Dahe, a middle-aged man, survive, but Fang Hu, a strong young man, died?

It was because Fang Dahe pushed his son away to save his life when he was attacked by a wild beast. Fang Hu was bitten by the beast so hard that he died on the spot.

Fang Dahe's leg was also broken when he fell while escaping.

The villagers sarcastically said, "You killed your own son and didn't even offer your life as compensation, yet now you have the nerve to blame us. Stop being disgusting!"

"They don't even care about their own son. No wonder they bullied Liu Yu. This family is rotten to the core."

"You--!" Fang Dahe and Zhou's faces turned pale and they were so angry that they couldn't speak. There was a hint of embarrassment and guilt in Fang Dahe's eyes, as if he had been hit in the vitals.

"And you!" Aunt Liu then glared fiercely at the helpers and victims who did not dare to look at them. She was so angry.

"You are such heartless people. You've been eating and taking things from us these past few days and we've been so hard on you. I didn't expect you to be grateful, but you're actually helping this group of people retaliate against us. Have you lost your conscience?"

"That's right! It's better to have a dog than to help a bunch of ungrateful people."

The helpers were so embarrassed by their accusations that their faces turned red and they couldn't even raise their heads.

Uncle Xu said irritably, "Stop talking nonsense and just say whether you agree or not!"

"Promise me!" Xiong Mao, who has a bad temper, said fiercely, "Who do you think you are to threaten us? Believe it or not, I will kill you all!"

The other young and strong men in the village also had a tough attitude, and their eyes were full of anger and disgust when they looked at the victims.

Lu Xuan watched the show for a while before asking the sullen-faced village chief, "So, after all this talk, what outrageous demands did they make?"

The audience in the live broadcast room were also very curious about this.

I only heard from the villagers that they broke the water pipes and occupied the waterfall to extort money, but they haven't said how much they extorted.

Li Tie gritted his teeth and said, "They have 500 kilograms of food, 50 kilograms of meat, and a space ring."

The audience was just about to say that the price wasn't that high, when they heard Li Tie say bitterly, "Everyone!"

Audience: Huh???

Lu Xuan: “…”

Lu Qing and Lei Yan's eyes were filled with disbelief.

Each person needs 500 kilograms of food, 50 kilograms of meat, and a space ring?

How dare they!

Li Tie also wanted to ask where they got the confidence to ask for such a high price.