Chapter 99 People are afraid of comparison

Aunt Xu scoffed, echoing her husband. "That's right! Even if those nutritional supplements can fill you up, can they compare to the value of beef? They're using you as cheap labor, and you're still grateful? Who knows how they're laughing at you behind your back."

Some of the helpers frowned as if they disagreed, but others recalled that during the processing process, Lu Chen and the other children were often called over by Lu Qing to taste the beef. The amount of beef they ate was much more than the value of the remuneration they received. They couldn't help but feel uncomfortable and their minds were a little unsettled.

So the next day, when they came to the Lu family again to continue the work that they had not finished yesterday, someone tentatively asked if they could exchange beef for the reward of nutritional supplements.

Lu Qing was a little surprised when she heard this, but she agreed without giving it much thought.

Paying with beef alone certainly cannot compare to the value of the nutrient. The helper who exchanges beef can only get half a pound of beef.

Lu Xuan didn't say much after learning about it.

Whether someone wants to enjoy the present moment or is influenced by someone else, they will never achieve anything.

Rather than guessing what outsiders are thinking, it is better to comfort the angry Lu Chen.

Lei Tianbao from the Leishan family didn't know who he followed to the square today. When he saw Lu Chen sharing candy with other children in the village, he rushed over and tried to snatch it away out of jealousy.

Lu Chen was not at a disadvantage because he always had a group of little guys around him, but when they encountered bad things for no reason, the little guys would naturally not be in a good mood.

It was only when Lu Xuan took him on the hoverboard for a walk outside the square that Lu Chen smiled again and forgot about today's episode.

But he forgot, but Lei Tianbao would never forget.

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Disaster victims in the cave.

When Zhao found her son coming back in a shambles, with a bruise on his face, she immediately exploded, "Who is it?! How dare you hit my son!!"

Lei Tianbao cried loudly and complained angrily: "It's Lu Chen! He has a lot of candies but he won't give me any. He even let the other kids beat me! Help me fight back! And take all of Lu Chen's candies and give them to me! I want candy! I want candy!"

The noisy sound made the other victims in the cave frown and look impatient.

Zhao was furious when she heard this and cursed, "It's just a little candy, and you dared to instigate those bastards to beat you up? No one in the Lu family is a good person! Boss! You better get revenge for our son!"

Lei Shan, who was slumped in a corner of the cave, looked very unhappy.

He didn't know what happened, but after falling down in the Lu family's so-called Immortal Palace, he couldn't move at all these days. Not only was his whole body numb, but he also couldn't use any strength.

This is also the reason why I didn’t make trouble with the Xu and Fang families before.

It was actually he who instructed his son to go with the other helpers today. He thought that Lei Yan couldn't be so cold to a child, especially his own nephew, so he let his son get some benefits to make up for the loss of not being able to go fishing with the others and share the harvest.

I didn’t expect that not only did I not get any benefits, but my son was also bullied!

Lei Yan, the Lu family, you are really going too far!

Lei Shan's eyes swept over the other victims in the cave one by one.

Seeing several people preparing dinner with water drawn from the waterfall pool, a brilliant idea suddenly came to my mind.

"Are you really willing to just muddle through like this, living on the scraps that slip through the fingers of the people of Yunlu Village?"

The disaster victims who were busy with their own things suddenly heard Lei Shan say this out of the blue. They paused and looked at Lei Shan with frowns.

Fang Dahe, the family's labor force, had a broken leg and couldn't work. Just when he was getting anxious and irritated, he saw Lei Shan's expression and saw that he had a good idea. He immediately asked, "What's your idea?"

Uncle Xu also said, "You're talking nonsense, aren't you? Everyone wants to live a good life! Who wouldn't want to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks every day if given the chance? We're no worse off than anyone else."

Seeing that the others did not react, Lei Shan was not anxious and just continued to persuade them.

"I don't necessarily want to go against Yunlu Village, but they've gone too far."

They first went into the mountains and looted most of the supplies they could find, making it difficult for us to have a full meal now, while they had meat to eat every day. They didn't suffer at all during the year of severe drought and even gained weight!

They even raise cattle and sheep! Didn’t the helpers who went to help see it today? They even feed the cattle and sheep bean dregs!”

Bean dregs can indeed be considered a kind of feed, but some families with poor conditions also eat bean dregs as their staple food.

Lei Shan said angrily, "Besides those who died of heatstroke when we entered the mountains, there were also those who died of starvation. Do you think that animals are more important than living people?"

The faces of the victims, whose relatives had starved to death because they lost all their food in the earthquake, were gloomy.

Lei Shan: "They're so rich, yet we're asking for thirty kilograms of supplies just to borrow some tools. Don't they know we don't have that much? They're clearly deliberately making things difficult for us, maybe even wanting to see us die!"

The disaster victims, feeling disappointed that they couldn't plant crops, pursed their lips.

The life in Yunlu Village was so different from theirs that the victims were not untouched, but they just held themselves back every time.

After Lei Shan said this in summary, the psychological imbalance that had been suppressed but not eliminated was inevitably aroused.

What people fear most is comparison.

Even some of the helpers who were originally grateful to Yunlu Village began to feel uncomfortable.

Seeing that Lei Shan had been talking for a long time without getting to the point, the others urged him impatiently: "Just tell me what you want to do."

Another young man who was touched by the words reminded: "Yunlu Village has a hunting team dedicated to hunting, and every member of the team is armed."

Lei Shan sneered and said, "So what if they have weapons? Do they still dare to kill people? If they are really that cold-blooded, we should have made plans for ourselves long ago!"

The victims were speechless.

Lei Shan spoke calmly, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid. I don't plan to fight them head-on. I just think water is so precious in a year of drought. People can't even drink water. How many people outside are dying of thirst? How can we let the people of Yunlu Village waste so much water on the fields every day? So I suggest we do this..."

Lei Shan expressed his plan.

The others were stunned and didn't react for a while.

However, the eyes of the Fang and Xu families lit up, as if they had obtained the long-awaited code to wealth, and their faces were filled with ecstasy.

"What a great idea!"

“Why didn’t I think of this happening?”

Lei Shan said proudly, "After all, all the resources in the mountains, including the water, are not their private property. We also have a share. If they want to continue using the water, they must agree to our request!"

He said to the other wavering victims, "This isn't a bad thing for you, is it? Once it's done, we won't have to worry about starving to death anymore. We can have delicious meals every day!"

Delicious fish and meat every meal!!!

Suddenly, there were a lot of heavier breathing sounds in the cave.

A few people still felt that something was wrong, but they hesitated for a moment under the gradually changing gazes of others and did not dare to say anything.

Forget it, the people in Yunlu Village are so powerful, and Leishan and the others just want to get some food, so nothing serious should happen.

If they failed, Yunlu Village would have to deal with Leishan as well. But if they succeeded...

·

On the 24th day of the hottest season, the real-time temperature in the morning was 52 degrees.

Lu Xuan set out again with a hunting team and two gathering teams.

On the way, Li Tuo asked excitedly, "Brother Lu, is the sweet potato field you found really that big?"

Lu Xuan said, "I haven't measured it specifically, but the valley is at least 20 mu (approximately 16 acres) in area, and most of it is covered with obvious sweet potato vines."

In other words, there are at least ten acres of sweet potatoes growing there.

Zhang Chengming patted Lu Xuan's shoulder excitedly, "Your outing these past few days was really worth it!"

Not only did they obtain a large amount of beef and bring back cattle and sheep, but they were also able to find large areas of wild sweet potato fields.

It is said that at least 1,800 kilograms of sweet potatoes can be harvested per acre. Even if the wild ones are not fertile enough and may not grow that densely, 300 to 400 kilograms per acre should be about right, right?

More than ten acres means three to four thousand kilograms!

Great harvest!

The location of the sweet potato field is a little further away from the range they have explored so far, and they need to cross a high slope and walk for another hour or so.

In order to improve the efficiency of digging sweet potatoes, more people came out this time, totaling nearly forty people.

With so many people acting together, even if they leave the explored area, large animals will not dare to approach.

The hunting team hunted some small prey without delaying their journey, and the gathering team occasionally found some medicinal herbs that were not killed by the sun.

At the hottest time of the day, they found a cool place to escape the heat and have a meal, then continued on their journey. Near dusk, they finally arrived at their destination.

Everyone opened their mouths in shock as they looked at the countless sweet potato vines growing wildly in the valley before them.

“There are so many!”

"This is definitely more than ten acres! I think there are at least fifteen acres of sweet potatoes!"

Miao Jinfeng dug up a nearby plant and found that the sweet potatoes buried underneath were pitifully small. Although there were many of them, with five fruits, each one was only as big as a baby's fist, not enough for them to eat in one bite.

This is not surprising. According to the normal harvest season, it will take at least another month for it to grow.

The growth cycle of wild ones may be different and may take longer.

Miao Jinfeng clapped her hands and stood up, looking at Lu Xuan expectantly, "I'm afraid it will depend on your ability from now on."

Lu Xuan gestured for them to stand back, and most of the supernatural power in his body surged out towards the valley in front of him.

Almost at the same time, the sweet potato vines in the valley that had been half-dead due to the high temperature began to visibly become lively and grow wildly. At the same time, the sweet potatoes buried underground continued to grow in places invisible to the naked eye, and even branched out and bore fruit again.

Because there were so many sweet potatoes growing at the same time, even the ground began to surge, as if some living thing was about to break out of the ground at any time.

The previous journey was too boring, and the traffic in the live broadcast room dropped a lot, only half of the peak data.

It was not until this moment that the wood-type ability was used on a large scale again, and the interstellar audiences who always had a strong passion for natural food flocked in again, and the gift special effects in the live broadcast room instantly filled the entire screen.

After the induction was completed, Lu Xuan stopped the gathering team that wanted to rush forward, and instead used his earth-based ability on the valley.

The ground rolled wildly, the potato vines were pulled out by the roots, and the fat sweet potatoes buried in the soil scrambled to emerge from the ground and were exposed to everyone.

Lu Xuan raised the corners of his lips in satisfaction and said to the others, "You can start digging now."

Everyone: “!!!”