"You don't need to find anyone else to take charge of this. Leave it to us old men. In a moment, I'll have Yunxun and the others move those plants to my yard. We can manage to pluck some every day to feed the wild boars." The second grandfather took the responsibility for the task himself.

Si Cheng knew that these old people would often go to the fields to pick wild vegetables to feed the wild boars on the back mountain. Bringing them from the yard wouldn't be difficult for them, so he agreed.

Perhaps all animals have similar tastes; those wild boars ate these green plants with relish, and for several days in a row, no problems were observed.

At this point, the villagers started to think about whether they could use these plants as leafy greens.

But no matter whether they are served cold or stir-fried, the taste is simply indescribable. Even if this plant has many health benefits, they cannot accept it.

Now that we've discovered the usefulness of these green plants, it's worth making another trip to the back mountain.

When Si Cheng returned, he told the village about his and Yun Qi's situation on the mountain and asked the villagers for their opinions to see if anyone was interested in moving there. However, no one was willing to leave the village where they had lived for generations. Moreover, everything would have to start from scratch there, so Si Cheng and the others had to give up their previous idea.

Although the villagers were not interested in moving to the mountains, they were very interested in the wild ducks and wild boars there, so a lot of people signed up to go up the mountain this time.

Hou Yunhai pulled Si Cheng aside and told him about his conversation with Captain Liu last time.

"Should we invite the people from Xin San Village to come up the mountain this time? After all, they specifically asked us to do so last time."

“From now on, our two villages will definitely help each other. It’s better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. I’ll discuss it with the villagers later, and I believe everyone will agree.” Si Cheng also knew that the last time those people came to retaliate, they were able to get through it safely thanks to the help of Captain Liu and the others.

As expected, most of the villagers understood, and since everyone lived so close, they tried their best to help each other. Otherwise, if someone came to them in trouble, they would still need help anyway.

"Should we call on a few other villages?" Some people thought of the villages that had come to help last time.

"Let's not invite them this time. After all, there aren't many resources on the mountain. It wouldn't be good if we had disagreements over such a small amount of supplies."

Si Cheng refused outright. If so many villages rushed up together, even if all the wild ducks and boars on the mountain were captured and wiped out, there wouldn't be enough for everyone to share. Besides, there would be many more opportunities to repay the favor later.

"When you go to inform them, also tell them about the uses of these plants. If they are interested, you can have someone dig some up and plant them in every corner," Si Cheng specifically instructed when Monkey was about to go and inform Captain Liu.

Captain Liu didn't expect that the people of Pinghe Village would respond so quickly after he had just casually mentioned it.

He knew that Si Cheng had led the villagers up the mountain and had a good harvest. He even sent a large piece of pork leg to Si, the accountant in his village. Now, who in the entire Xin San Village didn't envy Si's family?

After seeing Hou Yunhai off, he excitedly spun around in place, then went to find Village Chief Shi and the others with a forced smile.

At this moment, Shi Jingchong was looking at the crops in the field with a bitter face. Although everyone carried water to irrigate the fields every day, the lack of sunlight and the rapid evaporation of water vapor made the crops look wilted. He didn't know if they could make it through the next few days.

"Village Chief Shi, why do you look like that? Life is moving forward, and there will always be a good turn of events." Captain Liu saw him squatting alone in the corner of the field and thought that the wrinkles on his forehead could trap flies.

"I'm afraid that time is passing too quickly, and then everyone will be even less able to hold on." The current village chief wishes that time could stand still here, so that at least he wouldn't have to face a bleak future.

"You seem so pessimistic. I've brought you some good news, would you like to hear it?"

"What good news could there be now? Unless we find the hideout of that gang, we can make some money off the grain along the way." Shi Jingchong wasn't interested in the good news he mentioned at all. It was nothing more than being able to exchange for supplies or borrow relief grain, but these things had nothing to do with their village.

"Do you know who just came to see me? If it wasn't really good news, I wouldn't have come here to amuse myself."

Upon hearing this, Village Chief Shi finally stood up and looked at him, "Who came looking for you?"

Captain Liu pointed to Pinghe Village on the other side of the river, keeping everyone in suspense, and said, "You can keep guessing."

"Alright, you're too old for that. Just say what you want to say."

"So your wrinkles are getting deeper and deeper. Sometimes you shouldn't put too much pressure on yourself, or you'll age prematurely."

"Are you going to tell me or not? If you don't, I'm leaving." Village Chief Shi was getting impatient with him, as he kept avoiding the main point. He was in a really bad mood and had no interest in joking with him.

"He's not cute at all," Captain Liu muttered to himself, then quickly said it aloud as he watched Village Chief Shi turn to leave.

"Hou Yunhai from Pinghe Village just came to see me, asking if our village is going into the mountains with them. He also secretly told me that he guarantees we won't come back empty-handed. What do you think of this news? Isn't it good news?"

"Is this really true?" Village Chief Shi asked, somewhat incredulous.

"How could it be fake? They wouldn't use these things to make fun of us, would they?"

"Then we really have to go with them, but did they say how many people we can take?" Village Chief Shi immediately thought of the number of people. He wished the whole village could go into the mountains with them, but he also knew he couldn't do that.

"That wasn't mentioned, but," Captain Liu was interrupted by Village Chief Shi before he could finish speaking.

"But what?" Village Chief Shi was genuinely afraid there might be other additional conditions.

"However, Hou Yunhai just told me that they found a plant on the mountain before. After their experiments, they found that this plant can be cultivated. Now the wild boars on the back mountain are still eating it, and they are said to be growing quite well."

"Could it be that this time they're taking us in to pick these plants to cultivate?" Village Chief Shi asked, sounding somewhat disappointed.

"This is just a side benefit. If we can capture some of the wild ducks they found there and bring back some plants that can feed them, our village will have another source of income."

Captain Liu started thinking about how to create other side businesses for his village from Hou Yunhai's few words. Village Chief Shi understood after being enlightened by him and began to think about which people to bring up the mountain.