89 Famine 4

◎Resource point appears◎

We walked like this for several days.

It was noon that day and the sun was extremely hot. Everyone was so hot that their heads were almost smoking. So they decided to stop and rest on the spot, and at the same time prepare to eat something to fill their stomachs.

"Auntie, Second Auntie, we have some roasted chicken left here. Put it in the wild vegetable porridge. Sister, let's go to the woods and find some cooling herbs to boil and drink to prevent heatstroke."

"Okay, Miss Yan, go ahead." The others said in unison.

After spending a few days together, everyone has completely put aside their grudges and habitually obeyed her instructions.

Seeing that everyone was doing their job, Yan Lan took Wang Damei to the woods with satisfaction.

Old Lady Wang and the others made a fire on the spot. Sudden incidents often occurred in the deep mountains and forests, so Yan Lan did not walk far. She walked deep into the woods for 5 minutes and then stopped.

He turned to look at the little girl following closely behind him and said, "Big sister, I'll leave the job of finding herbs to you. Can you do it independently?"

"Okay! I guarantee to complete the task!" Wang Damei raised two fingers and swore solemnly.

Wang Damei has a strong learning ability and knows all the common herbs. Yan Lan is confident in handing over the task of finding herbs to her as she has more important things to do.

Just as we were walking this morning, the long-lost system voice rang, saying that in order to help everyone complete the game tasks faster, the system had released several resource points in this task world, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Yan Lan was about to ask more questions when the system went offline with two "clicks".

If it weren't for the lingering sound of the electric current still lingering in her ears, she would have thought she was reborn into an ancient famine year instead of participating in a game.

The temporary appearance of the system gave her great hope. She had been confused for several days, but now she finally had a direction.

Since receiving the system's message reminder, she has been observing her surroundings as she walked.

This game world is as vast as a real dynasty. Resource points will definitely not be buried very deep, and there will always be some signs, but she did not find any hidden resource points along the way.

Until just now...

The sun was shining directly overhead, stimulating her so much that she squinted her eyes slightly.

She called over Wang Damei, who was busy picking herbs, and pointed to a small hill not far away: "Damei, look, is there any smoke over there?"

Wang Damei carefully put the herbs in her hand into the basket, and looked in the direction of Yan Lan's finger. There seemed to be nothing. She guessed that she was too short to see clearly, so she stood up and opened her eyes again.

After staring at it for a few seconds, he looked at Yan Lan in confusion: "Sister Yan, there's nothing here. Are you seeing things?"

There is no wind here, and the green smoke from the hill is floating straight up.

She blinked and said, "Oh, it seems I really saw it wrong."

Wang Damei said considerately, "Sister Yan must be too tired from walking. Please sit down and rest. I will find the herbs."

Yan Lan was just looking for an opportunity to go to that hill and take a look. How could she really sit down to rest? She found an excuse: "It's a bit hot and stuffy here. I'll go over there and take a look. Don't go too far. I'll come to find you later."

Wang Damei didn't doubt him and replied with a satisfied heart, "Okay, Sister Yan, please go quickly. It will take me a while to find everyone."

After instructing Wang Damei, Yan Lan followed the direction of the green smoke and walked towards the small hill.

Since the natives of this game cannot see the smoke and only she, the player, can see it, it must be a resource point without a doubt.

After these few days, all the dry food in her backpack had been used up. She usually ate wild vegetable porridge with the Wang family, and occasionally hunted some wild game for a snack.

There was no seasoning in her backpack, and all the Wang family had was a handful of coarse salt. The coarse salt was black, unpurified, and tasted very bitter.

But if you don't eat salt, you will feel weak all over, so they will put some salt in rice porridge or game, but only by pinching a little bit with their fingers.

So she has been very quiet these days.

Thinking of the resource points that were about to be obtained, she couldn't help but quicken her pace, hoping that the system would be more powerful!

The hill was not far ahead, and she walked quickly to her destination.

Perhaps the reminder was time-sensitive, as the smoke had disappeared when she arrived.

What came into view was a small hill covered with weeds. She looked around and saw no trace of supplies in plain sight, which meant they were hidden.

This hill is not big, but it can hide a lot of things.

Having survived several rounds of survival games, she was well aware of the system's nature. She targeted several key locations and began searching one by one: under large rocks, in piles of weeds, in thorn bushes...

A quarter of an hour later, she finally found a cave behind a bunch of bushes.

The cave was only two square meters, but it contained a lot of supplies, including food, useful things, and a wooden cart, which was thoughtfully prepared considering that she couldn't take everything.

Seeing this pile of supplies, the boring mood brought by the summer heat disappeared instantly.

It had been a while since they came out. If she stayed any longer, Wang Damei would probably get worried. She didn't have time to check everything one by one. She put all the supplies on the wooden cart and pushed it in the direction she came from.

I have to say that the wooden cart configured in the system is very easy to use. Although the wheels are made of wood, they roll very smoothly and require almost no effort.

Before I reached the place where I had agreed to meet Wang Damei, I heard her shouting. If I hadn't told her in advance to wait there, she would probably be looking for me everywhere.

Yan Lan immediately responded loudly: "I'm here!"

Finally hearing Sister Yan's voice, Wang Damei picked up the basket and ran towards the source of the sound.

"Sister Yan, where have you been? I thought you were lost and was about to ask Grandma and the others to look for you... Oh my god! Where did you get all these things?"

Looking at the oncoming wooden cart, Wang Damei's worry was completely replaced by shock, and she even forgot the proper words of respect.

Did Sister Yan go out to rob? Where did she get so many supplies?

"I'll explain it to you later. Come and help push the cart."

"Oh? Oh... okay, okay." Wang Damei put the basket on the wooden cart, and she and Yan Lan each took a handle and pushed it.

At this time, in the temporary rest area, the wild vegetable porridge had been prepared and was being placed on the ground waiting for it to cool down. The remaining few people sat neatly in a row, staring intently at the direction where Yan Lan and the others left.

Five-year-old Wang Xiaomei couldn't help but look at the wild vegetable porridge in front of her and swallowed again: "Grandma, I'm so hungry. When will my sisters come back?"

Old Lady Wang glared at her fiercely: "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eat. Your sister and the others are out looking for herbs, what's wrong with waiting a while!"

Wang Xiaomei had long been accustomed to her grandma's way of speaking, so she just pursed her lips and said "oh", then looked straight at the woods where Yan Lan and the others left.

Suddenly, she spotted a familiar piece of clothing in the distance ahead, and immediately stood up happily: "Grandma, my sister and the others are back!"

Wang Ermei also stood up and said excitedly, "Grandma, it's my sisters. Eh? It seems...it seems like they're pushing a wooden cart."

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At the temporary resting place, everyone surrounded the wooden cart in a circle. The wild vegetable porridge that everyone treasured like a treasure now stood alone on the side, with no one paying attention to it.

Old Lady Wang pointed tremblingly at the pile of things on the wooden cart: "Miss Yan, this thing has an owner, right? Will we get into trouble?"

Yan Lan naturally knew whether this thing had an owner or not, but she had to find a reason to deceive them.

"It might have had an owner before, but even if it did, we can't find the owner now. Don't you know? That mountain is deserted. If something is lost, people will only suspect that it was taken by wild animals, not us."

Only then did Old Lady Wang feel relieved: "Well, he probably fled the famine and will probably never come back."

"Okay, let's see what's inside." Yan Lan couldn't wait any longer.

"Sister Yan, quickly unpack it!" The little girls saw so many supplies for the first time, but they did not take them themselves. They just stared at Yan Lan eagerly.

Yan Lan reached for the largest bag. Judging from its shape, it should be filled with food.

The bag has a gray drawstring, and once you untie the string you can see the white stuff inside.

"Oh, oh, this is rice!" Old Mrs. Wang no longer pretended to be reserved, and directly opened the pocket and stared straight inside.

Even Aunt Wang couldn't help smacking her lips: "Oh my god, this must be 7-8 dou of rice, we can have white rice for once."

A dou of rice in that era was 12 jin, and here it is estimated to be nearly 100 jin.

Yan Lan nodded with satisfaction, now she no longer had to worry about staple food.

The remaining things were quite mixed, so she stuffed them all into the two bamboo baskets given at the resource point. Now she took them out bit by bit.

The first jar was full of salt.

Aunt Wang was very particular about the taste of food, so she was the first to grab it and admire it: "Wow, it's much whiter than our salt... Hmm! Mother-in-law, sister-in-law, try it, it's not bitter at all!"

Old Lady Wang laughed and scolded, "You greedy woman! This salt has been purified, so of course it's not bitter. To be able to eat such fine salt, it seems your family is really wealthy."

Thinking of this, Old Lady Wang felt more at ease. Rich people have plenty of supplies and they probably forgot that there are things hidden here.

Next came two jars, one as big as a face plate, the other the size of a water cup. The larger one contained solidified lard, the smaller one a jar of thirteen spices.

With oil, salt and seasonings, the food will taste good no matter how you cook it.

Then Yan Lan took out an iron pot with a diameter of 34 inches, which looked very sturdy.

The Wang family had never seen so many good things before, and they were amazed for a while.

In the next bamboo basket, Yan Lan took out four pieces of cured pork and two pieces of spicy fish, each weighing 5 kilograms, so there was enough meat that could be stored for a long time.

Then there were some pieces of cloth, a kitchen knife, and finally she actually found an envelope under the bamboo basket.

The yellowed bamboo paper in ancient times was not filtered cleanly, and bamboo fibers could still be seen on the paper.

The Wang family members were illiterate and just stared at the picture above. "Miss Yan, what's written on it?"