Early in the morning, everyone set out for the place where the saltwort was found. When they arrived, they first found a place to stay. There were two connected caves one mile away, and they randomly chose one from each village.

Some women stayed behind to clean up the cave and look for firewood. More than 20 hunters formed a team and went hunting with full confidence. The village chief took the remaining women, both old and young, to pick saltbone fruits first.

If there are places that are out of reach, the young man who is good at climbing trees will be asked to go up. Xu Fugui fully played the role of a "monkey".

They worked like this until 3 p.m., when they would take the salt-fu fruit they had picked back home to process. The women worked while eagerly waiting for the harvest.

Finally, not long after, the hunters came back.

They were all small animals, pheasants and rabbits, totaling 20. The village chief told them to rest, and the young man made a fire and plucked the pheasants and rabbits, then killed them all and had some meat for tonight.

Everyone was very happy. Although there were many people, it was good to be able to share a piece. Liu Shinan also gave the children some pheasant eggs and wild fruits. Xiao Si and Xiao Wu were very happy.

The wild game was ready, and Old Mrs. Jiang arranged for her family to provide the rice, so they would prepare tonight's dinner.

Everyone was grateful and thanked them. The village chief laughed and scolded them, saying that they should go back to work since they had gotten a bargain. There were a lot of salt-fu fruits, so they were busy.

Seeing everyone busy, Liu Yuhan secretly added water to the wooden barrel and the large pot, setting up four large pots. He rinsed the chopped meat and decided to make pheasant porridge and rabbit stew with yam.

First, cook the pheasant for 35 minutes. Then add the white and brown rice and cook together with salt, chicken stock, and wild ginger. Finally, remove from the heat and add some space for the bok choy and scallions. Chop the bok choy and make porridge in three large pots.

In another large pot, heat the oil and add ginger, garlic, star anise, dried chili peppers and the rabbit. Stir-fry until fragrant. Add some cooking wine and soy sauce. Add water to cover the meat and simmer for 35 minutes. Open it and put the chopped yam in, stir, and simmer for another 15 minutes.

The fragrance wafted around, and the villagers working nearby all had empty stomachs, so no one could laugh at anyone else.

When it was time to eat, several women in the village would distribute the food according to the number of people and each household would take food.

Everyone was guaranteed a few mouthfuls of porridge, two pieces of rabbit meat and two pieces of yam. Adding their vegetable steamed buns, they were quite full, and everyone was very satisfied and grateful.

The next morning, we were busy again. There were many people today, so we finished collecting salt-fu fruit by noon.

The old people, women and children collected salt, and the men dug yams.

Liu Shinan, a member of the Liu family, Liu Yuhan, led the young men in search of water. The drought persisted, and even if they found a source, it was nearly dry. No wonder they couldn't catch much prey; the animals were incredibly clever, so Liu Yuhan resorted to the same old tricks.

The salt has been collected, and even if each family shares a little, it's better than nothing. It can last for a month or so without any problem.

Liu Yuhan was writing down the days in her notebook. This was the twentieth day since she'd traveled through time. There had hardly been a single day without work. Her phone didn't display the time.

Time had stopped on the day she traveled through time, July 7, 2023. I wonder if the old professor and his wife are doing okay?