Chapter 386 I didn’t expect it to be useful so soon
"We've harvested it, we've harvested all the grain. Although it's not a lot, together with the wild vegetables we dug up from the mountains, it's enough for us to survive the winter." Big Wood replied.
After hearing what they said, Gu Xiaoxi finally felt relieved.
"By the way, Uncle Geda is still on the other side of the bridge. I want to bring them over here, otherwise it will be unsafe outside." She thought of the people outside.
Hearing that Uncle Geda and the others had also arrived, Da Mu went to call for help.
After a while, Gu Xiaoxi brought everyone to the village, and the tribesmen went to report to the old patriarch Quan.
Patriarch Quan asked the family to get up and make some midnight snacks for Xiaoxi and the others to prevent them from starving.
Gu Xiaoxi and the others were placed in the homes of several acquaintances. Ying San and the others were also familiar with the place. The only one who was not familiar with it was Xu Mo.
While Gu Xiaoxi was talking to the old clan leader Quan, Xu Geda took Xu Mo to meet some people.
"Old Patriarch, when did it start to get cold this year?" Gu Xiaoxi asked about the weather here.
"After the autumn, a strong wind suddenly blew one day, and it started to get cold the next day. Fortunately, although it is a little colder here than last year, it is slightly better than outside the bridge, otherwise many people would have a hard time surviving the winter!" The old patriarch Quan was also caught off guard.
The last time their people went out was at the end of autumn, and the weather changed a few days after they came back.
If they had known it would suddenly get cold here, they would have brought more cotton and cotton cloth into the mountains the last time they went out.
Gu Xiaoxi thought for a moment and asked the old patriarch to wait. She went out of the village and when she came back, she asked Ying San and the others to go out and move things.
She had stored a lot of coarse cloth and cotton in her space. Judging from the weather outside, it would still be cold for more than a month even after the New Year, so she took some out of her space.
While waiting for Ying San and the others to move these things into the village, she made up an excuse and said, "I discovered this a while ago. I wanted to tell you last time, but I was busy and forgot about it. I didn't expect to use it so soon."
"That's great, Xiaoxi, you are our lucky star!" Chief Quan was so happy to see so much cotton and cotton cloth.
Xiao Mu asked, "Should we leave some for the other two villages?"
"Take out half and exchange them for medicinal herbs to take out to Xiaoxi." Patriarch Quan ordered.
"Can you share it with them?" Gu Xiaoxi asked.
“It’s unacceptable that our people were taken away.
Compared to them, we're much better off. After all, you sent us cotton cloth and cotton before, and they relied entirely on the little they could get in the mountains to survive the winter. "Clan leader Quan felt that in order to balance the relationships among everyone, he had to be willing to give when appropriate.
Gu Xiaoxi admired Patriarch Quan's consideration of the overall situation and nodded in agreement.
"The climate in the mountains is changing. Who knows what the situation will be like next year?" Chief Quan's face was filled with worry.
"Old Patriarch, just adapt slowly. The formations in the mountains are getting old. Perhaps one day, the mountains will have four distinct seasons like the outside world.
Actually, distinct seasons aren't a bad thing, as long as everyone is prepared." Gu Xiaoxi tried to calm the emotions of all the old clan leaders.
Patriarch Quan thought Xiaoxi's words made sense. At worst, there would be four seasons just like outside. All he had to do was prepare cotton clothes and food.
"Yes, let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, we have learned to grow crops now, and we have lived here for so many years. We will definitely survive." He also encouraged himself.
Hehehe…
Gu Xiaoxi also laughed when she saw the old patriarch's confident look.
At this moment, she was thinking that she had to get some more supplies before leaving, after all, there were quite a few elderly people and children here.
Soon, the midnight snack was ready. It was barbecued meat, which was wild boar meat that the people in the village had just hunted in the mountains during the day.
There is more meat than grain here, so there is no rice. The midnight snack is just meat and some grilled skewers made of wild vegetables.
The grilled skewers were made as Gu Xiaoxi had taught them before, as was the sauce.
Xu Mo took a bite and tasted a familiar flavor: "Why does this taste so similar to the skewers made by Sister Xiaoxi?"
"Because it was Miss Xiaoxi who taught us how to make the sauce, if you like it, eat more. It's cold, and eating enough will keep you warm." Aunt Ashui was grilling skewers with a smile on her face.
While they were eating, the old patriarch asked the women in the tribe to make some thick quilts to prevent the guests from feeling cold at night.
After Gu Xiaoxi had her midnight snack, she saw a brand new quilt in front of her.
As soon as she saw the pattern, she knew that this was the cotton and cloth that had just been given to them. These simple people were afraid that they would catch a cold, so they covered them with it as soon as they made it.
Her heart warmed, and she felt that helping these people was worthwhile.
"Have a good rest. It's cold now, and the market won't open that early in the morning. It won't open until after noon. Wait until you have a good sleep before going." The old patriarch Quan looked at everyone with a kind smile.
"Okay!" Gu Xiaoxi responded readily.
After waiting for everyone else to go to bed, she went out again.
This time, she changed the cave and put a lot of coarse cloth and cotton in it. After she was done, she called Ying San and others to come out and move.
Everyone ran a few times and quietly piled the coarse cloth and cotton in the cave in the shed in the middle of the village.
When the villagers in the village got up the next day, they were overjoyed to see the cotton and coarse cloth.
Xiao Mu hurriedly told the old tribe leader Quan about this. The old tribe leader Quan was still confused and said, "I know about this. Didn't we distribute it all yesterday? The remaining part cannot be moved. I will ask the two villages to exchange things later."
"No, not the ones from last night. Miss Xiaoxi found some more." Xiaomu said excitedly.
Upon hearing this, Patriarch Quan jumped out of bed, put on his coat and rushed to the shed to take a look.
When he saw the piles of coarse cloth and cotton, he burst into tears.
Gu Xiaoxi was still helping to measure the sizes of the children and the elderly. When she heard the crying, she stopped and looked over.
Seeing that the old patriarch Quan couldn't stop crying, she thought something had happened and hurried over to ask.
"Old Patriarch Quan, what, what happened?" she was curious.
"Xiaoxi, how can I thank you? You, you are simply our savior. I, I don't know how to repay you for all these favors." Chief Quan expressed the thoughts of many people in the village.
This time, not only all the old clan leaders cried, but several old men couldn't help but wipe away their tears.
"Old patriarch, are you confused? What favors are you talking about? The medicinal herbs you asked someone to take to Uncle Geda last time are more than enough to buy the things I give you this time. Don't cry, or you'll be laughed at." Gu Xiaoxi was telling the truth.
Among the medicinal herbs she got last time, there were two very old Ganoderma lucidum, and several other medicinal herbs that she had never dug up before. These alone were very valuable.
As the two were talking, they heard a villager come to announce: "Old clan leader, Miss Xiaoxi, the clan leaders of the two villages are coming."
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