Chapter 50: Distributing Supplies - Five catties of fresh pork can be exchanged for two catties of cured meat.
Since some of the prey had already been consumed at dinner, the remaining prey consisted of sixty chickens, ducks, and rabbits, fifteen large fish, eighty chicken and duck eggs, three baskets of wild vegetables and mushrooms, seven hundred catties of wild boar meat, and over one hundred catties of pork bones.
According to the division method mentioned earlier, Lu Xuan took 30%, which included 18 chickens, ducks, and rabbits, 2 x 14 eggs, a basket of wild vegetables and mushrooms, 210 catties of wild boar meat, and about 40 catties of large bones. The four and a half fish were not easy to divide, so he picked the four largest or the best-tasting fish to take away.
The other exploration team members received the same amount of supplies as Lu Xuan, but they needed fourteen people to share them, so they only received one-fourteenth of the total.
But that's not a small amount either; the wild boar meat alone weighs fifteen jin!
The village's public resources are reduced by 10% from this amount, and the remaining amount is distributed among households.
Small prey such as chickens, ducks, and rabbits are typically distributed to each household in only about one-third of the total, roughly equivalent to one pound.
There were only three large fish left, each weighing nearly ten pounds. Each family could get more than half a pound of the thirty pounds of fish meat. However, considering that the fish heads were not easy to divide, and the eggs and mushrooms were too few to divide, they simply put them away for now, planning to accumulate more before dividing them out later.
The real bulk of the meat comes from wild boar.
One hundred and forty catties of meat and more than twenty catties of bones were distributed to each family, and each family received a little over three catties of meat and half a catty of bones.
It doesn't sound like much, but if you think about the village chief's family, Li Jing and Li Tuo were both members of the exploration team, and each of them received fifteen jin of pork, so the two brothers together received thirty jin.
Adding this equally divided portion, it becomes thirty-three catties of meat, which is quite a lot.
The Lu family and the Wu family are in the same situation.
Others may not be as good as them, but as long as they are members of the exploration team, each family can get a total of about 20 kilograms of meat, which is quite a good harvest.
Only families with no one to join the exploration team and a large population, who feel that more than three catties is too little, have not enough meat to eat.
Most of these families were thinking that they would definitely get their family members to join the hunting and gathering teams, so that they could get double or even triple the supplies like the village chief's family and the Wu family!
Only orphans and widows, whose families were already poor, didn't mind having too little meat. They would eat the three-pound meat sparingly for a long time.
Li Tie said, "If any family doesn't have enough meat or fish, they can come to me and exchange their grain for meat and fish from the public supplies. Also, you should discuss which team you want to join as soon as possible and tell me by tomorrow morning at the latest, so as not to delay tomorrow's exploration."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people who had just received the fresh meat surrounded him, registering their names and preparing to store the meat in their space to prevent it from getting too hot.
With the problem of meat preservation solved, the group sat in small groups in the square, where the lights had been turned on again, to discuss which team they should join.
Which team is your family planning to join?
"Of course it's the hunting team! Didn't you see that everyone who went out today got more than ten kilograms of meat?"
"That's because Lu Xuan was with them. They were lucky enough to catch several wild boars. Without wild boars, they wouldn't have had such a good harvest, and the hunting trip was also more dangerous."
“I’m planning to join the guard team. It sounds safer. The pay might not be as good as the hunting team, but stability is important too. I’m the only breadwinner in my family. If something happens to me while hunting, life will be tough.”
The Zhang family is also discussing which team they should join.
The old man is too old to join any team, so we'll disregard him.
Zhang Wende, however, was quite envious of his son's harvest today and wanted to join the hunting team.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chengming quickly dissuaded him: "Father, the hunting team not only tests your skills, but also requires a lot of physical strength. If you really can't stay idle, you can join the guard team. Leave the hunting team to me."
Zhang Yangshi also said, "The hunting team is clearly for young people. The child's father shouldn't get involved. I think the guard team is fine. You two can be in the hunting team and the guard team respectively. My daughter-in-law and I will join the gathering team. Then our family will have four sources of income, which will be more than enough to support the whole family."
The decisions of other families were basically the same as those of the Zhang family. Middle-aged men mainly joined the guard team, young people joined the hunting team, and women, except for Wei Xiang, joined the gathering team regardless of age.
After obtaining the village chief's consent, the twelve- or thirteen-year-old girls and teenagers also decided to join the gathering team.
They may not be as quick as the adults at work, but it's always good to earn an extra income for the family.
In order to increase his family's income, Li Tie also filled in his name in the guard team.
The two sons, just like today, went to work in the hunting team, and they also signed up for the guard team, hoping to earn as much as possible.
Miao Jinfeng and Wu Yinyin, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, naturally joined the collection team.
The Lu family was also easy to divide up: Lu Xuan and Lei Yan joined the hunting team, and Lu Qing joined the gathering team.
Neither Lu Xuan nor Lei Yan planned to join the guard team.
To put it bluntly, this team is only for young people who are a bit timid and middle-aged people who are not physically strong. They are just earning a hard-earned living. They don't lack the supplies, so there's no need for them to join in the fun.
After informing the village chief of their chosen team, the Lu family returned to their small cave.
Lu Xuan controlled his food intake while eating from the communal pot and didn't eat his fill. After returning, he took out a bowl of meat buns and a large bowl of soup noodles from his spatial storage to make up for it.
Throughout the journey, Lu Chen kept encouraging him, saying, "Brother, can I go hunting with you? I really want to go! I won't be a burden to you."
Lu Xuan compared his height to Lu Xuan's and said, "With your small frame, if you go to the hunting team, will you be the one hunting, or will the prey kill you? You should just stay at home."
Lu Chen's eyes lit up. "Then can I join the gathering team? I'm pretty good at picking wild vegetables too."
In short, he didn't want to be like other kids, someone who just freeloads and doesn't do any work.
Lu Xuan shook his head again, "Even if the gathering team had no restrictions, they couldn't possibly take in a child as young as you. If you really want to find something to do, then help keep an eye on the village children and make sure they don't run around. It's dangerous in the mountains; it would be a real problem if they got lost."
Lu Chen slumped his shoulders and said dejectedly, "Alright then."
After calming Lu Chen down, Lu Xuan handed over the chicken, duck, rabbit, and wild boar meat that he had been allocated for the day to Lu Qing.
"You can use the chickens, ducks, and rabbits as you see fit. As for wild boar meat, ask around and see if anyone wants some. You can trade it for cured meat. Five pounds of fresh meat for two pounds of cured meat or sausage."
Lu Qing checked the wild boar meat in the space.
Apart from the dozen or so kilograms that Lei Yan received, the rest were all distributed to Lu Xuan.
He received 30% according to the village chief's rules, 30% of the weapons expenses promised to him by the exploration team, and 10 jin of arrows sent by Wu Cheng, totaling about 280 jin.
"Are we going to exchange all of this for cured pork?" Lu Qing felt a little distressed. "The amount of meat we get back this way is less than half of what we have now. It's such a waste."
Lu Xuan waved his hand: "It's alright. If anyone wants to exchange it for grain, that's fine too. One pound of fresh meat for two pounds of coarse grain."
Viewers in the live stream were puzzled: "Didn't the streamer keep saying he couldn't get used to brown rice? Why is he now proactively suggesting switching to whole grains?"
Lu Xuan said, "Coarse grains can be processed into refined grains, but the weight will be reduced."
Today, he just received the food for the biosuits that he had given to the exploration team members on credit, and there were more than 300 jin of coarse grains.
Instead of accumulating more and more grains, it's better to process them into refined grains so that we don't have to worry about wasting them.
Seeing that he had made up his mind and that his family members really couldn't get used to the taste of wild boar meat, Lu Qing nodded, "Okay, I'll ask around tomorrow, there should be someone willing."
Other families aren't as picky as them. They can exchange two pounds of cured meat for five pounds of fresh meat. Even if they spend some salt and time to make cured meat again, the amount they make will be at least three and a half pounds. They won't lose out no matter what.
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Back in his room, Lu Xuan opened the blind box page of the system shop.
[Finally here! I've been waiting forever!]
Actually, the live stream during the day was also very exciting.
[Daytime is daytime, now is now! Anyway, streamer, get the party started! Let's see how lucky we are today.]
Having learned from yesterday's experience, Lu Xuan didn't waste any words today and started drawing directly.
[Regular blind box 10-pull: 127 points, 88 points...]
[Regular blind box 10-pull: ...]
...
After ten consecutive 10-pulls, the resources he drew were quickly displayed before Lu Xuan.
Most of the items I drew today were duplicates of what I drew yesterday: the usual nutritional supplements, salt, sugar, medicine, and toilet paper – these consumables made up the majority. The rest were miscellaneous items like clothing sets, tents, sleeping bags, and some small tables, chairs, and cabinets.
The new items were only a few: cooling patches, a thermos, a candle set, a self-heating blanket, a GPS tracker, and several new remote-controlled toys for Lu Xuan to play with.
The guaranteed minimum for a hundred consecutive draws is a 10-cubic-meter space ring.
Lu Xuan thought for a moment, and then did a ten-pull of Silver Blind Boxes.
[Silver Blind Box 10-Pull: 1206 points, 868 points, 2008 points, 1128 points, 890 points, Automatic Fishing Net, A Certain Brand Bedding Set, Smart Dryer, Basic Adult Bio-Clothing, Kayak.]
Yesterday, during my 100-pull, I got two bio-suits in addition to the guaranteed drop. Today, however, I didn't get any in my 100-pull, only one in the silver tier.
A single Silver Blind Box costs 1,000 points, which is the same price as the Bio-Clothing, so it's basically a break-even situation.
An automatic fishing net is perfect for catching fish in the pool below the waterfall, and its size is just right.
The four-piece bedding set... According to the description, it is made from the hide of a specific mutated beast. It is as light as a feather but exceptionally warm. It looks like a good product, but it's quite strange to find it in a silver blind box.
Besides, it's not the right time of year.
Items obtained from regular blind boxes include insulated cups, self-heating blankets, silver dryers, and kayaks... These are all useful items that you can't use right now.
The total points I drew were also one-third less than yesterday, so overall my luck was clearly worse than yesterday.
Nothing surprising came out of today's draw.
Was yesterday's luck truly the legendary rookie's luck?
[It's okay! Don't panic, streamer! Even if you don't get as good a draw as yesterday, you'll still make a profit overall.]
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