After quickly finishing the work in the greenhouse in the morning, Qiao Xuejun took the people from the Ministry of Agriculture and started looking for beets along the hillside.
Her agricultural department has expanded, and now has 30 people in it. Adding some of the children who are not considered a complete labor force within the base, there are nearly 50 people in total.
The snow on the mountain has melted in the past few days, making it easier to find than before.
"Children must form groups of three and follow their parents. They should not stray too far away from each other and should search each area closely."
The environment of Hongmei Mountain is still complex.
The trees near the base have been cut down, so it looks like a clear view. The rest of the area is still densely wooded and winding. If you go into the dense forest, it is still risky.
"Minister, are there really new plants emerging?"
Yes, but that’s not the case.
Qiao Xuejun smiled and said, "Who can be sure? It's just a matter of luck, isn't it? Now that the cold winter is over and the temperature is suitable, maybe some dormant seeds will emerge."
Qiao Xuejun encouraged, "Look carefully. If you find one, each person will get two pieces of dried rabbit meat. The first person to find one will get two more!"
Rabbit jerky!
"Good!" Everyone immediately started clapping and applauding.
Although the base now has a rabbit farm, those are only kept for wool production.
Their current warm clothing will still not be enough to support outdoor activities during the next extreme cold period, but it will not freeze them to death.
The temperature was below -30℃, so most people had to stay inside the base.
If they could produce more wool to make coats, plush shoes, hats and gloves, they would be able to go out and work even in cold weather.
Once the basic inventory of warm clothing is sufficient, rabbit meat can be provided for consumption.
Rabbit meat is a rare commodity nowadays, so Qiao Xuejun took it out as a reward. Everyone was very excited and searched all over the mountains for it.
In less than half an hour there was movement.
"Minister, is this it?" Someone made a discovery in an area twenty meters away from Qiao Xuejun.
Qiao Xuejun looked up.
It was a girl who worked at the Ministry of Agriculture. She squatted on the ground, dug up the surrounding rubble and pointed at a green leaf on the ground: "Minister, I found something!"
Qiao Xuejun walked over with a hoe. This was the front mountain, where there was still pasture grass planted, and the grass had green leaves.
But this is completely different from the green leaves of grass.
This plant has passed the seedling stage and has grown three true leaves, which are shield-shaped.
Qiao Xuejun's eyes lit up: "Remember your first reward!"
She squatted down and began to dig the soil with the small hoe in her hand, digging around the area where the seedling grew, and finally pulled the plant out of the soil.
This plant has white rhizomes.
The person next to him asked, "Minister, what is this? It looks like a spinach root, a thick one."
"This is beet. It can be used to make sugar," Qiao Xuejun held it up to show everyone. "When this root grows up, it's much larger than spinach. It can grow like a radish... and it tastes sweet. If we plant it on a large scale, we can make sugar from it in the future."
Qiao Xuejun packed up the things and said, "Keep looking. If there's one, there will be two. The more you find, the better!"
Jin Yiyun took two people and continued to search in the area they were responsible for.
Soon they made discoveries one after another, and they followed Teacher Qiao's instructions, carefully digging out the beets and putting them into the bags they carried with them.
Jin Yiyun warned his two companions: "Be careful, don't damage it, we need to take it back for breeding."
"I know. I'll be careful."
They gradually went down, very dedicated, and soon reached the foot of the mountain.
"Hey, friends, what are you doing?"
Jin Yiyun was startled when she heard a strange voice calling her from the side. She looked up and said, "What?"
When they looked up, they realized it was indeed a stranger. His clothes weren't anything they'd seen at the First Base.
She looked around and saw that there was not only him, but also a few strangers on the mountain path next to her. They were led by two patrol soldiers and were walking up the mountain.
Jin Yiyun felt relieved when he saw the patrol soldiers. He then looked at the people in front of him and asked, "Are you from the Sea Fort? How did you get down from the mountain?"
"No, we are from outside and are here to trade with food suppliers. Do you know the food suppliers?" asked Bai Chengbin, a communications soldier from the Fourth Base.
Jin Yiyun frowned, as if he was hearing this for the first time. "Who? The food supplier?"
Bai Chengbin's heart sank: "Never heard of it?"
How could I not have heard of him? If such a person really existed, wouldn't he be a household name?
Bai Chengbin wanted to elaborate further: "It's the one that can trade a large amount of potatoes..."
"Those behind! Don't linger!" The patrolling soldier in front quickly discovered that someone had fallen behind and shouted.
Bai Chengbin was stared at and had to give up: "I'm coming!"
He glanced at the hoe in Jin Yiyu's hand again and thought, regardless of whether there is this food supplier or not, this first base looks like it has agricultural production, so it should be possible to... exchange it for some food, right?
Jin Yiyun watched him leave, feeling strange. What food supplier? Speaking of food supply, it should be their teacher Qiao, but Teacher Qiao is the Minister of Agriculture. To them, he is a leader and a teacher, not a supplier.
Bai Chengbin hurried forward to catch up with the team, feeling heavy in his heart.
I'm afraid we really have to lower our expectations, just as headquarters said.
Bai Chengbin walked up to Wang Wenxun and said, "Captain Wang."
There was a patrol team ahead, so he couldn't say it directly and could only shake his head at Wang Wenxun.
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