When Li Miaomiao thought about what Pei Guoan had been doing in the provincial capital during this period, she began to understand why Pei Guoan had dug the cellar so secretly without her having to remind him.
Because the cellar was large and they dug two of them, and they didn't want outsiders to know that they had dug a new cellar, they didn't hire anyone to help. Pei Guoan worked alone for several days, and Li Miaomiao also helped, before they finally finished digging the cellar.
After the cellar was dug, Li Miaomiao took advantage of Pei Guoan's absence to buy a box of waterproof spray from the system mall and sprayed it on the walls of the cellar.
This is a high-tech system product, which cost Li Miaomiao 3,000 survival points.
The cellar is dark and damp, and the cellar sprayed with spray seems to look no different. This spray is colorless and odorless, but it not only can prevent moisture, but also has many important functions, which is much better than using other desiccants.
This way the things you put in can be preserved longer and won't spoil easily.
Pei Guoan went out this time just to buy lime and other things to dry and dehumidify the cellar.
Li Miaomiao couldn't explain how the waterproof spray came about, so she didn't stop Pei Guoan from treating the cellar. She just looked at the large cellar, which could hold a lot of grain and food, and she could slowly start storing food.
Compared to pickles and kimchi, inventory is the most important.
Speaking of which, the weather this year is good, and the harvest is better than in previous years. Calculating the time, the millet in the village has almost been dried. She met Zhang Degen before, and he said that he planned to go to the county to pay the public grain in a few days.
Thinking of this, Li Miaomiao went to the threshing ground.
"Uncle Degen, based on this year's harvest, after paying the public grain tax, every household will still be able to get a lot of food, right?"
When Li Miaomiao asked this, Zhang Degen smiled unconcealedly: "Yes, this year is a bumper harvest year, and everyone can get a lot of food. In previous years, there was not enough for each family to eat, but this year many families can have surplus food."
A woman raking grain nearby heard this and couldn't help but interject, "That's right. We're all strong laborers in this family. We earn a lot and get a lot of grain. We've been discussing exchanging some of our excess grain for some grain and cloth coupons."
This was not the first time Li Miaomiao had heard something like this. Many families in the village had the same idea, wanting to exchange the extra food for other things.
It was normal for everyone to think this way, but when they knew that there would be a drought next year, and there would be almost no harvest from the fields, and many people would starve to death, Li Miaomiao could not bear to see everyone do this.
Not to mention that she had been in the village for so long and had developed a deep affection for this place, she couldn't bear to watch someone in the village starve to death.
If everyone in the village were to starve without food, and her family was the only one with food, it would be hard to say what would happen. In that situation, no one could escape unscathed. Only if everyone in the village worked together and helped each other could they overcome the crisis.
"Ding, issuing a random task. Try your best to stop the villagers from selling their grain. Complete 50% of the task to gain 10,000 survival points. Complete 80% of the task to gain 20,000 survival points."
Li Miaomiao was just thinking about it when she heard the sound of the system issuing a task. This was the most generous time the system had ever given out. The survival value was actually in the tens of thousands. It was only when she went to the provincial capital to find Pei Guoan that she was rewarded with 50,000 survival value.
But the two tasks are not comparable at all. It takes a lot of effort to find Pei Guoan, and you have to make plans. Fifty thousand survival points are not much.
Thinking of this, Li Miaomiao spoke up: "Aunt, there's a soap workshop in the village this year, and it's doing very well. There should be a lot of goods distributed by the end of the year. I think it's better not to rush to exchange the grain. These days, it's better to have some surplus grain at home to feel at ease."
Li Miaomiao was trying to persuade her, but she wasn't sure if her aunt would listen to her. However, she could only try her best to persuade her. She couldn't do more. She couldn't tell everyone that there would be a drought next year and ask them to keep the grain and not sell it.
But I didn’t expect that after hearing what Li Miaomiao said, the woman actually started to think about it seriously.
"Guoan wife, when you say that, do you know something?"
"What can I know? I just feel that having food in hand is the most reassuring thing these days. Things are getting increasingly chaotic outside, and people are panicking. We never know what will happen in the future, so we have to be more prepared."
"Guoan's wife, you are right. These days, you need to have food at home to feel at ease. No, I have to go back and discuss this with my husband. Otherwise, don't change the food. Nothing else is more important than food."
This aunt was also an impatient person. She originally planned to go back and discuss it with her husband, but the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt, so she hurried to the field to find her husband.
"Sister Chen, what are you in such a hurry to do?"
"I have something to discuss with my man..."
This is not something that needs to be hidden from others. When everyone was chatting in the threshing ground in the evening, they discussed this topic a lot, especially since there was a good harvest this year. Many people were planning to exchange the extra grain to buy things for their families.
This time the woman did not hide anything and told Li Miaomiao what she had said, as well as her own thoughts.
Originally, no one had any idea, but when they knew it was Li Miaomiao who said it, they started to think about it.
Li Miaomiao is a rare smart person in the village. If she hadn't figured out the soap recipe, the lives of everyone in their village wouldn't be getting better and better. She must see things more clearly than them.
"Did Guoan's wife really say that?"
"I'm not lying to you. You know my original plan, but after hearing what Guoan's wife said, it really makes sense. Besides, there's no need for us to exchange the grain. Guoan's wife said that when the soap workshop distributes dividends at the end of the year, we can get a lot of things, including soap. We can use these things to exchange then. Why must we use grain? These days, it's better to keep more food at home to feel at ease."
"Since Guoan's wife said so, there must be a reason. We originally planned to exchange some food for it, but now it seems we should keep it. I will go back and discuss it with my family."
There were no secrets in the village, and later everyone knew what Li Miaomiao said.
So, except for a few families, most people in the village did not plan to exchange the food. Although they were not smart, it was always right to follow the smart people.
When she heard the system's prompt sound and the 20,000 survival points were credited to her account, Li Miaomiao still had a very unreal feeling. She had tried her best to do the task, but she hadn't used the ultimate move she had planned yet, and the mission was already completed?
Is there something wrong with the system?
After finding out what was going on, Li Miaomiao suddenly realized that she was so influential in the village.
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