Xu Lin went upstairs and got various condiments for Grandma Wu. Since they had decided to eat together, they should make it "delicious". No matter how good the cooking skills were, it wouldn't be good without condiments.
After finishing their meal, the group went to sleep. Candles were precious, and unless it was a special occasion, they usually didn't do much activity after dark.
The next morning, Zhou Pin and Sun Wei started sparring again, this time in the courtyard, with Minister Sun offering "guidance" from the side.
Xu Lin went to the kitchen to cook with Li Jingjing, while Grandma Wu took care of Xiao Youyou.
Children change every day. Youyou is already chubby and adorable.
We'll rest today. Tomorrow, Sun Wei, Li Jingjing, and Minister Sun will embark on another journey to collect supplies. I wonder if that vehicle will still be there given the unpredictable weather in the no-man's-land.
After breakfast, the group gathered their supplies. Several large buckets of water brought back from the oasis were placed on the first floor as drinking water, while the dew and ice water collected from outside were used for washing clothes and taking baths.
Xu Lin was worried that the water outside might be contaminated, so she and Zhou Pin used water from their spatial dimension for washing and rinsing.
She also brought back some potato seedlings, tomato seedlings, sweet potato seedlings, and some unfamiliar plants from the oasis. Xu Lin "found" some storage boxes in the storage room and planted the ones she recognized in them, while asking Grandma Wu about the ones she didn't.
"This is sea buckthorn, a deciduous shrub with many thorns on its branches, lanceolate leaves, and small orange-yellow or orange-red fruits. It is a rather eye-catching desert plant. Sea buckthorn is resistant to wind and sand and adapts to arid and saline-alkali land."
"Sea buckthorn, from the root up, is a whole plant with good things, rich in nutrients." Grandma Wu casually picked up the plant that Xu Lin had taken out.
"So this is sea buckthorn. I'd only ever heard of it before, this is the first time I've ever seen it," said Li Jingjing.
"This is camel thorn, also known as camel grass."
"The grass that camels eat? Aren't all those thorns pricking their mouths?"
"Camel thorn is a semi-shrub belonging to the legume family, usually no more than half a meter tall, with many radiating branches and covered with hard thorns. Camel thorn flowers are purplish-red, blooming on the thorns, beautiful but difficult to pick."
Camel thorn is one of the plants used for windbreak and sand fixation, and its roots can absorb a certain amount of salt from the soil, thereby improving the soil quality.
Camel thorns also have nutritional value and can be used as feed and medicine. "Old cows eat tender grass, and camels aren't stupid either; they like to eat fresh camel thorns," Grandma Wu explained in detail.
“I know this, aloe vera.” Li Jingjing finally spotted a plant she recognized.
“We’ll use this to make skincare products,” Xu Lin said.
Li Jingjing was interested in this and immediately started discussing how to do it with Xu Lin.
Looking at the little Youyou in her arms, Xu Lin and Li Jingjing discussing excitedly beside her, and Minister Sun, Sun Wei, and Zhou Pin standing around the car not far away, Grandma Wu thought it wouldn't be bad if things could stay like this forever.
Early the next morning, Xu Lin and Grandma Wu got up to prepare a hearty breakfast for everyone: meat pies, millet porridge, and pickled vegetables.
After finishing their meal, the three set off, having borrowed a car from Zhou Pin.
In order to gain the upper hand, they had to drive out; otherwise, once the oasis was discovered by others, there would be no supplies left to collect.
Xu Lin and Zhou Pin stayed behind to protect their homeland.
After seeing Sun Wei and the others off, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin didn't rest either. Xu Lin planted all the vegetable seedlings that hadn't been planted yesterday, while Zhou Pin went to the base to check on the situation.
Xu Lin had just finished planting the seedlings when she heard a commotion outside. A little while later, Zhou Pin returned.
"Why is it so noisy outside?" Xu Lin asked.
"The villa area on the outskirts has been attacked. Aunt Wu, take Youyou inside and don't come out," Zhou Pin said to the old lady Wu who came out to check the situation.
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