Chapter 271 Tragic Contrast
In a blink of an eye, spring came, buds sprouted from the branches, green grass grew everywhere, and the wild mushrooms popped up one after another under the nourishment of the spring rain.
Spring plowing in the tribe also arrived.
People from both camps began to plow the fields, and the work was in full swing. People from both camps were secretly competing with each other as they worked.
After the spring plowing, the wheat planted last winter was almost ripe. Because it was planted late, the wheat harvest was not much, but it still solved everyone's urgent needs. After all, without staple food, no matter how much vegetables you eat, it would not be enough to fill your stomach.
After the spring plowing, the people on the second elder's side were also busy planning the vegetable fields and planting the vegetable seeds left over from last year.
With so many people, the wheat harvest was not long enough to be eaten. In addition, the newly planted rice seedlings had to wait until late summer to grow into rice before they could be harvested.
Things are fine here for Ye Li, as the potatoes planted in the greenhouse are ready to be harvested. But the second elder is in a terrible situation, as the stored food is only enough for one month. Even if the rice can grow, it will take several months. Far water cannot put out a nearby fire.
The second elder also followed Ye Li's method and forced everyone to hand over the surplus food, but instead of dividing it equally, it was distributed at a fixed time every day, and the amount distributed was very small, not even enough for a child to eat.
The Second Elder's behavior really annoyed a lot of people, but they were the ones who chose the Second Elder, so they had no choice but to endure it and scatter around in the woods to find wild vegetables and mushrooms to eat, waiting for the harvest in late summer.
Unfortunately, within two months, the people in the Second Elder's camp began to feel uneasy because they discovered that the rice fields planted in their own fields were completely different from the rice fields planted on Ye Li's side.
The rice fields on their side are malnourished, but the rice fields on Ye Li's side are growing vigorously, and it is obvious that they will have a good harvest.
They are using the same rice seeds and the same land, so why do they grow differently?
The Second Elder's men hid together and whispered to each other.
"Looking at the situation in the fields, I'm afraid there won't be enough to eat even when the grain is harvested!"
"Yes. Every day I see people over there eating well and having enough to eat. It makes me so greedy. I don't know how they get the food."
Another person came over and said, "Hasn't the Second Elder been busy planting sweet potatoes and potatoes lately? Even if we can't rely on rice, we can still count on these, right?"
"That's true." The others nodded, and temporarily felt hopeful.
Another three months passed and the rice harvest began. Ye Li's family had a bumper harvest of rice, and they also harvested a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Poor Second Elder, he could only harvest a few bags from such a large rice field, not even enough to share. For some reason, the sweet potatoes and potatoes he planted only grew on the surface but not in the soil. The people from Ye Li's side were too much. They even brought sweet potatoes, saying that they wanted to exchange them for their sweet potato leaves to fry at home.
But this ruined the Second Elder's popularity.
The second elder didn't harvest much grain, but there were many people eating. In the blink of an eye, the warehouse was empty and not a single grain of rice was left.
Without food to eat, those who once supported the Second Elder began to make trouble. They blocked the Second Elder's door and demanded that he come out and give an explanation. Why did they all work the same but Ye Li had enough to eat and ate well, while they couldn't even get enough to eat?
The second elder hid and dared not show up.
Everyone immediately understood that even if the Second Elder stepped in, the food shortage problem could not be solved.
(End of this chapter)
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