Xiao Bao called Chen Nong and the others, and they ran back to the cave. He also wanted to know how much of the wild vegetables he had planted could be harvested.
After harvesting the wild vegetables, Tanghulu reminded him: "Host, amaranth and perilla have been harvested. Would you like to take one plant for seeds?"
You can exchange one tree for one hundred seeds.
Xiao Bao refused, saying, "No need, I still have seeds. Take them and plant them. Next time you plant them, I'll pick one to keep for seeds."
The seeds Chen Nong gave him weren't all used up; they could still be harvested and planted. Since he had already spent energy points, the remaining seeds certainly couldn't be wasted.
Xiao Bao took out two whole piles of amaranth and perilla leaves, they were very fresh and still had roots on them.
There were five amaranth plants, each one quite large. Old Mrs. Liu picked one up, weighed it in her hand, and said happily, "It weighs about six pounds."
Then he picked up a pile of perilla leaves and said happily, "There are five catties."
Er Ya said happily, "Then from now on, we won't have to worry about not having enough vegetables to eat!"
The eldest daughter-in-law laughed and said, "Now we don't have to worry about not having vegetables. Let's boil some perilla leaves to make tea, and everyone can have a bowl to prevent coughing."
Half an hour later, Xiao Bao harvested another batch of amaranth, perilla, and freshly ripened Smilax glabra.
There were 12 pieces of Smilax glabra in total, and after weighing them, Grandma Liu estimated that they weighed more than 2 jin (1 catties).
The yield is quite promising; Smilax glabra is even more filling than vegetables.
They earned 12 yuan in an hour, more than the two of them could earn in a whole day.
Old Man Chen and his friends got together and discussed it. They decided to exchange all the wages for the embroidery work done by the Zhou family, as well as other workers, for points.
Sell the supplies at a certain point system and let them exchange them freely.
Old Man Chen: "Those who do embroidery work are paid two points per hour."
"We planted cacti for our good son, and half a day's work is worth one point. Where are we going to get so many cacti to give to Tian Tian and the others?"
Zhou said, “Then take out the items that can be exchanged: cactus, stone spear, stone hoe, stone axe, stone shovel, pottery jar, cotton, first aid kit, sugarcane root, sugarcane, amaranth, perilla, smilax, needle, and hand warmer sleeves.”
Uncle Zhou: "Add sweet potato leaves and vines too."
Chen Laosi: "Father, Mother, since we have so many supplies to exchange, why don't we set up a Chen Family Shop, which will only be open to internal customers for the time being?"
Old Man Chen: "Alright! It's decided then. I'll have the army register us."
Lu Jun was called over and given a fountain pen and a notebook.
Uncle Zhou patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just like your old job, do a good job."
Lu Jun was a little nervous, holding a pen he had never seen before and a strange book. He only knew how to write with a calligraphy brush!
The next day, the group set off again. After traveling all day, everyone was exhausted and cold. Finally, they found a village when it got dark.
The scouts returned and reported: "Village chief, there's no one inside, it's safe!"
"Let's go in!" said Village Chief Bai.
They lit torches and entered the village in a grand manner.
The houses at the village entrance were scattered, so the group continued walking in until they stopped where the houses were more densely packed.
It was another empty village with leaky roofs, but no one complained; everyone rushed to get in.
The Chen family found a courtyard with a backyard. There weren't many rooms, but everyone could squeeze in and sleep.
The house was a mud-brick house with a leaky roof, but at least it had four walls.
Moreover, the backyard is big enough for them to store a lot of things.
The rooms were all empty; there was nothing to tidy up.
The three uncles had their luggage piled up in a room, and then led people to build a stone stove to cook. But the kitchen only had one stove, which was simply not enough.
There wasn't even any firewood piled up in the village, so the team had to organize people to carry torches and collect firewood to use.
Old Man Chen and the others arrived at the backyard. In this spacious place, Daya immediately set out thirty wooden beds.
The wooden bed is quite large, so it's troublesome to take it out without anyone noticing anything unusual.
Before, we had to slowly move four or five bills at a time to take them out, and then put them out. This is much easier now.
Daya took out another 300 stone spears. Some were lost in the previous wolf hunt, so she needed to replenish them. Moreover, she needed to be on guard, so the more weapons the better.
"Sigh! There aren't many stone spears left in the warehouse, otherwise I would have liked to equip each person in the team with one," said Daya.
Sanya said, "This is enough. The guards and patrols are about sufficient."
Next time you go to Silly Girl's, just bring some back. Before long, everyone in our team will have a stone spear."
"Grandpa and Grandma, let's slaughter a sheep tonight, eat mutton and drink broth!" Er Ya said.
Old Man Chen: "Bring out a sheep, we need to use tanned sheepskin."
The sheep was slaughtered, and five catties were cut off and sent to each of the three village chiefs and several doctors.
Xiao Bao put out twelve large sweet potatoes. "Grandma, I want to eat steamed sweet potatoes."
Steamed sweet potatoes are sweet and sticky, so delicious!
Zhou smiled and said, "Alright, I'll steam it for you."
Old Man Chen said, "Baby, bring out 20 portions of perilla leaves for the team."
Twenty servings of perilla weigh one hundred jin (50 kg), enough for many people to drink a bowl of perilla water.
Besides keeping some for our own use, we should take as much as we have left. In this cold weather, people are most prone to coughing, so let's let everyone get through this first.
After taking the perilla leaves, Xiaobao took out five more portions of amaranth.
He didn't plant much amaranth. After planting a few crops, he planted perilla instead, as the team seemed to really need perilla.
Suddenly, he remembered sugarcane, his sugarcane.
Seeing that Xiao Bao had taken out the sugarcane, Chen Nong pounced on it, shouting that he wanted to eat the sugarcane.
Chen Kai laughed and said, "Xiao Bao, take out another portion of sugarcane and put it on the other side for the team."
Old Man Chen and Mrs. Zhou felt a pang of heartache; one portion of sugarcane contained 30 stalks, such a huge pile.
Chen Kai seemed to know what they were thinking and advised, "These things are grown for food. They have high yields and short cycles. It's okay to share some with everyone."
Mrs. Zhou: "Alright, my good son, what else would you like to eat? I'll cook it for you. Or how about chicken soup? I'll cook a few chickens for you."
Chen Kai smiled and nodded.
Daya went into the house. Apart from the room where they put their luggage, each room had six beds. They would be sleeping in the beds tonight.
Just as we arrived at the backyard, the village chief also came with his men to move things.
The village chief's wife, carrying a hand warmer, was itching to buy more quilts.
"Can you give me a blanket? It's so cold, I'm freezing to death."
Zhou: "Alright, go inside and bring a bed back."
The village chief's wife happily went to get the blankets, making sure she got everything—pillow, sheets, and quilt—just as promised.
The village chief ordered that the 30 sets of quilts handed over to the team be distributed to those who hadn't received them before, according to the lists of the guard team and patrol team.
Da Ya and the others were processing sugarcane, with a fire burning nearby, so it wasn't cold.
Xiao Bao and his friends gathered around the fire, eating sugarcane while warming themselves by the flames.
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