Compressed biscuits and nutritional supplements have a shelf life of several years. In addition, the landing time of merchant ships is not fixed. People in the settlement usually store food for a few months. Families with extra money in their pockets will even store food for half a year, a year, or even several years.
The Zhang family's cellar was densely packed with compressed biscuits and nutritional supplements. At the rate the three of them were consuming, it was enough to last them a year, and there was definitely plenty of surplus food.
only……
"Grandma, you lent it to Uncle Yang today, right?" Lin Xiaoman frowned slightly. This loan would definitely not be returned. Although they had plenty of food, once they opened the door, when others had difficulties in the future... it would be a bottomless pit.
"Alas, considering Yang Ye's family situation, I really can't bear to refuse him." Zhang Peiwen sighed.
The Yang family is their old neighbor. Yang Ye is one of Zhang Yashan’s few close brothers. Yang Ye has a pregnant wife and a son who broke his leg a few years ago. Zhang Peiwen really can’t bear it.
The same thing happened to the other three people before. Each family had difficulties, so she borrowed some food from them, more or less.
"The situation isn't that bad yet. If you can help, then do so." Zhang Yashan nodded, his words somewhat gravely, "After all, we've been friends for life. I can't just stand by and watch him die."
"But, Dad, Grandma, in the future...we will run out of food." Lin Xiaoman said weakly. A boy who distributes food will be targeted!
"I know that too." Zhang Peiwen frowned. "Dashan, has Boss Xu come up with any countermeasures?"
"Boss Xu's idea is to form a hunting team and go hunting in the forest. While the food might be a little unpalatable, golden snakes, thorny storks, green rhinos, and horned tapirs... are all large exotic beasts, one of which can feed hundreds of people. There are quite a few of them, and with the surrounding forests, we won't starve to death for a few years. The key is..." Zhang Yashan's face darkened with annoyance. "Those bastards at the parking lot are hanging around on the periphery, afraid they'll rob the hunting team if they get into the forest."
"Can't we recruit them?" Zhang Peiwen asked worriedly.
"It's not very feasible. After all, they are outsiders. We don't know their backgrounds well, so who knows what their character is like. Boss Xu is afraid that they will disobey discipline. Moreover, if we recruit them, we don't have any extra food to provide them with first. Sigh..." Zhang Yashan sighed deeply again and waved his hand. "Mom, Xiaoxue, don't worry too much. It will be solved eventually. By the way, Xiaoxue, how is the spiritual food you mentioned?"
"Dad, I'm still studying it." Lin Xiaoman replied ambiguously.
"Don't be anxious or stressed. Just let nature take its course. Those golden fruits are of no use anyway." Zhang Yashan comforted.
"Well, I know. Dad, you should also pay attention to safety recently. If you want to leave the gathering place, don't rush to the front!" Lin Xiaoman warned seriously.
"Yes, Dashan, be smart. We have plenty of food at home. There is no need to take risks. The most important thing is to protect yourself." Zhang Peiwen also reminded.
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."
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The storm is about to come, and while the surface is still calm, Lin Xiaoman sits in the yard every day pretending to sleep to gather spirits.
I have to say that it is really not easy to improve the strength of a spiritual master.
After seven days of practice, Lin Xiaoman couldn't even condense the most basic attack, which means that she was still a low-level apprentice spiritual master who only knew spiritual awareness.
In the plot, the heroine Qu Yunxuan successfully gathered spirits and became a spiritual master at the age of 24, and now she is still an apprentice at the age of 33. Of course, Qu Yunxuan's strength should be considered the best among the apprentices.
And Lin Xiaoman is now the lowest-ranking apprentice.
Why……
What a despairing reality.
However, Qu Yunxuan was not serious about cultivation. She was pursuing delicious food rather than strength. Lin Xiaoman thought that she could still work hard even if she had cheated.
She can practice sitting still for more than 18 hours a day!
Therefore, based on the same cheating ability, her upgrade speed should be faster.
However, the effect of practicing without cheating is really very poor. The effect of the entire seven days of practice is not as good as the effect of the golden fruit with a drop of spiritual liquid added.
It turns out that the hard-working emperor can't beat the cheating emperor.
Fortunately, the blood grass she used the plug-in to grow has finally reached the harvest season.
Just like a cup cannot hold any more water once it is full, the spirit in a living being also has an upper limit. Every time a spirit master upgrades, he breaks his own constraints and increases his capacity.
Of course, upgrading is a long way off for Lin Xiaoman. What is in front of him now is a blood grass full of spirit.
It took her a total of 4 drops of spiritual liquid to mature the blood grass, and Lin Xiaoman saved the remaining 3 drops. Although she had no experience in making spiritual food, she could talk about it on paper.
According to the relevant content in the plot, Lin Xiaoman roughly judged how many drops of spiritual liquid to add to fully exert the effect based on the brightness and size of the blood grass light ball in the spiritual state.
Well, 3 drops are enough.
The knowledge in the original owner's mind told her that the roots, stems and leaves of blood grass are all edible, so Lin Xiaoman did not waste a single bit. She dug out even the roots, washed them as quickly as possible, chopped them up, and soaked them in water diluted with spiritual liquid. Lin Xiaoman drank it in one gulp.
Ugh!!
It feels like I drank a big bottle of pure Chinese herbal decoction.
Lin Xiaoman felt a burning sensation in his stomach, and was completely unable to control the nausea and vomiting.
Hold it in, don’t vomit!
Covering his mouth tightly, and after the nausea reaction was no longer so severe, Lin Xiaoman immediately entered the state of cultivation.
After this practice, it was time for dinner.
After saying hello to Zhang Peiwen, Lin Xiaoman hurriedly ate a few bites of biscuits and went back to his room to continue practicing.
It was not until the sun rose that Lin Xiaoman completely digested the spiritual power contained in the blood grass he had eaten.
Lin Xiaoman stretched his body and felt energetic even though he hadn't slept all night. The effect of this night was comparable to three months of hard training!
It turns out that Gua Ye has a future!
With his strength improved, Lin Xiaoman's first thing was to look for new grass in the yard. Because there were wounded people one after another, the blood grass in the yard had been stripped away. Lin Xiaoman could only settle for the second best and choose a refreshing blue mint.
Lin Xiaoman lived her life of cultivation as usual, but the gathering place was obviously in turmoil and the situation was becoming increasingly tense. The most obvious thing was that more people came to her house to borrow food, and there were more than 10 of them.
Although her family was wealthy, Zhang Peiwen knew that this was not a solution and ultimately refused all offers.
Although you can refuse to borrow food, you cannot refuse to save your life.
In an emergency, we save people first and pay later. Before, more than 80% of the medical expenses could be recovered, but now... it's uncertain.
As the stock of medicinal herbs was depleted, Zhang Yashan and Zhang Peiwen were filled with anxiety.
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