There is no harm without comparison. Su Nian and Chu Beichen are smart, capable and lucky, which makes those lazy and clumsy people look even more miserable and pitiful.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen came to Donghuo Village in early winter. Although the best time for hunting and gathering supplies had passed, they still accumulated enough supplies to survive the winter in a short period of time.
However, some villagers in Donghuo Village saw that the blizzard was about to come, but they still did not have enough food to survive the winter, including the widows.
This is not just a matter of being stupid or having bad luck; these people are mainly lazy.
Let’s take Wall-E as an example. Because he had the protection of his parents in the past, Wall-E could be regarded as one of the dumbest young people in Donghuo Village.
Although Wall-E is stupid, he is very hardworking. As early as the summer when the first batch of wild fruits and plants appeared, Wall-E followed his grandfather to the Green Valley to collect fruits.
Green Valley is a place that bison and wild deer like to go. When spring comes, the mountains and fields are covered with wild flowers and weeds. It's like magic that the earth is covered with green overnight.
As long as you are diligent, you can collect many nutritious roots and fruits in Green Valley.
Su Nian and Chu Beichen had seen the storage items at Walli's house. There were a lot of things similar to potatoes and sweet potatoes, as well as some plants with thick leaves, which tasted similar to cabbage when stewed.
Wali's family also has a large number of beans, peanuts and other oily fruits. As for what we often call dried fruits, they are a must-have for every household in Donghuo Village.
Chu Beichen and Su Nian also exchanged bison meat and Wall-E for many collections.
So in this place, as long as you are diligent, you can have enough to eat and spend the winter safely.
Widows, on the other hand, seldom do these rough jobs. They are used to having ready-made food and their minds are full of thoughts about finding another man to support them. Therefore, they usually don't focus on working all year round.
Now that winter has arrived, these widows are beginning to worry.
This is also the reason why the bearded village chief kept pushing women to Chu Beichen.
Now that the snowstorm has come, these women are staying at home and living off their savings, and are also worried about their future.
In the cedar forest, once a snowstorm comes, no one can do anything and can only stay in the house to sleep and eat. Of course, this is also the comfortable life that many people yearn for. The prerequisite is that there must be firewood for heating and enough food.
And these two things are exactly what those lazy widows lack.
Then someone else started to set his sights on Chu Beichen.
At this time, Chu Beichen and his wife had not stopped working. Taking advantage of the short period of fine weather, the couple would go to the nearby woods to collect dead tree trunks and chop them into firewood.
They even went to Green Valley and brought back a few sleds of turf and rejuvenation.
If there is anything worth being happy about in this cedar forest, it is that there is a lot of rejuvenation here, and contrary to Su Nian and Chu Beichen's expectations, the locals do not like to eat this thing.
The locals' favorite food is a large, hard rhizome that resembles a potato when cooked, because the rhizome can replace flour.
The juice of Rejuvenation is something between fruits and vegetables. If we have to say something about the problem of Rejuvenation, it is that it is neither as sweet as fruits nor as pure as vegetables.
In short, people in Donghuo Village rarely touch this thing. Only in the cold winter when livestock are out of food will someone try to find a damp and soft place to dig out some to survive.
This caused Huichun to grow in large quantities in Donghuo Village. Based on their experience of digging several times, Su Nian and Chu Beichen came to the conclusion that the underground of this cedar forest was probably full of Huichun.
This also explains why local people rarely get sick except for external injuries.
Since no one likes it and the resources of rejuvenation are so abundant, Su Nian and Chu Beichen are not polite. They no longer plan to dig for rejuvenation near their home.
Instead, they went to faraway places to dig up a lot of rejuvenation herbs and collected fungus-like plants. They brought these things back and spread them all in the yard to dry.
After the mushrooms and fungi are dried, they can be added to the broth, which becomes a vegetable broth. It is not only not greasy but also very nutritious and can replenish the vitamins that the human body lacks in time.
One afternoon, Su Nian and Chu Beichen were working in the yard when the sunlight suddenly disappeared. The surroundings instantly became a dark world and the wind suddenly became stronger.
"Oh my God, the snowstorm is coming again," the couple quickly put away the things that were drying in the yard and put them into the storage room.
Just as they were about to enter, they saw a group of people running hurriedly on the village path.
"Wait a minute, Chu, we want to talk to you," the one who came was the bearded village chief, and the witch doctor with white hair and beard. Behind them was a thin woman, who was also a widow in the village. She had once harassed Chu Beichen, but was rejected by him.
Hearing the strong sound of the wind, Chu Beichen did not dare to let these people stand outside and talk. He opened the door of the cabin and let everyone in.
The cabin is bright and clean, and has undergone some simple modifications, such as adding a sturdy bench and a small table, as well as shelves for storing things.
With these simple wooden shelves, you can put the food you need for the next one or two days on them instead of piling them on the ground.
The village chief's eyes lit up as soon as he saw her. "Chu, no wonder everyone says that people on the south bank of the Gangwa River live better than us. Now that I see you, I know why. You're so hardworking, you can live comfortably wherever you go!"
The witch doctor had already sat down comfortably in front of the fireplace. This was his first time visiting Chu Beichen's cabin, and he was very interested in Chu Beichen's small stool. He was moving the stool and studying it while urging the village chief, "Alright, let's get down to business, otherwise if a blizzard starts, we won't be able to get back!"
The bearded village chief slapped his head and reached out to pull the frail widow over. "This is Xie Na. I introduced her to you before!"
Chu Beichen frowned and looked at the thin widow. In his eyes, Su Nian was the only one who could be called a woman. "What's the matter with you bringing her here?"
Xie Na saw thick furs piled in the corner of the cabin and a lot of delicious food on the shelves. A greedy look appeared in her eyes. She rummaged in her arms for a long time and took out a shiny object.
Chu Beichen saw that it was his automatic watch. It had been missing for several days. Chu Beichen thought he might have lost it while working somewhere, but he didn't expect it to be in Xie Na's hands.
Xie Na said slowly, "Chu, after you made love with me that day, you gave me this thing as a token of your love, so now I am your woman!"
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