Chapter 20: Food is coming. No one else said anything. No one…
The others did not say anything. They were all too embarrassed. They were now fleeing from famine. It was enough for Wang Xiaolang to say something. What nonsense could they say? They must not scare Ah Guiwawa and make him think that they were bad people and force him to change.
Unexpectedly, when the ghost scholar heard what the young man said, his heart moved. The herb could be mentioned voluntarily, so it could be some good stuff with miraculous uses. If he could exchange it for the things he couldn't finish eating, it would certainly be feasible.
"Of course you can." The ghost scholar smiled more gently, and estimated in his mind that he could keep half of the meat and exchange the remaining half with the people in the village.
Two people in his family are now in the guard team. Ximingren often goes to the guard team and brings back meat from time to time. Although Ye Lu rarely goes to the guard team, Ximingren brings back enough meat.
The ghost scholar now understood what Chief Helan meant when he said there would be no shortage of meat during the escape from famine.
There really is no shortage of meat.
"Really? Then I want to change. My family has the thunder attribute of the thunder grass that the head of the family went to find last time. I remember that someone in your family has awakened the thunder attribute talent, right?" The man's eyes lit up and he hurriedly told his bargaining chips. At the same time, he was probably worried that the ghost scholar would not change, so he explained: "The things are good, but no one in our area has the thunder attribute, so naturally no one dares to eat it."
"That herb can refine the strange power in the meridians. It is definitely not as good as the strange food produced by strange plants, but it is also very rare outside." The young man added.
After listening to the young man, the ghost scholar estimated for a moment and determined that what the young man said was true, so he nodded and said, "Exchange, how many kilograms do you want to exchange?"
"It's about this big a piece of meat." The young man didn't understand, but gestured with his hands. It was about the size of an adult hugged together. The ghost scholar estimated that it should be around 30 kilograms.
I didn't ask for much, just right.
When the ghost scholar saw the young man's actions, he suddenly realized what was going on and rubbed his temples. That's right, Hecun's unit of measurement was the jin he mentioned. Although they were both jin, there was a difference between them.
"Changed. I'll ask Ah Xi to get some grass from your ox cart later. You should be at home. Do you need me to ask Ah Xi to deliver the meat? If Ah Xi can't, I can ask Ah Lu to go." Since Ye Lu is not at home, then let him go. He has nothing to do anyway. The ghost scholar knew it clearly.
The young man waved his hands and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, but let Ah Xiwa go and deliver it. Lu Wazi should focus on training. Such a good talent cannot be wasted. No, Ah Xiwa has good talent too. If it doesn't work out, I can go and get it."
The ghost scholar thought about it and it was true. The physical fitness of the people in this world was not comparable to the humans he had met before. He didn't know if it was because of the many strange auras in this world, but the humans were generally strong and healthy. People who looked thin at other times could lift dozens of kilograms of meat as if it were a piece of cake.
"become."
"And me, and me, ghost boy, do you need cloth?" There was a hurried woman next to him, tall and thin, but she looked good, but her skin was a little dark, which did not detract from her looks at all. On the contrary, it gave her a special beauty. She was a little hurried at first, and when the ghost scholar looked over, the woman felt a little embarrassed.
The ghost scholar was a little hesitant, for he remembered that this person seemed to be the Taoist's aunt.
He has a somewhat close relationship with Fourth Uncle He.
"Change!" The ghost scholar said without hesitation. It was probably because Uncle He Qi said that they were short of cloth. It didn't matter who they exchanged the meat with, but if they exchanged the cloth, they could at least get another set of clothes.
"But the cloth is ordinary coarse cloth, so the exchange amount for meat will be less." The ghost scholar gave a friendly reminder before making the exchange. It was his habit to make the consequences of everything clear in advance.
"Okay, okay, we get it." Knowing that she could exchange meat, the He family's aunt was already very happy. She didn't care about being shy and smiled very brightly. She wanted to go over and move the meat immediately. As for the bad words that the ghost scholar had said in advance, she didn't take it to heart at all. There was no one in her family in the guard team.
This also means that her family can hardly get the meat of the strange beast. Occasionally, only a very small number of guards will take the initiative to exchange meat. Her family uses cloth and food to exchange. Fortunately, her family is good at farming. Now they can exchange the meat of this yellow-level strange beast, which is even better.
She still has a few dolls at home.
After several people succeeded in changing their numbers, the crowd became even more excited and everyone started asking questions.
What about the ghost scholar? He seemed to be very familiar with this aspect. When so many people asked questions, he answered them in an orderly manner, and even occasionally he could comfort a few shy people. He got along well with everyone. In addition, he could also calculate in his mind what kind of things could be exchanged for what kind of meat.
It took only a stick of incense for the ghost scholar to finish almost everything.
"Well, the remaining meat can be made into jerky." After the ghost scholar had exchanged all the food, dry food, and cloth, some even exchanged for spices, which were probably found in the mountains. The ghost scholar agreed to all of them. After some calculations, he realized that his family's food crisis was solved with this exchange.
At least I can hold on for another half a month.
It's a bit too much that we haven't been able to get out of this drought-stricken area for half a month.
Besides, the ghost scholar felt that this kind of flesh-swapping situation would definitely happen again in the future.
By the time everyone had finished exchanging meat, almost everyone had left. It was a dry day and everyone had something to do, so they had only gathered now to exchange meat. Some had already gone home to get things to go to Ye's carriage to exchange meat. The ghost scholar had already said that there were people in the carriage, so as long as they took the things and said it was his order, Ye Lu would naturally exchange the meat.
The ghost scholar was just about to go back to see how the Taoist master handled it. Given his Taoist master's temper, he wouldn't just stare at the person who came again with an expressionless face...
Then, the ghost scholar heard an embarrassed voice behind him.
"Aguiwazi, do you have any meat at home?" The voice behind him sounded familiar, and a little helpless and hesitant.
The ghost scholar turned around and found that it was Aunt Qian, who looked a little embarrassed.
The ghost scholar nodded and said, "There's more." He had a lot of meat at home.
Aunt Qian felt a little embarrassed as she thought about what she was going to say next, but she really wanted meat. Her husband was indeed the village chief, but he was not talented and was not in the guard team, so he seldom got meat. There were elderly people, several brothers and sisters, and children in the family, so the food consumption was huge.
Now is a time of famine, this kind of meat is a good thing, how can we exchange it?
"Aunt, do you want to exchange meat?" The ghost scholar saw Aunt Qian's embarrassed expression, and immediately understood, so he asked first.
Aunt Qian nodded and said hesitantly: "I still have some fruits at home, all of which I found in the ditches and forests." Although her two children are talented, they are not combat talents, and they are also very unconventional. They usually look for fruits to exchange for meat for their younger brothers and sisters at home.
Aunt Qian, feeling sorry for her two sensible children, couldn't help but ask.
Now they are fleeing from famine and everyone is short of food. Most of the guards are not rich. At most, there are only a few people who are greedy for fruits, and they will not exchange them all the time. The fruits look simple, but it is dangerous to go looking for them early, so she is reluctant to exchange them casually.
The ghost scholar understood that this fruit was a good thing, just like the thunder-attributed herb before. His master had muttered that this thing required talent to find, otherwise some people would not be able to see it even if it was right in front of them. The ghost scholar thought about the amount of meat and decided that it would not be a loss to exchange it for some fruit.
It can also make Taoist Ah Xi happy.
"I will exchange all the fruits that are left in your house. But please note that some fruits that have conflicting properties with us will not be exchanged." The ghost scholar said gently.
Aunt Qian was delighted: "Brother Ah Gui is really a sincere person. The fruits in our house are all good things. There are not many, about ten or so. They are all for polishing the body, and there are also some water-attributed ones. These water-attributed fruits can also be used to treat hidden injuries."
"That's good." The ghost scholar nodded. It was a good stuff that could cure hidden injuries. He would give it to the three of them. Who knew if they would have any hidden injuries after dying and coming back to life in the Star Network?
Eat it whether you have it or not.
Waited until evening.
After the ghost scholar finished his work, he returned to the ox cart. The big blue ox was still eating the grass here and there. The ghost scholar also noticed some dry food mixed in. Well, it seemed that the change was not bad. The food for his oxen had become better.
When the ghost scholar lifted the carriage curtain, what he saw was Ye Lu lying in the carriage with an expressionless face. The Taoist priest with a noble face had completely lost his usual noble demeanor and looked more murderous.
"...Ahem..." Indeed, it was a bit unethical to keep the Taoist priest who didn't like to say hello to others busy until now. The ghost scholar curled the corners of his lips in a somewhat unkind manner.
"I'm back." Ye Lu didn't move at all when he heard the noise, and his tone was so calm that it sounded dead.
"Yeah." The ghost scholar didn't dare to continue provoking Ye Lu, who had a bad temper. He turned to look at the carriage. What's more, the large and small jars in the carriage that were originally empty were now full of corn, sorghum, rice, flour, etc. There was also coarse cloth on the wooden board, and fruits and herbs were placed on the coffee table next to it.
These are all the ghost scholar’s gains this time.
"Master, we still have a quarter of the meat left?" The ghost scholar estimated for a moment and asked: "Let's make it into jerky, which will probably last longer."
"It's about the same number. You're not going to exchange all the meat in the village this time, are you? Uncle He Qi has even come to see me." He also hinted to him not to exchange all the meat, as the good things should be eaten by himself. After Ye Lu explained several times that they had eaten some, they exchanged them when they had no use for it, Uncle He Qi was satisfied and left.
"Thank you for the compliment." The ghost scholar was not worried at all by the sarcasm. On the contrary, he accepted it very calmly and even had the mood to make a joke: "I didn't expect our village to be quite wealthy. There are so many good things."
"You make jerky tonight and let Ah Xi work overtime. I'll go to the guard team." Ye Lu completely gave up on the sarcastic and shameless ghost scholar and chose to vent his dissatisfaction towards Xi Mingren.
At this time, the man who just came back said: "......?"
Ye Lu didn't want to be the only one feeling depressed, so he chose to express all his unhappiness.
After listening to this, Xi Mingren accepted it well. He was used to it. It was just helping out after all. The Taoist priest was busy these days, so it was indeed his turn. Xi Mingren nodded at the ghost scholar, indicating that he understood.
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