When no villagers spoke up, Li Yan became even more confident and quickly raised her hand.
"Village chief, could it be Jian Zhiqing?"
As he spoke, he lifted his foot, preparing to walk in that direction.
Upon hearing this, the village chief exclaimed, "Oh my, isn't that the little girl's voice?"
"Hey, here it comes!"
The villagers also got up one after another, and some curious ones followed behind the village chief.
"Jian Zhiqing, is that you?"
A simple sound came from ahead.
"Uncle Village Chief, come and take a look."
Simple, this location is quite remote, not really within the area where everyone is active. Just two steps ahead is a downhill slope. Below the slope, there is a mess of weeds and dead branches, mixed with many stones of different sizes, clearly an abandoned site.
The villagers themselves wouldn't bother with such rugged terrain.
Seeing that someone was coming, Jian Dan didn't get up, but simply handed over what she was carrying.
"Uncle, look,"
The first thing the village chief saw was purple.
"This...this..."
Several people nearby also gathered around.
"This is a sweet potato? Am I seeing things?"
The people around them were also stumbling and falling.
"Maybe I'm seeing things too..."
"Isn't this just a sweet potato?"
"What's wrong with you two? You don't even recognize this sweet potato?"
The village chief examined it over and over several times before finally confirming that, although it was only slightly larger than a baby's fist, it was indeed a genuine sweet potato!
This is a bit exciting.
"Little Jian, where did you find this?"
Jian Dan pointed to the pit in front of him, which he had just dug out. The black, damp soil that had been turned up was still outside, shining brightly, and there were traces of footprints next to it.
"Uncle, a vine tripped me just now. I pulled it out and saw that it was this one. But since it only has leaves and no leaves, I couldn't recognize it. I was thinking of asking you, are all those the same kind of vine?"
Those ones?
As he spoke, he looked over and saw tangled, finger-thick vines hidden beneath the weeds. Others might not recognize them, but they dealt with these things every day, so how could they not recognize them?
Ignoring the uneven ground below, the men scrambled down with their long legs, cleared away the obstructive weeds, found the familiar vines, and pulled them down forcefully.
The soil on the mountain was soft, and I sat down on the ground because I used too much force. Ignoring the pain, I first lifted up the vine. There were several small purple mud balls hanging at the bottom, of different sizes. The larger ones were as big as an adult's fist, most of them were about the same size as the one I had just picked up, and a few were even smaller, about the size of a small plum.
None of that matters. What matters is...
“It really is a sweet potato, village chief, it really is a sweet potato.”
Those other people made the same discovery; none of the items were very large, but they were grain!
The village chief was a little excited, thinking to himself, "This educated youth, Jian, is truly the savior of Liujiatun!"
Since she arrived, good things have never stopped happening.
"Hurry, hurry, men, hurry up and send those bags back. Women, women, here, get these sweet potatoes out."
"Remember to bring back extra bags from the village office when you get back."
"Village chief, what about the walnuts? Shall we leave them for later?"
"Get lost! Can't you tell what's important? Is the walnut more important or your stomach? The walnut isn't going to run away. If we don't dig this sweet potato out today, what if we can't find it tomorrow, or it gets eaten by wild animals? Aren't you going to cry then?"
That makes sense.
There was no need to repeat it a second time; the villagers immediately sprang into action.
The men tied up the bags after they were filled, hung them on the carrying pole, and carried them back in one go. Since each family's bags were different, they could just buy them and then claim them later.
With the unexpected discovery of grain, morale was high, and no one felt weak enough to carry it; they walked with a spring in their step.
These aunties and older women, without saying a word, put down what they were holding, grabbed shovels, and went down into the water.
Chen Jianguo looked at his own physique and thought about his pitiful strength, so he didn't dare to weigh himself. He picked up two small bags and carried them down the mountain.
Li Yan and Lin Zhaodi watched from behind, and at that moment they finally understood why everyone in the village had such a good relationship with Jian Zhiqing.
In times when food shortages are a constant threat, if someone discovers life-saving food and generously shares it with her, she would surely regard that person as a benefactor or family member, wouldn't she?
Conversely, if she were the one who discovered the grain, what would she do?
Will you, like Jian Dan, generously inform the villagers on the spot?
To be honest, even Li Yan herself couldn't guarantee that she would be so open-minded.
She was also short of food. If it were her, she might secretly dig some up herself first, and only after she felt secure would she tell others.
When you arrive in an unfamiliar environment, it's naturally good and necessary to have the opportunity to build a good relationship with the other party.
Everyone understands this principle, and Lin Zhaodi stared blankly. Originally, Jian Zhiqing had a good relationship with the villagers, and with this, she has completely established herself in the village.
Liu Sanye's daughter-in-law, Sun Xiang, came to his house. Wang Guihua and Liu Dalian from Liu Weimin's family also came. Little Black Egg was sent to Liu Sanye's house to be looked after by the old lady.
The two people were standing close together and still talking.
"Sister-in-law, this young educated youth, Jian, is really amazing. You know, we old farmers, this is the mountain in our own village. We don't have to run around in this mountain all day, but we are still more familiar with it than those who came later."
Look at this, this patch of land definitely didn't grow this year. Nobody noticed it all these years, it's just been left to grow barren. Oh, thinking about it, sister-in-law, my heart aches, and my head is throbbing. Tell me, how much good stuff have we wasted?
Oh my goodness!
Seeing that there was no jealousy in her eyes, Wang Guihua let her have her way.
"Who says otherwise? Maybe the things on this mountain are just not meant for us, and Xiao Jian found them all."
"Yes, that's true. This area is too deep; people from our village really don't dare to go this far."
Sun Xiang suddenly remembered something.
"Yes, sister-in-law, do you think Dazhu can still live?"
Wang Guihua paused for a moment, thinking of the poor young man, and then inevitably his unreliable mother.
"Sigh, who knows?"
Glancing at the bustling activity around her, Wang Guihua lowered her voice.
"If you ask me, having a mother like my second aunt is worse than not having one at all."
"Yes, that's right. Even though he did that, Second Grandmother was still complaining everywhere that he was unfilial. He would bring back some good things and then send them all away. I don't know how much more filial piety he could expect from him."
Those who knew him would mistake him for a landlord's farmhand.
The last sentence was naturally very low, and it also contained some complaints and gossip.
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