Those were tender green leaves, growing beside the tree, looking particularly striking against the dark earth.
I don't quite understand these seedlings, but I do know what potatoes are.
I quickly looked at my male colleague: "Are you sure this is a potato?"
My male colleague looked at me and nodded quickly.
"When I was little, I lived in the countryside, and my family often grew potatoes and sweet potatoes. I think this must be a potato because the leaves are from a potato plant!"
I quickly squatted down to take a closer look, and Li Peng and the others also came over to my side to look at the green rice seedling.
I turned to look at them, and started to get a little excited too: "Go and look again, see if there are any more around?"
Li Peng and the others nodded, put down the jicama they had dug up, searched around, and finally Li Peng shouted to us that there were many such green seedlings growing not far away.
I immediately picked out a relatively robust one, dug it up, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a potato.
Although it's a bit small, it still makes me feel a little excited.
Potatoes are very high in starch. If this whole area were made of potatoes, then with these potatoes and jicama, we wouldn't have to worry about staple foods!
Although all the rice seedlings were lost, we can replant them in this area with these potatoes.
Potatoes are very easy to grow!
My male colleague was also very excited and quickly looked at me: "Brother Sihai, should we dig them all out and move them to our camp?"
I quickly shook my head: "Don't move them yet. Let them grow a little longer. Anyway, there shouldn't be any more animals on this land. Even if there are, it shouldn't affect the growth of these potatoes. It's just a pity that we didn't discover them before."
My male colleague, however, was in high spirits and didn't pay any attention to my regret.
"This thing of Brother Sihai is probably a gift from God. We didn't discover it before, maybe it was to give us some surprises."
I couldn't help but laugh when I looked at him, but his idea was indeed interesting.
We didn't have the heart to dig up all of these potatoes, but we did manage to dig up a few to take back. Xiao Qiang and the others will definitely be very happy.
Moreover, the appearance of potatoes was indeed a novelty. After all, we had been on this deserted island for so long and couldn't even eat potatoes, such a common vegetable. It was quite pitiful to think about.
Fortunately, we had a bumper harvest of jicama this time.
We were very happy on the way back. We even caught two fish at the Tamsui River. We plan to stew the fish with potatoes tonight. Even without any vegetables, I think it will taste pretty good.
But when they returned to the camp, they found it in a tense standoff. The foreigners were on one side, and Bai Wei and his group were on the other. They were all red-faced and visibly angry, clearly indicating that some dispute had taken place.
I quickly went to their side. When Bai Wei saw me return, he immediately angrily complained to me.
"These foreigners have been with us for so long, we've fed them, given them water, and taken care of their camp and daily needs, yet they're still a bunch of ingrates who actually tried to steal our guns!"
Hearing Bai Wei say that, I was a little confused. To be honest, at first, I didn't have a good impression of these foreigners either, but after getting to know them for so long, I felt that these foreigners wouldn't be stupid enough to steal our things.
Firstly, we are now a unified entity. Even if they steal the only gun and bullets we have left, what good will it do?
The woods are now so devastated. Putting aside whether they have the ability to survive, even if they stole these guns, what could they possibly do?
But one should always be wary of others!
I quickly looked at Bai Wei: "Stop yelling here and tell me what exactly happened."
Before Bai Wei could speak, a man from the foreigners' side stepped forward, looking at Bai Wei and me with an embarrassed expression.
He kept explaining that he didn't want to steal the gun, but rather to see its structure and then think about whether we could use the iron ore to make a few guns ourselves.
Hearing this foreigner's words, I was also a little surprised. Can guns be made so easily?
That reason is indeed a bit far-fetched.
Bai Wei persisted, "If you weren't trying to steal, you could have waited until everyone was back before asking. Why did you go to Zhao Sihai's house?"
Hearing this, I was immediately puzzled, since we were already camping on the mountaintop.
Although there aren't as many houses here as before, fortunately, these houses are all very sturdy, just in case any accidents happen.
Moreover, the houses we built this time are all large enough for everyone to live in.
Bai Wei and his male colleagues built a very large house. Except for some female colleagues who lived in individual rooms, the male colleagues all slept in a large communal room.
There's even a mud stove under the wooden bed for making a fire; it's starting to look quite decent.
Because these foreign teachers joined later from the original campsite, they had always lived at the foot of the mountain. But this time, we carefully built houses for them. So the houses aren't very complete, but at least they have a place to hide.
For safety reasons, the house I built was located at the very back, next to Wang Ping and Chen Jian, and next to our colleagues on the other side, while the foreigners were kept at a distance from us.
If they really wanted to see the gun's construction, they could have waited for me to come back, just like Bai Wei did. I wouldn't have kept the gun hidden.
But he went to my room, which made me feel very uncomfortable.
The foreigner's face turned bright red, clearly embarrassed, but after thinking for a while, he sighed and shook his head.
"Never mind, I just wanted to take a look at the gun."
After saying that, I turned to Chen Jian and said, "Go and bring us our gun. Let them take a look. If it can really be done, then this will be a good thing."
But when I called out, I didn't hear Chen Jian respond.
Wang Xiaoxiao, holding Tianci, came up to me and said, "Chen Jian and Wang Ping went out this afternoon. It seems they wanted to go to that apple orchard to see if any fruit had grown. Liu Jiaojiao even said that it's not the right season for flowers to bloom, but the two of them insisted on going, and we couldn't stop them. They haven't come back yet, but I guess they should be there soon."
Before Wang Xiaoxiao's illusion had even faded, I heard excited shouts coming from afar. When I turned around, I saw Chen Jian and Wang Ping rushing towards us, carrying something in their hands.
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