Chapter 151 [Saving the Malnutrition Village]
Jiang Lili was not in a hurry at all.
This pile of pure natural and pollution-free coconuts can be directly sent to Xiaopang in the modern world and sold in a truck. They will be sold out quickly.
But how to deal with these coconuts needs to be discussed with everyone and the villagers, after all, they are the result of everyone's labor.
As the sun set, the villagers returned one after another and were all surprised to see the empty coconut grove!
"You guys knocked down all these densely packed coconuts in one day?"
"It's great that the village is getting more popular. We old folks have been worried for so long, and now you've solved this problem!"
The new villagers were very happy to receive the recognition from the old villagers.
Jiang Lili stood up from the small stool she brought with her and was about to discuss with everyone how to deal with the coconuts, but just as she stood up, someone fell down!
"Yansheng!"
"Where's the village doctor? Go call him!"
"Lao Tao, come quickly, your son has fainted!"
It turned out that Tao Yansheng fainted!
Mr. and Mrs. Tao were very happy to see their son so energetic and joining everyone in picking coconuts, but they were heartbroken when he suddenly fainted!
The village doctor was on his way back to the village when he saw the sickly person in the village fainted again. He hurried over and asked, "Didn't you tell us not to let Yansheng go out?"
Tao's father looked at the village doctor with red eyes: "Lao Shao, what's the reason?"
The village doctor sighed: "It's the same old problem. You eat too little. You should eat more meat and use more oil when cooking."
The villagers fell silent upon hearing this.
Yansheng has been suffering from this disease for many years, and the current situation in their village is that almost everyone is pale and thin, let alone having enough to eat.
Oil is so precious that people usually don’t even use a few drops when cooking, let alone meat. Apart from sea fish, there is no meat at all. There are few hunters in the village now.
The best mudflats for fishing were occupied by the neighboring village, so they could only pick up some scraps. There were only two fishing boats left in the village, and one of them was leaking.
After examining Tao Yansheng, the village doctor said, "Yansheng is fine at the moment. He should be able to recover after a short rest. I just don't know what to do in the future. It's not a good idea to keep losing weight like this."
Jiang Lili listened to what the village doctor said, and then looked at the villagers who had returned. They were all malnourished, and they relied on the energy in their bones to work hard.
Glancing at the piles of coconuts, Jiang Lili suddenly had an idea: "I have an idea! We can get oil here!"
Jiang Lili recalled that when she was a child, she followed the villagers in the fishing village and saw an old lady refining coconut oil from coconuts. She also learned the skills from the old lady.
There are so many coconuts right now. Fresh and tender coconuts are given to Xiaopang, and mature old coconuts are especially suitable for making coconut oil: "Every household can have oil!"
Village chief Li Zhan was surprised and asked, "Miss Jiang, can you make coconut oil?"
Uncle Zhou said: "The art of making coconut oil has been lost in our village for a long time. Some people in the village have tried to make it, but the result is simply inedible."
"If we need oil, we can only buy it from the village next door. The village next door takes a big ship to the north bank to purchase it every month."
Jiang Lili was still puzzled. Logically speaking, coconut oil had existed since ancient times, but the islanders did not use local materials. It turned out that the craft had been lost.
It sounds like this matter is closely related to the village next door.
Jiang Lili took a coconut and tossed it in her hands: "How about this, everyone have dinner first, and then I will show you how to make coconut oil!"
“Okay, okay!”
When the villagers of Yeli Village heard that they could hope to have oily meals every day, they were very excited and hurried to prepare dinner.
Li Zhan was carrying a sea fish and a bucket of seafood like clams, scallops, and starfish. He suggested, "How about we all have a big pot meal together today? To entertain our new villagers?"
The other villagers looked embarrassed when they heard this. They took out their wooden barrels, which only contained a few scattered seafood and mostly kelp.
"Village Chief, it seems a bit shabby to serve our guests what we picked."
"Today, we were squeezed out by the people from the nearby fishing village while we were fishing. We could only pick up what they left behind."
Jiang Lili quickly said, "It's okay, we've already got dinner!"
Half an hour ago, Xin Che and Xin Cheng went into the mountains to look for pheasants before the sun set. Jiang Lili's mouth was watering just thinking about the dishes they would have tonight: "Let's have coconut chicken tonight!"
Uncle Zhou was puzzled: "There are so many coconuts, where did the chickens come from?"
The other villagers were also surprised. The chickens in their village were kept for laying eggs and they were reluctant to eat them.
After learning that Xin Che had gone into the mountains to hunt, the village chief, Li Zhan, became extremely worried: "The forest in the back mountains is already dangerous, and now that it's dark, staying in the mountains is even more dangerous!"
Other villagers also urged: "Yes, hurry up and call your husband back!"
The new villagers were very calm: "Uncles and aunts, don't worry."
Jiang Lili was even calmer. As the God of War who could hold his own against ten thousand, his fighting power was immeasurable after eating his fill every day. Even if he was hungry, she would still feed him plenty of Snickers bars.
While waiting for the Xin brothers to return, the pirates had already carried their cooking pots from the two ships.
Jiang Lili also asked the villagers to recognize the pirates' faces. "Fellow villagers, these are the people the He family of Lianzhou assigned to me. They're here to help me. If you need anything, feel free to ask them for help. We're all from the same village, so we shouldn't talk behind each other's backs!"
Everyone was stunned to see Jiang Lili commanding so many people. Someone caught the important message in Jiang Lili's words: "The He family of Lianzhou? Is that the He family that the neighboring village talks about every day?"
Jiang Lili was also surprised: "The village next door is related to the He family of Lianzhou?"
Uncle Zhou was the most well-informed. He told Jiang Lili everything he had heard: "The conditions in the neighboring village are so much better than ours, thanks in no small part to the management of the Yi family in their village. The Yi family's eldest son is the son-in-law of the village chief of Jinyu Village. In fact, the Yi family now has the final say in Jinyu Village."
Jiang Lili raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard the Yi family name. Wasn’t the fisherman who cheated the entire Yeli Village a hundred years ago surnamed Yi?
"The Yi family is very good at business and scheming. They've used low-quality goods to cheat many merchants in Lingnan. Now that they've joined forces with the Peng family of Lianzhou, they've become a little more obedient."
Uncle Zhou lowered his voice and said to Jiang Lili, "But I heard recently that they have been talking about how the He family is the richest and they want to get in on the fun by forming a relationship with the He family."
"There's such a thing?" A dark light flashed in Jiang Lili's eyes, and she smiled, "Thank you, Uncle Zhou. If you have any news about the He family next door, please let me know. I will definitely reward you handsomely."
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