Chapter 11 Encounter
After eating, Lin Qi washed the dishes and went back to her room to lie down. She fell asleep almost in a second and slept until the sun set.
After sleeping for more than three hours, the body aches were much less severe when I woke up.
She didn't want to eat the disgusting multi-grain cakes and bitter wild vegetable soup for dinner, so she planned to cook it herself.
She pulled out a small seedling from her sleeve. It was a taro seedling that she had pulled out from a crack in a rock. A few hours later, the seedling did not wither away from the soil. Instead, it became more vibrant and full of vitality because it was close to her skin and nourished by the wood energy.
The sun has set, but the afterglow is still there. It is a cool time now, so the team should not finish work so soon.
Lin Qi closed the door, and when she opened it again, she found four taro as big as her head in her arms. In addition to the four big ones, there was also a small taro the size of a thumb in her trouser pocket.
When she finds an opportunity, she will find a place to plant this small taro in the ground. Then when she eats taro in the future, she won't have to make up the origin of taro.
The taro produced by the supernatural power has no mud on the surface, so it does not need to be washed, but it needs to be peeled. After peeling, cut the taro into pieces. The taro is too big, and it takes too long to steam the whole thing.
There are two clay pots in the kitchen, one is smaller and usually used to cook soup. The other is larger and can be used to boil water and cook porridge. There is also a steamer that can be placed on the clay pot. In addition, there is only a slightly thicker iron plate that can be used to make pancakes.
These conditions were even more rudimentary than those in her previous life. However, this world was stable, and she didn't have to worry about losing her life at any time, so a simpler life was not unacceptable.
The taro doesn't need to be steamed for long. After Lin Qi put the steamer on the earthenware pot, she didn't rush to light the fire. Instead, she washed the wild rapeseed she brought back today. The weather was too hot, so she didn't plan to cook wild rapeseed soup or stir-fry it. She just needed to rinse it with hot water, add two drops of oil, and sprinkle a little salt.
The wild vegetables grown by supernatural powers must taste good.
In fact, it was more than just good. Ming Kangjian and others smelled the faint aroma of food before they even entered the door. Several of them paused and took a few greedy deep breaths.
"Whose house is cooking so deliciously?" Jian looked around, but there was no other family nearby except them.
The Xu family's house was not small, but most of it was smashed. Only a few parts were left intact, some of which became the brigade's office and warehouse. Only their current small courtyard was inhabited. There was a forest around the Xu family's house, and there were other houses only a hundred meters away.
So, this fragrance came from the educated youth site.
Jian Yitong glanced at the others and saw the confusion in everyone's eyes.
"Lin Qi cooked it?" Ming Kangjian guessed, "Seeing that we didn't come back, she took the initiative to cook?"
"The food is locked up, and the key is with me." Zhao Yi said. He was responsible for cooking today, and he also held the key.
"Why guess here? Just go in and take a look." Jian Tongyi said as he pushed open the door.
After entering the door, the fragrance became stronger.
Ming Kangjian and the other six hungry people swallowed their saliva and looked straight towards the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Lin Qi was holding her lunch box, which was full of taro. She took a bite of taro and a bite of cold wild rapeseed, eating with great relish.
Gurgle!
The sound of swallowing became louder.
The six of them strode towards the kitchen, looked at the full pot of steamed taro and a large plate of salad on the table, and asked in unison, "Where did it come from?"
Lin Qi raised her eyes to look at them, swallowed the food in her mouth, and then said, "I found it at the foot of the mountain."
"We can still find things at the foot of the mountain?" Ming Kangjian was surprised. When they went to reclaim wasteland today, they did not let go of any of the old wild vegetable team members in the wasteland. It was obvious that their families were also short of food and vegetables. Since they were so short of food, there was no reason for them to let go of taro, which could be used as a staple food.
"Is it your turn to eat such a big taro?" Ma Guizhi asked the question that everyone was wondering.
Lin Qi: “….”
Her worries turned out to be correct; the origin of the taro was difficult to explain.
"Could it be that you stole something from the team?" Mo Mingyang questioned, looking at Lin Qi with a scrutinizing gaze.
Lin Qi was not angry even though she was suspected of being a thief. She picked up a piece of intact taro with chopsticks and said slowly, "There is nothing this big in the team."
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
The Anliang Brigade also grows taro in a depression not far from the entrance of the brigade. It is the end of July, which is not the best season to harvest taro. However, the team is short of food. After discussion, the team leader and the team members decided to harvest some taro first to solve the problem of food shortage at home.
Today, when they passed by, they happened to see those harvested taro. Not only were they as big as the ones in Lin Qi's hand, they were not even half as big as the ones in Lin Qi's hand.
So it is really wild taro from the foot of the mountain?
"Where did you dig the taro? Where exactly is it? Are there any more? Take us to see it tomorrow." Ming Kangjian looked eager.
"That's all." Lin Qi's eyes were pure and she lied very sincerely.
Ming Kangjian's eyes flashed with regret. He did not doubt Lin Qi's words. In his opinion, Lin Qi was lucky to find a few. The disaster had just passed, and everyone had eaten up all the tree bark. It would be a miracle to miss one or two taro seedlings. There could not be more. The reason he asked one more question was just because he was hoping for a lucky break.
There was no way, they were so short of food, and the taro in front of them was so delicious!
"Since it wasn't stolen, shall we start eating now?" Mo Mingyang asked, swallowing his saliva.
"eat!"
Ming Kangjian and the other six people ate without even raising their heads. They devoured the food in no time. In less than five minutes, all the wild vegetables and taro in the basin were gone, not even a scrap of food was left.
Lin Qi had packed a full lunch box for herself in advance. There was no more food in the bowl, but there was still some left in her lunch box. Ming Kangjian and others, who were still unsatisfied, uncontrollably looked at her lunch box.
"I can eat another bowl." Mo Mingyang said.
"I can too." Zhao Yi touched his stomach. Although he was already 70% full, the taro and wild vegetables were so delicious that he couldn't stop eating.
"Is there really no taro left?" Jian Tongyi asked unwillingly.
Lin Qi shook her head, "No!"
"Go cut grass for the pigs tomorrow and continue your search. If you don't have taro, wild vegetables will do." Ma Guizhi ordered bluntly, "Bring back more wild vegetables."
Others echoed, "Yes, bring back more wild vegetables."
Lin Qi also wanted to eat some vegetables, so she didn't object. "Okay."
After dinner, the youth workers went to the river to take a bath together. Even Mo Mingyang, who was afraid of the river, wanted to go. After a day of sweating, the whole body was so sour and smelly that it was unbearable not to take a bath. They were tired all day, and no one wanted to go to the river to fetch water to take a bath.
After a day of weeding, the exhausted Ming Kangjian educated youths had no strength to drag Lin Qi, so Lin Qi naturally fell behind. When she arrived at the river, the others had already washed their clothes and went ashore.
"We still have to continue weeding tomorrow, so let's go back and rest first. You can take your time later." Gan Tian said.
Lin Qi nodded. She didn't expect these people to wait for her.
"Let's go." Ming Kangjian said, and led the others back.
"The team leader said that we will not be weeding in the fields tomorrow, but will be joining the team that is reclaiming wasteland." Ma Guizhi was worried. Reclaiming wasteland must be very tiring.
"Joining the pioneering team also means weeding, what's the difference?" Gan Tian was puzzled.
"One is just weeding some tender weeds, and the other is removing all kinds of tough weeds, vines, shrubs and thick trees. Can they be the same?" Jian Tongyi had asked about land reclamation. "And weeding is only the initial stage. Once we get used to it, there will be heavier work waiting for us."
"Isn't the current workload hard enough?" Gan Tian wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Not enough. Opening up the wasteland is tiring, and so is harvesting in autumn. I have to adapt to the new environment."
"Woo, woo, I miss home."
"I want to go back, too."
“.......”
The six people walked further and further away, and their voices became quieter and quieter.
Lin Qi jumped into the river without taking off her clothes, dived to the bottom of the river, and let the water completely submerge her body.
The river water, which had been exposed to the sun for a day, was still cool and instantly washed away the heat on Lin Qi's body. She was not in a hurry to get up from the bottom of the water, and let the algae at the bottom of the water swim over her body, helping her to bathe and wash her clothes...
Lin Qi didn't know how long she had stayed in the water until she reached her limit of holding her breath and then let her body float to the surface.
Anyone?
Lin Qi's gaze turned to the two figures on the shore, one big and one small. One of them she had seen twice before - Xu Henian.
"There is a shortage of supplies across the country right now. We can't find any milk powder. We only found two cans of malted milk, some brown sugar, and a few hundred eggs. There is no ginseng, cordyceps, or ganoderma. The drought in the past few years was so severe that all the grass roots were eaten up, let alone these medicinal herbs. There may be some in more distant places, but they are strictly checked outside and it is inconvenient to travel."
"No bird's nest, white fungus, or Polygonum multiflorum either?"
"No."
"What about Rehmannia root and Chinese angelica root?"
"No."
"So what do you have?"
The boy's tone was filled with suppressed disappointment and a bit of frustration.
"There are wolfberries and red dates."
silence--
About half a minute later, the boy said, "Okay."
"I spent a lot of effort to find these supplies for you, and apart from me, no one dares to trade with a bad guy like you, so you think the reward is--"
"Give!"
The boy held out a small gold bar.
The man took it and smiled meaningfully, "Your Xu family really hid your wealth secretly."
The boy didn't answer, just agreed.
The man did not expect to pry the boy's mouth about the location of the hidden wealth. Instead, he kindly advised, "Your grandfather's health will not last much longer. No matter how many good medicines you take, it will be difficult to cure it. I advise you not to waste money on this. It's better to make plans for yourself. I think your grandfather thinks so."
The boy didn't appreciate it, "You can go now."
The man snorted coldly, "You don't know what's good for you."
After saying this, he quickly disappeared into the night.
As soon as the man left, the boy left too.
Lin Qi waited for another five minutes before swimming from the middle of the river to the shore, walking step by step to the river bank in wet clothes.
When she was completely standing on the shore, the boy who had left suddenly appeared in front of her.
"It's you." The boy's brows were furrowed.
Lin Qi looked up at him, and under the starlight, she saw the entanglement and struggle in the boy's eyes.
"Take a bath." she said.
"Did you hear it? Did you see it?" Xu Hexiao looked directly into Lin Qi's eyes. Is this person really stupid? She has saved him and her grandfather. If she is not stupid, what will he do with her?
"What?" Lin Qi asked back.
"Nothing." It seemed that he didn't hear it. But did he really not hear it? Xu Hexiao was in doubt.
Lin Qi withdrew her gaze and walked past Xu Hexiao.
"Wait a moment."
After Lin Qi walked a few meters, Xu Hexiao's voice came from behind. Lin Qi paused, turned around slowly, and asked silently, "What's the matter?"
Xu Hexiao took two steps at a time and came over. He grabbed her hand accurately in the night and stuffed something into her hand. "Thank you for saving my grandfather today."
After saying that, he turned around and strode away.
Lin Qi looked at the boy's back, then lowered her head to look at the thing in her hand. In her palm, which had turned white from being soaked in the river water, lay two candies with cute rabbits printed on the candy wrappers.
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