Le Bai was also taken aback when he took a look.
The sweet potatoes from these ten acres, piled up into ten small mountains, would weigh at least 100,000 jin. Even if one acre of sweet potatoes could yield 10,000 jin in modern times, that would be a great harvest, let alone in such resource-scarce ancient times.
He gave a rough estimate: "At least 100,000 jin, but the exact number still needs to be calculated."
The lack of weighing equipment of this caliber in the barren mountains has no impact whatsoever; the weight can be calculated using volume, which poses no problem for him.
Le Bai took out a soft measuring tape made of cloth, measured the pile of sweet potatoes that looked like a small mountain, did a simple calculation in his mind, and got the answer.
"It is about 110,000 catties, which is 917 shi after rounding up."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the villagers from Linjia Village around him gasped in shock.
That's nearly a thousand shi of grain! That's all the grain they harvest in Linjia Village for the whole year. Twenty shi of grain is enough for one family in Linjia Village to eat for a whole year!
Nearly a thousand catties of grain could feed everyone on the barren mountain for half a year!
Not long ago, Linjia Village bought 2,500 jin of grain from Zhongheng!
Lin Mo fiddled with the abacus, and after a brief calculation, she felt a surge of joy.
There will definitely be no more worries about food on the barren mountains, and there will be a continuous supply of food produced. The barren mountains will become granaries in the future!
"However, we can't rely entirely on this valley. The divine gifts bestowed by the Mountain Goddess are limited."
As Lin Mo watched the rapidly growing fertilizer dwindle, she gradually calmed down.
"This amount of grain is beyond our imagination. Since the Mountain Goddess has bestowed so much grain, she must have her reasons. After the people of the barren mountain exchange it with contribution points, we will keep the remaining grain safe."
Grandma Gongsun gave instructions to everyone.
The villagers of Linjia Village all nodded. They put all the sweet potatoes into burlap sacks and tied all the sacks with rope.
Before long, Grandpa Lin floated down from above the valley. He waved to some of the burlap sacks, and the sweet potatoes floated away with him.
Le Bai watched the old man's departing figure, feeling a touch of envy in his heart. This ability was truly useful!
This old man doesn't even need to crawl through the tunnel with them to leave this valley!
Le Bai's awe of the Mountain Goddess deepened once again. How could he have thought that this Mountain Goddess was also a time traveler? What kind of time traveler could bestow blessings on so many people and create such a realistic farm game!
Moreover, he knew in his heart that the mountain goddess of the desolate mountain probably had even more magical things that she hadn't yet revealed.
Luckily, he chose the barren mountain after waking up, otherwise he would have missed this amazing farm!
Not long after, Grandpa Lin returned, this time leaving with Grandma Gongsun and some sweet potatoes.
The other villagers from Linjia Village crawled out of the tunnel, and after the last person left, they blocked the tunnel entrance with stones.
"Let's hurry up, we need to tell our families to use our contribution points to exchange for more sweet potatoes!"
The group sped up.
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Piles of sweet potatoes were brought back to the mud house in front of Linjia Village. Before the men who ran out could even start shouting, the surrounding villagers had already gathered around.
"Can we exchange things today? I've been waiting for so long, I want to get a cotton coat for my youngest son!"
"Miss Mo, what are these things? Why do they look so heavy?"
"Is it a sweet potato? I've heard that the sweet potatoes bestowed by the Mountain Goddess are incredibly delicious, and I've finally received them!"
"Don't rush, you can line up first and exchange it soon." Lin Mo took a stone slab from inside the house and wrote two lines of calligraphy on it.
[One bag of sweet potatoes equals one contribution point; each household can exchange for a maximum of twenty bags!]
[A child's cotton-padded coat costs 20 contribution points, and an adult's cotton-padded coat costs 30 contribution points. Each person can exchange for a maximum of two coats!]
"What is this writing? We can't understand it at all!" someone asked curiously.
“I know it says cotton-padded clothes and sweet potatoes on it. I learned that from Master Le before!” A child jumped up and pointed at the stone slab.
“Dad, I told you to study with me, but you wouldn’t listen. Now you can’t understand it, can you?” Some children gloated.
"You child, how old am I? How can I study at this age? As long as I can plow the fields and do other work, that's enough!" the old man said, annoyed and embarrassed.
"Miss Mo, we'd like to exchange twenty bags of sweet potatoes and two cotton-padded coats for the children." The old man had arrived the earliest and was right at the front of the line. He handed over the wooden stick in his hand.
These wooden strips record the contribution points. Lin Mo only needs to stick the wooden strips on her booklet to display the number of contribution years.
"You currently have 366 contribution points left. After deducting 60 contribution points, you will have 306 contribution points remaining."
Lin Mo crossed out the original number and wrote 306 back in.
The aunt behind him handed over two more suitable cotton-padded coats, which the child hugged.
"Hehe, my sister and I both have new cotton-padded coats!" The boy was overjoyed!
"Dad, hurry up and bring the sweet potatoes back. I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes. Master Le said that roasted sweet potatoes are the best, soft, sticky, and sweet!"
"You glutton, it's just roasted sweet potatoes! When we get back, I'll have your mother roast a whole basketful for you!" the old man next to him said with a laugh.
Just as he was about to go and move his things, Lin Mo spoke up from behind him.
"Uncle Ping, the village's second school will be completed in a few days. You must bring your aunt to study there!"
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