Spatial medical concubine, taking the whole family to farm

Chapter 162 The food is under the deep snow

At Xiao Zhenwang's house, Wang Yonggui and several other patriarchs sat around the firepit, discussing the matter of not exchanging rice grains in the barracks.

"Can you ask Money Shopkeeper and them to help? Give them a little commission." Xiao Zhenwang stroked his goatee, frowning and frowning.

I left my hometown for three or four months, and there was not much rice grain left when I retreated to the north. Fortunately, during this time, whenever I hunted foxes, white sables, bears, and blind people, I could take them to the barracks and exchange them for cornmeal, chestnut rice, etc. Food, but now this road is broken, it will be difficult in the future.

Wang Yonggui knocked on his pipe and shook his head.

"The barracks warned them that if they dared to do this, they wouldn't even exchange it."

"Then we can't implicate them." Xiao Zhenwang frowned so much that he could pinch mosquitoes to death. "They have more people than us. If they can't exchange rice, they will be in big trouble."

"Yes." Wang Yonggui sniffed out a bit of shredded tobacco from the pouch, stuffed it into the pipe and lit it, and took two hard puffs.

In the smog, there were many wrinkles on his face, except that his hair was not completely white, and he seemed to be about the same age as Xiao Zhenwang and the others.

Along the way, it was all up to him to take the idea, and everyone can see how much he put in.

After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Eating mountains by relying on mountains, I will never die of hunger. Tomorrow, I will organize people to hunt deep in Qiganling."

Sai Qiliang said sadly, "You can't go across the fourth mountain range even for hunting, if someone encounters Dasheng soldiers over there, if they didn't run fast, they would almost be hacked to death by them.

There are 30 to [-] Dasheng soldiers stationed on the other side of the mountain. They must be short of food, otherwise they would not appear in Senshan.

Everyone discussed and discussed, but no good solution was found.

There are fewer and fewer prey in the forest, not to mention wild vegetables, and even the leaves of kiwi fruit are gone. How can we survive this winter with these things?
While everyone was worried, Xiao Ningxue came in with two dead leaves.

Seeing that her nose was red from the cold, Xiao Zhenwang glared at her lovingly and sternly.

"You girl, why don't you warm yourself in the cold weather? See how you are frozen."

"That's right, why aren't you afraid of the cold?"

While talking, everyone moved to the side to make room for Xiao Ningxue.

Xiao Ningxue wore gloves, earmuffs, and a down jacket, but she didn't feel too cold.Hey and laughing, he squeezed over and squatted by the firepit.

Without warming up to the fire, he raised the two blue-colored fern leaves in his hand.

"Village chief and patriarch, do you know where this Jue leaf was harvested?"
Wang Yonggui and the several patriarchs glanced at each other, and you said what you said.

"Qiganling."
"To be precise, it is the third mountain range in Qiganling.'

"Yes, near the Luo River, several hills are full of this kind of dead leaves."

"It's a pity it's not spring, otherwise eating juicy vegetables can last a long time."

I don't know about other places, but Xiao Ningxue is sure that no one in Ding'an County knows how to make Juegen powder from Juegen.They know that juicy vegetables can be eaten, so they all feel that it is not spring, or they don't have to worry so much about eating them.

Hearing that several hills are full of Juegen, Xiao Ning was overjoyed.

"The village head and patriarch, where else can I find food? Aren't these hills all over the place?"

After hearing this, the village head and patriarch stopped smoking and pulled their beards. They all stared at Xiao Ningxue with wide-eyed and surprised eyes.

This girl is not a nonsense person, she said there must be.

But where is the food? Jue leaves can be cut and fed to cows and horses. The leaves are edible, but you can’t compete with cows and horses for food!
Amid the expectant and disbelieving gazes, Xiao Ningxue spoke with her bright eyes flashing.

"Every household in the village has a hoe, right?"

"Yes, of course." Wang Yonggui responded hastily.

Ironware such as hoes and sickles can't be bought casually. Everyone carries them as important possessions, so naturally they have them.

Later, after settling down in this village, every household inevitably had one or two hoes in the yard, so every household had two or three hoes.

"Having a hoe is enough." Xiao Ningxue said, "However, just having a hoe is not enough, village chief, please hurry up and let every household make two big wooden barrels."

After a pause, he stretched out his hands and gestured.

"It's about this big. It's best to make a round hole the size of a fist in the lower part of the middle of the barrel. Of course, a suitable plug must also be made.
The roots contain a lot of starch. After smashing them, soak them in water, and the starch will dissolve into the water.

Afterwards, the residue is filtered out, and after precipitation, a thick layer of starch can be obtained at the bottom of the barrel.

In modern times, it is mostly used to make vermicelli, and the price is not cheap.

Xiao Ningxue's favorite is to cook hot and sour noodles, which is a rare delicacy.

And this big wooden barrel is used to precipitate starch.

The reason why a hole is opened in the middle of the barrel is to facilitate the release of the upper layer of clear water after the starch has settled.Xiao Ningxue talked and gestured, but everyone was confused.

But no one thought she was joking. The village head and patriarch took it very seriously, so he even called a few carpenters over.

Xiao Ningxue talked and drew on the ground with charcoal, and soon explained the size and shape of the wooden barrel to the carpenter uncle.

So they did what they said, and the patriarchs of each clan stopped the fire, and went back to their clans to call everyone for a meeting.

I heard that there is a lot of food in the mountains, not to mention the excitement of the big guys, they went to the mountains to chop wood and make wooden barrels.

Xiao Wenzhao also led his two sons, dragged some logs back, and made two large barrels.

Within two days, there were two wooden barrels taller than a person in the yard of every household.

Although until this time, no one knew where the food was, but if Xue girl said it was there, there was no doubt about it.

That night, the patriarchs of the various clans called a meeting of the clansmen and told each household to send four or five people to go to the mountains to dig food the next day.

This trip will take at least a month, but there is no need to bring too much food, two or three days is enough.

After a night of preparation, the villagers left the village early the next morning dragging sleds with wooden barrels filled with food, bedding, pots, pans and other supplies.

Now Taohua Village and Merchant Village are in harmony, helping each other.

Otherwise, if Mrs. Xiao disappeared, it would be impossible for the Merchant Village to organize a staff to help find her.

So there is nothing to worry about the safety of the village.

Xiao Shan was not in good health so he might not be allowed to go, Sai Dongshi and Xiao Yue stayed at home to take care of Xiao Shan and Mrs. Xiao, and all the others followed into the mountain, even the 13-year-old Jiang Shao also pestered him.

The ethnic groups in the nearby resident were also stunned when they saw their whole village dispatched.

More than 300 households, each dragging two or three sleds, walked in the snow, densely packed with people.

This battle also stunned everyone.

Everyone marveled at their unity, and at the same time held sympathetic eyes.

"It's a pity, the people in Taohua Village can't exchange food in the barracks."

"Yeah, I must be planning to go hunting in the deep mountains."

"Besides this road, I'm afraid there is no other way. I can't just sit and eat and let my parents and children go hungry."

"These people are kind and righteous, but they are not bad people. I wish them good luck."

After all, who is the bad guy?
They are all ordinary people who have lost their homes, rice and grain, and are desperate to survive in Qiganling. They have no bad intentions.

After a morning's fast trek, at noon, the team arrived at the Luohe River one after another.

After taking a rest and eating some food, we continued to go south along the river.

Those Jue Mountains were on the bank of the Luo River, and they had been planned early in the morning to set up camp by the Luo River.Scrubbing the roots requires a lot of water, and there will be no shortage of water by relying on the Luohe River.

This walk is another half day.

In the evening, Xiao Zhengfang and the others pointed to several snow-capped mountains ahead.

"It's over there."

So everyone quickened their pace and arrived there quickly.

They were all young and strong young people. They picked a flat place by the river, and dug out a large open space in a short while.After a while, the sheds were erected one after another.

The big guys dragged a lot of wooden boards with sleds, and they built some wooden sheds. They will live for more than a month, and they must not be strong.

More than 300 wooden sheds are enough to form a village.

In order to prevent wild beasts, the captain Xue Andong organized manpower to build a snow wall more than ten feet high outside the station.

It is also the strength of the number of people, and the genius will be black after finishing these tasks.

At this time, the people who went out to cut firewood also came back, built a stove in the camp, and lit a fire to cook dinner.

In order to save firewood and stoves, all three households work together to cook together.

Xiao Ningxue, the patriarch, and Xue Andong, the three of them had one pot, talking and laughing around the fire.

The porridge was cooking in the pot, and a pile of chopped wild vegetables on the felt board beside it.

After a while, the porridge was ready. Xiao Ningxue added a lot of white rice to the pot while people were not prepared, and the wild vegetables were also secretly replaced with sweet potato vines. The taste was much better than adding that kind of bitter leaves.

After eating, Xue Anton selected a dozen people to watch the night, and the others washed up casually, and then went into the shed to rest.

It wasn't too cold, there was such a high snow wall outside to keep out the wind, and the shed was filled with thick straw mats, and then wooden boards and bedding were laid on the shed, which was quite warm.

It was a big family that slept in bunk beds, but Xiao Ningxue and the others had a tent, so they pitched an extra tent with an air mattress inside. Xiao Ruohan, Xiao Ruolian, and Xiao Ningxue slept together.

Silent all night.

Before dawn the next day, everyone got up, cooked breakfast, cleaned up, closed the gate of the station, and prepared to go up the mountain with a hoe.

It wasn't snowing, and the sun was still shining slightly.

The team of people opened a road up the mountain in a side valley, and arrived at the first Juegen mountain in a short time.

At this time, Xue Andong, who was leading the team, looked at the snow-covered hills, and at Xiao Ningxue who led them here to dig grain, and spoke in wonder.

"Xue girl, where is the grain? How do I plan it?"

"It's right under the deep snow, in the dirt." Xiao Ningxue said, "Pull out all the roots of those fern leaves, and I can turn them into delicious and filling food."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was ecstatic.

There is nothing else on these hills, so aren't they all Juegen?
If it can really be turned into food, it will be enough for everyone to survive this winter.

But happiness is happiness, but looking at such deep snow, everyone couldn't help but feel worried again.

"The snow is so deep, it's very difficult to just plan the snow."

"What's so difficult about this? Look at me!" Xiao Ningxue took off her cloak with a smile, and began to roll up her sleeves.

(End of this chapter)