Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Shen Qianxue showed the potatoes to Huang Changyuan beside her, and then asked Liu Daming to stand up and carefully check the place where he tripped. Sure enough, a lot of potatoes were found around him.

Some careful men in the village asked about the precautions for digging potatoes, and after listening carefully to Shen Qianxue's words, they ran home to get farm tools.

With the ready-made potato samples, the villagers carefully took note and continued searching in the surrounding areas, and found a lot of potatoes.

Potatoes grow in patches, so if you find a small patch in one location, you can probably find another patch nearby. Therefore, the area where Liu Daming tripped was visited again and again by the villagers.

The villagers who came later pulled Liu Daming aside and asked him to repeat where he tripped.

This was such an embarrassing thing, and with Liu Dong staring at him with his head held high, Liu Daming could only cover his face and tell the story over and over again.

In this forest, we found more than a dozen places where potatoes were growing, which added up to about one acre. Now it is a famine year, so the output is not that high, adding up to about 500 kilograms. Each potato is about half the size of a baby's fist.

There were nearly three hundred people in the team, and each person got a little more than one pound. If you counted it carefully, it wasn't much, but several hundred pounds of potatoes piled on the ground still looked spectacular.

Huang Changyuan couldn't stop smiling, and said cheerfully: "These are all found by everyone's concerted efforts. Everyone has a share. I think we should just divide it by number of people, one pound per person, and then we can cook the rest in a pot and share it."

No one has any objection to this, and no one cares that it is unfair that you have more family than I do.

Song Shiwei and Zhang Wu also found some. During this period, Song Shiwei collected a few plants into the space, preparing to plant them when the space was empty. Although the yield per mu of potatoes was not high in ancient times, the soil in the planting area of ​​the space is very fertile. I believe that even modern scientific methods are not inferior. When the time comes, plant some in the space, just in case.

Each person was given a pound of potatoes. Huang Changyuan specifically asked Shen Qianxue how to cook the remaining potatoes, and then had someone cook a few pots of them.

Everyone was particularly happy to have food and water, and after some discussion between the Shen and Xie families, they took out ten kilograms of pickled meat that they had saved and stewed it with potatoes. Although not everyone could eat a piece of meat, at least they had some meat.

In response, Huang Changyuan expressed his gratitude again.

Song Shiwei did not take out the meat, as there were not many people present, and taking it out would inevitably arouse suspicion. However, this time the master and servant contributed a small amount of salt and ate the "big pot meal" with everyone.

After the meal, Song Shiwei accidentally learned that Li Gui's family had been eating tree bark to survive. In addition, there were only three people in their family, Li Gui and his wife and his ten-year-old son Li Shuan.

Song Shiwei called Zhang Wu and handed him the kilogram of potatoes he was given: "Send it to Li Gui's house after nightfall, and don't let anyone else notice it."

Zhang Wu also knew about Li Gui's wife's previous visit to deliver water. He nodded and said, "Master, don't worry. I will go quietly and deliver my share to their family as well."

Song Shiwei glanced at Zhang Wu and said, "They may not accept my portion. They will definitely not accept your portion. Just do as I say. As for your portion, let's make some potatoes tomorrow morning to try. I heard that roasted potatoes have a different flavor."

Zhang Wu smiled and said, "Then I will bake some potatoes for you tomorrow."

Song Shiwei waved his hand, went into the tent and planted the potato seedlings he had collected during the day. He calculated how many potatoes he could get in a while. At least he would not eat the first two when they were ripe. He would keep them all for seeds. By that time, he would have enough land to cover an acre of land. He didn't know what a grand scene it would be when the harvest came.

After planting the potatoes, Song Shiwei had another meal in the space, and after washing up, he went directly to sleep in the space.

The next day, everyone got up and cleaned up before dawn. When Song Shiwei came out, he smelled the aroma of food. Many families had started preparing dry food early that day. With the income of potatoes, the women learned from it and boiled the potatoes until soft, then added tree bark or dried wild vegetables to make potato cakes.

When Song Shiwei came out, Zhang Wu handed her the baked potatoes, and then learned to make potato pancakes like the villagers.

The whole rest area was bustling with activity.

Since entering this mountain, the old hunters in the village have warned their children and resolutely not let them go out hunting to prevent them from getting lost again.

Liu Daming and others couldn't help but feel itchy, but since they couldn't go out hunting, they had to set traps nearby and check on their harvest early every morning.

After everyone prepared dry food for the journey, Liu Daming and Huang Hai came back carrying a pheasant each. The trap was dug by several people together, so the two pheasants were divided equally among them. Yesterday, Liu Daming accidentally found potatoes, and today he came back from hunting pheasants. Liu Dong praised him and said that he was blessed to have a son like his father.

At the beginning of the Chen hour, Huang Changyuan urged everyone to hurry up and reminded everyone to keep an eye on the potatoes.

After walking for an hour and a half, they finally found a place to rest in the forest at almost the end of the day. They began to set up tents and prepare lunch. While their elders were not paying attention, Liu Daming and Huang Hai called many good brothers who used to go hunting together. Finally, they quietly came to find Zhang Wu to discuss going out hunting and adding some food to the family.

Zhang Wu did not agree rashly, but looked at Song Shiwei. The others also looked at him with bright eyes.

Song Shiwei held his forehead and said, "You can go, but you must mark the road. We don't know the way ahead yet. Don't run around, so as not to worry everyone."

Liu Daming nodded repeatedly and assured: "Don't worry, Brother Song, we won't run far. We will just walk around and leave a mark."

Song Shiwei then waved his hand to let them leave, and at the same time gave Zhang Wu a look, indicating that he should pay more attention.

Zhang Wu nodded, then left with Liu Daming and others.

About a cup of tea later, Huang Changyuan and Liu Dong came over. After they had arranged their household affairs, they discovered that the brat was missing. After asking around, they found out that several boys were missing.

Knowing the purpose of the two people's visit, Song Shiwei directly told them that they were out hunting. Seeing that the two people looked unhappy, Song Shiwei said again: "Zhang Wu followed us, and I also asked them to mark the way along the way so as not to get lost."

When Huang Changyuan and Liu Dong heard that Zhang Wu was going with them, their worries were reduced, but they still looked very serious, especially Liu Dong, who gritted his teeth and said that he would definitely give Liu Daming a meal of "Stir-fried Pork with Bamboo Shoots" when he came back.

At this moment, Shen Yanxing hurried over and saw Song Shiwei's expression paused for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal. He smiled and said to the three people, "Qianxue found a few wild chestnuts in the forest. She said that they are edible and filling. I came to tell you to ask some people to bring them back."

When Huang Changyuan heard that he had found something edible again, although he didn't know what chestnuts were, he could not sit still and went straight to call the villagers.

Liu Dong also went back to inform everyone, leaving only Song Shiwei and Shen Yan.

Shen Yan glanced at Song Shiwei carefully, and just happened to meet Song Shiwei's gaze. His heart suddenly tightened, and he laughed dryly twice and reminded: "Song Shaozi, aren't you going? My sister said that thing tastes pretty good after it's cooked."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Shen, for letting me know. I'll go right away."

It was rare for Shen Yan to see Song Shiwei's good face. The tension in his heart dissipated a lot, and the smile on his face became more natural: "Then hurry up, I will lead the way for the village chief and others."

Looking at Shen Yan's back as he ran away quickly, Song Shiwei smiled helplessly.

It seems that the last intimidation was quite successful.