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People from the village came back one after another, and basically everyone returned with a full load.

Another person brought back good news, that is, he found a persimmon tree, but they didn't seem to like eating persimmons very much.

But it is food after all, and they are also discussing whether to go pick persimmons tomorrow.

When everyone came back, Village Chief Hu told everyone about the hairy chestnuts and took out the freshly shelled and cooked chestnuts for everyone to taste.

Everyone who has eaten it says it is delicious, better than persimmons, so they all say they will pick the hairy chestnuts tomorrow instead of persimmons.

Liu Caixia didn’t know why they didn’t like to eat persimmons, but when it comes to persimmons, it does depend on the variety and maturity. Unripe persimmons are indeed not delicious.

Xiao Lu thought differently, and screamed in her heart: No, I want to eat persimmon cakes, persimmon cakes are so delicious!

He winked at Liu Caixia crazily and whispered in her ear, "The persimmons are delicious!"

Liu Caixia knew what her daughter meant. Persimmon cakes are indeed delicious and rich in nutrients.

"Dad, go ask the persimmon picker where the persimmon tree is. I'll take Xiaolu to pick persimmons tomorrow and save them for making persimmon cakes later!"

Father Liu thought this made sense, and he thought there were certain techniques involved in making persimmon cakes, but he didn't plan to tell the villagers.

This is quite difficult, so it’s better not to create unnecessary trouble. Just keep it within your own circle.

"Okay, I'll find a way to find out, but don't talk about making dried persimmons for now, otherwise we'll know too much, so keep a low profile, okay?"

"I know, Dad. Let's peel the chestnuts first to make some space. Xiaolu and I will go pack the persimmons tomorrow."

There wasn't much space left in the room, and there were quite a lot of chestnuts.

The whole family worked together to peel the shells, and then threw them into the fire to burn. Two nearby families also came to help them peel the shells.

The village chief just said that they would take them to pick the fruits tomorrow. What they picked today was their own, just to help.

The other people who were helping were wondering why it took so long to peel a sack of chestnuts.

In fact, Xiaolu had at least two sacks in her space, but she took them out quietly, peeled them, and put them back quietly.

After peeling the chestnuts, the Liu family gave each family two handfuls and asked them to take them home and cook them as a snack.

He also gave some to the people who were on guard at night, who roasted them in front of the fire and ate them to pass the long night.

This way they won't have too many chestnuts left, and it won't be so eye-catching.

After everyone has picked them tomorrow, every household will have some, and no one will be envious of their small fortune.

The night watchmen are divided into two groups. Four people on each side guard both sides of the col, so that they have a wide field of vision and can notify everyone in time if there is any emergency. Two people on each side guard the first and second half of the night.

The village chief promised that the night watchmen would also take turns on duty, and they could do nothing during the daytime rest period, just replenish their energy and rest more. The food prepared would also be given to the night watchmen half an extra bowl as compensation for them.

Village Chief Hu tries his best to be fair in everything so that people have no complaints. This is also the reason why this team has always been so harmonious.

The next day, at dawn, everyone woke up one after another and began to pack their belongings. Liu Caixia woke up Xiaolu.

"Xiao Lu, let's go and collect some persimmons. This time you should prepare a bigger container. You can pack as many as you can, but don't be greedy."

While others were still packing up, Liu Caixia took Xiao Lu away from the crowd and quickly ran in the direction that the man pointed yesterday.

Liu Caixia was very fast this time and did not stop along the way. She soon saw the persimmon trees. There were not just one persimmon tree, but five or six.

Liu Caixia and Xiaolu were stunned by the scene before them.

I saw a hillside full of persimmon trees. The trees were hung with golden persimmons, like small lanterns, dazzling to the eye.

Liu Caixia found four trees and asked Xiaolu to take out a large bed sheet and tie the four corners of the sheet to the four trees.

Then Xiaolu and I climbed up the tree and picked the persimmons directly and threw them into the bed sheet. The bed sheet was tied very tightly, and soon a hole was pressed out in the middle of the persimmons, which hung down.

The two of them didn't care about that and just picked the big, red, and ripe persimmons as much as possible. Soon the bed sheet was filled with persimmons and couldn't hold them anymore, so they stopped.

"Xiao Lu, that's enough. Come down quickly and put the persimmons in the bag and put them away."

"There are so many persimmons, what a pity!" Xiao Lu came over reluctantly to pick the persimmons.

I still used those supermarket shopping bags and filled three bags, which weighed about 60 to 70 kilograms.

After Xiao Lu put them away, she filled a basket with the straw basket she brought with her. They couldn't go out and not bring anything back.

Liu Caixia and Xiaolu looked at so many persimmons and returned to the team happily.

When the two of them rushed back to the team, everyone was already waiting for them. When Liu's father saw them coming back, he hurried over and pulled her aside to talk.

"Hurry up, everyone has packed up."

"Aunt Caixia, this fruit is not delicious. I thought you were just asking yesterday, but I didn't expect you to really pick it."

Liu Caixia didn't want to explain too much, so she urged them to set off quickly.

"Xiao Lu likes to eat them, so I picked some. Let's go quickly. I'll take you to pick pears and chestnuts."

Village Chief Hu had already arranged the team and was waiting for Liu Caixia to come back and lead the way. When he saw her coming back, he asked her to lead the way in front, and the rest of the team continued to move forward in an orderly manner.

Village chief Hu was an experienced man and had no intention of going back, even though the direction they were heading seemed a bit roundabout.

But it’s not too far, so you can collect some supplies and then take a detour to continue on your journey.

The route they took this time had more lush vegetation and more trees. There were people in Hujia Village who knew about herbs and picked a lot of them along the way. Other people in Hujia Village also followed suit and picked a lot.

Village chief Hu led the group through the jungle, each step appearing steady and powerful. He knew very well that this seemingly tortuous route actually contained abundant vitality and hope.

Those lush vegetation and towering trees are not only the scenery in front of us, but also the possible support for future life.

Along the way, an old doctor in Hujia Village who knew about herbs became a herbalist after entering the mountains. He was not shy about his knowledge and would teach the villagers everything he knew.

They have sharp eyes and quick hands, and can always accurately identify the precious medicinal herbs hidden among the green leaves.

Honeysuckle, Houttuynia cordata, Chinese yam, Codonopsis pilosula... For modern people like Liu Caixia, these names may just be heard of.

But at this moment, they are truly presented before our eyes, being gently picked by pairs of rough yet dexterous hands.

Liu Caixia and other modern people are really not good at identifying herbs. They know very few of them, just things like honeysuckle and zheerroot, and also yam and codonopsis.

However, they were not very clear about what it was like in the land, so they all learned a little bit. It is always good to have many skills, and adapting to local customs is also a life skill.

When Xiao Lu saw Liu Caixia's expression, an idea suddenly flashed in her mind. She forgot to call her mother and just called out the modern name.

"Mom, didn't we collect some books from the bookstore in the mall? I remember there were some books on cooking and health, and there must be some Chinese herbal medicine. When the time comes, you can read the introduction more. Maybe you know more than they do. There are also some Chinese medicine prescriptions, health formulas and so on."

"Okay, I'll take it out and read it when I have time. You said that we can't be worse off than them after traveling through time, right? Take out the cooking book and read it. Maybe we can rely on these to become rich and live a good life."

The two of them laughed secretly, looking at the people in front, behind, and around them as they laughed, afraid of being discovered. Fortunately, there were two men in front of them who were leading the way. They were concentrating on fighting the thorns and weeds under their feet and did not notice anything unusual about the two of them.

It took the group more than half an hour to reach the pear tree.

The people walking in front of Village Chief Hu soon saw the pear tree, which had many fruits hanging on it. It looked very pleasing to the eye, so they quickly asked the people behind them to stop.

"Okay, okay, now all the pears we picked belong to the collective of the village. Let's pick pears together. After we're done, I'll distribute them according to the number of people.

One person from each family should pick the pears, and the rest can look around to see if there are other edibles. Don’t walk too far together, safety is the most important thing.”

Although it is not very fair for each family to contribute one person, it is relatively fair. We also have to take care of the orphans and widows in the village, and families with more labor force can contribute more.

In fact, it was not necessary for every family to send out one tree. After all, there were only a few trees, everyone found a place to put their things and bags and gathered around.

The pear tree is not very big, but there are several of them in this area.

There were quite a few of them, but it still took them half an hour to pick all the pears on the tree.

There were no empty baskets in the village, so every family squeezed in and freed up a few backpacks. After they were distributed, each family could fill a little and it wouldn't be a problem.

Later, the villagers found another pear tree nearby, and Village Chief Hu asked people to pick the pears from that tree as well.

At this point, everyone returned to the place where they first stopped and gathered. An hour had passed, which was the gathering time set by the village chief for those who went out.

Everyone came back on time and set off again.

As time went by, after entering the deep mountains, they were often able to hunt some small prey, such as pheasants and hares, and those who didn't catch any could only envy them.

The village chief began to distribute the pears. It seemed that there were quite a lot of them. Including the six people from the Wang family, there were a total of 45 people in their group, including adults and children. The village chief first gave 4 pears to each person.

After the distribution, there were not many left, not enough for everyone, so he gave one more pear to each person who helped pick the pears. Village chief Hu was relatively fair in his work. He said directly:

"I hope everyone won't have any objections. People who have contributed more are what they deserve."

Of course, the others had no objection. After packing up their things, they continued on their way.

This time they walked for about half an hour and arrived at the hairy chestnut trees. Village chief Hu looked at the several hairy chestnut trees and estimated that it would take a while to pick the fruits, so he announced it directly.

“Everyone has been busy for such a long time this morning. Now you can rest here and prepare meals. The distribution of chestnut picking is the same as before. I hope everyone can work together.

The men picked chestnuts from the trees, and the remaining women and children shelled the raw chestnuts directly, leaving the fruits inside.

Otherwise, the thorny shell on the outside is prickly and takes up space. I will distribute the chestnuts after peeling them. I hope the people peeling the chestnuts will not do anything tricky. "

After Village Chief Hu finished speaking, he asked everyone to go their own way. Those who picked the chestnuts were young and strong men, and the picked chestnuts were sent to the side.

Except for the people who were making fire and cooking, all the other people were peeling the chestnuts. Those who had tools peeled them faster, while those who didn't had some stones or sticks to hit them. Even five-year-old Xiaomei was helping to pick chestnuts.

With strength in numbers, all the chestnuts from the tree were soon picked out, and the meal was ready.

In addition to various wild vegetables, today's meal also includes some chestnut rice. It looks a lot thicker and exudes a sweet and tempting aroma.

Everyone sat together, smelling the fragrance of the food, with satisfied smiles on their faces.

However, it is really difficult to peel the chestnut rice, and there is a layer of skin inside, which is not easy to peel at all.

Just when everyone was worried, Liu's mother came over.

She saw the chestnuts in our hands, smiled, and then began to teach the cooking aunt a little trick.

"Roast the chestnuts first, and it will be much faster to peel them after they are roasted." Liu's mother explained patiently.

After hearing Liu's mother's advice, the aunt took action immediately.

She put the remaining chestnuts on the fire and slowly roasted them until the chestnut shells cracked slightly and gave off a burnt aroma.

The skin of the roasted chestnuts is indeed much easier to peel. With a gentle peel, the golden chestnut flesh is revealed.

The peeled chestnut meat will not go bad. You can put some into the rice each time and cook it for a while to let the sweetness of the chestnuts blend completely with the rice. The cooked wild vegetable porridge will be fragrant and thick and can keep you full.

After everyone finished eating the chestnut porridge, they all expressed their gratitude to Liu Caixia for introducing them to such delicious chestnuts.

Therefore, when Village Chief Hu distributed the chestnuts at last, he gave an extra bowl to the Liu family. The village chief took out a large earthen bowl, gave one bowl to each family first, and then gave half a bowl more to the family that contributed the most.

Although there seemed to be a lot of chestnuts, not much was distributed in the end. One family got only about four pounds, and the families that got more only got about five pounds. But everyone was very satisfied.

If you save these, you can have enough food to eat.

Everyone was quite full after the meal, and after the meal, without waiting for everyone to rest, Village Chief Hu asked everyone to continue on the road and told everyone.

"We won't stop to rest. If you feel hungry or thirsty, just eat a pear. We haven't traveled much today, so we need to hurry up."

"Okay, hurry up and get going!"

"We haven't eaten so much in a long time."

"Yes, it seems that the decision to enter the mountains was the right one."

"It's just..."

“The good times are yet to come!”

When everyone set out again, they all looked high-spirited.

As they walked, their steps were firm and powerful, as if every step carried firm determination and immense hope.

The sunlight shines through the thin clouds and dense branches and falls on them, casting a layer of golden glow on this group of people full of fighting spirit.