Quick Travel: Is it OK to recycle yourself?

Chapter 131 Ancient Version of Poor Little One 16

The villagers are also very hardworking. They are all working in the fields, trying to store more vegetables for the winter.

"Hey, girl Nannan is back."

"Yes, auntie, I brought back salt and needles and thread. If you want any, go and exchange them with the village chief after work."

"Okay, go back and have a rest first, and we'll come over after work."

"I heard you say that Nannan is back?" a woman asked the woman who had just spoken.

"Yes, what? Do you want to talk to Nannan about something?"

"It's okay. How come Nannan is so capable? It would be great if my son could become her disciple and learn such skills."

"Hey, Nannan is a lucky girl, but don't be discouraged. Nannan is not shy with us. What boy or girl hasn't learned a trick or two from Nannan? They are much better than us. Do you think everyone is as smart as Nannan?"

"You are right. Learning a little is enough. Our life is good now. I am content. I am very content."

Qu Nannan went to greet the village chief first, so that he wouldn't always worry about her: "Grandpa Village Chief, I'm back. I brought back some salt and needles and thread. I'll leave them with you. If anyone needs them, come and exchange them with you."

"Okay, just leave it here with me. I'll change it for you. What? Are you still planning to go out?"

The village chief did not ask Qu Nannan where the money to buy salt came from. People with ability would not go through the trouble of exchanging some silver like them.

"I plan to look around to see if there are any good things I haven't found yet. Our village can't be completely without any way to make money."

The village chief sighed, "It's not that easy to make money. Our village is remote and we don't have much contact with outsiders. People here are too honest. Otherwise, we can earn some money by doing odd jobs outside."

"Village head, what do you think? We have a large area with abundant resources. How about we get some poultry here? Like chickens, ducks, pigs, sheep, etc., and kill some during the New Year and sell them at the market for money."

"It's not impossible, but these things need to be fed with grain, and we don't have that much grain to feed the animals."

"We now have much more land to grow than before, and we don't have to worry about food to feed the livestock. Besides, chickens and ducks can be raised freely. There is such a large area that they can go out and find food on their own. We just need to fence in the area so that they don't run away."

"It's the same with sheep. As long as there is grass, they'll be fine. The grass here is green in winter, so why not worry about not being able to keep sheep alive? Pigs eat grains, but I found a kind of grain that has high yields and can be used to feed pigs. It's not picky about the soil. Why don't we find some poor land and plant it there to try?"

The village chief stood up after hearing this and said, "What? Are you serious? If there is really high-yield grain, can people eat it?"

"Of course you can eat it. Come with me."

Qu Nannan was talking about potatoes. In ancient times, everything was backward and the grain yield was pitifully low. She had been hesitating whether to take out grains from other worlds. Those grains were improved and could only be planted once. They could not be saved. What would happen after planting for one season?

Qu Nannan also took a good look at the grain store this time, and found that there were really no potatoes and sweet potatoes, two high-yield species. But Qu Nannan found a small piece of wild potato field in this valley. If these were carefully taken care of, they could also replace rations to fill the stomach in the future.

Qu Nannan took the village chief to the other side of the valley, which was the opposite side of where they lived.

At first, Qu Nannan got across by relying on her own flexibility and using a bamboo pole to support herself. Later, when villagers came to build houses, Qu Nannan found many sturdy trees and built a bridge directly over the river, so that the open space on both sides of the river could be utilized.

There is a forest on the other side of the river. The forest here is not very dense, so the villagers can come here to collect firewood. Qu Nannan plans to go to the mountains to find wild fruit trees in the spring of next year, and transplant them to see if they can survive.

There is a potato field inside the woods. Because the fruits are growing underground, the vines above are not taken care of and look like a bunch of weeds.

"It's right here. Wait for me to dig it out and show it to you."

When Qu Nannan came over, she brought a pickaxe with her. With a few strong strokes, she dug up a small piece of land, revealing black-gray fruits the size of a baby's fist.

The village chief picked one up with his hand and said: "This is the ground egg you are talking about. This thing is poisonous. One year, there was a famine and there was not enough food. Everyone went up the mountain to look for food and found this. Someone in the neighboring village was poisoned to death."

They said that the neighboring village was very far away from them, and they heard this from others. At that time, their village had just found this kind of ground eggs, so they threw them away and didn't dare to eat them.

Ground egg? A very descriptive name: "My master told me that this is called potato. It can be eaten as food, but it must be cooked. The one you mentioned that caused the poisoning may be undercooked or has sprouted. Eating it like that will easily cause poisoning."

"Are you serious?" The village chief still didn't quite believe it.

"Of course it's real. I've eaten this before and it's pretty delicious. If you don't believe me, take these back and I'll make it tonight so we can all try it."

The village chief looked at Qu Nannan with disapproval on his face, and Qu Nannan immediately changed her mind: "Well, when it's done, let's feed it to the livestock at home first, and then we'll eat it if nothing else."

The village chief finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll listen to you. It would be great if this is really edible. There were a lot of these things in the mountains where we used to live."

Although Qu Nannan doesn't know how to farm, her theoretical knowledge is solid, and she can also use books and videos on the subject for reference.

The two men returned to the village with more than ten potatoes they had dug. As soon as they crossed the bridge, they saw the villagers gathered together, talking about something.

The village chief asked quickly: "What's going on? What are you doing here?"

A young man in the village looked at the village chief with a pale face and said, "Village chief, I just went back to the village to take a look. Someone really died in our village. There was a big pool of blood on the ground. It seemed that someone had set a fire, but I don't know how the fire was put out."

Their village is full of straw houses, so they should all be burned down if they were set on fire.

The young man moved here because he heard that someone was going to die in the village, and although he had no complaints, young people are very curious and always wanted to see if what Qu Nannan said was true. After many days, he went back to take a look, and this one look almost scared him to death.

There was blood everywhere in the middle of the village, and there was a house that had obviously been burned. Although no dead people were seen, the blood on the ground was scary enough.

The village chief shook his head and patted the young man on the head: "Who told you to go back and check? What if you happen to run into bad guys? Don't tell others that you have lived there before. What if those bad guys are killing people to silence them?"