Chapter 28 Discovering Lotus Root

When Fang Xiaoya and Li Jinhui went out, they were indeed carrying two fire sticks in their hands, but the sticks were only as thick as fingers, which made Xia Zhi shake his head.

This stick would break even a chicken, let alone a wolf.

Who can be protected with this thing?

As expected, when the two saw the two bowl-thick sticks in Liu Qianjin's hand, their faces turned red.

They didn't expect that such sticks could be used as weapons.

Compared with others, it was simply a piece of cake, and there was no comparison.

"Take a look on the road later. If you can find a suitable one, I will find two for you. Put it behind the door on weekdays. You can hold the door at night when you are free, and you can use it for self-defense at other times."

Fang Xiaoya and Li Jinhui nodded hurriedly.

Both of them are people who understand the ways of the world, and they know that what others said is not meant to belittle them for their own good.

Two new people joined, and the few people talked and laughed as they walked towards the reed marsh.

Arrived at the reed marsh.

Xia Zhi took a sickle and taught Fang Xiaoya and Li Jinhui how to cut reeds and what kind of reeds are best for weaving mats.

Then he handed the sickle to the two of them. It was relatively simple to use this thing, and it was not a difficult job.

He also reminded the two people to pay attention to danger here. Although he took the two people to a place where reeds grow, it would be dangerous if they accidentally stepped on the air in a place where reeds grow.

Seeing the two people working seriously there, she took Liu Qianjin and Liu Zhiya to find wild duck eggs not far from them.

With the episode in the morning, Liu Qianjin was obviously a smart child even though he had the IQ of a child.

Others followed suit, and Xia Zhi didn't need to do anything in the afternoon.

It took a while to pick up a basket of duck eggs from the reed marsh.

Xia Zhi wove two more baskets by hand.

He wove two baskets and a large basket.

The basket was carried on Liu Qianjin's back.

Liu Qianjin was just a child. When he saw that he had a new backpack, he was very happy.

However, there was no time to go deep into the reed marsh, and no lotus roots were found.

If there were lotus roots, Xia Zhi wanted to grind lotus root powder.

This would save money on breakfast.

In order to fill her stomach, Xia Zhi has been thinking.

Anyway, she has made up her mind that before the heavy snow, she must find a way to complete the exploration of the surrounding area, in addition to the reed marsh, there are several places around.

See if she can catch rabbits, pheasants, etc. when she has time.

When it snows, no one can think of leaving the cave.

Even if they leave the cave, it is to sweep the snow.

And after tomorrow they will have to participate in the work of repairing canals and roads.

This work only has two days off a month.

She has participated in this kind of work, which is hard and tiring. Basically, tired people fall asleep when they return to the cave.

They don’t even want to wash, let alone do other work.

According to Zhou Zhengan’s request, they will have three days of rest, and today is the first day.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will have two days to use.

It seems that I have to take Liu Qianjin and Liu Zhiyan around for a good tour.

Fang Xiaoya and Li Jinhui watched Xia Zhi teach them how to weave mats.

They didn't expect Xia Zhi to be so skillful. The reeds in her hands soon took shape.

They originally thought that Xia Zhi had a close relationship with Captain Zhou.

He must be the kind of person who is spoiled, willful or a little arrogant.

But now watching Xia Zhi help them weave mats, teaching them seriously and teaching them how to do it.

Suddenly, I felt that Xia Zhi was too down-to-earth, completely different from the Xia Zhi they imagined.

They were educated youth on another train, so they were assigned here and didn't know Xia Zhi's background at all.

The Xia Zhi they met was the Xia Zhi who was talked about by everyone and thought that Captain Zhou favored him.

Who would have thought that Xia Zhi could do everything.

"Xia Zhi, how can you weave mats?"

"I do everything at home, and I have learned a little bit."

Xia Zhi naturally wouldn't tell others that he was familiar with these things in his previous life, and practice makes perfect.

How can I not know how to do these things again if I live another life?

Suddenly, Liu Qianjin's excited voice came from a distance.

"Xiao Xia, Xiao Xia found the one you mentioned here."

Xia Zhi was delighted when he heard it, and stood up quickly,

"You two should be careful when weaving mats here, and you must not relax your vigilance around you. Don't think that wolves will not go out during the day."

The two shuddered when they heard this, and looked around vigilantly.

Xia Zhi hurried over, and sure enough, he pushed aside the reeds in the distant reeds and saw the withered lotus leaves on the mud.

There is no lotus root planting here at present.

Lotus root planting was introduced in 1959. However, it has not been popularized yet.

She guessed that there might be lotus roots in these reed marshes, of course, because when lotus root planting was introduced that year, some seeds were taken back from various places.

Some places were successfully planted, but some places were finally abandoned.

In theory, there would be seeds in this place, but there are not many places where they can be planted.

And the only successful place that year was not here, which means that lotus roots in these places have failed.

Because of failure, many people just let the lotus seeds die on their own.

Because of this, there are always some strong seeds that will survive on their own.

After all, a lot of lotus roots were introduced to the border area later, and lotus roots still have a great economic effect in the local area.

Unexpectedly, they really found it by accident.

Xia Zhi saw the dead leaves and couldn't help but patted Liu Qianjin on the shoulder in praise.

"Liu Qianjin is really good, you found something good this time."

However, digging lotus roots is not an easy thing to do. If you are not careful, you will get stuck in this place and can't get out.

Try to use a bamboo pole to poke into the mud where you found it, but you didn't expect that these lotus roots were not buried deep.

Soon you touched the hard lotus roots at the bottom.

It seems that there is a way.

Xia Zhi went to cut reeds and weaved them into a few small mats without saying a word.

She moved quickly, and in a short while, several mats were spread around the lotus roots she found like floor mats.

Lying on the mat, the body area is large, so it really won't sink in the mud.

Coming to the lotus root, use the sickle in your hand to dig open the soil.

Because of the strong wind and sand here, the soil has lost a lot of moisture over the years. Although it is still silt, it is nothing compared to the real lotus root mud candy.

Xia Zhixin was relieved. It seems that he thought too much. This place is really not a swamp.

He stood up and tried the hardness of his feet. Sure enough, there is no problem with supporting the weight of a person.

Not to mention that a full basket of lotus roots was dug in a short time.

There is no more to find in other places.

It seems that even if there is, we have to look for it in other places in the reed pond. Since there are other places here, there will be one or two fish that slip through the net.

But according to today's harvest, it is already good.