Chapter 29 Narrowness

The five people were very happy when they returned.

Fang Xiaoya and Li Jinhui had different feelings about Xia Zhi, Liu Qianjin and Liu Zhiyan.

They were obviously different from the three people in the mouths of those who knew the truth.

Besides, just seeing Xia Zhi could take Liu Qianjin with him, they had to marvel at how knowledgeable this girl was.

Even if they saw the dead branches and leaves, they would never recognize that it was a lotus root.

The two people returned to the cave with the mats, thanked Xia Zhi and went back to clean up their own caves.

The three of them returned to their own homes.

They had been freezing outside for a long time.

The temperature outside was too low.

Xia Zhi added some firewood to the stove.

He rubbed his shoulders and started to prepare to cook.

Dinner had been considered, a simple one, preparing fried rice and making cornmeal porridge.

Anyway, they had a good harvest today, bringing back two baskets of duck eggs, and planned to stay up late at night to find a way to pickle the duck eggs.

It should be fine to splurge a little now and stir-fry rice with duck eggs and chopped green onions.

Even if there is no vinegar and chili, stir-frying lotus root with sour and spicy flavor is also delicious.

Just when I was worrying about the seasoning, I heard a knock on the door.

"Xia Zhi!"

A familiar voice.

Liu Qianjin had already jumped over to open the door. Since he had eaten Captain Zhou's chicken nuggets at noon, Captain Zhou was now equivalent to meat and vegetables in Liu Qianjin's mind.

Liu Qianjin warmly welcomed Captain Zhou.

Sure enough, Captain Zhou came in with two lunch boxes.

Xia Zhi took a look at the lunch box.

"Rice?"

Captain Zhou nodded. In fact, he also guessed that the rice left over from lunch would definitely be dealt with at night.

That is, only their canteen can eat rice. Outside, people share flour.

Hand over the lunch box. This is your own ration and also your sincerity in joining the group.

Xia Zhi nodded when he saw the full lunch box of rice. If you stir-fry it like this, plus the rice from lunch, it will be just enough for four people.

"By the way, I also brought you four small stools. These are made by our Lao Liu. Lao Liu is very good at making stools.

I originally asked him to make them in two days, but he said he had a ready one on hand, so he asked me to take it first. When he is done, I can make up these four stools."

Zhou Zhengan took out four more stools from his back.

These stools are quite sturdy.

They are all made of leather belts.

Xia Zhi couldn't help but get excited when he saw them. After all, his ability to make such things was still far from satisfactory. How could a small stool made of reeds compare to such a stool.

It is always a surprise to be able to add something to this poor dugout.

The room also feels more and more like a little bit of fireworks.

Duck eggs and chopped green onions fried rice, plus a cold lotus root, and cornmeal porridge.

Today's porridge is really watery.

Even so, several people ate with full appetite.

Especially Zhou Zhengan, they can't buy lotus root here.

Even in summer, this is a luxury, after all, they don't grow it locally.

It took a lot of effort to transport it from other places.

"Where did this lotus root come from? Did you bring it?"

Zhou Zhengan racked his brains, but he couldn't figure it out. It was actually dug out from their reed marsh.

"Dug it out from the reed marsh."

Liu Qianjin immediately said as if he was showing off his achievements. He was still a child.

Zhou Zhengan's expression became serious.

"It's impossible. I have been here for three years. I have never found lotus roots in the reed marsh in summer."

The environment here is bad, and three years can't change much. It is already very remarkable to be able to build a base of this scale now.

Planting wheat and cotton has been put on the agenda, but improving people's basic lives is still a blank item.

Things like lotus roots have not been put on the agenda at all. In the past, I heard that someone proposed to plant lotus roots locally, but it seems that the effect of planting in some places was not good, and finally gave up.

And they came here to the reclamation area, and it is said that there were not many original aborigines.

How could lotus roots pop up out of nowhere here?

If there are really lotus roots in the reed marsh, does that prove that they can grow lotus roots here?

Forget about other things first, first improve the lives of the people in the whole district, and more importantly, if there are lotus roots, their district can have an economic project to generate income.

"Really, Captain Zhou found it in the reed marsh. It was Xiao Xia who found it."

"No, I'll take someone to take a look."

Bringing a project to improve the economy to the team is naturally a big deal.

Zhou Zhengan couldn't even eat.

"Xiao Xia, come with me, go to the team headquarters."

With Liu Qianjin and Liu Zhiyan, they naturally attributed all the credit for this matter to Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi was so depressed. He thought he could make a fortune quietly, but this time, after Captain Zhou's meal, all his wealth was gone.

He followed Zhou Zhengan in a depressed mood.

Zhou Zhengan was walking forward happily, but when he turned around, he found that Xia Zhi was at least 500 meters away from him.

He looked at his legs and seriously suspected that he was walking too fast, so Xia Zhi couldn't keep up.

He had no choice but to stand there and wait for Xia Zhi, but the more he waited, the more he felt something was wrong. Xia Zhi's face was gloomy.

He didn't look happy.

Finally, he couldn't help asking.

"Xiao Xia, what's wrong with you? Who made you so unhappy?"

Xia Zhi rolled his eyes at Zhou Zhengan!

Captain Zhou was a straight man, he had no idea what he was thinking.

Comparing himself to others, it seemed that he was really a little bit like a little woman, not generous at all.

He had no vision and was petty.

Xia Zhi suddenly felt even angrier.

"Did I make you angry?"

Fortunately, Zhou Zhengan was just straight, not stupid.

He suddenly understood from Xia Zhi's eyes.

"If I really offended you unintentionally, you can just say that I don't pay attention to details and sometimes I don't think so carefully. You said that as long as it was my fault, I would definitely change it."

Zhou Zhengan's serious and sincere attitude instantly dissipated Xia Zhi's anger.

It was too petty to be angry with Zhou Zhengan for stuttering.

Suddenly I felt that I was really not presentable. It turned out that in the last life, Ding Jiannan looked down on me. Maybe I also had many problems.

Yes, I was reborn, and I should have a long-term vision.

"It's not your problem, it's my own problem.

Our conditions are not good, and I am narrow-minded. I was thinking of bringing those lotus roots back to grind lotus root powder to increase the food supply.

Otherwise, I am worried that the three of us will not be able to survive until the autumn harvest next year."

Xia Zhi did not hide it. This is how she is, whether she is right or wrong, whether she is generous or narrow-minded.

That's all herself.

People should be honest, and she is not prepared to pretend.