Our neighborhood has been transported again.

Chapter 48 Settlement on the Tenth Day

Back home, Qin Ziwen played back the video recordings he had taken with his phone, which he had placed in the small backpack on the eagle's chest, based on his memory of the day.

Another rough route map was drawn up.

The route map highlights the locations where wild kiwifruit was picked and where wild boars were encountered.

The main reason we didn't finish picking the kiwis today was because we didn't have enough backpack space. Tomorrow we can consider going there first and picking the rest of the kiwis.

He remembered that fruits were divided into two types: fruits that ripen after ripening and fruits that do not ripen after ripening.

If a fruit that is ripening after ripening is not fully ripe, it can be picked and allowed to continue to ripen while it is still close to ripe.

After finishing the map, Qin Ziwen picked up the general map he had drawn earlier and his eyes fell on a "cave" marked in the north.

Currently, both known locations where cards can be obtained are related to "cave". What about the cave on the mountainside that I saw in the video last time? Could there be an altar inside there as well?

And it's not just here. Harpy eagles can fly, so let them use their flight advantage to explore from high altitudes and they'll always find caves that others haven't discovered.

The strategic value of a one-time altar that only grants one card is vastly different from that of an altar that provides a stable daily card gain!

It was worth the effort he made to find it.

In the evening, I went to check on the small animals in the enclosure. The rabbits, field mice, and hedgehogs were all quietly staying in their own areas.

After two days of accumulation, the huge stone pit has been nearly half filled, which shows that the level 2 spring is indeed producing water very quickly.

I scooped a bowl of spring water into a bowl, washed up briefly, and lay in bed quietly waiting for the next day.

"You have successfully survived in the wilderness for ten days. Today you caught a field mouse and a hedgehog using a rope trap, harvested a sufficient amount of wild kiwifruit, and drew a simple map. Overall score: 40 points"

Reward received: Blank Expansion Card (Micro) *2

Qin Ziwen's eyes lit up; finally, it was out.

After getting up and going to the extended space behind the bathroom, I used two cards on the open space. Thanks to the conscious leaving of blank space during the previous expansions, a large new square open space appeared in front of me after the two new cards were activated!

Then Qin Ziwen took out the Level 1 Farmland Card that he had prepared beforehand and activated it.

A great deal of light enveloped the land in front of them.

Soon, a 20*20 meter dark brown field, with an area close to that of a standard basketball court, came into view.

He walked to the edge of the farmland, and his shoes stepped on the mud. Instead of the usual sticky feeling of mud, they felt fluffy.

He squatted down, reached into the soil, and grabbed a handful of dirt.

Dark brown soil slipped through the gaps between my fingers, leaving a fine, granular texture that felt soft and moist yet not sticky.

He didn't know much about farming, but he could clearly tell that the soil was definitely of good quality.

Qin Ziwen muttered to himself, "Such good soil, it's such a waste not to use it to plant something."

She turned around and went to the second bedroom to wake up her younger brother, asking him to come and help transplant the gray sweet potatoes.

Remove the tubers from the sweet potatoes, cut them into small pieces, and bury them in the soil.

"Brother, will it sprout like this? Won't it all rot in the end?"

Qin Ziwen hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, you can. Trust me."

He had never grown them before; he had only learned a few bits and pieces from books or the internet, such as how crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes could sprout and grow into mature plants by cutting them into small pieces and burying them in the soil.

As for whether it will work out, we have to give it a try.

"Brother, the space here is getting bigger and bigger, and there's a huge field of farmland. You're really good at digging!" Qin Ziwu joked.

"Haha." Qin Ziwen laughed: "We still need to go to the riverbank to find more sweet potatoes, and then pick the ones we didn't pick yesterday."

"Gray sweet potato, is this what it is?"

"Yes, I named it Gray Sweet Potato because I saw that the fruit at the base of the plant was grayish."

"This name is easy to remember."

As I came out of the building, Deng Guang had been waiting downstairs for a long time. He leaves home very early every morning.

There were quite a few people in the neighborhood this morning, gathered in twos and threes. Qin Ziwen could tell what had happened at a glance.

Deng Guang said, "Something happened last night; Wang Mingchao is dead."

Qin Ziwu exclaimed in surprise: "Dead?"

Deng Guang said, "Yes, the body was discovered early this morning. It was lying at the entrance of his residential area. He had been stabbed more than a dozen times in the chest, but the fatal wound was a knife mark on his neck. His head was almost cut off. The murderer must have had the intention of venting his anger."

Qin Ziwu muttered to himself, "Who could have done this? Could it be Zhang Bo?"

Deng Guang shook his head: "I don't know. There's no surveillance footage or eyewitnesses, but many people suspect Zhang Bo did it. Even if it wasn't him, it must be related to him."

In the crowd, Zhang Bo had a blister on his lip from his anxiety. "It wasn't me, it really wasn't me! He said those things yesterday, and I killed him. Wouldn't that be an admission of guilt? Do you think I'm that stupid?"

He was surrounded by a large crowd, waving banners to avenge Wang Mingchao.

They blocked Zhang Bo in the middle, preventing him from leaving.

One of the onlookers shouted, "If you didn't kill him, then let us go to your salt well and see for ourselves, to prove it, and to see how your building is different from Huang Tao's."

Zhang Bo was stunned. What did proving that I didn't kill him have to do with going to my house to check the salt well?

Looking at the eyes of those around him, he suddenly realized that whether he killed the person or not was not important; what mattered was that his family owned a salt well.

After watching the excitement, Qin Ziwen was about to leave when a woman rushed up behind him, but Qin Ziwu stopped her.

Qin Ziwu's expression was unfriendly. "What are you doing?"

The woman's face was sallow, and she had dark circles under her eyes. She shouted, "You surnamed Qin! Where is my husband?"

The piercing sound attracted the attention of many people nearby.

Qin Ziwen took a closer look and recognized the disheveled woman with unstable mental state as Liu Changgen's wife.

Standing behind his elder brother, Qin Ziwu said impatiently, "How would we know where your husband went? We don't know him."

Liu Changgen's wife muttered to herself, "My husband has been missing for two days. The night he disappeared, he put on his clothes and went straight out. I've been looking for him for two days! I can't find him alive or dead."

Liu Changgen's wife's eyes were filled with resentment as she spoke, "Yesterday I went to find the guy he was fishing with. At first, he didn't dare to say anything, but I pestered him all day before he finally told me that he saw you using fish traps while you were fishing during the day! My husband encouraged him to go and steal them at night, and then my husband disappeared! Was it you?!"

These words caused many neighbors to point fingers at Qin Ziwen and his group.

Deng Guang was taken aback. He said doubtfully, "Xue E, are you mistaken? Brother Qin has been with me these past few days. It's possible that Liu Changgen was carried away by a crocodile when he went out. This isn't the first time something like this has happened. You can't just blame Brother Qin like that."

Xue E's lips moved, and a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes.

She had suspected that it might have been carried away by a crocodile or some other wild beast, but she was unwilling to accept that.

A perfectly healthy person, suddenly gone.

What will happen to her and her son?

"I don't care, it's related to you anyway. If it weren't for your cage, would he have gone out at night? He wouldn't have had this accident. According to humanitarian principles, you should compensate him!"

(End of this chapter)