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Chapter 90 Alliance Mutual Aid Society (25)

"I'll give it a try." Qin Ziwu eagerly took over.

My palm suddenly felt heavy.

Anyone who has ever lifted an eight-pound dumbbell knows that lifting it with one hand is not difficult, and doing it more than ten times in a row is not too difficult either.

However, if you use it as a weapon and swing it rapidly and continuously with one hand, you will feel a heavy, sticky sensation.

Qin Ziwu gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands and slashed forward, creating a thunderous sound.

"It can be used with both hands, but it's quite difficult with one hand." Qin Ziwu exclaimed in amazement. How strong must Du Yu be to wield such a heavy one-handed knife like a toy?

Du Yu instructed, "Knife technique is very important. You can't just swing the knife with brute force. You have to learn to use leverage, to coordinate your waist and body, not just your wrist."

After following Du Yu's instructions, Qin Ziwu felt much lighter when he swung his sword again.

He looked at Du Yu with admiration, "Thank you for your guidance, Brother Du!"

Du Yu said softly, "It's alright. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."

Qin Ziwen took the knife from his younger brother's hand. His palm felt heavy, but the weight was acceptable.

He swung it several times, and although it wasn't as easy as Du Yu's, he could still use it normally. Moreover, he felt that wielding the knife was different from using a spear. A spear is more about stabbing and thrusting, while a knife is about slashing.

The feel of using a one-handed weapon is completely different from that of a two-handed weapon.

After arriving downstairs, Qin Ziwen went to Wei Zhaohua's house.

"Sit down." Wei Zhaohua warmly welcomed him. Because of the three cages, the two elderly people in the family had found something to do and had spoken highly of Qin Ziwen to him, so he regarded Qin Ziwen as a friend.

Qin Ziwen cut to the chase, "Brother Wei, I'd like to buy some fruit seeds from you. Do you have any recommendations?"

"Fruit seeds, which kind do you want?" Wei Zhaohua thought for a moment and asked Qin Ziwen for his opinion.

Qin Ziwen said directly, "Easy to grow and easy to bear fruit. Forget about those that take too long to grow."

“Easy to grow and easy to bear fruit, let me think.” Wei Zhaohua pondered for a moment, “Actually, fruits like oranges, tangerines, and mangoes are easy to grow, but it takes several years for them to grow from seedlings to mature trees and bear fruit. I haven’t grown them much myself, because it takes too long. I have tomatoes, peppers, winter melons, and pumpkins that meet the requirements.”

"Please wait a moment." Wei Zhaohua turned and went into the house. A short while later, he came out with two potted plants.

On the left is a green plant that is nearly 20 centimeters tall, and on the right is a green plant that is 10 centimeters tall.

He first placed a 20-centimeter-tall potted plant on the table.

"This is a tomato. It has a short growth cycle, taking only two or three months from sowing to fruiting, and the yield is not low. Even potted plants can produce several fruits."

If you want to plant them and then transplant them, you can take the seed sacs from the center of the tomato plant, dig a hole, cover it with soil (not too deep, about one centimeter is enough), and put in two or three seeds at a time. In this weather, they will germinate in two or three days. Make sure to keep them in plenty of sunlight.

Then he placed the ten-centimeter-tall potted green plant on top.

"These are green peppers. They are drought-tolerant but susceptible to waterlogging. Don't water them too much. One plant can produce twenty or thirty fruits."

"I don't want the finished product, just sell me more seeds."

"You want seeds?" Wei Zhaohua didn't ask any further questions, turned around and went into the house. A short while later, he came out carrying several small bags of seeds.

"These are seeds for tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins. Take them home and plant them. These seeds are all suitable for planting at this temperature. After germination, keep them in sunlight and don't put them in a shady place. Pumpkin seedlings need more water."

"Okay, Brother Wei, what's the price of these seeds? I'll get the rest for you later."

Wei Zhaohua waved his hand, "No need, you can take it. I can't even plant all these seeds myself. I don't have room to plant them at home, and they're not anything valuable."

Qin Ziwen shook his head: "It's worthless to you, but it's valuable to me."

Wei Zhaohua laughed and said, "When you grow them, just pick a pumpkin for me to try and see how good your skills are."

"Okay, I'll pick the biggest one for you later." Qin Ziwen returned home with the seeds. His younger brother told him that after he went downstairs, Xiao Xuemei came by with an eel and two fish, which were the catch from the past two days.

“There was a fish that was quite big; I think it weighed four or five pounds.”

"Let me see." Walking to the bucket, Qin Ziwen peeked inside. Besides the eels, there was also a large black fish and some small loaches.

"Wow, this fish is pretty big. We'll have it for dinner tonight."

After giving his instructions, Qin Ziwen took the seeds to the farmland and began planting.

Following Wei Zhaohua's instructions, different varieties of seeds were planted in different areas.

Including the first batch of crops planted earlier, almost half of the area is now planted.

He then returned to his bedroom, took out paper and pen, and hand-drew a map of the mountain based on the route he had taken during the day and the videos he had filmed.

Soon, a map of a winding mountain route appeared on the paper.

"This route is quite valuable; it's a route leading to a high-level altar," Qin Ziwen muttered to himself. "Who in their right mind would draw a map?"

He wouldn't have drawn such an important route if it weren't for improving his daily settlement score.

It's enough to just memorize these routes; there's really no need to draw them out.

Once I get the rating reward, I'll burn this map and then redraw it tomorrow to see if I can repeatedly exploit the bug.

Outside the bedroom door, the younger brother knocked, "Big brother, dinner is ready."

"Here it is." Qin Ziwen stood up and casually crumpled the map into a ball and put it in his pocket.

After the four of them finished dinner, Qin Ziwen rubbed his stomach, which was feeling a bit full. The fish soup tasted good today and was quite delicious.

It's quite lively downstairs.

They're banging drums and gongs; I don't know what they're up to.

"Dong dong dong."

Deng Guang knocked on the door and asked Qin Ziwen if he wanted to come downstairs to take a look together.

"Where?"

Xiao Xuemei said, "I heard it's the Alliance Mutual Aid Association, and they're having some kind of association-building event tonight."

Qin Ziwen remembered that the Alliance Mutual Aid Association had contacted him yesterday, but he had to go to the advanced altar on the mountain today, so he couldn't go due to the time conflict.

He couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, did they look for you afterwards?"

Xiao Xuemei shook her head: "No, the Tongmeng Mutual Aid Association didn't contact us today, but they held a lecture at the South Gate this morning. I went to listen to it, and it was probably just to promote their mutual aid association."

After a moment's hesitation, Qin Ziwen said, "Let's go downstairs and take a look."

After putting on their coats, the group went downstairs and headed towards the second building.

From afar, one could hear the sounds of gongs and drums.

A loudspeaker announced: "The power of the collective is boundless! Let's give them a round of applause!"

"Wow!"

Many elderly people in the crowd clapped their hands continuously.

Below the two buildings, a platform had been erected. On the platform stood a man in a suit, holding a megaphone in his left hand and raising his right hand high. "I'll say it again: our Alliance Mutual Aid Association is dedicated to building a harmonious society. What is a harmonious society? It's resource sharing! Information sharing! Welfare sharing!"

(End of this chapter)