Traveling back to ancient times begins with the use of stone tools

Leng Ruo Xueman's calves were short, and Liu Datong was carrying food, a hoe and other things on his back.

It was already noon when the two men returned to the valley.

With these food, people in the valley breathed a sigh of relief.

There were hoes and seeds again.

While the two of them were eating wild vegetable porridge and falling asleep, Grandpa Wang and Liu Ruxu had already started to reclaim land and plant vegetables.

At night, a group of people discussed that Leng Ruoxue and Liu Datong would continue to rest during the day, and the remaining four would concentrate on digging wild vegetables, trying to exchange them for more food and seeds as soon as possible.

Just when all the wild vegetables in the valley were dug up and the next crop had not yet appeared, there were already 300 kilograms of grain in the valley.

It was already the end of June.

The drought outside is getting worse.

The vegetables, wheat and rice planted in the valley have all grown.

Although it was not sure whether the wheat and rice could be harvested, Leng Ruoxue insisted and still planted some.

Leng Ruoxue discovered that the plants in her garbage space grew twice as fast as those outside.

After the second crop of wild vegetables was dug, the price of brown rice in the county town increased, and fewer people bought wild vegetable rabbits.

The wild vegetables that Leng Ruoxue and her friends brought used to be sold out in one morning, but now it takes one to two days, and they even have to go door to door to buy them.

There are no more people selling things in the market.

Everyone is living frugally.

Leng Ruoxue's space contained a lot of axes, hoes, carpenter's tools, iron pots, salt and sugar. Every time she sold all the wild vegetables in the space, she did not keep any money, but exchanged them all for the tools she needed.

Although the wild vegetables in the valley were gone, people were not so panicked when they saw the vegetables and grains they had planted.

The mountain god seemed to have heard the child's prayer.

Leng Ruoxue and Liu Datong would occasionally find the things Leng Ruoxue prayed for appearing on the road.

Liu Datong was skeptical at first, but later he got used to it.

He even suggested that Leng Ruoxue pray to the mountain god for some silver as a reward.

But Leng Ruoxue refused, "Uncle, we can't get something for nothing. The axe and hoe are gifts from the mountain god. He hopes that we can use our diligent hands to get the tools for harvesting."

Well, no wonder the mountain god can only hear the prayers of children but not those of adults. Sure enough, children and adults think differently.

Because Leng Ruoxue had to travel back and forth between the county town and Liu Datong, everyone had gotten used to her sleeping during the day and working at night in the valley.

So, Leng Ruoxue lived alone in a cave. She would work outside for a while at night and then go into her own space to farm.

Ever since the space came to life, the well in the space no longer needed to be replenished with water. Leng Ruoxue analyzed that this was probably a virtuous cycle.

In mid-July, the vegetables outside had just bloomed, and in the cold snowy space, the winter melons and pumpkins had already been harvested.

Leng Ruoxue was worried and after thinking for a long time, she suggested going to the county town to sell water.

The price of water in the county town is already 200 wen per barrel. If six barrels of water are transported there at a time, they can be exchanged for six kilograms of brown rice.

It takes two days to go back and forth, and in return I can earn six kilograms of brown rice. This business is worth doing.

Grandpa Wang put down his work and concentrated on making the wheelbarrow.

Leng Ruoxue sold the pumpkins and winter melons in the space and prayed to the mountain god to reward her with a cow.

Liu Datong was exhausted after several trips back and forth, and was very grateful to the girl. For the first time, he hoped that the girl's wish would come true.

Every time on the way back from selling water, I hoped Leng Ruoxue would fall.

After three times, I gave up hope. How could the mountain god give me such a big thing just by saying so?

But he still couldn't help asking Leng Ruoxue, "Didn't the mountain god hear your prayers this time?"

Leng Ruoxue hesitated for a moment, "Uncle, the mountain god said that this is my last chance. From now on, the mountain god will not be able to hear my prayers. So, I am hesitating whether to use this last chance."

"Yes, if you think about it this way, the cows can not only help us carry water, but also help to plant crops in the valley. And didn't you say that animal manure can increase the harvest in the fields? What a good wish! The grass in the valley does not need to be removed, and can be fed to the cows."

"Then...I'll use it?"

"Use it!"

Sure enough, when they were carrying water back again, Leng Ruoxue picked up a cow while urinating.

This cow was different from the listless and messy-haired cows they saw in the city. It had smooth skin and even came with its own cart.

Indeed, the cows were raised in the space for two weeks. There was water and grass. They helped to plow the remaining less than 5 acres of land and then were left idle. They were doing very well.

Leng Ruoxue sold all the ripe pumpkins and winter melons in the space before buying this cow and ox cart.

She also wanted to sell water, but she couldn't lift a bucket of water. With a cow, she could sell melons and water at the same time.

I really couldn't bear to see Liu Datong carrying water with a wheelbarrow every day, so I contributed my ox and cart.

Anyway, after buying the ox cart, she had saved twenty taels of silver.

You can also spend another ten taels of silver to buy a cow and a cart to put in the space.

We had cows and ox carts, but the valley was barely accessible to cows, not ox carts.

Liu Datong found a secluded place near the cave entering the valley to hide the ox cart.

Although I know that animals and humans won’t come into contact with each other in the mountains now, what if?

So Leng Ruoxue also supports it.

The wheelbarrow was also taken out of the valley with great effort and then hidden outside.

Leng Ruoxue was leading the cow in front, and Liu Datong was holding the wheelbarrow behind, and they returned to the valley with great effort.

"This is……"

Seeing the cow, the people in the valley were stunned.

"On the way, I met a group of people fleeing famine. They were short of water, so I exchanged the water with them for the ox cart. In that weather, the oxen had nothing to eat and no water to drink, so the owner changed his mind."

People in the valley have become accustomed to Liu Datong's explanation.

Anyway, water is right at the entrance of the cave, so it is normal for two people to come back halfway to get more water.

Before, I could accept the axes and hoes I exchanged for with water. Now I can also accept the ox carts.

Just when everyone thought they could exchange more water for more food, the two people who had run ten times came back and said that the grain store was closed and the people in the city had begun to flee the famine.

That's why they didn't bring back any food, but only exchanged water and cloth for cotton and cloth.

No one had an idea of ​​the current prices, so Leng Ruoxue didn't know how she exchanged goods with others in the cloth shop, but three pieces of cloth and a cart of cotton were enough to make her very happy.

With nearly 600 kilograms of stored grain and the future harvest from the fields, everyone decided not to go out to sell water anymore and to focus on farming and building the valley.

Leng Ruoxue finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the tools and seeds, the food in the space could be harvested continuously.

I no longer need to use stones to dig the soil, and I even have a quilt and mattress.

Sleeping on straw is too tight. She can only fall asleep when she is very tired, and she can't just go back to the space to sleep.

The cave doesn't even have a door, and Liu Ruxu, the mother, would come in from time to time to see Leng Ruoxue.

Leng Ruoxue felt that the past two months she had been through were too tiring.