Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

The two set out early the next morning. Their main goal today was to pick wild grapes and sour dates.

The two first came to the place where sour dates were picked. Looking around, they saw that there were already many ripe dates, almost all of which were red and ripe.

Instead of picking them one by one, Xu Han directly took out a bamboo pole and a small piece of oilcloth from the space and planned to start beating the dates.

First spread the oilcloth on the ground, and then start beating the sour dates with a bamboo pole.

There are many small thorns on the jujube tree, which are very prickly. In addition, wild jujubes are much smaller than cultivated jujubes, making them difficult to pick. It is much faster to knock them off directly with a bamboo pole.

When the tree was hit with a stick, the sour jujubes fell down instantly. The ripe fruits fell off with a single hit. After a few hits, there were no more fruits left on the tree.

Since the sour jujubes are wild and grow in poor locations, the oilcloth cannot catch all the fallen sour jujubes.

A lot of it fell to the ground and will need to be picked up later, but it would be much better to catch it with a tarpaulin, at least it will catch some of it.

The two men poured the sour dates from the oilcloth into the backpack, and then spread it under the next tree. Lu Chuan continued to pick dates, while Xu Han picked up the sour dates that had just fallen on the ground.

They repeated this process until mid-afternoon when they had finally finished picking all the wild grapes from the nearby jujube trees. Then they started walking back, intending to pick all the wild grapes that had not been picked along the way on the way back.

I kept searching like this for several days before I finally found all the wild fruits in the nearby mountains. The harvest was quite abundant!

Early this morning, the two set out into the mountains together again. Their main goal today was to pick chestnuts.

These days, when I was looking for wild fruits in the mountains, I also found a lot of chestnut trees. The chestnuts were ripe, but because I was busy picking wild fruits, I didn’t pick any chestnuts.

You can wait a little longer before picking chestnuts after they are ripe, but wild fruits will rot if they are not picked in time, so you can only pick them immediately.

The two first came to a chestnut tree near their home and found that there were already many chestnuts, which fell down by themselves after they were ripe.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan began to climb up the tree to knock the chestnuts high up, while Xu Han, wearing his electric bike helmet, stood under the tree to knock the chestnuts low down.

Cracking chestnuts is a very hard job that requires constantly looking up, and Xu Han's neck became sore after a while.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan hurriedly said, "Go pick up the chestnuts! I'll knock them from the tree. You don't need to look up to pick the chestnuts from the lower part. You can just climb higher and then lower your head to knock them."

"Okay, then you can take your time to fight! I'm going to go pick up chestnuts."

Xu Han took out a special pair of tongs and started picking chestnuts. There were many thorns on the shell of the chestnut, which were very prickly. She couldn't pick them up directly with her hands, so she could only use the tongs to pick them up one by one.

The chestnuts with shells are taken home to be peeled. Some of them fall off, and the chestnuts without shells are packed separately and placed in a backpack.

After Lu Chuan finished picking chestnuts from this tree, he also came down to help pick chestnuts.

After a short while, all the chestnuts were picked up, and they continued to move to the next chestnut tree.

The two of them had completely figured out the area near their home and knew exactly where the chestnut trees were, so there was no need to look for them.

Arriving under the next chestnut tree, Xu Han started picking up the fallen chestnuts. She didn't help Lu Chuan to fight, but just started picking up the chestnuts!

After all, I had just seen how easy it was for Lu Chuan to climb up to a high place and hit the chestnuts on a low place. It was indeed much faster than hitting them from below.

Why bother yourself? Just pick chestnuts honestly!

At noon, Xu Han took out the water and food from the space, ate a simple meal, and then continued to pick chestnuts.

It was almost dark when the two men finished cutting down the last chestnut tree and then they started to head home.

In the past few days, Lu Chuan has been helping me find wild fruits in the mountains. I haven't gone hunting. After picking chestnuts, there are also walnuts and pine nuts!

However, there is no rush for these two things, as the pine nut picking season can continue until almost spring next year.

But it is definitely better to pick them as early as possible, because when the pine cones are fully mature, they will dry up and the pine nuts will fall off naturally, and the number of pine cones and pine nuts falling on the ground will decrease.

For walnuts, it is best to wait until they are fully ripe and the skin cracks before picking them. Otherwise, the outer skin is difficult to peel and is very troublesome.

After picking all the chestnuts nearby in the next few days, Lu Chuan will start his autumn hunting, and after returning from the hunt he will go picking walnuts.

After the two returned home, Xu Han poured all the chestnuts in the space into the yard to dry.

When you have time, you need to peel the chestnuts and dry them in the sun for a while. They will be easier to peel after the shells open.

After spreading out all the chestnuts, Xu Han went to the backyard to help water the vegetables!

It has not rained for a long time, and it is very troublesome to water the vegetables every day.

After watering all the plants, it was already dark. After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, they started to eat dinner.

Xu Han hasn't cooked in the past few days, and all she ate was the food in the space.

Everything taken out from the space is steaming hot, and looks exactly like freshly cooked meals.

After dinner, Lu Chuan washed the dishes and Xu Han washed the clothes. After washing the clothes, they took advantage of the free time to clean the house.

Xu Han is a very clean person, but sometimes she can be lazy and doesn't want to clean. But when she sees there is a lot of dust, she will start cleaning like a madman.

However, since there are only two of us at home, it’s not too messy. Generally, things are put back in their original places after use and not thrown around randomly.

Under the influence of Xu Han, Lu Chuan has become more and more fond of cleanliness. Sometimes when he sees the floor is a little dirty, he will start mopping the floor immediately.

After Xu Han finished cleaning, she came to the yard and saw Lu Chuan peeling chestnuts with a tongs. So she also moved a stool, took out the tongs and started peeling chestnuts together.

After peeling for about half an hour, it was almost ten o'clock, so the two got up and went back to the room to sleep.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature in the mountains became lower and lower. Sometimes you need to put on a coat when working in the yard at night.

The next morning, the two set out early as usual. Today they were going to a place a little further away to pick chestnuts. All the chestnuts near their home had been picked yesterday, so they had to go to a place a little further away.

It was a repeat of yesterday's work, with no difference, except that the two of them would start looking for chestnut trees this afternoon.

Although Lu Chuan often goes to the mountains and should know exactly where things are, he can only remember roughly what is far away or in places he doesn't visit often.

What's more, Lu Chuan had never cared about these things before.

It was when he was picking mushrooms with Xu Han before that Xu Han pointed to a chestnut tree and told Lu Chuan that it was edible.

In autumn, they would pick more and store them for making cakes or cooking. From then on, Lu Chuan began to pay attention to the location of this chestnut tree.