Traveling through 1942 with space

It might be because his body was gradually recovering, or it might be because he had been drinking spiritual spring water for many times in a row, but when Hou Xiaoge woke up today, he felt full of energy and had a lot more strength.

But the tools were not powerful enough, so Hou Xiaoge could only dig for a while and then rest for a while. Before daybreak outside, he had dug almost four meters of foundation.

The sun rises very early in the summer, and it is already bright at six in the morning.

Hou Xiaoge calculated the construction area of the breeding area yesterday, and found that a lot of materials would be needed. While everyone was still asleep, Hou Xiaoge was going to search for more.

As for why the others haven't gotten up yet, there is no need to explain. Why do the refugees get up so early? Aren't they hungry? Getting up at eight o'clock is considered diligent.

After using his mental power to investigate outside and finding no danger, Hou Xiaoge quietly opened the door and slipped out.

As he walked, Hou Xiaoge stopped and when he passed by collapsed and uninhabited houses, he would collect the intact earth bricks scattered on the ground into the space, so that he would not have to make adobe bricks in the future.

Arriving at the landlord's house at the end of the village, Hou Xiaoge took out a hoe and picked up the bricks under the gate. Perhaps because of the drought, the bricks were very solid.

Hou Xiaoge thought of a way to get half a basin of water from the space and pour it directly on the bricks. When the water soaked the brick seams, the bricks were easily picked out.

After digging out the bricks, Hou Xiaoge dug about half a meter deep, and a pile of rusty copper coins, silver and dollars appeared in front of Hou Xiaoge.

Hou Xiaoge counted them and found a total of twenty-five Guangxu copper coins, three small silver ingots weighing one or two taels, and six Guangxu Yuanbao coins.

Not to mention the silver and dollars, just these twenty-five Guangxu copper coins worth twenty cents are not a small amount.

According to the currency exchange rate that Hou Xiaoge knew in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, one dollar could be exchanged for one hundred dazi.

The average worker's monthly salary was only three dollars, and twenty-five copper coins worth twenty cents were equivalent to five days' salary for an average worker, which was quite a lot.

Of course, Hou Xiaoge also knew clearly that the currency depreciated rapidly during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Just like the hundreds of French francs that he dug out yesterday, their value has depreciated from a few cows to dozens of kilograms of pork.

But as a strategic material, how much can copper metal currency depreciate? At most three to five times.

There is also a very funny saying these days that when buying things, the seller does not look at the face value of the metal currency, but ultimately determines the value of the currency based on the craftsmanship and quality of the metal currency.

These twenty-five Guangxu twenty-wen copper coins were official currency issued in the late Qing Dynasty. Their quality and workmanship were naturally impeccable. The exchange price would definitely be higher. One dollar could probably be exchanged for two or three hundred at most.

Therefore, even now in the 31st year of the Republic of China, these twenty-five copper coins are at least equivalent to two or three days' wages for an ordinary worker, and can buy a lot of things.

As for the poor farmers, haha! They can only dig for food in the fields and have no other way to make money. They may not earn 50 yuan in a week or two.

The remaining three taels of silver and six silver dollars are even more valuable, and will not depreciate much even after the founding of the country in the future.

[Insert data: Because the monetary system during the Republic of China period was too chaotic, the legal tender was abolished and the ocean was used as the unit of measurement.

And the currency exchange is based on the 1940s when the protagonist lived, and an official exchange standard that is relatively reasonable in this article is set here.

1元＝10角＝100分＝1000厘＝300个大子（铜元）

1 Jiao = 10 Fen = 100 Li = 30 Da Zi (copper coins)

1 point = 10 cents = 3 copper coins. 】

Hou Xiaoge happily put the money into the space and went straight into the landlord's compound. He took all the buildings that he could dismantle and take away.

After more than an hour, when Hou Xiaoge walked out of the yard, only the frame of a house was left in the landlord's yard, and not a single valuable piece of Hou Xiaoge was left.

"Hmph! If you didn't mind the noise of demolishing the house, I would have taken down every brick." Hou Xiaoge patted his hands that were dirty from demolishing the wall and went home satisfied.

It was already seven o'clock in the morning. On the way back, Hou Xiaoge heard many groans and sighs coming from the yard. It seemed that many people had woken up from hunger.

When he returned to the shabby house where the two brothers lived, Hou Xiaoge saw his younger brother Xiao Shuanniu smacking his lips and dreaming. He smiled, took out the clay pot and started to cook porridge again.

After digging the foundation in the planting space for four or five hours and then dismantling the building materials for more than an hour, Hou Xiaoge's stomach was already growling with hunger.

Returning to the planting space, Hou Xiaoge poured out the remaining half bowl of wheat porridge from the earthenware jar, took out three pounds of wild vegetables and two taels of wheat and started to cook again.

"Cuckoo!"

The steam boiled and the aroma of food began to emanate, making Hou Xiaoge's appetite grow.

After pouring the leftover rice in the bowl into a clay pot to warm it up, Hou Xiaoge couldn't wait to scoop out a big bowl.

After eating three big bowls of wild vegetable porridge, my growling stomach finally calmed down.

After eating and drinking, Hou Xiaoge lay down on the hillside and began to catch up on his sleep.

When he woke up again, the sun was already high outside and it was almost nine o'clock. Looking at his brother who was still sleeping soundly, Hou Xiaoge left the space with a bowl of warm wild vegetable porridge.

"Shuanniu, get up quickly. I have cooked some delicious porridge." Hou Xiaoge shook the jar in front of the little guy's nose.

"What a smell! It smells so good!"

Children are like this, even though their eyes are still closed, their noses are moving and they are still mumbling non-stop.

"Haha! Shuanniu, get up and eat quickly, otherwise you won't be able to eat when Kangzhan and the others arrive." Seeing his brother's funny look, Hou Xiaoge directly used the method of provoking him.

A minute later, Shuanniu was holding his small wooden bowl and eating voraciously.

In less than five minutes, the little guy had eaten up about three bowls of wild vegetable porridge left in the jar.

"Oh my god! It smells so good." The little guy burped and leaned against the wall with emotion.

"No matter how delicious they are, they can't satisfy your hunger! They are all wild vegetables. I'll feel hungry again after peeing a few times." Hou Xiaoge sighed.

"Hehe! Brother, this is the second best meal I have eaten in a while. Yesterday's rat meat was the best." The little guy said while smacking his lips, probably thinking about yesterday's barbecue.

"Little foodie, hurry up and pack your luggage. We have to go out to look for wild vegetables later." Hou Xiaoge walked up and patted the little guy's head gently and said.

"Got it!" When it comes to food, the little guy didn't dare to be lazy and quickly started packing his luggage.

"By the way, Shuanniu, don't tell anyone about the wild vegetable porridge you had just now. Not even Erda and Xiaogu can tell anyone else. This is the food that I secretly hid." Hou Xiaoge warned his younger brother in advance.

"I get it, brother. But could you please stop calling me Shuanniu and call me Xiaotong?" the little guy said with a grin.

"Okay, from now on I won't call you the cow tying guy. I'll call you little boy." Hou Xiaoge touched the little guy's messy hair and said with a smile.

"Hehe! Xiaotong is a really nice name." The little guy said happily foolishly.

After the two brothers finished packing, they put their luggage in their eldest uncle's room, said goodbye to their second aunt and younger sister-in-law who stayed behind, and left the yard with a group of elders and cousins.

In the morning, everyone went looking for wild vegetables over a large area and had already left the village two or three kilometers away.

Because there were so many people around, Hou Xiaoge did not frequently use his mental power along the way. He just followed the crowd, walking and stopping, searching around.

However, Hou Xiaoge was really envious of the lush green mountains in the distance. He wondered how many good things there must be in there!

But it is not convenient to act alone at this moment, so Hou Xiaoge plans to set a trap at the edge of the forest tomorrow morning.

Hou Xiaoge was lucky enough to find a rat hole without using his mental power.

In order to avoid wasting energy, Hou Xiaoge used his mental power to investigate. Indeed, there was something in the stock. Two mice, about 150 grams in size, were sleeping soundly in the hole.

"Little boy, Kangzhan, go call your uncle and dad. I've found a rat hole here. Be careful and do it quietly." Hou Xiaoge patted his younger brother and cousin who were following him and instructed.

"Okay, got it!" The two little guys started running towards the elders not far away.