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Chapter 48: Collecting Food in Space
"Okay, sister, leave some of everything for us to eat!"
Lin Qingyue agreed with a smile. She knew that her grandfather and uncle must have arranged these dishes, but she was still very happy that her sister said so.
Lin Qingyue was not unwilling to help the villagers, but before helping them, she had to leave enough food for her family. She didn't want her family to go hungry to help others.
The two sisters were not chatting, but concentrating on picking some vegetables. After picking all the ripe vegetables, they watered them, applied fertilizers and went to rest nearby.
Two hours passed in the busy work, and they were both exhausted.
Watching Uncle Lin and his crew still harvesting rice, the two sisters ate two flatbreads, drank enough water, sat down to rest for a while, and planned to go to the fields to harvest rice with Uncle Lin and his crew.
"Qingxue, Qingyue, you don't have to get out of bed. Just sit there and rest."
Uncle Lin noticed that his two nieces were about to come down to work, so he quickly stopped them. It was just a small job that the eight of them could handle.
"Yes! Qingxue, Qingyue, just sit there and rest. We will be well soon."
When Lin Qingming heard what his father said, he quickly looked up and saw his two sisters walking towards them, and hurriedly said.
"Okay then! Take a rest if you are tired. There is no need to rush." Lin Qingxue couldn't persuade everyone, so she could only pull Lin Qingyue to the side to pick up chicken eggs, duck eggs and goose eggs.
Lin Qingxue used to take time out every day to come in and pick up eggs. Although it was only less than ten days, the poultry and animals in the space reproduced very quickly. It should be because the speed of time in the space was different from that outside.
After picking up the eggs, sorting them and putting them in baskets, Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue ran back and forth twice, carried the eggs and placed them next to the picked vegetables. The two sisters then sat down on the ground, exhausted, to rest.
"We can't go on. We are so tired." The two sisters sat and rested for about half an hour, and then Uncle Lin brought Lin Qingming and the others over to rest.
"Come sit down and take a rest. There are scones and water here," said Lin Qingxue as she and Lin Qingyue distributed scones to everyone and gave each person a water bag.
"There's still some that haven't been harvested yet. Let's keep that for ourselves! I really don't have the energy to harvest today. After I've rested up, I'll have to thresh out the harvested fruits and dry them in the sun."
Uncle Lin wiped his sweat as he spoke. He was really tired and had no strength left. There were eight people in total, five adults plus Lin Xiaoshan's three half-grown boys. They went to work in the fields as soon as they came in. They worked for nearly four hours before stopping to rest. One-fifth of the rice in the field was still left to be harvested.
Fortunately, Uncle Lin and his group handed over the grain that was to be distributed to the villagers, and they did not need to rush to collect the remaining grain for themselves. They could come back to collect the grain in two days.
"That's fine. We'll take a break and put the harvested rice on the tarpaulin to dry. We'll find time to come in tomorrow to pack the grain and raise some seedlings so we can plant the next crop early."
Lin Qingming echoed, and the others didn't say anything, mainly because everyone was exhausted. They were tired, hungry and thirsty, and were wolfing down the pancakes and drinking water!
"You guys take a rest, Qingyue and I will go spread the oilcloth," Lin Qingxue said, and then she pulled her sister Lin Qingyue to spread the oilcloth on the ground. The others really didn't have the strength left, so they didn't stop them from working.
Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue deftly spread three pieces of oilcloth on the ground. As soon as they spread the oilcloth, Uncle Lin and his group, despite their fatigue, carried piles of rice ears and placed them on the oilcloth.
While everyone was working, Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue sneaked into the woods on the other side of the space and quietly caught six pheasants and six rabbits.
They carefully put the prey into baskets to avoid being discovered by others.
Then, the two ran to the wild vegetable field and quickly picked four or five pounds of fresh wild vegetables.
These wild vegetables are fresh, delicious, nutritious and very suitable for consumption.
When Uncle Lin and others finished their work, Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue had already prepared everything. Several men carried baskets full of items on their backs and prepared to leave the space.
After walking out of the space, everyone felt a little tired, but they still managed to cheer themselves up and staggered back to the Lin family's temporary residence outside the pavilion.
Along the way, they hardly spoke, just walked silently, their hearts full of worries and expectations about the future.
Finally arriving at their destination, Uncle Lin and his group sat down in front of Old Man Lin, feeling relieved.
There was a trace of fatigue and helplessness on their faces, as if they had gone through a long and difficult journey.
Seeing the miserable state of Uncle Lin and his group, Old Man Lin and his companions understood what was happening and whispered, "It's getting late. Go get some rest! Leave the rest of the work to us."
"Okay, Dad, let's go to bed first." After hearing what Old Man Lin said, Uncle Lin quickly nodded in agreement. He was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes.
"Okay, okay, go to sleep!" Old man Lin nodded quickly, and soon Uncle Lin and his group lay down to rest.
After a while, Uncle Lin and his eight companions fell asleep. Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingyue were better off. Although they were also sleepy and tired, they could still hold on for a while.
"Sister-in-law, these two baskets contain six pheasants and six rabbits each. Send one each to my uncle's house, and we'll keep the rest for ourselves. We also have some wild vegetables. You can arrange them accordingly. Qingyue and I will go to bed first."
Lin Qingxue forced herself to stay awake, explained the things in the basket, and then pulled Lin Qingyue to rest.
Seeing Uncle Lin and his group falling asleep in seconds, Old Man Lin and Mrs. Lin felt very distressed, but they knew that even if they felt distressed, they couldn't stop them. It didn't matter if several grown men exposed themselves, but they couldn't let their eldest grandson get tired alone.
Looking at the sleeping faces of Lin Qingxue and others, Li Yanniang and others felt very moved and helpless. It was because of them that the men in the family worked so hard. They were the ones who were a burden to everyone.
Soon, Li Yanniang grabbed a pheasant and a rabbit from the basket, and took a pound or two of wild vegetables, and asked Liu Jiali to send them to Village Chief Lin along with the pheasant and rabbit.
She and Fang Furong took Fang Xiaomei with them and prepared a pheasant. They simmered it in a clay pot over a low fire to eat the next morning. The rest were still put in a basket and placed on the donkey cart.
As for Liu Jiali, she came to Village Chief Lin's house carrying a basket. The children had already fallen asleep, and only Village Chief Lin and his wife, and Lin Jinkang and his wife were still awake.
"Uncle, my uncle took some of the family out hunting tonight and caught some pheasants and rabbits. My grandfather asked me to send a pheasant and rabbit to your house, as well as a bunch of wild vegetables."
Liu Jiali looked around cautiously, and when she saw that no one was looking at her, she spoke in a low voice.
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