I'm involved in poverty alleviation in a primitive tribe.

Jiang Ning squatted down to look through the pages with interest, and Yingcao Wu and the system simultaneously introduced them to her.

Yingcao Wu held a palm-sized fruit in her hand. The fruit had a smooth surface and looked quite heavy. She said, "This is a powder fruit. The fruit is full of powder. Taking a bite can choke a person to death. However, even if it doesn't choke, you can't eat it directly. After it ripens, you pick it, dry it in the sun, grind it, and add water to make a fruit powder paste, which is most suitable for cubs. Add a little water, salt, and a kind of stone powder from our area, and you can make white strips. White strips can be dried and preserved for a long time."

System: "It's a relative of wheat, and the taste is not much different. Like taro, it cannot be eaten directly."

Jiang Ning: "..."

Yingcao Wu was completely unaware. She put down the fruit in her hand and picked up another fruit that looked similar to taro: "This one is similar. It can also be made into white noodles, but after it is cooked, it becomes as transparent as water and is a bit sticky to eat. We call it ginkgo."

System: "This fruit should be a species unique to this world. If you are willing to give me some so I can collect its information, I can give you 10,000 points. Don't think it's too little; it's just an ordinary plant with low value. The reason it's worth 10,000 points is because it's considered an unknown species in our area."

While listening to Yingcao Wu's introduction, Jiang Ning chatted with the system in his mind: "In all these years, this is the first time I've earned so many points from you."

Since the trading area opened, Jiang Ning has accumulated more beast cores. She also used some of her surplus to exchange for points with the system. Originally, she planned to save up as many as possible to see if she could exchange them for the detector mentioned by the system to find the location of the spirit crystal mine.

However, now that she knows where the spirit crystal mine is, it saves her a lot of trouble.

The system calmly replied, "This is a primitive world, which can at most provide me with some raw materials. But there are countless primitive worlds like this, and we don't lack such things. You also come from a world of wisdom, so you should know that many raw materials are worthless, and only refined products are valuable."

Jiang Ning sighed, "This is the best they can offer."

The crushing dominance of a higher civilization over a lower civilization is just that unfair.

Finally, Yingcao Wu picked up a leather bag and scooped out a handful of gray, rice-grain-sized fruits: "This is millet grass. Don't be fooled by its small size; one plant can produce many fruits. These fruits are very filling, but they are troublesome to process, so the tribespeople are too lazy to do it. We just grow some for the young children in the tribe. After peeling, they are white and can be made into the shape you described."

Jiang Ning's eyes lit up. The description, the appearance: "Grass...could this be...?"

"This is the rice you eat. Different regions have different soil and water, so apart from the color, there's no difference," the system explained at the right time.

"Great!" Jiang Ning gripped Yingcao Wu's hand tightly: "Grain grass is good! Is there any more? Did you bring a lot? Will we be able to have dinner tonight? We have a lot of cubs in our Jiang tribe, and they can't finish a lot of the food. This is a good opportunity to give them a change of pace."

She wants to eat rice today!

Yingcao Wu was startled by Jiang Ning's actions, and the grain of rice she was holding fell onto the animal skin spread out on the ground: "Today? If you want to try it, that's fine, but there aren't enough for so many people in the Jiang tribe, so you'll have to wait a few more days."

"Oh?" Jiang Ning asked with concern, "Did you bring not enough? Did you bring enough seeds? If not, I'll send someone to get more!"

As she spoke, Jiang Ning stood up, seemingly intending to call someone over.

Yingcao Wu quickly stood up and stopped her: "Witch! That's enough! When we left, we saw that it was almost winter, and we were afraid that you wouldn't have enough food stored here, so we took everything we could. Jiang Wu is so concerned about the food of the cubs, it's truly a blessing for the Jiang tribe."

Jiang Ning then abandoned her intention to call for help. She was too embarrassed to say that she had actually been craving this for many years, so she let the other person misunderstand.

Following up on Yingcao Wu's words, she asked, "Then why do we have to wait a few days?"

Yingcao Wu laughed and said, "Because this straw needs to be peeled before it can be eaten, otherwise it will prick your mouth. We usually crush it and blow off the husks when we want to eat it."

Jiang Ning knew about this; she would watch videos of craft enthusiasts in her spare time, hoping it might come in handy somewhere in the Jiang department.

In ancient times, rice was husked using a method called "pounding rice." This involved placing the rice grains in a stone mortar and pestle and pounding them repeatedly to remove the husks. Finally, the bran was sifted out, and the rice was cooked and ready to eat.

However, this easily crushes the rice grains, leaving only a handful of broken rice.

Jiang Ning couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Everything in this place grows very large, even people are much bigger. Why can't the grass grow a little bigger?

"Okay, then let's keep this for now. Let's try this fruit today. Is this enough?"

Yingcao Wu: "That's enough. Just grind it up. What our tribe has in abundance is strength."

Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction. Today we'll have noodles, tomorrow we'll make dumplings. When we knead the dough, we'll leave a lump of dough; next time we can use it as a starter to make steamed buns.

That evening, Jiang Ning took matters into her own hands. The kitchen, which hadn't been used for a long time, was filled with smoke again. She soaked the dried mushrooms, took the meat of the firefly, chopped it into small pieces, and stir-fried it into a glistening and fragrant topping.

The dough had been kneaded beforehand. Jiang Ning took a round log to use as a rolling pin, rolled the dough into a large sheet on the cutting board, and finally cut it into thin strips with a knife.

Boil the water in the pot, grab the two ends of the thin noodles, pull them apart and drop them into the pot to cook. Once cooked, take them out, ladle a generous amount of topping on top, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and Jiang Ning ate a whole bowl of noodles with topping.

Baiya also got a bowl. After eating a few bites, it looked up at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning's contented and satisfied expression was not only visible to the naked eye, but could also be conveyed to Bai Ya's heart through the contract.

It buried its head in its food again, puzzled. It really couldn't understand what made this food so delicious. It decided to catch a big black bear to fill its stomach later.

When Jiang Ning arrived the next morning, the Second Ring Road was already bustling with activity.

With winter approaching, Yingcao Tribe is rushing to finish building their houses.

According to the current rules of the Jiang tribe, it should be done by the people of their own tribe. However, since the shamans of each tribe have accepted gifts from the Yingcao shaman, they are bound to send some of their tribesmen to help.

Jiang Ning was also pleased with this outcome, believing that harmonious relations among the various tribes of the Jiang clan would allow them to go further in the future.

The Yingcao tribe is planning to build wooden houses, as wood is the least of their worries here.