Chapter 9 Harvest
Over the rock beneath their feet was a gully eroded by running water.

The ravine is not deep, only about a person's height, and most of the exposed areas are made of solid rocks.

Perhaps due to the terrain, this place is still a bit humid, and there is a lot of dark black moss on the rocks.

The snake that Lao Liangtou mentioned was coiled underneath to rest.

Its head is oval-shaped, with three dark-brown stripes, the back is brown and three light-colored vertical stripes, and the tail is relatively thin.

This is a white-striped snake. It has a good temper and the most important thing is that it is not poisonous.

Secondly, one of its foods is rats.

At this time, there were still a bunch of dead rats lying around it, and it seemed to be resting after eating.

At this moment, it seemed to hear the trembling sound of Lao Liang's head, its tail swung a few times, and its body began to rub along with it.

Jian Zhizhi glanced twice and prepared to retreat, "Let's go."

When Qingsheng heard this, hesitation flashed across his face, but he still nodded in agreement.

However, after Lao Liangtou came to his senses, he looked at the snake below with some emotion.

Old Liangtou looked at Jian Zhizhi with disgust and said dissatisfied:

"Why go? If you catch this snake, you can have a full meal."

Women just don’t know how to live their lives and are afraid of snakes when they see them.

When Jian Zhizhi heard this, he subconsciously looked back at him and reminded:
"This snake eats mice."

Lao Liangtou gave a cold snort and said nonchalantly:
"So what's the matter? There's really nothing to eat. Let alone snakes, I also gave them mice."

Jian Zhizhi was silent, but he still opened his mouth to explain:

"That being said, it's not like there's no food at the moment. This snake can eat rats, which will help a lot with rats. There's really no need to catch the snake just for this bite."

"Don't you want the rat plague to end soon and return to the ordinary life before?"

Although there is only one snake at the moment, seeing so many mice around it shows that it is still very powerful.

Old Liangtou's face turned pale and he said sourly:

"You put it lightly, you are the one who has the food, not us."

Jian Zhizhi glanced at him and said, "I still have food to hire you to do work, but you don't want to do it yourself."

When Lao Liangtou heard what Jian Zhizhi said, he retorted unhappily:
"It's only one pound of rice, which is not enough to eat."

Qingsheng couldn't hold it back and interrupted: "That's better than wandering around in the mountains and finding nothing in the end."

Lao Liangtou:......

Lao Liangtou frowned and confirmed, "Do you really have that much food?"

Jian Zhizhi: "I can afford to hire you for one day."

Normally, one pound of rice can be eaten by one person for at least three days.

Even if there are several people in Lao Liangtou's family, it will be enough for them to eat for a day.

Old Liangtou rolled his eyes and said meaningfully:

"Then how many people do you need? What do you want us to help you with? I can still have six people in my family."

Jian Zhizhi was silent for a rare moment, "The rest of your family will wait until they return to town to talk. You two will help me find game in the mountains first. One pound of rice a day."

When Lao Liang heard this, he thought about it and agreed.

Lao Liangtou: "Okay, my son and I add up to two kilograms of rice."

Jian Zhizhi hummed, indicating that he knew.

Old Liangtou breathed a sigh of relief and got down from the rock.

Before leaving, Jian Zhizhi took another look at the ravine, only to find that the snake below was looking at them. Jian Zhizhi was stunned for a moment, but turned around and left.

Knowing that Jian Zhizhi didn't want to catch the snake below, Lao Liangtou said with some regret:
“It’s a pity about this snake, the snake meat is still very delicious.

By the way, do you have anything to eat for lunch? "

Jian Zhizhi looked around and thought about the time they entered the mountain before saying, "Let's take a walk around to see if there are any other game. We will go back in an hour."

It must have been more than two hours since they went up the mountain, and it would be almost noon after an hour.

When Lao Liangtou heard that Jian Zhizhi did not deny it, joy flashed on his face.

This is because he promised to prepare meals for them at noon, right?

Liang Cheng realized this and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Just have something to eat.

Perhaps because they knew that Jian Zhizhi would provide food at noon, Lao Liangtou and Liang Chengdu were particularly active.

An hour later, the four of them encountered pheasants and one silly roe deer; they also found a nest of four silly rabbits.

In addition, they also dug several kinds of wild vegetables with the help of Qingsheng and the other three people.

The number of wild vegetables is relatively small, and the total amount is not enough for a bowl.

Despite this, Jian Zhizhi dug out the soil anyway, typically not wanting to let go of a stitch.

Jian Zhizhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the Qingsheng trio who were obviously more silent, and said:

"Get ready to go back."

This trip is not without some gains, these are already pretty good.

As soon as Jian Zhizhi said these words, Qingsheng and the other three breathed a sigh of relief.

Qingsheng comforted him: "I'm lucky today. Before, we might not have encountered a pheasant in the mountains for two or three days."

There was no expression on Jian Zhizhi's face, and he just hummed slightly, but deep in his heart, there were many thoughts.

In this place, let alone completing orders from Gray Space, Jian Zhizhi felt that he couldn't even get the food those people wanted.

I don’t know what would happen if she failed to prepare food for those people?
Go back to the shop.

Jian Zhizhi saw several half-year-old children playing in the shop.

Seeing them coming back, the children stood together cautiously.

"You...Uncle Qingsheng."

Seeing the birthday celebration, the children breathed a sigh of relief.

Qingsheng said quickly: "These are the nieces and nephews from my wife's natal family."

Jian Zhizhi nodded, and without putting down his backpack, he checked with Lao Liangtou and Liang Cheng again whether they were willing to be hired by her.

After getting the affirmative answer, that familiar feeling appeared again.

Jian Zhizhi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

Jian Zhizhi: "Let's go to the backyard."

Qingsheng looked at the children and said, "You guys wait here for a moment, we will come out later."

Old Liangtou looked at Jian Zhizhi suspiciously. There was nothing in this shop. Did she really have rice for them?

But Qingsheng's face flashed with joy, "Don't worry, the backyard will definitely surprise you."

Lao Liangtou put his suspicions to rest and followed Qingsheng and Jian Zhizhi to the backyard.

At this time, he wanted to see what the mystery was in the backyard.

When Jian Zhizhi returned to the backyard, he saw a scene of silence.

backyard.

Chen Yu and others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Jian Zhizhi coming back.

Chen Yu: "Shopkeeper Jian, you are finally back."

Jian Zhizhi looked at a few people and then at the rice fields not far away, wondering why Chen Yu had such an expression.

Jian Zhizhi: "What happened?"

(End of this chapter)

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