A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

Chapter 146 Shen Jiaren saw chestnuts on the mountain

When Shen Jiaren thought of this, she cursed, "Fuck your grandma." No matter how she thought about it, there was no way to solve it.

Just be direct and fight against the enemy with your own army and block the water with earth.

If you have this much time, you might as well go to the mountains to pick up some things, use these things to ask for favors, and exchange them for money. This would be more practical.

After all, nothing is more reliable than holding it in your own hands.

In addition, since she was going to the town today, Shen Jiaren also wanted to stop by to see Sister Su Hongmei and thank her for her previous reminder.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiaren went straight back to her room to change her clothes, went to the warehouse, picked up a backpack and a small hoe, and prepared to go into the mountains to see if there was anything to pick up.

After Shen Jiaren made sure all the doors in the yard were locked and locked the main gate, she took her things and went into the mountains.

After entering the mountain, Shen Jiaren realized that it was no wonder that Zhao Yuanchao and Liu Mei said that firewood was more expensive than food in winter. All the fallen leaves under the trees at the foot of the mountain had been picked up, leaving only some bare trees, not to mention the dry branches that had fallen before.

At the foot of the mountain, there are basically only bare tree trunks, some scattered branches and leaves swaying in the breeze, and the remaining yellow grass roots. When a gust of wind blows over, you can even smell the fragrance of dry grass.

Shen Jiaren felt that the reason why the grassland at the foot of the mountain was reduced to nothing but grass roots was not only because the grass was cut to feed chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, but also because it was used as a fuel for burning firewood in winter.

Because he had seen a similar small bundle of firewood in Liu Hui's kitchen.

At that time, I even asked Erya what these things were used for, because there were several piles of them, all neatly stacked.

Erya replied at the time that this thing was called hand firewood, which was used to start a fire, keep warm and smoke mosquitoes.

The piles are different because they have different uses.

Shen Jiaren remembered that Erya had replied that this thing was very important. It was not easy to pick up the big firewood, so basically everyone would pick it up when they saw it.

On the contrary, firewood is not. Except for some that can only be found in specific seasons such as summer and autumn, the rest are picked up when they are encountered in normal times, tied up and placed outside to dry. After drying, they are piled up for direct use when the time comes.

People in the village, no matter whether they go out to work or go into the mountains, will not come back empty-handed. In addition to doing the original work, they will also bring back some firewood they find on the roadside, not only big firewood, but also hand firewood.

Otherwise, if you just wait until autumn to collect them, what you collect won’t be enough for the winter, not to mention that in the countryside you have to rely on firewood for cooking all year round.

After hearing what Erya said, Shen Jiaren suddenly remembered the time when she, Erya and Goudan went to cut grass for pigs and picked up pheasant eggs. In addition to the pig grass in their backpacks, Goudan and Erya were also holding something in their hands. Because the things they were holding were also green, she thought at the time that they couldn't put down the cut pig grass, so they were holding it.

Shen Jiaren thought of it and asked Erya, when she picked up the pheasant eggs, was the thing she was holding in her hand the firewood she mentioned?

Erya replied that it was mugwort, which was used to smoke mosquitoes and was used to make firewood. However, the one she held last time was made into a different kind of firewood, which was mainly used in the pigpen where she raised pigs, and the rest was used at home.

Shen Jiaren felt very magical at the time, because those looked like grass, and some of them had small sticks in them. How could they be distinguished into three uses and could also be used to repel mosquitoes?

But now that I see this bare grassland, I have to believe the importance of firewood.

Shen Jiaren climbed all the way to the halfway point of the mountain. In addition to feeling the various shades of yellow of autumn, she also felt the desolation of autumn. Because on the entire mountain, except for some maple and pine trees that were still fading to welcome the arrival of autumn, the rest of the trees had basically turned into various shades of yellow.

Shen Jiaren didn't recognize those trees, so she could only say that they were quite beautiful.

And because more people have gone up the mountain to pick up things recently, these different types of yellow are occasionally mixed with different yellows, mottled blacks, and varying reds.

As Shen Jiaren climbed the mountain and looked at the mountains along the road, she knew that if she relied on her own ability to pick up the trash today, she would definitely return empty-handed.

So when Shen Jiaren reached halfway up the mountain, she found a secluded corner covered by tree branches and stood there, ready to use the cheating artifact and the manor's search to pick up the goods directly.

After calling up the system interface of Shen Jiaren Manor, I arrived at the search interface of the manor system and prepared to search for pine cones and mushrooms. I planned to pick up these two things today.

After all, I had picked pine cones and mushrooms on this mountain before, so I was sure I could pick up these two things.

Shen Jiaren planned to pick pine cones first, because the pine nuts in the pine cones are edible and the pine cones can also be used for burning firewood. She would then give them to Sister Hongmei, who could then use the pine cones to burn in winter.

After Shen Jiaren entered "pine cone" in the search interface of the manor system, a route map appeared on the manor system interface.

After Shen Jiaren clicked on the route map, she followed the pine cone route found by the system and walked towards the mountain. The further she walked, the fewer people there were, and the more hay on the ground and grass seeds hanging on her pants.

As there were more and more obstacles blocking the way forward, Shen Jiaren began to use a small hoe to clear the way in case anything appeared.

Just as Shen Jiaren was clearing the way with a small hoe, a system prompt suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, trigger a random task, trigger a random task."

“Edible chestnuts occurred, edible chestnuts were found.

Please collect, please collect, please collect. "

When Shen Jiaren heard the sound, she was surprised, because there was still something hanging on her small hoe, one of her feet was taking half a step, and the other foot was still waiting to move forward. The reason why she took such small steps was that she didn't know what she had stepped on and it hurt her foot. Shen Jiaren felt there were thorns on it, so she began to slow down her pace to ensure safety first.

Just as she slowed down her pace, she heard this prompt. Shen Jiaren looked at the grass on the hoe and thought about what she had just picked and where she had found it.

Upon seeing this, Shen Jiaren put away the hoe, stood up straight, and clicked on the task panel introduction on the system interface, ready to see where this thing was located.

Shen Jiaren didn't read the introduction of the plant, but directly enlarged the path map and started to look at it. After opening the path map, she found that this thing was right next to her.

The dot where the character is located in the task interface is densely surrounded by the exclamation marks that appear when collecting plants. Even if the collection map is enlarged to the maximum, it is difficult to distinguish the character's dot from the exclamation marks where the collected plants are located.

Shen Jiaren saw an exclamation mark representing the collected plants next to her, so she squatted down and started picking chestnuts according to the plant collection path map given in the task interface.

But when Shen Jiaren looked over in the direction of the exclamation mark, she found that although this thing had a red exclamation mark on its head, its shape was similar to the chestnuts she had eaten before.

I saw that the thing was a circle of different shapes with some thorns on it. The colors were yellow, black, a mixture of yellow and black, and even some that were a mixture of green and yellow.

However, after Shen Jiaren looked at the shape carefully, she found that these yellow and black oval-shaped things were the same as the durian she had eaten before. They would reveal something after cracking, but the only difference was that the durian revealed beige or yellow flesh, while the round thing revealed black stuff after cracking.

Shen Jiaren was afraid that she had picked up the wrong thing and her work would be in vain, so she clicked on the plant introduction page to see if there were any pictures or detailed descriptions of its shape and characteristics, to see if there was a problem with the system labeling or if she had found the wrong thing.

Shen Jiaren clicked on the plant introduction on the task interface and saw that it said,

"Plant Introduction: Chestnut (Castanea mollissima)

Medicinal value: salty, warm, non-toxic;

It replenishes Qi, strengthens the intestines and stomach, and replenishes kidney Qi. It can treat broken tendons and bones, evil spirits in the heart and abdomen, soothe the spleen, and treat swelling, pain, and blood stasis. Chewing it raw and applying it can make people fat and healthy.

Production value: It can be eaten raw, or it can be shelled and ground into powder to make related foods.

Mature morphological characteristics: The diameter of the cupule with spines is 4-6.5 cm, densely covered with stellate soft hairs, and the spines are densely grown. The sharp spines of the mature cupule are long or short, dense or sparse. When dense, they completely cover the outer wall of the cupule, and when sparse, the outer wall is visible. Each cupule has 2-3 nuts, which are arranged into 4 petals when mature; the nut is 1.5-3 cm in diameter, 1.8-3.5 cm wide, dark brown, and covered with pubescence at the top. "

After reading these introductions, Shen Jiaren discovered that there were related photos of mature morphology below the mature morphological characteristics, including five photos of chestnuts on the tree, fallen, and in bloom, which basically covered the growth position and morphological characteristics of chestnuts.

Shen Jiaren clicked on these pictures and looked at them one by one. She found that she had not found the wrong thing and the system had not marked it wrong.

It's just that the things of different colors I saw just now are just a certain period of the morphological characteristics of chestnuts. They are all chestnuts, but the maturity period is different, resulting in different forms of expression.

Shen Jiaren saw that the things marked with exclamation marks around her were indeed chestnuts. There was nothing wrong with the system's markings, and there was nothing wrong with what she found, so she squatted on the ground and began to pick them up.

When Shen Jiaren looked at these thorns, she thought that they should not be so prickly. After all, some of them looked wilted. Shen Jiaren thought that she might be able to pick them up from the side or by pulling off the pointed end.

As a result, reality slapped Shen Jiaren in the face. Just as Shen Jiaren tried to grab the tip of the thorn, she was pricked by the thorn next to it.

The key point is not being stabbed once, but being stabbed several times.

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren took out a pair of gloves from the warehouse in the manor and started picking chestnuts.

You know what, the saying "If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools" still makes sense.

Ever since she put on the gloves, Shen Jiaren has never been pricked by the chestnut thorns no matter how she picks chestnuts.

After she was fully equipped and no longer hurt, Shen Jiaren began to pick and pick. Once the basket was full, she poured the chestnuts in the basket onto the ground in the inner courtyard of the manor's quadrangle.

Shen Jiaren kept repeating the actions of picking up, pouring, and picking up until the exclamation marks around her were no longer so densely packed around her, and only a few scattered ones were left, and they were all far away from her. Then Shen Jiaren stopped picking chestnuts and prepared to go home to pack up and go to town.

There are two reasons why she stopped picking up and went home. First, the sun was up, and it was hot. More and more people were going up the mountain, and Shen Jiaren heard people talking. Second, Shen Jiaren had to go to town today. Considering the time it would take to walk to town with her things on her back, she had to go back and pack up before leaving. Otherwise, it would be too late when she got to town, and the people she was looking for would have gone home after get off work, so she might not be able to get the job done.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiaren put the gloves back into the warehouse of the manor, and in order to avoid attracting the attention of those interested by putting too many chestnuts in the backpack, she only left a small half of the chestnuts in the basket.

Shen Jiaren checked herself and made sure there was nothing wrong, then she started to go down the mountain carrying the backpack.

When Shen Jiaren came out of the path and walked onto the main road with the backpack on her back, she began to meet people going up and down the mountain on her way down the mountain.

When Shen Jiaren was going down the mountain, she was thinking that she could just change the way down the mountain quietly. Unexpectedly, Shen Jiaren started to change the way down the mountain. When these people saw Shen Jiaren, they either said, "Shen Zhiqing, are you ready to go down the mountain?" or "Shen Zhiqing, long time no see, are you not going to pick up anything?" What did you pick up?

On the way down the mountain, Shen Jiaren kept greeting and saying hello to those who were going up and down the mountain, and kept showing the chestnuts in her backpack.

When Shen Jiaren returned home with half a basket of chestnuts on her back, she felt that her decision was a wise one. Fortunately, she only filled half a basket, and fortunately, she went early and came back early, so she didn't see them at the place where they were picked up.

Otherwise, if people saw me carrying a whole basket of chestnuts on my back or picking so many chestnuts, it would be difficult to get down the mountain.

Because when she was going down the mountain, she met an aunt who asked her where she had picked them and if she had any more. Because a chestnut tree usually produces many chestnuts, maybe Shen Jiaren hadn't picked them all, and she could go over and pick up some more.

After all, chestnuts can be used as dry food in winter. If we can really pick some chestnuts, it can supplement our winter food rations.

Before Shen Jiaren could reply, an auntie next to her said, "You are so shameless. The chestnuts from a chestnut tree are almost enough to feed an adult for half a month. Are you trying to pick up a bargain?

Are you planning to steal someone's house? Don't you know that chestnut trees usually have several chestnuts growing together?

Why should I tell you when I have worked so hard to find the location of the chestnut tree? Do you think you are so shameless?

You secretly picked all the hawthorns from the hawthorn tree halfway up the mountain, leaving none for others.

How can you have the nerve to ask Shen Zhiqing to tell you where the chestnut tree is?

These are places that others have found. If you have the ability, find a chestnut tree yourself and pick them stealthily like picking hawthorns. "