nycdaug Chapter 247 Gathering Fruit
Chapter 247 Gathering Fruit
However, Shen Shuli sent a lot of spiritual spring medicinal wine to the Shen family, and in order to help Shen Zishi recover as soon as possible, her mother secretly gave her all of her share.
Her hand was completely healed in just half a month!
She was grateful to Shen Shuli.
Knowing that her older sister was far more outstanding than her and disdained her competing for the affections of her grandparents, parents, and brothers, she gradually lowered her guard.
Observing this older woman with a normal mindset, she discovered that this older woman possessed a very attractive charm.
These are things she can't compare to at all.
I don't know when it happened, but I developed a feeling of admiration for my older sister.
Teased by her sister A-Li, her cheeks instantly turned red, and she hid her face in her mother's arms, extremely embarrassed.
After having a little something to eat, everyone wasn't so hungry anymore.
They also gathered edible wild vegetables from the surrounding area.
Fortunately, the wild vegetables in the mountains are very clean, so there's no need to wash them or worry about getting an upset stomach.
Do what you're supposed to do, no one's being pretentious.
Not long after.
The exiles also arrived, albeit slowly.
They quickened their pace, drawn by the aroma of barbecue in the distance, and completely forgot about the UFO.
Nothing is more important than filling your stomach.
However, Shen Shuli did not prepare much food, only enough for about a hundred people in the Su family.
Xue Bufan noticed that there wasn't much food, but there was plenty of fruit from the fruit trees nearby.
Not wanting to cause trouble, he came over to greet Shen Shuli beforehand.
"Miss Shen, may we pick these fruits?"
Shen Shuli was surprised that Xue Bufan would ask her so politely. After thinking for a moment, she nodded and said, "For the sake of the princess, you may eat as much as you like, but you mustn't waste any or hoard food. If I find out, I'll kill you!"
The exile team consisted of 150 or 160 people. Although there was plenty of fruit, she couldn't let these people take it all.
Xue Bufan glanced at the densely packed fruit on the tree and nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll have them pick all these fruits, and you can distribute them among them, how about that?" Xue Bufan offered a very fair suggestion.
The prisoners helping to pick fruit weren't exactly getting something for nothing.
Shen Shuli was even more satisfied.
It seems that Xue Bufan is quite pragmatic.
soon.
All the avocados were harvested; nearly 10,000 avocados were picked from the three trees.
In the real world, a well-cultivated avocado tree can produce about 1500 fruits, each weighing around 200 grams.
The fruit trees produced by Shen Shuli's space and irrigated with spiritual spring water can each bear at least 3000 fruits, with each fruit weighing at least 500 grams.
It is at least twice the current world production.
On average, the exiled group and the Su family together numbered about 260 people, so each person could get nearly 40 pieces.
But Shen Shuli wouldn't give away so many exiled prisoners for nothing; ten was already her daily act of kindness.
"This fruit is very rare, and each one is worth at least one tael of silver. If you can accept this price, come and collect the fruit and write me an IOU."
"Of course, since you all helped pick the fruit, I'll give you one for free as a reward so you can try it."
Mu Wanjun immediately brought the four members of the Mu family—the eldest branch and her second aunt—to make the purchase.
Seeing this, the other members of the Mu family reluctantly followed, attempting to bargain.
Mu Wanjun shut him down with a single sentence, and he obediently signed the IOU and received the fruit.
The other prisoners were not well-off, so they first took a free fruit to try. After finding the taste to be very good, they signed an IOU to receive the fruit.
After receiving their fruit, the prisoners couldn't wait to eat it.
They were extremely hungry.
In recent days, the number of prey that can be hunted has been decreasing, and in the last two days, not a single prey has been found.
The people could only dig up wild vegetables and bamboo shoots to eat.
You can't even find mushrooms.
After having a little something to eat, the prisoner also took the initiative to look for food nearby.
Then, they borrowed fire and a stone slab from the Su family and used the oil from the meat roasting on the stone slab to grill wild vegetables.
With the addition of salt and oil, wild vegetables taste exceptionally fresh and fragrant.
Mu Wanjun is a meat lover, and she can't help but drool when she sees barbecue.
After eating and drinking her fill, she moved closer to Shen Shuli and said, "Baby, give me some spiritual spring water. I've been constipated for days while you were gone, and I was almost bursting with constipation."
Shen Shuli couldn't help but chuckle. This best friend of hers really said everything.
They weren't afraid of being overheard.
"Drink it, I guarantee it'll make you purge completely and make you lose ten pounds," Shen Shuli joked.
The water pouch contained enough water for the Mu family of five to drink.
"Hehe, thanks darling, I have to go take care of something important."
The next morning.
Shen Shuli told Su Yunhai the route down the mountain.
Su Yunhai exclaimed with delight, "Then we'll be able to leave this mountain in another half day?"
"Yes, but before we leave the mountain, we must first resolve the matter of the prisoners, otherwise there will be endless troubles!" Shen Shuli reminded.
“You’re right. Let’s go ask Xue Bufan how he plans to resolve this.”
The father and daughter called Mu Wanjun and walked over to Xue Bufan's side.
"Commander Xue, what's your decision on this matter?" Mu Wanjun asked.
Xue Bufan felt bitter inside.
He has been trying to come up with a solution for the past few days, but he just can't think of a perfect one.
The prisoner was framed by Zhou Hao, the prefect of Yunzhou.
Whether you return to Yunzhou or continue forward, there are significant hidden dangers!
Since Zhou Hao dared to target prisoners, he allowed that shady village to detain them.
There must be a perfect excuse to explain the innocent disappearance of the prisoner!
Alternatively, they could accuse the criminal of taking advantage of the situation to escape punishment!
Or, the prisoners would either be robbed and killed by bandits, or die a gruesome death!
If they were to appear openly in the next prefectural city, they would definitely be arrested by the prefect.
Furthermore.
Even without those conspiracies and tricks, Xue Bufan still had to explain to the next prefect the reason why the fifty escorting constables of Yunzhou Prefecture were absent, and why there were three or four hundred prisoners missing.
That's not just a matter of three or four fewer prisoners, but three or four hundred!
They were nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead!
This problem alone is something Xue Bufan cannot explain to the prefect!
He probed, "Why don't I tell the truth and let the prefect of Xingzhou send someone to investigate that village himself, and then we'll know the truth."
Upon hearing this, Shen Shuli's lips twitched.
She had burned the village down, leaving no trace of the military camp.
Besides, she had emptied the iron mine; it would be a miracle if the prefect could find anything out!
Most importantly, the villagers, tens of thousands of soldiers and laborers in the mines, the three or four hundred prisoners and fifty yamen runners all disappeared.
This remains a huge hidden danger for the entire team!
When she returned to the village this time, she made a point of investigating.
It was discovered that those people had not returned after leaving.
The ground was covered in ashes, with no trace of human footsteps.
The main thing is.
There were only a few fragments of human skeletons in the ashes!
This suggests that the fire did not cause many casualties, so how did more than 10,000 people mysteriously disappear?
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