Quickly wear the boss and don’t be cannon fodder

Chapter 2179 Fleeing from Famine 15

Liu Mazi and others joined the land reclamation team. The land on the nearby mountain was quite fertile and could be cleared to grow vegetables and grains.

As for the question of whether there are any wild beasts, Zhao Fu has already searched the area and found no trace of large wild beasts.

Another issue is the water source. There are wells in the village, and the pond isn't far from here, so there's basically no need to worry about running out of water.

Secondly, there's the food in the stronghold. It's enough to feed everyone for three months, but we must consider whether there will be enough food to last.

Autumn is approaching, and if we plant winter wheat, it will take at least six months.

Wheat needs to be planted, but corn and sweet potatoes also need to be planted, since these two crops have relatively shorter maturation cycles.

Corn in this era generally takes 60 to 90 days to mature. Sweet potatoes mature at different times depending on when they are planted. Now that the peak planting season for sweet potatoes has passed, they may mature a little later, but they should be ready before the end of the year.

Sweet potato seedlings were already being cultivated in this era, but potatoes did not yet exist.

In the face of famine, if someone were to discover potato breeding, it could save at least most of the lives of the victims.

These past few days, Liu Mazi, Qian Gui, and others have become increasingly hopeful and motivated for the future because of their stable lives.

They were busy in the fields almost from dawn till dusk.

Now that everyone is busy clearing land and planting, Su Yan and Guo Niangzi discussed setting up a communal system with tasks and work points.

After all, everyone now depends on the village, and in the future, everyone's food rations will be distributed based on points.

There are regulations regarding what to plant on each plot of land and who is responsible for planting it.

Zhao Fuhui hunts, and the meat he catches is given to the village, earning him work points that can be exchanged for grain later.

At first, everyone didn't really understand work points, but after working for a few days, they got a better idea of ​​how many work points they could earn each day.

They now live in the village, eat the village's food, and it's only right that they work for the village.

With their addition, the village was injected with fresh blood. The village was no longer a place where people could just sit around and do nothing. As long as everyone was diligent enough, they could achieve complete self-sufficiency.

Everyone has a different task; some plant corn, some plant wheat, and some plant sweet potatoes.

Su Yan needs to find an opportunity to go to the mountains and find potatoes at the right time.

Of course, there's no rush. Things have to be done one at a time; everyone's too busy right now.

No one was idle; even the three Su sisters helped gather pig feed every day.

That's right, they raised pigs, and Zhao Fu found them on the next mountain.

He had hunting experience and found a litter of wild boars. The sow had just given birth, and he was both excited and scared when he found it.

He didn't act rashly, but instead decisively ran back to tell Su Yan and the others about it.

Upon hearing that a litter of pigs had just been born, Su Yan was immediately interested in raising pigs.

So she made the decision: "Let's hunt down the boar, and bring the sow and piglets back to raise."

Zhao Fu was shocked: "Even if the sow has just given birth, she's not a docile creature. How are we going to get her back?"

Su Yan calmly said, "I'll take care of the sow, and you guys can go hunt the boar, okay?"

The group exchanged glances, still unsure of what to do. Could they outrun the boar if it charged?

Moreover, there was more than one boar. According to Zhao Fu's discovery, there were at least three large boars and two sows in that litter.

Hunting down all three boars seems like no easy task.

Su Yan thought for a moment and said, "I can draw a crossbow. Who among you knows how to make it? If we can make this crossbow, it might be much easier to kill wild boars."

"What? You can draw weapons too!" Zhao Fu looked at Su Yan in disbelief.

The others were also shocked. Was this still the ordinary village woman they knew?

Li's second daughter-in-law is known to everyone as an honest person, but no one would have expected her to have such talent.

Su Yan didn't explain much, but instead asked Guo Niangzi to prepare a pen and ink, and drew a crossbow very smoothly, of course, a simplified version.

They also lack the resources to manufacture high-quality crossbows here.

The crossbow alone was enough to shock them.

"None of you know how to forge iron, right?" Su Yan asked the crowd after finishing his drawing.

The crowd shook their heads; they weren't blacksmiths, so how could they forge iron?

Since there is no blacksmith, the crossbow is basically made of wood. Although the shooting range is a bit short, it's not for fighting, so it's just for hunting animals.

So everyone got busy again, cutting wood according to the structure of Su Yan's blueprint, and polishing the arrows needed for the crossbow.

Fortunately, some of the bandits in the past also used bows and arrows, so all that was needed was to remove the arrowheads and reattach them to new arrows.

It took everyone two days of collaborative research to finally develop this crossbow.

Su Yan tested the shooting distance; 100 meters was a bit of a stretch, but 50 meters was no problem.

At such a distance, they would feel safer, at least, when fighting wild boars.

Once Liu Mazi and the others each had a crossbow, they set off to find the wild boar den.

Zhao Fu and the others were responsible for leading the wild boars away, while Su Yan, Guo Niangzi, and the others were responsible for taking care of the piglets.

Zhao Fu was a little worried that he couldn't outrun them. Su Yan noticed his concern and made a quick decision: "You take Guo Niangzi and the others to hug the piglets, and I'll distract those big wild boars."

"You? Are you sure you can handle it? I'm worried you can't outrun those wild boars."

Su Yan reassured him, "No problem. I may not be good at other things, but I'm the fastest runner. If all else fails, I can climb trees. I'm very good at climbing trees."

Su Yan repeatedly assured Zhao Fu that she could do it, so Zhao Fu stopped arguing with her.

So Su Yan appeared near the wild boar's den and threw several stones at the wild boars.

Zhao Fu and the others, who were covering their bodies with leaves, couldn't help but feel a chill for her; she was incredibly bold.

Su Yan not only threw stones at the wild boars, but also yelled at them. Enraged, a group of wild boars chased after her.

Su Yan ran towards the trap they had dug beforehand, leaving Zhao Fu and the others dumbfounded by her speed. It turned out that she wasn't just bragging when she said she could run fast.

Su Yan ran while keeping an eye on the wild boar, and also had to pull the stray boar back.

In short, what everyone saw was Su Yan running around and successfully leading a group of wild boars toward the trap they had dug in advance.

At this moment, Guo Niangzi and the others seized the opportunity and quickly carried the piglets from the pigsty into baskets. Each person carried one or two piglets on their backs, and then they ran back to the village in the opposite direction as if they were fleeing.

There are nine piglets in total. Apart from Zhao Fu, all the women from the mountain village came to hold the piglets this time.

Zhao Fu followed behind them, feeling a little embarrassed.

He was a young man who hadn't gotten married yet, and he had never been with so many women before.