You Are Not In Exile, You Are Clearly Traveling!

Chapter 66: Farming on the road to exile

To be honest, Chen Xue has never made hot pot base ingredients. In the past, if she wanted to eat them, she would always buy a pack of them ready-made.

However, fortunately, I saw how to cook the hot pot base when I was locked down, so I knew a little bit about it, and then I gave everything I knew to Xiaodie.

It's just that I still can't remember some details clearly, so I can only rely on Xiaodie to figure it out on her own.

 Xiaodie did not complain, but started groping silently, even pouring out a little bit every time to try, her mouth turned red, and she did not stop.

Chen Xue took out the fruit to relieve the spicy taste for her, and told her not to be impatient and to take her time. If she can't do it in one day, she can do it in two or three days, or ten and a half months.

 But Xiaodie didn't listen, saying that she must complete the task he assigned her to be worthy of herself.

Chen Xue had no choice but to let her go, and then went to her mother-in-law's place to help make chili sauce.

 In addition to making chili sauce, she also wants to dry chili peppers.

Chili sauce is a condiment for meals, while dried chili peppers are an essential condiment for cooking.

It’s just that there is no sun in the space, so the dried chilies cannot be dried. Of course, she can also take it out to dry outside, such as on the roof of a carriage.

 But everyone around them is in exile. If they were drying chili peppers openly, it would look like they were cooking a feast. Wouldn’t this be causing hatred?

“These vegetable plots must be expanded!” Mr. Chen walked over with a **** on his back, his body and face covered with mud.

"Now that you have planted it, let's plant more." Mr. Chen pointed to the vegetable field, "There are now ten vegetable fields, less than an acre of land. Although there is space to store food, we must consider that if we are in Nanman, A situation where you didn’t harvest enough food?”

At that time, if you did not harvest enough grain and turned it in, you would be punished.

The most important thing is that they do not hand over food by family, but by head count. Of course, they can also choose to pay two-thirds of the output.

In other words, if calculated as a family, if their family pays ten catties, but calculated on a per capita basis, each person pays ten catties, which is several hundred catties.

The problem is that there is uncultivated wasteland there, and the grain output in the first year is not high. Even if it is calculated as three hundred catties, one person needs to pay ten catties, and a dozen people need to pay several hundred catties.

Of course, some people will say that if we choose to hand over two-thirds of the output, wouldn’t this be avoided?

In this case, even if the output is only ten kilograms, it will only require about six kilograms. However, the government servants over there will not be so easy to talk to.

 The two-thirds they said was based on their standard of two-thirds, which is two-thirds of three hundred catties.

In other words, no matter which one they choose, they will have to hand over hundreds of kilograms of grain in the end.

 So, if they don’t harvest in the first year, they can only find ways to make up for it through other means.

 What Mr. Chen wants to do is to grow some food in the space. If there is no harvest at that time, he can use the food grown in the space to make up for it, so as to avoid being punished.

 And now it will take at least half a year to reach Nanman. In other words, by the time Nanman arrives, they will have already harvested a crop of grain.

 When the Nanman side starts farming, the space side can also continue farming for the second crop. In this way, there will be no shortage of food and the trouble caused by insufficient handover can be avoided.

“So, from now on, the rest of us will farm at night.” Master Chen looked at Chen Xue and Chen Xue seriously.

"ah…"

 Chen Xue opened her mouth wide. Planting a little was okay, but planting dozens of acres would be really tiring, especially since I had hardly been in the ground since I grew up, so it was hard to bear it.

 “Dad, we are all in exile, we might as well enjoy ourselves.”

 Chen Xue still wanted to act coquettishly, but was interrupted by Mr. Chen, "You have already said that we have been exiled, so we must make various preparations. Now our lives are not in our own hands."

“Besides, even if we don’t prepare for the exile of the Southern Barbarians, we still need to prepare for other things. If we encounter an unstoppable crisis, this is our last refuge.”

“Also, didn’t you say you want to lose weight?” Mr. Chen said, glaring at them, “Farming is the most effective way to lose weight.”

 “You dare to stare at me?”

Mother Chen stared back instead.

Mr. Chen’s domineering words disappeared instantly and were replaced by a smile, “I’m staring at Xiaoxue!”

 “You dare to stare at my daughter?”

"not me…"

Mr. Chen was about to explain, but was interrupted by Mother Chen, "Okay, let's make a plan later on how to farm. I don't know much about it yet, so it's necessary to make more preparations."

Her parents have said so, and Chen Xue has nothing to say. Although she has only traveled through this world for less than a month, she originally wanted to enjoy her status as a rich young lady, but who knows...

Who knows, but I was exiled, and finally found space to enjoy the exiled life. Who knew... I still can't get rid of farming...

In my previous life, I farmed since I was a child. I studied hard just because I didn’t want to farm and worked hard to make money, so I gave up enjoying life in order to have a better life in the future. Unfortunately, I traveled through time before I had time to enjoy it.

However, in this life, it is not bad to meet parents who love you.

 …

 Night fell and everyone fell into a deep sleep.

The servants of the Chen family were guarding the carriage, while the Chen Xue family was still farming and working hard in the space.

At this time, a dark shadow emerged from the woods and moved toward the carriage where the Chen family was.

 At this time, the servants of the Chen family were sleeping next to each other and did not notice the approaching danger at all.

 He stared at the Chen family's carriage, wondering which one should be burned?

 He planned to burn them all if he could.

 After all, why are everyone in exile? Why are they so cool, with food, drink, and carriages to ride on?

 But I and others were exposed to wind, sun and rain every day. We were thirsty and had no water to drink. When we were hungry, we could only eat some book covers.

Even if the government officials distributed food, it was only hard steamed buns and rough cakes, not for human consumption at all.

Although Chen Yuan was not corrupt and was not the mastermind, he was exiled, so he should be treated the same as them.

It's a pity that other people didn't dare to come and take action against the Chen family. He was the only one, otherwise he would definitely be able to burn all the carriages before being caught by the Chen family.

 Forget it, don’t think about this.

　　Now that you can burn one car after another, you will not be able to live well, and they will not be able to live well either.

There was hatred in the man's eyes. He squatted down, picked up a small stone, and threw it towards the location of the Chen family. "Bang", the sound was very clear in the quiet night.

One of the servants of the Chen family seemed to hear the noise and took action. The man in the dark was so frightened that he immediately huddled up and hid in the grass.

 After a moment, he saw that the servant of the Chen family just turned over, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It was just a false alarm.

The man breathed a sigh of relief, then walked over quietly, and then took out a burning stick from the fire next to him.

 Then he walked towards the carriage where Chen Xue and others were, and then threw the torch in his hand toward the carriage.

Although there is no kerosene, the carriage can be burned down quickly by lighting the curtains.

 The man smiled proudly.

 (End of this chapter)