Chapter 1 Saving Weeds

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Shi Lei wore it, and as soon as his eyes were closed and opened, he changed from a hard-working young man who engaged in gardening in later generations to a hard-working young man in Zhongnan Mountain in the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, when he encountered such a good thing as crossing, Shi Lei didn't say that the qi of the king was leaking immediately, and he set up the ambition of Qingyun, why shouldn't he even have a happy expression, right?

But the helpless reality gave him a blow to the head, the body that was occupied by Shi Lei's dove in the magpie's nest, life is called a desolation, except for barely having a few patches of patched clothes, so as not to fall into the miserable state of being unclothed, all the other words to describe a person's poverty seem to be more appropriate to put on him.

A thatched hut leaking everywhere, a few acres of wasteland that has melted into the surrounding mountains and forests, a grain tank clean enough for rats to tear compassion, and the big axe in his hand that is nearly a man high, are all his belongings.

The family is surrounded by walls, destitute, without anything, and hungry......

Therefore, the top priority in front of Shi Lei is to fill his stomach as soon as possible, the predecessor of this body, the poor woodcutter boy was hungry to chop wood, and as a result, he starved to death. Shi Lei had just crossed over, but he didn't want to follow in his footsteps immediately, and all his front and back feet went to report to the underworld.

The big axe was gently put aside by Shi Lei, after all, it was the only valuable belongings in the family, and the front body was holding on tightly before leaving, but for this bean sprout-like body, this axe was still too heavy, and it would obviously be a big burden to hold.

Then Shi Lei simply sat on the ground, saving some physical strength and thinking about how to solve this urgent need.

Shi Lei in his previous life did not say how good the living conditions were, but at least he had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, although he did not help his family clean up the flowers and plants, but if he wanted to say anything about the experience of survival in the wild, it must be none at all, he is not a donkey friend, the only thing he can think of is nothing more than the experience of going up to the trees and touching birds with other bears and children when he was a child, and catching shrimp in the river.

But this kind of skill doesn't seem to be suitable for this side of the body that is about to run out, and going up the tree and down the river has become a great strenuous activity for him, and there is no guarantee of success, so if you don't do it, you will never return, and you will have to feed those fish and birds.

The eponymous predecessor had set up a few traps, but he had just checked them in the morning and found no results, otherwise he would not have ended up in the field where he is now. And apart from chopping wood, he doesn't seem to have any other skills.

Shi Lei also thought that starvation was a big thing and a small thing, and it was not unacceptable to go out to beg, but after searching all the memories left by his predecessor, the nearest Zhuangzi had to be a few miles away, who let this unlucky person put his home in the depths of Zhongnan Mountain, this is all a mountain road, just the same body as this little radish head, he has to die on the road.

He even recalled the plots of all the novels he had read, thinking about how the protagonists of those bull forks returned to ancient times, and how they were mixed up until they reached the top, but he didn't think about how people solved the problem of survival, mainly because he had never seen such a miserable time-traveler as him.

At this time, Shi Lei had to regret that he didn't study the complete works of Bei Ye on the tip of his tongue well in his previous life, and get more nutritious picnics with a crunchy chicken flavor, so that he would not be hungry to this step of the field.

For now, I can only go out to try my luck and see if I can find some reliable wild vegetables to fill my stomach first, fortunately, this will not be very close to home, and the hope of finding it is greater, because those common wild vegetables near my home have long been eaten by my predecessor.

With a big axe, Shi Lei slowly stood up, but before he could take a step, his eyes went black and he smashed to the ground.

"Ding...... The plant transformation system is starting to start! A mechanical voice sounded in Shi Lei's head, and at the same time, all the plants around Shi Lei began to grow wildly, and soon wrapped Shi Lei's body into a big grass cocoon.

"Uh......" Shi Lei took a big breath of air like a drowning person when he woke up, and then woke up leisurely.

First he carefully groped his body, and then looked carefully at his body and surroundings. Except for a little more dust on his clothes, and a large area of plants around him that was centered around him all died, nothing seemed to have changed. I didn't die, and I didn't cross again, I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

However, if I'm not mistaken, it seems that I heard the sound of some system before I fainted, and I don't know if it was my hallucination.

"Hello host. I'm the mastermind of the plant transformation system. The mechanical voice sounded in Shi Lei's mind again.

Although Shi Lei couldn't hide his complicated look of surprise and joy, he calmly started the dialogue with the system.

Through the introduction of the system, Shi Lei finally knew its function, limited to the fact that he only has the primary authority of the system, so the ability to use it is still very limited, only the familiarity with various plants.

It's just that this familiarity is not an encyclopedic dogmatic familiarity, but a familiarity that comes from the heart, just like these plants are a part of his body, for example, he may not know the name of this plant, but he can clearly understand what this plant does, if he wants to play any role, how to deal with it, how to determine the dosage.

"Hahaha...... It's going to be developed!! Shi Lei's laughter could not hide his pride.

He is a graduate of horticulture, working in the garden department, and his family is engaged in flower nurseries, when it comes to the familiarity with plants, he definitely exceeds the vast majority of people.

"Oh~~~" It's just that he hasn't been proud for long, and the screaming stomach pulls him back to reality.

"It's better to fill your stomach first and then talk about ......" Shi Lei muttered, still having to face the predicament in front of him. Only this time, his confidence is much more than before.

Thanks to his newly acquired ability, he just glanced around and found several kinds of wild vegetables that could be used to satisfy his stomach, and these things he really didn't dare to touch, he only knew a little about garden plants, and his knowledge of these wild grasses was also very limited, and he was not sure whether these things were poisonous or not.

Of course, it was different now, even if he didn't know them before, but he knew which starch content was high, which protein was more, and even the taste was clear, as if he had eaten it countless times.

"Oh~~~" The drumming-like stomach made Shi Lei can't take care of it much, anyway, Datang will not be polluted, he simply picked up those grass blades and grass stems and stuffed them into his mouth.

This meal of eating Haisai finally made Shi Lei's stomach stop screaming, and also made him discover another benefit brought by this plant transformation system, that is, the energy in these plants, the speed of absorption has been significantly improved, and there has always been a warm feeling in his stomach, it should be that all those wild grasses have been converted into nutrients into the body, and his physical strength has also been significantly improved.

"Whew...... It's a life-saving. Shi Lei wiped the grass juice from the corner of his mouth and touched his belly, feeling very fortunate for the rest of his life.

It's just that people are not herbivores such as cattle and sheep after all, although the stomach is not rebellious, but after stuffing so much grass into it, Shi Lei is always a little panicked in his heart, and he feels that something is missing, and he really wants to find some real food to fight tooth sacrifices, and it is best to have some oil and water.

Shi Lei sat quietly on the ground and slowly regained his blood, and by the way, he also made some room in his stomach to come out so that he could fill some other food. His eyes were not idle, and he kept scanning the surrounding grass like a radar.

Well, the seeds of this weed are a favorite of pheasants, and the sweet rhizomes of this weed are very popular with hares, and they seem to be much more attractive than the pitiful grain in a homemade trap, and they will have to be tried later.

Yo, this thing is good, it should be a good idea to use it to poison fish, and the toxicity will disappear after a little heating when you go back, and you don't have to worry about pulling out your anus after eating it.

After having sufficient physical strength, Shi Lei finally has the confidence to really do something according to his own ideas, there is food in his belly, no, there is grass, and he is not panicked.

In line with the principle of saving physical strength, the matter of digging the bird's nest had to be put aside for the time being, Shi Lei dragged the baby big axe, slowly walked to the stream not far away, grabbed a few handfuls of poisonous weeds that had been determined a long time ago, put them on the big stone next to them, and then turned over the handle of the axe, and smashed it rhythmically with the back of the axe.

Originally, it was difficult to control the big axe with this thin body, but now it has the feeling of being commanded by an arm, and it can be completely smashed, which is probably the benefit of the system, because the main part of this big axe is a wooden pole.

And Shi Lei also knows the state of those poisonous weeds well, and he will have a feeling of "empathy", as if he has also become one of them.

By feeling, after these poisonous weeds were smashed out of enough juice, Shi Lei carefully shoveled them up with the big axe in his hand, found a fish nest that he had observed a long time ago, and gently sprinkled them.

Sure enough, Shi Lei was not disappointed, and after a short time, there were constantly small fish floating on the surface of the water with their bellies. Shi Lei was naturally not polite, and kept picking up these poor little fish to the shore, the action is called a swiftness, how can there be the same state as swallowing water before.

After making sure that there were no small fish to pick up, Shi Lei found some dog tail grass, strung all the small fish, and packed them up and prepared to go home.

When passing by the traps laid out in front of him, he must replace all the unsuitable baits in them with the food that he has observed and is more popular with wild animals, and by the way, he also adjusts these traps made of local materials.

He and his predecessor together will only be such a limited number of traps, whether you can see oil and water in the next few days depends on these traps, and he can't be cautious.

After Shi Lei returned to this slightly unfamiliar home, he finally found a clay pot with a gap, let's make a pot to use, stewed the fish soup, and put some wild vegetables picked on the road, as for the firewood, there is still a little stock at home.

A whole pot of fish soup that seemed to be delicious and unusually delicious at the moment, and not a drop of it all went into Shi Lei's stomach, so he patted his belly with satisfaction, threw himself on the bed with solid materials, and continued to think about life.

"Who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going?" Shi Lei definitely didn't have the heart to think about such a philosophical question, what he could think about must be the most practical question, where is the next meal? How to ensure that his stomach is full, is what he most desperately wants to solve.

Eating grass every day is obviously unrealistic, not to mention that he can't stand it ideologically, the key is that the stomach and intestines can't stand it, after all, people are not livestock, or it is more reliable to eat food steadily.

But where does the food come from?

Since he can't starve to death in a short period of time by eating grass, begging is such a thing that disgraces the traverser, Shi Lei will definitely not do it, and his self-esteem does not allow him to do so. It's not realistic to expect to borrow from others, don't forget that the recent Zhuangzi are a few miles away, and the predecessors are not familiar with them.

And with the current poor family background, it seems that the only thing that can be counted on is only chopping wood, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, so she can only start from such a business.

In the past, the firewood was laboriously pulled to the vicinity of Chang'an to be sold, and it could only be exchanged for a pitiful amount of food, completely sorry for the amount of physical effort paid. So this can only be used as an alternative.

If you want to sell these firewood at a high price, the most cost-effective way is undoubtedly to sell it to the rich Taoist priests in the Zongsheng Palace in the depths of Zhongnan Mountain, not only the price is high, but the key is that the distance is close enough, even closer than going to the nearest village, which is naturally the best choice.

Of course, the predecessor would not have thought of this, but the competition in such a good place is naturally extremely fierce, and the Taoist priests are not stupid, how can they give a high price for nothing.

In addition to the basic requirements of good burning, the specifications of firewood are also extremely fine, and the size and shape should be more consistent, so that it is more convenient to control the heat, so in general, if you want to sell to others, your firewood must be good enough.

The pitiful strength of the previous body, using this disproportionate big axe, you can imagine what the firewood that is chopped out looks like, the key is that his physical strength is not long-lasting, he is very self-aware, he simply did not waste that physical strength, and transported these uneven firewood to the Zongsheng Palace to be embarrassed.

But that was all in the past, and Shi Lei is different now. Now that the big axe is in his hand, he has a very good feeling, like a master who has been immersed in this way for many years, coupled with the familiarity with wood, the firewood that he wants to chop will be very different, and if he wants to stand out from many competitors and win the list of Zongsheng Palace, he should have a few chances of winning.

As for what the situation is, whether you can be as optimistic as you think, you will find out tomorrow.

Now, of course, it's still important to sleep. It's been a day of tossing, and it's finally a little bit of physical strength, but I don't dare to waste it casually.

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