Chapter 148: Adaptation
Along the way, the salt and the things they brought were always carried by Qin Yi. Tian Zhongyuan and Tian Xiaoyan asked for help several times, but Qin Yi didn't agree.
Seeing that his Uncle Qin was carrying so many things on his back, his legs were not weak, his breath was not panting, and he walked brisker than his own steps on the road, Tian Xiaoyan was really impressed.
The house where Tanaka Yuan lives is at one end of the village. The house is still wide, there are two rooms, it was originally one room for the old and one young, and now Qin Yi can share one room with Tanakayuan.
After following his master to hide in sparsely populated places for many years, frequent movement and migration, Qin Yi was familiar with such living conditions. It's just that, because of his long period of stability and affluence, he has become a little unfamiliar with such a simple living and living conditions, and he has to have a process of adaptation.
What makes humans superior to other species is their unique ability to adapt. As the saying goes, you can sing whatever song you go to. The so-called entry into the countryside can follow the customs, the husband can bend and stretch, the so-called dragon you call the wind and rain, make waves, and you will be honest if you are a worm. If you really can't do it, don't you still have that sentence?—— people have blessings that they can't enjoy, and there are no sins that they can't suffer.
So there is nothing to worry about Qin Yi.
Strong adaptability not only enables people to survive in the changed environment, but more importantly, people recreate themselves. For example, when food changes and new foods are eaten, new chemical components are added to the body. Growth is always related, and the accumulation of quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, and the increasing number of new chemical components in the body will converge into great evolution.
In a sense, we can say that adaptation is progress.
However, let anthropologists study these things, and let's go back to Qin Yi.
After arriving home, Tanakaen quickly divided the salt into dozens of portions. Then he took Qin Yi to see the patriarch, saying that his relatives came to defect.
The patriarch was a kind and respectable elder, very warm to people, and expressed his heartfelt welcome to Qin Yi's arrival.
Although the population of this village is not large, it is really not like the Tongjiazhai and Xiaoqinzhuang that we know, which basically have the same surname. There are more than 50 households, not counting the late arrivals of Tanakayuan, and there are six or seven surnames.
The most populous is the surname Pang, and the patriarch is surnamed Pang and is called Pang Yougui.
Tanaka Yuan and the patriarch said: Qin Yi bought a lot of salt for everyone, and he has already distributed it for everyone. The patriarch was very happy to hear this, and immediately sent his family to inform everyone.
As soon as Qin Yi and Tian Zhongyuan returned home, the villagers came to get salt one after another.
I knew that Tanakayuan went to the county seat early yesterday morning, and I also knew that there must be salt to eat today.
But how much money can you make by selling your art? How much salt can you exchange for that money? Each family only gets a little bit at a time, but I didn't expect each household to share so much at once this time?
Where is this salt edible, but not eaten? If not, I have no choice but not to eat it. It is precisely because I often can't eat it, but I like to eat it very much. Getting so much salt at once, and never before, they were all elated.
Asked Tanaka Yuan where did he get so much salt? Tanaka Yuan proudly told everyone: This is his new relative, Qin Yi, who used his own money to buy it for everyone.
In this way, Qin Yi suddenly became a great hero here, a public figure, and a great figure in everyone's eyes. People's hearts change people's hearts, eight taels for half a catty, plant beans to get beans, plant melons to get melons. If you do a good deed for everyone, of course, you will be rewarded accordingly. Isn't there a saying? Justice is at ease in the hearts of the people.
People don't care about money, but they care about salt. Isn't it possible to buy salt if you have money? Yes, but don't people here want to use their brains?
By this time, Qin Yi had settled down. Previously, he had the idea of going incognito and using a fake name here. But seeing that the place was so isolated from the outside world, he dismissed this thought, and didn't want to bother with that anymore?
When Qin Yi was in Feng County, he heard Tian Zhongyuan say that there was no such thing as buying land here, and he thought that there was still uncultivated land on this mountain. Ask Tanakaen: Where is the uncultivated place on this mountain?
Tanakaen told him that wherever no one planted on this mountain, he could plant it, and whoever planted it would reap it, and whoever planted it would get it.
It turns out that all the land on this hill is ownerless. Originally, the land here was publicly owned, and the reason and condition for its existence was that there was a lot of land, and everyone could not use it up. It's like air, who would want to take possession?
Qin Yi can't be idle, and what he can do here at present is farming.
For a few days in a row, Qin Yi went to the mountains to take a walk and take a look, and found that there was really a lot of barren land, so Qin Yi chose a piece of land. He also looked at the land that other people planted, and in the past he had seen the mention of slash-and-burn farming, but he really didn't understand what it was? Now he knows, because this is slash-and-burn farming.
The farm tool is a machete, dig a hole in the ground with the tip of the knife, put the seed in it, bury it in the soil, and you're done. No watering, no fertilizing, no hoeing and loosening of the soil. In the fall, take back as much as you want.
Farming in the world has changed dramatically, and it is still in its earliest stages. Compared with gathering, eating ready-made primitive life has just taken a small step.
Yes, there was production, but that's about it.
We know that Qin Yi made a lot of money in the medicinal herb business, which means that he is a rich man. He left most of the money to his moon. As we said, Qin Yue just didn't do anything with that huge sum of money, and she couldn't spend it in a few lifetimes.
Although Qin Yi left him not as much as Qin Yue, he would sit and eat for the rest of his life, and the mountain would not be empty.
Qin Yi wants to reclaim a piece of land to plant, but he just wants to find something to do for himself, he doesn't want to do nothing day by day?
However, not long after coming here, Qin Yi's thoughts changed.
Because, he saw, the life of the villagers here is too hard.
So much land, so much resources, but the people here don't take advantage of it. Let's just talk about farming! How much harvest can be harvested from slash-and-burn farming? There are also mountains full of medicinal herbs, but people here don't even know it? Aren't they all treasures when they are shipped out?
Now, Qin Yi has found a purpose in life, that is to say, he is here not only to avoid trouble, but also to help the villagers here live a good life.
How to do it? Start with farming. How can the land be planted along the hillside?
Qin Yi remembered that a place he had been to was also a dirt mountain, and the mountains were full of terraced fields. Isn't it just right to build terraces here?
Along this gentle hillside, the project is not very large.
However, if you want to convince everyone to do it with you, it must be impossible for a newcomer like yourself?
Qin Yi knew that the world outside the mountains had gone through thousands of years of exploration from extensive cultivation to intensive agriculture now, so how could he expect the people here to step into civilization in one step? This takes time, and even more so, it needs to be demonstrated and speak with facts.
Qin Yi believes that we should start from ourselves. He told his thoughts to Tian Zhongyuan and Tian Xiaoyan, those two people are also outsiders, and it is easy to communicate.
Tian Xiaoyan didn't understand this, but as soon as Qin Yi said it, she understood.
Tanaka Garden, who had already planted the land, had seen this problem for a long time. It's just that this place is too backward and has never thought about changing, let alone how to change it? But he also hopes that the villagers and himself can live a good life, and they immediately expressed their enthusiastic support for Qin Yi.
The three of them agreed that the next morning, the three of them would go out again together to prepare the tools and tools they needed.
The next day, before crossing the mountain and entering the dense forest, Qin Yi changed his face. He had to be cautious, lest he run into acquaintances like the second master. Because, maybe the people who are in the medicinal herb business with him will also come here to collect medicinal herbs, haven't they been here in the past?
Tanaka Yuan knew that people like Qin Yi must have had a last resort when they came here. But they are all people in the rivers and lakes, Qin Yi doesn't say it, he won't ask. Because he has long seen that Qin Yi is a good person, this is enough.
As for Tian Xiaoyan, since Qin Yi came, she had never closed her mouth, and she almost felt that she had returned to when her father was alive. She only has trust in Qin Yi, no matter what Qin Yi does? It must be right, so she doesn't ask why? However, after seeing Qin Yi's disguise, she can't recognize it, she thinks it's very interesting. Instead of asking Qin Yi to teach her the disguise technique, Qin Yi agreed.
Although they didn't get along for a long time, Qin Yi also fell in love with this lively and cute little girl. Of course, Qin Yi still misses his Yue'er every day, but with Tian Xiaoyan, he can more or less resolve some of his thoughts about his daughter.
When I arrived at the county seat, it was already noon. Qin Yi took the old and the young to a wine shop for a delicious meal first. is already a family, and he can also see that Qin Yi is a rich man, so Tanakayuan is no longer polite.
Seeing that there were a lot of things that needed to be bought, and thinking that there was no light load from afar, considering that the road was very narrow, Qin Yi bought a wheelbarrow in the county seat. With the wheelbarrow, Qin Yi can also buy more things.
Tanakayuan saw that Qin Yi had bought so many farm tools, and he couldn't use them up at home, so he didn't know why, so he asked Qin Yi.
Qin Yi didn't answer, he just smiled, he had other plans in his heart.
Everything was ready, and a few people were about to return when it started to rain. There was no way, so they had to live in the county seat.
The next day, the car was reloaded, and Qin Yi saw that the car could still be loaded, so he bought some farm tools. This time, Tanakaen did not raise any further objections. Fortunately, yesterday's rain was light, and the road was not difficult to walk because of the rain, but there was a lot less dust.
The wheelbarrow is much more brisk to push, but not everyone can push it, but Qin Yi can. Tanaka Yuan never pushed it, and he never understood that it was just one wheel, so how could it not fall? There was a trolley in his hometown, and it was two wheels.
Qin Yi told him that people have two feet, plus one wheel, and when they stop, they are three points, relying on three points of stability. When you walk, although it becomes two points, you can maintain balance by inertia, but Tanaka Yuan still doesn't understand?
On the way, he tried it, only to knock the car down. It took a lot of effort to help the car up. Tian Xiaoyan wanted to try, but finally didn't dare.
The car has always been pushed by Qin Yi. Pushing and pushing, Qin Yi was happy, and simply let Tian Xiaoyan sit up. Everything was put on the car, and people walked quickly.