The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

Chapter 231 70 The Educated Youth Heroine's Excellent Sister-in-law 16

When Xiao Yun had finished making the soles of a pair of shoes, Grandpa Xiao and Tiedan came back. Grandma Xiao poured the warm water in the pot into a bucket and asked them to take a bath first.

It's actually only around eight or nine o'clock now, and since there are no entertainment activities, it feels quite late.

After the two of them came in after taking a shower, they talked about today's meeting. They did discuss the issue of water sources, but after discussing it for a long time, they couldn't come up with a plan. They just planned to fetch water to irrigate the fields first and get through the current hurdle first.

There is also the matter of the educated youth. There will be a total of six of them, and each team, which means two from each village, will first live in homes with vacant rooms. Later, the food for the educated youth will also be distributed to that family.

"Originally, we wanted to have a female comrade live in our house, but I turned it down. We have so much food that we don't need any, and it would be too inconvenient to have an outsider.

Besides, who knows what the weather will be like. If it doesn’t rain, there will be trouble in the second half of the year. It’s better for us to stay at home and live our lives safely.”

Grandma Xiao nodded, "You're right. Those people from the city are not easy to get along with. I heard that the ones from Songjiapu changed several houses when they came. They either complained that the houses were dirty or the food was not good. There was even one who wanted to eat meat every day. They are really spoiled!"

Xiao Yun and Tiedan also nodded. They didn't want to have a stranger come to their house. If the stranger ate with them, they would feel at a disadvantage. If someone told others about it, they would definitely be targeted. They would also feel uncomfortable if they ate poorly. They could have eaten their fill, but they had to pretend to be hungry.

The four of them chatted for a while and then went back to their rooms to sleep. Now Xiao Tiedan also had a room of his own. The three bedrooms in the house were just right. If someone really came, one of the siblings would have to sleep with their grandparents to free up one of the rooms.

Xiao Yun had just returned to his room and laid down when Jia Duo Bao came back and said to Xiao Yun directly: "You will never guess what the mission that person gave you."

Xiao Yun rolled his eyes at it, "Nonsense, if I could guess it, would I need you to stare at me? Just tell me directly, don't keep me in suspense."

"You're becoming less and less energetic. I just want to liven up the atmosphere."

Jiaduobao curled his lips in boredom, but even though he was complaining, he still said it out loud honestly.

“I waited there for more than two hours, and the man really didn’t move at all, he was really very stamina-wise.

At about four o'clock, three people suddenly appeared there. They picked up a lot of branches nearby and caught pheasants and rabbits.

Two people work, one of them cleans up the mess at the back.

When the three people walked up the mountain, the man on the tree came down, and I followed him and caught up with the three people in front.

Unexpectedly, the three men disappeared after going around a big rock. If I didn’t have spiritual sense, I wouldn’t have been able to find it. There was a secret door in the gap behind the big rock. It was very well camouflaged, with dead branches and leaves on it. If you didn’t know, you couldn’t see it at all.

I went in and took a look. Guess what? There was a tunnel underneath. At first I thought it was an ancient tomb, but later I found that the end of the tunnel was actually a naturally formed cave of thousands of square meters!

Not only were there tents set up in the cave, there was also a lot of coal piled up, and there was an underground river flowing through the cave, so there was no shortage of water.

When I went there, there were no less than 30 people working inside. They were setting up five large pots on the rocks, burning wood and coal underneath, and boiling black muddy water in the pots..."

When Xiao Yun heard this, he subconsciously said, "They are refining saltpeter."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

After hearing what Xiao Yun said, Jiaduobao looked confused. It didn't quite understand.

Xiao Yun explained: "I said they were practicing saltpeter. Saltpeter is the main ingredient for making gunpowder. There are special saltpeter mines, and it can also be extracted from soil containing saltpeter. That is, put the wood ash and the soil in a pot and boil them with water. After boiling them dry, the remaining translucent crystals are saltpeter.

Those people should be refining this there, but I don’t know which group they are. They hide it so well, it’s definitely not legal.

By the way, did you find the entrance with the soldier you met before? "

Jia Duobao nodded and shook his head, "Those three people were very cautious, and he didn't dare to follow too closely, so when he passed by, there was no flaw there. It was only because I deliberately blew away those leaves with the wind to reveal a little gap that the man discovered the clue.

He didn't open the door and go down, but lay there and listened, then found a tree nearby and climbed up to continue monitoring.

I was a little impressed by him. From the time I went over to stare at him until I left, he didn't go to eat or drink water or go to the bathroom. He was really as strong as iron."

Xiao Yun also admired them. In the previous world, she felt that the soldiers who protected them were very awesome. When they went out, they followed them almost every step of the way and had no time to do their own things.

So she and Fang Xi usually wouldn't go out if they could avoid it. If they really had to go out, they would let them eat with them to prevent them from going hungry.

I also try my best not to go to complicated places so as not to cause them trouble.

Xiao Yun sighed and said to Jiaduobao: "When the time comes, keep an eye on that saltpeter refining den and see if you can find out anything or hear something from their words.

I'll go back and see if there are any military camps or military areas nearby. The soldiers may have heard the news and come here to investigate. If there is a military area nearby, I wouldn't mind writing them an anonymous letter to expose the information if I get the news."

She had done this a lot in the 50s and was very skilled at it.

Then I searched the original body's memory again and found that neither her memory nor the plot seemed to mention anything major happening on this mountain.

Of course, it is possible that this hideout was not discovered at all, or that the secret was discovered and dealt with immediately without alarming the village at the foot of the mountain.

The main reason was that the original body didn't go up the mountain as often as she did. Although he had a lot of strength, he used it to work in the fields. He had never hunted wild boars or went up the mountain to hunt.

It was only after she came that she often went up the mountain to catch some game, and even later, when Tiedan was older, she took Tiedan with her, so she didn't know that this was normal.

I equipped Jiaduobao with a miniature camera that doesn't require an internet connection, and let it go over there to continue monitoring. Then she can also take a look at what's inside. She has never seen it before, so she is quite curious.

Xiao Yun got up at six o'clock the next morning. He practiced a set of boxing with Tiedan and then went to pick grass and wild vegetables for pigs and chickens. Although there was heavy dew in the morning, it was cool. It was too sunny at noon.

Xiao Tiedan was a little absent-minded and looked in the direction of the mountain from time to time. Xiao Yun knew that he was probably curious about what the soldier was doing.

He could only guess for himself. She would definitely not take him to the mountain. Since he had promised his grandparents, he had to do it.