My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 192 Collecting Stones

“This is my villager, my cousin, Old Man Zhou.”

Xin Wenyuan cupped his hands in greeting to the two men, "Is there something you need, Village Chief?"

"Excuse me, I didn't mean to disturb you gentlemen. It's just that I noticed you seem to be collecting charcoal and bricks. We've collected quite a bit too, and we were wondering if we could exchange them for some food..."

He himself felt incredibly guilty as he spoke.

Their own group assigned a task, asking some members to collect items. But these guys followed behind, scrambling to do it too... and then they even wanted to exchange their supplies with them.

It was indeed not a good situation, but for the sake of the villagers' appetites, Village Chief Zhou had no choice but to swallow his pride.

Maybe they'd be willing to exchange their grain for it!
Of course, they didn't have much hope for it.

After all, with so many people, they searched the entire village ruins but couldn't find a single piece of food to eat.

Put yourself in their shoes; if they don't intend to exchange grain for food, you can't blame them.

This is all our own fate.

"Exchange! How many do you have? Bring them all over."

The village chief of Zhoucun suddenly looked up at the girl who was walking quickly towards him.

Not only was the other person beautiful, but their voice was also heavenly and incredibly pleasant to hear.

"Young lady, can you really exchange it?" Old Zhou was very excited. "We've collected about five or six hundred catties of charcoal. Can you exchange it all? Yes, you can have it all. A little bit of grain will be enough."

"Yes, yes, just a little bit of grain will do."

Xin Nian walked over with a smile, "Our group's exchange rate is one point for every 100 catties of charcoal. Bricks, stones, and mud are also acceptable, one point for every 200 catties."

"These points are how our group counts. One point can roughly buy a family of four the daily amount of clean water and food they need."

"Fair trade, no deception of the young or old."

Old Man Zhou and Village Chief Zhou were immediately thrilled and quickly had the village lads move all their belongings over.

Xin Nian has a large balance scale here, and it's even electronic...

Although his strange appearance was something no one had ever seen before, no one dared to ask him anything.

Anyway, just weigh it honestly, and accept whatever the team leader reports.

Xin Nian weighed her father and found that the soil and gravel weighed 200 jin and the charcoal weighed over 600 jin.

The people of Zhoucun are very good at finding bargains.

Xin Nian actually gives everyone extra food, saying that one point can be exchanged for a day's food rations for four people, but it's actually more than that.

She's not short of money, there's no need to be so calculating.

The young lady doesn't want a lazy person; as long as he has a good attitude towards work, everything is fine.

They gave the village chief of Zhoucun a large bag of millet and a small bag of flatbread. They also had them fill four or five containers with clean water.

The two old men were so excited that their hands were shaking.

"Auntie, young lady, this is too much..." The village chief of Zhoucun hesitated, worried that if they gave too much, it was a trap. He wanted to see if they were honest and if it was worth continuing to befriend them.

The little girl gave us this much food; if we eat it sparingly, it would be enough to feed a family of five for half a month.

"It's not much, take it." Xin Nian smiled. "You can come back to exchange it for anything else you collect in the future."

Old Man Zhou and Village Chief Zhou's eyes lit up, and they were so excited that they repeatedly clasped their hands in thanks.

Seeing that the villagers of Zhoucun had indeed obtained a lot of grain, the others were also eager to do the same.

However, most of them didn't find much charcoal. After asking around, some of them managed to exchange it for a little bit of grain, and they were all very happy.

Wang Damao also dragged his younger brother over to exchange for grain. They arrived late and only managed to grab a dozen or so kilograms of charcoal, and managed to find some bricks that were still in relatively good condition.

The two brothers were overjoyed to have exchanged two flatbreads with the beautiful and kind-hearted Miss Xin Liu.

Wang Ermao pulled a small stone out of his pocket. "Girl, this is for you! It's a cheap little stone. It glows, and it's quite pretty!"

Xin Nian was shocked!

She quickly grabbed the other person's hand and asked, "Where did you come from?"

She didn't dare touch it, afraid that if she did, the stone would be absorbed by her.

"Huh? I... I found it! I saw some kids rummaging around, and I... I just picked one up. I... I didn't steal it, I just... I just grabbed the biggest one..."

Xin Nian hurriedly waved to her brother to bring the wooden box over.

"Please put it inside." Xin Mochen nodded slightly to Wang Ermao, his tone very polite.

"Oh, oh." Wang Ermao quickly put the glowing stone back into the box.

Xin Wenyuan and his wife came over to take a look, "It's definitely a glowing stone."

“This…” Xin Nian glanced at the glowing stone, about half the size of a fist, and pondered for a moment before saying, “I’ll give you thirty catties of white rice, a bag of winter dates, a bag of potatoes, and a ten-catty leg of lamb. What else do you want?”

Wang Ermao stared wide-eyed at the girl in front of him, unable to believe his eyes.

My gut feeling is that she's gone mad!
Seeing this, Wang Damao reacted quickly, slapping his younger brother on the forehead and waving his hand at Xin Nian, "That's enough, that's more than enough. Miss, could you exchange fifteen catties of white rice for thirty catties of millet?"

"can."

"I still have a lot of wheat bran here. I'll give you fifty catties."

Wang Damao and Wang Ermao stared at her with their mouths agape, as if she were a god.

What kind of stone is this? It made the two brothers rich overnight...

Wang Ermao stammered, "I... I saw those kids in Zhoucun pick up quite a few, at least a dozen or so. Although it's not as big as mine, it's still quite a lot."

"Could you please go over and ask them if they want to exchange it?"

“Of course we’ll replace it!” Wang Ermao jumped up. “I’ll go find them right now.”

Village Chief Zhou, Old Man Zhou, soon led six little children over.

A moment later, the villagers of Zhoucun stared at the grain, meat and vegetables on the ground with incredulous expressions, unable to hide their excitement.

My God, what kind of amazing team did they join?

"Dad, Dad, pinch me! My little rascal actually found a treasure and traded it for so much grain!" Zhou Qian, the second son of Old Man Zhou, looked incredulous.

Old Zhou slapped him on the head, his face crinkling with laughter. "My Tiger is still the best."

Zhou Qian's eldest son had been a leader among the village's children since childhood. No one expected that this child would lead several children from the village to dig for glowing stones, and then exchange them for almost a month's worth of food for the entire village.

Village Chief Zhou also hugged his beloved grandson and cheered repeatedly.

Everyone was very happy. After setting off, their lower backs and legs no longer ached, and they felt more energetic while walking.

Xin Nian was overjoyed, counting the stones of different sizes in the wooden box.

Sixteen yuan!

Although they weren't as big as the stones the old monk had given them, the quantity was considerable. All sixteen glowing stones combined provided a significant energy source.

The sixth sister happily put away the wooden box, took her mother's hand and whispered, "Everyone has been behaving very well these past two days, no one has cried or made a fuss. Let's make them a rabbit hot pot tomorrow morning."

The little girl frowned and complained, "My rabbits are laying litters one after another, the efficiency is too high."

Xie Ninglan found it both funny and annoying, and patted her, saying, "Don't act innocent after getting the benefit."