Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

The next day, Zhang Dabiao began to study how to process the vegetables.

He couldn't possibly eat that much himself, and the core purpose was to lead everyone in self-rescue, not to have them help him search for supplies.

In addition, these wild vegetables are too varied, so the factory neither accepts them nor can they fetch a good price.

So it needs to be processed further before it can be "sold" or "exchanged" with the young people who went out to pick vegetables and fish with us yesterday. They can then exchange it for wild vegetables, fruits, and other things, or even fish.

Yesterday, the payment was made without specifying the processing method or the exchange rate, so the only option was to pay.

We'll start the experiment today. If it's successful and we determine the exchange rate, we can create a virtuous cycle.

Zhang Dabiao spent most of the day researching and finalizing several formulas before finally taking action.

"Wild Vegetable High Fiber Energy Bars" - also known as wild vegetable biscuits.

1. The core concept is dehydration + providing an energy base. Because this stuff needs to be stored for a long time after being produced in large quantities, we don't consider wild vegetable dumplings or wild vegetable porridge.

2. Preliminary cleaning and blanching to remove oxalic acid, bitterness, and any trace harmful substances that may be present;

3. Squeeze out the water. After blanching, squeeze out the water with gauze or your hands, then dry it again on a large bamboo tray to remove as much moisture as possible.

4. Chop it up; Zhang Dabiao just happens to have a semi-automatic egg beater and a press-type mixer for whipping cream.

5. Energy base – Add some flour, vegetable oil, and salt. If you can't afford all-purpose flour, you have to use corn flour and all-purpose flour in a 1:1 ratio, otherwise the gluten will be insufficient. However, this will require reducing the amount of water and increasing the amount of egg liquid to replace the water, which is also a cost issue.

6. Optional thickeners and binders: eggs, a small amount of potato starch, cornstarch;

7. Optional flavor enhancements: pepper powder, Sichuan peppercorn powder, five-spice powder—not only do you have these at home, but you also have thirteen-spice powder;

8、实验后的基础配方：野菜碎/粉50克（处理后的）、麵粉100克（可用一半棒子麵加一半富强粉，也可加点豆面或者薯粉）、水或蛋液30－40毫升，视情况调整，能成团即可、盐2克、植物油10－15克；

9. Shaping: Roll out the mixed dough into a thin sheet, but not too thin, about 3-5 millimeters is enough to make it easier to dry;

10. Baking: Bake at a low temperature, 120-140℃, for 30-50 minutes. You can turn it over once during the baking process to ensure even heating.

After the first batch was produced, Zhang Dabiao and Qin Jingru tasted it—the taste and texture were surprisingly excellent! Their entire experiment was conducted in the central courtyard. During the day, some unemployed young people and older women went out to dig for vegetables, but some people saw Zhang Dabiao's entire process while sewing shoe soles or picking vegetables in the central courtyard.

He didn't hide anything; he just told me to learn if I wanted to.

The most important thing here is dehydration and energy base; you have to be willing to use flour.

When Director Wang came over to ask if this matter could be promoted, he witnessed the whole process.

By the time everyone had gone back to the courtyard after get off work, Zhang Dabiao and Qin Jingru had already made a lot of cookies.

The biscuit is square, 0.5 cm thick, and about the same length and width as half a pack of cigarettes. It's not very big.

One piece weighs about 10 grams, and about 5 pieces make up one tael (approximately 50 grams).

Finally, the costs and labor time were tallied: 1 jin of wild vegetables could be exchanged for 1 liang of "wild vegetable biscuits," take it or leave it.

This stuff tastes pretty good. It also has some elm seeds and locust flowers added. It's sweet and salty, but mostly salty.

Zhang Dabiao then told the young people in the courtyard about this.

It's safer to go fruit picking together in a group on weekends.

Among the wild vegetables, shepherd's purse can be used directly in dumplings or stir-fries. Zhang Dabiao can also collect other wild vegetables such as purslane, dandelion, bitter lettuce, lamb's quarters, wild mustard greens, elm seeds, locust flowers, and plantain. They can be exchanged in this ratio, since flour, eggs, oil, and salt need to be added, and it takes time.

Wild fruits and mushrooms, on the other hand, are purchased separately.

The biggest advantage of these cookies is their long shelf life, making them suitable as emergency food, and they are also nutritionally balanced.

Yan Jiecheng also experimented and soaked one or two biscuits in warm water. They tasted just like porridge and were quite delicious.

And this stuff is really filling!

You can fish on your own; it's fine to catch and eat what you catch, but you'll need to team up. Zhang Dabiao will buy the fish according to the factory's prices. You can also exchange them for fish feed and bait. One pound of fish can be exchanged for three ounces of secret-recipe feed, or one pound of fish can be exchanged for one ounce of secret-recipe bait.

Fairness and impartiality, honesty and integrity towards all, young and old.

In this way, Zhang Dabiao will have more materials to deliver to the factory, and everyone else can also get more materials.

As for those who don't want to change, no one will stop you, right?

Director Wang felt that Zhang Dabiao's actions were exemplary and wanted to promote them throughout the entire street.

However, Zhang Dabiao and Qin Jingru discussed it and realized that they could only be responsible for the exchange in courtyard number 95. Firstly, if they made a big fuss, it would have a bad impact, just like the receiving station. Secondly, they didn't have enough time and energy; they couldn't just do these things all day long.

So Zhang Dabiao handed over the recipe for the biscuits, the illustrations of these edible wild vegetables, and the illustrations of common edible wild fruits and non-poisonous mushrooms to Director Wang.

This is the result of Zhang Dabiao's entire night of painting, and he even colored it with transparent watercolor paint! (A long, narrow 12-color book called photographic transparent watercolor, or photographic coloring watercolor, used in photo studios to color black and white photos)

That's all the capability we have; the rest is up to the neighborhood committee.

For a time, young people and older women in Nanluoguxiang formed teams to go out – the good news was that the food shortage problem was slightly alleviated, but the bad news was that the surrounding wasteland was almost completely dug up, and the riverbank was full of anglers. If you wanted to dig for vegetables or fish, you would have to go even further.

However, Zhang Dabiao's reputation has improved considerably in Nanluoguxiang.

People used to think he was an idiot, but later they heard from the No. 95 compound that he was a reckless bastard with no sense of proportion and a violent temper, and he would beat up the elderly and children.

But the loan sharking incident made people think this guy was a bit scary, while the later "Little Inventor" program got many people into factories, made it into the daily newspaper, and even got him admitted to the Youth League at school...

Opinions about him are mixed.

But this time, no one gossiped about him, because he offered a well-developed self-rescue plan!

He could have secretly picked vegetables and made cookies to store food, but he still made his method public, thoughtfully indicating which vegetables were edible, which were poisonous, and how to easily dispose of them...

If you do as he says, there's a way to remove the bitterness from those wild vegetables, making them palatable and delicious, and they can also be preserved for a long time!

It tastes much better than the wild vegetable dumplings and porridge they make, and the kids love it too. It just takes up a lot of high-gluten flour, but Zhang Dabiao also specified the proportion of corn flour that can be substituted.

This solved everyone's immediate problem.

In the entire Nanluoguxiang area, everyone who sees Zhang Dabiao gives him a thumbs up!

That guy is so loyal!