Chapter 63 Twenty Tons of Salt
"Auntie, as the old saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet."

"Yep."

Bai Tao: "...I didn't twist the melon." What does this have to do with forcing the melon?

"Auntie, we can't stand being scared. If you get hurt, we won't be able to face our ancestors."

"Auntie, you are so kind to us. If we make you suffer and get hurt, are we still human?"

As they were talking, someone started sobbing, and then more and more people started crying.

No matter how thick-skinned Bai Tao was, she couldn't play dumb at this moment, so she could only say, "Okay, okay, I was wrong about this matter, I won't do this again next time."

She's still a little baby. What's the big deal if a bunch of people are crying around her?

Although Bai Tao had explained the whole story clearly, Bai Youcai was still scolded. If he wasn't so stupid, would she have chosen this method out of anger?

So from then on, no matter who went to learn how to drive, they would be warned by the villagers.

"You may not be able to learn it, but you can't make me angry."

“It’s okay if you can’t learn it, but you must learn to step on the brakes.”

"If you make me angry again, watch out for your skin."

People who are learning to drive are nervous and embarrassed, and they don’t know what is going on.

I remembered it very well when I was watching from the side, but when I sat in the cab and started operating, my mind became a mess.

Sometimes you've honked the horn but are still looking for it.

I wanted to turn left but the steering wheel went to the right. I wanted to lift the shovel but the joystick ended up scattering the dirt in the bucket...

Bai Tao took two days and barely managed to teach ten people.

Looking at this, looking at that, thinking about how they didn't even know where the brake horn was yesterday, Bai Tao couldn't help but say, "You are the worst class I've ever taught."

She just said this as a casual complaint, but it sounded different to the villagers.

Has my aunt ever brought other people with her?
So, after Bai Tao went to bed at night, Bai Dashan said to the villagers with a heavy heart: "Everyone also heard what my aunt said during the day."

"I heard it. My aunt said we were the worst class she had ever taught."

Bai Dashan looked solemn: "Now that we know, everyone should strive to do well in the future."

"Yes, we have to work hard, otherwise what if my aunt leaves disappointed?"

"We only have this one aunt. If she gets sick of it and leaves, we won't have an aunt anymore."

"Grandma is the root of our Taohua Village. With her around, we are not just floating duckweed."

"Don't let me down!"

"..."

On the third day, the bulldozer officially began operations.

Seeing the bulldozer being driven in a twisted manner after starting, Bai Tao's forehead twitched. Forget it, it's much better than the first day after all.

As for driving, you will become proficient if you drive more often.

Construction vehicles are durable to drive and are not afraid of bumps and collisions.

If the place wasn't so small, she would have liked to bring out four or five more bulldozers.

There are only these two machines now. Let's take turns, each of us can drive for two or three hours.

With more than 200 people, two bulldozers, and a wheelbarrow that kept moving soil back and forth, it took two days to clear out seven pieces of rosewood.

If two pieces of rosewood can pay off, seven pieces will make a profit, not to mention there are still so many left.

Bai Tao touched the cleaned rosewood and smiled happily like a flower.

Seeing her happy, the villagers also smiled happily and worked even harder.

There are now eleven people in charge of cooking, including Bai Duoxi, who are busy swinging big spoons and shovels. There must be two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and one soup for lunch and dinner, and breakfast is either noodles, steamed buns or big dumplings, with soy milk, fried dough sticks, eggs and millet porridge.

The fruits are apples, tangerines or mandarin oranges, and big watermelons.

In Bai Tao's words, how can you do such hard physical work without eating something good?

The other fruits were enough to astonish the villagers, but when they saw the selenium sand melons weighing more than 20 or 30 kilograms each, everyone was even more dumbfounded.

How come this watermelon has grown so big?

The stalks of the watermelons are green, and you can tell they were just picked a few days ago.

It's winter now, and there are still watermelons?

I've heard that rich people would store ice at home, and would also freeze some fruits and vegetables for eating in the winter. Could these watermelons have been stored away before?

Bai Tao didn't know what the villagers were thinking, and even if she did, she wouldn't explain. How would she explain it? Could she say, "I bought them from the farmer assistance channel. They were freshly picked."

The price of selenium sand melon was 0.4 coins per pound. Bai Tao placed an order for 100,000 pounds at one go, spending 40,000 coins.

More than 200 people eat here every now and then, and they can eat until next year.

The mission of surviving one hundred and fifty hours was completed two days ago, with a reward of twenty tons of salt.

That's right, twenty tons of salt.

Bai Tao was so angry that she jumped up and down, and said, "I would even give you 20 tons of rice."

Twenty tons of salt, what? Is she taking a salt bath or pickling the more than 200 people in Taohua Village?

But no matter how Bai Tao jumped, the mall did not change the reward.

One ton is 2,000 kilograms, and 20 tons is 40,000 kilogram

One pound of salt costs one coin, and forty thousand pounds is forty thousand coins. Although this reward was beyond Bai Tao's expectations, the Dog Mall refused to change it, so she had no choice but to accept it.

Bai Tao suspected that she had made a lot of money recently and the Dog Mall was jealous.

The next task is to survive for three hundred and sixty hours, with no other prompts required.

As time went on and there were no special tasks required, Bai Tao felt relieved and continued to lead the people of Taohua Village to clear the mudslide and dig out valuable items that could be exchanged for money.

The debris flow brought down not only rosewood, but also some minerals, exquisite pine stones, and delicate pebbles...

"Tens, hundreds, thousands, and millions..." Bai Tao was overjoyed as she watched the balance in her account increase every day.

Seeing that the mudslide would be cleared in about two days, Bai Tao went to the mall while cracking melon seeds to buy some transportation.

There are so many people in the village, young and old, and it is not a good idea to walk all the time, at least not for young children and the elderly.

"Aunt, Aunt~"

The urgent sound made Bai Tao sit up suddenly, and she almost choked on the melon seeds she had just cracked. What went wrong?
Crashed?
Went into the ravine?
Or are you stuck on a stone and can’t get out?

It can't be that the tire is punctured.

Bai Tao immediately trotted out of the tent: "What's wrong?"

Bai Da Gong was panicked and anxious: "Aunt, my brother's wife has given birth, no, it's my sister-in-law who is about to give birth, but, but..."

Have a baby?
Bai Tao was stunned for a moment. A pregnant woman? Why didn't anyone tell her that there was a pregnant woman?

"Why are you telling me this now?"

It's no wonder that Bai Tao didn't notice it. The weather was cold, and people in ancient times wore loose and thick clothes. Plus, farmers in the countryside didn't have the habit of staying in bed to take care of the fetus or being careful not to work after getting pregnant. The villagers didn't think there was anything to say about this matter, so naturally she didn't know about it.

"Where's the midwife? Isn't there a midwife in the village?"

(Happy May Day to everyone~)

(End of this chapter)