Chapter 50: The Land Has No Nutrients

Xiao Yue, who hadn’t eaten meat in a long time, couldn’t stop swallowing when she smelled the aroma. Hei Duo first gave the cooked fish to Xiao Yue, and she happily took it and ate it in big bites. Even though it was hot, she still ate in big bites, puffing out her cheeks. “Xiao Yue, eat slowly, be careful of the heat.” Qiao Shen reminded her.

Xiao Yue was too busy stuffing her belly to answer Qiao Shen. At this time, Hei Duo handed the other fish to Qiao Shen. Qiao Shen pushed it away. “Give it to Xiao Li, she needs more nutrition.” Jiang Li quickly waved her hands in refusal. “Qiao Shen, you eat first, I’m not very hungry now.” Seeing that she couldn’t refuse, Qiao Shen had to take the grilled fish from Hei Duo and eat it. Hei Duo was grilling the fish, so Jiang Li didn’t need to do anything.

 Bored, she looked around, squatting on the ground with her back to Xiao Yue. The girl was skinny, her spine protruded terrifyingly, she was practically skin and bones. “Qiao Shen, how old is Xiao Yue?” “Xiao Yue is fourteen years old.” Jiang Li was stunned in disbelief. The little girl in front of her looked even shorter than the three little ones, and she was older than them. “If Hei Duo hadn’t transferred spiritual energy to her, Xiao Yue would still be in her beast form.”

 The girl kept eating the fish, never stopping for a moment, as if someone was going to snatch it from her. Seeing them like this, Jiang Li felt a mixture of emotions. “Qiao Shen, why can’t your land grow food anymore?” Jiang Li wanted to understand the reason and also wanted to help them. “The year before last, the Bear King found a bag of seeds somewhere and asked us to plant them. He said it was a very rare medicinal herb from Mingyue, and it could be sold for a good price when it matured. At first, we only planted a small piece of land, which didn’t affect the planting of food.

 But later, this medicinal herb became too rare, and some beastmen made a lot of profit from it, so they discussed with the Bear King and decided to plant medicinal herbs on all the land. We were all reluctant, afraid that we would have no food to eat. At that time, every household had stored a lot of food, and the Bear King also repeatedly assured us that he wouldn’t let us starve, so he forcibly made us plant medicinal herbs on all the land.” “But unexpectedly, after the medicinal herbs were planted, the land couldn’t produce food anymore.

The food at home could only last for a few months, then we started using spirit stones to buy food from other tribes. When the spirit stones ran out, the Bear King started plotting to steal food from other tribes.” “The Snake King is kind, and the Snake Tribe has plenty of food.

At first, the Bear King went to borrow some, but the food ran out quickly, and the Snake King didn’t want to help fill this bottomless pit. The people in the tribe were angry and went to steal food from the Snake Tribe. Our family had more food than others, with Hei Duo here, they didn’t dare to come and steal, we barely managed for two years.

But now we really don’t have any food left, so I asked Hei Duo to go to the Snake Tribe with them, and I repeatedly told him not to hurt the Snake Tribe beastmen before they left.” Jiang Li had seen Hei Duo’s behavior. It was indeed as Qiao Shen said, he didn’t hurt the Snake Tribe members. But he couldn’t interfere with the actions of the other Black Bear tribe members, he could only stay aside after taking the food. But this wasn’t a long-term solution, in the long run, they would either be killed by people from other tribes or starve to death.

“Qiao Shen, after we’ve eaten, can you take me to see your land?” Hearing this, Qiao Shen and Hei Duo looked up at her in surprise. “Xiao Li, do you have a way to make our land grow food again?” Jiang Li pursed her lips slightly. “I can only go and see what’s wrong with the land and see if there’s a way to solve it.” Even if it was only a small chance, Qiao Shen was still very happy. “Okay, I’ll take you to see it after we’ve eaten.” Qiao Shen sped up her eating pace. Hei Duo was worried about her body and suggested that he and Jiang Li go.

 “Mother, I’ll go with her, you’re not feeling well, stay home and rest.” Jiang Li was also a little worried about Qiao Shen’s body, and she agreed with Hei Duo. “Okay, then Hei Duo, you take Xiao Li.” “Okay.” After they finished eating the fish, Hei Duo took Jiang Li to the land where they grew food. To take care of her body, Hei Duo deliberately slowed his pace. They walked for a long time before they arrived. “This is our tribe’s land.” Hei Duo pointed.

Jiang Li nodded, bent down and squatted to observe the land. The land was dry and covered with cracks of all sizes, like a spider web, spreading out in all directions.

 It was like a series of dry canals, barren. It sighed helplessly under the scorching sun. Jiang Li reached out and grabbed a handful of soil, carefully observing it. She recalled what she had read in books before, and concluded that the soil had become acidic and saline, and the land had no nutrients. No wonder it couldn’t grow food. She stood up and looked at this bare land. Forget food, even a single weed couldn’t grow. Seeing Jiang Li staring at the land in silence, Hei Duo stepped forward and asked, “Jiang Li, how is it? Have you found out the reason?”

 Jiang Li nodded slightly. “I’ve roughly found out the reason, but if I want to completely cure it, I need to plan it out when I get back.” Hearing that the land could still be saved, Hei Duo smiled happily. “That’s great!” Now their Black Bear tribe members would be saved! When Jiang Li and Hei Duo returned home, they found that Qiao Shen had already prepared a room for her. After thanking her, Jiang Li went into the room and started bombarding the system.

 “System, system, come out! I have something urgent to ask you.” “What’s wrong?” A lazy voice came from her mind, accompanied by a yawn. “What’s so urgent? I’m still taking a nap.” Jiang Li didn’t argue with it too much, she stated her request. “System, you have a way to solve the Black Bear tribe’s land problem, right?” “You mean the land is dead? Of course, I do.” Hearing that the system had a way to solve it, Jiang Li smiled happily.

“Okay, you still owe me compensation from last time, I want you to fix the Black Bear tribe’s land. And give me some fast-growing seeds, so they can harvest a batch of food first.” System “…” Seeing that it didn’t say anything, Jiang Li asked, “What’s wrong? Can’t you do it?” “It’s not that I can’t do it, I thought you were going to blackmail me with this compensation, I didn’t expect it to be such a small problem.” “Why would I blackmail you? Am I that kind of person?”

 System “…” Wasn’t it you who blackmailed me before? The system complained in its heart, then a bottle that looked like it contained dew and a bag of seeds and saplings appeared in front of Jiang Li. “This is nutrient dew, dilute it with water and irrigate the land, it will restore the land to its original state. Then plant the seeds and irrigate them with nutrient dew again, after two days, the planted food will mature. And these fruit saplings are a gift for you.”