Chapter 1: Half a Bag of Potatoes
"Hey! Wake up, you have such a big heart!"
Chen Xiao opened his eyes dazedly, muttered something and tried to close his eyes again: "I can't even sleep peacefully, stop making trouble! Let me sleep a little longer, I'm too sleepy!"
But when he saw an old soldier wearing an old earth-gray military uniform and an apron, he suddenly realized that this was no longer the original world, and he was no longer a dead extra with advanced lung cancer waiting to die in the original world.
Suddenly he remembered something and quickly searched around him. He saw a small sack next to him. When he opened it, he found half a sack of potatoes. They were all quite big, and each one weighed at least two pounds.
After counting, he found that there were exactly 20, no more, no less, and he felt relieved. After all, these 20 potatoes were his lifeblood, and this was the task given to him by the system.
That’s right, it’s the system!
This is why Chen Xiao appears here. He was originally just a minor actor in the real world who traveled madly and waited for death after learning that he had advanced lung cancer. Suddenly one day, a virtual dialog box suddenly appeared on his retina.
“Do you want to have a healthy body?”
Then he clicked OK, and arrived in this world. More than 20 days ago, he carefully ran from Shanghai to northwest Shanxi, carrying half a sack of potatoes. Two days ago, he finally arrived here and entered the base of the Eighth Route Army, only to run into a large-scale sweep...
Well... what good luck!
When he learned that the team in front of him was called the New 1st Regiment, the regiment commander was Li Yunlong, and the commander of the first battalion was Zhang Dabiao, he understood that this was not the real world but the world of a TV drama.
As for why I only know it now, isn’t there a system?
Because the system is rather aloof and there is no communication throughout the process, he still doesn't know what type of system this is. Apart from an attribute panel with nothing in it and a task panel, there is nothing else.
The reason why Chen Xiao protected the half sack of potatoes and headed straight to northwest Shanxi was entirely because of the task on the task panel.
"Main mission: Protect the potato varieties (40 catties Kexin No. 1) to reach the Eighth Route Army base in northwest Shanxi and plant them for one season and harvest as required. The mission will be completed. Potato planting technology has been distributed.
In addition, the Kexin No. 1 potato variety is the most excellent cultivated variety in the 21st century, with an annual yield of 1,500-2,500 kilograms per mu. If the area can be planted for two seasons, the planting method is correct, and the fertilizer is sufficient, an annual harvest of 10,000 kilograms is not a dream.
The Kexin No. 1 high-quality variety is suitable for planting in most areas of North China and South China. It has strong drought and disease resistance and has low requirements for soil fertility.
To explain further, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, grain production in North China was extremely low. There was no improved wheat varieties and no chemical fertilizers, and the yield per mu per season ranged from 50 to 200 kilograms. However, it was rare for wheat to reach 200 kilograms. The yield of sweet potatoes was also around 200 kilograms due to the degeneration of the variety.
Mission Reward: Cure the host's lung cancer. During the mission, the system will control the disease accordingly to ensure the host's body's ability to move.
Free attribute points +2
Mission failure: If the host loses the high-quality potato seeds distributed by the system, even if only one is lost, the mission will fail. If the mission fails, the host will lose the qualification to own the system and will not be able to return to the original world. In addition, because of the separation from the system, the lung cancer that loses the control of the system will take the host's life.
Note: For the sake of life, please complete the task carefully.
Mission progress: We have reached the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army. Please get a piece of land and plant the improved seeds. It will only take 80-100 days to harvest. "
Haha! We have reached the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army, but we are breaking out now, brother...
After looking at the task panel, Chen Xiao calmly opened the attribute panel.
Name: Chen Xiao (seriously ill - under control)
Age: 28
Strength: 12 (normal adult male 7-8, can be increased through exercise, the stronger the physique, the greater the strength)
Agility: 9 (normal adult male 7-8, can be increased through exercise, the more flexible the body, the faster the reaction, the higher the agility)
Intelligence: 10 (normal adults have 7-8, which can be improved through learning and thinking. The higher the intelligence, the stronger the learning ability)
Skills: Potato planting techniques, rifle shooting proficiency.
Items: None (Inventory not yet opened)
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These attribute points are amazing. Of course, these cannot be Chen Xiao's original attribute points. Instead, the system gave him a novice gift package when he first arrived in this world. It contained random attribute point rewards and rifle shooting skill proficiency, allowing him, an ordinary terminally ill patient, to have such amazing attributes.
Of course, he only looked at the task panel and attribute panel for a moment, but the veteran in front of him seemed insulted. After all, the way he rummaged through his bag as soon as he woke up made him look like he was a thief and was on guard.
"No one will steal your food. We are the Eighth Route Army, not the Japs!"
After yelling this, the old soldier turned around and was about to leave, as if he would be furious if he saw Chen Xiao again. After all, it is not pleasant to be treated as a thief.
“Boss, boss…” Chen Xiao quickly grabbed the old soldier and explained with a grin, “I’m used to this. I’m not treating you as a thief. You don’t know how important this half bag of potatoes is. They are seeds that can produce more food. I carried them all the way from Shanghai to here. Even though I was almost starving to death on the way, I didn’t want to eat them. I was on guard against the devils and bandits along the way, and I was very careful.
This seed is so important that every time I wake up I check to see if it is still there. This is a habit, please forgive me!"
The old soldier's expression relaxed after hearing what Chen Xiao said. He was also born into a peasant family, so he certainly knew the old saying "People would rather die of starvation than eat seeds, and those who eat seeds deserve to be struck by lightning", so after hearing that these were seeds, he forgave Chen Xiao's distrust.
" Okay, you look like a scholar, but I didn't expect you to be so concerned about seeds. How many acres of land do you have at home?"
Chen Xiao knew at a glance that the old soldier had misunderstood that he was planning to take the high-yield grain seeds home to plant, so he explained: "Where did I get the land at home? I am not taking these seeds home, but to plant them in our Eighth Route Army base.
But this seed is too precious. I am afraid that if it falls into the hands of others, they will cook it as ordinary food, and then everything will be ruined. There are only 20 seeds of this kind in the world. If one is missing, I will be heartbroken!"
It's not that I'm heartbroken, but that I will die!
Chen Xiao thought.
But that's all he could say. If he had directly said that this kind of seeds could yield several thousand kilograms per acre, the old soldier in front of him would definitely have taken his words as nonsense. After all, they were all farmers, and even the most skilled farmer could not produce a thousand kilograms of grain per acre in a season.
Now we are just talking about high yield, and it is not for ourselves. If we clearly say that we want to take the seeds to the base to plant them, the veterans will pay much more attention to it. I think in the next breakout, even if there is no food, they will not think of taking his potato seeds.
"Okay, since you are also following us to break out, then help with some work. All the people around me have been transferred to the front line and will break out soon. I will make all the food into dry rations for a few days. Help me distribute these dry rations to the soldiers."
As he said this, he led Chen Xiao to the temporary kitchen, where there were several loads of dry food, bran cakes, multi-grain steamed buns, and fried rice on the ground.
