Chapter 39: Pumpkin is a food that even the Special Zone Chief and nobles cannot eat

Lin Meng dumped all the pumpkins and vegetables into her space at once, frightening Ye Heng into standing still.

After moving all the supplies, Lin Meng then said:

"I helped you purchase some agricultural side products; this thing is called pumpkin—I don't know if you have it there."

"Pumpkin..." Ye Heng murmured softly, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

The teammates standing beside him saw Ye Heng completely motionless, his expression focused, and knew he was communicating with the goddess.

Although Ye Heng didn't say it outright, everyone had already guessed that the goddess's connection with their team captain must be related to the space he had recently awakened.

Otherwise, Ye Heng eating and living with them would leave no time for him to separately contact others.

Upon hearing him mutter a noun, everyone grew nervous.

"Pumpkin? It sounds like food—could it be some kind of delicious fruit?"

Nobody dared to breathe loudly, and Ye Heng also struggled to suppress his excitement.

Lin Meng, seeing Ye Heng not respond, picked up a pumpkin to show him.

"Pumpkin is rich in nutrition, can be eaten as a staple; just boil or steam it simply, the pulp inside needs to be scooped out, and the pumpkin seeds can be dried and saved for planting."

"Oh right, I forgot you temporarily have no clean soil there, so just dry these pumpkin seeds and fry them to eat; pumpkin seeds are also nutritionally rich."

Ye Heng heard for the first time that seeds could be eaten; this pumpkin really is a treasure.

"For storing pumpkins, remember not to soak them in water, or they'll easily mold and rot; best is to dig a cellar for low-temperature storage, if not possible just put them in the space first—our space's time flow rate is now negligible."

"As for the remaining five baskets of leafy greens, I won't introduce them; you can arrange them yourself."

"The nutritional supplements I promised you are still in transit; once the goods arrive, I'll immediately put them into the space for you to take as needed."

Lin Meng finished explaining all at once, then immediately continued:

"Recently I obtained a second space and wanted to upgrade it with the crystals you gave me, but I found the crystals weren't absorbed like last time—do you know what's going on?"

Ye Heng was still immersed in the shock of the pumpkin when he suddenly heard Lin Meng had awakened a second space, and his spirit jolted.

"Miss Lin is also incredibly powerful; he had never heard before that someone could possess multiple spaces, and they appear to be independent, with a higher safety factor."

"By comparison, his space ability is far inferior—it can only be linked via mental power, and people cannot actively enter it."

After the shock, Ye Heng thought and said:

"Your situation already exceeds my understanding, but generally it should be due to insufficient personal strength preventing an upgrade."

"For us awakened ones who want to further improve our awakened abilities, we need to enhance ourselves through actual combat, not just rely on external crystal stimulation—it's like leveling up by grinding experience from killing monsters."

"Perhaps you could try training your mental power; space is related to the user's mental power, and only with sufficient mental strength will the space's upgrade not be hindered."

After pondering, Lin Meng nodded, perhaps her second space couldn't be upgraded and the third jade bracelet also failed to open the third space because her mental power was insufficient.

According to Ye Heng's explanation, mental power to a certain extent is perception—an invisible ability that's hard to describe or grasp.

His suggestion was that perhaps one could go stone gambling, play dice rolling, etc., to cultivate perception.

But Lin Meng currently doesn't plan to engage in those; perhaps she could find a breakthrough from Ye Fan.

Once he smoothly enters the sect, he should soon contact her.

After Lin Meng humbly asked a few more questions about space and mental power, she then exited the space.

The teammates surrounding Ye Heng could wait no longer; seeing him sway his body, they eagerly asked.

"How about it, team captain? What divine will did the goddess convey this time?"

"Did the goddess see the gold and silver jewelry we gave her? Is she satisfied? Also, team captain, what was the pumpkin you just muttered to yourself?"

Ye Heng gave a mysterious smile, raised his hand, and a large, golden-yellow pumpkin appeared in his palm.

At the moment the pumpkin was in his hand, he realized it was heavy and gave off a fresh fragrance up close—it must be a treasure.

"This is pumpkin? It's way too big!"

"This thing looks somewhat familiar, as if I've seen it somewhere..."

Ye Heng had already recalled it, and he said with a smile:

"If I remember correctly, this should be a vegetable from the civilized era that gives a strong feeling of fullness; I saw it in an atlas before, and even the Special Zone hasn't succeeded in cultivating it yet."

After Ye Heng finished speaking, everyone was shocked.

"What? That would mean we now have in our hands a food that even the Special Zone Chief and nobles can't eat?"

"Good heavens, our goddess is too powerful—she even gave us an extinct vegetable."

"Long live the goddess! I'm willing to remain single for life for the goddess."

"Get lost, the goddess doesn't care for that—stop saying such disrespectful things; you must not show even the slightest disrespect to the goddess."

Everyone chatted and laughed, but their gazes remained fixed on the pumpkin.

Ye Heng thought and said: "Let's return to the refuge; this harvest is abundant, and going back we can also bring everyone more hope."

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Lin Meng rested in Clear Pond Town and did not return to Lin Family Village.

Ye Heng's supplies there are temporarily sufficient; hoarding too many vegetables that can't be stored is also wasteful.

Refined rice and flour, these fine grains, as well as big fish and meat, etc., can be supplied gradually.

Giving too much at once, even if Ye Heng can hold his heart, others might still develop ill intentions.

In the apocalypse, what we must guard against most is human hearts.

After resting a day, thinking there was still a backpack of gold and silver jewelry in her space to sell, Lin Meng couldn't sit still and immediately bought a ticket to Yun City.

Just as she had stepped out, someone knocked on the door of the Lin Family's old residence.

Lin Meng saw from the monitor that it was Lin Qianqian and her mother, Wang Shi.

The two women pounded on the door, seeming to want to smash it to pieces.

"Lin Meng, I know you're inside—get out!"

"Lin Meng, your uncle has something to discuss with you; come out and open the door so Aunt can come in."

They made a fuss for a full ten minutes; Lin Meng had already turned off her phone to get some quiet.

Let them make a fuss; this time who knows what nasty thing they're plotting against her.

Maybe they know she spent several thousand in the village buying pumpkins and vegetables, and want to squeeze money out of her.

The uncle's family looks like a big household in the village, but in private they are extremely stingy, greedy at the sight of money.

Especially her uncle, who won't spend a penny; when it comes to supporting grandfather, he spends the least money.

But grandfather spent the most money on the eldest son's family; in the end they don't even acknowledge his kindness, neglecting his posthumous affairs, too lazy to claim his memorial tablet.

Is the Ye family's childhood engagement really that good? For this marriage alliance, they are utterly unfilial.

They don't even look at their own daughter, who lacks virtue and conduct, just shouting all day, scheming against others' daughters, wondering if she has the ability to marry into a wealthy family.

Lin Qianqian and her mother clapped their hands red but still didn't call Lin Meng out; the neighbors pointed and gossiped at them, so they could only grumble and leave.

Not long after, news came back from Lin Jianyang's side.

The old master owed Fifth Lord a full 3.2 million, not a cent less, and he paid it all back!