Chapter 125: Vegetables

Chapter 125: Vegetables

Tang Jing's words inspired everyone to some extent, but even the usually knowledgeable academic committee couldn't make sense of the current situation.

To seek the truth, Chen Mu opened the top of the wooden box and had Wei Dalei pour out its contents.

As expected.

It was indeed a whole box of potatoes.

Although they couldn't determine the source of these potatoes for the time being, having so much food, especially food proportionate to their current size, was undoubtedly a delightful thing.

Of course, until they figured things out, no one dared to eat these potatoes recklessly.

"Let's open the other boxes too."

36 wooden boxes sprawled on the ground, forming a considerable heap, resembling a maze.

Chen Mu then walked to the nearest box and repeated the process.

Upon opening it, they found another box of potatoes.

Could it be that they were all potatoes?

The first box brought surprise, the second box brought joy, but if all 36 boxes turned out to be potatoes, there would be some disappointment.

However, when they opened the third box, something different happened.

"It's rice!"

Chen Mu reached in and scooped out a handful, allowing the grains to slip through his fingers and palm.

Everyone could see clearly that they were indeed crystal-clear grains of rice.

And just like the potatoes, they had shrunk to a size that matched the current size of humans.

So, it seemed that all these boxes contained food?

The first two boxes of potatoes were poured out for confirmation, but after the third one, they were afraid that it would be hard to clean up if scattered on the ground, so they didn't do it again.

Chen Mu continued to open the boxes.

The fourth box contained carrots.

The fifth box, green bell peppers.

The sixth box, carrots again.

The seventh box, tomatoes.

...

It wasn't until all thirty-six wooden boxes were opened that everyone finally let out a long sigh of relief.

This was indeed quite physically demanding work.

Though only two boxes were emptied completely, it was apparent that all the boxes contained food.

Zhao Xiaoyan and Du Jiajia kept track of the counts.

In the end, the inventory of goods was as follows:

Rice, 12 boxes;

Potatoes, 8 boxes;

Although they had become a bit tired of them before, they didn't really mind. However, now that they saw so much variety of food beside them, everyone felt a bit hard to swallow.

In general, their mentality was a bit shaken.

But there was nothing they could do; no one dared to eat those things.

Initially, Qiming had a large oval wooden table made by Chen Mu, which served as both a dining table and a meeting table.

However, as the number of people increased, it could no longer accommodate everyone.

Therefore, Dong Junwei decided to keep the twelve-person conference table and added three more dining tables, each capable of seating four people.

The dining table's specifications were similar to those in the school cafeteria.

It was the type where the table and chairs were connected together.

With sixteen people, during regular meal times, they could sit at four tables. But now, although the two from Yizhong couldn't possibly join the table, the girl in the cage was likely from Zhiwei High School and might become their companion.

While Du Jiajia was preparing dinner, Chen Mu added another set of four-person tables and chairs.

During dinner.

Seating was random.

And precisely because there were no fixed seats, where people chose to sit during meals revealed certain things.

Initially, Lu Shanshan and the other three newcomers always sat together.

The four of them, Dong Junwei, Tang Jing, Chen Mu, and He Ying, often sat together because they were used to discussing matters during meals.

However, after a few times, Dong Junwei felt that this arrangement hindered everyone from integrating into the group and might even lead to the formation of small cliques. So, she took the initiative to disrupt the seating arrangement, making sure that everyone changed seats every day.

For tonight's dinner, Chen Mu sat with Tang Jing, Lu Shanshan, and Xue Xu.

Since the seating arrangement was disrupted, Xue Xu naturally became the least popular person during meals. People's minds would associate his abilities with unfavorable aspects, which affected their appetites.

But they couldn't let him eat alone every time; that would clearly go against Qiming's principles.

Therefore, Dong Junwei and Chen Mu would take the lead and take turns sitting with him.

"What about the two from Yizhong for dinner?" Chen Mu picked up a pancake from his plate with both hands, opened his mouth wide, and took a big bite.

Regarding the matter of interrogating the prisoners, Tang Jing seemed to have some ideas, and since that was the case, Chen Mu didn't want to interfere.

"According to our standards, let's prepare a meal for each of them too," Tang Jing's eating manners were much more refined, and she looked quite compassionate when she said this.

"I thought you might just toss them two tomatoes and test whether these foods are edible or not."

"Do I look like the kind of person who conducts human experiments?" Tang Jing pouted, looking a bit dissatisfied.

Chen Mu, Lu Shanshan, and Xue Xu exchanged glances.

Then they all nodded together.

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