Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 358: Salt for Watermelon

Chapter 358: Chapter 358: Salt for Watermelon

The village, like other places, had most of its able-bodied adults conscripted, leaving mostly the elderly and children.

At noon, when the sun was at its fiercest, other families’ children would have gone home for lunch, but she, alone and without grandchildren to look after, settled for eating some rotten melons.

The old woman then simply invited a few children to join her in the melon field to share the melon feast.

"These can’t be kept; not eating them would be a waste. See which ones you can eat, and then go ahead."

The old lady waved them over to sit.

"This doesn’t seem right, after all, you worked hard to grow these melons." Bai Sasa politely refused, remembering that the old woman had initially told everyone not to pick any because the melons were not ripe.

She was now inviting them to see if there was anything edible.

Bai Sasa was unsure whether the old woman wanted them to eat the melons or not, so she simply chose not to eat.

The old woman explained eagerly, "As you can see, my melon field is a mess. I thought you were bandits coming back to ravage again, which is why I begged for mercy. Actually, these melons were stomped and kicked open by the bandits. They won’t last much longer. If you don’t mind, you can have some."

Upon hearing this, Bai Junjun was the first to walk in. She quietly knelt beside the old granny and observed the trampled melons.

The original host often ate watermelons as a privilege of being the legitimate eldest daughter; Bai Sasa and the others could only have a slice or two, whereas she could enjoy a whole large watermelon all to herself in the cold cellar.

But those were the original host’s privileges; where had she herself seen a watermelon since The Apocalypse?

Now that she had the chance, Bai Junjun started to observe them carefully.

She saw vines creeping on the ground, hiding small round green melons among the vines and green leaves, playing hide-and-seek.

Their skins showed patterns of dark and light green. The split watermelons were pale pink or deep pink, the larger ones had a deeper red flesh.

The old granny held a deep red watermelon in her hands.

However, this watermelon had split open several days ago and was now dark red, almost black, and most likely much of it was spoiled. Beside it, there were twenty or thirty similar watermelons, all medium-sized and cracked.

At that moment, the fragrance of watermelon wafted from these cracked melons.

Bai Junjun looked at the melons and asked, "Can they be made into jam?"

Bai Junjun was, of course, asking Li Wenli.

Li Wenli scratched his head. In his one hundred and eight cookbooks, there indeed were methods for making jam.

But these melons belonged to the old woman; he had no right to process them.

The old woman looked at them puzzled, "What is jam?"

"Jam is a way to process melon flesh that allows you to preserve your watermelon for a longer time. You could also sell it at the market and should be able to make some money," they explained.

The old lady listened in amazement. "I’ve been growing melons here for many years and have never heard of jam, nor have I ever eaten it," she said.

Bai Junjun thought that apart from jam, juice mixed with ice and milk would also taste fantastic.

Unfortunately, those had become extinct upon the arrival of The Apocalypse, and she had never tried them.

How about trying to make it herself? With this thought, Bai Junjun spoke again.

"Grandma, since your things have gone bad anyway and it’s a pity to waste them, how about we make jam? If you don’t mind, I can trade it for some salt."

In this world, besides money, bartering was also an option, and salt was one of the solid tradable

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