Chapter 127 Picking Vegetables

He got caught eating melon seeds (a Chinese idiom for gossiping).

So Ji Zai didn't dare to cause any trouble and could only obediently go to sleep.

I woke up the next day.

Before Ji Zai could even regain his composure, he saw Liang Qiyue slowly getting up. He checked his phone and saw it was 8:30.

She yawned and then greeted the person in the opposite bed, "Good morning, July."

"Good morning." Liang Qiyue had just gotten out of bed and was still feeling dizzy. She thought about going back to sleep, but she couldn't.

The two of them dawdled as they went to brush their teeth and wash their faces.

Then I suddenly became fully awake.

Ji Zai stretched, and then, coincidentally, a few gusts of cold wind blew in her face. She was a little surprised and subconsciously looked out the window.

Because of the humidity these days.

A hint of green has sprouted from the scorched ground.

They look exceptionally endearing.

Ji Zai noticed something, "July, is it getting colder? Although it's not as bitterly cold as winter, we need to wear a coat."

Liang Qiyue shook her head to stay awake, then tested the temperature with her body temperature and nodded affirmatively, "That's right, the weather has cooled down, and there's no more of that annoying stuffy heat. It feels like a crisp autumn day."

"Old Ji, we need to apply skincare products, otherwise our faces will look like snowflakes."

After Liang Qiyue finished speaking, she took out two lipsticks from the drawer.

One was given to Ji Zai, and the other was kept for himself.

She said, "The temperature should be around ten degrees Celsius now. I'll apply some lip balm, otherwise my lips will get chapped. I'll apply moisturizer when I go out later."

Ji Zai was forced to take a lipstick. She accepted it and then, just like Liang Qiyue, applied it to her lips. She then took out skincare products and applied them to her face and hands to make sure that there would be no smudges.

She wiped and rubbed it, then waited a few seconds, but it still felt sticky. "July, this stuff is so sticky."

"His brand does stick, but it's the most effective."

Liang Qiyue also noticed it, but couldn't resist how good it was, "and this stuff is really expensive, a bottle costs six figures, and the lipstick costs five figures."

Hearing this, Ji Zai stared wide-eyed at the two ordinary-looking bottles. "Wait, they're so expensive! Are they studded with diamonds?! July, you're a rich woman!"

"I am a rich woman." Liang Qiyue admitted without the slightest hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Ji Zai immediately jumped up, staring at the face he had seen many times before, and relentlessly accused, "You actually admitted it. Before the apocalypse, when I asked you if you were a rich second generation, you raised your hands and feet to deny it, and you almost made a solemn oath. Now that the apocalypse has come, you don't even bother to hide it anymore."

"July, am I some kind of heinous person that you treat me like a dog?"

"To pretend to be an ordinary person, he even took that crowded high-speed train! Not a first-class ticket, but a second-class ticket!"

When Ji Zao mentioned this, he found it incredible.

How did Liang Qiyue manage to hold it in for so long?

A wealthy heiress goes to the countryside to experience rural life.

Even TV dramas wouldn't dare to portray it like this.

Upon hearing this, Liang Qiyue immediately became serious. "Old Ji, I had no choice! You know, there are many people who resent the rich these days. If I were to walk around in front of people like this, I would become the subject of public discussion like Qin Guanlan. I don't want to be that kind of person, so I've kept a low profile."

Ji Zai looked at the cosmetics and saw that they were taken out of a very large cardboard box, a box that was originally used to store instant noodles.

That's right.

This unassuming box could easily contain a bottle of moisturizing cream worth hundreds of thousands of yuan.

Ji Zai was shocked by the outrageously extravagant behavior of his roommate, whom he had wronged.

But as the one who benefited, she dared not speak, only silently accepting the gifts, and tearfully smearing the luxury items on her face.

He recalled his enormous debt.

She felt heartbroken.

Ji Zai sighed deeply at his poverty, "Where's the cook?"

Speak of the devil and he appears.

There was a knock on the door.

Ji Zai lazily went to open the door, where the chef was already full.

She said cautiously, "Yang Le and Qing Shuang went to cook porridge, so I'll cook today."

Ji Zai didn't mind, nodded, and let the person in.

She had already washed and dressed.

Liang Qiyue was still in her pajamas when she saw Ji Zai's attire. She asked curiously, "Old Ji, are you planning to go out later?"

"Yes, I need to go and give some guidance on the farming process in the back mountain. I acquired a group of black slaves yesterday, and I'm about to take them to the fields to farm."

Ji Zai replied with a sentence.

He thought of the grain in his warehouse.

Holding on for a while longer shouldn't be a problem.

The most important thing now is to hurry up and plant vegetables, otherwise plain rice will never taste good.

Fortunately, Yang Le led the temporary workers to collect the seasonings.

There are all sorts of ways to eat rice, so it's even.

Manman made crispy rice crusts today and served them with rice porridge.

We can begin.

Ji Zai nodded and then sat down. Because the dormitory space was limited, she and Liang Qiyue specially dismantled a board, laid it horizontally, and straddled two tables. They cooked and ate on that board.

I must say, life may have been tough, but it tasted really good.

These crispy rice crusts are so crunchy!

Liang Qiyue squinted, enjoying her meal.

Ji Zai thought for a moment, "By the way, I think the vegetables downstairs are almost ripe, right?"

"That's right, Alliance Leader."

Thinking about the vegetables, she said, "Water spinach is the most grown, and it can be harvested now. So is bok choy. These two are currently the highest-yielding and can be harvested repeatedly."

"Then there's spinach. We planted about five square meters of it. It has large leaves and can be harvested repeatedly, making it the most economical vegetable."

"These scallions grow very fast, so there are a lot of them now."

"Sweet potato leaves and wood ear fungus can also be harvested."

"Except for the potatoes in front of Building 5, which still need to grow, the rest are fine."

These are the vegetables grown in their dormitory building.

Ji Zai thought for a moment and asked, "Isn't there also snake gourd?"

She remembered that snake gourd seeds were also planted, but along the edges of the vegetable garden, almost every edge of the lawn was planted.

The lawns in the girls' area have now been converted into vegetable gardens.

There are now four vegetable plots in total.

Apart from water spinach, they planted an entire vegetable garden.

The rest are all divided into different species.

Vegetables that are high-yielding, easy to grow, and have a short growth cycle.

Several vegetables have sprouted and are ready to eat, but why haven't I heard about snake gourd?

Manman said, "The growth cycle of snake gourd is 120-150 days. It has only sprouted now, and it is far from the time to harvest. However, snake gourd has a high yield. Once it can be harvested, it can meet the vegetable needs of the entire dormitory building."

Upon hearing this, Liang Qiyue's eyes lit up. "That's amazing! I'll go to the back mountain later and plant some vegetables, specifically these snake gourds."

After finishing breakfast.

Ji Zai and Liang Qiyue parted ways.

Liang Qiyue rushed to the back mountain as if she were flying.

Ji Zai was downstairs, and two temporary workers were left downstairs to take care of the seedlings.

They called out when they saw her arrive.

Tian Mimi returned just then and greeted Ji Zai, "Greetings, Alliance Leader."

Ji Zai nodded. "Can we harvest these vegetables now?"

"That's fine. These seedlings are very small and there aren't many of them, but once this batch is harvested, the next batch of seedlings will grow very plump."

Tian Mimi's mouth watered at the thought of the delicious-looking vegetables.

When the apocalypse came, she was very grateful that she was an agricultural student and could grow food by her own hands.

She felt very happy when her seedlings sprouted.

Seeing her happy expression, Ji Zai chuckled and said, "Then pick them. Bring a bucket to pick them."