Farming for Survival in the Apocalypse

Bi Qiao’an lay motionless in the icy snow, watching helplessly as the falling flakes slowly buried her. As her consciousness faded, her mind drifted back to the three arduous years she had spent ...

Chapter 1005: It’s Easy to Find

Chapter 1005: It’s Easy to Find

An An smiled, and Nuan Nuan also came over and said, "Thank you, Mom. When the cotton is planted, my brother and I will help pick it."

Bi Qiaoan smiled and wondered why she hadn't prepared a cotton picking machine, otherwise she wouldn't have to pick it by hand. But hand-picked cotton was of better quality, so she just thought of it as a way to kill time.

The three of them were busy until almost noon. Bi Qiaoan went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for the two babies, while An An Nuan Nuan ate fruit while lying on the soft cotton with a satisfied smile on her face.

"Brother, new cotton is still warmer."

"Yeah, it's just too clingy. Look at your hair and clothes, there's lint all over them."

"It's okay, I'll just wash it in a while, mom won't scold me."

An An looked towards the mobile home and whispered into Nuan Nuan's ear: "Mom is also covered in cotton wool."

Nuan Nuan nodded and looked at him with emotion: "It turns out that farm work is so tiring, why don't I have any impression of it?"

"That's because we were young, so most of the work was done by our parents. I still remember that when we went to the mountains, we mostly just played. And because our parents had space, they rarely worked too hard. Compared to other families, we enjoyed a life of luxury."

Nuan Nuan was silent for a while, then she stood up and said to An An, "Brother, I have decided that I want to grow my own food."

An An: "...Sister, can we stop thinking about things one by one?"

Nuan Nuan: "I want to put it into practice. Practice is the source of knowledge, the driving force of knowledge development, and the only criterion for testing truth."

An An: "...Okay then, I'll accompany you."

After saying that, he ran back to the mobile home and told Bi Qiaoan his idea.

Bi Qiaoan smiled and let them do it themselves. He found a bag of grain seeds from the house and gave them to them: "You can plant them, but be careful not to hurt yourself."

"I got it, Mom!" After thanking them, the two babies ran away.

I found a piece of land near the grassland, used a small hoe to dig out the weeds on the ground, scattered seeds, and covered it with soil.

He took a small bucket to the river to fetch water, and poured it on the ground. A big hole was created and the seeds were washed out.

The two treasures quickly buried the seeds in the mud and looked at the results of their labor. They felt that it was very difficult. Although the soil in the space was soft and not very laborious, they still felt that it was not so easy to plant several acres.

The two treasures came back covered in dust, and Bi Qiaoan asked with a smile: "Have you finished planting?"

Nuan Nuan pouted and asked aggrievedly, "Mom, do you know that we can't grow crops well? Are you waiting here to see us make a fool of ourselves?"

Bi Qiaoan shook her head, firmly refusing to admit it, and said earnestly: "I am very pleased that you are willing to try. I didn't know how to farm before, but I tried it because of the changes on the planet. I also learned it step by step."

"Then can you teach us? I'm afraid the plants my sister and I planted won't survive." An An said.

Bi Qiaoan pointed at their cat-like faces and said, "Go wash up first, and we'll talk after dinner."

An An Nuan Nuan obediently washed her hands and face, and after washing, she returned to her fair and tender appearance as a young girl.

Bi Qiaoan didn't waste any time and took the two children to the table to eat. After eating, he went back to the study and took out a book called "Agricultural Encyclopedia" and let the two children learn it by themselves.

"Oh, by the way, I also downloaded a lot of videos about agriculture. If you are interested, you can go and watch them."

An An nodded, tilted her head and asked unconsciously: "Mom, why did you stock up these things in advance?"

Bi Qiaoan's eyes sparkled, and she smiled and said, "The world ended when mom was pregnant with you. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to see these things in the future, so I downloaded them and saved them."

"Oh, I thought you were reborn!"

Bi Qiaoan: "Why do you think so?"

"It's just like the routine in novels. People who are reborn in the end times will prepare in advance, and those who travel through time will most likely have cheat codes. Mom, are you and Dad reborn, or are you traveling through time?"

Bi Qiaoan felt upset and regretted showing An An all those messy things.

She rubbed An An's head hard and said, "What are you thinking about? Do you think your father and mother look alike?"

An An thought that it was true, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. Nuan Nuan came over and pulled his sleeve, asking him to stop asking.

She could feel her mother's aura change, as if it was shrouded in a layer of sadness.

Bi Qiaoan cleaned up the living room and kitchen, said goodbye to the two treasures, and went to the storage area.

After everyone left, Nuan Nuan looked at An An and asked, "Brother, what do you mean by asking those questions?"

An An was a little confused, and shook her head and said, "It doesn't mean anything, I just said it casually."

He widened his eyes, looking incredulous: "Could it be that our parents are really..."

Nuan Nuan rubbed her brows and said with a headache: "I don't know, but I know that mom doesn't like to talk about these things. Brother, our life today is all given by our parents. For some things, you have to learn to pretend to be confused."

"Sister, I really didn't mean to dig into my parents' secrets. I just read some novels and suddenly had the idea to ask."

"I know, but please be careful not to mention it again in the future."

"Well, Mom must be angry. Do you think I should go and apologize?"

"Goodbye, Mom must have gone to chat with Dad, you should give them some alone time."

"Then I'll apologize when mom comes back."

An An was worried and couldn't even read. Not wanting to waste time, she got up, took the rag and mop, and prepared to clean.

Nuannuan came over to help when she saw this, hoping that the brand new mobile villa would make her mother feel better.

In fact, Bi Qiaoan recovered quickly after leaving the planting area.

Some things don't disappear just because you deny them. A family of four living together has so many clues that they will be exposed sooner or later. Even if someone else were to take over, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to hide it.

She went to the storage area now, firstly because she was curious about what Shen Yanming was doing, and secondly, she wanted to ask him if he would come back for lunch.

As soon as I passed through the transparent light curtain, I found that the corn cobs I picked in the morning had been picked up. Even the residue on the ground had been cleaned up.

Bi Qiaoan sat on the Bird's Nest hanging chair and looked out with his consciousness. He saw everyone gathered in the conference room, each holding a lunch box and eating happily.

"Honey, have you eaten?" Shen Yanming asked consciously.

Bi Qiaoan nodded: "What are your plans?"

"The technical department came to check this morning, but didn't find any useful traces. Officer Wen said he would rather believe it and send people out to look for it, but my drawing was too abstract, and they couldn't guess it was Yunling Mountain for a long time. Officer Wen planned to split up the troops and explore the nearby mountains."

"So which way are you going to follow?"

"Yunling Mountain, I'm afraid they won't be able to find it even if they go there." Shen Yanming frowned: "Is my painting really that abstract?"

Bi Qiaoan could hardly hold back the smile on his face: "From the shape of the mountain alone, you can't tell which mountain it is. But after confirming that it is Yunling Mountain, the caves are easy to find."