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 157 Sky-high Price

Chapter 157 Sky-high Price

Finally, it was Saturday. After waking up, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan had a simple meal and went to the back of Green Lemon Mountain.

In the field, the sweet potato seedlings were growing vigorously, and the corn seedlings had grown more than a foot tall. The overgrown weeds and more than half of the casualties that Shen Yanming had imagined did not happen at all.

They walked around for a long time but didn't find anything that needed to be cleaned up. They looked at Zhang Heping and his people's land next to them and saw that it was also very well cleaned up.

Shen Yanming called Zhang Heping, but before the call was connected he saw Chen Shunwei coming over.

"Why are you here today?" Chen Shunwei greeted Shen Yanming with a smile.

"I have been working in Hucheng County for some time. When I finished the task there, I came back to rest and forgot about this place.

I finally came to take a look at them on the weekend, but I didn’t expect them to be so well grown. I don’t know which kindhearted person helped to clean them up.” Shen Yanming explained with a smile.

Chen Shunwei touched his short hair, looking a little uncomfortable. "Wang Lai and I helped you clean up your land. We knew you were busy at work and didn't have much time. We stayed in Qingning Mountain all day and had nothing to do."

Chen Shunwei felt that what he said sounded a bit like seeking credit, but he was not the kind of person who would just keep quiet. He was too embarrassed to say that he had clearly helped and done the work.

Shen Yanming didn't act pretentiously. He smiled and thanked Chen Shunwei. He also said that if there was any work in the fields in the future, he could just give him a call. If he had time, he would come and do it. If he really didn't have time, he would ask his brothers to help first.

Chen Shunwei nodded to indicate that he understood, and Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan went home first.

On the way, Shen Yanming also received a call from Zhang Heping.

"Old Shen, is there something you want to talk about?"

"I went to the fields today and saw that the sweet potatoes and corn were growing well. I wanted to ask if you had weeded them or anything."

"Oh my god, I've been so busy with work lately that I forgot about it. From what you said, it seems that the snail girl helped with the work in the field?"

"Well, Chen Shunwei and Wang Lai are the legendary snail girls."

"Okay, I'll treat them to a meal when I'm done. By the way, how's Qiao An?"

Shen Yanming glanced at Qiao An beside him, "He's in good spirits, but he still doesn't sleep well at night and is often woken up by pain."

"Just hold on a little longer, and you'll be well in about a month. I tell you, young people have good bodies and recover quickly, while older people need more than half a year to recover."

After hearing what Zhang Heping said, Bi Qiaoan puffed up his cheeks and looked unhappy.

Shen Yanming smiled and pulled Bi Qiaoan forward, saying, "Is there any way to recover faster?"

Zhang Heping curled his lips on the other end of the phone, "You thought it was a miracle drug and you wanted to recover quickly. I tell you, one month is already fast."

"Okay, okay, I'll hang up first."

"Well, you can go home and have fun, leaving me alone in the hospital with those disgusting bugs."

With just one sentence, Shen Yanming could sense Zhang Heping's resentment, and when he returned home, he discovered that the Internet was flooded with pest control videos.

Shen Yanming didn't click to take a closer look, and went straight into the space with Bi Qiaoan.

It had been a long time since they had collected the fruits and vegetables, so the two of them collected the fruits and grains in the space and put them into the storage area. They also collected the persimmon cakes and coffee beans that were drying in the mobile villa.

After thinking about it, he went to the grassland to collect the chicken and duck eggs, and then went to the fish pond to catch a lot of fish. He went to the foot of the mountain to catch some chickens, ducks, cows, pigs and sheep. He killed them with his mind and put them into the storage area.

After finishing the work, the two played with the big goose for a while before leaving the space.

During the weekend, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan ate and slept at home, and on Tuesday, the vote initiated by Tianqing and the Alliance also had a result.

The end result is that only 3% of the people are willing to donate energy rainwater for a fee.

The Qinghe Alliance directly launched a second vote, asking netizens who chose option B what they would like to exchange the energy rain for.

There are many options, including gold, jewelry, oil, coal, wool, fur, chocolate, red wine and so on.

Energy rainwater is in short supply, and while helping others, the Qinghe Alliance must also strive to obtain the greatest benefits for its own people.

As for how foreign countries distribute the special medicines after obtaining them, that is the business of each government. In any case, Qinghua does not have the ability to treat all the infected people.

After Shen Yanming asked Bi Qiaoan, he checked the jewelry option. They thought most people would choose chocolate, fur and the like, but who would have thought that gold and jewelry would become the most popular options in the end.

Faced with such a result, Shen Yanming just wanted to pry open everyone's heads and see, don't you know that high-energy materials such as chocolate are the most scarce in the apocalypse? It's really the Qinghe Alliance that has spoiled them and they don't know the sufferings of the world.

Well, the Qinghe Alliance did not expect the final result to be like this, but they respect the choice of all citizens.

On the weekend afternoon, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan drove to Haishi Qinghe Guard again and handed over 2L of energy rainwater to the staff.

They were received by the staff who handled their business last time, and they still remembered Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan.

After the young lady completed the formalities for them, she smiled and said, "The bottle of energy rainwater you sent earlier has passed the test. The Qinghe Alliance will issue 100 contribution points to each of you. Since you are here, just enter the points into your account."

The two followed the steps taught by the young lady, turned on the smart bracelets on their wrists, and then connected them to the main brain of the guard team. After verifying the information, they entered it into their personal accounts.

"Miss, if you don't come to the Guard, can you receive this contribution point?"

"No, this requires permission. Contribution points can be said to be the highest level of personal account information."

Bi Qiaoan nodded, "Then did the energy rain contribute anything this time?"

The young lady burst out laughing and said, "No, because this time the energy rain will be exchanged for special medicine and sent abroad, so it will be used to exchange materials with other countries.

After you go home, click on the link in the pinned Weibo post on the Qinghe Alliance official account, fill in your personal information and the rewards you want, and after a while, the Qinghe Alliance will mail what you want to you.

But my dear, I want to remind you that in the future, don’t take out the energy rain water anymore, save some for yourself.”

Bi Qiaoan nodded, thanked the young lady, and then left with Shen Yanming.

On the way, Shen Yanming said that the country had obtained a sky-high price of one million Qinghua coins for each special medicine.

However, since the research institute needs researchers to prepare special medicines, and the Qinghe Guard needs to send planes to transport the special medicines, half of the profits will be given to the research institute and the Qinghe Alliance Guard.

In other words, every 250ml of energy rainwater contributed by citizens can be exchanged for jewelry, furs, or chocolates worth 500,000 Qinghua coins...