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 175 Placement

Chapter 175 Placement

After Shen Yanming assembled the chicken coop, Bi Qiaoan opened the lid of the small bamboo basket and put each furry chicken into the coop.

The chicks are so small and can't lay eggs, so it's not impossible to let them roam freely. However, the gaps in the wire mesh surrounding the farmland are quite large. Bi Qiaoan thought that if the chicks were allowed to roam freely, they might disappear in two days.

It is better to wait until they grow bigger and the barbed wire can trap them before letting them wander around in the fields.

After putting all the chicks into the cages, Bi Qiaoan took out the key from his bag and opened the door.

Shen Yanming went in and took a look around, then carried the extra-large chicken coop to the junction of his sweet potato field and corn field and placed it there.

In this way, when the little chicks want to bask in the sun, they go to the sweet potato field, and when they don’t want to bask in the sun, they hide in the shadow of the corn.

After settling down, Shen Yanming took out a bottle of water from Bi Qiaoan's bag and poured it into the drinking trough, then took out a bag of millet from his bag and poured it into the food trough.

That’s why no one followed the two of them after they entered the field, otherwise Shen Yanming wouldn’t have dared to feed millet to the chickens.

However, the location chosen by Shen Yanming was quite good. It was covered by corn stalks and far away from the surroundings. Looking in from outside the wire mesh, it should be impossible to see what was in the trough.

And to be on the safe side, Shen Yanming also went to the field to pick a handful of sweet potato leaves, tore them into pieces and sprinkled them on the millet. From a distance, it looked like he was feeding the chicks grass.

After doing all this, it was already getting dark, and Bi Qiaoan quickly took out his cell phone and started taking pictures of his chicks.

After the filming was completed, Bi Qiaoan uploaded the video to Weibo and then ignored it.

Before leaving the farmland, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan picked a basket of tender sweet potato leaves. Those who were watching the fun and those who were originally working in the farmland were confused again after seeing what the two did.

Bi Qiaoan smiled and told everyone about the benefits of sweet potato leaves to the body, and encouraged everyone to pick the tender leaves, dry them, and use them as vegetables in winter.

When the two left, Bi Qiaoan saw a few old ladies running into the fields to pick sweet potato leaves. "It seems that someone listened to it."

"Of course. After experiencing global rain and global drought, if we don't learn to be more careful, it will be a question whether we can survive the apocalypse."

Bi Qiaoan sighed, "We'll have to come here every day from now on. It's so troublesome to feed the chickens!"

But Shen Yanming laughed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We have to find a source of food for our family. Besides, it's just like that when we have a soft-hearted fairy at home. We can also be considered as making a contribution to Qinghua Country."

"Let Ji Kangyong and Zhang Heping come to feed the chickens as well." Bi Qiaoan suggested.

"Okay, I'll arrange it when I get back!"

Bi Qiaoan just said that, but who would have thought that Shen Yanming would really make the arrangements. However, Zhang Heping was excluded by the two of them. After all, doctors often have to work night shifts, so there is no need to bother him.

They agreed that Shen Yanming and Ji Kangyong would each take one day to feed the chickens and clean up their excrement, and when the hens laid eggs in the future, the eggs would be divided equally among the three families.

Although Zhang Heping, Ji Kangyong and Li Zhaozhao had stored enough supplies before the end of the world, they did not buy much meat and eggs. After all, the shelf life of these things was too short. They could only buy some vacuum-packed braised meat and eggs, and they were very careful to avoid air leakage.

Therefore, the three of them had not eaten scrambled eggs for a long time. Zhang Heping and Ji Kangyong attached great importance to the chicks in the field. Even though Shen Yanming asked Zhang Heping to work hard, he still ran to the field whenever he had time, feeding them water and vegetables, and even went straight to dig for earthworms in the soil.

Li Zhaozhao's land is not here, but after being reminded by Shen Yanming, he also raised chickens and ducks in the backyard of his villa. His daughter Wanwan even asked Li Zhaozhao to buy two piglets and raise them in the backyard of the villa.

Although Li Zhaozhao was very disgusted with his villa being turned into a pigsty, he would go to the backyard for a walk as soon as he got home from get off work every day to see if Xiao Feifei had grown a little.

After Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan returned home, they first went to the space to take a hot bath, and then came out of the space and collapsed on the sofa to watch TV.

Bi Qiaoan was holding a bowl of ice jelly filled with fruits and nuts, and while eating, she said, "Hubby, I suspect that I became so dark in my previous life because of this toxic sun."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yanming almost spit out the ice powder in his mouth, "Whoever gets tanned is tanned by the sun!"

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that in my previous life, I always thought that my paws were tanned black because I worked in the fields every day and was exposed to too much sun.

But when I saw Sister Liu today, I suddenly felt that it might not be because of too much sun exposure, but simply because of too much sun exposure.”

Shen Yanming was thoughtful after listening, and Bi Qiaoan continued: “I don’t know what it’s like abroad, but in the past life, most people in Qinghua Country had super dark skin.

I think that maybe it’s because everyone has been showered with energy in this life, so the change in skin color is not that obvious.”

Shen Yanming nodded, "It's very likely. I didn't go out much during this period of time in Europe in my previous life, so my skin just turned bronze. I thought about it, and it's true that many people get tanned, and they never turn white again."

Bi Qiaoan put down the bowl in her hand and looked at Shen Yanming with sparkling eyes, "Hubby, come on, let's go online and see if those people abroad have changed."

Shen Yanming laughed and shook his head, and still found a lot of Weibo accounts of foreign netizens for Bi Qiaoan. As expected, most of them turned into little black people. Compared with them, the skin color of the people of Qinghua Country can be described as beautiful!

The two laughed and joked for a while and then went to rest. They had to go to work tomorrow and couldn't sleep too late today.

The next day, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan were surrounded as soon as they arrived at the office.

Ever since Yu Shui exposed her Weibo account last time, most people in the office have been following Cha Cha Li.

After seeing the video posted by Cha Cha Li last night, they were instantly attracted by the chicks, so everyone came to the office early today, waiting to ask the couple where they got the chicks and how they raised them.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan did not hide it and gave Sister Liu's phone number to their colleagues.

However, Shen Yanming also reminded, "The security guards and residents in our community all know this phone number. I guess Sister Liu's hatching speed won't be able to keep up. Everyone can mobilize their own connections to see if they can find other ways to buy these animal cubs."

Yu Shui immediately thought of the Qinglishan Breeding Farm, but it was a bit far away, and it didn't seem worth the trip just for a few cubs.

While they were discussing, Zhu Shiliang also came in. He did not ask Xiao Jizai, but asked Shen Yanming where the barbed wire was customized.