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 622: Sowing

Chapter 622: Sowing

The recruitment of laborers progressed quickly, and by the end of September, the Qinghe Alliance had completed all recruitment procedures.

One hundred thousand laborers who went abroad to carry out missions, followed by guards and criminals, bid farewell to their relatives and friends, and set foot on a strange land.

The 200,000 laborers who remained in the country were also secretly sent to the mission execution sites in batches.

Facing a brand new field, they were nervous and excited, and worked hard with great enthusiasm.

Zeng Yiming was lucky enough to be selected by a narrow margin.

On the day he left, his great-grandparents hugged him and cried, but they still told their son to work without worrying about them.

Zeng Yiming felt unhappy, but he still boarded the train for a long journey without hesitation.

For the sake of life and the future, he must seize this hard-won opportunity.

Zeng Yangyang was also selected to join the labor team to go abroad to carry out missions.

The whole family was quite happy and proud of it, with no sadness of parting at all.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan did not go out to watch, but watched a lot of live broadcasts online.

Sometimes when they see a group of people gathered together wiping their tears, they are also infected by their emotions and feel a little sad.

The two little babies didn't know why their parents suddenly became silent and could only babble to express something.

It actually caught the couple's attention and pulled them out of their depressed and sad mood.

The weather at the end of September is no longer as hot as it was in summer.

During this time, the days begin to become shorter and the nights longer.

People's available time for activities has obviously increased, but the huge temperature difference between day and night makes many people unwilling to go out late at night unless they have something to do.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan didn't mind, and still attended evening and morning training every night. However, they both wore thicker clothes and added a thin autumn coat under their coats.

Qi Xili's courses are becoming more and more practical, and he teaches a lot of practical survival skills, such as how to tie a knot and how to choose a cave for camping outdoors.

Li Gangtie, after applying to his superiors, successfully formed a women's team, with an instructor named Zhang responsible for teaching fighting skills.

Although most of the female team members were just wasting time, Bi Qiaoan studied very hard. Not only did she fight with Instructor Zhang during training, but she was also often beaten by Shen Yanming when she returned home.

She lost nine times out of ten, and the one time she won was because she cheated and let the other party give in. But even this could not dampen her passion for sparring.

Anyway, after each fight, he could quickly recover by using some spiritual fruit, and the fighting skills gained from it were irreplaceable.

Instructor Zhang found Bi Qiaoan's rapid progress, and while he was satisfied, he also put in more effort. He taught his unique skills to the other party without reservation, hoping that one day, he could teach a female demon.

Ha, some weird ideas indeed.

But it's normal. After all, Instructor Zhang has always ranked behind several instructors in teaching students, so he was brought to teach the female guards and their families.

He was already feeling a little unhappy, so he used this opportunity to vent, and it didn't seem like a big deal.

For the couple, Instructor Zhang’s thoughts are not important, as long as they can learn something.

The weather was getting colder, and Shen Yanming was worried that this year would be like last year, with extremely cold weather. So during the October holiday, he returned to Qingyu Community with his wife, son and daughter.

I plan to plant winter wheat during the holiday.

They wrapped the two babies in thick clothes, put them in safety baskets, and drove home.

Before going back, I called Zhang Heping and Ji Kangyong to confirm that they were both free and made an appointment to work together in the evening.

After passing the access control, the couple parked the car, went to the security room to get their farm tools, and then returned to Building 6 with their two sleepy babies.

After a quick cleanup, Shen Yanming called his two brothers to go to Qingning Mountain.

Bi Qiaoan didn't care about how they farmed and just stayed at home taking care of the two little babies.

She first cleaned the house room by room, put on new sheets and quilt covers, then went to the bathroom to take a shower and went to sleep with her two little babies.

However, I still set the alarm for three in the morning, planning to get up at that time to prepare some food for Shen Yanming and the others.

Women and children always get preferential treatment, like Joan, who can stay at home and sleep, and no one will ask her to come to Green Lemon Mountain to help.

Men have to undertake most of the physical work, just like Shen Yanming. Even if he calls on Zhang Heping and Ji Kangyong for help, he cannot escape the heavy physical labor.

The three men took hoes or rakes to turn the soil, picked out all the straw that was still rooted in the soil and threw it aside.

It’s not that we don’t want to return the land, but it’s a bit late to bury it now.

Moreover, they were laymen who had no idea how much straw to return to the fields, and they had no nitrogen or phosphorus fertilizers.

There is no other way but to dig out these roots, pile them together, and then deal with them at the end.

They worked and chatted in the cool night, and before they knew it, dawn had arrived.

Looking at the mostly leveled land, several people showed satisfied smiles on their faces.

Shen Yanming hid the farm tools in the straw pile at the edge of the field and walked back with his two friends.

On the way, Shen Yanming said, “After we prepare the remaining half of the land tomorrow night, we should be able to plant seeds.”

Zhang Heping put his hands in front of his eyes and cried, "The abscesses on my hands have all burst. Ouch, it hurts!"

Shen Yanming chuckled: "What can we do? Let's apply medicine when we get back."

Zhang Heping shook his head. "No, I'm hungry and want to eat something good."

Shen Yanming ignored him and strode forward.

Ji Kangyong was too lazy to watch him act and followed closely behind.

Seeing that the two brothers ignored him, Zhang Heping stopped howling and ran in small steps, "Hey, hey, wait for me!"

After they returned to Building 6, Shen Yanming took the two of them home directly.

I originally planned to cook some noodle soup for them to fill their stomachs, but as soon as I opened the door, I smelled a fragrant fragrance.

Bi Qiaoan came out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "You're back. Are you hungry?"

Shen Yanming smiled and nodded, “Well, what are you cooking?”

"I cooked a pot of dumpling soup and steamed a basket of buns. If there's anything else you want to eat, I can make it right away."

"It's ok, just fill it up a little, and then have a good meal at noon."

Bi Qiaoan looked at Zhang Heping and Ji Kangyong and asked for their opinions.

Both of them nodded: "Okay, okay, it's already rich enough."

"Then go wash up quickly, and dinner will be ready soon."

They nodded and went into the bathroom.

In order to make room for the two brothers, Shen Yanming went straight into the master bedroom.

He smiled softly as he passed the two babies' cribs before heading into the bathroom.