I Farm and Survive in the Apocalypse

Bi Qiao'an lay weakly in the ice and snow, watching the heavy snow bury her alive. Thinking back to her three years of solitary survival in the apocalypse, her consciousness gradually blurred. ...

Chapter 173 Money Burning

Saturday arrived quickly. Shen Yanming did not go to Qingning Mountain the next day. His reason was simple: he was afraid of getting a tan.

Indeed, the colleagues who ride electric bikes to work every day have started to turn from pink to red under the scorching sun, and are even starting to show signs of turning black.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan, who had little exposure to sunlight, still had a slightly pinkish complexion, which contrasted sharply with the group of people who were either red or dark-skinned.

Others envied their fair skin with a hint of pink, but Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan found it strange. It took them a long time to get used to it and they took good care of their skin. After all, they preferred pink people to black people.

Although both Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan felt that they could restore their fair skin as long as they had energy rain, it was impossible for them to be the only ones among a group of people who had changed color to suddenly regain their fair skin. Besides, who else would dare to take out energy rain and ruin it?

So, it wasn't until the sun went down that Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan took their small baskets to their field. When they arrived, they found that many people hadn't gone back yet, and a group of people were circling around the barbed wire fence.

These people were delighted to see their own barbed wire fences, but there was a small group of people who hadn't signed up for the fences or hadn't been allocated land in Qingning Mountain. They felt a pang of envy looking at the fences, thinking, "They're just wasting money. What's so special about a piece of broken land?"

Bi Qiaoan laughed after hearing this and whispered in Shen Yanming's ear, "How many of the owners in Qingyu Community are short of money? It seems there are always envious people wherever you go."

Shen Yanming shook his head, "They're already envious of just a barbed wire fence. What will they do in the second half of the year? They'll probably just rob us outright!"

When Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan arrived at their own land, they found a large padlock on their barbed wire gate. Bi Qiaoan went up to check and found it was new!

Shen Yanming smiled and pulled Bi Qiaoan aside, "I guess Chen Shunwei helped with it."

The two walked through the crowd and entered the makeshift house. As soon as Chen Shunwei saw the two of them, he quickly took out a set of keys from the drawer and handed them to Shen Yanming.

"I also bought you a lock, the same brand as our security team's. I heard this kind of lock is more secure."

Shen Yanming nodded and put the keys in his pocket. "Thank you for your help these past few days!"

"No, no, it was all just a side thing," Chen Shunwei waved his hand, not daring to take credit.

Shen Yanming took a bag of dried strawberries from Bi Qiaoan's bag and gave it to Chen Shunwei, saying, "The family has produced a lot of strawberries this year. Take these home for the kids to enjoy!"

Chen Shunwei hesitated for a moment when looking at the dried strawberries, then struggled before speaking, "The strawberry seedling you gave me last year died during the dry season. My daughter cried for days. Can I exchange this bag of dried strawberries for a strawberry seedling?"

Shen Yanming laughed and stuffed the dried strawberries into Chen Shunwei's hand. "No need to exchange them. I'll dig up a few for you when we get back. By the way, we also have some fruit seeds. Do you want them?"

"Yes, yes, yes! We haven't had any fruit for the past six months, and we've been craving it for ages. Now that's great, we can grow some fruit in the fields from now on."

Chen Shunwei was surprised by this unexpected gain and nodded happily. After Shen Yanming sent Chen Shunwei a red envelope to pay for the barbed wire and padlock, he left with Bi Qiaoan.

After returning home, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan went into their spatial dimension, dug up two strawberry seedlings, broke off a fig branch, cut two dragon fruit branches, and then took a small paper bag, put in a handful of watermelon seeds, and some hawthorn, apple, and lemon seeds.

Actually, there are many varieties of fruit in the space, but Shen Yanming can't show them off to attract envy. The ones he chose are all common ones, and they are ones he has grown at home and knows well.

Shen Yanming had thought it through clearly. Although it seemed like he wasn't giving Chen Shunwei much, these kinds of plants were all super easy to breed. As long as they were well cared for, it wouldn't be long before the entire security team could have fruit to eat.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan put the fruit branches and seeds for Chen Shunwei into paper bags and then stored them in the storage area.

Then, the two took a nice bath in the mobile villa before leaving the space.

One night of passion, hehehe!

The next morning, Bi Qiaoan was woken up by the phone ringing before she even got out of bed. She groped around with her eyes closed, but she couldn't find her phone.

When Bi Qiaoan opened her eyes, she saw that Shen Yanming was holding a still-ringing phone and looking at her with a smug smile.

Bi Qiaoan glared at Shen Yanming, then answered the call directly and put it on speakerphone.

"Hey, young lady, I'm at the entrance of your residential complex. Could you come out for a moment?" Sister Liu's somewhat guilty voice came through the phone.

Bi Qiaoan pouted unhappily, "Big sister, didn't we agree to deliver the goods after sunset?"

"Um, I have something to do today, so I can't come over this evening. Hey, the sun isn't that strong right now..."

Bi Qiaoan sighed, "I haven't gotten up yet. Big sister, why don't you sit in the security room for a while? I'll change my clothes and then go out."

"Okay, okay, I'll wait for you here!"

After hanging up the phone, Bi Qiaoan collapsed onto the bed. "How can she be so energetic? It's only 7:30. What time does she get up?"

Shen Yanming was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this, because 7:30 was already quite late. Before he got together with Bi Qiaoan, he used to get up at 6:00 every day. It was only after this little devil, who loved to stay in bed and sleep in, came into his life that his biological clock changed.

Yes, the change is that I'll stay in bed with the little devil!

"Alright, now that everyone's here, we can rest easy after bringing the chicks back. Why don't you sleep a little longer, and I'll go find Sister Liu by myself?"

Bi Qiaoan hesitated for a moment, "I've been woken up and can't fall back asleep. I don't want to stay home alone."

Shen Yanming knew this would happen. He carried Bi Qiaoan to the bathroom. After washing his face, Bi Qiaoan pressed Shen Yanming down and applied a layer of ineffective sunscreen.

Shen Yanming looked unhappy, but Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "It's not necessarily useless; we just might not know it yet."

Then, the two went back to the bedroom to change clothes. Without discussing it, they put on short sleeves and long pants, which had become their standard attire for this period of time.

Before going out, Shen Yanming dressed Bi Qiaoan in a long gauze sun protection coat, put a fashionable wide-brimmed sun protection straw hat on her, and also put sunglasses and a veil on her.

Haha, she's really well covered up, the kind of person you wouldn't recognize if she didn't speak!

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan went to the garage and got into their car. Even though it was only a few minutes' drive, they tried to avoid being exposed to sunlight as much as possible.

After leaving the residential area and finding Sister Liu, Bi Qiaoan finally understood why Sister Liu wasn't afraid of getting a tan.

Because she's already dark enough!