Chapter 195 Surrounding Farms

The weeds around our farm have been basically cleared away, and the RV can move smoothly.

As they slowly drove out of the area, the weeds grew back to chest height. Even with the tow-clearance function turned on, it was still difficult to drive the RV, and the leaves slid across the car body, which made Xia Yan feel very distressed.

"It would be great if I could get an off-road vehicle so I could drive it as I please without having to worry about it at all." She half leaned against the car window, her heart aching when her eyes fell on the serrated leaves.

No wonder I saw so many thin lines on Zhicang’s arm last time, it turned out that he was cut.

Thinking about it this way, she felt a little sorry for her employees getting injured, as these were all her assets.

After driving along the grass road for more than ten minutes, another huge farm appeared in front of us.

He drove straight in through the broken wooden door and stopped at a place on the road where there was no grass covered.

"Boss, this is it. I'll go down and take a look first." Zhikang jumped out of the car and knocked the grass leaves with a long stick to drive away the insects inside.

Xia Yan asked his employees to go down and help, and then he jumped out of the car himself.

A half-built house stood in a sea of green grass. After being eroded by rain and wind for a long time, the wood had rotted away. The door was wide open, revealing the empty and twisted corridor inside. It had become a dangerous building.

She withdrew her gaze and found Zhigang digging wild vegetables in the grass.

Xia Yan opened the packaging bag and put it aside, half squatting and pulling out the carrots.

"There are a lot of radishes here. If you walk further in, you will find ball lettuce. However, they are full of holes caused by insects and cannot be eaten." Zhichang briefly introduced the vegetables grown in this farm and did not expect the boss to dig up many vegetables.

The group of people were busy with their own work and were working hard.

Fortunately, I brought a sack with me when I came out, and I dug out a lot of potatoes, carrots, etc.

After three days of learning about the varieties, he can now identify many edible vegetables after mutation.

"Boss, don't move. There is a Jerusalem artichoke under your feet." He suddenly shouted to stop Xia Yan who was retreating, walked over seriously, held the leaf and tried to distinguish it, and finally used a shovel as a sharp weapon.

We'll know if it's true or not after we dig it out and take a look.

Xia Yan stepped behind him, dug out a lump of black mud with a shovel, and then dug up the soil and felt out the strange-shaped fruits inside.

He put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then nodded after confirming it again and again. "Yes, it's Jerusalem artichoke. It can be made into pickled mustard greens. It's sour, sweet, crisp and delicious."

When Xia Yan heard that it was edible, she waved her shovel and started digging. It didn't matter if she couldn't eat it, she could sell it in the store! These points were all waving at her!

The two men waved their weapons so hard that smoke billowed, and the Jerusalem artichokes in the sack grew in volume.

"That's about it, let's go check out other farms." Xia Yan pounded his aching back, looked around, and found that there were no other varieties, so he decided to set off.

There were several tall fruit trees in the next farm. Xia Yan left the task of digging wild vegetables to the employees, picked up the packaging bag and slowly approached the fruit trees.

The fruit trees are full of brown-red fruits. The palm-sized fruits are covered with small eyes and look a bit like sugar apples and lychees.

There was a layer of ripe fruit on the ground, and the cracked flesh was crawling with fat black ants.

Xia Yan walked around the ant colony and went straight to the bottom of the tree. The branches were bent by the numerous fruits, and she could easily pick the fruits with her hands. After carefully checking that there were no thorns on them, she put on a pair of rubber gloves and started picking the fruits.

There was a tree next to it. Xia Yan just glanced at it casually, then looked at the low bushes next to it, which were full of red raspberries.

"Wow, what a bumper harvest." She muttered, and excitedly bought an extra-large storage box in the mall to store the raspberries.

The raspberries, which were as big as strawberries, also amazed Xia Yan.

Pick, pick, pick.

Just pinch with your fingers and you'll get a handful. They are sour, sweet, soft and have a fragrance of roses. Xia Yan is more and more addicted to them as he picks more.

This area is full of raspberries, all of which are red and ripe. Wow, I can pick them freely.

Before she knew it, Xia Yan went deeper and deeper into the water, and it took a loud shout from Zhigang to wake her up.

"Oh, here it comes."

Xia Yan walked back immediately, but when he was about to go out, he stepped on something and almost fell down.

"What is this?" She bent down and picked up the "culprit". It was a green fruit that felt extremely hard.

She looked at it carefully, confirmed that she didn't recognize it, and threw it behind her.

"Boss, do we still need to pick chestnuts later? It will only take about ten minutes by car." Zhikang put the last bag of wild vegetables into the car and asked his colleagues to get in and wait.

Xia Yan looked up at the sky. It was still early and there was still plenty of time.

"Let's go and take a look."

Chestnuts are such a versatile food! They can be stir-fried with sugar, stewed with chicken and pork ribs, and used as snacks.

Along the way, Xia Yan kept thinking about various ways to eat chestnuts, and his mouth was almost watering.

I've been in this world for so long, but I've never thought of ordering some sugar-roasted chestnuts...

"The boss is here, he's right in front." Zhikang parked the car within the parking line and asked everyone to get out.

Walking up the bluestone steps to the end, a huge orchard appears in front of you, with tall chestnut trees full of thorny fruits.

Zhikang asked her to pay attention to her feet and head. It was the time when chestnuts were ripe, and there would be many fallen thorny fruits on the ground. If she was not careful, she would step on them and it would be difficult to pick them up.

Pay attention to the top of your head to prevent ripe fruits from falling and hitting you.

Xia Yan bought a few hats directly from the mall for everyone to wear on their heads, and then bought three long-handled fruit clamps and set out to pick up the fruits.

The group's target was the chestnuts on the tree, and those that fell on the ground were kicked aside.

It’s not that they don’t want it, but the little bugs have already eaten through it and built nests in it, so there’s no point in picking it up.

Zhijiang is tall and has long hands, and he can clamp everything accurately. After the clamp is retracted, another employee comes forward with the packaging bag open to receive it. The two of them work together perfectly.

Xia Yan was standing behind another employee, and when he saw her grab it, he took it too.

There was a rustling sound in the grass nearby, which sounded like a snake crawling by.

Zhikang was stunned for a moment, then he put away the clamp and rushed towards the place where the noise came from. His movements were so fast that it was not like that of a human.

"Eh?" Xia Yan only saw his disappearing back. Wow, this man saw the snake as if he saw his wife.

Ten seconds later, Zhikang came back with a snake as thick as his wrist.

"Boss, I'll make you snake soup tonight."

"...No, thank you."

Zhikang nodded, killed the snake and went back to pick chestnuts. The poor snake lay on the cold ground with its belly turned upside down and died.

"It's almost done, let's go back." Xia Yan stopped it in time when he saw that there were already three big sacks.

Zhigang was responsible for moving all the sacks back to the car. The three employees squeezed through a narrow passage and sat on the sofa with their feet tucked in.

Xia Yan looked back from the passenger seat and was surprised to see that the RV had completely changed.

It would be nice to have an off-road vehicle.