Yu Fen's eyes immediately lit up, and he called out to his brothers, "Hurry up!"
So not only their squadron, but almost the entire camp mobilized and, in the blink of an eye, they had cleared out all the wild vegetables.
When Yu Tongguang, who was being beaten, came to his senses, there was no trace of the vegetable left.
He wiped a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth with his thumb, his eyes turning sinister as he coldly said, "It doesn't matter if there are no wild vegetables now. Our Battalion Commander Qiu said he'll give you more time. You can still go outside the city to dig some!"
Now that it's dark, in this post-apocalyptic world, plants are more prone to mutation at night than during the day, making it a perilous time.
"unnecessary."
Jiang Wan walked over with a loud voice, followed by Yu Fen and others. They carried baskets in pairs, filled with freshly picked water peanuts that were a vibrant green.
"There are plenty of wild vegetables here, they were just dug up. Take them with you. If it's not enough, come back tomorrow."
Yu Tongguang's expression changed several times. This was pig slop. This damned woman actually made them eat pig slop?
He asked, "Where are the wild vegetables you just dug up outside the city?"
Jiang Wan readily pointed to Yu Fen: "This brother refused to give it to you, so he just moved in."
Yu Tongguang then looked at Old Chen: "Battalion Commander Chen, there are so many leaders in the city, and... ordinary people. It's not appropriate for you to ask me to take the water peanuts back with me, is it?"
Bringing up leaders and the people is just one thing: water peanuts are pig feed, and he doesn't want them.
Old Chen lowered his eyelids and coldly rebuked Yu Fen: "Did I give the order? Bring them all out!"
Yu Fen didn't resist. He glared at Yu Tongguang resentfully, then turned and went inside. A little while later, he and Yu Yuan carried out a basket of wild vegetables.
Yu Tongguang and the others were stunned. They looked behind him for a while to make sure he had only brought out one basket. Cao Jin jumped up and asked, "How come there's only this much?"
They clearly saw it when they arrived—a whole truckload of wild vegetables!
Yu Fen remained calm and composed, his neck stiff: "That's all! We worked so hard to dig up this little bit, it was originally meant for the experts! Take it or leave it!"
This is blatant cheating; it was Jiang Wan's idea!
An expert is indeed an expert. Compared to these rough men who only know how to use their fists, her move was a one-hit kill.
This is all the wild vegetables I have. If you think it's not enough, I've added some water peanuts for you. They're fresh, tender, and incredibly delicious. If you still don't want them, then you're just being ungrateful!
As for the fact that the truck was full of wild vegetables at the beginning, who saw that?
Without seeing it or having any evidence, they won't admit it, so it doesn't count!
Yu Tongguang gave them a deep look, but for now he had no choice but to swallow his anger and have the water peanuts loaded onto the cart.
Before leaving, he wanted to walk over to Jiang Wan to express his feelings and say a few words, but she didn't even glance at him out of the corner of her eye. She held one child in each hand and went inside.
Looking at the twins' faces, which were exactly the same as Cheng Zhen's, he felt the pain in the places where he had just been hit even more.
His gaze instantly turned sinister, he swallowed a mouthful of blood, and gritted his teeth.
Cheng Zhen!
They left with a truckload of water peanuts and a small basket of yellow mustard greens, and Yu Fen and the others couldn't help but cheer, "Yay!"
"Experts are truly amazing!"
"We can finally have fresh vegetables tonight!"
Fang Zhaodong couldn't stand their smugness, so he said, "Don't be so proud. Today we had water peas to deal with, but we've already picked them all clean. What about tomorrow?"
Yu Fen was very pleased with himself and not worried at all: "The expert has a solution. She said there's no need to worry, we can have as much water hyacinth as we want."
Cheng Zhen understood. Last time at the Yincheng Yazu, so much nutrient solution was extracted. If only a little bit was used, the water peanuts could have as much as they wanted.
But throughout the entire camp, from Battalion Commander Chen down to the company commanders, no one was as relaxed as they were.
That order placed all of Xiangcheng's future supplies on the outer city camp. There were only two camps in the outer city, and they had to kill monsters and dig for wild vegetables, so they were really short-handed!
Jiang Wan knew that life in the apocalypse was difficult, but she never expected it to be this difficult. She wondered what kind of life her two children had lived after she died in her previous life.
She was feeling down, so she prepared an extra lavish dinner that evening.
I had a bowl of clear fish soup, fried yellow quail, cola chicken wings, cucumber salad, and minced meat stewed with egg, served with white rice.
The mother and her two children closed the door, ate and drank their fill, washed up, and went to bed.
Before falling asleep, Jiang Xiaoxin felt uneasy and asked her, "Mom, when are we going home?"
Jiang Wan wasn't entirely sure either. Logically speaking, her safety should be protected by the city guards, and they might not want her to go back to the city alone again.
She patted her gently and comforted her, "Sweetheart, no matter where you are, Mommy is always by your side. Don't be afraid."
The next day, Cheng Zhen knocked on her door early in the morning, bringing her breakfast: three cold, hard multigrain steamed buns.
He said apologetically, "That's all the camp has right now..."
Jiang Wan didn't take it: "We have enough to eat, you can keep this for yourselves."
Jiang Xiaoxin held up a large, freshly steamed, white and tender meat bun in her hand, and said disdainfully, "This doesn't look appetizing! You can keep it for yourself!"
Cheng Zhen didn't force him. He broke off half of it, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it with his cheeks puffed out, and said, "Let's go, come with us out of the city."
Jiang Wan looked puzzled, so he explained, "There is a lot of pressure on supplies in and around Xiangcheng right now. There is a division in the city. One group advocates saving supplies for a rainy day, so the people in the city can hardly buy any supplies now. If this goes on for too long, there will definitely be chaos."
She understood that, whether they liked it or not, going out to dig for wild vegetables was now inevitable.
With such a large population in Xiangcheng, the situation could become quite serious if a riot broke out due to hunger.
But Jiang Wan disagreed: "Wild vegetables don't grow everywhere, and you can't just eat wild vegetables."
"Before the apocalypse, the farmland outside Xiangcheng was contracted out to large-scale farmers. Although we don't know what they grow, they certainly wouldn't let the land lie fallow. We've decided to go and investigate, so we need your help to identify it along the way."
They went through all that trouble to go out, so they must have come back with something of value.
As long as it's edible, it can solve the supply crisis in Xiangcheng.
Jiang Wan nodded: "Then what was it I was going to tell you?"
Going out is not a problem, but finding an optics expert cannot be delayed.
"Don't worry, I've already arranged for reliable people to go into the city to search."
He was too conspicuous, and it would be easy for people to notice him if he left the camp and went into the city.
"Mom, are you going on a long trip? I want to go too!"
Jiang Xiaoxin suddenly grabbed her hand, looked up anxiously with a fearful expression of being abandoned.
Jiang Wan's heart clenched, and she cursed inwardly. She had just blurted out Cheng Zhen's agreement without thinking about the two little ones.
Needless to say, there must be many mutated plants outside the city, and given Jiang Xiaoxin's special abilities, she cannot go with them.
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