The moist and soft black soil was mixed with some green grass. Once it was taken out, the unique smell of the soil instantly filled the entire room, attracting Miao Xi and others to come over and watch.
"Is this the uncontaminated soil?" Xiao Fei carefully pinched a small handful, smelled it on her fingertips and exclaimed.
After the end of the world, anything exposed to the outside world visible to the human eye was contaminated by radiation. Except for the mutated ones, normal plants were almost extinct, which directly put an end to the survivors' desire to plant.
Now seeing clean soil again, Xiaofei was so happy that she almost jumped up.
"Who would have thought that the soil that was everywhere before the end of the world would become an extremely precious resource." Miao Xi sighed.
Lulu blinked and said crisply, "Sister Xiaofei, can we grow our own vegetables in the future?"
Xiao Fei rubbed her head to calm her agitated emotions, "Yes, we will never go hungry again."
"Let's work first, and then we can be happy after the vegetables are grown." Jiang Mi said with a smile.
"good!"
Seeing such fertile and high-quality soil with their own eyes, everyone was full of energy.
After an afternoon of hard work, all three rooms were finally arranged.
The three rooms are numbered respectively. Room No. 1 is used to grow vegetables with short growth cycles, such as leeks, lettuce, and cabbage, which are mainly used for daily supply.
Room No. 2 takes relatively more time to grow, so only cabbage, radish, potato, Chinese cabbage, etc. are planted there. These plants can also be preserved for a long time.
Everyone in Room 3 discussed it and decided to grow ginger, garlic, pumpkin, winter melon and sweet potato.
"There is no need to plant rice and flour for the time being. I have plenty, enough to get through the buffer period. When the planting area is expanded, we can consider planting these." Jiang Mi said with satisfaction after planting the last seed.
Miao Xi, Xiaofei and others looked at the seeds they had planted with their own hands, their hearts filled with anticipation and satisfaction.
Xiao Fei suddenly asked with some concern: "But what about the watering problem of these vegetables? Water resources are so scarce now, wouldn't it take a lot of water to plant so many?"
Jiang Mi also thought of this problem, and after thinking for a while, he said: "So we should start to focus on searching various research institutes, try to find more equipment related to pollution purification, and then pay attention to scientific researchers and various types of talents, and strive to make radiation purification equipment that matches our base as soon as possible."
"I can provide one to the base now, but the power of this radiation purification device is very low. It can only provide daily drinking water for ten people at most."
Miao Xi exhaled, "One is enough. There is a large reservoir on the outskirts of Huacui District. Our city's water plant is just upstream of the reservoir. No one will touch the reserve water in the water plant. If we have this purifier, we can move the reserve water from the water plant."
"How long does it take to walk from here to the reservoir?" Jiang Mi asked.
Miao Xi calculated in his mind, "If we drive normally, it only takes more than half an hour, but the road conditions are very complicated now. If we don't have any means of transportation and rely on our legs alone, it will take at least five hours to go back and forth, and the amount of water that one person can bring back is very limited."
This takes into account various emergencies that may be encountered along the way, and it may actually take more time.
Jiang Mi shook his head. "The benefits are too low. In this case, we should gather the survivors and head towards the Huacui District. We should try to open up a path."
As long as there is a road, most cars can still be driven, which can save a lot of time and labor costs.
Miao Xi nodded to show his understanding.
Jiang Mi glanced at the sky and said, "It's getting late. Everyone is very tired today. Let's go eat and have a good rest. Tomorrow we will go out to clean up the mutants around the base, so we need to conserve our energy."
As soon as the words fell, the woman with the child suddenly asked: "Can I go tomorrow?"
Jiang Mi looked at her in surprise. The woman was very thin, with high cheekbones, almost no flesh on her cheeks, and she looked very tired. How could she want to go out with them in this state?
The woman just came back with them yesterday afternoon. She didn't get much rest and continued to chase the non-mainstream man and others. She went to bed at around three in the morning and got up at seven in the morning.
"If you feel that you can hold on, you can." Jiang Mi did not refuse, but said solemnly: "But if you leave the base, there are dangers everywhere. If something happens, we cannot guarantee that we can save you in time. If you have an accident, think about your daughter."
After saying that, Jiang Mi waved his hand and left the third floor with Jiang Xun.
Xiao Fei saw the woman holding her daughter and standing there with her head down. She felt sorry for her and took two steps forward to comfort her in a low voice: "Sister Mei, Miss Jiang is right. You are still very weak. It is too dangerous outside. If you really want to do something, you might as well take good care of yourself before going out."
The woman held her daughter's hand tightly, raised her head and smiled at her, saying in a hoarse voice with a slight accent, "Thank you, I understand. I'll go cook now."
Xiao Fei nodded, "I'm glad you figured it out, but don't be stubborn."
The woman's real name is Liu Ximei. She is from Peng Province. She got married early and worked as a farmer in the countryside with her parents-in-law.
After their child started elementary school, her husband came to R City to work and had been away for many years. This year, the child was on summer vacation and the harvest was good, so she thought of bringing the child to find his father. However, they encountered a heavy rainstorm as soon as they got off the car.
In the first few days, she was able to contact the child's father, but later the phone was turned off. Liu Ximei had no choice but to take the child and hide from place to place, picking up supplies to survive, while asking around for news of her husband.
But until the group of non-mainstream men were abused for more than a month, there was no news.
Although Liu Ximei came from the countryside, she was only in her thirties and looked pretty good, which was why she was targeted by those beasts.
Xiaofei felt pitiful just thinking about it.
Fortunately, Liu Ximei was a strong-willed person and was not defeated by these hardships. She managed to hold on until they rescued her.
Moreover, as soon as Liu Ximei arrived, she naturally took over the position of chef. The food she cooked was better than Xiaoyu's, and she was also very hardworking. Xiaofei still liked her very much.
Early the next morning.
After breakfast, Jiang Mi went straight to the third floor to check.
When I saw that the seeds sown in Room No. 1 had sprouted and grown to the height of a finger joint, I couldn't help but laugh.
Jiang Xun looked at the green seedlings in the planting box with a puzzled look in his eyes, "Are these vegetables growing so fast?"
He has never planted it, but he thinks it is magical.
Jiang Mi chuckled, "Under normal circumstances, these crops would take at least two to three days to emerge from the ground, but the soil in my space has a catalytic effect, which can shorten the growth period of these crops to nearly half!"
“A fourteen-day crop only takes a week to mature and be harvested, and it tastes great.”
Jiang Xun took a deep breath and looked at her with deep eyes, "If I were not your brother, I would not be able to control myself either." (End of this chapter)
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