Chapter 131 Growing Vegetables
Although coconut shell watermelons are unpalatable, this batch of watermelons has actually saved many people's lives.
Yuancheng is close to the sea, and there are abundant water resources both above and below the ground. Even if there is no groundwater, they can extract seawater to make distilled water to quench their thirst.
There is no need to say much about Fucheng. Just by looking at the name, you can tell that it is a city famous for water. In addition to the low mountains, Fucheng is surrounded by rivers.
Legend has it that these mountains used to float on the river, so they were named Floating City. You can imagine how rich the groundwater in Floating City is.
But not all cities have abundant groundwater, such as Yancheng.
Yancheng is a famous mining city with many mines, but there is not much groundwater. The drought that lasted for more than half a year and the locust plague almost pushed Yancheng into a desperate situation.
It is not realistic for other cities to transport water to them from a long distance. Let's not talk about whether the weather is suitable for long-distance water transportation. Where can we find the containers needed for water transportation? We can't just pick up plastic bottles everywhere to fill them with water!
In addition, transporting water back and forth will not only cause damage to the vehicle, but also waste a lot of gasoline.
The coconut shell watermelon developed by Yuancheng can effectively solve the urgent needs of Yancheng.
Most of the first batch of coconut shell watermelons were transported to Yancheng. When Yancheng grows the second batch of watermelons, there will be no need to worry about people dying of thirst in Yancheng.
Xia Xiaoman kept her distance from the coconut shell watermelon and would never touch it unless she had to.
Throwing the unfinished watermelon into the space, Xia Xiaoman thought about it and decided that the temperature was still suitable. Instead of waiting for others to grow fruit, it would be better to be self-reliant. She had nothing to do at home anyway, so she found containers from the space, filled them with soil and started growing crops.
The seeds bought on the black market came in handy. Xia Xiaoman planted five pots of watermelons, five pots of cantaloupe, two pots of chives, three pots of Chinese cabbage, three pots of mustard greens, three pots of tomatoes, three pots of leeks and three pots of lettuce.
Those that need more light, such as watermelons, tomatoes and cantaloupes, are all moved to the attic. There is a big hole in the attic, which is just right for growing these crops.
Plants that do not need much sunlight to thrive, such as leeks and Chinese cabbage, are all placed in the room next to the livestock on the second floor.
Don't ask why she doesn't grow crops in the yard. Natural disasters happen frequently nowadays, who knows what will happen in the next second? Planting in pots, if something happens, she can still store these crops in the space.
If she planted them in the yard, if there was hail or other extreme weather, all the crops she had worked so hard to grow would be gone.
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I was busy farming at home and before I knew it a month had passed.
During this month, the smog neither dissipated nor increased. The floating city was shrouded in smog every day, and people gradually got used to this dim and hazy world.
During this period, Shuiyue Bay cooperated with the Ye family fleet to resell seafood many times. Most people in the community accumulated some supplies, and the tense atmosphere that had been lingering in the community also disappeared.
The crops planted by Xia Xiaoman also sprouted and grew.
Now the first thing she does every morning when she gets up is to water the crops at home, and then feed the rabbits and chickens.
She took out a small bucket of bath water from the space and went up to the attic to water the crops. Suddenly, a small gray creature whizzed past her.
Xia Xiaoman hurriedly chased after it, and soon saw the thing disappear into the corner, leaving only a few gray hairs.
Gray fur... Is it a rabbit that escaped? Or a mouse?
After searching for a while without finding the little thing, Xia Xiaoman was about to give up and go back to water the plants. When he walked to the watermelon seedlings, his eyes suddenly widened.
Where were her watermelon seedlings? She had worked so hard for a month, and where were the watermelon seedlings that finally grew? And her tomato seedlings were gone too!
Xia Xiaoman was so angry that her face turned green. It was that bastard who dared to snatch food from the tiger's mouth!
She looked carefully at the tiny bit of seedling stalk that still remained in the soil. The broken section was obviously bitten out by teeth.
Xia Xiaoman returned to the second floor with a gloomy face and counted the rabbits. Not a single one was missing. This meant that if it wasn't a rabbit that bit him, then it was most likely a mouse.
Turning around and walking to the next room, I saw that the newly grown leeks were intact, but some of the cabbage had been eaten by mice.
Xia Xiaoman immediately used his consciousness to search the space, but after searching for a long time he still couldn't find anything that could catch the mouse.
In desperation, she put all the things in the house into a space, gave the house a thorough cleaning, then went to the yard to pick up some bricks and brought them back to block all the places where mice might get in. Then she rearranged the furniture.
The pots of crops in the attic were also moved down to the second-floor room and locked. Except for watering, she didn't plan to open the door at other times to prevent rats from getting in.
While I was busy, there was a hurried knock on the door. "Xia Xiaoman! Are you home? Xia Xiaoman?"
"Here I come! Don't knock so hard, or you might break my door."
As soon as Xia Xiaoman opened the door, Wang Shijin eagerly pushed a package over to her, "This is the rent. Hurry, give me the car keys. Human life is at stake."
Xia Xiaoman was confused, took out the key and handed it to him, "What's the matter with life and death? What happened?"
Wang Shijin took the car keys and ran to the garage to drive the car. As he ran, he explained, "Another person got bit by a sharp-mouthed rat and started to get sick. All the cars in the community were driven out, so I had to come to you to borrow some."
"What sharp-mouthed rat? What's the illness?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
"It's just... Oh, I'll explain to you when I get back. The property management department will have someone use the loudspeaker to inform you later, and you'll know later. I won't talk to you anymore because I'm in a hurry to save people." Before he finished speaking, Wang Shijin started the car, stepped on the accelerator and drove away.
Xia Xiaoman was confused by what she heard, but she could roughly guess that there might be some kind of rat in the floating city. If bitten, people would get sick, and this disease might be life-threatening, otherwise Wang Shijin would not be so anxious to borrow a car.
Thinking of this, Xia Xiaoman was still a little worried, so he checked the house again and made sure that there were no mice in the house and that the mice could not get in. Only then did he feel a little relieved.
Just as I relaxed, a horn sounded outside, "Dear owners, please be informed! Dear owners, please be informed! There is an overabundance of sharp-mouthed rats in the floating city. If you are bitten by a sharp-mouthed rat, please seek medical attention immediately to prevent infection with rabies virus."
"Currently, 14 residents in this community have unfortunately been infected with rabies, eight of whom have died after failed rescue efforts, and the remaining six are still being rescued."
"Please be careful when you go out to avoid being attacked by sharp-mouthed rats! Keep the food at home. If you find that it has been gnawed by sharp-mouthed rats, please do not continue to eat it..."
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