Chapter 309 Planting Cotton
Cotton has a wide range of uses, whether it is used to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts, or to make masks and cotton swabs, which are currently in short supply in the floating city.
Li Yu'e said, "The regulations state that each person can only buy 5 mu of land at most. I plan to have everyone in the gang buy 5 mu of land."
"Except for the land reserved for growing crops, the remaining land is not enough for me to grow cotton. So Xiaoman, could you please buy two more acres of land? I will rent the other two acres."
Xia Xiaoman nodded, "That's no problem. You can even rent my original three acres of land. I don't plan to farm during the Eternal Night. But the problem is, there is no sunshine during the Eternal Night. How can you farm?"
"I have already discussed this matter with the official people."
When Li Yu'e got the cotton seeds, she was already thinking about how to plant them. No plant can live without sunlight, and cotton is no exception.
After returning to the floating city, she first asked someone to inquire whether the government had built a power station. This inquiry actually allowed her to find out some information.
The eternal night is long, and it is conservatively estimated that it will last at least half a year to a year. It would be a bit of a waste for the planting area to be abandoned for such a long time, so the government sent people to build a coal power station in the planting area.
After hearing the news, Li Yu'e went to the planting area to negotiate for electricity. "They were willing to lend me electricity in exchange for 30% of the cotton."
"What if the cotton doesn't grow?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
"If the cotton is not grown, we still need to provide supplies, supplies worth 30% of the cotton."
This was a huge gamble. If they won, everyone in Lingxu would be able to accumulate enough points to enter the dungeon. If they lost, it would be like losing everything.
But for the sake of Lingxu and others, Li Yu'e had no choice but to grit her teeth and take this gamble.
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "This is too risky. Yongye will encounter so many force majeure factors. What if a snowstorm crushes all the cotton plants? Or if the power station stops supplying electricity for some reason, wouldn't all the cotton you planted be in vain?"
"Don't worry about that. I've got a new batch of greenhouses. The materials used in these greenhouses are better than before. Once installed, they can withstand a snowstorm. And I'll send people to guard them. If there's any situation, they'll be dealt with immediately."
Li Yu'e continued, "There will be no power outages. The people in the planting area have assured me that they have enough coal. As long as the cables are not damaged deliberately, there will be no power outages."
Xia Xiaoman was puzzled, "Did the planting area go to Yancheng to transport coal?" Why didn't she see any convoy going out recently?
Li Yu'e was not sure about this. "When I went to Yancheng to haul coal, I didn't see our Fucheng convoy. Maybe they went to other areas to haul coal. Yancheng is not the only city in Xia that has coal."
Seeing that Li Yu'e had made all preparations for growing cotton, Xia Xiaoman agreed to rent the land to her. He also bought two acres of land and rented it to Li Yu'e.
Li Yu'e found a few familiar people and once they had rented enough land, they immediately had people build sheds. The sun was about to set, and if they didn't build the sheds quickly, they might not have enough time to plant cotton.
But before the shed was set up, a strong wind suddenly blew up, disrupting her plans.
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As it was getting close to evening, Xia Xiaoman thought that Li Yu'e would have someone send materials over tomorrow to build a greenhouse, so he went to the yard and collected all the animal traps hidden there to avoid accidentally hurting anyone else tomorrow.
Suddenly, a breeze blew, lifting up the dry soil on the ground, and the sand entered Xia Xiaoman's eyes. She subconsciously closed her eyes and raised her arm to wipe the sand from her eyes.
Maodan, who was digging for a trap nearby, was also covered in mud and sand. He shook off the mud on his body, stood still and looked up at the horizon. After looking for a while, he suddenly let out an anxious cry to Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman wiped the dirt from the corners of his eyes, opened his eyes to find its location, and scratched Maodan's chin. "Why are you yelling? Help me get the trap out. I'll roast corn for you after you get rid of the trap."
"Awooo~" What a shitty corn! All you do is eat it all day long. The weather is not right. Find a way to hide quickly!
Maodan walked back and forth anxiously, biting Xia Xiaoman's trouser leg and pulling it out.
Now, no matter how slow Xia Xiaoman was, she realized that something was wrong. She squinted her eyes and looked towards the sky.
There was nothing unusual in the sky except the orange sunset glow. But seeing that Maodan was so anxious that he almost spoke human words, it meant that something was about to happen.
After thinking for a while, she patted Maodan's head and said, "Don't worry, take away everything that can be collected in the house first. If we encounter something wrong, we will escape immediately."
"Ouch!" Maodan shouted, ran quickly to dig the ground, and found the traps hidden in the yard one by one. Xia Xiaoman quickly put away the traps.
After all the traps in the yard were put away, she ran into the room and put all the food that was piled on the ground to conceal her presence into the space. Just then, a strong wind blew, and the rainproof cloth hanging on the roof was blown against the wall by the wind, making a snapping sound.
When Xia Xiaoman walked out of the door, the mud and sand brought up by the strong wind instantly covered her face, and she could hardly open her eyes.
I squinted my eyes and glanced at the sky, only to see gusts of yellow sand being blown into the air by the wind. The invisible wind took shape at this moment.
Xia Xiaoman wiped the sand off her face and looked back at the roof covered with waterproof cloth. The waterproof cloth was not pressed firmly and a corner had been blown away by the strong wind.
According to the current wind speed, it may not be long before the tarpaulin on the roof is blown away. If the tarpaulin is blown away, the house will be uninhabitable.
Xia Xiaoman thought about it and took Maodan to find Li Yu'e. Li Yu'e was busy directing people to put down and compact the materials for building the greenhouse, and let vehicles surround the materials to prevent them from being blown away by the wind.
Xia Xiaoman walked over and shouted, "Sister Yu'e, the wind is too strong. If the wind continues to increase, the house may be blown down. I know there is a cave on the mountain. Do you want to go with me to the cave to avoid the wind?"
Li Yu'e shook her head without even thinking, "No, go by yourself! We have too much stuff, and we don't feel comfortable leaving it here! Don't worry, our house is built solidly, it won't collapse, at most the roof will be gone!"
Seeing that she was not going, Xia Xiaoman did not persuade her and turned away. When she passed by Chen Peiqiong's house, she knocked on the door of Chen Peiqiong's house. After knocking for five or six minutes, no one opened the door, so she was probably not at home.
Seeing that the wind was getting stronger, Xia Xiaoman no longer wasted time and took Maodan quickly to the cave near Heizhu Village.
The wind and sand were too strong to drive, so Xia Xiaoman and Maodan walked and ran for two or three hours before they reached the cave, and were almost blown away by the wind several times.
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