Today, by the time they finally reached 10 a.m., all the tall, strong men were exhausted and collapsed.
"Boss, I'm truly impressed by you. How can you act like nothing happened?" Xiao Yi was covered in sweat, as if he had been pulled out of the water.
Compared to the leader, he seems like he's made of tofu.
"Mmm!" The newly recruited soldiers nodded quickly; they also felt that their leader was simply inhuman.
Luo Xi picked up the cup on the table and gulped down several mouthfuls, instantly erasing the slight fatigue that could still be seen on her face.
"If you come for a few more months, you can do it too."
Just like her teammates in the apocalypse, they were complaining at first, but in the end, one by one, they would go out and practice for a few hours without being called, otherwise they couldn't sleep.
Even if they wait a few more years, they still won't be able to keep going, the soldiers wailed silently.
All they want to do right now is lie there like dead pigs for a while.
As if he had heard their wishes, Zhou Cang walked towards Luo Xi with a big smile: "Boss, I have good news."
Luo Xi paused in wiping his sweat, then his mind raced and he instantly understood.
"Are the vegetables in the field ready to eat?" she asked calmly, without a trace of surprise.
"You...you knew everything?" Zhou Cang was stunned for a moment.
He thought that the chief had been busy training the troops and hadn't been paying attention to things in the fields, so he was thinking of giving the chief a surprise when the cabbages were ready to eat.
It seems that even in his spare time from training, the leader hasn't forgotten about the fields. He must have noticed his recent efforts.
Sure enough, the next moment, Luo Xi praised, "You've been doing a great job lately, everything is well organized. I see the wheat is almost knee-high, and you've started raising chickens and ducks, right?"
Zhou Cang's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile after his efforts over the past few days were recognized by his superiors: "It's all thanks to the chief's excellent arrangements."
He offered a habitual compliment before getting down to business: "As instructed by the chief, after planting the wheat, I cleared the land on the mountain and planted the seeds you gave me."
Speaking of this, Zhou Cang's eyes immediately lit up with hope: "They grow so fast! In just one month, they'll be ready to eat."
You know, the cabbages they used to grow took at least two months, and sometimes up to three months.
"I did the math, and the cabbages we planted are not only enough for our own consumption, but also enough to feed the chickens and ducks. So I grabbed some chicks and ducklings and fed them the old cabbage leaves."
“Okay,” Luo Xi nodded, “Lead the way, let’s go take a look.”
If possible, I'll cook it and taste it.
Hopefully, it doesn't smell like the kind of growth hormones used in modern plants; after all, judging from the growth cycle, it does seem quite like it.
"Boss, what should we do?" The soldiers, who were just exhausted like dead dogs, now surrounded him, full of energy and looking on expectantly.
Loxi clicked his tongue in satisfaction.
She said, "Young people don't get exhausted so easily."
"Let's practice together, we won't practice this afternoon."
"Yay!" The soldiers cheered and jumped up. Then they heard Luo Xi give an order: "Have someone buy two pigs. Slaughter them and stew them with cabbage tonight. Everyone should try the cabbage that Steward Zhou grew."
Although all the soldiers can now eat meat at every meal, each person only gets two or three pieces, and it's gone as soon as they get a taste, which makes them feel a bit frustrated.
Now, just hearing about killing two animals makes everyone's mouths water; they're sure to be able to eat their fill.
"Boss, I've watched cabbage grow up since I was a kid, it's just the same old thing, nothing special. How about you give me the job of slaughtering the pig?" A soldier chuckled and came over to ask.
Loxi didn't care about that, and threw over a few silver ingots: "Pick the fattest ones to buy."
"Alright!" The soldier happily accepted it, grabbed a few of his companions, and left.
The soldiers who couldn't go were envious, so Rosie simply waved her hand and said, "Everyone, go away and do whatever you want."
"The Boss is mighty!"
The soldiers were overjoyed. Their leader wasn't actually that imposing; in fact, he was rather approachable.
"Boss, aren't you spoiling them too much?" Yin Li said with some concern after everyone had run away.
While it's true that superiors can foster close relationships with soldiers to increase their loyalty, excessive indulgence can be detrimental, potentially leading them to disregard you.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Luo Xi waved her hand.
"I say, strategist, they treat you like a brother. Is it appropriate for you to gossip about them behind their backs like this?" She looked at him sarcastically.
After spending time together, Luo Xi already knew that Yin Li was the strategist of Xiao Yi and his group, so she naturally called him that.
Yin Li said frankly, "It is precisely because they are brothers who have been through thick and thin that I spoke up. Otherwise, they might not have known until their deaths that it was I who was behind it all."
Rosie: "..."
"As expected of cunning and scheming intellectuals like you, this is the kind of thing you'd do."
"Thank you for the compliment, Chief." Yin Li bowed gracefully.
Rosie: "..."
Is that what she meant?
Then, we arrived at the vegetable garden.
The two rolling hills were covered in a layer of green from the dense vegetables, creating a striking contrast with the withered trees in the distance.
"Hiss!" Xiao Yi gasped. "Boss, is there still enough water around here to irrigate the vegetable garden?"
If he wasn't mistaken, their well water was only enough for people to drink, and even the livestock drank water from the nearly dried-up river. There was hardly enough water to irrigate vegetables.
Loxi smiled without saying a word: "Let's go and take a closer look."
A glint of light flashed in Yin Li's eyes.
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