Chapter 055 Planting Coconuts and Making Fried Rice
Third aunt Jinglai helped eldest aunt Jingpan, whose face was bruised, into the house. Wu Youai pulled a suitcase and held a few rotten apples in her arms. Jing's father carried a broken cart and entered the house with two broken cardboard boxes.
"Oh my, what happened? Big Boss, are you okay?" Grandma Jing put down the kitchen knife and rushed over. She pulled her dusty daughter to sit down with a distressed look on her face. She asked her a lot of questions and only stopped when she found out that she was not seriously injured.
"When we went over there, my eldest sister was fighting with a few other women for apples in the corridor. When they saw help coming, they grabbed some and ran away. Even the residents of that building couldn't see what the people looked like." Jing's father said regretfully.
Jinglai was in the hallway, slapping the dirt off his body. He came back and wiped himself clean with a wet towel before saying, "I called the police. They said they'd record the case first and settle the score later. There are so many robberies now that they don't have the energy to deal with one that doesn't cause any casualties. They told us to be careful when we go out."
Jingshu felt that in the early days of the apocalypse, all the police forces were used to collect supplies and had no time to deal with these petty thefts, which led to the increasingly rampant robberies and murders two or three months later.
The eldest aunt had the simplicity of a country girl, used to farm work and had a strong body. But now she seemed a little scared: "If I hadn't seen that there were several women, I would have run away long ago. Unfortunately, I couldn't beat them alone, and the apples were scattered all over the ground. I only picked up two boxes, which was a waste."
Grandma Jing wiped the dirt off her aunt's body with a wet towel. "Mash the rotten apples into a paste and mix them with flour to make sweet and sour oily fruit. They're delicious. Don't waste it. Next time, don't do things silently. Is life in the countryside still good?"
"The situation in the city is worse than in our town. At least every household has a lot of food and vegetables stored in the cellar, and soldiers deliver water every day. The government has collected the apples, and we kept half of the cellar for ourselves, which is enough to eat until next year. Old Liu was too busy to leave, so I came here alone. Why don't you go back to the countryside and live for a while? Here, people will snatch even the apples you take." said the aunt.
Grandma Jing then explained the situation. "Have a nice meal here. Tomorrow, I'll ask Jing'an to take you back. We'll also go back and pack up some things and bring them over. Did you give the second child an apple? Is she okay?"
The eldest aunt hesitated for a few seconds, and was kicked by the third aunt again. She said: "I sent it, everything is fine."
Jingshu saw that this was a big deal. What happened? So she called Wu Youai aside and asked, "What happened to Second Aunt?"
Wu Youai muttered as she read the comics, "They sold cigarettes and alcohol at exorbitant prices, got shut down and had everything confiscated, and ended up in jail themselves. I heard they bought a villa in Wucheng and were really short of money, but who knew that housing prices in Wucheng have plummeted, and Second Aunt lost hundreds of thousands."
Jingshu showed an expression of seeing that. No wonder she had hinted at asking her family to pay back the money before. Fortunately, she paid the money back in advance, otherwise, who knows how they would be criticized in the future.
However, Second Aunt and the others were arrested... I don't know if their case has been recorded. It would be terrible if they were put on the blacklist. Jingshu was so busy with her own affairs in her previous life that she didn't pay any attention to Second Aunt's situation.
The dinner in the evening was very sumptuous. Jing's mother worked overtime until six in the afternoon before being picked up by Jing's father. Although the promotion results had not yet come out, the old leader had recently been taking Jing's mother to inspect the work at the crop planting center.
"Mom, you have a chance. Your leader probably wants you to be in charge of this area." Jingshu knew that this area had great power. How could the power of distributing the crops grown not be great after the end of the world?
Jing's mother was a little melancholy. "There are 13 districts in Wucheng competing. If the crops are good, everyone will be happy. If they're not, they'll be scapegoats."
"Don't worry, our family has grown such good crops."
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The table was filled with spicy crayfish, braised pork elbow, fried fish nuggets, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, pork rib and lotus root soup, stir-fried potatoes, and stir-fried chrysanthemum. The main course was applesauce made by Jing Nai and fried dough sticks.
Jing's mother poured red wine for everyone, and the family happily had a meal. Only Jingshu was not full. After returning to her house in the evening, Jingshu ate two bowls of seafood porridge, a whole vacuum-braised chicken, 5 tea eggs, and a big watermelon.
Watermelon rinds, chicken bones and eggshells are just enough to feed pigs and there is no waste at all.
Only 2 cubic meters of the 125 cubic meters of space are left. The 64 cubic meters of space used to be enough, but now even the 5th-level 125 cubic meters of Rubik's Cube space can no longer satisfy Jingshu. It seems that she has to work harder to upgrade. Jingshu also plans to put some more things in it.
Jingshu took two months to complete the 5th-level Rubik's Cube. Now she has been practicing the 6th-level Rubik's Cube for two months, but she has only reached the proficiency standard. She probably still has a long way to go before upgrading.
Therefore, Jingshu decided to spend an extra hour every day practicing Rubik's Cube Space, hoping to advance as soon as possible.
The productivity of the 12 fields is much higher. Jingshu can now not only eat fruits every day, but also add various vegetables to her home without anyone noticing.
Jingshu made juice from watermelons and oranges, which can completely replace water for drinking in the next eleven months. She also planted six coconut trees in six fields. Considering that the roots of coconut trees would take up too much land, she tried to plant only six. If other fruits can be planted in the surrounding area later, she will add some strawberries and other fruits that do not take up land.
Jingshu plans to wait for a month for the coconuts to mature before harvesting them, and make coconut milk, a natural beverage, with the overflowing milk. This can also save some water in this water-scarce year. Jingshu is anxious watching the water level in the water tank drop little by little, but she doesn't want to lower her quality of life. Making more kinds of beverages is also a very good method.
The remaining six fields are all planted with corn, and I plan to make various foods derived from corn in the future.
The next day, Jing's father took Jing's grandmother, Jing's grandfather, and Third Aunt back to their country house to pack some things and bring them over. He also sent his eldest aunt back to town. Wu Youai stayed at Jing's grandmother's new house, reading comics, while Jing Shu was busy working in her own villa.
As Jingshu took in the spiritual spring, her strength became more and more terrifying. She could easily knock down several adult men. But at the same time, her appetite also grew. She had to replenish her food from time to time, and she had to eat something that would keep her full, and that she could put in her mouth at any time without attracting attention.
So today Jingshu mainly made Thai fried rice. First steamed and then fried, each pot of rice was fried until golden and crispy. Grab a handful and put it in your mouth and chew it. The rice aroma mixed with various flavors, and the taste of rice crust, is simply unstoppable. The more you eat, the more delicious it becomes!
Jingshu used two pots to stir-fry at the same time. It took her several days and she used up a full ten bags of fragrant rice to make one cubic meter of fried rice. These served as Jingshu's daily snacks and should be enough for her to eat for a while.
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