Chapter 237 What to Plant



The third piece of news is that the Qinghe Alliance will allocate some of its food supplies to support Yu Jingguo. Of course, the reasons have been clearly explained to the people, and everyone understands.

The fourth piece of news is the invention of scar removal cream, which is truly a blessing for those who have been disfigured.

Although the scar removal cream produced by the research institute can only restore about 80% of the disfigured people's appearance, even this 80% recovery rate brings tears of joy to those living in the shadow of disfigurement.

Moreover, because the scar removal cream uses expensive medicinal materials, the price is naturally not cheap. However, in order to enable more people to live a normal life, Qinghe Alliance allows patients to receive it for free with their medical records.

However, citizens who are disfigured for other reasons can also purchase at the original price; the Qinghe Alliance has no restrictions on this.

After learning about this news, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan stopped paying attention to it because the autumn planting season was about to begin.

The two stopped worrying about insects in the ground. After all, once Qing and the Alliance scattered the seeds of Silverheart Hundred-Leaf Grass, the insects in the ground would no longer pose a threat once they sprouted and grew.

However, when they were farming, the two mixed some Silver Heart Hundred Leaf Grass seeds into the grain seeds so that their germination together wouldn't be too abrupt.

Moreover, during the grain growth process, Silver Heart Centipede is only regarded as a weed, and after the grain grows, the Silver Heart Centipede will wither.

However, this time Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan did not let Zhang Heping and Ji Kangyong off the hook. When the two of them were resting, the four of them went to Qingning Mountain together.

When Zhang Heping arrived at the field, he was dumbfounded. "Why are there still so many corn stalks here?"

Shen Yan glanced at Zhang Heping and said, "Back then, we were in such a hurry that we were only focused on picking corn. Who had time to care about the corn stalks?"

"Why didn't you cut them down after you harvested them?"

"Qiao An and I harvested four acres of land. What more do you want? You can't be too greedy!"

"Hehe, I was just thinking that you guys are good at finishing what you start, so, well, I'll do it, I'll do it!" Zhang Heping didn't think much when he said it, but after Shen Yanming said that, he felt a little guilty.

However, after saying that, Zhang Heping went to cut down the corn stalks.

Ji Kangyong ignored Zhang Heping and looked at the bag Shen Yanming brought, asking, "What are we planting this time?"

"Let's plant cabbage and radishes. These two vegetables are planted in the fall, they grow quickly and keep well. Qiao An and I also plan to plant an acre of wheat."

"Wheat? We can grow wheat here?" Ji Kangyong asked in surprise. "I remember we grow rice here."

"Oh? Really? Hehe, I was just thinking that Joan and I couldn't eat that many vegetables, so I was thinking of using half of the land to grow grain. Isn't that what we grow wheat in winter?"

Upon hearing Shen Yanming's explanation, Ji Kangyong was at a loss for words. "You can't just act recklessly. What if it doesn't grow after you plant it?"

"It's okay, just treat it as planting for fun. Joan and I have plenty to eat."

Seeing Shen Yanming's determined look, Ji Kangyong thought for a moment and then went along with him.

However, when it came to planting his own acre of land, he couldn't explain his mentality, but he followed Shen Yanming and planted half an acre of wheat.

As for Zhang Heping, he had long since become Shen Yanming's shadow, planting whatever Shen Yanming planted.

However, when they were planting the seeds, they discovered that some small black seeds were mixed in with the seeds. Upon asking, they learned that these were the legendary Silver Heart Hundred-Leaf Grass.

"This was obtained through connections in the capital, so you can't let it slip to me."

Zhang Heping and Ji Kangyong nodded quickly after hearing this.

The group spent several days working on Qingning Mountain to plant cabbages, radishes, and wheat. As they walked back, Zhang Heping drooled over the clucking chickens in the coop.

"Hey, can we kill a chicken? I've been working hard for days, I need to replenish my energy."

After the locust plague ended, Shen Yanming put the chickens in a coop, and handed over the task of feeding the chickens to Ji Kangyong.

Actually, it's because the hen has started laying eggs, and he doesn't want to run around every day and change clothes.

It would be much more convenient to hand it over to Ji Kangyong. After work, he could stop by Qingning Mountain, feed the chickens, and collect a few eggs.

Ji Kangyong didn't keep the eggs to himself. He would only keep two for himself each time, and save the rest. He would save up a dozen or so eggs and send them to Shen Yanming.

But Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan don't lack eggs either. They raised those eggs for him and Zhang Heping's benefit, but if they left them for him, he couldn't eat them all by himself.

So the two of them accepted it and pickled it into salted eggs, which would at least preserve it for about six months.

We can eat these salted eggs when the chickens stop laying eggs in winter.

So when Zhang Heping asked that question, Shen Yanming subconsciously looked at Ji Kangyong.

Ji Kangyong hesitated for a moment before saying, "How about we eat the eggs first? We can wait two more months until it gets cold and they stop laying eggs. Then you can slaughter as many as you want."

Zhang Heping nodded in disappointment. He knew that stockpiling food was the most important thing right now, and he had just been craving it.

Seeing that Zhang Heping looked listless and lacked energy, Ji Kangyong said, "I have a chicken frozen in my refrigerator, it's been there for a year or two. If you don't mind, how about we stew it together?"

Zhang Heping's eyes lit up. "I don't mind, I don't mind, it's not broken anyway."

Actually, he also had a lot of zombie meat in his refrigerator, which he got from Qingli Mountain back then. Because of his poor cooking skills and being too busy with work, he hadn't finished eating it. It seems that Ji Kangyong's situation was similar to his.

Although they spent several days cultivating the land at Qingning Mountain, it seemed to have caused no significant disturbance.

After all, there are still a lot of mosquitoes outside, and we just experienced a locust plague. In addition, most people are not good at farming, and everyone is still in a daze about planting again.

However, after returning home, Bi Qiaoan still posted a Weibo post saying that she went to the field to plant vegetables today.

Many people asked her, "Aren't you afraid that the crops and vegetables will be eaten by insects? Aren't there many locust eggs in the ground?"

Bi Qiaoan gave only one answer: "We should at least give it a try. What if we make a good harvest? You know, food is in short supply right now."

Besides, both Qinghe and the Alliance are going to plant Silverheart Hundred-Leaf Grass on a large scale, so why worry about not being able to kill those pests?

Everyone thought about it and agreed. If you try, you might gain something; if you just wait, you might end up with nothing.

A few days later, when Bi Qiaoan was keeping watch on the balcony, she noticed many people coming and going, some of whom were carrying farm tools.

"So, they've gone to farm too?"

"Hmm, didn't you see the news? The Qinghe Alliance reminded everyone to continue farming, and even suggested that those who have the conditions should try planting winter wheat."

Bi Qiaoan chuckled upon hearing this, "Did we just stumble upon something by accident?"

"There must have been warnings that a large-scale temperature drop was expected this year," Shen Yanming said.

After hearing this, Bi Qiaoan fell into deep thought. In her previous life, winters were indeed getting colder year by year.

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