Chapter 329: The Siege in the Apocalypse (6)
Wu Yong advised, "Mingyue, I'm not trying to undermine your confidence, but as you know, most of this soil is polluted. The remaining soil is a precious resource that is meant to ensure the survival of the people in the safe zone. It's impossible to give it to you."
"Then polluted land will do. I can buy it with crystal cores. I won't take it for free." Wen Wan compromised, which was also her initial goal. The female lead gave Wen Wan a sum of crystal cores for expenses. It has to be said that if Wen Wan hadn't dissuaded her, Chu Mingyao would have wanted to give all the money she had earned to this younger sister.
“That’s even worse. Food grown on contaminated land is inedible and will infect you with the zombie virus. Many people become zombies not because they are attacked by zombies, but because they eat infected food.” Wu Yong found this idea even more terrifying.
“I’ll give it a try. If it doesn’t work, I’ll give up. Anyway, you’re just leaving the polluted land as is. You might as well let me use it for experiments. I’ve always been interested in this kind of thing. I often grow all sorts of things at home and have researched a lot of ways to improve the soil.”
Wu Yong still refused, "No, no matter how many experts there are, they can't solve this problem with the land. If you come into contact with it too much, even if you don't eat the food grown there, just touching the soil could lead to infection if you get injured or something."
Wen Wan continued to plead for a long time, but Wu Yong stubbornly refused, so Wen Wan had no choice but to give up on asking Wu Yong for help.
"How can we farm without land?"
System: [You could try hydroponics, but I'm sorry, in this apocalypse, water is more precious than gold, so there's no way you'll be growing potatoes.]
Wen Yan: "..."
What could Wen Wan do? She could only pick up a shovel, dig up some soil, and then go to the kitchen to exchange food for several large basins and buckets. She dripped a drop of soil purifying liquid onto the soil, mixed it well, and put it into the basins and buckets. Then she cut the potatoes into chunks and buried them in the soil.
Qiqi asked curiously, "Is my sister going to plant potatoes?"
Wen Wan nodded. "Qiqi, do you believe your sister can grow it?"
"I believe you can do it, sister." Qiqi had complete confidence in Wen Wan. When Chu Mingyao returned from her mission and saw the basins and buckets in the house, she was also a little surprised. After learning what Wen Wan was doing, Wen Wan thought the female lead would stop her, but she didn't expect that the other party would not stop her.
"Do you need my help, sister? I can use my connections to get you some clean soil to plant on."
Wen Wan shook her head. "Not for now. After I grow healthy, edible potatoes, I'll make Gu Yan beg me to let me grow them, and so will Wu Yong."
Chu Mingyao: "???"
"Alright, then tell me what you need and I'll find it for you."
Wen Wan actually did, "Sister, can you help me find some chicks? Ducks are fine, geese are fine, and piglets would be even better, but for now, chicks are fine. I'll try raising them first."
Chu Mingyao: "I'll go ask."
Chu Mingyao left and then returned with ten healthy chicks for Wen Wan. According to the system, these chicks were obtained by exchanging crystal cores. In this world where crystal cores are extremely precious, these ten chicks cost only one crystal core.
If we had to convert this into money, it would be equivalent to getting ten chicks for a thousand dollars.
Too expensive.
"I will take good care of it."
Chu Mingyao smiled and said, "As long as you're happy, don't force yourself too much. I just hope you can live a happy life."
Wen Yan: "..."
What an incredibly touching sisterly bond!
After that, besides watching Gu Qiqi train, Wen Wan took care of her potatoes and chicks. Wen Wan fenced off a space on the balcony of the house to use as a chicken coop, and then went to the kitchen to get the rotten vegetable leaves that they didn't want to feed the chickens. However, this was not the case in many cases, since vegetables were very precious. They would only throw them away if they were too rotten to eat. Otherwise, they would use them.
Wen Wan could only spend one crystal core to directly purchase 100 jin of corn, and then have someone help grind it into a fine powder to be used as chicken feed.
They also received a chicken-raising manual from the system, as well as growth agents that would allow chicks to grow up safely and become fat and strong, and would also greatly shorten the chicken-raising time.
Every day, she watched her chicks grow little by little, and the potatoes began to sprout slowly, quickly turning into a lush green patch. Once, Wu Yong came to deliver something to Wen Wan, and when he saw this patch of green in the house, he was stunned.
He had seen other people grow them, and those leaves were small and looked very fragile, while the ones Wen Wan grew looked very healthy.
"Where did this soil come from?"
Wen Wan replied, "It was dug up on the road. Could that be against the rules?"
Wu Yong: "..."
No, he was just shocked. The soil on the road must have been infected, but how could potatoes survive so healthily in infected soil? They should be black or withered.
Then I heard chickens clucking on the balcony. I opened the balcony window and saw ten chicks, each weighing about half a pound. They looked healthy and plump.
Wu Yong believes Wen Wan can raise these things and grow potatoes, but he still said, "Once the potatoes are grown, it's best to have them tested at a testing center. If there's an infection, do not eat them."
"Okay, I'll invite you to come and take a look together then."
...
A month and a half passed in the blink of an eye. Even Chu Mingyao was shocked to see the chicken, which weighed three or four pounds, and a potato that had been dug out that was the size of two fists. These were raised in basins and buckets, yet they had grown so big, and so quickly.
Wen Wan called Wu Yong, and then they collected all the potatoes, about 100 kilograms, and took them to the testing center. The final test result was: healthy, not infected with the virus.
Wu Yong gave a thumbs up, completely overjoyed. "I apologize to you. I didn't trust you back then. I never expected you could actually grow it. How did you solve the soil problem?"
Of course, Wen Wan couldn't take out the soil purification solution; that would be impossible to explain later. She just vaguely brushed it off. Wen Wan asked for the land again, and this time Wu Yong didn't refuse. "I'll go and discuss it with the team leader."
Wen Wan donated most of the 100-plus kilograms of potatoes to the safe zone, letting Wu Yong take them away. She kept only a small portion for survival, along with the chickens. The chickens were taken to the testing center, and after passing the inspection, Wen Wan sold eight chickens and three crystal cores, which she then exchanged for chicks. This time, she exchanged them for more than fifty chicks, clearly demonstrating that Wen Wan's chicken-raising skills had gained trust.
Wen Wan asked Wu Yong to help her build a chicken coop on the rooftop and also brought a lot of soil there. Then she built a plastic greenhouse and started growing vegetables. This time, Wen Wan received the vegetable seeds for free, and she also received an acre of uncontaminated land. She was also allowed to use the contaminated land for planting, but Wu Yong had to accompany her to ensure that Wen Wan would not be infected.
Wen Wan naturally agreed.
They even signed a contract, and their planting plan began to take shape.
Wen Wan used most of the infected soil to grow potatoes, while she used the one acre of healthy soil to grow vegetables. Next to the land, she also planted a circle of tomatoes.
Fearing that Wen Wan wouldn't be able to take care of everything, Wu Yong found three or four women for her, and Wen Wan naturally didn't refuse.
Wen Wan knew that Wu Yong was following her for two reasons: to protect her and to monitor her. Wen Wan planted the plants according to the planting manual provided by the system, and the soil purification liquid was poured into the soil along with the water. It was done only once, so even a great immortal wouldn't be able to detect it.
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