Chapter 243: Calling Ye Gou More Intimate
"What's with that expression? You won't even give me a small town. I'm here to help you solve the food problem for everyone, Chief Ye!"
Qiao Lan curled her lips, and Ye Qi quickly said, "No, the town doesn't matter. Can you really grow usable food plants?"
"Of course, as long as you have mutant rice plants."
Qiao Lan was not talking nonsense, she really knew how to cultivate mutant crops.
I learned it from a large base in the late apocalypse.
At that time, she was being hunted by a ferocious high-level awakener and had been hiding in the wilderness for many days. She was exhausted and out of food, so she fainted in the wild and was picked up by the exploration team from the base.
They weren't saving the dying or the wounded; they were picking up survivors to work as laborers. Qiao Lan was assigned to a breeding experiment field, where, along with many other laborers, she was forced to dig, water, and prune plants daily. She also had to contend with mutated crops that were rampaging. She also had to deal with mutant animals and birds that came to destroy the fields. If she couldn't kill the mutants, they would kill her. She slept later than dogs and woke earlier than chickens, often without food. Even when she was starving, she was forced to sweat in the fields. If she didn't work hard, her leader would whip her... It was truly unbearable to recall.
However, I did learn some solid breeding and seedling raising skills.
Otherwise, why would she stockpile a bunch of seeds before the storm? It would be for her to breed and eat them when the time is right.
The problem is that the time has never been ripe.
Life is still unstable. Without a fixed place to settle down, how can we grow vegetables and crops?
Unexpectedly, Ye Qi got the mutant rice seedlings first and started grain cultivation.
It just ended up being a failure.
The failure was just right, as it gave her the perfect opportunity to show off her skills and take over the town.
"Chief Ye, can I ask how you cultivated rice seedlings before?" Qiao Lan asked.
Ye Qi told her about the plastic greenhouse breeding room that Jiang Yue had built.
Qiao Lan grinned. "Tsk, that's the opposite! Before the apocalypse, greenhouses were great for growing plants, but for that mutant rice, you can't use a greenhouse. You have to use an ice chamber to prevent it from suddenly growing wildly and becoming overly aggressive."
Ye Qi was puzzled: "Ice room? Can plants still grow in such a low temperature?"
"able."
Use an icy cold environment, below minus twenty degrees Celsius, to control the sudden disturbance of mutant crops.
Then use specific types of crystal cores and the remains of similar plants as fertilizer to promote the growth of crops.
Controlling fertilizer and freezing is a delicate matter, requiring just the right balance. Too much cold can kill crops, while too much fertilizer can cause problems. A scientific ratio must be chosen based on the specific conditions of each crop.
In addition to fertilizer and frozen planting environment control, there are also a series of related technologies such as plant grafting, soil selection and disinfection, and irrigation patterns that most people do not understand.
Qiao Lan understands.
She learned it secretly when she was doing hard labor in her previous life.
And she knew that at this stage, no one else would understand.
In the previous life, those large bases only began conducting large-scale food cultivation experiments after the second year of the apocalypse, when plants mutated en masse and many excellent crop variants emerged. Various seedling cultivation methods were also gradually developed after numerous failures. Therefore, this set of technologies only began to gain some initial ground around the fourth year of the apocalypse.
And now, it is only the beginning of the second year of the apocalypse. Apart from the reborn Qiao Lan, who else understands those things?
"I've only exchanged my unique breeding technology with you for a small town, but I'm the one who's at a loss." She spread her hands towards Ye Qi.
Ye Qi wondered: "How did you learn all this?"
"I figured it out myself, I have a special talent?" Qiao Lan laughed. "Just kidding, I actually overheard it in the temple."
I won’t mention rebirth or anything like that.
Ye Qi found her explanation unbelievable, but he didn't ask further questions. She seemed to be carrying many secrets, and he respected her right to privacy.
He said seriously and solemnly, "If we can successfully cultivate food, the food problem will be solved not only in City C, but in all bases in the future. Don't even mention one small town, I can pack up ten or a hundred small towns and give them to you."
"That's not necessary. This Blackwater Town is enough." Qiao Lan's eyes flashed slightly.
In his previous life, Xiao Tang was killed by beasts here.
She doesn't want to be too close to sadness in this life.
But by accident, everyone fled from the city to here to avoid the armed zombies, and later they temporarily stationed here.
Xiao Tang lost his life again, but there was still a faint hope of resurrection.
It seemed as if something was guiding her, asking her to pick herself up and start over.
She had a dream last night.
She dreamed that Xiao Tang was fine, smiling beside her. They were in Heishui Town, where Xiao Tang had died. There were vast fields, and golden ears of rice, heavy and bent, swayed in the wind, making a rustling sound.
They ate barbecue and hot pot beside the golden fields, the fragrant rice steaming from the pot, the very same rice from the fields. The crowd was bustling with laughter, while in the azure sky, huge mutant birds soared and chirped, their bright feathers shimmering like rainbow lights in the sunlight.
When she woke up, she found that her pillow was wet, not with drool, but with tears.
“Turn the place of sadness, the place where blood and tears are shed, into a place of happiness.”
A fire ignited in Qiao Lan's heart and eyes, turning the immature thoughts of last night into firm beliefs.
There were things she wanted to do.
To do.
For Xiao Tang and for all the friends around him.
She wants this town! Start from here and build the life she longs for!
"Chief Ye, then it's a deal. I'll provide the technology and you'll provide the town. A gentleman's word is as good as gold. We don't need to sign a contract, right?"
Qiao Lan's joke made Ye Qi feel a little sour.
However, he knew he was in the wrong. They had a mutual understanding before, but he was the one who pushed her away. Now that he was called "Chief Ye", what could he say?
But you still have to struggle and fight for it.
"Of course not. As long as I live, this mutual support will remain in effect. Even if I die, I will work hard to urge my successor to fulfill the agreement." He made a thorough promise and then made a request, "Um, can you change your address to something other than Chief Ye?"
Can it be like before? Ye Xiaoqi, Ye Tianshi, Ye Baozi...
even……
"Change it to Ye Gou?" Qiao Lan said deliberately.
Even Ye Gou is fine. Doesn't it sound more intimate? Ye Qi was silent for a moment and nodded.
Cha Cha, who had been squatting in the corner chewing on a sausage, was dissatisfied.
"Woof! Woo woo woo!" Why did Ye ShaX try to steal my identity? Can anyone become a dog if they want to?
Qiao Lan chuckled and stepped forward to take the flowers that Ye Qi brought. "Alright, Ye Gou, go and get busy. Let Jiang Yue come over to exchange techniques with me as soon as possible, and try to teach him before I send Xiao Tang to the capital. These flowers are pretty, thank you."
When Ye Qi saw the slight smile on Qiao Lan's face, he felt relieved.
"Okay, I'll tell Jiang Yue to come quickly, and I'll come see you again in the evening!"
He left in a hurry to attend to a myriad of matters.
After he left, Qiao Lan left the town and released the mechanical bird seized from the temple in a deserted place, and it flew into the air.
Target, the safe house in the west of the city!
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