Xia Lunong and his friends dug up the soil and went back to mix the mud and move the stones.

After three days of hard work, they finally finished the bread kiln.

During this time, the two of them went up the mountain and built a small bamboo shed on top of the bread kiln, which was covered with plastic sheeting and straw.

The chicken coop next to it was also moved away, from their eaves to the side of Yan Xinian's eaves.

When Xia Lunong walked out of the house, the first thing she saw was the big tree on the left, and next to the house was a bread kiln.

In front of the bread kiln was a vegetable field, where strawberries, watermelons, and cantaloupes were planted. There were unripe fruits under the leaves.

Xia Lunong looked at the white flowers and green fruits of the strawberries, glanced left and right, and while Kong Zhi, who was far away, was not paying attention, she raised her hand and input a short piece of supernatural power into it.

As soon as the supernatural power was transferred, the green strawberries under the leaves immediately stretched out and expanded at a very slow speed.

Kong Zhi seemed to sense something and looked over.

Xia Lunong immediately bent over with a guilty conscience and ran into the house with small steps.

With the bakery, their efficiency in making tomato chili cakes and eggplant chili cakes increased by more than three times, and all the eggplant chili cakes were ready in the afternoon.

The two put the finished tomato chili cakes on the scale and weighed them. Excluding the weight of the basket, there were a total of 158 kilograms, and the eggplant chili cakes were 77 kilograms.

Xia Lunong was so tired that her back and waist ached. She sniffed the smell of chili cakes in the air and sat down on a chair. "We are so awesome!"

Xia Lunong said, looking at the chili cakes piled in a corner of the living room, and a sense of pride surged in her heart.

Kong Zhi also looked, "I'll go and tell Captain Ke Yan that since it's done, let's deliver it early."

"Okay, it's just right that we can exchange more rice after delivering the goods, and it will be more convenient for us to go to Yacheng to exchange things the day after tomorrow." Xia Lunong's back was really sore, and she waved her hand at Kong Zhi listlessly, "I'll leave this to you. No, I'm going to sleep for a while. If I don't sleep, I'll faint." Kong Zhi

saw that Xia Lunong was really tired, and wanted to help him massage his shoulders.

This is a very common action, and the two of them would massage each other on weekdays.

Today, when Kong Zhi put his hand on Xia Lunong's shoulder, Xia Lunong shuddered subconsciously and turned back to look at him abruptly.

Kong Zhi raised his hand, "What's wrong?"

Xia Lunong blinked in confusion.

The touch on her shoulder was so strange, warm and numb, like an electric shock.

He and Kong Zhi usually had physical contact, but she was not so sensitive. She didn't know what happened today.

Xia Lunong rubbed the shoulder he touched vigorously, feeling the heat left by his big palm still remaining on it, and shook her head quickly, "It's okay. I'm just a little tired, and it feels strange to be touched. I'll go back to my room and sleep first." Kong Zhi

lowered his eyelashes and glanced at his palm, then raised his head, "Go."

Xia Lunong ran back to the room as if escaping, slammed the door and locked it.

Kong Zhi watched outside his door for a long time before he was ready to go out to find Yan Xinian.

When he left, Kong Zhi deliberately closed the door and locked it with the key.

Yan Xinian and his team were almost done.

Hearing Kong Zhi coming over and saying that the chili cakes were ready, Yan Xinian said, "It's just right. We're almost done here and will disband in two days. Why don't you carry the chili cakes over while everyone is still here? The sooner we exchange them, the sooner we can get this done."

Kong Zhi nodded and said, "We don't have so many bags to pack the chili cakes."

Yan Xinian said, "Then I'll let them go home and get their own bags, and bring the rice as well."

After Xia Huoqu came back with a load of sand and gravel, he wiped his sweat and said, "Don't bother so much. Let them bring the rice home to exchange after work tonight. Kong Zhi, go to Liao Cheng's house and borrow a few baskets or bags. We have no place to store the rice at home."

Upon hearing this, Yan Xinian immediately said, "Your brother Xia's idea is also fine. I'll listen to you, brother Xia."

Kong Zhi nodded.

Xia Huoqu said gently, "You've worked hard. After today, take a break tomorrow. I'll take you out for a walk the day after tomorrow." Kong Zhi

went to Liao Cheng's house to borrow a basket.

He deliberately went around Liao Cheng's field to avoid missing one.

Liao Cheng was in the field. When Kong Zhi went over, he was pulling weeds in the rice field with his trousers rolled up.

Seeing Kong Zhi, Liao Cheng straightened up and greeted him happily, "How come you have time to come here?"

Kong Zhi said, "I wanted to borrow a few baskets from your house. I was afraid you weren't at home, so I came here to take a look first."

Liao Cheng gave him a thumbs up, "A wise move." Kong Zhi

was standing on the edge of the field and smelled a distinct fishy smell. He looked into the field, "How are the fish in the field?"

"They are growing well. Let me show you." Liao Cheng grabbed one casually, put it in his palm and handed it to him, "Here, this is it. They eat cordyceps seeds all day long and are very fat. They have just started the first round of mutation. I hope they don't mutate too drastically."

Kong Zhi looked at the fish in his palm.

This fish is already two fingers wide, with a white belly and a black back. Apart from the fact that it has an extra tail, there is nothing strange about its body. It looks quite cute.

After Liao Cheng finished showing him the fish, he threw it back into the water, watching it swim away with its tail wagging. He asked, "How are your fields?"

Kong Zhi said, "The base has pulled up all the sweet potatoes, and I'll plow the fields when I get back from a trip."

"That'll take some time. What about the seedlings? Do you plan to grow them yourself or buy them from Old Liu?"

Liao Cheng took out the key while talking to him. He felt his legs itching as he was doing so. He bent over, reached out his hand, and slapped the bug that was sucking his blood on his calf to death. He straightened up and said, "If I were to grow the seedlings myself, I'd start now, and you can transplant them when you finish plowing the fields."

"Go buy them from Brother Liu. I don't know how to grow seedlings."

"That's right. You don't look like someone who has ever farmed. Go buy some rice seedlings and fish fry from him. Remember to ask him to give you a discount." Kong

Zhi nodded.

Liao Cheng smiled, took a few steps forward, and handed him the key. "This is the key to my house. The basket is in my room. You can go in and get it. I'll go to your house to get the key later."

Kong Zhi nodded and said goodbye to him.

Liao Cheng patted his calves twice and continued to pull weeds.

The sun had not yet set, and the sun shone on his thin back, making a layer of sweat. The clothes on his back were already wet with sweat and were sticking to his back.

When Kong Zhi returned home with an empty basket, someone was already waiting at the door to exchange for chili cakes.

The man said, "I knocked on the door just now but no one answered, so I thought you were out. Then I listened again and there seemed to be some movement inside. Is anyone home?"

"Xiao Nong is here," Kong Zhi said, "maybe he didn't hear it. How much chili cakes do

you want to exchange?" "Five catties, I've made an order with Deputy Captain Xia before." The man handed over the cloth bag in his hand, "This is thirty catties of rice, weigh it."

Kong Zhi took out the scale in front of him and weighed it. When he saw that it was enough, he poured the rice into the basket, then gave him tomato chili cakes, weighing five catties, and gave him half a catty of eggplant chili cakes as a gift.

The man didn't expect there would be gifts, and he smiled and said, "Hey, you made two flavors. I'll take them home to try first. If they taste good, I'll come back to exchange them with you."

Kong Zhi nodded, and said, "We'll just make one batch for now. If you want to exchange, please come early."

"Hahaha, okay, then I'm leaving. Thank you."

Kong Zhi sent the man out, went back to the house and knocked on Xia Lunong's door.

Xia Lunong closed the door and didn't respond for a long time. Through the door, he could hear a faint snoring, which sounded quite calm.

Kong Zhi estimated that he was asleep, so he didn't disturb him. He went to the back of the house to cut leeks and pick cucumbers, and planned to make a simple dinner.

While cooking, people came to exchange chili cakes from time to time.

Kong Zhi also stopped cooking and went out to exchange them.

He was busy doing two things at once.

The situation was not relieved until Xia Huoqu and his team came back.

Xia Huoqu looked at his brother's closed door and wondered, "Xiao Nong is still sleeping? Is he not feeling well?"

"He must be too tired." Kong Zhi said without raising his head, "Call him after dinner."

Xia Huoqu felt sorry for his brother. After hearing what he said, he didn't say anything. He just washed his hands and took over the job of exchanging chili cakes for others.

Everyone at the hydropower station had finished work and came over one after another carrying rice to exchange for chili cakes.

After Xia Lunong and his team exchanged the chili cakes they had reserved, the people from the collection team heard about it and came over with rice.

They were the most generous and exchanged five or eight kilograms at a time.

When the scientists in the white building heard the news, they came in groups carrying rice. They exchanged three or five kilograms, and exchanged quite a lot.

Others in the base watched and came to join in the fun.

They were more restrained in their spending, exchanging one or half a kilogram, mostly to satisfy the gluttony of the elderly and children at home - Xia Lunong's family had been making chili cakes for several days, and the fragrance filled the front and back of the house, and many people were already ravenous.

Soon, Xia Lunong's baskets and borrowed baskets were filled with rice.

By the time it was dark, 158 kilograms of tomato chili cakes and 77 kilograms of eggplant chili cakes had been exchanged, and not a kilogram was left.

They received 1,086 kilograms of white rice, which was not enough to fill the baskets at home, and a lot of rice had to be packed in cloth bags.

Baskets of rice were piled up in a corner of the living room, creating the feeling of a full warehouse.

Not to mention that the baskets could not be filled with rice, and several cloth bags were piled on top. The bags were piled up and almost reached the ceiling.

There was too much rice in the house, and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of rice.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian looked at each other.

Yan Xinian sighed and said, "I didn't expect that the one who could earn the most food in the family was Xiao Nong. Now I can rest assured. This kid will never starve to death wherever he goes."

Xia Huoqu had a smile in his eyes.

He turned his head and looked at Xia Lunong's closed door, "I'll ask him to come out for dinner."