After Qi Xie agreed, Feng Ran summarized the situation: First, Chinese cabbage, cilantro, and garlic are essential, and then another batch of off-season vegetables should be planted.
They had all the molds for the plastic making machine, so after Qi Xie and his friends brought back a bunch of plastic scraps, Bai Lian, Qi Xie, and Feng Nangui started making plastic film together. They also took the time to make several large plastic buckets for cleaning or storing things.
After producing one batch of plastic film, they stopped rushing to complete the project.
The rat traps that everyone usually makes on the mountain have killed a lot of rats, and some cockroaches have suddenly appeared in the base. The cockroaches are quite big, like small sparrows, and they are crawling around the base very fast.
Now we can only rely on Bai Lian to extract some cockroach-killing poison from the existing medicines in Feng Ran. Everyone scattered the poisoned food around the base overnight, which did kill a lot of large cockroaches.
After the big rat, now there's a big cockroach.
Overall, life has been really awful.
Every day when Gu Zhou and his group returned, they would bring back mugwort or wild mint from the mountains. After drying them, they would burn them around the base to fumigate and repel many mosquitoes.
The animals and insects in the post-apocalyptic world seem to have evolved their brains, as they appear much smarter than before.
Now that many cockroaches have been eliminated, it seems that many cockroaches outside know there are traps or poisons inside the base, and very few cockroaches dare to enter now.
Everyone started a new round of sowing. First, they added a thick layer of animal manure to all the land and then turned the soil. The mountain land was not fertile to begin with, so they had to turn the soil over to make it full of nutrients.
Following the suggestions made earlier, the vegetables and fruits were planted in a planned manner in the yard of the base.
Everyone is also building a vegetable greenhouse, a large one.
At the same time, we also cultivated a lot of vegetable seedlings, which will be transplanted later.
By the time the first snow of winter fell, the vegetables in the greenhouse were already lush and green, and everyone could pick some fresh to eat every day.
Moreover, as the temperature dropped, cockroaches became virtually invisible, and rats dared not enter, so life at the base finally returned to normal.
Not only Feng Ran, but also the humans still living outside their base have seen their lives stabilize thanks to the appearance of rats and cockroaches.
After processing the rats and cockroaches, there was no problem eating them.
Moreover, because there is no extreme weather, there is no danger to life.
So now, for everyone, living is not a problem.
After the summer, people could have grown vegetables and grains to eat, but because of the large number of rats and cockroaches, crops and vegetables were being damaged everywhere.
The crops that humans had started cultivating outside were almost entirely destroyed, so they were forced to eat rat and cockroach meat as a last resort, but this helped them get through the crisis.
Winter has arrived again, which is a major challenge for people who have no food reserves.
The wisdom of the Chinese people is great. They have already stored up a lot of food for the winter during the summer, and dried wild vegetables.
The rat meat is processed and then air-dried.
Cockroaches can also be preserved for a long time if buried in the ground.
Of course, they also learned from others that there was a base in Kyoto that was recruiting new members, and that once they went in, food would not be a problem at all.
All that's needed is labor, and the person who relayed the message said they especially welcome experienced farmers to join, as the treatment is very good.
Some survivors are hiding in the mountains, under houses, or elsewhere. Through word of mouth, they learned that the Kyoto base was recruiting, and now they are all rushing there seeking refuge.
Actually, that's not the case. The group in Kyoto also wanted to recruit a group of old farmers to farm. They discovered a large area of wasteland in the suburbs of Kyoto, and scientists also studied a batch of vegetable and grain seeds.
They're short-handed now because a large number of people died, and they're desperate for manpower. That's why they're trying to reach survivors in other areas through word of mouth.
In less than a month, more than 100 people came to the villa site seeking refuge, saying that they would help with work as long as they had food and shelter.
Qian Fu was secretly overjoyed. With people around, he had helpers, and if they wanted to develop agriculture, they could start on a large scale.
With a wave of his hand, Qian Fu announced that they had started looking for a large area of land in the suburbs that had not been significantly affected by the previous earthquake.
When they first recruited people, there was no regular food. Instead, they paid people to catch rats and cockroaches for them to eat. Then, the first step was to cultivate the fields in the suburbs on a large scale, preparing to plant the vegetables and grains that needed to be planted as soon as spring arrived.
And the fact that they are recruiting these people now doesn't actually require them to pay anything in return.
If we select the majority of these people and have them catch cockroaches and rats for food every day to get through the winter, everything will be easy when spring arrives.
"Hello everyone, thank you for your support. My name is Qian Fu, and you can call me Chief Qian. Thank you for your trust."
We will arrange accommodations for everyone later.
Starting tomorrow, everyone will be divided into two teams. The first team will need to cut down trees.
Wood is used for heating during the winter.
The second group will need to find rats and cockroaches as food. However, there's no need to worry. Our base has scientists who can process the rats and cockroaches so they are safe for everyone to use without any toxins.
As you all know, we are currently facing a severe food shortage, which is a last resort. However, there is no need to worry, because once the land is tilled, we can plant large quantities of vegetables, fruits, and grains in the spring.
"Once these foods are harvested, we can eat them normally!" Qian Fu spoke with great enthusiasm, almost moving himself to tears. He then wiped away imaginary tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Pah pah pah pah pah pah pah pah pah pah..."
After Qian Fu finished speaking, his subordinate was the first to applaud, and then everyone else started clapping. Then they arranged accommodation and food.
There were originally several dozen people at the base, and with the addition of more than 100 new people, there were more than 200 people in total. Starting the next day, they were divided into groups to do what they were supposed to do.
The squad leader has already assigned the personnel and divided everyone into ten teams, with each team clearly labeled with its assigned tasks.
While the money payment process was in full swing, Feng Ran was also keeping a close eye on life within the base.
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