Chapter 11 Farm Planting Plan
Jiang Ning is located in North District 2. The most people living in North District 4 are in North District 4, and the remaining six districts are vacant.
She walked along the streets of North District 2 until she reached the end and stopped. Although her house is not as big as others, it comes with a piece of vacant land next to her house. The area is
about the same size as her house, and it is bare, without a single plant, not even weeds can survive.
The soil in the city is better than that in the polluted area. Jiang Ning wants to develop this land and grow some vegetables, fruits and the like to sell at the market.
Her sunflowers are special and can sprout in the polluted area, and maybe they can adapt to the soil here.
She roughly scanned the prices of fresh food at the market today, and the average price is around 20 star coins.
This is more than what the Hunter-Star Beast could draw.
Jiang Ning did what she said. After dealing with the rotten melons and fruits she picked up, she rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in the house to find tools to turn the soil.
The interstellar people no longer farm, so naturally there are no farm tools such as hoes at home. So she found a wooden stick and tied a short hook-shaped knife to it, which became a simple hoe.
Well... it's a bit ugly, but at least it can be used.
The sun was shining brightly, and Jiang Ning was hoeing the ground under the scorching sun, and soon she was sweating profusely.
"Jiang Ning, what are you doing?" Aunt Li and her family came back from outside the house, and passed by the door and saw Jiang Ning working outside.
"I plan to loosen the soil in this plot of land, and then plant the sunflower seedlings in it." Jiang Ning pointed to the sunflowers on the windowsill. The sunshine here is more abundant than that in the house. Her farm plan will start with planting sunflowers.
"Why did you bring this back too!"
Seeing the seedling again, Uncle Li and Aunt Li looked different, and at the same time, a sense of strangeness emerged in their hearts.
It seems that Jiang Ning has been looking normal these days, but in fact, the fact that he has not awakened his supernatural powers has been a big blow to this child.
Aunt Li sighed and had to tell Jiang Ning the truth: "The soil on our numbered star is seriously polluted, and plants cannot survive here."
Jiang Ning stopped digging the ground and thought seriously.
Aunt Li's tone of voice seemed to have been tested.
Can't they grow crops?
Li Xiang pouted: "Only those rich people with nothing to do can grow flowers and plants. What are you trying to learn from them?"
He was scolded by his parents again these two days. Father and mother Li asked him to learn more from Jiang Ning. Today, he saw that Jiang Ning was actually farming!
This is good.
He raised his eyebrows at father and mother Li. They asked him and Jiang Ning to learn more. What to learn? Farming?
It was so funny.
Farming on a polluted planet is simply a fantasy.
Jiang Ning caught the point of Li Xiang's words and asked: "How do they grow it?"
Li Xiang said: "Order the planting soil from Daxing. Daxing is different from us. Their environment is beautiful and there is no such thing as a polluted area."
Jiang Ning's eyes lit up and asked sincerely: "Where can I buy it?"
Li Xiang was stunned by the question. He didn't expect that her focus was on this.
"Just... it should be available on Xingwang."
"Thank you!" Jiang Ning put away the hoe and turned back to the room.
"Hey! Planting soil is very expensive. A poor guy like you can't afford it at all." Li Xiang shouted behind him.
Jiang Ning pretended not to hear it and immediately opened the shopping mall on Xingwang and searched for planting soil.
She decided to take a more conservative approach. She only had this one seedling. If it didn't survive in the soil of M412, where would she go to cry?
Outside the house.
Aunt Li was so angry that she hit her son on the back of his head again. She told
him to talk
too much. Li Xiang rubbed the place where he was hit and felt very wronged.
He was obviously telling the truth.
Li Xiang stomped his feet in anger and turned back to his home.
Seeing this, his father also followed him home silently.
Aunt Li was left alone to look at Jiang Ning's tightly closed door. Her eyes suddenly swept to a recessed corner, and she knocked on her door again with concern.
"Aunt Li? Is there anything else?" Jiang Ning opened the door and blinked.
"Jiang Ning, have you filed a complaint with the Municipal Administration Center for this house?" Aunt Li asked concernedly.
Jiang Ning looked at the damaged house and shook her head.
She didn't know where to go.
Aunt Li urged: "Hurry up and file a complaint. It's been almost a week. After today, the management center will no longer review it."
"Find the bastard who damaged your house and make him pay. With the money, you can repair it. Otherwise, it will always be inconvenient."
The noise that day was huge, and the neighbors heard it. It was a pity that their house was not damaged, otherwise the compensation they applied for would be quite a lot.
"Okay."
Jiang Ning navigated to the Municipal Management Center under Aunt Li's guidance.
The unique white Nile Corsica-style building covers an area of ββ2,000 acres. The main entrance is composed of three Roman arches. To get there, you need to go through two floors of stairs.
The Municipal Administration Center is fully equipped with fully automated equipment, and many tasks are completed by robots.
Jiang Ning walked into the hall and looked up to see a ceiling made of stars.
Rows of Roman columns are solemn and mysterious.
The hall does not use traditional windows for processing, but uses artificial intelligence to guide the public to complete various businesses.
Jiang Ning walked to the center of the hall, and a half-person-high smart island slid over: "Hello, I am Alpha, your smart assistant for this service. How can I help you?"
Alpha's voice was soft and polite.
In order to prevent the uncanny valley effect, the robot assistant will not be made directly like a human.
"A flying vehicle crashed into my house, and I want to apply for property loss compensation." Jiang Ning simply explained to Alpha the business he needed to handle.
Alpha: "Okay, please provide your personal information, residential address, property information, photos of the damaged house, and account information."
Jiang Ning retrieved the required data from her Star Brain and sent it to Alpha's intelligent terminal.
After a while, Alpha completed the preliminary review of the data and told her that she needed to wait for further on-site inspection and damage assessment.
Two winged miniature cameras flew out of the hatch on Alpha's chest.
Alpha: "The on-site inspection will take about 10-30 minutes, please wait here for a moment."
After saying this, Alpha entered standby mode.
While waiting, Jiang Ning also checked the purchase channels of planting soil in the self-service area of ββthe Municipal Administration Center.
As Li Xiang said, there are many large e-commerce platforms on StarNet that sell this kind of planting soil imported from other planets. Among them, the soil from the planet Avitas is highly praised by netizens for its fertility and suitability for plant growth. Even though the price is 1,000 star coins per kilogram, the orders are still so popular that they need to queue up for delivery.
Considering that the soil required to cultivate sunflowers does not need to be that good, Jiang Ning picked an ordinary planting soil priced at 200 star coins. Jiang Ning
put the selected planting soil into the shopping cart, thinking in her mind that as long as she can successfully apply for compensation, she can immediately place an order and start her farm planting plan.
Half an hour later, the "staff" sent by Alpha to the site for investigation and damage assessment flew back.
After analyzing the data transmitted back, Alpha gave an estimated damage amount of 1,500 Star Coins.
Of this, the government subsidy amount was 500 Star Coins, and the compensation amount for the perpetrator was 1,000 Star Coins.
Unfortunately, the house was in the slums, and the compensation amount for a collision was not as high as the price of a random pile on the roadside.
Jiang Ning raised her eyebrows in surprise. The total price of her house was only 5,699 Star Coins, and she could get so much compensation for a collision.
Alpha: "Please confirm the damage results."
"Confirm."
Alpha: "We are processing property loss compensation for you. The government subsidy will be issued to your personal account after you confirm the results. The compensation amount will be paid after the identity of the perpetrator is inquired. It will be issued at most 7 natural days later."
As soon as Alpha's voice fell, Jiang Ning received a message alert from Xingnao.
She opened the message and saw that the government subsidy had actually arrived.
She had to admire Xingjie's efficiency again.
Fast, it was really too fast!
Jiang Ning immediately switched to the ordering interface and ordered a kilogram of planting soil.
Jiang Ning returned home.
The planting soil she ordered was also delivered that night.
There are warehouses for all kinds of goods in the space station. As long as customers place an order, logistics will be started immediately.
The packaging is in the shape of a brick. Jiang Ning opened it and saw that there was indeed a dark red brick inside.
She added water in a one-to-one ratio according to the instructions. The red brick was quickly soaked and the 18-centimeter-diameter basin was just full.
Jiang Ning picked up a few rotten melons and leaves from the garbage bag she picked up this morning and put them in, mixed them with soil, and then carefully transplanted the sunflower seedlings in, and continued to put them on the balcony, waiting to see the effect the next day.
After doing all this, Jiang Ning lay back on the bed like a salted fish again, gradually emptying her mind.
She checked the plant seedlings in her mind again. She didn't know if it was because she got enough sun during the day or what, but the sunflower seedlings in her mind continued to live, and they were a little stronger than the ones she saw two days ago.
Very good.
It seems that more sun exposure is still useful.
Jiang Ning didn't go out for the next three days, but stayed around the house and worked on her "farm".
She picked up some wire and iron rods from the garbage dump behind the North District and completely surrounded the farm.
She put the only sunflower seedling in with the pot, and carefully marked the land in front of the pot with the mark [Plant No. 1].
Aunt Li and the neighbors watched Jiang Ning get up at dawn every day and run to the garbage dump, and then come back at noon with a pile of scrap copper and iron to play drums.
Aunt Li sighed countless times during this time.
After all, she did not ask Jiang Ning whether she had applied for compensation that day. Aunt Li just felt that Jiang Ning was so sensible that it made people feel distressed. She broke everything and swallowed it.
If she didn't really have a hard time, why would she go to pick up garbage again?
Compared with Li Xiang, whose family still asked her for money to buy books, Aunt Li closed her eyes helplessly.
Why is the gap between people so big?
Aunt Li comforted herself in her heart again, Li Xiang at least knew to read books and was motivated.
Jiang Ning, who fantasizes about opening a farm and becoming rich, has no idea that Aunt Li has pitied him several times.