Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

Xia Lunong liked his private farm very much, and he woke up early the next morning. It was rare that he didn't stay in bed. As soon as he woke up, he got up and folded the quilt, ready to take his brother to the market after washing.

His brother was earlier than him. As soon as he got up, his brother came back with water.

There is no running water in the base, only six or seven wells have been drilled, and everyone has to fetch water every day.

Xia Lunong wanted to help share the burden of carrying water, but his brother refused.

"Brother." Xia Lunong hurried into the kitchen, lifted the lid of the water tank so that his brother could pour water in, "Shall we go to the market after breakfast?"

"Go to the market to eat." Xia Huo channeled, "There is a seller of steamed buns in the market, take you to eat steamed stuffed buns."

Xia Lunong's eyes widened, "Is there anyone selling buns in the market?!"

"Yes, just one family. The craftsmanship is very good." Xia Huoqu put the bucket away, patted him on the back, and pushed him outside, "You are feeling better now, let me take you to try something new. Let's go, brush your teeth first."

Xia Lunong happily picked up the cup and went to the corridor outside, and helped his brother squeeze the toothpaste into it with a wink.

Xia Huoqu bent down and picked up the thermos bottle at home and shook it. It was heavy in his hand and it was still full, so he didn't need to change the water. Then he stood up and went out to brush his teeth with his brother.

After brushing their teeth and washing their faces, the two brothers each drank a glass of warm water, put on their coats and prepared to set off.

Xia Huoqu went to the room and took out a bamboo basket, put the soybeans in it, and carried it out the door.

It was the first time Xia Lunong went to the market after waking up for so long.

The market usually opens very early in the morning, and he doesn't get up very much in the morning. When he wakes up every day, the market is almost over, so naturally he can't go shopping.

It was the first time he went shopping today. He looked around and found that there were quite a lot of people. Everyone walked forward slowly with baskets on their backs, bamboo baskets or things on their shoulders.

The market is on the main road, and there are various stalls on both sides of the road, including vegetables, food, clothes, utensils...everything.

There are stall owners in my ears who keep shouting and selling to everyone, but there are many people who look at it, but few people buy it.

"This way." Xia Huoqu was behind him, touched his shoulders, and asked him to turn around and walk to the side path.

Xia Lunong stepped forward with his strength, turned around and asked, "Brother, should we change the seeds first or eat the buns first?"

"Hungry?"

Xia Lunong rubbed her stomach and nodded honestly.

Xia Huoqu smiled, "Go change the seeds first, see how many soybeans are left after changing the seeds, and replace them all with steamed stuffed buns."

Xia Lunong turned her eyes to the soybean bag, licked her lips longingly, and said, "Why don't you just forget about it, food is so precious now."

"It's not missing your bite." Xia Huoqu pushed him forward, "Go to that stall first."

Xia Lunong looked in the direction he pushed, and there was a young man with a flat head squatting behind a stall, looking up at the crowd in front of him boredly.

There were a lot of seeds in red plastic bags in front of the young man with a flat head. Xia Lunong took a look and only recognized the corn seeds.

The young man turned his head and met Xia Lunong's eyes. He was taken aback for a moment, then saw his brother behind him, and immediately stood up to say hello, "Brother Xia."

Xia Huoqu nodded, "Xiao Tang, let me buy some seeds."

"What kind of seeds does Brother Xia want? Eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, winter melons, pumpkins, chayote...there is everything here." The young man called Xiao Tang said enthusiastically, "Do you buy it or bring it for others?"

"I'll buy it, my brother will plant it."

Xiao Tang looked Xia Lunong up and down, and then looked at Xia Lunong a few more times, and asked tentatively, "Is this Xiao Nong? Planted for fun?"

"No." Xia Lunong took the initiative to answer, "I want to grow a la carte to eat at home, and grow a five-cent field."

Xiao Tang rubbed his hands together, raised his eyelids and looked at Xia Lunong, muttering, "Farming is not easy, it's going to come and go in the wind and rain... There's nothing particularly easy to grow—"

Xia Lunong showed her small white teeth, "I know."

Xiao Tang stared at his smile and hesitated, "Why don't you just buy seedlings? Seedlings are easier to grow than seeds."

"Ah?" Now it was Xia Lunong's turn to hesitate, he was a little at a loss, "Buy now? Are rice seedlings more expensive?"

"It's not that expensive." Xiao Tang's business has already been postponed, and he can't earn much, so he simply pointed him out, "If you buy seeds, not all of them can be planted alive. If you buy seedlings, as long as there are no insects and diseases, and if there is drought or waterlogging, basically Immortality."

Xia Lunong looked at his brother, "How about buying rice seedlings?"

Xia Huoqu nodded, "Alright."

Xiao Tang squatted on the ground and said enthusiastically: "Brother Xia, you go to Lao Liu's house to buy. The seeds in his house are all new seeds, and the vegetables they grow are not bitter."

Xia Lunong scratched his head and looked at his brother in confusion.

Xia Huoqu explained softly, "Some seeds are stored for a few years before planting, and the vegetables grown are prone to bitterness, but new seeds will not be like this."

Xia Lunong nodded with a half understanding.

Xia Huoqu said to Xiao Tang: "Don't you still have melons and fruits here? Let's take a look first, and then go buy vegetable seedlings."

Xiao Tang smiled, "All right, all right, I want to buy melons and fruits. I have all the melons and fruits, and there are signs on them."

Xia Lunong smiled at him, knelt down and looked at everything—watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberry, orange, orange, peach, loquat, they were all quite complete.

Xia Lunong hadn't eaten any fruit since he woke up. Seeing these fruit seeds, he swallowed and felt that he wanted them all.

After pondering for a while, he turned to look at his brother, "Brother, what are you buying?"

"Look at the picks, some of them can be planted in the open space in front of the house."

Xiao Tang answered with a smile: "The open space outside your house is so big that you can grow several varieties. There are also grape vines at my house. If you want one, I will send one over later."

"Is watermelon okay?" Xia Lunong swallowed as he said, he really likes watermelon.

"Just watermelon? Pick another fruit tree."

Xia Lunong turned her eyes around the seeds on the ground, "Then the loquat, the loquat bears a lot of fruit."

Xia Huoqu saw that he had chosen well, and said to Xiao Tang, "I want fifty watermelon seeds and three loquat seeds. I'll exchange them with soybeans."

"Okay." Little Tang Li said, "Brother Xia, you can choose by yourself, ten watermelon seeds, one bowl of soybeans, one loquat seed, one bowl of soybeans, a total of eight bowls of soybeans, and I will give you ten strawberry seeds or three melon seeds .We are my own, Brother Xia, just give me some money."

Xia Lunong was picking watermelon seeds. Hearing that he wanted both strawberries and cantaloupe, he hesitated for a moment.

His brother knew what he was thinking when he saw it, "If you want strawberry seeds, can you buy cantaloupe seeds and watermelon seeds at the same price?"

Xiao Tang smiled, "Yes, it's all the same, ten melon seeds and one bowl of soybeans."

Xia Huoqu opened the bag, and filled seven bowls of soybeans with the bowl Xiao Tang gave him.

The bag deflated a little in an instant, Xia Lunong quietly grabbed her clothes, feeling a little distressed.

Xia Huoqu didn't pay attention to these details. After changing the fruit seeds quickly, he took Xia Lunong to change the vegetable seedlings.

Lao Liu and Xia Huoqu are also acquaintances, and they greeted him when they saw him, "Who does Deputy Xia help change seedlings for?"

"My family." Xia Huo channeled, "My brother wants to grow some vegetables, let's see what kind of vegetables are easier to grow."

"Xiao Nong."

Old Liu's kind eyes fell on Xia Lunong, seeing that he was weak and bookish, and said, "If it's easy to grow, let's plant eggplants and peppers, a few plants of beans, winter melon and pumpkins, three or two plants of tomatoes, bitter melon greens. Melon and loofah, you can change it to whatever you like, and it’s not particularly difficult to grow.”

Xia Huoqu felt a little depressed, he knelt down to look at the seedlings, "Brother Liu, we brought soybeans, see how you can change them."

Old Liu opened their bags, looked at the quality of the soybeans, and said, "One bowl of tomato seedlings is exchanged for five soybean plants; eggplant seedlings, pepper seedlings, and carob seedlings are three soybean plants in one bowl; the other soybean plants are two plants in a bowl. It’s a good seedling, I’ll pick a strong one for you.”

Xia Lunong moved her feet, "Then I want ten tomatoes, 21 eggplants, 21 peppers, 21 beans, and two winter melons, pumpkins, and bitter melons."

"Success." Lao Liu knelt down to help him pick seedlings. "Pumpkins and wax gourds are best planted at the door of the house. They climb out of the vines and take up a lot of land. It's a pity to plant them in the fields."

"Ah?" Xia Lunong turned to look at his brother, he had just planned to grow fruit in front of his house, if he planted pumpkins and wax gourds, there would be no place to grow fruits.

Xia Huo said: "Build a shelf and put them on the tree."

Xia Lu let out a sigh of relief and nodded.

Xia Lunong glanced at Lao Liu, pondered for a while, and wanted to bargain.

Old Liu said first: "You have bought so many, see what else you want to plant, I will give you two plants."

Xia Lunong didn't expect him to be so straightforward, looked at the stall and thought for a while, then asked Xia Huoqu, "Brother, do you eat lentils?"

Xia Huoqu nodded, he is not picky about food.

Xia Lunong wanted two lentil plants, and lentils also climbed vines. Then they could build a shelf on the side of the house and let the lentils climb on it. It didn't take much space.

The two quickly picked out the vegetable seedlings.

The vegetable seedlings were all planted in the mud ball. Lao Liu glanced at them and said worriedly: "You didn't bring a dustpan, so how do you get it after picking it?"

Xia Huoqu didn't plan to buy vegetable seedlings before, but after hearing what he said, he said: "Let you go here first, we have to go shopping again, and I'll go home and pick up the dustpan after shopping."

"How troublesome is that? Why don't you let me go, and when the market is over, I'll make a detour and take you home?"

They all have one base, and the total area is not that big.

Xia Huoqu nodded, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Why are you being polite?" Lao Liu smiled, "You go shopping, I will take you there at noon."

After buying the seeds and seedlings, Xia Huoqu took his brother to eat buns.

The steamed stuffed bun stall was on the right hand side as soon as he entered the market today. Xia Lunong could smell it when he came here. At this time, his stomach was rumbling with hunger. When he heard that he was going to eat steamed stuffed buns, he felt his stomach twitching.

Xia Huoqu heard the movement of his stomach and pinched the back of his neck, "There is still half a bag of soybeans, enough for you to eat."

Xia Lunong was hungry and reluctant to part with soybeans, and said, "There's no need to change so much, let's change two to satisfy our hunger, and we can have lunch soon."

Xia Huoqu didn't listen to him, took him to the steamed stuffed bun stall, and asked the boss, "What's the stuffing of steamed stuffed bun today?"

"Deputy Team Xia?" The owner of the steamed stuffed bun stall raised his head and smiled behind the steamer, "One shredded radish, one sauerkraut, two?"

Xia Huoqu picked up the bag he was carrying in his back basket and handed it over, "See how you can change these soybeans?"

The boss took it, wiped his hands on the apron, opened the bag, grabbed a handful, looked carefully at the sun, and smiled, "You soybeans are good, how about a bowl and a half of soybeans for a bun? My buns are big. Made of white flour, the skin is thin and the stuffing is big, and there is broth in it.”

Xia Huoqu nodded, "Then you can replace all these soybeans with buns."

"No need." Xia Lunong hurriedly hugged his brother's arm to stop him, "Just try two."

The boss held the bag, smiled and waited for them to decide.

Xia Huoqu looked at his brother, saw his gaze resting on the soybean bag, sighed slightly, and said, "Then change to four, two radish stuffings, and two sauerkraut stuffings."

The boss smiled, "Okay, four buns for six bowls of soybeans."

As he spoke, he opened the bag, scooped out six bowls of soybeans from the bowl in the bag, put them into a cloth bag containing soybeans, and handed out Xia Huoqu's soybean bag with only one bottom left, "It's done."

Xia Lu swallowed heavily, watching the boss open the steamer, put four buns out with cabbage leaves, and said: "The stuffing on the seal is the stuffing, be careful it's hot."

The steamed stuffed buns were very big, one estimated to be as small as a catty, and they were white and fat, with a unique fragrance of flour and oil exuding from them.

Xia Lunong felt sorry for her soybeans just now, but now she no longer feels sorry.

He wanted to pick up the buns, but looked down at his hands, there was dirt on his hands after picking out the seedlings, and he had to wash them.

The boss looked at him and turned his head slightly, "There is a well over there, you can wash your hands."

Xia Huoqu also knew it, he took the buns and led Xia Lunong to the well.

At the edge of the well, there were still people fetching water to drink. When they saw their brothers coming, they made way for them.

Xia Lunong couldn't wait to take the bucket, threw it down to fetch water, let his brother wash his hands first, and then washed his hands with half a bucket of water. After washing, he couldn't wait to wipe the clothes on his chest and abdomen, and picked the radish first. Si's steamed stuffed bun, held it in both hands and took a big bite.

The steamed stuffed bun gravy burst out immediately.

His brother reminded him, "Be careful of burning."

Xia Lunong's eyes were watery, his mouth was bulging, and he was speechless.

As soon as he took a bite, the dough smelled soaked in oil first, followed by the smell of radish.

The radish is sweet and slightly tough, with a slightly spicy taste. When it is mixed with gravy, once you chew it, the full radish flavor explodes in your mouth. It is so delicious that Xia Lunong involuntarily speeds up his chewing, almost biting his own tongue.

too delicious!

For the first time, Xia Lunong tasted the sweetness of the radish, the umami of the gravy and the spicy taste of the pepper. The bun skin was soaked in the gravy, which gave the bun a perfect sense of thickness.

Even before the catastrophe, Xia Lunong went to eat the big steamed stuffed buns worth tens of dollars each when traveling, but they were not so delicious!

He held the big bun cherishingly, almost crying.

Xia Lunong ate small bites cherishingly, and finished the big bun in a while.

He wiped his mouth, his heart filled with an indescribable sense of happiness.

Xia Huoqu watched him finish eating, took a sauerkraut bun, broke half of it and handed it to Xia Lunong's mouth, "Try this."

Xia Lunong smelled the sour aroma of sauerkraut, and felt hungry again after feeling full.

He swallowed and pushed his brother's hand, "No, you can eat by yourself, I'm full."

Xia Huo put it in his hand, "Taste it, it won't taste good when it's cold."

Then Xia Lunong took it over and took a cherished bite.

With this bite, he almost burst into tears again.

The sauerkraut stuffing is also very delicious. It is a bit spicier than the radish stuffing and has a little more fat. The sour and fragrant taste is placed in the dough, which is just right to chew.

After one bite, Xia Lunong's appetite whetted, and his already full stomach seemed to be digested. If there were enough buns, he could have three or four more.

"Delicious!" Xia Lunong held the steamed stuffed bun and sniffed, "This boss's craftsmanship is really good."

"If it's not good, we won't be able to open the bun shop." Xia Huoqu ate the buns slowly, "Food is much more affordable than buns."

Xia Lunong looked at the steamed stuffed bun in his hand, and for the first time did not agree with his brother's words.

Even if the food is more affordable, he is willing to eat steamed stuffed buns, and he is willing to eat three meals after one meal!