Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

Xia Lunong went to her field with a basket on her back.

These few days, Liao Cheng helped him take care of the field, just watering and fertilizing, and he had no time to help pull the weeds. Now his field is full of weeds, and after a few days of absence, the grass has grown up to the height of his thighs.

When Xia Lunong went to the field, she specially wore long trousers, put on leggings, and labor protection socks. With a hoe in her hand, she cautiously poked into the field while cutting grass, for fear that something would suddenly jump out of the field. Like snakes.

Fortunately, everything is normal in the field.

He walked in carefully, and the eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, etc. were all covered with fruits, especially the eggplants and tomatoes, which were bright red and looked like a bumper harvest.

Liao Chengcheng has been helping him take care of it these few days, those overripe fruits have already been picked, and the rest are just ripe.

Xia Lunong carefully picked them and put them in the carrying basket, and came over to pick them after carrying them back.

After picking them twice, his brother and his old brother who came back from the hydropower station couldn't see it, so they came to help with baskets.

Yan Xiannian thought it was incredible, "You didn't plant much, and you didn't take care of it too carefully, how could you have such a harvest?"

Xia Lunong spread her hands, "I don't know, the fruit of the tomato tree is not my fruit."

Yan Xiannian asked: "Could it be because of the supernatural power?"

"I don't know." Xia Lunong said, "But after pulling out the weeds, we have to fertilize them for a round."

Chicken manure is now used in Xialu Nong fields. The smell of chicken manure is still quite strong after fermentation. He usually bury it deep and fertilize, and the amount of work is quite large.

If it wasn't for his brother or Kong Zhi to help every time, just the job of fertilizing would be enough to make his scalp tingle.

After picking all the fruits and vegetables that could be picked, the three of them pulled up the weeds in the field.

These plucked grasses, Xia Lunong, are usually sorted, and the old ones are left on the field ridge, while the young ones are sent to the pond at the base to feed the fish.

The base now has a total of three acres of ponds, which were only opened this spring, and there are many grass carp in them.

Although the fish in it belong to the public property, everyone cherishes them very much. After pulling out the weeds, many people will deliberately pick the tender grass and throw it back into the fish pond.

These fish have only been raised for a few months, and Xia Lunong occasionally saw their floating figures and found that they were already very fat.

Presumably their base will be able to eat the first batch of fish this winter.

The eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, etc. that were carried back had to be made into chili cakes. Xia Lunong didn't have time today, so she had to spread them out on the ground to dry, and wait for two days to free up her hands before processing them.

After Xia Lunong returned from the field, she mainly sifted wheat.

A total of 23 catties of seven taels of wheat, more than half of the baskets were placed in the baskets.

Xia Lunong took a bamboo plaque and sat under the eaves to identify these wheat seeds one by one, trying to distinguish the mutated parts from the unmutated parts.

However, this was really too difficult. He touched them one by one, his eyes were dazzled, and he couldn't find many mutated wheat seeds.

On the contrary, because he used his eyes too much, the whites of his eyes were red and bloodshot, and he was crying all the time, and he rubbed the back of his hand from time to time.

His brother couldn't see it, so he lifted him up, "It's fine if you really don't recognize him, just plant them together."

"Planting now?" Xia Lunong asked, "The current climate conditions don't seem to be good."

"Didn't you check? Below thirty degrees Celsius will not hinder the growth of wheat. The temperature on the mountain just meets this requirement. We can just plant the wheat in the terraced fields."

Xia Lunong was taken aback, then turned to look at Kong Zhi, "Isn't Kong Zhi's field going to grow rice? He has ordered rice seedlings and fish fry."

Kongzhi's rice planting is finished, and Lao Liu will specially breed it for him. He has paid all the materials that were used as a deposit before, and now he can't go back on his word.

Xia Huoqu never thought that he would want to go there, "Isn't there other land in the base? Look for it, just rent an acre."

Xia Lunong coughed lightly, touched her head, "That's fine, just try it out."

Xia Huoqu looked at Yan Xiannian, "Are you asking tomorrow?"

Yan Xi Nian said: "Okay. It just so happens that the early rice in the base is about to be harvested, so it's convenient to ask now. When the time comes, the seeds will be cultivated here, and they will be planted in the terraced fields."

Xia Lunong asked: "Do you want to breed now? Or wait a few more days? I think they haven't finished harvesting the rice yet."

"Hurry up, let's breed now." Yan Xi Nian said, "I'll find you another place to breed."

This Xia Lunong has no way to refuse, there are countless fields in the base, if Yan Xiannian doesn't help him find it, he really won't be able to spare the land.

Xia Lunong thought for a while, "If it's possible, you can see if there are any other fields in the past. The rice fields are too wet. I guess the top soil has not been drained when planting wheat, which is not good for wheat."

Wheat is afraid of waterlogging, but rice fields are actually not good enough.

Of course, if there is no other choice, even rice fields can only be barely used.

"Okay." Yan Xi Nian thought about it in his mind, "There are still some sweet potatoes in the terraced fields. I'll go and ask if the sweet potatoes can be harvested in advance, so that the land can be vacated for us to grow wheat."

Xia Lunong nodded frantically aside.

For wheat, the land where sweet potatoes have been planted is better than the land where rice has been planted. In fact, the best land is the land where soybeans have been grown. However, people in the base are generally reluctant to use good land to plant soybeans, and they all plant them on the ridges.

The same is true for Xia Lunong, who only grows soybeans on the ridge of the field, and grows some for his own food.

The next day, Yan Xiannian brought back good news, saying that the base can rent one mu of sweet potato land for them, but now the land is rented halfway, and the land rent is relatively expensive. The rent will cost three hundred catties of millet per mu until February next year. Or 240 catties of rice.

Xia Lunong didn't expect so much millet to rent one mu of land, and she was a little depressed, "Why do you need so much millet? At the beginning of the year, you didn't need so much to rent a field."

Yan Xinian smiled and said, "Isn't this what we are in a hurry for? How about it, do you want to settle it?"

Xia Huo's channel: "It's also a good thing to have more millet, so as to avoid any gossip in the later stage, saying that we take advantage of the base."

Xia Lunong thought about it too, "Brother Xi Nian, please go and pay the millet. If there is no problem, we will sign a lease certificate."

"Anything is fine." Yan Xiannian said another matter, "When we rent out the field, this time we will hire a beastman in the shape of a cow to plow the field? It's too hard to plow the field with just two hands."

Now it's hot, the sun is shining again, and people turn around in the sun for a day, and the clothes are covered with white sweat and alkali.

Now that they have more supplies in their hands, there is really no need to be harsh on themselves.

The orc shape is just more food, they can afford it.

"That's fine." Xia Lunong thought for a while, and then said, "Is it possible to ask someone to come back to help with Chiliba? I see that there are quite a few aunts in the base, and they are quicker in their hands and feet. Please ask them to come and help for a day or two. , It also saves us from having backaches and backaches from doing it every day."

Yan Xinian smiled, "It's fine if you think it's okay, I have no problem. Now that the family has more supplies, it should be easier."

Xia Lunong said happily: "Then I'll talk to Brother Liu and ask him to introduce some people."

There are actually women on the base.

There are quite a few women, just like men, some of them farm in the base, and some go out to hunt.

Many can support a family on their own.

It's just that now everyone has turned into a beast shape and can't wear clothes. It's a bit awkward when men and women mix together. Therefore, in the base, men and men usually form teams together, and women form teams with women, and they don't mix together.

Xia Lunong told Lao Liu that Lao Liu really recommended a few candidates for him, and personally helped him ask questions.

There were two people who came to Xia Lunong's side to help, both in their 50s, one named Liu Changmin and the other named Wang Zhen, both elders with quick hands and feet and few words.

Xia Lunong agreed to give them five catties of rice a day, including a lunch, and asked them to help make tomato and chili cakes.

The two hit it off quickly.

Liu Changmin still laughed, "Xiao Nong, you don't know that since you made this tomato and chili cake, it has become popular in the whole base, but no one is as delicious as you."

Xia Lunong asked strangely: "What's the reason? It's not complicated to do this."

"Who knows, maybe the quality of your tomatoes and peppers is particularly good, or maybe your bread kiln is very good. Anyway, everyone has made it, and no one can compare to yours. I think that after the chili cake is made this time, everyone still likes it." I will replace it with you."

Liu Changmin and Wang Zhen came to help, and the pressure on Xia Lunong suddenly eased, and he had more time and energy to spend on the terraced fields on the mountain.

His brother contacted orcs who could turn into cows to help plow the fields.

The land where sweet potatoes have been planted is very dry. After the field is plowed, the soil is crushed. After the crushing is completed, ash is sprinkled on it, and the wheat seedlings can be started.

Plowing the field was too tiring, Xia Huoqu said that he had invited all the cattle and beastmen, so he even plowed the field at Kongzhi's side.

Kong Zhi agreed, and the burden on his body was also lightened a lot.

Kong Zhi has been busy working in the rice fields for the past few days. He has to dig deep trenches to raise fish, which is very heavy work.

After only working for a few days, when Kong Zhi came back, his body smelled of mud and the back of his neck was tanned. Xia Lunong stared at his back and laughed.

It's so funny that a handsome guy like Kong Zhi with handsome facial features is even a bit sharp, showing a black neck.

Xia Lunong didn't show any malice, Kong Zhi was a little helpless, but he didn't say anything.

Xia Huoqu couldn't see it, pinched his thin neck and said: "Don't laugh at fifty steps and always laugh at others, the back of your neck is not much better now, it's all molted skin, you Don't touch it yourself?"

Xia Lunong can't get tanned, and sheds her skin when exposed to the sun. When she reaches out and touches it, she can touch the grid-like dead skin, which makes him sick enough.

Ever since his skin peeled off from the sun, he has taken great care to protect himself. He wears long sleeves and a bamboo hat wherever he goes, and pays attention to avoiding the sun's exposure, but even so, facing the fierce sunlight is still useless.

Xia Lunong raised her hand and touched her neck, sighed, and said depressedly: "Farming is not easy, I managed to avoid this and that, all are pitfalls."

Yan Xi Nian smiled, "It's not easy to do anything. You are doing well in farming. I went over today and saw some sprouts from the wheat?"

"It's popping up." Xia Lunong sat up straight, "I guess it will be more obvious tomorrow."

In order to raise seedlings, Xia Lunong will use a watering can to water the wheat in the morning and evening these days, and don't water too much, as long as it is wet.

He keeps a good eye every day, and is very clear about the condition of the wheat in the field.

Yan Xiannian asked: "I don't know if it's my illusion, I think the wheat seedlings in the field are thicker than ordinary seedlings?"

"I'm not sure about this. I haven't grown this kind of thing before." Xia Lunong said, "It does seem to grow very well, and the germination rate has reached at least 90.00% five."

Kong Zhi, who had been silent all this time, continued next to him: "It is indeed very thick, much thicker than ordinary wheat."

As soon as he said this, the three of them looked up at him in unison.

Kong Zhi said calmly: "I used to plant wheat seedlings as cat grass."

Xia Lunong suddenly realized, "Yes, you mentioned to me that your family had cats before."

Yan Xiannian asked: "Besides being thicker, are there any other abnormalities? Xiao Nong, you said before that you felt that there was something unusual hidden in this batch of wheat, can you still feel it now?"

Xia Lunong nodded, "It's okay. But apart from being particularly good-looking, there are no other abnormalities, maybe I didn't see it?"

Yan Xi Nian said: "I've read the wheat planting guide these days, but I don't seem to see much of it?"

Xia Lunong and Yan Xiannian discussed it, but both felt that they couldn't figure it out. They had to observe for a while before they knew what was going on with these wheat seedlings.

Xia Huoqu and Kong Zhi did not participate in the discussion, but just cleared the table and let them eat.

Early the next morning, Xia Lunong went to the wheat field with her basket on her back.

Today's wheat is one knuckle higher than yesterday, and it can be seen from a long distance.

What surprised him the most was that some of the wheat in the wheat field finally showed a different style.

Some wheat grows very thick, thicker than he imagined. The leaves are not as thin as other wheat, but a bit thick and tender. It looks like bean sprouts, and you can pinch them with a light pinch. out of water.

Xia Lunong even doubted whether these wheat seedlings could be picked up and fried as a dish.

He lowered his head and smelled it, and these wheat seedlings did have an indescribable fragrance.

This strange wheat seedling stands out from ordinary wheat seedlings, accounting for about one-fifth of all wheat seedlings.

Xia Lunong closed his eyes, and after feeling it carefully, he found that the things that made him feel strange before were these mutated wheat seedlings.

When he used his ability to feel these wheat seedlings carefully, he could still feel that these wheat seedlings were more active than ordinary wheat seedlings, or in other words, ordinary plants.

He can even capture the subtle consciousness of these young plants, such as their feeling of hunger.

This is not a specific word, but a feeling.

Just like ordinary people know that plants lack water when they see their limp leaves, Xia Lunong can also perceive their needs in his mind after contacting the mutated wheat seedlings with his supernatural power.

This feeling is very strange.

Xia Lunong looked at it again and again, and told his brother and the others about it after returning home.

Xia Huoqu asked, "Is this because your powers have become stronger, or are these seedlings more conscious?"

Xia Lunong thought for a while, and said: "My ability should not have become stronger. When I use my ability to check ordinary wheat seedlings, I still feel the same, and I don't feel any change."

"I think these wheats should have mutated, just like some mutated plants can move, and they are more animalistic."

The three of them were in a fog.

Xia Lunong stretched out her hand and gestured, and it was difficult to describe in words, "This kind of animal nature does not mean that they have IQ, but that they can express their needs more clearly?"

Yan Xiannian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. What is certain now is that these wheat seedlings have mutated, and we will slowly observe the rest."

Xia Lunong nodded.

Xia Huo channel: "We will accompany you this afternoon to determine whether these wheat seedlings are dangerous."

"Ah?" Xia Lunong said, "Isn't that necessary? I think it's okay? Brother, aren't you still busy with the hydropower station?"

The hydropower station has been repaired and the generator set has been installed.

Right now the base is erecting poles, pulling wires, putting lights and meters on every house, and they won't actually start generating electricity until all these things are in place.

When the hydropower station was built, a small lake was built to store water. Now the base sends people to patrol the small lake every day, fearing that some mutant animals and plants will grow in the lake, which will harm the entire base.

Xia Lunong felt that the two elder brothers were quite busy, and did not bother them with the field affairs these two days.

Xiahuo channel: "It's just that I came back earlier, the hydropower station is not bad, let's wait and see for a while."

Yan Xiannian also said: "Everything involving mutated plants must be more careful."

Seeing their resolute attitude, Xia Lunong nodded and said, "That's fine, I wanted Kong Zhi to accompany me to have a look."

Yan Xi Nian said: "Kong Zhi is also here, let's watch together and see if we can find anything."

In the evening, the four of them went to the wheat field together.

Xia Lunong came here every morning and evening, and was very familiar with this wheat field.

Before seeing the fields, he probably imagined the wheat fields in his mind, but when he came to have a look in the evening, he found that it was completely different from the wheat fields he had imagined.

The place where he raised the seedlings didn't know if there were weeds or something. A piece of messy greenery jumped up, which was particularly obvious in the nursery.

Xia Lunong felt a chill in his heart, he just didn't come to see it for most of the day, the wheat field was harmed like this.

"Strange, why does this weed grow so fast?"

Xia Huoqu looked serious, "It's not a weed."

"Ah? It's not a weed. Wheat doesn't look like this, does it?"

Although Xia Lunong's eyesight is not as good as his brother's, he can still see clearly. Those protruding weeds grow quite tall and protrude from the nursery. It looks like a monk with some messy long hair on his head. obvious.

After Xia Lunong finished speaking, she came back belatedly, "It's not a weed, is it mutated wheat?"

Plant mutations may mutate in various directions. Take weeds as an example. They may become vines, grow into big trees, or grow legs or arms. Only people can't think of it, and no mutated plants can't do it.

Xia Lunong couldn't think of the mutated plants at the first time, just because there were too many "weeds" protruding in the nursery.

Mutation is a low-probability event. It is hard for him to imagine that there are so many wheats in the nursery that will mutate on a large scale on the first day.

Soon they were in the middle of the nursery.

The facts were also in front of Xia Lunong.

He looked at the wheat in the nursery in disbelief, "This is really wheat! How did it change so quickly? Before this morning, they didn't mutate obviously!"

Yan Xiannian's face was solemn and said: "Maybe this batch of wheat has the same mutation characteristics. The germination period is not obvious, and after the germination, it becomes very fast."

Xia Lunong nodded blankly.

Yan Xinian said: "Xiao Nong, feel it again, do you still think they are good things?"

Xia Lunong closed her eyes, felt it carefully for a moment and then nodded, "I think they are."

"That should be a good thing!" Yan Xinian said decisively, "First transplant them out and observe carefully to see how big they can grow, how much wheat they produce, and what their growth cycle is."

Xia Lunong looked at the land beside it that hadn't started tidying, and asked Chi: "Now?"

"Now." Yan Xinian smiled, "Let's work overtime together, and quickly move it out before it gets dark."

Xia Lunong wiped the sweat from her palms with her trousers, "I've never planted wheat before, so I'm not sure how to plant it."

Yan Xiannian: "Isn't it in the book?"

Xia Lunong wiped off the sweat on her hands again, "Is there a return in the book, 'what comes on paper is always shallow', if it is really a mutant plant, we plant it randomly, what if one is smashed?"

The three of them didn't expect him to say that, and looked at him at the same time.

Xia Lunong said: "There are scientists in the white building. I remember that there are agronomists among them? Why don't we look for them?"

Yan Xiannian paused, "If you find the scientists in the White House and produce results in the future, it will not be your independent results."

Xia Lunong thought about it, and handed over such a large profit. If he didn't feel anything in his heart, that would be impossible, but he could clearly distinguish between righteousness and small things.

He took a deep breath and said, "Forget it, if we can really grow particularly powerful wheat, maybe everyone in the base won't need to eat sweet potatoes."

He always remembered that when he just woke up, he ate sweet potatoes and pantothenic acid water every day.

Sweet potatoes are not a suitable staple food. If you eat sweet potatoes for a long time, everyone will be hurt. If you can have high-yield wheat, eating noodles or steamed buns is much better than eating sweet potatoes.

Xia Lunong tried to convince herself in her heart, but her brows and eyes were a little depressed.

Seeing him like this, Yan Xiannian smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "There is no conflict between cultivating wheat and keeping the mutated wheat in our own hands. If we want experts, we can just invite experts to come and have a look."

Xia Lunong did mental training for a long time. Hearing what he said, she looked back in a daze, "Is it still like this?"

"Of course." Yan Xiannian said, "You guys wait here, I'll go down and invite an agricultural expert to come and have a look."

Xia Lunong touched her nose silently, and looked up at his brother and Kong Zhi, with some sad eyes.

These two people didn't remind him, which made him do this psychological construction for nothing.

After Yan Xiannian finished speaking, he walked down the mountain and invited experts in person.

it's getting dark.

As he walked, he simply took off his jacket and trousers, rolled up his jacket, and turned into a giant tiger on the spot, running down with his clothes in his mouth.

The huge white tiger leaped seven or eight meters in one leap, and disappeared in front of the three of them in two or three hits.

Xia Lunong craned his neck to look, and complained silently, looking so calm, he was so anxious that he even thought it was too slow to walk.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Kong Zhi. If he said it quickly, it would be faster to let Kong Zhi turn into a golden eagle and fly down. agronomist.

The three of them waited for a while.

Xia Huo channel: "Waiting is waiting, first remove these mutated wheat seedlings."

"Oh." Xia Lunong squatted down, stretched out her hand and lightly touched the mutated wheat seedlings, seeing that they didn't bite and didn't grow thorns, she felt relieved, and began to grab the wheat seedlings and pull them up.

After pulling it out, Xia Lunong didn't pull it out, and the seemingly plump and plump stems and leaves didn't break off.

He froze for a moment, then reached out to dig.

Soon, he discovered that the roots of the wheat seedlings, which seemed to have grown to the height of his knees, were actually more than half a meter deep into the soil!

Good guy, it's not that these mutated wheat seedlings were abnormal before, but the above-ground parts were normal!