I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

"I'll ask around and see where I can get a mini tiller, and I'll arrange one for you so you can till the land faster."

Jiang Yan's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Really?"

"Wouldn't that greatly improve efficiency! And make things much easier for me!"

Judging from his excited expression, Jiang Li guessed he must be exhausted today.

It seems that introducing agricultural equipment is now urgent.

Sauté scallions, ginger, and garlic in a pan until fragrant, then add a whole bowl of chicken to the pan.

"Sizzle—!"

The aroma of meat collides with the savory fragrance of scallions, ginger, and garlic, instantly evoking Jiang Li's memories of the pre-apocalyptic world.

These edible scallions, ginger, and garlic were bought by Jiang Li from Huang Youhua. Jiang Li bought a small bag of them together, which cost a full 100 points.

Sure enough, anything related to "eating" in this world is never cheap.

"Sis, this chicken is of excellent quality; it will taste delicious no matter how you cook it!"

Good ingredients often require only simple cooking.

Season with salt and soy sauce, stir-fry until cooked, then add boiling water and simmer over high heat until the sauce thickens. The timing is just right, resulting in tender meat that retains the perfect texture of chicken.

Jiang Yan brought a large plate of stewed chicken to the table. The remaining two pheasants were tied in a corner, watching helplessly as their companions turned into a plate of meat, their expressions a mixture of bitterness and fear.

Jiang Li: "Don't worry, we'll leave you two alone to lay eggs."

Two chickens, one male and one female, are just right for laying eggs.

If we can lay eggs consistently, we can have eggs on our table every day.

Eggs in the safe zone cost 20 points each!

"Sis, I'm a little worried, what if these two chickens suddenly mutate as they grow up?"

Animal mutations are random and occur suddenly during the growth process.

Once the mutation occurs, these two chickens will immediately turn from a delicacy into poison, and then they will be worthless.

"It can't be this unlucky, can it?" Jiang Li muttered to herself. "It's grown up without mutating, and then it mutated just because I caught it?"

She turned to look at the two chickens.

"You shouldn't mutate, right?"

The two chickens looked at each other without saying a word.

"If you can't make up your minds, then I'll just have to kill you before you mutate."

"Cluck cluck cluck!"

The two chickens protested fiercely.

Jiang Yan burst into laughter.

"Let's keep it for now," Jiang Li said.

Jiang Yan nodded, turned around and brought the cooked rice and a plate of stir-fried bracken to the table.

"Sis, let's eat first!"

"it is good."

As the tender chicken entered his mouth, Jiang Yan felt a sense of wonder at the wonderful world outside.

"This chicken is so firm and smells amazing!"

"Farming is great! I love farming!"

Jiang Li had also been hungry all day, and after eating the hot food, she felt much better. Hearing Jiang Yan's words, she chuckled, "This chicken wasn't grown in the fields."

"Sis! I know! You got all of this by playing jungle."

"But sis, do you think we could build a chicken coop here someday? We could raise a bunch of chicks and slaughter them whenever we want to eat them, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Jiang Li listened to Jiang Yan's description and found it quite interesting.

Before the apocalypse, her farm had a section dedicated to free-range chickens, raised without any hormones and entirely by human intervention, directly supplying the farm restaurant. Sometimes, when guests came, they would even buy two free-range chickens from her farm to take home.

"That day will come."

She believed that she could do anything before the apocalypse, and she could do it after the apocalypse as well.

Perhaps it was because the chicken smelled so good that some people came just by the aroma.

"Hey newbie, what good food are you having?"

Jiang Li and Jiang Yan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a strange man in his thirties or forties walking leisurely from the east.

Wei Dahai glanced at the siblings with displeasure. "You came all this way and didn't even bother to say hello? Don't you even care about me as your neighbor?"

Jiang Li frowned at him. "Neighbor?"

The man pointed to the field at the east end.

Jiang Li realized that it was someone from plot number 129 next door.

She sized up the man's appearance; his hair was covered in grime as if he hadn't washed it in days, he wore a ripped t-shirt, and his pants were loosely draped over his shoulders...

At this moment, Wei Dahai's eyes were fixed on the plate of chicken on the table.

After staring at him for a while, he dragged a stool over and sat down, beginning to berate him:

"He got something good but didn't share it with his neighbors! He has absolutely no social skills!"

"Give me a pair of chopsticks too."

Seeing the man's attitude, Jiang Yan asked, "What do you mean? Why should I get you chopsticks?"

"What?" Wei Dahai's face immediately hardened. "You're not welcoming me?"

Jiang Yan: "Why should I welcome you? You just come over and expect to freeload a meal without saying a word? Who taught you that?"

Wei Dahai glared at him. "Young man, watch your mouth! I live right next door! As the saying goes, a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. In the future, won't you rely on your neighbors for everything? You'll have to rely on me!"

"Besides, didn't you get this chicken from the mountains? Things from the mountains belong to everyone, not just you. What's wrong with letting me taste a little salt? Look how upset you are!"

Jiang Yan wouldn't get him any, so Wei Dahai went to get the chopsticks himself.

He didn't believe it when he heard that they had gotten pheasants from the mountains. But just thinking about the taste of pheasant meat made him so eager to eat it. When he came over, sure enough, they had stewed the chicken!

It smells amazing! This aroma is so enticing, it's making my soul want to leave my body!

Wei Dahai, too lazy to waste words, was determined to taste the saltiness of the pheasant anyway. He picked up his chopsticks and began to eat the chicken on the plate.

"Wei Dahai! You heartless bastard!"

A figure rushed over and knocked Wei Dahai, chair and all, to the ground.

Wei Dahai was thrown off balance and, looking at Li Lan who was meddling in his affairs, became furious.

"Li Lan?!"

"What business is it of yours?!"

Li Lan glared at him, "You lazy bum! You idle away your days doing nothing productive! Seeing that those two siblings are easy to bully, you've started openly stealing their food, haven't you?"

"Pooh--!"

"You shameless bastard! I'll beat you to death!"

Seeing Li Lan swing her hand at him, Wei Dahai quickly got up from the ground and ran away, cursing as he ran—

"Li Lan! You wretched woman, minding your own business!"

After Li Lan watched Wei Dahai run away with her hands on her hips, she turned to the siblings and said:

"This guy's no good, stay away from him! Next time he comes, slap him like this! If you can't beat him, call me for help!"

Jiang Yan watched Wei Dahai run off into the distance, thinking, "He really is shameless."

Li Lan described the Wei family's situation: "This Wei Dahai is incredibly lazy. He was lazy even back in the safe zone, never working and relying on his wife to support him. After he came out, he never properly farmed a single day. Only his wife works on their land; he doesn't care about anything else! He's idle all day, good for nothing..."

"He only came here to freeload because he saw that you two siblings didn't have parents at home and thought you were easy to talk to and wouldn't dare to refuse."

"Jiang Meizi, let me tell you, never try to be nice to this kind of person. He'll come back for a free meal once, and he'll keep doing it without any shame!"

Jiang Li nodded, "Understood."

"By the way, Aunt Li, what brings you here?"