I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Jiang Yan sighed, "That's true."

If you want to gather them, you have to go to the mountains. In places where people are active, all the edible things will definitely have been picked clean.

Jiang Li took a small saw and started cutting bamboo, choosing bamboo that was about the thickness of a thumb.

"Sister, how long of a bamboo pole do we need to build a trellis for the green beans?" Jiang Yan asked.

"2.4 meters in length is enough," Jiang Li said. "First, cut the bamboo clean from the bottom. Don't worry about the length. We can cut it more carefully when we get back. We'll need it later anyway."

"Mm." Jiang Yan nodded.

The two of them each cut a bundle of bamboo, carried it on their shoulders, and went back to the farm.

Jiang Li cut out some bamboo poles and began to build an "A"-shaped trellis for the green beans.

I was busy when I suddenly heard a car horn.

Lin An entered through the farm gate.

Jiang Li looked at her with a puzzled expression. "Why are you back so early?"

Lin An: "I was worried you'd need a car for deliveries today, so I came back early."

As he spoke, Lin An came over and took a letter out of his shirt pocket and gave it to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li took the letter, looking puzzled. "What's this?"

"This is a thank-you letter that Tan Xin asked everyone to write to you."

"Who is Tan Xin?" Jiang Li asked.

"It's our team captain."

Jiang Li opened the letter; it contained lines of text, clearly written by different people, each with a single sentence:

"Thank you, Boss Jiang, for the strawberries! They're so sweet! We all love them! [Heart] — Tang You"

"Wishing Boss Jiang happiness every day! — Song Yu"

"Thank you, Boss Jiang, for sending supplies to my team!" — Tan Xin

"Wishing Boss Jiang peace, success, and all the best! — Lin Zhiwei"

"..."

In short, everyone wrote a blessing or a thank you message. Some had neat handwriting, some had grand and impressive style, and some had messy handwriting. Each had its own merits.

There were also some strawberry and potato patterns drawn on the paper, as well as a pig.

"I told them you raised a pig, so Tang You drew the pig in the picture too."

Jiang Li smiled helplessly, "Your team members are all a very lovely group of people."

Not only are they cute, they are also very brave.

After putting the letter away, Jiang Li returned to the vegetable garden to continue building the trellis.

Lin An, seeing the green beans in the field, asked, "When did you plant these green beans?"

Jiang Li: "Just now."

Lin An helped set up the scaffolding.

Insert a frame on each side at an angle to form rows of "人" (human) shapes. Place a horizontal pole on top, tie the intersections with rope, and then place a slightly thinner horizontal pole around the middle.

After setting up the trellis, Jiang Li let the green beans grow. The newly grown shoots, like snail antennae, explored as they grew. When they touched a bamboo pole, they would pause briefly, as if thinking. After thinking, they would start to slowly pull themselves up around the bamboo pole, coiling themselves into a spring-like shape.

Lin An watched intently, "I never imagined that the process of plant growth could be so interesting, as if it had a life force."

Normally, we can't see with the naked eye how a plant grows. Compared to yesterday, at most the leaves are a little bigger, or a few more flower buds have bloomed. But now, watching a plant grow from a seedling to climbing all over the support and producing many pods, I realize that plants also work hard to grow, just like people work hard every day to find food for themselves and eat their fill.

Now, the entire trellis is covered with vines, completely enveloping the bamboo poles in a thick layer. Rows of bean pods hang down like tiny knives, crowded yet orderly, each one plump and full.

"Heavens above!" Lin An plucked a pea pod.

It's about the length of my palm when I hold it in my hand.

Sure enough, it's still quite big.

Once peeled open, the green peas inside are about the same size as peanuts.

And there were a whopping 12 peas crammed into one pod!

"Can we eat this? It looks delicious," Lin An asked.

Jiang Li: "Peas can be eaten raw, and these peas should be very sweet."

Upon hearing this, Lin An immediately picked up a pea the size of a peanut and put it in his mouth. With a gentle bite, it burst open, releasing a moist, powdery, and sweet flavor that was very fresh.

Although it's not as sweet and delicious as fruit, its natural "green" flavor is just as addictive, especially the cool juice that comes out when you first bite into it, which has a great texture.

Lin An exclaimed excitedly, "These green beans are delicious whether eaten raw or cooked!"

"Sure enough, whatever you grow tastes good."

Lin An's admiration for Jiang Li had reached its peak!

[Congratulations! You have met the requirements and can now unlock the [Pea] illustration. Would you like to unlock it?]

A card appeared in front of Jiang Li, depicting two peeled pea pods, and the card was shimmering.

The condition for unlocking the pea skill is: "Let a world resident taste the peas you grew and give them a good review!"

Each plant has different activation conditions, and Jiang Li hadn't looked at them carefully before. Unexpectedly, she accidentally activated the pea encyclopedia.

Jiang Li stretched out her finger and lit up the illustration.

[Congratulations on unlocking the Pea Encyclopedia! You've received a reward of [two bags of fertilizer]!]

[Two bags of fertilizer] have been sent to your reward box. Please check your account!

Illustrated collection progress: 2/366.

Jiang Li discovered that the rewards for completing the encyclopedia were not as generous as those for daily tasks. Daily tasks usually gave precious seeds with 100% resistance to mutation, while completing the encyclopedia only yielded some dispensable items.

But something is better than nothing; at least it saved us the cost of two bags of fertilizer.

"Sister, Liu Qing and her older brother have come to pick up the goods," Jiang Yan called out.

Jiang Li and Lin An left the vegetable garden and, sure enough, saw Liu Qing and Liu Weidong coming over.

"Miss Jiang, we've come to get the potatoes," Liu Qing said.

"How many kilograms are you taking today?"

Liu Qing: "Miss Jiang, my brother and I plan to partner up to buy and sell goods together from now on. We've tallied up our points and want to buy 200 jin (100 catties)."

"200 jin?" Jiang Li was somewhat surprised. "Is it convenient for you to transport the goods?"

Liu Weidong: "Don't worry about that, I brought a four-wheeled vehicle."

Liu Weidong borrowed a four-wheeled vehicle, the kind of old man's car from before the apocalypse. The windows were welded with iron bars, so even if he encountered a mutated wolf or something, it wouldn't be able to break into the vehicle.

Liu Weidong drove his old man's car directly to the farm gate. Jiang Li only went over to see it after hearing about it.

Its small size, made of iron bars and sheet metal welded tightly, makes it quite suitable for short-distance transport of small quantities of goods.

Jiang Li couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "How come you're so bold now? You actually dare to drive your old man's car out of the safe zone."

Liu Weidong scratched his head and said, "I don't know why, but the thought of earning points makes me not afraid at all. If it were before, I definitely wouldn't have dared to do this."

"Moreover, we are following behind the bus, with heavily armed patrol vehicles leading the way. Even if we encounter mutated wolves on the road, we are not afraid, as the army can handle it."

Jiang Yan was somewhat tempted. "Sis, how about we buy one of these 'old man's cars' too?"

This vehicle is indeed very convenient for transporting goods, and it's much cheaper than an off-road vehicle!