I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

The attitudes of these one or two people infuriated Li Lan.

She stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at the group. "Su Xiao, Wang Guihua, what do you mean by this? Everyone gets a share, so why are you excluding Xiao Li and me today?"

"It can't be because of what happened the day before yesterday, can it? You guys didn't come to the east side yourselves the day before yesterday, it's not like we didn't give you any!"

Su Xiao: "Aunt Li, you've misunderstood. That's not what I meant. I just think you've already gotten enough. You probably don't care about these wild vegetables. Everyone has a hard time. Why don't you just leave it at that and let those who didn't get any resources gather more?"

Jiang Li naturally sensed Su Xiao's hostility.

But why?

Could it be that she just arrived the day before yesterday and missed something, or that she accidentally broke some rules?

She asked Li Lan, "I didn't share the things I received the day before yesterday. Was there anything wrong with what I did?"

Li Lan: "No problem! Absolutely no problem."

"Although we were supposed to share the wild vegetables we found, the situation the day before yesterday was different. There were only five of us on the west side, and all five of us got some. The others were on the east side, and they said they couldn't come. We can't just go through all the trouble of picking them and bringing them down the mountain, can we?"

Jiang Li understood.

So she didn't do anything wrong.

Since she hasn't broken any rules, Su Xiao is now targeting her and deliberately ostracizing her—

It was Su Xiao who broke the rules, not her.

Jiang Li looked at Su Xiao and said in a deep voice, "Since you've discovered that you can choose not to share resources with me, does that mean I can also choose not to share resources with you when I discover them in the future?"

These words left Su Xiao speechless. She stared intently at Jiang Li, "What do you mean?"

"I'm asking you, isn't that the logic? Since your rules exclude me, then by the same token, can't my rules also exclude you?"

Su Xiao's face immediately darkened.

What makes her think she can? That look and that tone make it sound like she's absolutely certain she can find more resources than her, and she's even excluding her?

Where does this confidence come from? What? You want to go against her?

Su Xiao's face fell. "I didn't reject you, you said that yourself! Since you said that, let's not have anything to do with each other anymore. Then we'll see who suffers more!"

She refused to believe she could be taken advantage of, after all, she was the first to discover the wild vegetable patch today!

As the saying goes, a good start is the best time to go. Since Jiang Li dares to go against her, she will not let Jiang Li get a single wild vegetable today!

What are you doing?

I never expected such a small matter to escalate to the point of violence. Someone stepped forward to advise:

"We're all from the same area, why be so formal? Let's share what we have; no one will be left out!"

"Jiang Li, come quickly! Take some shepherd's purse back with you to make dumplings. Nobody will say anything to you."

Su Xiao snorted coldly and turned her head away.

Jiang Li stood still, ignoring the man's words and not picking the shepherd's purse.

[Congratulations, host, for absorbing sufficient plant essence! Your ability has been upgraded! Plant Perception has been increased to Level 2!]

[Host: Jiang Li]

[Special Ability: Wood-type (Level 1)]

[Ability: Plant Perception (Level 2): ​​Perceives edible plants and their status within a 10-kilometer radius]

The network pattern covered with emerald green veins suddenly appeared before Jiang Li's eyes once again!

Jiang Li felt a sudden shock in her vision.

Unlike last time, this time, a sense of vitality, like everything sprouting after a rain, bursts forth!

As if she were in a sea of ​​plants, Jiang Li felt that her sense of those green dots was suddenly much clearer than last time. This sense could be magnified or reduced. When magnified, she could feel roughly how many plants there were in each direction. With careful perception, she could even perceive what those plants were!

When she narrowed her gaze to the plants around her, she could vaguely see the veins that supplied nutrients to these plants, flowing with emerald green. Unlike ordinary plants, however, the veins that supplied nutrients to the mutated plants had a red mist flowing within them, which seemed to symbolize toxins.

The range of plant perception has been expanded from two kilometers to ten kilometers.

With her eyes closed, she could see shimmering emerald green dots within a ten-kilometer radius. Some clustered together, forming a sea of ​​green, while others stood alone, solitary in some corner. Yet, this green seemed to beckon to her! It seemed to hold a fatal attraction for her!

Jiang Li carefully savored this novel feeling.

Sudden.

My head spun and blood gushed from my nose.

"Ouch! Jiang Li, are you alright?"

Li Lan was terrified.

She supported Jiang Li, her face pale with fright. "What happened to you? Why are you bleeding from your nose?"

Su Xiao looked at Jiang Li with a puzzled expression.

What does this guy mean? Is he so upset about what just happened that he got a nosebleed?

Jiang Li steadied herself, feeling utterly exhausted. It must have been because she had been too focused on sensing the plants within a ten-mile radius, which had caused her blood to rush to her head.

To put it bluntly, her body doesn't allow her to use this ability so recklessly.

Jiang Li wiped the blood from her nose. "I'm fine, Aunt Li, let's go."

"Hurry up and find some edible plants."

Li Lan followed behind Jiang Li, watching Jiang Li walk westward with a certain purpose, as if she knew which direction had wild vegetables to eat.

Just like the day before yesterday.

Li Lan's expression turned slightly serious.

She had known all along that Jiang Li was no ordinary person.

When looking for wild vegetables, Jiang Li always finds them accurately. Although she can always give a seemingly reasonable reason, no matter how lucky a person is, it is impossible to pick 37 catties of wild vegetables in one day!

After all, most of the plants in these mountains are still mutated. Even if you find wild vegetables, 80% or 90% of them are inedible. Under these circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to collect 37 catties of edible wild vegetables!

She vaguely suspected that Jiang Li possessed some kind of unknown ability.

After returning home, she brought Jiang Li a cutting board, wooden bowls and chopsticks, trying to get closer to the siblings...

She admitted that her motives for doing these things were not pure.

But in this apocalyptic world, who isn't trying every possible way and racking their brains to survive?

She just wanted her family to have a better life.

"Jiang Li, are you really alright? Why don't you rest for a while? I brought some mung bean juice, would you like some?"

Li Lan took a bottle of mung bean juice out of her backpack.

She made this before leaving home; she neither wanted to drink it herself nor planned to drink it, but prepared it specifically for Jiang Li.

Jiang Li waved her hand, "No need."

"You should drink something; your face is frighteningly pale."

Upon opening the lid, a rich and pure aroma of mung beans wafted out.

Jiang Li looked at the water droplets on the bottle.

"Is it chilled?"

"Yes," Li Lan said. "There's a generator and a refrigerator at home."

"The mung bean soup was made with mung bean seeds that we had harvested and stored earlier. We added white sugar to it to supplement our sugar intake."

Li Lan helped Jiang Li sit down on a broken tree trunk and handed her a cup.

"No rush, let's replenish our energy first before we go look for wild vegetables."