I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Jiang Li only woke up slightly at nine o'clock the next morning.

Her condition was much better than when she was first brought in; she looked like she had been fully recharged, although her complexion was still a little pale.

Seeing that she was awake, Jiang Yan hurriedly asked, "Sister, what happened? Why did you suddenly faint?"

Jiang Li: "I also want to know why."

Her memory was still stuck on the moment she flung a wisp of superpower from her fingertip, which then exploded into fireworks—

"By the way, sis, did you know your eggplants are all ripe?"

Jiang Yan lowered his voice when he said this, as if afraid that someone would hear him.

"What?"

Jiang Li was surprised, "It's really grown back."

Doesn't that mean her special ability is useful?

Jiang Yan lowered his voice and continued, "Your hundred eggplant plants have all grown up and produced quite a few eggplants."

"Sis, why do you think your eggplants grew so quickly?"

Jiang Yan thought about it all day but still couldn't figure it out.

If I can't figure it out, I'll just stop thinking about it. Anyway, it's a good thing.

Jiang Yan didn't forget to call Jiang Tang.

"Eldest sister, second sister has woken up. The doctor said she was just malnourished and she'll be fine after an injection of glucose."

"How could you be malnourished?" Jiang Tang asked worriedly. "Didn't you eat properly while you were out?"

"Of course we ate well! My second sister ate eight steamed buns this morning!"

"Then why is she malnourished? Is it because she only ate steamed buns and her nutrition is unbalanced? She told me before that she had finished all the vegetables. Is it because she didn't eat any vegetables? Why don't you buy two pounds of vegetables to supplement her vitamins?"

"No need, we have plenty of food now!"

"So many vegetables?" Jiang Tang asked in confusion. "Where did they come from? Didn't Xiao Li say she wasn't going to the mountains to find wild vegetables anymore?"

Jiang Yan: "I don't know where they came from, but there are just a lot more dishes than I expected."

Jiang Tang got angry upon hearing this, "Jiang Yan, can't you speak properly?"

Jiang Yan looked completely innocent. "I was speaking properly."

"Forget it, I'm not talking to you. Give the phone to Xiao Li."

Jiang Li knew Jiang Tang was worried about her. "Sister, I'm fine. It was just low blood sugar, but I'm better now."

"Eat well while you're out, and don't be stingy with your points. If you run out of points, just tell me."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Li received 1000 points transferred from Jiang Tang.

"You're awake?"

He Yue pushed the door open and saw Jiang Li's state, and smiled with satisfaction.

"You're recovering quite quickly. You looked almost dead before, but now you're full of energy. It seems that glucose is quite helpful for your condition."

In fact, He Yue didn't know how to deal with Jiang Li's condition at first. It looked like malnutrition, but she had never seen such severe malnutrition before. So she had no choice but to try anything and gave Jiang Li glucose infusion.

Jiang Li did have some guesses.

Glucose is made from plant materials and is a molecularly purified product, which may just meet the system's so-called "herbal essence" and replenish her body's deficiencies.

"Dr. He, thank you. Here are some points, I'll transfer them to you."

He Yue glanced at the list: "870 points."

That's really expensive.

Jiang Li transferred the points.

I spent 8000 points to buy rice seeds, and Jiang Tang transferred another 1000 points to me, so I now have 5173 points.

Back when my monthly salary was 2400, I simply couldn't afford to get sick.

It was still raining outside when I left the medical station.

The siblings returned to the safe house under a small, tattered umbrella.

When the eggplant plants broke through the soil, they quickly grew to eighty or ninety centimeters tall, tearing apart the small arched shed that had been used for seedling cultivation. Jiang Yan was a thoughtful person; fearing that people would see the eggplants in the field, he borrowed a rainproof cloth from Li Lan's house before leaving and covered the eggplants in the field.

In the fields, every household has just planted their seeds; no one has seen any that have already grown. If someone were to see this, it would only seem strange.

Jiang Li lifted the tarpaulin and glanced at the eggplant plants. Almost every plant had four or five eggplants hanging on it. Some were fully grown, while others were still growing. The largest weighed at least five or six ounces.

Jiang Li used her ability [Plant Perception] to investigate again. Eighty percent of them were red mutant plants, and the remaining dozen or so green ones were edible.

It seems that even using superpowers cannot avoid the influence of the alien elements in this world.

"Sister, I already tested it before, and 17 of the eggplant plants are healthy."

The data is almost identical to that provided by the agricultural research station; the mutation rate of these 100 eggplant plants is 83%.

The one percent chance of change is probably related to the red rain that's currently falling. Indeed, we can't underestimate the research conclusions of the agricultural research station.

"It's such a pity about these mutated eggplant plants."

It looks just like a normal eggplant, but you can't eat it.

"Dig up these mutated strains and bury them somewhere."

Jiang Yan: "Can't we use these as fertilizer?"

Jiang Li shook her head. "No, using these mutated eggplants as compost will increase the mutation rate of the crops we grow. We can only use fertilizers bought from the agricultural station to ensure we feel safe using them."

Besides, she can induce labor directly, so whether or not fertilizer is used seems unimportant.

Jiang Yan picked up a small shovel, put on a raincoat, and braved the rain to dig out the mutated eggplant plants one by one from the ground and set them aside.

Jiang Li looked around warily, afraid that someone might come over.

Fortunately, it was raining, so there was hardly anyone wandering around the fields.

All 83 mutated eggplant plants were dug up.

Jiang Yan pushed the cart to a deserted grove and buried it.

Jiang Li picked the plump eggplants from the remaining 17 eggplant plants and put them into a bamboo basket one by one.

I picked more than forty eggplants, which I estimate weigh about 20 jin (10 catties). Eggplants cost 60 points per jin, so that's 1200 points.

In this weather, there's no need to put them in the refrigerator. Jiang Li wiped the moisture off each one, stacked them layer by layer in the corner, and laid a layer of dry straw underneath.

Even if you leave it like this for a week, the surface will still be shiny and oily.

Jiang Yan returned. "Sister, what should we do with the remaining eggplant stalks? What should we say if someone sees them?"

Jiang Li: "First, cover it with a rainproof cloth."

"Stick a few sticks around it to support the fabric so it won't get crushed, and the plants can still bear fruit."

So, it doesn't look like anything from a distance, but you'll still notice something amiss when you look closely.

It would be good if her land could be fenced off; that would ensure some privacy.

However, such a large field is difficult to fence off, no matter what you use, it will require a lot of manpower and materials.