I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Li Lan: "Whatever you saw just now, keep it to yourself, let's pretend we didn't see it!"

Ye Hongjun: "But—"

"But what 'but'?" Li Lan glared at him. "If anyone finds out what happened today, we're done!"

Ye Hongjun could tell from Li Lan's demeanor that she was telling the truth.

He pursed his lips and said, "I know, I was just curious, and I didn't intend to tell you."

Jiang Li was so good to his family, he would never harm Jiang Li.

"How many points do we have left?" Li Lan asked.

Ye Hongjun: "After buying 40 jin of anti-alienation rice seeds as you suggested, and adding the 500 points that Jiang Meizi just transferred, I only have 2116 points left at most."

Upon hearing this, Li Lan frowned slightly.

The family of four needs to eat three catties of staple food a day. 2100 points are only enough to last half a month, and that's only if the whole family can't even get enough to eat. After all, she and Ye Hongjun are evolved beings, so they eat more than ordinary people.

Li Lan couldn't help but look at the bag of rice seeds in the corner.

From now on, the family's staple food will depend entirely on this bag of seeds.

And before the rice seeds sprout, they have to find their own food.

"If all else fails, we can exchange the two chickens for points," Ye Hongjun said.

"One catty weighs three jin, and another catty weighs four jin. That can be exchanged for about 1400 points, enough to last for another half month."

"Nonsense! Chickens need to be kept to lay eggs. One egg a day, and you can make a plate of scrambled eggs in three days. How could you bear to exchange it for points?"

Most importantly, these chickens can be free-range. They can be tied with ropes and placed in the nearby wild fields, where they can find their own food, such as insects and grass that have not yet mutated, which is very convenient.

"I was only saying it when there's no other way," Ye Hongjun sighed, gazing at the gloomy sky. "What can you do when fate doesn't offer a way out?"

Li Lan's expression also turned somber. She looked reluctantly at the two chickens at the door. Just a few days ago, she was thinking about letting the chickens hatch eggs, raise chicks, and raise more chickens so that they could have eggs and meat to eat every day. That would be wonderful, and life would gradually get better.

Was her hope shattered so quickly? She was unwilling to accept it.

I wonder when this rain will stop. If I could go into the mountains, even if I only find two or three pounds of wild vegetables, I could earn about two hundred points a day. That's better than not earning a single point.

"While the rain has lessened, I'm going to dig ditches in the rice paddies."

Ye Hongjun shouldered his tools, put on his overshoes, and walked outside.

He needs to take good care of the rice paddies so that he can have a good harvest.

Li Lan stopped thinking about it and got up to get busy. She carefully poured the forty pounds of precious rice seeds into a large wooden basin to soak them, preparing for seedling cultivation...

Jiang Yan boarded the bus heading to the safe zone.

The driver glanced at his basket. "What's in the basket? Does it weigh more than 20 pounds? The station has a new rule: from now on, anything you bring on the bus that weighs more than 20 pounds will be charged. It'll cost 2 points for every pound over."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan pursed his lips. "What kind of rule is this? There wasn't one before."

The driver sighed, "There's nothing I can do. Several major oil fields outside have been taken over by mutated beasts lately! Oil is scarce, and prices are rising. We're already being lenient by not charging you per person! It's just a small overweight fee, you can understand that, right?"

"All right."

Jiang Yan had no choice but to take the basket off his back and weigh it on the scale next to the payment box. It was 14 jin overweight, so he paid 28 points. Then he found a seat in the back row and put the basket between his knees.

An elderly woman in the front row turned her head, her shrewd eyes landing on Jiang Yan's face. "Young man, what good stuff are you sending to the safe zone?"

Jiang Yan recognized her; he had seen her before at the agricultural station. Her name seemed to be Chen Xiu'e, and she came out to farm with her son and daughter-in-law.

"It's nothing, just some mutated wood."

"What are you doing with this mutated wood?"

"I have a relative who makes wooden carvings, and I brought these for him."

Chen Xiu'e snorted coldly, "I don't believe it! How much is a piece of wood worth? It's not even worth the overweight fee you just paid!"

There must be something good in that basket.

Chen Xiu'e reached out to lift the cloth to take a look.

Jiang Yan's expression changed drastically. He immediately pushed her hand away, frowning as he said, "Grandma Chen, why are you like this? Why are you going through my things?"

"snort!"

Chen Xiue turned her head away, "Fine, I won't let you see! How stingy!"

Chen Xiu'e became increasingly certain that Jiang Yan must have gotten his hands on something good! But it was raining outside and they couldn't go into the mountains, so how did he get the information?

The bus started moving.

Without Jiang Li by his side this time, Jiang Yan felt helpless. Looking at the lush mutated plants outside the window, he felt uneasy, fearing that something might suddenly appear again like last time. His heart was pounding.

Ugh.

Jiang Yan sighed inwardly.

If only I could be as capable as my sister someday, I wouldn't have to be so worried about taking a bus.

After finally reaching the safe zone, Jiang Yan met Jiang Tang at the entrance of Residential Area No. 9 and handed over the basket to her.

Jiang Tang asked Jiang Yan where the eggplants came from, and Jiang Yan stammered, "Well, they were grown by my second sister. Eldest sister, you should take them to the market quickly, the bus is about to leave, I have to go."

Fearing that Jiang Tang would press him for answers, Jiang Yan turned and left.

Jiang Tang frowned.

Regardless of where the eggplant came from, it couldn't have been stolen or robbed by Xiao Li. Jiang Tang didn't think too much about it, hailed a tricycle, and went to the market.

Jiang Li said she would receive these eggplants at 60 points per pound, and any extra money she made would be hers.

Upon arriving at the market, Jiang Tang was taken aback by the sight before her.

Most of the stalls in the market were empty, with only a few stalls still having some unsold vegetables. However, these stalls were surrounded by a large number of people, who seemed to be arguing and haggling over prices.

Jiang Tang carried her things to her stall. The man selling pork next door was someone she'd greeted before. She couldn't help but ask:

"Brother Wang, what's going on today? Why are there so many fewer stalls?"

Brother Wang said, "The empty stalls have naturally been sold out and closed up shop."

"They're closing up shop?" Jiang Tang glanced at the time, but it was only noon, not late at all. How could they have sold out so quickly?

Brother Wang: "The vegetable supply is tight. It has been raining these past few days, so farmers are no longer going to the mountains to dig for wild vegetables. It is also difficult for official collection teams to bring anything back from the wild. A large amount of wild vegetables have been withdrawn from the market, leaving only cultivated vegetables."

It turned out to be the case.

Jiang Tang put down her basket and took the eggplant out of it.

This one action immediately drove the people in the market crazy!

Someone saw it and immediately rushed over, "Are you selling vegetables? Do you sell these eggplants? I'll buy them! How many points per pound?"

Jiang Tang hadn't even set up her stall yet when it was already surrounded by a huge crowd.

The commotion alerted the patrol officers in the market. Several officers walked over with stern faces and said sternly:

"No fighting or grabbing! Anyone who tries to steal vegetables will be charged with robbery!"

Upon hearing this, the noisy crowd quieted down a bit.

Jiang Tang glanced at the market price and already knew what was going on. She smiled and said, "Eggplants are 100 points per pound. Take your time, everyone. No need to rush, there will be plenty."

"What?"

"100 points per pound?"