I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

"I thought that if I came out to farm, Wei Dahai could at least contribute something, but I didn't expect that Wei Dahai would do nothing all day long except eat and sleep. He doesn't work in the fields, and he eats twice as much as others! The children haven't even had a few bites of food, but he eats all the food by himself."

"I told him that the crops in the fields hadn't grown yet, and we should eat sparingly, but he wouldn't listen. He insisted on eating his fill! He ate his fill every day, but my two children and I had nothing to eat. The food we had stored was gone in just a few days..."

Liu Qing wiped away her tears heavily. "I asked him to go out with the group to find wild vegetables, but he refused, saying that it was dangerous in the mountains and that going there would be suicidal."

Li Lan was so angry she almost ground her teeth to powder.

"A man like that is just a menace to society!"

She asked Ye Tong to go home and get a steamed bun to give to Wei Zhou.

"The rice seeds have just been sown, and we don't have much food at home. Let's fill our stomachs first, and not eat these mutated fruits."

Li Lan sighed.

She has limited abilities and can't help much; she doesn't even have enough food for her own family.

"Thank you, Aunt Li!"

Wei Zhou grabbed the steamed bun and ran frantically home to feed his younger brother.

Liu Qing also thanked him while crying.

Li Lan comforted Liu Qing for a few words, and then the group dispersed.

When Wei Zhou returned home, he saw Wei Dahai sitting in the room as soon as he entered.

Wei Dahai had also been hungry for some time. Seeing Wei Zhou enter, he put his hands behind his back, acting furtively. Wei Dahai immediately said sternly:

"What are you hiding? Take it out!"

Wei Zhou shook his head. "I didn't hide anything. I didn't find any food. I'll go check on my brother first."

He turned to go into the room, but the next second Wei Dahai rushed over and snatched the steamed bun from his hand.

Upon seeing the food, Wei Dahai's eyes lit up with excitement. "Good lad, you're quite good at hiding it!"

He grabbed the steamed bun and began to wolf it down.

Wei Zhou panicked upon seeing this!

He rushed forward to snatch it, crying and shouting, "This is for my younger brother!"

"If you eat this one steamed bun, what will your younger brother eat?"

Wei Dahai shoved Wei Zhou aside and yelled, "Get out!"

"I'm starving to death, I don't care about him!"

Wei Dahai was a power evolver, and Wei Zhou couldn't possibly outmaneuver him. Frustrated and angry, Wei Zhou could only wail and plead:

"Dad, please leave some for my younger brother!"

"Please, my brother is starving, please give him some food."

Wei Dahai, impatient, tossed a small piece off his steamed bun and gave it to Wei Zhou.

He devoured the rest of the steamed buns by himself in no time, but then felt choked up and picked up some water to drink.

Wei Zhou watched as Wei Dahai ate the steamed bun, and his heart sank instantly.

He looked at the last scraps of material in his hand, and in despair, took them to his room and went to his brother's bedside.

"Little brother, get up and eat something."

Wei Xiaohan was too weak to speak, but she opened her eyes with difficulty, only hearing her brother's voice.

"Here, drink some water first, then eat this."

Wei Zhou took a water glass, poured a glass of water, and held it to his younger brother's lips, feeding him little by little. Then he broke the steamed bun into pieces and fed it to Wei Xiaohan bit by bit.

Wei Xiaohan swallowed. "It tastes like wheat."

In his hazy state of consciousness, he didn't know what he was eating; he just felt a little more comfortable in his stomach.

"It's a steamed bun, Aunt Li gave it to me."

That tiny bit of scrap, just one bite, is not enough to restore a person's strength and spirit.

Seeing his younger brother on the verge of death, Wei Zhou gritted his teeth, turned around and ran out. He ran all the way to the door of Jiang Li's safe house and knelt down with a thud.

Jiang Li was stunned when she was immediately worshipped as soon as she stepped out.

She looked at the person kneeling on the ground. "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

Wei Zhou: "Please, please save my brother!"

Jiang Li frowned. "What happened to your brother?"

Wei Zhou, thinking of the steamed bun that had just been taken from him, cried out:

"Aunt Li gave me some steamed buns, but Wei Dahai snatched them. My little brother didn't get any, and Mom is hungry too. I want something to eat. Don't worry, I'll definitely get it—"

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Li casually tossed a bag of steamed buns into his arms.

"Take it, just this once, that's all."

Wei Zhou held the steamed bun, stunned.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, "Thank you."

After saying that, he grabbed the things and ran away, hiding the steamed buns in a tree hole, planning to take them out and eat them after Wei Dahai fell asleep that night.

Jiang Li and Jiang Yan had lunch and then went to buy seeds.

On the way, Jiang Yan suggested, "Sis, shouldn't we install some cameras in the field to prevent people from stealing our vegetables?"

It's not just cameras.

Jiang Li said helplessly, "We still need to hurry up and install the protective fence and electric fence."

In the future, there will only be more and more vegetables planted in the fields. In this world of food scarcity, people can go crazy for a little food.

The theft of eggplants and peppers from her field last night served as a wake-up call, reminding her that she needed to fence off all 50 acres of land with electric fences.

Not only can it protect against people, but it can also isolate dangerous mutated beasts, giving people a great sense of security!

Upon arriving at the agricultural station, Jiang Li asked the seed seller, "I'd like to buy some soybean seeds, do you have any for sale?"

"Soybean seeds...we have them!"

The staff member took out a bag of seeds and introduced it:

"This is the latest soybean variety developed by the Agricultural Research Institute. It is a high-yield variety, with each plant producing more than 200 pods, weighing approximately 0.4 jin (0.2 catties)."

"This bag contains 200 seeds, with a germination rate of 70%. If taken care of properly, it can produce 20 normal plants and yield 8 jin (4 catties) of soybeans."

Jiang Li asked, "How much does this bag of seeds cost?"

Staff: "200 points."

Jiang Li silently calculated that the price of soybeans in the safe zone was 130 points per kilogram. The soybeans grown from this bag of seeds could be sold for 1040 points, with a profit of 840 points. The profit margin was not very large.

However, Jiang Li bought it to make soy milk for herself, so it didn't matter.

"I'll buy one bag."

Do you have any other seeds here?

"We have potato seeds and tomato seeds, all of which are new-generation anti-mutation varieties."

Potatoes (100 sprouts), priced at 400 points, estimated yield 30 jin, average potato price in safe zones is 60/jin, estimated profit 1400 points.

Tomato seeds (100 seeds per bag) are priced at 400 points. The estimated yield is 25 jin (12.5 catties). The average price of tomatoes in the safe zone is 70 yuan per jin (0.5 catties). The estimated profit is 1350 points.

"I'll take two portions of potato seeds and two portions of tomato seeds."

Jiang Li wanted to buy more, but even if she did, she wouldn't have enough seeds.

These seeds will be enough for her to plant for several days.

Points -1800.

7471 points remain.

Jiang Li didn't forget to ask, "Do you sell guardrails and electric fences here? For fencing off fields."

The staff member thought for a moment, "The agricultural station doesn't sell this. You'll have to go to the safe zone to ask. There's a factory in Zone 3 that can take on these kinds of orders, but I heard the price isn't cheap."

Jiang Li: "Do you know roughly what price range it is?"

"If you want to install a better electric fence, the kind that's over two meters high, with barbs, metal coils, and parallel wires, the estimated budget would be 300 points per meter."

300 points/meter...

Jiang Li calculated that her land, which was 50 mu, must have a perimeter of at least 700 meters.

Wouldn't this set cost 21 points?

Jiang Li: "..."

It's expensive, but I really want it!

Electric fences can firmly protect fields, not only preventing people from entering and enhancing privacy, but also protecting against low-level mutated animals. If you're lucky, you might even be able to find some bird meat to eat.