On the tenth year of the natural disaster, I went to farm with me

"Little Feimao, let's get to work!"

Xia Qing took out Xiao Feimao, employee No. 001 of Territory No. 200, from his pocket and put it in the green sunflower seeds sent by Kuang Qingwei, letting it pick the best seeds from this batch.

Landing in a pile of nuts, little Feimao happily shook his fluffy little tail, and quickly dug out a sunflower seed and put it in his mouth, then the second, and the third. After his little cheeks were bulging, he went back into Xia Qing's pocket and saved the high-quality seeds.

When it finished its work, Xia Qing rewarded it with a sunflower seed that it had picked out and a green chestnut.

Then, Xia Qing soaked the high-quality sunflower seeds separately before taking tools to harvest the yellow light potatoes in the two terraced fields in Shed No. 1. After harvesting the potatoes, she would fertilize and plow the land again and plant sunflowers.

Xia Qing didn't sleep last night because she went to collect mistletoe. She had originally planned to do some light work today and harvest potatoes tomorrow.

But after contacting Yang Jin, Xia Qing decided to harvest the potatoes this morning. The springs in Lanwu's Sea of ​​Death have not been eroded by the snow-white super-evolved bacteria for the time being, but Yang Jin told her that the battle between the sea overlords and the birds of prey in the sky in Guicheng is becoming more and more intense, and it is likely to cause a bird tide.

Xia Qing still remembered the damage that the bird tide brought to the territory last August. So she didn't have time to rest. She immediately called out to the Lord Alliance group, asking everyone to get ready, and she immediately started harvesting potatoes.

This spring, Xia Qing used the yellow light potatoes with low levels of harmful elements that he had saved last year and the yellow light potatoes that he had exchanged for seeds as seed potatoes. After planting two terraces, he planted another 6 potato cubes in shed No. 600.

The planting method of potatoes is different from other crops. The potatoes are divided into several pieces according to the buds, and then wrapped with some wood ash and air-dried for about 2 days. After the cuts are dry, they are planted in the soil. Each potato has one or two buds sprouting, and 95% of the potato pieces planted can grow potato plants.

So it can be said that the germination rate of potatoes is the highest among all the crops grown by Xia Qing. However, this does not change the fact that potatoes are the worst quality crop in Xia Qing's territory.

Xia Qing planted 400 potatoes on two terraces and 6 potatoes in shed No. 600, growing a total of 943 potato seedlings.

Because the No. 6 shed was not protected by Yishi in the second rain, the general evolution rate of the yellow light potato vines was 14.7%, and the aggressive evolution rate, that is, the probability of dancing potato vines, was about 5%. Although 9% of the potato vines did not evolve, the plant's toxic elements gradually increased during the growth process, and the toxic element content exceeded 15‰, turning them into red light crops that cannot be eaten directly. In addition to other losses, of the 6 potatoes that sprouted in the No. 564 shed, only 385 have successfully survived to the present.

The potatoes in the terraces were protected by stones during heavy rain, and the soil, fertilizer and water conditions were better than those in the cultivated land, so only 360 potato plants were left.

According to probability, this year's potatoes should have produced at least six or seven varieties that could be cultivated and improved. But among these 749 potatoes, not a single one was a variety that had been given the green light to be cultivated and improved!
When planted in spring, the toxic element content of potato tubers in Shed No. 6 was between 9‰ and 10‰. Now the quality of most plants has dropped to 13‰, approaching the red light.

The potato pieces planted in the terraced fields were of better quality, with a toxic element content of about 8‰. After Xia Qing's careful care for nearly four months, there were only 22 general optimized varieties with a toxic element content of 5.6-6.5‰, and the quality of the remaining potato seedlings was between 6.5-8.5‰.

That's why Xia Qing said that potatoes are the worst quality crop in her territory.

But potatoes are crops that can be used as both cooking and staple food, and hot and sour shredded potato is a dish that does not require any cooking skills and can be prepared in just one or two minutes, so Xia Qing does not plan to give up potatoes.

Next spring, she will cut the general optimized seeds cultivated this year into pieces and plant them into the soil to continue cultivating high-quality potatoes.

Although the quality of this potato is not high, it has an advantage that makes people unable to give it up: it has the highest yield among all the crops grown by Xia Qing.

Xia Qing first used a shovel to loosen the soil where the potato roots grew, then lifted the potato vines up and began counting the potatoes like opening a blind box.

There were 5 that were bigger than a fist, 6 that were medium-sized, and a few that were the size of pigeon eggs or smaller. Xia Qing's eyes lit up, and she turned around to show her harvest to her companions, "Big brother, big brother, look, our potatoes have grown a lot this year!"

Her efforts paid off, as the yield of this crop of potatoes was higher than that of last spring.

"Mea~~~"

The big sheep opened his big, adorable eyes and responded to Xia Qing in a clapping voice that was totally inconsistent with his huge body.

"Ow~"

The second wolfhound, who used to not like barking, was also led astray by the eldest one and responded to Xia Qing in a coquettish voice.

"Okay, eat!" Xia Qing plucked the potatoes and carefully placed them in the basket, then handed the potato vines to the eldest brother. "It's all because of your hard work in tilling the land and irrigating the fields that our potatoes can grow so well. Thank you for your hard work, and now you can enjoy the victorious potato vines. Don't eat too much, this stuff contains trace amounts of toxins."

Compared to the grass in its own hay shed, the quality of the potato vines was not high, but the big sheep just wanted to eat something fresh, so he lowered his head and ate.

Xia Qing rubbed Lao Er's head, took out a bag of freeze-dried potatoes from his pocket and handed it to him, "Because Lao Er patrols every day, our insect-proof nets are not bitten by insects, and the potatoes can be harvested well. Lao Er has worked hard, and Lao Er has eaten freeze-dried potatoes."

The second one wagged its tail and swallowed the freeze-dried food in one gulp. Xia Qing then handed it a piece of air-dried beef jerky to chew on before continuing to harvest potatoes.

"Mee~~~" After Big Sheep finished eating a few tender leaves on the first potato vine, he asked Xia Qing to give him the second one.

After eating the dried meat, Lao Er walked into the field and wanted to pick up potatoes with his mouth to help Xia Qing harvest them. Xia Qing rubbed his head and handed him a potato vine. "The potatoes are covered with dirt. They are too dirty. Lao Er, help me pick up the potato vine, okay?"

The second one immediately took the potato vines from Xia Qing's hand, took them out and put them in front of the eldest one for him to eat.

Xia Qing harvested 22 potatoes of various sizes from 230 general optimized varieties. After taking these potatoes home and drying them in the pergola for two days, they can be stored in the underground storage room for seeds.

Then, Xia Qing began to harvest the average quality potatoes in the terraced fields.

Because Xia Qing had to dig and pick potatoes, he was not very fast.

The second brother, who was standing by and waiting to pick up the potato vines, stared at Xia Qing who was busy for a while, then turned and left the territory. Not long after, Xia Qing heard the phone in his pocket beep, indicating that the second brother had left the territory.

Xia Qing never restricts the freedom of his companions. The second brother has the right to enter and leave the territory freely. Xia Qing put away his cell phone and continued to work.

Unexpectedly, not long after, Lao Er returned to the territory and came to Shed No. 1 on the high slope. It left alone, and when it came back, there was a dirty monkey on its back. (End of this chapter)