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

The monkey, who was wearing green shorts and smelled clean and fragrant when thrown out, came back filthy and dirty, with eye mucus and snot hanging from his eyes, and several places on his body were covered with large lumps from mosquito bites or thorns. He hugged Lao Er's neck tightly with his arms, and looked at Xia Qing in hesitation and fear.

Xia Qing, holding a shovel, looked at the second brother in silence.

The eldest brother, who had eaten enough potato leaves, narrowed his eyes and stared unhappily at the stupid monkey who had upset his younger brother.

The second child walked up to Xia Qing and rubbed her shoulder with his big head. The stupid monkey carefully raised his little black paw and tried to climb onto Xia Qing.

Xia Qing rubbed Lao Er's head before lifting the stupid monkey off its back. He stared at its stupid face fiercely and said slowly, "Since Lao Er is begging for you, I can give you one last chance."

"Aunt--"

The stupid monkey being held by Xia Qing opened its mouth and made a new sound, as if begging Xia Qing not to throw it away. Unexpectedly, this made Xia Qing angry.

"Straighten your tongue before you speak! I'm not your aunt! Watch me!"

Xia Qing made the monkey squat beside the basket and taught it how to pick the potatoes from the roots and put them in the basket. "This job is left to you!"

The temporary worker No. 002 who made the mistake was a fool. He learned it after watching Xia Qing pick a few potatoes. He stepped on the potato vines with his muddy feet, picked up the big potatoes with his two dirty little black paws, put them in the basket next to him, and then looked at Xia Qing eagerly.

"Yes, that's it." Xia Qing warned it for the last time, "You are not allowed to steal food, otherwise I will ask the boss to throw you out immediately!"

"Mee!" The eldest one holding the leaf in his mouth responded immediately. He liked this job.

Xia Qing was digging potatoes, Daigua was picking potatoes, Lao Er was carrying out potato vines, and Yang Lao Da was monitoring the temporary workers. The speed of harvesting potatoes in Territory No. 3 increased.

Employee No. 001, Little Feimao, hopped around in the field, digging for small insects in the loose soil to eat. Potatoes were not its food, but insects were.

The stupid monkey was much faster than when he threw the potatoes. After all four baskets were full, Xia Qing and Yang Lao Da carried the potatoes back home. After weighing them, they placed them upside down in the shed that had been set up in the yard to dry. Then when they went back with the baskets to continue harvesting potatoes, they found the stupid monkey holding a potato vine in a daze.

Xia Qing looked over and understood.

On the potato vine it was holding, there grew a bunch of potato fruits that looked a lot like cherry tomatoes.

Potatoes are not fruits, but tubers that grow from the roots of potatoes. Potato fruits grow after the potato plant flowers.

Potato fruit contains a large amount of the toxic substance solanine, which tastes numb and astringent. It cannot be eaten or used as seeds, and can only be thrown away or used as fertilizer.

Before entering the territory to farm, Xia Qing didn't know that potatoes could actually grow fruit. So when the potatoes bloomed and bore fruit in April and May last year, her expression when she saw these small fruits was the same as that of a fool.

After asking Qi Fu, Xia Qing learned that the fruit was useless, so she plucked it. This year, she plucked it too. The fruit on the potato vine that the silly monkey was holding grew in a relatively hidden position, so it escaped Xia Qing's "poisonous clutches."

Xia Qing pretended not to notice the monkey's stupid look and continued digging potatoes.

The stupid monkey held the unusual potato vine and thought for a while, then used his little black claws to pluck the small green fruits and put them into the basket, then continued to work.

After harvesting all the potatoes, Xia Qing counted the yield.

A total of 3100 kilograms of potatoes were harvested from the two Gaoyi element terraces. After the little soil on the potatoes dried and fell off, there were at least 3000 kilograms, which is equivalent to nearly kilograms per mu.

The reason for such a high yield is not only that the evolved potatoes are taller and produce more potatoes than before the disaster, but also because the soil and fertilizer in the high slope terraces are good. Xia Qing also used Yi stones to protect the terraces during the rainy season.

If the cost of Yishi is also taken into account, it will be a loss.

In the No. 6 shed without high-Yi element soil and Yi stone protection, a total of 2500 kilograms were harvested, equivalent to 11000 kilograms per mu. This yield is comparable to the yield introduced in the agricultural knowledge broadcast, which is valuable data.

It is precisely because of the amazing per-acre yield of potatoes that the territory management department distributed potatoes to the lords even though it knew that the potatoes did not meet the promotional planting standards.

They care more about crop yields than the safety of their lords.

The situation is different now. With the emergence of Class B magnetic evolutionists, the probability of potato plants undergoing aggressive evolution has been greatly reduced, and their cultivation can be promoted again.

If the planting is successful, by next summer, ordinary people in the safe zone who have to rely on grass rations to fill their stomachs can use the points they earn to exchange for a few kilograms of cheap yellow light potatoes.

After planting the sunflowers, Xia Qing put the potatoes harvested from the farmland into the bucket of a micro-tillage machine and sent them to the canteen of the ninth planting center.

The Ninth Implantation Center now has a total of 402 people, including 320 full-time employees and 82 family members.

The reason why there are so few family members is that the family members of veterans who meet the employment requirements have also been employed in the Ninth Center. For example, Geng Min's family of four entered the territory yesterday. Her mother-in-law is at home looking after the children, and her father Geng Xu is employed in the warehouse management department.

Among the 82 family members, there are 45 children under the age of 15 who are studying in schools, and 37 adult family members who do not meet the employment requirements. These children and family members can also eat in the canteen after paying points according to regulations.

Currently, the vegetables consumed by the Ninth Center are exchanged with the lords, and the staple food is still mainly rations.

When Zhong Tao, the head of the warehouse management department, saw the truckload of potatoes that Xia Qing had brought over, his mouth was watering. "Director, this truckload of potatoes is enough for us to eat for two months!"

The warehouse management staff were all smiling, potatoes are good, they are good for hunger and delicious. At the critical moment, it was their director who was so awesome!
Geng Xu, who was standing in the crowd, hadn't seen so much food in eleven years. He forced himself not to rush over and grabbed the potatoes and stuffed them directly into his mouth.

The Ninth Center has strict management. If he does this, he will be expelled and his daughter and granddaughter will be implicated.

Xia Qing nodded, "Brother Tao, weigh the potatoes and put them into the warehouse. I'll calculate the payment based on the market price and put it in the account first."

The Planting Management Department has not yet transferred all the operating credits of the Ninth Center, so the center is now operating in debt. Not only this batch of potatoes, but also the vegetables exchanged by the canteen for the No. 15 territory are also on credit.

However, this situation will not last long. In another month, the vegetables grown at the center will be able to meet the food needs of the employees; in another four months, the staple food of the employees will no longer be rations.

It is precisely because of the bright prospects that the employees of the Ninth Center work so enthusiastically under such difficult conditions.

When Xia Qing rushed to the office, she asked Yan Yue to notify the people who were coming to the meeting that they were all there.

Xia Qing talked about the first topic first. "Luo Pei, the third in command of the Qinglong team, sent back news that the battle between the sea beasts and birds of prey on Guiwu's side is getting more and more intense, and it is likely to cause a bird tide. Brother Yue will be the commander to deal with the bird tide, and Guo Chongjun will be the deputy commander. We will do our best to resist the bird tide. Once the bird tide invades the northern area, I will guard the northwest corner of the No. 9 territory and be responsible for sniping the large birds of prey in the sky."

The northwest corner of the ninth center is the southeast corner of territory No. 3. Top sniper Xia Qing stands at this position, and his effective range can cover territories No. 3 and No. 9.

"Yes, we will ensure the mission is accomplished!" Security Director Guo Chongjun stood up and responded loudly.

He was a level 5 auditory and level 4 visual dual-system evolver. After being discharged from the army due to poisoning, he relied on ordinary antidotes to survive in the safe zone. After the establishment of the Ninth Center, Yue Haiying brought him to Xia Qing.

Xia Qing brought Guo Chongjun's blood sample into Territory No. 7 and asked her idol to prepare a specific medicine for him.

Therefore, Xia Qing is not only Guo Chongjun's leader, but also his savior and creditor.

After Yue Haiying and Guo Chongjun left, Xia Qing began to discuss planting potatoes with Yan Yue and Mao Chuntai. (End of this chapter)