The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 142 Sunflower Sprouting, Zheng Guoqiang's Small Group (Additional Chapter 2)

Even Yang Mei didn't care about what was happening here. She just told Cai Yao and hurried over.

Vegetables were grown in the building. Such a big thing really touched everyone's heart.

You know, if you only eat mutant fish meat for a long time, you will definitely lack vitamins.

Although Liang Yuan provided a large amount of rice and flour, those are carbohydrates, and the trace amounts of vitamins they contain are definitely not enough to fully replenish the human body.

People still have to eat vegetables.

We all know that children will not grow tall if they don’t eat vegetables, let alone adults?

A while ago, someone got sepsis due to lack of vitamin intake.

So when they suddenly heard such good news, everyone in the building became excited.

When Liang Yuan arrived downstairs, many people were already standing at the door of the plant room watching.

Zhao Kai had already brought people to maintain order and prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the plant room at will.

When Liang Yuan came in, everyone made way for him.

It was still hot and humid in the plant room, and there was a stench of rotting manure.

But no one cared, everyone still looked inside excitedly.

The room was dark, and all they could see were raised lines of dirt in the living room.

The soil was covered with plastic bags, and you couldn't see anything at all.

But everyone is just curious and wants to see it even if they can’t see it.

When Liang Yuan came in, he saw Aunt Li, Song Wen and others gathered at the windowsill. There was a faint light coming from where they were gathered.

"Wenwen, Aunt Li, Brother Liang is here." Liu Feifei shouted hurriedly.

Aunt Li and Song Wen quickly looked up and stood up, both of them with smiles on their faces.

"Liang Yuan, you came just in time. Come and have a look. Your seed has sprouted. It's amazing. What kind of seed is this? It can actually glow!"

Aunt Li pulled Liang Yuan over, her face full of amazement and curiosity.

Liang Yuan looked over and saw about three green sprouts emerging from the raised mound of earth.

What surprised him was that these green buds were actually glowing!
Each green bud is like a small LED light tube, emitting a faint light.

It is a fluorescent green light, illuminating the surrounding soil.

Looking at this light, one inexplicably thinks of sunlight.

You know, with the heavy rains in the past six months, I haven’t really seen what the sun looks like!

Liang Yuan was pleasantly surprised. He bent down and carefully observed the three green buds.

"Brother Liang, what kind of seeds are these? I used my mutant ability to nurture them for three full days, and they finally sprouted, but... this is the first time I've seen a plant that can glow."

Song Wen also squatted down and asked Liang Yuan with curiosity and surprise in her tone.

Liang Yuan laughed: "These are the seeds I got by accident. They should be sunflowers, but I didn't expect that these seeds would mutate."

Liang Yuan naturally wouldn't tell the truth, so he just made up an excuse.

Song Wen nodded and said, "It turned out to be a sunflower, but it has mutated. Is it because I used my mutant ability to nourish it?"

"This……"

Liang Yuan was speechless and just said: "I remember your ability, can you promote plant growth?"

Song Wen understood what Liang Yuan meant. She nodded and said, "Of course it is possible, but I didn't dare to try it. I have tried other plants before. After being infused with energy by my mutation ability, they did grow rapidly and obeyed my command."

"But once I stop supplying energy, these plants that I have stimulated will immediately wither. I suspect it is my ability that has stimulated their vitality."

Liang Yuan thought about it and said, "What you tried before were all ordinary plants, right?"

"Ah."

"Have you ever tried mutating plants?"

"This... I haven't encountered a mutant plant yet."

Song Wen shook her head.

"Well, pick one of these three and give it a try."

Liang Yuan immediately made a decision and asked Song Wen to select a mutant sunflower sprout and try to induce growth.

Song Wen hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Liang, these mutant plants are hard to come by. I also know about Brother Kai's situation. If these mutant plants grow normally, they may be able to produce mutant fruits."

"Just let me try it. What if...what if I break it?"

Song Wen had heard that Zhao Kai gained his mutant ability by eating the mutant fruit given by Liang Yuan.

So I seem a little timid at the moment.

Everyone can understand how precious mutant plants that can produce mutant fruits are.

This is a fruit that can awaken mutant abilities without any risk.

However, Liang Yuan just smiled and said, "I asked you to try, so just try. It's not your fault if you break it."

Song Wen finally felt relieved and nodded, "Okay, I'll try it."

She stretched out her slender white fingers and pressed lightly on the soil.

Immediately, a green light emerged from her fingertips and slowly flowed towards one of the glowing sunflower sprouts.

Under the watchful eyes of Liang Yuan, Aunt Li and others, the young sprout of the sunflower grew slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye, climbing upwards.

Soon, it grew rapidly from the size of a bean sprout to the height of a leek.

At this moment, four or five leaves have grown on its stem.

At the top, fresh buds and flowers are sprouting out.

Overall, it already looks like a sunflower.

Its green roots and leaves emit a soft fluorescence, which is a yellow color with a faint green glow.

This light illuminates the room, and at first glance, it looks as if a sunflower-shaped light tube is installed in the room.

"No way..."

Suddenly, Song Wen withdrew her hand and began to gasp for breath.

Liang Yuan and others quickly looked at Song Wen and saw that in just a short moment, Song Wen's forehead was already covered with sweat.

Liang Yuan was stunned and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

"My powers are exhausted."

"Huh? So fast?" Liang Yuan was surprised.

Song Wen's face turned slightly pale, and she said, "This mutant plant seems to consume more of my superpowers, but I can feel that it does not consume vitality, but simply grows with the help of my superpowers, which is different from ordinary plants."

There was excitement in Song Wen's eyes. Although she was very tired, this discovery also surprised her.

Liang Yuan fell into deep thought. Sure enough, the mutated plants were completely different from ordinary plants.

He immediately said, "You should have a good rest first. These plants in the plant room will need your good care for the next period of time."

Song Wen hummed and said, "Don't worry, Brother Liang, we will take good care of them."

Aunt Li suddenly said, "Liang Yuan, I suggest that we don't eat this first crop of vegetables. We'd better save the seeds for the second round of planting. What do you think?"

Liang Yuan immediately laughed and said, "Aunt Li, leave the seeds to me, you just need to plant them."

"Harvest when it's time to harvest, don't save the seeds."

Liang Yuan still has a lot of seeds in his hands, some of which were collected from other houses.

Most of them were won by him in lotteries.

In every previous lottery, he used the remaining fractional points to participate in the random draw.

Some people drew food, some drew vegetables, and there were also quite a few snacks.

And there are many seeds among them.

These seeds are produced by the system. Although they are not mutant plant seeds, they are all selected high-quality seeds.

On the contrary, the seeds of the vegetables grown by Aunt Li and her family were actually second-generation seeds, and the things grown from them were far inferior to those grown from the first-generation seeds.

So instead of saving the seeds, it’s better to eat them.

“How many kinds of vegetables are there now?”

Liang Yuan asked Aunt Li.

Aunt Li quickly said, "Except for these mutant plant seeds, the others are ordinary seeds, there are only four kinds in total."

"Green peppers, potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes."

Liang Yuan nodded: "Not bad, these are relatively easy to grow plants, especially tomatoes, which can be used as both vegetables and fruits."

Aunt Li also smiled and said, "These are all precious vegetables."

"Especially green peppers, potatoes and eggplants. As long as the temperature is right, these three things can grow from spring to autumn."

"And if it's planted well, the yield will be high."

Liang Yuan also laughed: "Aunt Li, these are all up to you guys."

"Especially green peppers. I remember I gave you two varieties, right?"

"Yes, give me two kinds of peppers, round pepper and chili pepper. I was just about to say that round peppers can be used for cooking and chili peppers can be used as seasoning. They are both good things."

"Our husband Ma said a few days ago that he was almost vomiting after eating fish every day without any seasoning."

"If we have chili peppers and make it spicy, we can cook this fish in many different ways."

Aunt Li's face was full of smiles. Thinking that life would get better and better in the future, she finally had some hope.

Liang Yuan laughed and encouraged them again, then said, "By the way, I brought back a lot of soil from Building 77 this time. You can build another piece of land then."

"This land can be used to grow some other types of vegetables."

"Oh, that's great, this soil is the most precious." Aunt Li clapped her legs and cheered.

Liang Yuan and the others were talking here, and the owners outside were also very excited.

The corridor was full of people, many of whom were excitedly sharing the good news.

"Vegetables are really growing. That's great. We will have vegetables to eat in the future."

"How do you grow vegetables? You can grow vegetables on this cement floor?" "You don't know, Mr. Liang had foresight and collected flower pots and potted plants from many families, gathered the soil together, and built this plant room."

"Aunt Li and her friends were specially appointed by Mr. Liang to grow vegetables. We had no news before, but now it seems that they have grown vegetables!"

"Oh my, this is amazing! How do you grow this? Where does the fertilizer come from? Where does the seed come from?"

"I know about fertilizer. Mr. Liang and his team use the fish intestines, fish scales and other things from the fish they kill to be transported here for fermentation."

"I don't know where the seeds came from. I guess Mr. Liang found them in some abandoned house."

"Oh, why didn't I think seeds were so important?"

"Stop talking. Otherwise, Mr. Liang and his men would have been able to keep us alive. Look at Liu Erlong, Wang Ze and his gang. They didn't care about our lives at all."

"That's right. Those people only know how to bully us all day long. How could they think of growing vegetables?"

"Luckily we have Mr. Liang in our building."

……

Many people around began to express their gratitude to Liang Yuan, while some quietly wiped away their tears, remembering their deceased relatives.

If those people hadn’t died, would they have been alive until now and seen hope of survival?

However, some people are grateful to Liang Yuan, while others are unhappy.

Someone in the crowd snorted quietly, "Humph, the heavy rain keeps falling, and the flood level is getting higher and higher. What's the point of growing vegetables? Sooner or later we will still be drowned by the flood."

His words immediately caused many people to glare at him angrily.

They all turned their heads and glared at the man.

However, there were too many people in the corridor, and the man had already blended into the crowd and hid.

Everyone couldn't help but curse a few words, but the happy mood did dim.

A feeling of worry emerged in my heart, and I looked at the heavy rain outside.

Yes, if the flood does not recede, the water level will keep rising. What if it submerges the building?

Before, everyone subconsciously avoided this topic and no one dared to think about it deeply.

I always hope in my heart that the heavy rain will stop and the flood will recede.

But in the past six months, the heavy rain has continued and there is no sign of it receding.

Everyone's heart has become numb.

Many people subconsciously dare not think about these things.

But just when we were so happy today, someone brought it up again, ruining everyone's good mood.

Although Liang Yuan was in the house, with his keen five senses, he naturally heard the noise outside.

He frowned slightly. As expected, even though his prestige was so high, there were already so many people in the building who regarded him as the leader.

But there are still some people who are unhappy with me.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes flickered slightly, he didn't say anything, but he made a note of this matter in his heart.

After thinking for a while, Liang Yuan suddenly stood up and said to the people outside the door: "Everyone, if you are free this afternoon, please come to the rooftop and inform each other. I have something to announce."

Liang Yuan's words immediately made everyone's heart skip a beat.

Many owners suddenly remembered the last time everyone gathered on the rooftop because of the airplane incident.

Afterwards, Liu Changfa provoked Liang Yuan to a rage and he killed someone, and then he even raised the price of exchanging grain for a while.

Suddenly everyone's face changed slightly, and someone started shouting.

"Mr. Liang, we didn't say those discouraging words just now."

"Yes, Mr. Liang, it has nothing to do with us."

"Who is it? Whoever says discouraging words at a time like this, stand up. I, Old Feng, will be the first one to not let him off."

"Mr. Liang, please don't be angry."

……

There was even a pleading look on everyone's face, hoping that Liang Yuan would not be angry about this.

Liang Yuan just smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, you are thinking wrongly. I just want to discuss one thing with all of you. This matter is related to future survival."

"Of course, you don't have to come. I won't force you."

"After lunch this afternoon, I'll be waiting for everyone on the rooftop."

……

In the crowd, a middle-aged man with messy hair stared at Liang Yuan through the crowd, then silently lowered his head and quickly followed the crowd to leave.

Soon, he came to a room in unit six, near the nineteenth floor.

He knocked on the door gently, but there was no sound from inside. After a moment, he changed the way he knocked, knocking rhythmically, three long and two short.

"Who?"

"Old Zheng, it's me, Fu Xingwen."

"It's Xiao Fu, open the door."

The door opened, and the middle-aged man named Fu Xingwen looked around, and seeing that no one was following him, he quickly went into the house.

The person who opened the door inside also looked outside and confirmed that there was no one there before closing the door.

Inside the house, three people gathered in the living room.

There was a woman busy cooking in the kitchen.

After Fu Xingwen came in, he said to the people in the living room, "Is there anything to eat?"

"Zhou Qin is having a fever. What's going on outside? Why is it so noisy?" one of them asked.

Fu Xingwen said in a deep voice: "That Liang Yuan built a plant house. Today, the vegetables he planted sprouted, and many people went to see them."

"What? Growing vegetables?"

"Great, then we can eat vegetables in the future, right?"

"You guys are just dreaming. Who knows if he will exchange these vegetables for money after they grow?"

"Yes, these vegetables are not like rice and flour. There is too much rice and flour for him to finish. If he keeps them in his hands, they will go bad. That's why he took them out to exchange for fish with us."

"But vegetables are different. The yield is so small that he can't even eat enough. Can he give them out?"

"Old Yang is right. This kid is very sinister. Don't forget how he humiliated Old Zheng in the past."

"Old Zheng, what do you think?"

As they were talking, several people turned their eyes to an old man in his fifties sitting on the sofa.

This old man was not someone else, but Zheng Guoqiang, who had originally wanted to use Liang Yuan to deal with Wang Ze’s gang!

After Liang Yuan killed Wang Ze and his gang, he also killed his niece Zheng Yuanyuan.

At that time, Liang Yuan didn't think about Zheng Guoqiang and was only focused on looting things.

However, Zheng Guoqiang did not forget this incident.

To be honest, he didn't have that deep feelings for his niece.

But behind this incident, he was full of fear of Liang Yuan.

You know, he originally asked Liang Yuan for help under the pretext of rescuing his niece.

However, Liang Yuan knew that his niece was Zheng Yuanyuan, but he still killed her. What does this mean?
This shows that Liang Yuan had some opinions about Zheng Guoqiang, and that Liang Yuan had already seen through his intentions at the time and did not treat him well.

So after Liang Yuan took control of 75 buildings, Zheng Guoqiang simply went into hiding in a low-key manner.

And the few people here basically have grudges against Liang Yuan.

Among them, Zhou Qin is actually a cousin of Zhou Wen, Wang Ze’s right-hand man.

In fact, she has always been a member of Wang Ze's gang, but because she is a woman, she rarely shows up in public.

When Liang Yuan was clearing out Wang Ze's gang, he missed this woman.

A man in his forties next to Zheng Guoqiang was named Li Chun, and he originally worked for Chen Hong.

After Chen Hong died, he ran quickly and hid in the home of his relatives here.

The relative here is Fu Xingwen.

The remaining younger one is Fu Xingwen’s son, Fu Tiao.

As for Fu Xingwen, he is neither a member of Wang Ze's gang nor a subordinate of Wang Ze.

But he and Liang Yuan can be said to have a mortal feud.

It turned out that he and Cai Zhi and others were blocked in the room by a mutant cat.

At that time, Liang Yuan came to rescue them and used one of them as bait, and the others took the opportunity to slip away.

But when Fu Xingwen was leaving, he deliberately dropped the can, attracting the attention of the mutant cats.

He wanted to use the mutant cat to kill Liang Yuan.

To be honest, he and Liang Yuan did not have any deep hatred at that time, they just had a few words with each other.

But he was so angry that he did this.

Afterwards, Liang Yuan rose to power and not only eliminated Wang Ze's gang, but also became the uncrowned king of Building 76.

Fu Xingwen was so scared that he didn't dare to go out. It was not until several days later that he realized that Liang Yuan and the others didn't seem to have looked for him, and he finally felt relieved.

But he still didn't dare to show up casually and would cover his face whenever he went out.

Because he knew very well that Liang Yuan and the others might have just forgotten about him, but if they really discovered his existence, they would never give up.

The current Liang Yuan is the leader of Building 76, no longer the ordinary resident who had just killed Liu Erlong’s gang.

Later, Fu Xingwen met Zheng Guoqiang and others. They all had some grudge against Liang Yuan, so they gathered together for warmth.

However, seeing that Liang Yuan had firmly established himself as the boss of Building 76 and had more and more people under him, they dared not show it.

He could only go out to catch fish at night every day, and then give the fish to Zhou Qin and Fu Tiao, two strangers, to exchange for food.

Over time, their fear of Liang Yuan gradually faded, and the hatred in their hearts grew again.

　Haha, I didn't expect it to be so early before 8 o'clock. I have a draft saved!! Hahahaha...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)