I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Wenru: "Sister Hong, Uncle An said he only needs 20 people."

The other party only prepared 20 shares, so we can't spread this news blindly, otherwise if too many people come, they'll all run away.

"Go and tell Kyoko and Koki the news, and have them pick another 17 people to go."

"..."

"Really? Potatoes and sweet potatoes for 30 points per pound?"

Upon hearing this news, Li Xiang's eyes widened slightly.

"Those of you with points, hurry up and gather them together. Amber has already gone, and the news is true. However, there are only 20 spots available, and we've already sent three people. Don't forget to prepare your points for the bus fare."

Li Xiang believed in Ji Hong; Sister Hong wouldn't betray them. Over the years, they had always banded together for mutual support, building a deep trust in each other, and sharing any good news immediately.

"Okay, I'll go find someone right away."

"Okay, I'll go ask Xiaoshu again to see if those kids have earned any points. If they have, let them go too."

When Wenru found Xiaoshu and the others in their house, there were more than twenty children gathered together drinking rice soup. The youngest was only five years old. They were all orphans from the apocalypse.

Xiao Shu was the leader of the children. Every day, he led the group of children to beg and collect garbage. Sometimes, if they were lucky, they would meet kind people who would ask them to do work.

When Wenru went over to take a look, there were only a few grains of rice in the rice soup.

"Have you not eaten for days?" Wenru asked.

The little tree said, "These past few days we've been drinking rice porridge. There's less and less rice left, and it's not enough to eat."

He ladled out another bowl of rice porridge. "Sister Aru, would you like some?"

Wen Ru shook her head. "I won't eat your food. I came here to tell you some news. Do you have any points right now? If so, there are potatoes and sweet potatoes on sale in District B for only 30 points per pound!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoshu quickly put down the spoon she was using to scoop rice water. "Really?"

"Would I lie to you? The question now is, do you have enough points to buy such cheap food?"

"Yes, we've accumulated points."

Wenru: "How much have you saved?"

"We have 712 points, which we're saving specifically to buy food!"

Wen Ru smiled, "That's alright."

She whispered in the little tree's ear, "Use your points to buy potatoes at 30 points per pound, then sell the potatoes at 80 points per pound, and exchange them for rice at 50 points per pound..."

The little tree's eyes lit up when it heard this.

"Okay, I'll go with Kyoko and the others!"

"..."

A long line of people emerged from the alleyways in front of the bus bound for B-field.

"What's going on? Why are so many refugees heading to the fields today?" the patrol soldiers responsible for maintaining order discussed.

"Are you going to scavenge?"

Migrants do sometimes leave the safe zone to scavenge.

The kind officer reminded them, "There's not much to scavenge in the fields. If there were anything edible, the people in the fields would have picked it all long ago."

Li Xiang: "We want to find work in the fields. It's rice planting season now, and some landowners might hire people to help with transplanting the rice seedlings."

The patrolmen thought to themselves, "That's quite clever; this is indeed an opportunity."

"Okay, get on the bus. The fare is 10 points."

After boarding the bus, Li Xiang reminded everyone: "You need to get off at stop number 13."

"..."

The first group to come and buy discounted grain today were still the same patrol soldiers, but this time Lu Mingjue was the one leading them.

Main Quest: Attract 100 tourists to spend money on your farm within three days (Progress 102/100).

As more and more people arrived, the first main quest was already completed ahead of schedule.

The system hasn't issued the reward yet; it should be issued after the three-day deadline. After all, this task can earn extra rewards if you exceed the target, so the reward might be issued based on the completion rate.

In short, it's never a bad thing to sell a few more units before the deadline.

"A bus is coming!" a patrolman shouted.

People crowded in front of the stalls made way for the bus to pass.

Uncle An anxiously looked towards the bus and finally saw Li Xiang and Xiao Shu get off.

There were still seven or eight people queuing in front of Jiang Li's stall.

"I want 5 jin of sweet potatoes."

Jiang Li glanced at her. "You bought it yesterday, so you can't buy it today."

Chen Xiu'e was taken aback, her eyes widening as she exclaimed, "Who said I was here yesterday? I clearly wasn't!"

Jiang Li clearly remembered that Chen Xiue had bought some yesterday, and not only that, her whole family had bought some too.

Lin An also remembered that Chen Xiu'e had bought some yesterday. "Why are you joining in again? I already said each person can only buy once!"

Chen Xiue immediately started throwing a tantrum, yelling, "Nonsense! I clearly didn't buy it!"

Lin An frowned. "I said you bought it, so you bought it!"

Chen Xiue tried to argue, but Jiang Li pulled out the points statement to show her. Now, points payments are all made under real names, and it clearly recorded that Chen Xiue had made a transfer yesterday.

Jiang Li asked her, "Are you going to continue making trouble?"

Chen Xiue was speechless for a moment.

Jiang Li said coldly, "Your Chen family can forget about participating in these kinds of events again. We're selling you such cheap grain, and we've already said that each person can only buy once. You still have to disrupt the order. Since you're wasting my time, then don't get involved in these kinds of things again."

Chen Xiu'e's face immediately turned pale. "What do you mean?"

Lin An: "Don't you understand what I mean? From now on, if there's any cheap grain for sale, your whole family can forget about buying any."

"No way! Why can't I buy it?!"

"Because of your insatiable greed."

After Jiang Li finished speaking, she looked at the people queuing behind her and said, "Since I've already stated some rules, I hope everyone will abide by them. Since you know it's a good opportunity to get something for free, once is enough. Don't try to take advantage of it. If you do this again, you'll end up like Chen Xiu'e—don't even think about getting involved with my business again!"

Upon hearing this, two more women in the queue behind her turned pale. Clearly, they were also trying to cut in line. After hearing Jiang Li's words, they immediately slunk away from the queue.

Chen Xiu'e was completely panicked. Everyone knew Jiang Li's abilities, and she was truly afraid that if similar incidents happened again, her Chen family would be left out. She quickly admitted defeat.

"I admit I was wrong, okay? I won't do it again."

Jiang Li: "Your apology is useless. You'd better stay away from me in the future."

She was the one who stole vegetables before, and she's the one who breaks the rules now. Jiang Li really doesn't want to deal with this kind of person anymore.

"Me? What kind of person am I?" Chen Xiu'e retorted angrily and defiantly, "All I wanted was to buy five more jin of grain. You have so much grain, what's wrong with letting me buy five more jin?"

See? After saying a few words, their true nature is revealed.

"Your whole family is unreasonable," Jiang Li said coldly. "Just because I have grain doesn't mean I have to sell it to you. Don't always think that everything is your duty."

"Exactly, that's so unreasonable!"

A discerning person stepped forward and said, "Chen Xiu'e, can you please stop making a scene? Everyone in Tianqu knows your family's character. You've corrupted your grandson; he does nothing productive all day but steal things!"

Some people's farm tools, which they left in the fields, were stolen by Chen Xiu'e's grandson.

One woman put her hands on her hips and yelled, "Chen Xiu'e, you wretched woman! Get out of here! Don't waste everyone's time; we still need to buy potatoes!"

"Exactly! Can you please not interfere with the landowner (field number 121) selling potatoes to us?"

Chen Xiue was criticized by a cacophony of voices, and she stormed off in anger, hands on her hips.