I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

A group of children, carrying tattered cloth bags, opened the door of the dark alley and ran home one after another.

Each person's cloth bag was filled with heavy bags of rice, which they had traded for potatoes.

"Quick, bring out all the rice and let's see how much was exchanged in total?"

When the children inside saw that Xiaoshu and the others had returned, they all eagerly gathered around them.

"Brother Little Tree, I have 8.8 jin of rice here!"

"I weigh over nine pounds!"

The little tree put all the rice together, totaling 33.2 jin (11.6 catties).

I spent 600 points today to buy potatoes, then exchanged the potatoes I bought from the fields for rice, and ended up with this much!

"Good heavens! This rice would normally cost over 1,600 points!"

The children inside the house had their eyes shining; they had never seen so many rice grains before.

"Great, this will last us a long time!"

They are children, and half a pound of rice a day is enough to fill them up. But they don't eat their fill every day. Instead, they eat one meal and then drink some rice water for the other two meals.

"With so much rice, we should be able to eat for a week, right?"

"Yeah, if we eat it sparingly, it can last a week."

Little Tree said, "We'll have rice for dinner! Everyone can eat a bowl!"

A group of children cheered, "Great! Now that we've eaten, I'm going to pick up even more trash!"

After all, what else can a five- or six-year-old child do besides picking up trash?

Xiao Shu and the children got busy washing the rice, pouring it into the stove, adding firewood, and cooking the rice.

As soon as the aroma of rice wafted out, everyone gathered around with their own dirty, broken bowls.

"The rice smells so good!"

"It would be wonderful if we could eat rice every day!"

A child was sharing with his friends, "The two potato-selling ladies we saw today were so pretty and kind; they didn't yell at us at all!"

"Exactly! She's selling us potatoes this cheap! Nobody else would sell us food this cheap!"

Speaking of potatoes, some children couldn't help but drool, saying, "Those potatoes look so delicious. I wish we could eat potatoes today."

"Potatoes are expensive! And without rice, you don't want to eat your fill?"

"Then I'd better not eat potatoes."

"..."

"Did Xiaoshu and the others buy potatoes too?" Ji Hong asked Uncle An.

Uncle An smiled and said, "We bought them all. Li Xiang and I took them to the market and exchanged all the potatoes for rice. Xiao Shu and the others should have gotten more than 30 catties of rice as well."

Ji Hong nodded. "That's good."

Those were children without parents; some of their parents had died, while others had abandoned them.

No one living in the dark alley is doing well.

Ji Hong and her group also suffered hardships and ended up at the Ninth Base. On their escape route, some died, some were injured, and the rest were forced to eat mutated food to fill their stomachs, accumulating toxins in their bodies. They hadn't reached the point of death yet, but they were all close to it.

"Fortunately, those children didn't eat anything indiscriminately. They are all still healthy, but they are too young to work and can only survive by collecting recyclables and receiving handouts."

Just then, Wenru returned. "Sister Hong, I just came here, and two more people have died in this alley."

The body was lying by the roadside; it was unclear whether it had starved to death or been poisoned.

Ji Hong sighed. "Let's eat first."

We exchanged a lot of rice today; enough to last us for a few days.

"Hasn't Chen Ye returned yet?"

Wen Ru: "He's still working for the same boss as yesterday. He said we don't need to wait for him for meals, he'll have food for us."

"Okay, let's eat first. Remember to cook some porridge for Chen Ye's grandma."

Chen Ye's grandmother is nearing her end and is no longer able to move or get out of bed; she can only be fed liquid food.

When Jiang Li and Jiang Tang returned to the farm after finishing their work, Jiang Yan had already finished weeding.

The farm has been completely transformed.

Jiang Li: "?"

Back in the room, I opened the supply reward box, peeked inside, reached in and felt around, and finally pulled out a piece of clothing.

It was a pair of overalls-style work clothes.

Try it on and take a look.

The size fit her perfectly, and the label said it was made of normal cotton.

"Xiao Li, are these your new clothes?" Jiang Tang came in from outside and her eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Li trying on new clothes.

Jiang Li nodded. "Yes, you can wear clothes to work."

Jiang Li straightened Jiang Li's collar. "Hmm, the size is just right, very nice."

Jiang Li also thought it was alright.

After taking it off, Jiang Li folded the clothes and put them back in the box, preparing to wear them again when doing farm work the next day.

"20000 points credited to your account."

Jiang Yan came over and told Jiang Li, "This is the payment that Liu Weidong and Liu Qing made today."

Today, Jiang Li and Jiang Tang went to sell potatoes, and Jiang Yan handled the order for Liu Weidong and Liu Qing.

"Did they take 400 jin of goods today?" Jiang Li asked.

Jiang Yan nodded.

Jiang Li herself sold more than 11000 points.

Including the 18000+ points I already had, I now have a total of over 49000 points.

Building a guesthouse requires 20 points, while building a fruit and vegetable shop requires 10 points. There aren't enough points to build either one, so you have to save up first.

"By the way, sis, I saw a vending machine outside. Did you put it there? What's that machine for?"

"A vending machine?"

Jiang Li then remembered that the system had given her a garbage recycling machine.

When I got to the machine Jiang Yan mentioned, it did look very much like a vending machine, except that it was bigger than the vending machines from before the apocalypse. The upper part was a display screen, and the protruding platform in the middle was a large delivery port. It was already automatically connected to the farm's power system, and the screen was lit up and in operation.

Lin An was fiddling with the machine from side to side, looking on with curiosity.

Seeing Jiang Li arrive, she turned her head and asked, "What's this?"

Jiang Li glanced at it.

[Trash Recycling Machine (Bound): A street machine found everywhere in the new world, it can recycle your trash. If someone throws trash into it, you will receive 10% of the recycling amount as commission! (The owner cannot use it; it is only for use by world residents.)]

[Recyclable waste categories: Any wild fruits, vegetables, crops, grains, etc. containing toxins...]

[Recycling price: 1.2-1.7 points/jin (depending on specific circumstances).]

From this, it seems that this machine can recycle mutated crops, vegetables, fruits, etc., and Jiang Li can also get a cut if it recycles waste?

I just don't know who pays for this garbage recycling?

Was it generated by the system or by her?

Jiang Li instructed Jiang Yan to pour a basket of mutated potatoes into the machine and insert the points card into the slot.

The machines roared to life.

Immediately afterwards, a green checkmark appeared on the screen.

[Mutant potato: 134 catties.]

Total buyback value: 160 points

"160 points credited to your account." Jiang Yan's points table displayed a notification.

Jiang Yan was delighted when he saw it. "Wow! It really gave me 160 points!"

Jiang Li checked her account and found that no money had been deducted; in fact, she had received a notification that the funds had been deposited.

"16 points credited to your account."