I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Sure enough, my account had an extra 85.4 points.

Ji Hong's eyes widened.

Then I poured in another bag.

[Mutant bamboo shoots: 60 jin (approximately 34.5 catties)]

"60 points credited to your account."

She couldn't believe it. "1.4 points per pound?"

This was even higher than she had imagined.

The people behind her saw that Ji Hong had sold her trash and successfully earned points, and their eyes lit up.

"Can it really be sold for money?"

"Holy crap! Over 160 points!"

"These unwanted mutated bamboo shoots can actually sell for so many points!"

The rest of the people went to the recycling machine one by one and poured in the mutated bamboo shoots.

"101 points credited to your account."

"120 points credited to your account."

"89 points credited to your account."

When it was Xiao Mu and Xiao Qi's turn, the people around them helped pour the mutated bamboo shoots into the recycling bin.

"72 points credited to your account."

"65 points credited to your account."

"Wow!"

Xiao Mu's eyes widened as she looked at the extra numbers on the points sheet. "So many points!"

Picking up trash in the safe zone is a real struggle, and you can only earn ten or twenty points! This time, I actually earned a whopping 72 points, enough to buy a pound of rice!

Lin Xiaomu's eyes crinkled with laughter. "Aunt Hong, Aunt Hong! I earned 72 points!"

"Me too, I have 65 points!" Xiaoqi said.

Everyone received the money.

At the same time, the recycling value on Jiang Li's panel was also rising rapidly.

[Light in the Dark Alley: Recycling 1000 catties of trash! (Completed)]

The beggar's hat has been sent to your reward box. Please check your inventory!

The reward was a beggar's hat, which was quite a surprise; Jiang Li didn't even bother to check it.

Wow! You've collected 1000 pounds of trash! You truly deserve the title of king of the trash recycling world! Go check out your beggar's hat! Put it on and become the most eye-catching trash king in the apocalypse!

Jiang Li: "..."

She's really at her wit's end. If she doesn't want to watch, fine, but you're going to try all sorts of ways to coax her to watch. "Trash King"? Is that sarcasm?

"I never imagined that that trash could actually be recycled and sold for money!"

On the way back to the bamboo forest, a group of people in the dark alley were excitedly discussing the matter.

They just told the female soldier that they would be bringing a batch of garbage to sell, and she said no problem.

"We only earn 50 points a day doing odd jobs in the safe zone, but today I spent two hours picking up trash and actually earned over 100 points!"

Everyone was excitedly discussing how many points they had earned.

"There are still plenty of bamboo shoots in the woods! Let's take the rest of our goods over there, and dig up some more while we're at it, hoping to sell as much junk as possible today!"

"That's right, everyone hurry up and pick up trash, the more you pick up, the more you sell! I'm going to pick up another 100 pounds of trash!"

Xiao Mu and Xiao Qi followed behind the group, excitedly running quickly towards the bamboo forest.

Little Tree Bro would be so happy if he knew they earned so many points today!

The potatoes I bought today can be exchanged for rice, and these points can be used to buy a few more pounds of rice. This is great! We should collect more trash to earn money to buy rice, so that everyone can have rice to eat every day!

"..."

After the group of people in the dark alley left, Jiang Li set up her fruit and vegetable shop.

The 50-square-meter shop consists of a 40-square-meter sales area and a 10-square-meter cold storage room, which are separated by a wall and an iron gate.

The sales area has a cashier, vegetable display cases, and fruit display cases. The cases are both vertical and horizontal, and all of them have a built-in refrigeration function when powered on. The walls are painted with latex paint, and the floors are wood-grain, making it look warm and simple.

The shop's name is "Fruit and Vegetable Shop". There is a carrot model on the left side of the entrance and a large cabbage model on the right side. There are also long wooden benches for resting at the entrance.

If it weren't for the fact that this place was filled with all sorts of display cases, Jiang Li would have liked to move in.

This renovated environment is much better than her shabby, dilapidated concrete safe house.

[Congratulations! Your fruit and vegetable shop is now open! To help you run it successfully, you are rewarded with 5 bags of 100% anti-mutation potato seeds, 5 bags of sweet potato seeds, 2 bags of garlic seeds, 2 bags of scallion seeds, 2 bags of eggplant seeds, 2 bags of pumpkin seeds, 2 bags of Chinese cabbage seeds, 10 jin of rice seeds, and a small rice milling machine!]

Jiang Li was completely stunned by the flurry of rewards.

Is this the authority on building fruit and vegetable stores?

They actually rewarded her with a whopping 20 bags of seeds! Plus 10 kilograms of rice seeds and a small rice milling machine.

The small rice milling machine has been automatically placed in the corner of the shop. It's a brand new, electric machine that can mill both coarse and fine rice.

This rice milling machine came at just the right time, just as the rice was about to be harvested. After the rice is harvested, there's no need to send it to a special milling station; we can mill it directly on the farm to eat or sell.

The system is so generous.

"I love you!"

Jiang Li returned to the house and took the seeds that Tongzi had given her out of the box.

Lots of fresh seeds.

They even have rare pumpkin and cabbage seeds, plus the 10 bags of purple grape and pea seeds they gave me before—a whole bunch of seeds, enough for her to grow for a long time.

After collecting the seeds, Jiang Li put on a straw hat and work clothes and went to the rice paddy.

The rice has entered its final growth stage, with the rice plants in the field growing to an astonishing height of 2 meters. When Jiang Li walked in, she was completely submerged.

Nourished by the supernatural power, clusters of rice have sprouted and blossomed. The milky-white flowers are so delicate that they scatter with the slightest breeze, appearing very light and fragile.

The rice husks are light green, flat and hollow, and have not yet formed plump rice grains inside.

With the help of the wind to complete the pollination, Jiang Li carried out another round of accelerators. The empty rice husks were injected with white sap, and gradually became plump. At first, they were green and soft, but slowly they turned yellow and formed hard rice grains.

These grains of rice are much larger than ordinary rice grains, and they are long and thick.

Jiang Li picked off a grain, broke open the husk, revealing the glistening rice grain inside. Even before it was cooked, she could almost smell the aroma of rice.

The ground was covered in golden rice, each grain plump and full. Some rice stalks were even bent over by the weight of the harvest, creating a scene of abundant abundance!

Jiang Li came out of the rice paddy, intending to have Jiang Yan come and harvest the rice, but she couldn't find him.

They must have gone to collect trash.

Jiang Li made a phone call, "Stop picking up trash outside! Come back right now, the rice is ripe and ready to be harvested!"

"What? The rice is ripe?" Jiang Yan was stunned.

That's too fast!

It wasn't ripe this morning? It'll be ripe this afternoon?

It seems her sister has put in some effort again.

"Sis, I'm coming right back!"

Jiang Yan threw the last bit of trash, which was a handful of wild vegetables, into his cloth bag, and then hurried back without stopping.

When I came back, the fields were golden.

Even more encouraging is that this entire field is planted with edible rice.

Jiang Tang carried the piglets out of the safe house. "This rice is great. The stalks are long and thick, and each grain is golden and plump. The yield must be high."

The piglets seemed very happy, jumping down and running into the rice paddy, where they rolled around.

Congratulations on successfully planting your first acre of rice this spring! Every grain of rice on your plate represents hard work and dedication. This is the first step in a farmer's journey, and a giant leap forward!

[Your profession has been upgraded! Congratulations, you are now an intermediate farmer!]

[Host: Jiang Li]

[Occupation: Intermediate Farmer (The glory of farmers shines upon the land. As a farmer, are you proud? Are you honored? Congratulations! You have mastered farming. Now, you can dig gold out of the ground! The Gold Coin Shop is now open!)]

Jiang Li: "?"

No, are you serious?

Digging gold out of the ground?

Is it true or not?

Jiang Li picked up a small hoe and dug in the ground.

There's no gold.

The system must be joking; how could there possibly be gold in this ground?

Never mind that for now, harvesting the rice is the most important thing.

Jiang Li bought a sickle for everyone in the system store and started working.