I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Food is expensive, but that doesn't mean farming is a lucrative business.

Profitable farms are all managed on a large scale, and they can only make a profit when there is little rain and the yield is high. When there is a lot of rain, even a large farm like Dongyang Farm can only break even.

That's why farmers keep the prices they offer to vegetable vendors very low, because they don't want to lose money.

Zhao Yongxiang: "If that's the case, then the vegetables that Jiang Tang sold at the agricultural market a few days ago couldn't have been grown by Jiang Li either."

Jiang Li has only been gone for a short time, less than a month.

Chen Jiqi nodded. "Of course it couldn't have been grown by Jiang Li. Jiang Tang must be selling goods for someone else. She's just a vegetable merchant, earning a middleman's price. But no matter what, she's still quite capable of getting access to the channels."

"Anyway, I'll go to the fields another day and see for myself what Jiang Li has planted."

"..."

"The pumpkin you requested has been delivered."

Jiang Li knocked on the door of a house.

Today, when the delivery came, Zhu Cuihua came along too, obediently following at Jiang Li's feet.

The door opened, and a middle-aged woman answered. She readily paid 3045 points.

"This is the third order, and the fourth order is also in Zone 1."

Back in the car, Lin An carried the pumpkins, Jiang Li checked the address, and Zhu Cuihua followed closely behind. The two of them and the pig ran around all morning, delivering 13 pumpkins to the door.

"The last pumpkin was ordered by Xie Luan."

Jiang Li brought Lin An to the research institute and called Xie Luan to ask which floor the pumpkins should be delivered to.

Xie Luan came down directly to the entrance of the research institute and asked Lin An to move the pumpkin to the research room first.

"How is Qin Wangyue?" Xie Luan asked Lin An.

Lin An: "It's been a long time. I've been with Jiang Li lately. I visited them once last time, and Qin Wangyue seemed to be doing quite well."

Listening to their conversation, Jiang Li realized that Xie Luan and Lin An knew each other.

"Do you two know each other?"

Xie Luan nodded, "Researchers will cooperate with the military when they go out to collect plants. The military will arrange assistance and protection tasks. I was fortunate enough to cooperate with Captain Lin once before, and we have known each other ever since."

Jiang Li: "Then who is this Qin Wangyue you're talking about?"

"Qin Wangyue is Qin Shuang's daughter. Qin Shuang is the director of the Agricultural Research Institute. You met her last time you came."

Xie Luan explained, "Minister Qin only has one daughter. She is not very comfortable with Qin Wangyue going to the front line, but Qin Wangyue is an advanced speed and strength evolver. She insists on joining the army, and Minister Qin can't do anything about it."

When Lin An helped Xie Luan move the pumpkin into the research lab, Qin Shuang was also there, wearing a research coat.

"How did you grow these pumpkins? Can you tell me in detail?" Qin Shuang asked gently.

Jiang Li had already prepared her explanation: "My superpower can give plants resistance to mutation during the growth process. In short, plants grown with my superpower are all edible. This is a recent effect."

Upon hearing this, Qin Shuang nodded and praised, "You've made rapid progress."

"This is important because it shows that many extinct crops can be grown by your own hands."

After saying that, Qin Shuang cut open the pumpkin to extract the seeds.

Jiang Li: "So...you didn't buy my pumpkins to eat them?"

Xie Luan: "Eat up, why aren't you eating? Let's do the experiment first. We can't waste the leftovers. We can take them to the cafeteria and ask the chef to give everyone a treat."

"By the way, that plant you induced to grow in the lab last time, I studied its genes and found that it is indeed no different from ordinary plants."

Jiang Li was not surprised at all, because at that time she had not yet upgraded and could not optimize the plant's genes.

Qin Shuang used tweezers to remove the seed samples one by one and put them into a sealed bag. She almost dug out all the seeds from the pumpkin core, took a few more photos, and then handed the remaining pumpkin to her subordinate to take to the canteen.

Jiang Li: "..."

She cautioned, "These seeds will never grow into pumpkins, so there's no point in taking them."

The system clearly states that offspring of seeds that are 100% resistant to mutation should not be kept, as they will not only lose their resistance to mutation, but will also be unable to produce a single fruit.

Qin Shuang: "No matter what, let's take a sample first and see. Maybe we can find something."

Research, by its very nature, means seizing every possible opportunity.

Seeing their dedication and hard work, Jiang Li said, "Next time I will bring you some seeds. Your research on the first generation of seeds may be helpful."

After all, she was also curious as to why the system could provide her with a seed that was 100% resistant to mutation.

The system said that it was a product of the new world, and that the research level of that world must be more advanced than that of this world to be able to develop a seed that is 100% resistant to mutation.

Although we don't know how the researchers in that world did it, if we give the seeds directly to the people here and let them work backwards, they might actually be able to deduce something useful. In this way, it would indirectly promote the progress of the research.

[Congratulations! Your pumpkin has gained research value. Want to know how the seeds of the New World were researched? Then work hard to manage your farm! Once your farm reaches level 7, you'll be rewarded with a set of [New World Seed Research Results]! Show your research results to the world's inhabitants and help them quickly advance to the New World era!]

[Main Quest [New Seed! New World!] is now active!]

[Mission Objective: Upgrade the farm to level 7]

Jiang Li: "..."

This system really does randomly activate tasks for her wherever she goes. Even after she left the farm, it still wouldn't let her go.

Level 7...

Jiang Li rubbed her forehead.

She estimated that upgrading from level 1 to level 2 would require nearly a million points, including all the buildings and facilities combined.

I can't even imagine how much money it would cost to upgrade the farm to level 7. Can she even do it?

I hope she doesn't end up working herself to death farming before she even gets the results of her "Seeds of the New World" research.

Seeing Jiang Li's suddenly weary expression, Xie Luan and Qin Shuang couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, farming is just a bit tiring."

"If you're tired, take a good rest. Young people shouldn't push themselves too hard," Qin Shuang comforted her. "I heard you opened a shop on the farm and plan to take over the grain business in Field B. That's a good thing; it will help ease the pressure on the base's food supply."

"After the higher-ups learned about your situation, they specially issued you a subsidy, which is a start-up subsidy. Although it's not much, it's still a form of support from the base to the farmers."

Jiang Li's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"How many?"

"5 points, though not much, is a small token of the government's appreciation."

"The government hopes that you can continue your efforts to solve the food problem for more than 500 people in B-field area. This way, the base will have the capacity to help the homeless in the alleys, whose lives are even more difficult. So if there is any extra grain production, the base can also distribute free grain to the alleys."