I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

"Mom, Wei Xiaohan wants to drink grape iced tea," Wei Zhou said to Liu Qing as he came out of his room.

Wei Xiaohan saw the picture of grape iced tea posted by Sister Jiang in the group chat, and it looked delicious.

Liu Qing thought for a moment. Now that she had enough points, she could afford to give each of her two children a cup of grape iced tea that cost 28 points. Besides, fruit was rare and they only ate it once a year. It would be nice to let the two children taste it.

So Liu Qing transferred some points to Wei Zhou's watch, "Go buy some if you want a drink, and also buy some pumpkin cakes to eat."

"good!"

Wei Zhou took Wei Xiaohan and they went happily to the neighboring farm.

Upon entering the farm, you'll see a granite avenue leading straight inside, with streetlights and neatly trimmed lawns along the way.

"Wow! When was this road repaired? It looks amazing!"

Wei Xiaohan stepped onto the solid ground. "The road here is the same as in the safe zone; there's no mud underfoot."

Wei Zhou walked in, looking around. "But Sister Jiang has only built two roads so far, one to the shop and the other to the stall under the apple tree."

Wei Zhou led Wei Xiaohan along the path to a beverage stall, where they saw grape iced tea and steaming hot pumpkin pancakes.

"Sister Jiang, I'd like two glasses of grape iced tea and four pumpkin cakes."

"A total of 116 points."

Wei Zhou paid with points.

Mom said we need to bring some rice back with us, because we're out of rice at home.

So, after buying grape iced tea and pumpkin pancakes, I went to the local produce store to buy rice.

"Brother Jiang, I want 10 jin of coarse rice."

500 points.

Jiang Yan took a bag of millet and skillfully filled it with millet and weighed it.

Wei Zhou took the rice and walked out of the small shop. "It's so great now. Sister Jiang sells everything here. It's like a small market."

Carrying large and small bags, Wei Xiaohan returned to the safe house.

Liu Qing took the rice and put it on the scale; it weighed 10 jin and 2 liang.

as predicted.

She heard from many people that buying rice from Jiang Li usually resulted in getting an extra ounce or two.

This was Liu Qing's first time buying rice from Jiang Li, and she was surprised to find that she actually received 2 liang (100 grams) as a gift. Moreover, the quality of the rice was very good, with each grain distinct, which was very generous.

It seems I'll only need to buy rice from Jiang Li from now on, which is good, saving me the trouble of running to the safe zone.

Wei Dahai looked at the pumpkin pancakes he had bought, took one and ate it. One bite, and the aroma of pumpkin filled the air.

"Hmm! These pumpkin pancakes are pretty good!"

During this period, there was almost no shortage of food at home, so Wei Dahai didn't have much to worry about.

Liu Qing told him that she was now earning money for Jiang Li by selling potatoes, and she would receive 200 points a day. Her job was to dig up potatoes and then take them to the market to sell.

200 points a day, that's 6000 points a month, enough for a family of four to eat their fill. So during this period, we never lacked rice and were always well-fed.

Wei Dahai was completely satisfied.

"Jiang Li is harvesting mutated bamboo shoots." Liu Qing told Wei Dahai while eating pumpkin cakes, "Many people are taking advantage of this opportunity to dig up bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest and sell them for money."

Those who had work to do did it, and those who didn't had to go dig bamboo shoots, all of which earned them a lot of points.

She wanted Wei Dahai to go dig bamboo shoots too, "Bamboo shoots are 1.7 points per pound, and they're easy to dig. People in those dark alleys can dig over a hundred pounds every day."

Liu Qing didn't go to sell goods today because she needed to work on the rice harvest. Her family also had to grow their own grain, so she couldn't rely solely on buying from the market since she was farming more.

Wei Dahai ate their rice seeds, which caused them to plant their rice later than others. Now, everyone else's rice seedlings have sprouted, but their seeds have only just been planted. In addition, they have some points to replenish their vegetable seeds. They have been busy in the fields these past two days, planting rice and vegetables, so only Wei Dong is selling potatoes.

"I have to work in the fields. Since you're not helping with the planting, go dig bamboo shoots. Earn 100 points a day, and our lives will gradually get better."

Wei Dahai shook his head, "I'm not going. That forest is too dangerous. If I get bitten by a mutated beast, I'll either die or be crippled."

Liu Qing spoke to him gently, "There are so many people in the forest, and with patrolling soldiers protecting them, I haven't seen anyone get bitten."

"I'm not going."

No matter what Liu Qing said, Wei Dahai just wouldn't go.

He opened his phone and played a pre-apocalyptic mini-game.

"Mom, Xiaohan and I can go dig for bamboo shoots," Wei Zhou said while drinking his grape iced tea.

Wei Xiaohan nodded, "Yes, I can also dig bamboo shoots to make money."

Seeing that Wei Dahai remained unmoved, Liu Qing sighed.

Now the opportunity to earn points is right in front of you. As long as you are willing to work, you can earn points, and with points, life will get better.

She hoped that the family would get better and better, but Wei Dahai didn't seem to think so.

Liu Qing patted Wei Xiaohan's head, "Later, Mom will take you to the woods, and you can dig along. Later, when you have time, you can also dig bamboo shoots to exchange for points with Sister Jiang."

The two children's eyes lit up. "Okay!"

"Is the grape iced tea good?" Liu Qing asked them.

"Mom, you try it." Wei Xiaohan held the straw to Liu Qing's lips.

Liu Qing took a sip; it was delicious.

She remembered giving the grapes to Jiang Li not long ago, but she didn't expect that Jiang Li would grow grapes so quickly and even make fruit tea to sell.

Fruits are scarce these days, and I haven't seen any fruit tea shops in the Ninth Base yet. The Central Base, which is rich in resources, does have some, because the fruits grown in the major bases are first sent to the Central Base. I've heard that the Central Base is very prosperous, with many food stalls of various kinds, and you can even see milk tea shops on the street.

It's unknown how many years it will take for the Ninth Base to develop to that point.

……

"Sister Lin, you're back?"

Lin An had just returned to the military camp when he ran into Zhou Yang leading a few people to the mess hall.

Lin An was also going to eat, so he joined them.

Upon arriving at the mess hall, I discovered that they had surprisingly made braised pork with potatoes today.

"Why are we eating so well today?" Lin An asked in surprise.

They used to only see meat once a month, but now Lu Mingjue is willing to give them meat to eat.

Zhou Yang: "Captain Lu recently took everyone out to collect trash and earned a lot of points. We not only bought rice and potatoes from Farmer Jiang, but also used the extra points to buy two pounds of meat. We're making this as a special meal for everyone today."

The mess hall was bustling with activity, and everyone was very happy.

Lin An thought to himself, "No wonder I've been seeing Lu Mingjue taking people out lately, and he always comes back with bags full of trash. It turns out he's been taking people out to collect garbage."

After getting his food, Lin An found Lu Mingjue and sat down opposite him. "Why did you go out to the fields to pick up trash? Why didn't you just dig bamboo shoots in the woods?"

Lu Mingjue was eating when he looked up at her. "The bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest are limited. Let the vagrants and farmers in the alley pick up the trash that is easier to find. We'll pick up the trash further away. That way, the trash resources can be distributed more evenly."

Lin An thought about it and felt that Lu Mingjue's words made sense.

Lu Mingjue: "Those people in the dark alleys already had a hard time, but now things are better, they can finally have enough to eat."

This is fine.

All of this stems from Jiang Li.

Although many people thought that the machine Jiang Li used to collect garbage was empty underneath, he didn't think so. The supernatural phenomena surrounding Jiang Li far exceeded his understanding of this world. After observing it a few times, he knew that the garbage was definitely not collected by Jiang Li.

He suspected that the machine had the ability to distort time and space, and that there might be other timelines beyond time and space. What was useless "garbage" to this timeline might be a useful "resource" to other timelines.