I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

"Oh, right," Jiang Li reminded her, "Jiang Tang is selling grape iced tea. You can go and have a cup; it's quite delicious."

Lin An grinned. "Got it."

Even without Jiang Li saying anything, she would go and drink it herself! She's very self-aware about these things!

Lin An turned around and went to find Jiang Tang to ask for a drink, while Jiang Li walked out of the farm and went to the Ye family next door.

As soon as Jiang Li arrived, Ye Hongjun knew that work was coming.

"What's wrong, Miss Jiang? Is there something you need?"

Jiang Li: "I would like to ask you to help me build a wooden tool shed, right here on my farm. It's a small, square tool shed, about ten square meters is enough. I need it to store some farm tools like hoes and shovels, and occasionally to store grains and fertilizers."

Now that the farm is growing larger and we have an extra employee, there are four or five sets of farm tools, such as hoes, shovels, and watering cans. The safe house can't hold all these miscellaneous tools, so after thinking about it, we decided to set aside a tool shed specifically for storing farm tools.

Upon hearing this, Ye Hongjun rubbed his hands together and said, "Oh, this is no small project."

Although it's just a tool shed, it's still a complete structure. It requires driving piles, building a frame, and has a roof, walls, doors, and windows.

Jiang Li: "Can you do it?"

"Of course! I've built entire 100-square-meter wooden houses for others before, so I can definitely make this kind of small tool shed look beautiful for you. It just might take some time; it'll probably take two weeks to finish."

Jiang Li wanted it done as quickly as possible. "What if we get Ye Tong to help you? Wouldn't it be faster with two people? I'll pay you for both jobs."

Upon hearing this, Ye Tong sensibly replied, "Sister Jiang, you don't need to pay me extra. I'll go help and try my best to finish it for you as soon as possible!"

Ye Tong learned a lot of skills from Ye Hongjun, and he can also make this kind of structure.

Jiang Li: "Since it's two people working, then naturally there will be two wages. I'll calculate it at 300 points per person per day. You can finish it for me in a week, okay? You'll cover the materials."

Ye Hongjun's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Take...take the young master?"

"300 points per person per day?"

Jiang Li: "Well, my farm charges 300 points for hiring people to dig potatoes, so you can't go lower. Plus, I can provide you with lunch."

God of Wealth!

Ye Hongjun shouted in his heart.

He immediately picked up the chainsaw.

What else is there to say?

He's going to chop wood now.

After Jiang Li left, Li Lan came out of the safe house and saw Ye Hongjun and Ye Tong hurriedly about to leave. She quickly asked, "Where are you going? Aren't you going to do the work in the fields?"

Ye Hongjun told Li Lan about Jiang Li's visit to him earlier.

Li Lan's eyes widened upon hearing this. "So, the two of them can earn 4200 points in seven days?"

"That's right, I can make the doors and windows myself. I just need to buy some hardware materials, which won't cost much."

Li Lan beamed, "That's right, this week's salary is equivalent to a month's wages in the safe zone. You should hurry up and get the timber; I'll take care of the work in the fields."

Jiang Li could actually buy a tool room directly from the system store, but after looking at it, the cheapest 10-square-meter tool room costs 20,000 points. The advantage is that it can be built for her immediately.

But she wasn't in a hurry. It didn't matter if it was later. She wanted to save money wherever possible. By having Ye Hongjun do it, she would save points, and Ye Hongjun could also earn points from her. It was a win-win situation.

……

Qiao Wu squatted in the field, looking at the Chinese cabbages she had grown.

She had just witnessed a cabbage seed grow into a large cabbage.

Chinese cabbage grows from the outside in. At first, it only grows a few outer leaves. As time goes by, new leaves will slowly grow inside. The new leaves will continue to grow and curl up together, wrapping themselves up layer by layer until they form a cabbage ball.

A round, plump vegetable head has grown, looking as big as a soccer ball.

Qiao Wu touched the cabbage ball; it was very fresh and looked delicious.

"It's grown?"

Jiang Li's voice came from behind.

Qiao Wu turned her head and saw that Jiang Li was standing behind her at some point. She immediately said excitedly, "Look at this big cabbage I planted, what do you think?"

Her eyes were sparkling; you could tell she was very excited because it was the first time she had successfully grown vegetables.

Jiang Li glanced at her cabbage head, smiled, and said it was almost indistinguishable from the cabbages she grew herself.

"Very good. This cabbage must weigh at least five pounds. One pound of cabbage is worth 120 points, so you can exchange this cabbage for 600 points in the safe zone."

"600 points?"

I had no idea what farming was like, but I never imagined that growing a single cabbage could earn me so many points.

According to that logic, this one cabbage would earn her a bonus of 90 points.

Good heavens!

However, thinking about the process of planting cabbages just now, Qiao Wu scratched her head somewhat embarrassedly, "I think I wasted a lot of my superpower just now. I'm not very good at mobilizing the energy in my body, and some of it was just wasted..."

"Moreover, I didn't water it enough. A cabbage needs more water than I expected, and a lot of energy was wasted on replenishing the cabbage's water."

"It's okay," Jiang Li comforted her. "After all, this is your first time growing vegetables, so it's normal that you don't know how to control the amount. We should try to meet the plant's growth needs as much as possible. If you're really unsure how much water to give, it's better to overwater than to underwater, because once a plant is short of water, it will take ten times more of your special ability to convert it into water."

"The same principle applies to fertilizer. We need to ensure that the soil has sufficient nutrients. We prepare the land in advance and bury enough fertilizer around the roots. We avoid using supernatural abilities to nourish plants, which only promotes growth without transforming them. This way, we can grow more crops."

Qiao Wu nodded. "Understood."

"In addition, if you want to grow some out-of-season plants, you can also grow them in a greenhouse. By sealing the greenhouse and allowing ventilation, you can regulate the temperature inside and bring the ambient temperature to the optimal temperature required by the plants. This way, you won't have to waste your superpower on keeping the plants warm..."

"To be even more precise, you can adjust it in stages. For example, the growth temperature required for different growth cycles of plants is different, so you can control the temperature in stages to promote growth. However, this requires many more steps and frequent temperature control, which is very troublesome to operate. If you are not afraid of trouble, you can grow more plants in this way."

Qiao Wu hadn't expected there to be so many intricacies to growing vegetables. She noted them down one by one and then said to Jiang Li:

"I even grew grape seedlings, look."