I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

Every household in the fields is short of food because it is not harvest time yet. Otherwise, Chen Xiu'e would not have sent Chen Man, Chen Pi, and Chen Hei to steal vegetables.

Yesterday, her family ate eggplants and peppers that they had stolen from Jiang Li's vegetable garden. Although they were small, the taste of having vegetables to eat was just so good, which is why Chen Xiu'e couldn't resist letting her three grandsons steal some more.

Who would have thought that this time they would be caught and even asked to pay 810 points!

"Mom, what should we do?"

Chen Shouye was somewhat at a loss. "We only have about 3000 points in total, and we need to buy food!"

Losing 810 points like that is a huge financial blow.

Chen Xiue rolled her eyes. If she had known that Jiang Li would ask for compensation from the beginning, she wouldn't have argued with them. If she had paid back then, she probably wouldn't have had this extra 200 points in fines.

Her eyes darted around, and she began to speak sweetly, but her tone was matter-of-fact: "The Jiang siblings, we're all from the same farming district, we'll run into each other all the time. Let's settle this privately. I'll pay you what you owe, and we'll forget about the fine!"

Jiang Li: "It was precisely because I left myself an out that I didn't call the patrol team immediately, but instead went to their home to seek a solution. Now you want to settle this privately? Do you think that's possible?"

Chen Xiu'e's expression immediately changed again. "You little brat! This is my family's food money! You want me to pay for it? Do you want anyone to live?"

Seeing that Chen Xiu'e was about to hit someone, the patrol team nearby quickly pulled her away.

"What's all the fuss about? You damaged someone's crops and you don't want to pay for it? Hurry up and transfer the points to them. We have patrol duties to perform and don't have time to waste here."

Chen Xiue gritted her teeth in disgust and transferred the points to Jiang Li.

The Chen family left dejectedly.

Back in the safe house, Chen Xiue slammed her fist on the table in frustration!

Thinking of the tender seedlings she had just seen in Jiang Li's vegetable garden, she turned to Chen Man and asked:

"Are you sure there was nothing in the field when you went there last night?"

Chen Man nodded, "That's right! There was nothing in that field yesterday! And then all those seedlings sprouted overnight!"

Even if the seeds have just been planted, it will take one or two weeks for them to sprout. How can they sprout so quickly?

"How is this possible?" Chen Xiu'e's face was ugly. She was determined to find out how the things in that girl's field grew!

She said to Chen Man, Chen Pi, and Chen Hei, "From now on, whenever you have free time, go and wander around the Jiang family's fields. Take a good look at how exactly the things in her fields grow!"

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After seven consecutive days of red rain, the sky finally cleared up.

When Jiang Li opened her eyes in the morning, she took out her small mirror to look at her face as usual, but suddenly saw a green light and thought she was seeing things.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed an optical illusion.

How come she saw her eyes were green just now?

Now look closely, and you can clearly see that the pupils are black.

Jiang Li shook her head, got out of bed, put on her clothes, and left the room.

Jiang Yan had already packed everything up and even urged Jiang Li, "Sister, hurry up and plant the soybeans and potatoes so we can take them over to our eldest sister."

Jiang Li picked up the fertilizer and small shovel and silently walked towards the vegetable garden.

The seedlings in the field greedily inhaled the air after the rain, swaying in the breeze as if waving to Jiang Li, a sight that grew more and more delightful with each glance.

Arriving at a group of seedlings, Jiang Li channeled energy through the soil to accelerate their growth, watching them slowly grow before her eyes—

The true leaves gradually unfold, the stems thicken, and the potato vines grow taller. When they reach a height of 30-50 centimeters, the stems and leaves no longer show significant changes, nutrients begin to be transported downwards, and the underground tubers swell.

With a "bang," the soil at the base of the main stem was pushed open, revealing radial cracks.

"It's done!"

Looking at an unmutated green potato vine, Jiang Li dug out the soil beneath it, revealing the potato buried underneath.

Jiang Li frantically dug up the soil, pulling out all the potatoes buried in the ground.

Then I pulled the potato vines apart to take a look.

There were more than a dozen potatoes of various sizes, some still attached to their roots and others that had fallen into the pit! They must have weighed at least two pounds.

A 2x5 plot of land originally had 100 seedlings, but because some of them were ruined by those three naughty kids last night, only 14 edible potato vines grew. All the potatoes were dug up, washed, dried, and weighed together, totaling 25 jin (12.5 catties).

With the last bit of energy, Jiang Li pulled up 100 bean seedlings on another plot of land a little taller. The seedlings grew from two leaves to three compound leaves and became much stronger.

We can make soy milk tomorrow.

Jiang Yan carried the potatoes on his back, and the two of them went to the bus stop together. They waited for more than fifty minutes before the first bus finally arrived.

The bus slowly drove into the high wall checkpoint and stopped at the passenger transport center.

"Sis, we've arrived."

After getting off the bus, Jiang Li walked in front, and Jiang Yan followed behind, heading towards the No. 9 residential area.

After walking a few steps, a voice suddenly came from behind:

"Xiao Li? Xiao Yan?"

Jiang Yan turned around, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, "Second Uncle?"

Jiang Li stopped in her tracks.

Turning around, I was met with a greasy, slicked-back face—a middle-aged man in his forties, with a briefcase tucked under his arm.

Jiang Li searched the original owner's memories and discovered that the man was none other than the original owner's second uncle, Jiang Yanhai, whose most recent memory of her was from three years ago during the famine.

That year, the base's farmland had problems with production, resulting in insufficient food supply and a price increase to 300 points per kilogram. The three siblings couldn't find work to make a living and couldn't afford to buy food. They were on the verge of starvation. The original owner remembered that she had a second uncle whom she hadn't seen for a long time, so she went to his door to ask for some food.

No matter what, they were his nephews and nieces, and Jiang Li and Jiang Tang both thought that Jiang Yanhai would take pity on them and give them some food.

As a result, Jiang Yanhai gave him nothing, not even a single grain of rice.

Back then, Jiang Yanhai was in the business of reselling clothes. Although he didn't earn much, he was able to make ends meet.

It's not that he can't give it; he just really doesn't want to give it at all.

Jiang Li looked at Jiang Yanhai, narrowed her eyes, and seemed displeased.

Jiang Yanhai leaned closer to Jiang Li, grinning, and said, "Little Li, why didn't you reply to my message? I heard your boyfriend, Xu Huanjun, got into the research institute, right?"

"Why didn't you tell your second uncle about such a great thing?"

Jiang Yanhai smiled so hard his eyes narrowed, as if he had a very good relationship with Jiang Li. However, although the two were in the same base, they had not seen each other for three years.

Jiang Li didn't know where he got the news from; perhaps he saw the official list.

Jiang Li didn't speak, but Jiang Yanhai continued eagerly, "When are you going to bring your boyfriend to your second uncle's house for a meal? Your second uncle will buy some pork and wine and cook a good meal for you."

Jiang Li was silent for a moment before saying, "I can't eat this meal anymore. I've broken up with him."

"What?"

Jiang Yanhai's eyes widened, and the smile on his face vanished.

"You broke up? How could that be? You two seemed to be getting along really well?"

Jiang Li: "He cheated on me. He recently got married to a wealthy woman named Zou Baoli."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yanhai's face instantly darkened. "Jiang Li, what's wrong with you?"

How can you not even keep an eye on your own man?

He was so agitated that it sounded like he was swearing.

"You've been utterly useless your whole life! You even managed to break up with your boyfriend of six years!"

"You and Xu Huanjun used to have such a good relationship! How come you didn't know how to capture a man's heart? You let such a good catch escape!"

"That's a research institute! What kind of people work there? How could you not seize the opportunity!"

Jiang Yan listened.

"Second Uncle, how can you talk like that?"