Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

Zhang Yuan nodded. "I've never eaten these things before. And I've never drunk 'Happy Water' either."

Liu Ruyan, "???"

He hadn't even drunk "Happy Water". What kind of life had Zhang Yuan lived before?

Liu Ruyan looked at Zhang Yuan sympathetically, but she didn't ask further.

Presumably, that memory was something Zhang Yuan didn't want to bring up, so she'd better not reopen his old wounds.

Liu Ruyan thought for a while and comforted him earnestly, "It's okay. Anyway, you have a lot of contribution points now. You can eat whatever you want in the future."

Zhang Yuan, "...Right."

Zhang Yuan had been waiting for Liu Ruyan to continue asking questions, but to his surprise, Liu Ruyan didn't play by the usual rules.

Not only did she not ask, but she also comforted him.

This made Zhang Yuan feel as if he had lived a very hard life in the past years.

But when he thought about it carefully, although the interstellar era had advanced technology and he was indeed famous, wealthy, and capable.

But when it came to food, it was better here!

Thinking like this, his past years really hadn't been that good.

Suddenly realizing this, Zhang Yuan's mood became even more complicated.

Liu Ruyan had been watching Zhang Yuan. Seeing that Zhang Yuan's mood gradually became downcast, she simply changed the topic.

"By the way, there's one more thing I want to discuss with you."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuan immediately perked up. "What is it?"

"It's about the potatoes and sweet potatoes." Liu Ruyan said seriously, "I tasted the potatoes and sweet potatoes at noon. The taste is okay. If we can grow them, whether we sell them to the base or to others in the base, it should be a source of income."

"So you plan to grow them yourself?"

"I have this idea. I'm just asking if you want to grow them too."

Zhang Yuan scratched his head and said with a bit of distress, "But I don't know how!"

These hands of his were fine for him to modify weapons.

But if he were to plant crops...

Even though they were his own hands, he himself didn't know what could be grown with them.

"I don't know either. But I have a lot of books and videos about planting. We can learn from them."

"Okay! Then let's grow them! When do we start?"

Seeing Zhang Yuan instantly eager to give it a try, Liu Ruyan smiled with her eyes curving up. "I'll go back and watch some videos to study it tonight."

Zhang Yuan stared at Liu Ruyan and waited for a while. Since Liu Ruyan didn't continue speaking, he could only ask by himself, "What about me?"

Liu Ruyan looked at Zhang Yuan and saw that there was seriousness in his dark eyes.

Zhang Yuan was undoubtedly good-looking.

At least Liu Ruyan hadn't seen a man more handsome than Zhang Yuan in her two lifetimes.

After looking at Zhang Yuan for a while, Liu Ruyan slowly said, "Well... if you have time tomorrow, go find Captain Kong and ask him whether these potatoes and sweet potatoes are grown in soil or hydroponically, and whether fertilizers or nutrient solutions are used."

"Okay! I'll go after having breakfast tomorrow!"

Zhang Yuan agreed very quickly, as if he was afraid that if he agreed slowly, Liu Ruyan would change her mind.

It was already getting late, and everything that needed to be said had been said, so Liu Ruyan stood up.

"Then I'll go home first!"

As Liu Ruyan said this, she put on her mask, gloves, and hat.

It would take at most two minutes to go home from here and then get back to her bedroom.

But even if it only took two minutes, none of the things that should be worn could be left out.

Otherwise, getting frostbitten would be no joke.

While Liu Ruyan was putting on her things, Zhang Yuan was also getting dressed.

"You—"

"I'll see you off and close the door on the way."

Hearing Zhang Yuan say this, Liu Ruyan could only swallow the rest of her words.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Yuan, Liu Ruyan went home and quickly entered her bedroom.

There was only a wall between them. The living room was colder than an ice cellar, but the bedroom was as warm as early spring.

Liu Ruyan took off the clothes she wore outside, put on her pajamas, sat down on the mat beside the bed, and then took out an iPad from her space.

Liu Ruyan had many iPads, and the things downloaded in each of them were different.

The one she took out now had all the materials and videos related to planting in it.

Fortunately, she hadn't been lazy before and had categorized them all and made notes, so it was easy to find them now.

She watched until nine o'clock in the evening.

Nine o'clock was already quite late. Liu Ruyan turned off the iPad, washed up, and went to bed.

Perhaps because she had watched for too long, even though she had closed her eyes, Liu Ruyan's mind was full of the videos she had just watched.

At night, Liu Ruyan had a dream.

In the dream, she successfully planted the new varieties of sweet potatoes and grew a bumper harvest, and suddenly became a planting tycoon in the base.

The next morning, Liu Ruyan woke up, stared at the ceiling with her eyes open for a while, and then smiled and shook her head.

No wonder people say that dreams are the opposite of reality. Liu Ruyan just wanted to survive in the post-apocalyptic world and had never thought of becoming a planting tycoon.

Planting potatoes and sweet potatoes was just out of curiosity and to pass the time.

After watching for a few hours, there were still some gains.

At least Liu Ruyan already knew that both potatoes and sweet potatoes needed to be seeded first and then transplanted.

The growth cycle of potatoes was shorter, usually sixty to one hundred days.

Different varieties had different growth cycles.

The growth cycle of sweet potatoes was a bit longer, with the shortest being three to four months and the longest being five to six months.

But that was all before the end of the world.

Neither sweet potatoes nor potatoes were cold-resistant crops.

Normal varieties couldn't grow at the current temperature at all.

So, how should these new varieties be planted?

Liu Ruyan sighed helplessly.

She couldn't figure out a way on her own and could only wait for news from Zhang Yuan.

Before noon, Zhang Yuan came to knock on the door.

Liu Ruyan opened the door. Before she could say anything, she heard Zhang Yuan say, "I've already asked. After the end of the world, the soil has also changed and isn't suitable for planting.

The sweet potatoes and potatoes we bought are all hydroponic and need to be cultivated with the nutrient solution specially made by the base.

I've already bought the nutrient solution back, and I've also got the planting method.

Captain Kong said that as long as we can control the temperature well, the possibility of growing them is quite high.

The base will also recycle the potatoes and sweet potatoes we grow, and the price offered is quite good.

Quite a number of people in the base have already started to try planting them."

Zhang Yuan finished speaking in one breath and then raised his hand. "Everything is in here."

Since it was something the two of them were going to plant together, they needed to study it together.

Liu Ruyan directly opened the door wide and stepped aside. "Come in first. Let's talk inside."

Zhang Yuan hesitated. "How about... we go to my place to have a look?"

Liu Ruyan looked at him in confusion. "Why?"

".....Nothing. Then let's go!"

Zhang Yuan said this and took a long step and walked directly through the door.

Liu Ruyan gave Zhang Yuan a puzzled look, closed the door, and followed him towards the bedroom.