System into the end of the world

Chapter 88

Great harvest.

Although it is just a small village whose name cannot be found, they found more than 60 catties of persimmons, 1 load (100 catties) of tobacco leaves, salt, cooking oil, pickled pickles, etc. here.It was indeed a lot, but none of them could be eaten as food. After resting here for a night, they still had to move on.

They picked up paths along the way, and by the time they entered the Xixi area, it was already four days later.The reason why this area is called the Xixi area is because the Xixi River flows through here, and the sediment washed down by the upper reaches gathers here, forming a fertile and vast land, which has bred generations of people living here.The climate here is especially suitable for wheat, cotton, beans, etc., and its output ranks among the top in the country.

"Zhanzi, when I get back, I'll go to Huzi's with me. A batch of gasoline has just arrived from him. We agreed to let him keep it for me." Cheng Yongzhi said.

"Hey, okay, no problem." Zhan Xuyang responded. "It rained a while ago, is he all right?"

Cheng Yongzhi laughed, "It's a blessing in disguise. You know the trading hall under construction in Area C? I don't know how he talked with the base. They marked out a piece of land next to the trading hall for him. It probably won't take a few days. I can move there."

"Yeah, then we will be much closer for shopping in the future." Yu Nan said unexpectedly.

"That's right." Cheng Yongzhi nodded.

"Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng, I found a mutated cotton plant." Fang Yan's voice suddenly came from the intercom.

"How do you know it's mutated cotton?" Cheng Yongzhi slowed down the car, and Wang Feng picked up the walkie-talkie to ask.

"It grows best in a pile of crumbling cotton fields, so it must be mutated." Fang Yan replied.

Cheng Yongzhi stepped on the brakes and stopped the car.The cars behind followed suit. "Where is it?" He got out of the car and asked Fang Yan who came up from behind.

"Just tens of meters past, over there." Fang Yan pointed to the rear right.

"Let's go and have a look too." Zhan Xuyang patted Yu Nan, and got out of the car from the other side first.Yu Nan didn't say a word, and followed directly.

It was indeed mutated cotton, but the mutated one was a bit scary, the cotton that should have been white turned blood red.When someone approached, Yu Nan shivered excitedly as if seeing it.

"It's over, there will be no cotton production in the future, it's troublesome." Someone said later.When Yu Nan turned her head, she saw seven or eight people following behind.

"Maybe other cottons didn't mutate like this?" Zheng Jianling didn't quite believe what she said.

"It's so red, must it be drinking blood?" Another person said.

"Don't always scare yourself, let you say that there is something wrong with seeing red flowers in the future?" Cheng Yongzhi picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the mutated cotton. With a very slight sound of "pop", the shell of the cotton boll on a certain branch suddenly opened very wide like a fish's mouth, swallowing the stone in one go.It was obvious that it wriggled a few times, as if chewing, and opened its mouth again, spit out the stone with a "poof".Together with the stones, there are a little red cotton balls.

This time, no one had anything to say. This cotton plant was obviously very aggressive and possessed a certain sense of territory.All objects will be attacked immediately once they enter its attack range.

"Who got the knife? Use it for me." Cheng Yongzhi stretched out his hand, and Gu Ming handed over his own knife.He took a few steps forward, picked up a stone from the ground again and threw it at Cotton. The moment it opened and popped up, he slashed at it with a swish.

"Dang" sound of metal colliding sounded, followed by Cheng Yongzhi who jumped back, avoiding the branch that was attacking in front of him, and retreated to a safe distance. "It can't be cut." He raised the knife, leaving an obvious curl on the blade.

Cheng Yongzhi's strength is mutated, even he can't cut it, let alone the others.

Yu Nan glanced at Zhan Xuyang inquiringly, he took the knife in her hand, and threw it to Cheng Yongzhi with the sheath, "Try this one," he said.

Cheng Yongzhi drew his sword and tried again, obviously using more strength than last time. The third sound of "铛铛咔" had an obvious change, and a small ball of red cotton flew down in front of everyone, leaving a little red liquid from the incision.

The injured cotton was waving its branches with teeth and claws, and the cotton bolls on all the branches were open, revealing the cotton balls like tongues inside.

"This is becoming a genius!" Zou Ning sighed.

"Fortunately, its branches are so long. If it can be shortened like a monster, it will be really troublesome." Cheng Yongzhi exhaled, shook the blade, shook off the liquid contaminated on it, and put it back into the scabbard Return it to Zhan Xuyang, "The steel of this knife is not bad, where did Hu Zi buy it?"

"No."

"Oh." Cheng Yongzhi understood immediately. "Brothers worked hard, cut off the dry cotton branches next to them, and cleared an open space. Keeping this cotton tree is a disaster, let's set it on fire."

The men complied, and went to work with weapons in hand.Cheng Yongzhi squatted down and picked up the cut branch.Except for the wrong color, it seemed to be no different from ordinary cotton, so he beckoned and let Yu Nan pass by. "Look at this." He took the boll out of the shell and took out the seeds inside.

Yu Nan felt it, the cottonseed was very active, and it felt like a living thing in his hand. "It can be cultivated," she said.

"Okay, keep it and take it back. The branches of this thing are so strong, maybe it will be useful." He patted the dirt on his hands and stood up.

Yu Nan saw that he had no intention of taking it back, so she could only put it away first and give it to him when she got back.

Even if the plant is mutated, it still cannot escape the nature of being afraid of fire. The cotton boll is first ignited, and then spreads to the whole plant at a slow speed.Thick smoke billowed into the sky, carrying a pungent fishy smell.When the last spark went out, Cheng Yongzhi waved his hand, "Let's go, get in the car and hurry."

After entering November, the temperature dropped sharply, and it started to get dark around [-] pm. Everyone chose a small hotel near the village to spend the night.According to Wang Feng's speculation, there should be units such as rural grain professional cooperatives in the town ahead, and their grain storage measures are better than most farmers' homes.When the end of the world comes, it is the season of grain harvest, and maybe they can find the wheat they need here.If you are lucky, there may be a flour mill or similar grain processing unit.

After dinner, Yu Nan and Zhan Xuyang made an excuse to go out for a walk and left the hotel with glutinous rice balls.Not long after, Cheng Yongzhi and Wang Feng also followed.

"Follow me." Cheng Yongzhi said, walking to the front first.Wang Feng followed, followed by Yu Nan and Zhan Xuyang.

Cheng Yongzhi walked back hundreds of meters along the road they came from, eliminated dozens of zombies who rushed up during the process, and led them into a small alley.

【Seeds, Pesticides, Fertilizers】

Yu Nan knew his destination when he saw the dilapidated shop in front of him that didn't even have a signboard, only a few words on the door glass.

The door was locked, and Cheng Yongzhi broke the lock when he broke it hard. "I saw this store on the way here." He said, and walked in.

The room was dark, with a damp, rotten smell.Wang Feng turned on the flashlight and took photos around. The store is not big, but the shelves are full, obviously no one has visited. "Let's see if there is anything you can take away." He approached the shelf and carefully checked the labels on it.

Taking advantage of their inattention, Yu Nan bought two bright flashlights from the mall and handed one to Zhan Xuyang.She looked back at the glutinous rice balls squatting by the door, turned on the switch with confidence, and walked to the shelf on the other side.

On the shelves were plastic bags that were full and knotted. Yu Nan bit the flashlight to free her hand and opened a bag.There are some black granular substances inside, which look a bit like the common fishing bait outside. After smelling it, it has a faint smell, and I can't tell what it is.She opened the next bag again, this time it was some white spherical particles, also don't know what they were.

There were similar things in the other bags, and she recognized that some of them were compound fertilizers for growing flowers, so she speculated that the shelves should be filled with similar things.

There was the sound of the door opening from Wang Feng's side, followed by another clanging sound. "I found grain seeds." His voice came from behind.Cheng Yongzhi heard the words and followed, while Yu Nan and Zhan Xuyang continued to struggle in front of the shelves.

"I have some colorful vegetable seeds here." Yu Nan walked to the next shelf.She picked up a few of them and found the date on the label. "The seeds are relatively new, basically last August. Except for some seeds with a shelf life of one year, the germination rate of the rest should be relatively guaranteed."

"Is there a lot?" Cheng Yongzhi came out with a full woven bag in one hand, followed by Wang Feng.The two threw the bag on the ground, bringing up countless dust.

"A lot." Yu Nan carefully identified the grams on the printed code. "A bag has the least net content of 20 grams, and some have more. If the seeds do not have a shelf life, it is based on the stock in this store," she said. Looking at the neatly arranged rows of seeds on the shelf, "It is estimated that a dozen of us can eat them to death without any problem."

"Let's keep some for ourselves, and take the rest back to sell the base." After Cheng Yongzhi finished speaking, he and Wang Feng went back to move the seeds.

Yu Nan found a few empty woven bags from the shelf on the lower floor, swept all the seeds in, tied the mouth shut, and put them together with the grain seeds they brought up. "How is your side?" She walked to Zhan Xuyang.

"It's all pesticides, herbicides, oh, and rat poison." Zhan Xuyang said, and stood still in front of the last row of shelves, "Well, you don't need to look carefully at this, it's all tools."

"These are all useful. Let others use the ones we don't need. Ask Brother Cheng later. If you can take them, you can take them back." Yu Nan looked and was about to walk back when he saw Cheng Yongzhi He brought up two more bags.

"You don't need to ask, take them all away, and take them back to exchange for points." Cheng Yongzhi put down the bag, "Don't look at this pile, it's nothing compared to the population of the base when it's planted."

"Understood." Yu Nan nodded.

Wang Feng came from behind with the last bag and a half of seeds and put them in the previous pile. "Gone."

"Okay, Zhanzi is going to drive." Cheng Yongzhi took out the key and threw it to Zhan Xuyang, "I wanted Yu Nan to send out some vegetables to take back, but now I have these seeds, so I don't need them. After you tell Zheng Jianling, she will still She put her heart into it, and ran to the Comprehensive Management Office every three days, and even Fang Yan followed her to boo, and heard that the permit will be issued next week."

"It's a good thing. The cost of growing your own vegetables is not comparable to the cost of buying ready-made vegetables. The key is that sometimes you have points and there is nowhere to buy them." Yu Nan thought for a while and reminded, "It's just a little bad. , Many of the seeds of this kind of color bag cannot be kept for planting, and after eating this crop, it may be necessary to find more seeds."

"Huh? What's the point? Why?"

"It seems to be because of hybrid varieties or something." Yu Nan took out a bag from the bag just now and pointed it out to him, "Isn't it, 'It's not suitable to keep more seeds'." Cheng Yongzhi flipped through a few more bags, each bag The words "this variety is not suitable for further cultivation" are written on the seeds.

"Really." Cheng Yongzhi put the seeds back, "When the current seeds are all planted, won't there be no more vegetables to eat in the future?"

"Hey, maybe the research institute will be able to research other varieties." Yu Nan shrugged.

Wang Feng glanced at her, "What you said is the work of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences."

"The Academy of Agricultural Sciences is gone, so who cares which department did the research?" Yu Nan said, "You can see that our research institute can grow vegetables. There should still be talents in this field, but I don't know how powerful they are. Not big, can it be improved."

The sound of the car was getting closer, and the three of them worked together to move several bags to the door.Zhan Xuyang got out of the car, opened the trunk lid, and carried the seeds into the car with them.

"Hurry up and go back, I'm still busy tomorrow." Cheng Yongzhi said, flicking the ashes on his body, and sat in the driver's seat.

"Tangyuan, let's go." Yu Nan waved and called Tangyuan to get on the car.

After they were all seated, Cheng Yongzhi backed the car out of the alley, turned around and drove out.The car drifted away, and the alley became quiet again. After a long time, a few zombies wandered here.

(End of this chapter)