Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus-Chapter 242 - 234: Busy Farming Season

In Li Yu's childhood memories, Grandpa always seemed reticent.

But he remembered, when he left to study in another place, Grandpa prepared many local farm products and a red envelope...

An elder's love is often like this, although not verbose, yet their actions are filled with love.

"Grandpa, do you think our base needs to add more people? Do we need to expand?" Li Yu suddenly asked, curious to hear what Grandpa would say.

Grandpa paused in his use of the sickle, straightened his back, hammering it.

He shook his raincoat briskly and finally said, "I'm not sure if we need to add more people; you should discuss it with your Second Uncle, who is better at contemplating these matters. Ambition is a good thing, but it's important to have self-awareness.

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With every choice, there are pros and cons, but sometimes, particularly in these troubled times, one should be cautious and not let things get out of control. That's it."

Grandpa's words didn't give a direct answer, but they gave another perspective to consider — whether they could control and support more people, which was the fundamental issue.

Li Yu nodded and swung at the grass with his sickle, cutting it with great effort.

In the rain, mowing grass is a laborious task; after a week of growth, the grass was sharp and could cut one's hands.

Leaving red marks, which then itched as the raindrops fell on them.

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In fact, this rain not only brought vitality to Li Yu and his people.

For many others, this rain was a lifesaver.

Some much drier areas survived because of this rain.

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This rain lasted for nearly 10 days, always at a steady pace.

Sometimes there was a light drizzle, and other times it was a bit heavier, but never a particularly heavy downpour.

Although not heavy, the rain never stopped.

It's not known if the drought had massively weakened the zombies, but now the rain also gave a respite; there was no wave of zombies these days.

But it was evident that there were many more zombies after the rain than during the dry weather before it.

These days, Li Yu had also taken people from the base with hand-made arrow feathers to shoot zombies outside the base, finding that these arrow feathers worked quite well.

This was a pleasant surprise.

There were many trees, and if bullets ran out, these arrows could still be used continuously.

Initially, only a few high-end Compound Crossbows were bought, 20 pieces costing 50,000 yuan each.

Another 20 Compound Crossbows costing 20,000 yuan each were also bought, and the quality was quite good.

Although they had been restocked later, and with the capture from battles with the enemy over the past year, the number of crossbows in the base was still less than 100.

But, for the moment, they managed to equip one crossbow per person.

Time quietly passed by...

Half a month later, the time reached the end of September, the beginning of October.

It was the peak time for agricultural work.

As soon as it rained in early September, Li Yu began to gather people to plant crops, corn, rice – no problem there; one was always watered, and the other was relatively drought-resistant.

Crops like lettuce, with a short growing cycle, were planted in abundance.

Crops like radishes, with a one to two-month growth cycle, were also planted extensively since they could be conveniently stored.

The end of September, the beginning of October, was the peak time for agricultural work.

They began harvesting rice.

The old threshing machine was long disposed of, and Li Yu was using a harvester in the rice field.

Back then, some had accused him of being extravagant, as purchasing a harvester was not considered cost-effective in the south.

But for Li Yu, anything that saved energy was worthwhile.

Driving the rumbling harvester, he finished harvesting the several acres in the plains.

However, the terraced fields in the mountains had to be manually cut.

Many hands make light work, and it only took them less than an hour to finish harvesting the six acres in the mountains.

Ten-plus acres of paddy rice, five acres of corn, two acres of sweet potatoes.

Adding up to more than twenty acres for staple crops.

In fact, a safe and healthy diet for a person for a year requires the consumption of 500 jin (250 kg) of food.

Ranging from 400 to 800 jin (200 - 400 kg).

If no fertilizers and plant protection measures are used, and only poverty-resistant crops like sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are grown, the yield in the south can reach about 1500 jin (750 kg) per acre per year, considering the possibility of two crops a year. Hence, 0.3-0.5 acres of land would be sufficient.

In the Central Plains, with two crops in three years, an average yield of 1200 jin (600 kg) per acre can be expected. 0.4-0.5 acres would be enough.

With fertilizers, pesticides, and agricultural measures, a yield of 3000 jin (1500 kg) per acre (of course, all high-yield crops) would mean only 0.15 acres would be necessary.

At Li Yu's location, it's possible to achieve two, even three crops a year.

Currently, their yield far exceeds the needs of the base, even allowing for a substantial surplus.

Li Yu made some calculations and thought to himself, "Fortunately, I expanded the fields in the mountains back then, otherwise the original four acres of paddy rice would definitely have been insufficient now."

During the busy farming season, it wasn't too hectic, thanks to the plentiful labor coupled with their coordination, they quickly processed all these foods.

However, for the rice to be preserved for a longer time, it needed to be dried, and Li Yu's group adopted the most rudimentary method – sun drying.

After almost a week of drying, the rice was finally dry.

Packed and stored in the warehouse.

They still had to consume the old stock first, and of course, they also took out a portion of the new rice for everyone to taste.

Li Yu looked at the warehouse full of rice and felt a sense of solidity in his heart; in this apocalyptic world, only with ample food could one feel safe.

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