Chapter 104 people living next door and in the vicinity

Besides food, fruits, vegetables, and meat are also essential.

The construction of the fruit and vegetable garden and the breeding farm was soon put on the agenda, and a large number of workers were recruited.

The people who were idle in the base now all had jobs.

With their days fully occupied by work and having an income, they naturally no longer thought about robbing others.

Apart from these three major gardens, the construction of the underground city also secretly began.

However, not many people knew about this. The recruitment was not announced on the base app, nor was it publicized widely.

After the construction of the underground city started, Zhang Yuan also began the pattern of leaving early and returning late.

Every morning after having breakfast, Zhang Yuan would ride an electric bike and leave.

Yes, it's an electric bike, a two - wheeled one.

The electric bike is quite fast and not as showy as a car.

In the current situation, quite a lot of people in the base ride electric bikes.

There are not only those who ride electric bikes, but also those who ride three - wheeled motorcycles and bicycles.

The fewest people drive cars. Except for official vehicles, it's basically rare to see private cars running on the road.

The whole base looks as if it has regressed several decades.

After Zhang Yuan started leaving early and returning late, Liu Ruyan was at home alone and began to find things to do for herself.

Thinking about the base's plantation, Liu Ruyan also wanted to grow something.

She still had a lot of seeds in her space, but she didn't know whether these old - fashioned varieties could survive without sunlight and what the harvest would be like.

She also didn't know how the base's plantation solved the problem of lighting.

After researching at home for a few days, Zhang Yuan brought her some plant - growing lights.

"I asked Captain Kong. The plantation uses huge plant - growing lights to provide lighting for those plants.

These small - sized plant - growing lights are not of much use in the plantation and are mainly used in the research laboratory.

I asked Captain Kong to get me a few. Since you want to study planting at home, you can just use them."

Looking at the plant - growing lights, Liu Ruyan stood on tiptoe and kissed Zhang Yuan on the cheek. "You've thought it through. This is a reward for you."

After saying that, Liu Ruyan was about to turn around and leave, but was embraced by Zhang Yuan's big hands.

"This reward is not enough."

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Liu Ruyan was about to speak, but the words on her lips were swallowed back.

Liu Ruyan only struggled slightly and then simply relaxed and enjoyed it.

Zhang Yuan didn't forget the main thing either. After fooling around for a while, he let go of Liu Ruyan. The two of them installed the plant - growing lights together and found a suitable position in the living room to place them.

Liu Ruyan took out those logistics boxes filled with soil from the space and placed them in a row against the wall.

Looking at these boxes, Liu Ruyan touched her chin. "What should I plant?"

There were so many types of seeds that Liu Ruyan was dazzled and didn't know what to plant for a moment.

Zhang Yuan thought for a while and gave a suggestion. "Why not plant peanuts?"

"Peanuts?" Liu Ruyan thought for a while and then agreed. "That's also possible."

There are quite a few ways to eat peanuts. They can be used to make peanut oil, cook dishes, and make peanut candy.

Now that she had decided what to plant, Liu Ruyan found her iPad and searched for the method of planting peanuts in it.

There were texts, pictures, and videos.

Liu Ruyan thought that even if she didn't know how to farm at all, by following these instructions, she should be able to grow them... right?

Before planting peanuts, the seeds need to be soaked in water overnight to allow them to absorb enough water.

When planting peanuts, dig a small hole in the soil, put two peanut seeds in, cover them with a layer of soil, and finally water them.

The growth cycle of peanuts is relatively long, and they need to be exposed to sunlight for about 8 - 10 hours every day.

This was not a problem before the end of the world, but after the end of the world, especially in the current situation, it can be considered a very finicky crop.

But since Liu Ruyan had plenty of time and didn't mind the electricity cost, now that she had planted them, she planned to take good care of them.

It wasn't that Liu Ruyan lacked these peanuts to eat. It's just that with so much time on her hands and Zhang Yuan leaving early and returning late, it was necessary for her to find something to do.

The days were so peaceful that Liu Ruyan had a sense of trance.

It was as if everything she had experienced in the thick fog in her previous life was fake, and what was in front of her was the normal life under the thick fog.

Everything was developing in a good direction, and people's lives could get better and better.

Even the neighbors started to have the leisure to visit each other.

One day, just after Liu Ruyan finished pollinating the peanuts by hand, she heard the gate being knocked loudly.

The iron gate was like this. Whenever someone touched it, the sound was particularly loud.

It was a bit noisy, but from another perspective, it also served as a warning.

Otherwise, if it were a gate that made little noise, it would be terrifying if someone quietly broke in.

Liu Ruyan washed her hands and then walked towards the door.

Standing behind the door, Liu Ruyan didn't even open the small door, but just raised her voice and asked, "Who is it?"

"I'm your neighbor on the left. I sprouted some bean sprouts at home. There are too many to finish, so I'm bringing you some."

"I'm your neighbor on the right. I made some sweet potato cakes and thought of bringing you two."

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan subconsciously frowned. "Thank you, but no need."

"You little girl, you're quite vigilant. Don't you remember seeing you when we fetched water before?

I just thought that as neighbors, we should give each other some things to enhance our relationship. Then, if anything happens in the future, we can help each other, right?"

What Liu Ruyan feared most was this kind of neighborly relationship - building.

After all, it was a struggle for survival in the apocalypse. Everyone should just live their own lives. Why do this?

It was a waste of time and energy, and it might even affect her mood.

"Really, no need. If there's nothing else, I'll go back to the house."

The people outside were a bit unhappy when they heard Liu Ruyan refuse again.

"Fine, fine. I guess I'm just making a fool of myself. Since you look down on us, we won't bother you in the future.

These young girls these days really don't understand the meaning of 'unity is strength'. If something happens to her in the future, let's see who will help her."

"Ah, Aunt Wang, don't be angry. Her man has a job and can support her. She must look down on our bean sprouts and sweet potato cakes."

"Is it a skill to rely on a man to support her? Her man leaves early and returns late every day. God knows what he's doing outside!

She's alone at home. What if he abandons her in the future? There won't even be anyone to stand up for her."

"Ah, she's good - looking, so she has that confidence."

"What's the use of being good - looking? There are so many good - looking people!"