Apocalyptic Calamity: My Proficiency Panel-Chapter 79 - 69 Increase in Reserves_1
Chapter 79: Chapter 69 Increase in Reserves_1
Chapter 79: Chapter 69 Increase in Reserves_1
If he could find the right people, he could hire a few women to grow vegetables and grain while also performing other tasks.
He could also use his strong physique to forge a simple pathway from Huajiang to the villa area, letting the women help with fishing, or even fish farming.
In general, the first step was to see if he could find female laborers.
As to why he didn’t want men… It’s not like he strictly refused male workers, but under similar conditions, he would prefer women. Otherwise, having a group of women at home and hiring men would just be asking for trouble.
Thinking about the group of women, Li Ming felt an urge to flex his muscles, but he quickly suppressed it.
He was speechless at Zhang Yuan and Chen Li’s simultaneous menstruation.
These two days without exerting himself, his desire to get some exercise has been growing stronger.
“Ah, if you’re going out, have you told Zhang Yuan?”
Upon hearing that Li Ming was going out, Chen Li and Liu Fang couldn’t help but tense their fingers. Chen Li hurriedly asked.
“Not yet, I’ll talk to her in a bit. Just make sure to look after the house when I’m gone.”
Li Ming smiled, using a tissue to wipe his mouth.
“But, we don’t have any seeds now. Even if we hire people, we don’t have anything to plant.”
Upon hearing Li Ming’s words, Liu Fang couldn’t help but speak up.
Having been frightened in their home for over half a month, she only felt a sense of safety after coming here. Gradually, her opinion of her daughter seeking a “wild man” was changing, and she was accepting the reality of the apocalypse.
She even felt that having a man who could take care of them was a blessing.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Liu Fang, who had grown accustomed to a relatively stable life, couldn’t help but feel anxious.
“Normal vegetable seeds can be found in some small supermarkets. On the way here, I noticed a seed and fertilizer store. We can collect some on my way out, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
Li Ming shook his head and explained, then got up to discuss it with Zhang Yuan. After gathering his belongings and grabbing his weapon, he left in a car while the rest watched him go towards their gathering point.
“Vroom…”
The car started and slowly left the villa area, heading towards the nearest seed and fertilizer store in Li Ming’s memory.
…
Minutes later.
A truck was parked on the empty street in front of the store.
“Swish~”
The lock of the shutter that had been closed for nearly a month was forcibly broken with a crowbar. Li Ming arrived at the scene hastily.
He forcefully pulled the crowbar that had pierced the lock out of the shutter door, lightly pulled it a couple of times, and the shutter door was opened by him.
“This crowbar is really useful.”
Li Ming looked satisfied as he put the crowbar back into the car. It was an unpolished normal crowbar, perfect for rough work.
As he stepped into the shop, his eyes landed on a room filled with fertilizers. Only on the shelf next to him were some vegetable seeds, which appeared scarce compared to the fertilizer.
On the other side were piled tens of bags of wheat and dryland rice seeds, causing Li Ming’s eyes to light up.
“I’ve come to the right place. Saves me from running around.”
A smile appeared on Li Ming’s face as he first checked the vegetable seeds rack, finding common vegetable seeds such as tomato, cucumber, green pepper, celery, zucchini, and leek seeds.
He pocketed about twenty packs of each and then moved ten bags of wheat and dryland rice seeds into the pick-up truck. After loading up the truck, he figured it would take a long time to plant all these seeds. After leaving the shop and pulling down the shutter door, he headed off.
But then, he hesitated as he was about to leave.
Leaving these seeds here, he felt a sense of insecurity.
“Forget it, let’s transport all the seeds back, then go looking for people.”
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Li Ming initially intended to directly go to the gathering place, but after looking at the door he had violently destroyed, he hesitated, feeling it wasn’t safe.
What if someone takes all these seeds away while he’s gone?
The significance of these seeds and fertilizers was too great, concerning whether he would have a sustainable food source. He couldn’t rashly take risks!
After some pondering, Li Ming drove the pickup back and forth to the villa. He then switched to a lorry for another round, transporting all the seeds and fertilizers into the storage room within the villa.
Although it delayed him for two hours, he felt much relief after placing all the seeds at his own place.
“Let’s use the light lorry for this trip outside.”
Having looked at the small cargo space of the pickup, Li Ming shook his head, thinking that if he encountered any supplies on the road, he might need to refill his storage. So he switched to the lorry and left the villa again.
With so many seeds brought back by Li Ming this time, Zhang Yuan, Chen Li, and the other women didn’t idle around worrying like when he left the first time. Instead, they were busy sorting and storing the lightweight seeds, researching how to plant them based on the instructions printed on the bags.
…….
Outside the villa, Li Ming drove the lorry to another hardware store.
“Crash~”
With a crisp sound, Li Ming walked into the store, feeling thankful for the crowbar he got from the last hardware store.
Using a crowbar from a hardware store to pry open another, seemed reasonable.
“These shovels are just perfect for digging, and you can never have too many crowbars, drill bits, saws, and steel pipes….”
Li Ming picked over the stuff inside the hardware store, making full use of the spacious lorry, thinking you can never have too much stuff or enough supplies, play it safe and take everything.
These hardware items could greatly supplement his combat gear and hardware facilities.
In little time, the hardware store was cleared out by Li Ming, filling about half of the lorry. He then parked his vehicle in front of a supermarket, cleaned out the zombies, and filled the other half with more everyday supplies.
Only when he felt that he had filled up enough, did he lock the vehicle, drive the lorry, and head to a gathering place.
“Vroom….”
Amid the roar of the lorry, Li Ming, who was in the driver’s seat, quickly arrived at the previously spotted gathering area. This time, he didn’t stand at a distance to observe as he had before, he drove straight in.
The distance from the drama set to the path he traveled wasn’t long, the few zombies in the middle were easily crushed under his lorry. It didn’t take much time for Li Ming’s lorry to appear beneath the residential floor clustered with dozens of people, where he stopped his vehicle.
Looking through the car window at the rooftop of the gathering place, he could see people moving around, alerted by the arrival of his lorry.
Li Ming showed a smile, opened the vehicle door, stepped out with his strong body, dismounted his spear, slung his long sword, casually slung a prepared backpack over his shoulder, and looked up to the crowd on the roof.
The crowd on the roof looked shocked when they locked eyes with Li Ming, they immediately started whispering amongst themselves.
His hand rubbed against the hilt of his sword, Li Ming held his spear with his other hand, and after a thought, he decided not to wait for them to send someone out. Instead, he began to stride towards the inside of the building.
There were many ways to get in touch with a group, but a sudden attack, catching them off-guard, especially when they didn’t expect him to arrive so soon, seemed like a good choice.
Besides, Li Ming couldn’t think of any other way to make contact. Was he supposed to shout at them from the outside and ask them to send someone over?
Wouldn’t he lose out on anything good that way?
There were scattered zombie bodies and neatly parked vehicles around the building, it was obviously cleared by them. Hence, it could be seen that this gathering place had a certain level of organization, and wasn’t just bunching up together for survival.
However, this gathering place was clearly chaotic, and a scattered group might tighten up when external pressures are applied.
