Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus-Chapter 321 - 313: Agricultural Expert

Dining hall.

Li Yu was at the forefront, introducing the five newcomers to everyone. Though, during the meal, everyone was already paying attention.

Especially Old Xie and others, who already joined them for the meal earlier.

"As you all have noticed, we have some new faces from Jiefang City. I hope everyone gets along well..." Li Yu briefly introduced them and then held his words.

In fact, Li Yu too was curious; their underground planting base, fundamentally speaking, was not professional, all self-taught through their own explorations.

But now, after more than three months, there was already some yield.

Not to mention, the underground rice had already begun to shoot, and in about another month, they could harvest, measuring about an acre in size.

Furthermore, other vegetables such as tomatoes yielded 600 jin, cucumbers 600 jin, corn 3000 jin, potatoes 3500 jin, and some cabbages also yielded over 600 jin, and radishes over 700 jin...

In total, various crops added up to several tens of thousands of jin.

Initially, when building it, Li Yu's father was also opposed to constructing such a vast basement, a two-thousand-square-meter, two-tier basement, somewhat resembling those parking garages.

Plus, the basement walls were massively thick, nearly two meters, and were built with specifications for waterproofing, thermal insulation, and cold resistance.

Therefore, in such an enclosed space, ventilation became exceedingly important and many ventilating fans were installed for this purpose.

Usually, everyone tried their best not to turn on the heating to save electricity.

And in order to maintain a constant temperature in the basement, combining the upper and lower floors, the total area was about 4000 square meters, equivalent to about 7 mu.

A quarter of the area for underground planting was still unutilized. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

After lunch, the people from the base descended to the planting base, where some spaces were furnished with sofas and stools for resting.

Li Yu and Second Uncle were both hopeful, expecting some advice from An Ya, who specialized in agriculture. After all, grandpa and them had been farming in the fields their whole lives, but indoor planting was somewhat different.

"An Ya, take a look, do you have any suggestions?" Li Yu asked directly.

An Ya observed the 6-meter-tall basement, where several elevated plantations were constructed using racks.

At first glance, it was quite spectacular.

"Um, Director Li, for now, I will take a look at our framework. Actually, there's some space being wasted. We could adopt intercropping methods.

Intercropping allows multiple varieties of crops to be cultivated in the same space without affecting each other. There are many methods of intercropping:

1. Big intercropping small, such as planting smaller plant crops within crops with larger plants, like eggplants intercropping watermelons.

2. Sun-loving intercropping shade-loving, like planting papaya in the woods, ginger intercropping with watermelons where ginger prefers shade.

3. Deep-rooted intercropping shallow-rooted, like green beans intercropping with green onions.

....."

Listening to An Ya eloquently speaking, much of what she said was practical, Li Yu and Second Uncle exchanged glances.

Both thought to themselves: they had struck gold.

"Additionally, regarding the crops we are currently growing, I've noticed that they actually lack nutrients. Since we cannot buy nutrient solutions now, we can make our own using materials such as fruit skins, eggshells, or rotten vegetable roots."

Second Uncle suddenly said, "We actually have a septic and a biogas tank, but we try not to use them indoors."

"It's actually possible to use them. Also, our rice......."

....

In her field of expertise, An Ya's entire demeanor changed; she became incredibly professional, serious and earnest.

Her demeanor made her seem very competent, someone truly skilled.

Taking her aside, Li Yu earnestly said to An Ya, "There's a snowstorm outside, and temperatures are below freezing, so the plants we grow indoors are of utmost importance."

"Now, I'm asking you to take the lead on this indoor farming project along with my Fourth Uncle. Professional matters should be handled by professionals. You are a professional, so I'd like you to take charge. Do you think that's okay?"

Without hesitation, An Ya responded, "Yes, thank you Director Li, I will do my best."

Her expression was brimming with confidence.

Seeing this, Li Yu smiled and said, "Good, do your best."

While everyone else stayed below, An Ya immediately started addressing some of the current issues at the underground farming base, including areas needing improvement.

Bai Jie stood on the side feeling somewhat nervous; she really couldn't figure out what she, Xiao Lan, and that poet could possibly do at the base.

Especially now, with the icy cold outdoors, there were no opportunities to fight zombies since barely any were visible.

Seemingly waiting for Li Yu's instructions, Bai Jie and her friends stood beside Li Yu, unsure of what they needed to do.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be busy with their tasks, at this point, Li Yu felt it wasn't appropriate to assign them to guard duty on the walls.

Noticing their uncertainty, Li Yu was at a loss himself on what task to assign them.

Then, remembering the cabbages that had recently been brought in, he suggested, "You could all help with pickling the cabbage."

He immediately called out to Lai Dongsheng's wife, "Auntie Zhou, could you have them assist you later?"

While knitting a scarf, Auntie Zhou replied, "That would be great, but there's no rush."

Bai Jie and the others quickly nodded in agreement.

Noticing that they were still wearing the clothes they arrived in, Li Yu said to them, "Later, I'll have Li Yuan bring you some clothes, including those for outdoor and indoor wear. Actually, I'll go talk to her myself."

Li Yu seemed to remember something, then paused and said, "Actually, you all should just take a couple of days to rest first. Take some time to recuperate."

"Okay, thank you, Director Li," Bai Jie responded with a smile radiant as flowers, her eyes filled with an indescribable fervor.

Li Yu's gaze accidentally met her passionate eyes, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly diverted his gaze towards the wall in front.

That look in Bai Jie's eyes was as if she wanted to devour him, quite frightening.

Having said all this, Li Yu then returned to his room in the villa; the young puppies there seemed different each day, changing rapidly.

Moreover, often times, they would quickly understand and obediently follow simple commands from Li Yu, which pleasantly surprised him.

The soft, fluffy fur made touching them feel reassuring and lightened his mood significantly.