Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

"Then just leave him alone." Zhang Yuan's tone was casual.

Liu Ruyan didn't take it too seriously either and looked towards the square table.

Just like yesterday, Zhang Yuan had prepared quite a number of ingredients again.

"Let's have braised pork today!" Zhang Yuan's eyes sparkled. "I read in the recipe that braised pork stewed with potatoes is especially delicious and goes really well with rice."

Liu Ruyan nodded. "The recipe is right!"

Braised pork stewed with potatoes, along with the thick gravy, was a perfect match for rice.

Besides that, Zhang Yuan also opened a self-heating mini hot pot.

This was a hot pot with tripe in it. Besides tripe, there were also vegetables like agaric, kelp, and lotus root slices in it.

With these two dishes on the table, there was both meat and vegetables.

The iron bucket was placed in the living room. When the two of them came out after having lunch, they found that not only had the firewood burned out completely, but even the plant ash left from the burning had cooled down thoroughly.

This was all because the temperature was too low.

For a moment, it was hard to say whether this extremely low temperature was a good thing or a bad thing.

The two of them didn't dwell too much on this matter and quickly took the cut potatoes and sweet potatoes, wrapped them with plant ash respectively.

After wrapping them up, the potatoes and sweet potatoes were placed in a warm place, and they just needed to wait for them to sprout.

Liu Ruyan carried her potatoes and sweet potatoes back home. When passing by the stairway entrance, she took a look downstairs.

The stairway was empty and there was no one there.

Perhaps because of the variety or maybe because the temperature was relatively suitable.

After a day, when Liu Ruyan went to check those potatoes and sweet potatoes again, she could see tender little green sprouts had emerged on them.

Even though Liu Ruyan had a lot of green leafy vegetables in her space, after seeing these tender little green sprouts, she couldn't help smiling.

After looking at the snow-covered world for too long, anyone would like such fresh and tender green.

After all, it represented hope.

From that day on, Liu Ruyan checked these potatoes and sweet potatoes every day.

Five days later, the little sprouts had grown into tender leaves and could be transplanted.

Zhang Yuan had brought back a total of four flasks of nutrient solution and gave two flasks to Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan poured water into the logistics boxes, mixed the nutrient solution in proportion, and poured it in.

After that, she carefully put the potato and sweet potato seedlings in.

Liu Ruyan placed the six boxes in a row against the wall, and she was already imagining what they would look like when they grew lush and green.

Because there were things to do every day, Liu Ruyan hardly went out except for occasionally teaching Zhang Yuan how to cook.

As days passed by, the potatoes and sweet potatoes grew very fast.

By this time, Liu Ruyan deeply understood what a new variety meant.

Judging by this growth trend, Liu Ruyan thought that the potatoes should be able to be harvested in less than a month.

Compared with the growth speed before the end of the world, it was really much faster.

After Liu Ruyan harvested her potatoes, she also heard news from Zhang Yuan.

The prices of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the base's supermarket were originally set relatively high because the quantity grown was not large enough.

But after a while, the prices dropped and they were promoted throughout the whole base.

Now, anyone in the base who had some conditions was growing sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes could be boiled and eaten directly, stir-fried, or processed into potato starch or sweet potato vermicelli.

Even sweet potatoes could be ground into flour and made into sweet potato steamed buns.

With so many ways to eat them, there was no need to worry about getting tired of them.

"Potatoes and sweet potatoes are very cheap now. You can buy one catty for one contribution point."

Zhang Yuan said this and deliberately showed a helpless smile. "I originally thought that we could sell them to the base after growing them, but now if we sell them, I'm afraid we won't even get our money back. It's better to keep them for ourselves to eat."

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Liu Ruyan couldn't help thinking of the dream she had had.

In the dream, she became a planting tycoon.

But as it turned out, dreams were indeed the opposite of reality.

Liu Ruyan hadn't planned to sell them in the first place, so naturally, she didn't feel disappointed at all.

"Then let's keep them for ourselves to eat. I can make dried sweet potatoes, which can be eaten as snacks."

Liu Ruyan could tell that Zhang Yuan was quite fond of snacks.

But he should also be quite self-disciplined and exercised every day.

Otherwise, after eating and drinking well for over a month, he wouldn't have gained any weight at all.

"Then teach me. I'll make them with you."

Liu Ruyan had truly realized how diligent Zhang Yuan was in learning during this past month.

As long as it was something she had taught him, when Zhang Yuan made it for the second time, he didn't need her to say anything at all.

Not only was the procedure completely correct, but the taste was even better than last time.

The way to make dried sweet potatoes wasn't difficult.

Wash the sweet potatoes clean and put them into the pot to boil. Boil them for at least two or three hours.

After boiling, don't take them out. Cover the pot and leave them there to cool down by themselves.

When the sweet potatoes are completely cooled, take them out and cut them into long strips as thick as fingers.

They can be dried in the sun or baked in an oven.

Drying in the sun was out of the question because there was no sun at all now.

Both Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan had ovens. The two of them baked their own respectively and then exchanged to taste them in the end. They found that there wasn't much difference in taste.

Zhang Yuan took a bite of the dried sweet potato and raised his eyebrows at Liu Ruyan. "We've stayed at home for over a month. Do you want to go out for a walk?"

Liu Ruyan thought that she was a person who could stay at home quite well. She hadn't gone downstairs for over a month but didn't feel bored at all.

But before Liu Ruyan could refuse, she heard Zhang Yuan say again, "Didn't you like that submachine gun before? I can just teach you how to use it."

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan swallowed the refusal that was already on her lips. "Okay, when shall we go?"

"It's a bit late today. Let's go early tomorrow morning then!"

"Okay!"

The next morning, after having breakfast, Liu Ruyan got dressed neatly, put on her backpack that was half as tall as herself, and went out the door.

Just as she opened the door, she saw Zhang Yuan coming out of the door opposite.

The two of them smiled at the same time and walked downstairs together.

When they reached the first floor and were about to walk out of the unit door, they heard the sound of a door opening.

At the same time, a man's voice came.

"Are you... Liu Ruyan?"

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan immediately turned around to look in the direction where the voice came from.

"Who are you?"

Apart from Zhang Yuan, Liu Ruyan hadn't told her name to anyone else in this building.

Now hearing her name being called out by someone else, besides a bit of surprise, Liu Ruyan felt more vigilant.

"Are you really Liu Ruyan?"

The boy said in surprise and quickened his pace as he walked a few steps forward. "I'm Wu Kangjian!"

Wu Kangjian?

Liu Ruyan frowned tightly and couldn't remember who this person was at all.

"We're high school classmates!

We were in the same class in senior three. I sat in the third row from the back.

By the way, our class teacher in that class also had the surname Wu. The classmates all called him Old Wu, and they jokingly called me Little Wu. Do you remember?"