Stocking up in space: surviving in a world of crisis

Chapter 178 178 Pumpkin
Ye Fu's pumpkins are growing very well, and those who didn't come to change the pumpkin seedlings regretted it.

In the evening, when Ye Fu went out to dig mushrooms outside, several elder sisters approached her and began to ask if there were any pumpkin seedlings.

"Pumpkin seedlings, there are no more. There is no water now. I probably won't grow any more after I planted them."

"Ye Fu, when your pumpkins are ripe, can we exchange them with supplies?"

Ye Fu looked at the eldest sister who was asking the question, "I don't know how the output is now. If the output is not good, I'm afraid we can't exchange it."

"The yield must be good. You are an expert in planting. There is no such thing as a bad yield for the things you grow."

Ye Fu smiled, "That's not sure, after all, there is a shortage of water and the temperature is still so high, but don't worry, if I have extra, I will definitely give it to everyone."

Everyone saw that Ye Fu refused to eat hard and soft, although they were unhappy, they did not dare to offend her.

Ye Fu walked around to dig mushrooms in the sand beside him, and there were several people muttering behind him, but Ye Fu ignored them.

"Ye Fu, there is an old lady, don't offend her." Lin Siran moved to Ye Fu's side and reminded her in a low voice.

"Who? Why?"

"It's the aunt with a yellow-brown cotton cloth around her head. Do you still remember the incident when Qi Yuan planted sweet potatoes and was discovered by everyone? It was her son who went to steal Qi Yuan's watermelon and discovered it. Their family has some Petty theft, many people have been caught, but the stolen things are not many, everyone just turn a blind eye and close one eye, but they hold grudges, you have to be careful of the pumpkin patch, don't be destroyed by them .”

"I see, don't worry, I won't let them have a chance to sabotage."

Ye Fu squinted his eyes, it seemed that after going back, he had to wipe something on the protective fence.

After digging a bamboo basket, Ye Fu went back. Now digging mushrooms requires two or three kilometers outside the safe zone, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth, but she is not a person who can live at leisure. Keep hoarding things.

I went to the backyard to take a look, Jiang Rong was busy in the field, Ye Fu walked up to him and told him what Lin Siran had said.

"We planted two acres. No matter what the harvest is, some people will definitely be jealous. Now everyone's harvest has been cut off. There are so many people in the safe zone, and many people are staring at this pumpkin field. I plan to make some medicinal powder to sprinkle On the protective fence, as long as someone falls in, they will be hit."

If he really stole from her, Ye Fu would not show mercy.

"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on it, and if anyone dares to turn in, I will deal with it."

Jiang Rong's expression was calm, but the chill in his eyes made people dare not look directly at him.

"Okay, this matter has to be discovered by the patrol team and Wan Tao. It's best to get the stolen goods."

Ye Fu didn't stop him, and after talking to him, Ye Fu went back to the wooden house to make the medicine powder. She got the most powerful itching powder, which won't kill people, but the medicine's effect is very fast, and a little contamination is enough to make people surrender .

After making it, Ye Fu put on his gloves, carried the powder to the backyard, and spread the powder on the inside of the protective fence.

Every day after that, Ye Fu still went out to dig mushrooms, and took care of the two goats and chayote when he came back.

After the chayote began to climb the vines, Ye Fu built a climbing trellis, and now the chayote has begun to produce small melons.

Ye Fu counted, and the first batch of melons was more than [-].

The pumpkins have also begun to bear fruit, and the yield is very high. Depending on the variety, each of these pumpkins can grow to fifty or sixty catties or even hundreds of catties, and the smallest can grow to more than ten catties.

The process of pumpkin fruiting to maturity is very fast. In about a month, huge pumpkins begin to mature.

After the pumpkins matured, more people came and wandered around. Even Wan Tao came to reserve three with Ye Fu. Others were a little ready to move, but Ye Fu still said that the pumpkins are not exchanged, but the pumpkin seeds can be exchanged.

When the melon stems withered, it meant that the pumpkin was fully ripe. Ye Fu took out a scale and weighed it. The largest pumpkin weighed more than [-] catties and almost crushed the scale. The smallest pumpkin weighed [-] catties.

In the evening, Ye Fu and Jiang Rong started harvesting melons, and large melons were collected into the space. Ye Fu was in a good mood and kept humming.

"The rest will have to wait for four or five days to mature. There are still a lot of ones that are bearing fruit, and there are still many that are not yet ripe. Let's collect these tonight, Jiang Rong, thank you for your hard work. These pumpkins are all thanks to you."

Seeing that she was so easily satisfied, Jiang Rong stretched out his hand and flicked her forehead.

"So what reward do I have?"

"Reward you with a durian."

Jiang Rong...

"Haha, just kidding, I'll make pumpkin pie, pumpkin porridge, and pumpkin sweet soup for you."

Thousands of big pumpkins were brought into the space tonight, and the output was so high that Ye Fu hadn't expected it.

The next night, a few sneaky people came to the outside of the fence of the pumpkin field, looking at the huge pumpkins inside, they couldn't hide the joy in their eyes.

"This Ye Fu, also said that the output is not high, and she is not willing to exchange ten with her. Tonight, I will let her know what will happen if she offends me."

They all held machetes and sickles in their hands and sneaked through the guardrail. They selected more than a dozen pumpkins that could be moved away, and they planned to destroy all the others.

"stop."

They were startled, and just about to run away, they were caught by people outside, and the wooden stick fell on them unceremoniously, causing them to cry and beg for mercy in pain.

"I was wrong, I will never steal again, stop hitting."

"Xiao Jie, Sun Zhi, it really is you guys."

Wan Tao came out from the crowd, and when they looked up, they saw that the beating was a few young boys on patrol, and besides Wan Tao and the others, there were many residents in the safe zone standing outside.

"Tie them up and call Ye Fu and Jiang Rong. Let them decide what to do with these people."

There were six people who stole melons, besides Xiao Jie and his family, there were also Sun Zhi and his wife.

The six people were tied tightly with hemp ropes and dragged directly to the front of the wooden house.

When Ye Fu and Jiang Rong came out, they were beaten beyond recognition.

"Doctor Ye, Jiang Rong, we were wrong, we dare not do it again, you see that we are the first offender and have not caused any loss, please forgive us this time."

"I promised to exchange seeds for you, but I didn't expect that you would come to destroy them. Everyone, if I have any seeds, I will exchange them for everyone after I plant them, so that everyone can have food to grow. Whoever has a headache? I never refused, and worked hard to treat it, but I never thought that someone would come to my field and destroy it, trying to destroy all my pumpkins."

The residents were also very angry. No one thought that these people would dare to do such a thing. Now that it is a natural disaster, they dare to destroy food. Such people should be struck by lightning and die.

(End of this chapter)