Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy! - Chapter 80

Chapter 80: The Talk (1)
Getting his approval, Nanzhi gently extracted the seed, leaving the rest of the plant to Lin Weihao.

She quickly planted the Bingdi Lotus’ seed in the new converted ‘Hydrophyte’ slot.

[Tier Two Bingdi Lotus: Time until Harvest: 15 days]

Nanzhi tilted her head.

‘The mutated salacca needs at least 20 days but why does the Bingdi Lotus only need 15 days to grow?’

[Once you upgrade the Virtual Farm, the speed of growth will also be shortened too.]

Nanzhi’s eyes glossed over the other plants and noticed their remaining harvest time had also been reduced.

She can harvest another batch later.

‘If I don’t need the Hydrophytes’ set-up anymore? Can I convert it back?’

[Yes, but there is a one-day cooldown.]

That is good. Nanzhi thought that it would be permanent.

Since she also has Water Chestnut seeds, Water Spinach Seeds, Water Parsley, Water Cress, edible taro, and Water mint, she converted the slots and planted them as well.

In the future, if she finds other mutated plants like the Bingdi Lotus, she can also grow them here!

Nanzhi displayed a rare expression of happiness.

Smiling, Lin Weihao transferred the plant into a pot Nanzhi gave using a shovel carefully.

After the two finished harvesting the Bingdi Lotus, they checked the surroundings to make sure there were no signs of other carps.

Once done, they returned to the Tourist Hotel.

Because it was near sunset, Nanzhi and Lin Weihao had to stay in the hotel for the night and decided to travel tomorrow in the morning.

Nanzhi had spotted Yu Baoyin.

Her eyes were red and her face stricken with tears. Nanzhi reckoned that the situation of her family isn’t that good.

Nanzhi only knew in her past life that Yu Baoyin didn’t also know what exactly happened to her family. She had tried going to the capital once but didn’t have the ability to do so.

Nanzhi had thought it would have resulted differently this time but it seems Yu Baoyin had lost contact with her parents this early on.

“Sister Nan, thank you for lending me the phone.” Yu Baoyin returned the satellite phone.

She heard from the friends of Sister Nan’s Boyfriend that the communication in the capital is still impossible and that there are no means of flying there temporarily because the situation is still unclear.

Nanzhi didn’t take the phone, “You don’t need to return the phone. Keep it.”

“Thank you, Sister Nan.” Yu Baoyi was very grateful.

Suppressing her tears, she asked, “Sister Nan, are you going to the shelter after this.”

Nanzhi shook her head. “No. I have another place to go.”

Yu Baoyin pressed her lips, noticeably disappointed.

Sister Nan will probably be with her handsome boyfriend. She heard that the base they’re going is in the opposite direction.

Nanzhi noticed the waves of struggle in Yu Baoyin’s eyes and questioned, “What is it.”

Yu Baoyin wiped her tears before saying, “Sister Nan, if we ever meet again, I’ll promise to repay you.”

Although, Nanzhi had wanted to take Yu Baoyin in but she will still respect her decision.

“Stay safe.” Nanzhi nodded and said.

Yu Baoyin smiled. “You too, Sister Nan.” She didn’t stay longer because she also needed to pack things that can be taken with her.

At night, the dinner was rich.

Since Lin Weihao already knew her space, Nanzhi wasn’t stingy.

Although the ones Nanzhi took out were the vegetables Virtual Farm were vacuum packed and dehydrated to make it less obvious, their delicious taste still remained.

Nanzhi cleaned a kitchen in the 13th floor and used it to cook them dinner.

Using the MREs, the dinner was a warm cabbage and carrot soup.

She secretly sprinkled a little bit of dried shrimps, dried wolfberries and also slipped in pork stock and diced beef when no one was paying attention.

When she returns, she will also start curing and smoke meat using the wood in her inventory.

She also gave Yu Baoyin a portion of the soup.

Feng Ran nearly bit his tongue from the utter goodness. He slurped the soup making loud noises. He had being unpalatable food for the past few days and this soup just saved his palate from being destroyed.

He clicked his tongue. Brother Lin sure knows how to pick!

If he was in his position, he would eat this everyday even if his figure swelled into a balloon.

Feng Ran couldn’t help but ask, “Miss Lu, I wonder if you have a sister.”

“There’s none.” Nanzhi’s answer made Feng Ran let out a sigh.

Anyway, as long as he sticks to Brother Lin during meal time, he can still have a share. Hahaha!

Feng Ran snuck a glance at Lin Weihao who was busy feeding them with dog food.

“It’s still too hot. Let me blow it for you.”

“Eat more.”

“If you want more, you can have mine.”

“It’s not that hot anymore. This is enough for me.”

Feng Ran, Bingwen, and Hei Qian: “…”

“Ah!” Feng Ran was distracted and a part of the hot soup spilled on his hand.

Damn! Excessive dog food is still bad for his well-being!

He turned away and didn’t torture himself anymore.

At night, Nanzhi was assigned to the first shift of the night. To pass the time, she took out an Ethology book, searching for information about coyotes.

After diligently skimming, she found interesting information about them.

(A/N: Ethology- a branch of zoology that studies animal behavior.)

In the midst, Nanzhi heard some sounds.

She turned to her side and saw Lin Weihao had dragged a chair and sat beside her.

“Your eyes will strain if you read books under a dim light.”

“I can manage it and I wasn’t going to read it all night–”

Nanzhi stopped after feeling a weight on her shoulder.

“Your shoulder is still the most comfortable.”

Hearing what Lin Weihao said, Nanzhi was startled and her thumb that was on the corner page of the book created creases.

Nanzhi felt the even, warm breathing fanning her hair.

Since the two of them were the only ones awake, Nanzhi had taken this opportunity to resume the important talk from before.

“Can you tell me more of what happened…”

“…to us?”