After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower
Chapter 131 - 129 Development

Chapter 131: Chapter 129 Development

Li Pan returned home and didn’t idle around either, she took care of the spiritual plants daily, practiced her proficiency with the Wood Power superpower, and studied knowledge on medicine refinement.

She regularly purified all three farms, averaging a visit every three or four days.

Her life was now very fulfilling and busy, her schedule packed with studying and caring for the spiritual plants.

The harvest season was approaching for the farms, and everyone was busy, but Gao Wenbin disagreed with hiring temporary workers, insisting that everyone work overtime. He made it clear there would be bonuses and that, if temporary workers were hired, everyone’s bonus would be reduced.

The workers were highly motivated, happy to work for the money, and the owner and manager were decent people, not the detestable kind of capitalists, so naturally they were willing to work more to earn a bigger paycheck at the end of the month, which made them happy.

Li Pan also joined in the work; she needed to inspect all three farms herself and, after careful observation, rezone them.

Next year, it would be necessary to arrange for planting areas, wheat straw areas, vegetable gardens, etc., to ensure income while also logically organizing the workflow to avoid back-and-forth transportation, which would waste both money and energy.

No. 8 Farm’s lake was quite large, which needed to be utilized again. It would be stocked with several varieties of freshwater fish and shrimps, aquatic plants were to be included, and the cultivation of lotus roots would continue.

The water storage ponds were also filled with fish and shrimp, and these outputs brought in quite a bit of money.

Additionally, No. 9 Farm had developed a fruit area and planned to continue transplanting fruits such as strawberries and blueberries, intending to expand operations and build greenhouses.

After comparing last year’s intercropping experience and harvest volumes, the experimental results were very satisfying. This was still the trial phase, and they didn’t dare go all out, but the yield had doubled.

This year, No. 9 Farm would also start a grain planting area, but it wouldn’t be too large. The main focus would still be on several types of wheat straw seeds that were purchased, since the breeding area was No. 9 Farm’s main business scope.

They would also plant some woodland, and later on, they planned to grow high-level spiritual plants as well, seeing that there was a large area of land available for future arrangements and deployments.

No. 9 Farm was going to dig another artificial lake for water storage and aquaculture to increase production and revenue. Fearing droughts, several more water storage ponds would be dug, which was very necessary.

Now, with Li Pan’s growing experience, they listened to her arrangements for planting. She had basically made no mistakes, and harvests were always abundant every year.

In her spare time, Li Pan would still personally tend to the fields. Like everyone else, she would work hard during the busy autumn harvest, which hadn’t changed much from before, except for spending more time caring for the spiritual plants.

This earned the workers at No. 9 Farm’s great respect for her. The business had grown, the money had increased, but she hadn’t changed and still maintained her original intentions.

Gao Wenbin had hired a few chefs and apprentice kitchen hands for the canteen, to help with catering and ensure everyone was well-fed.

With too few people and too much canteen work, he feared they wouldn’t be able to cope.

These hires were all teammates who had worked with them before. They had only come to her after they had wrapped up their outside work and settled accounts promptly earlier this year—all trustworthy insiders.

When it came to hiring permanent workers for the farm, Gao Wenbin, Qin Jianzhong, and others were extremely cautious, requiring rounds of vetting. Generally, if the conditions weren’t right, they wouldn’t be accepted, even temporary workers were not admitted, as the rules and regulations became stricter.

But the pay and rest days were ample, not at the expense of the employees, ensuring their benefits, always addressing issues directly without any abuse.

This year’s autumn harvest was a bumper one; the farm produced a lot of goods, but the base had already started bustling.

Apart from the grain and fruit consumed by the base itself, other bases started buying products from Panpan Farm. The energy was gentle and beneficial to the body, and after trying them, people became repeat customers.

This was also the main reason Li Pan couldn’t let go of the farm; she had to comb through and purify all three farms every three days, with all the energy for the crops originating from her superpower.

Every day, vehicles were busy transporting various crops to and fro.

When the busy farming period ended, Xue Dong returned.

"You picked the right day to come back, you return just as the farming rush is over,"

Qin Jianzhong cast him a sideways glance.

"The Dongshan folks basically taught me everything I know, I can’t just not help them. You’re busy with the farm, and so are they; I’m helping them out."

Xue Dong helplessly explained that one must pay attention to social obligations.

"Fine, how’s your learning going? Everything has been prepared for you here at home. You, you’ve almost worked Pan’er to death."

"It’s not like I insist on doing this. The boss came to discuss it with me. Our farm is the only one the base can rely on, and he can still call on me. Do you think the others are reliable? It’s also for the sake of the vegetable baskets of all the residents on the base."

"I’m only going to say this once: you can’t short-change my sister. If you do, I’ll tell the boss, and have him take you down."

Qin Jianzhong hummed proudly.

"I know, she’s my only treasure. How could I ever wrong her? Is everything okay at home?"

"Almost all the goods have been sold; you can check the accounts yourself. Those orders have been delivered too. We’ll settle the accounts when it gets colder."

"All right, I’ll go and see how the equipment’s running."

"The cattle and sheep are being raised well. Our wheat straw is of high quality; after testing, it’s good for cattle, sheep, and poultry. It helps them expel toxins and is very nutritious. The test reports have come back. Go see what can be improved while it hasn’t gotten too cold, so we can make adjustments."

"I’ll have a look."

After putting down his things and changing into work clothes, Xue Dong went to No.9 Farm.

After a year of raising cattle and sheep, factory equipment has begun operating, and next year we expect to start producing cheese and other products.

Li Pan was just on No.9 Farm, managing and purifying various plants and transplanting fruit trees and timber into the Wood Element area.

On the ground in the orchard was still green grass, which the sheep could eat. At the same time, the grass could stir up a slight breeze within a small area, reducing the heat from sunlight on the orchard and creating a miniature cycle, benefitting the fruit trees—a multiple win situation.

All this knowledge came from books. After three years of trials on No.8 Farm, the results were very good indeed.

Thanks to Li Pan’s tireless management and purification, infusing superpower into the crops over and over, the energy within the fruits, vegetables, and grains was very gentle. They tasted great, had very high nutritional value, and contained almost no harmful impurities, subtly benefiting the body.

The test report has been formally issued; this was an inspection report from the imperial capital, an authoritative institution’s document.

This document would be displayed on the base’s notice board for a year, expanding Panpan Farm’s influence.

The base would adjust the prices of Panpan Farm’s products appropriately; they can’t always be sold at rock-bottom prices, otherwise Li Pan would be at a loss.

This price adjustment wasn’t excessive: grain was raised by 50 cents per kilogram. Potatoes only increased by 30 cents per kilogram.

The pricing for grains was quite reasonable. Fruit cost a bit more than before, around one yuan, and there were adjustments for other goods as well.

But prices were essentially fair, and since the residents were long accustomed to buying from his store, they acknowledged the slight price adjustments — not a big deal. Most people accepted the new prices, and continued buying his goods as usual.

At the Farmer’s Market, his store was cleaned and closed promptly at 5 pm; what else to do if the goods were sold out?

The base would open several additional joint venture stores with Panpan Farm, set up together with the farm.

There would be a grain store, a bakery, a fruit and vegetable store, among several others.

The big shot from Zone 13 even provided a store for Panpan Farm, which was directly sold to the base, as a gesture of lowering his head.

Regardless, it’s best to take the benefits first. Zone 13 made amends to Li Pan, compensating with a high-level spiritual plant, the iron stone orchid. If raised well, this thing could have immense value.