Ordinary observers in fast time travel

"Xiaxia, how could you just let them leave like that?" Yuan Lei was somewhat dissatisfied; that group of people had almost caused his daughter's death.

Shi Jia glanced helplessly at Yuan Lei, "So, Dad, do you think I should beat them up here, or should you arrest them and put them in jail?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Lei awkwardly scratched his head, realizing that neither of these solutions was feasible.

"Don't worry, they will pay the price for what they've done," Shi Jia said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Lei knew that his daughter had already made up her mind, but he still couldn't help but remind her, "Fang Yanlei, He Hao's strength should not be underestimated. You must be careful."

"I know." Shi Jia waved her hand. "Dad, I have some things to do, so I won't disturb your work." After she finished speaking, she turned to leave.

Yuan Lei quickly called out, "Xiaxia, wait a minute."

"Ok?"

"The matter of stimulating plant reproduction."

Shi Jia raised an eyebrow. Had her adoptive father remembered? "I've been busy with soil improvement these past few days and haven't had time to do any research. Tomorrow I'll try to produce a batch of seeds, and then you can have someone try planting them, Dad."

In fact, Shi Jia can guarantee the survival rate of the seeds, but he can't make definitive statements. The most important thing is to buy time!

Seeing Yuan Lei's doubt, Shi Jia added, "What if the seeds I induce to grow can't be planted by others? So, let's wait until I've figured it out through experimentation before we talk about it."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Lei immediately agreed.

The matter of the seeds concerns the survival of humanity and is currently more important than spiritual power. Once it is made public, various forces will definitely take action, and at that time, my daughter's safety will become a major issue.

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but wonder if his daughter had deliberately brought up the topic of developing mental power so that the various forces within the base would be caught up in it and unable to focus on her agricultural base.
It has to be said that the deputy base chief, who had been in politics for over twenty years, couldn't help but indulge in conspiracy theories. Of course, Shi Jia didn't have this thought at first; he just did it subconsciously.

However, secrets never stay hidden forever. Moreover, Shi Jia was not one to keep a low profile, and her ability to breed was quickly discovered by those who were interested.

*
"Baobao? What are you doing digging up dirt?" Wang Baobao's mother was very puzzled when she saw her daughter's pockets full of dirt.

"Shh~" Wang Baobao whispered, "Mom, I dug this up from the breeding base."

"What!" Bao Bao's mother glared at her. "Aren't you afraid of dying?! If someone finds out, it's not just that you lose your job, but what if you get arrested and thrown in jail? What am I supposed to do then?!"

"I, I..." Wang Baobao was terrified. "Then, what should we do?"

What are you doing digging up the dirt?

"I... I just want to grow vegetables," Wang Baobao said.

"Growing vegetables? You have seeds? Stole them from the cultivation base?" Bao Bao's mother was both frightened and angry. Although she had done some bad things in the first few years after the apocalypse, it was for survival, and she had no other choice. But now that order was more or less stable, what if…

Bao Bao's mom didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Wang Baobao quickly shook her head, "No, someone else gave it to me."

"Someone gave it to you? Who's so kind? I remember the seeds distributed at your base were counted one by one." Bao Bao's mom said suspiciously.

Wang Baobao then recounted what had happened yesterday.

"Are you sure you can grow it?" Bao Bao's mom asked in surprise.

“Yes, it works. I tried it yesterday and today, and the lettuce I grew is even better than the seeds from the base!” Wang Baobao said.

"Mom, I just want to grow some lettuce for you to eat."

Upon hearing this, Bao Bao's mother felt a warm glow in her heart. "Okay, do you have any other superpowers?"

Wang Baobao nodded, "Yes, I deliberately left a little bit of my superpower today, which should be enough to make a lettuce grow."

Lettuce has a short growing season. With her newly awakened supernatural ability, it would only take her about ten days to grow an acre of lettuce, and growing a single lettuce would be a matter of minutes. Under the witness of the mother and daughter, the emerald green lettuce stretched out its body, as beautiful as jade, making one reluctant to eat it, yet after eating it, one felt it wasn't enough.

However, Wang Baobao's abilities were limited, so he could only suppress his desire and look forward to the arrival of the next day.

After eating lettuce to promote growth for several days, both mother and daughter looked much better. At the same time, they found it increasingly difficult to swallow the nutritional blocks distributed by the farm, wishing they could have lettuce with every meal.

Therefore, Wang Baobao made a decision: every morning before going to work, he would plant a lettuce at home, and after ripening it when he came back in the evening, he would plant another one, so that they would have two lettuce plants to eat every night.

However, in this post-apocalyptic world where only growers can cultivate plants, an ordinary lettuce grown in a slum home is undoubtedly a ticking time bomb.

Indeed, within two days, someone discovered the lettuce that Wang Baobao's family had grown.
“Someone gave me the seeds; I didn’t steal any seeds from the base!” Wang Baobao and her mother were arrested, but because it involved the breeding base, they weren’t immediately imprisoned there. Instead, the case was reported to the breeding base’s management.

At this moment, Zhong Qingyu, after counting the seeds, said, "Director Hao, there are indeed two hundred and thirty-two extra lettuce seeds."

Hao Ren raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure they didn't send the wrong seed?"

"No." Zhong Qingyu shook his head.

Wang Bao and her mother breathed a sigh of relief. "Manager Zhong, you must believe me."

Hao Ren glanced at him, and Zhong Qingyu understood. "I believe you, Wang Baobao. Then tell me who gave you the seed?"

“It’s that older sister named Yuanmu Xia.” Wang Baobao quickly recounted what happened that day.

Hao Ren, Zhong Qingyu, and the others couldn't help but gape. "Wang Baobao, are you sure you're not mistaken? These seeds were directly germinated by Yuan Muxia?"

"Yes." Wang Baobao lowered her head, somewhat frightened. Although she hadn't stolen the seeds, she had indeed traded seeds from the base with others.

She'll definitely be punished!

"Xiao Zhong, did I hear that right? The original wood can produce plant seeds!" Hao Ren grabbed Zhong Qingyu's arm, making the latter wince in pain.

Yes, you heard me right!

"Great!" Hao Ren clapped his hands. "Let's go find the deputy base commander."

Zhong Qingyu could only have someone keep an eye on Wang Baobao and her daughter while he quickly followed. Little did they know, news of Yuan Muxia's successful cultivation of lettuce seeds had already spread outside the cultivation base the moment they left.

*
"Ah-"

Shi Jia, who was building trellises for loofah seedlings in the greenhouse, sneezed.

"Miss Yuan, please rest, I'll do it." Wang Junjun fawned over Shi Jia and snatched the loofah vine from her hand.

That's right, he's the one who almost turned into a monster yesterday.

After waking up yesterday, Wang Junjun felt extremely guilty. This morning, before dawn, he was already waiting outside the greenhouse.

Moreover, Shi Jia felt quite good about both their enthusiasm for work and their attitude towards her today. If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the first employee of the agricultural base.

"Okay, come over for lunch later." Shi Jia waved his hand. He was quite tired this morning, first purifying the soil, then setting up the laboratory, and then promoting crop growth.

She stretched, took out the two lunch boxes that Zhang Fang had specially prepared, put one box aside, and picked up the other to eat.

"Okay!" Upon hearing that there was food, Wang Junjun became even more excited.

The basic work inside the greenhouse has been completed. This afternoon, the land inside the greenhouse can be divided into sections to facilitate comparative experiments. As for Wang Junjun, he will be asked to purify the eight acres of land outside this afternoon so that potatoes can be planted tomorrow.

Shi Jia plans to cultivate supernatural grains and plant ordinary grains simultaneously, since more grain means more food security for the base, right?
"Is Yuanmu Xia here?" A voice came from outside the greenhouse.

Shi Jia raised an eyebrow. Were they up to no good? (End of Chapter)