After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 96

[25 days of Protection Period]

The first day of various job openings started, and a lot were quite unsure of what to expect. There were some who were already quite shocked almost as soon as they timed in.

The hired farmers couldn’t help but stare at the beautiful pregnant woman in front of them, a stupid-looking dog with a perennial smiley face right beside her.

She was the boss of their farmers?

Where was the stereotypical burly farming boss with a booming voice that they expected?

Althea only smiled at their dazed looks and began to explain the scope of their work. "These ten farms would be dealing with local plants necessary for human consumption.

"You should be familiar with this plant," she said, raising a sheaf very common in the area. "This is locally known as the Flute plant. On Terran, it should be close to wheat."

The ten people looked at each other in surprise. It was a common plant and they sold everything to the village center!

"We will be planting these, and also breed it in a way that would improve its quality and output."

"That’s amazing…"

"I didn’t know that was how it was used for…"

Althea allowed them to chat a bit as she released another sheaf and held it up on her left hand.

They stared at it very curiously. If the previous one was equivalent to wheat, this one… _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}

"This is a plant similar to another essential crop." Her ability didn’t name it so this was one of the undiscovered plants. "We’ll just call it… rice."

The 10 people brightened at this, "Rice?!"

"Yes, but it’s still an experimental crop because we don’t really know exactly how this strain differs from what we know.

"Also, don’t ask me where I found them. A teammate got lost and brought it back, but it’s probably within the territory. I analyzed it and determined it had a strong likeliness with wild rice."

She didn’t speak for a while after that, letting the farmers absorb the information with bright expressions.

Wheat and rice, both very very important crops which they didn’t think they’d even encounter in this place, let alone propagate themselves.

She observed them all and her eyes zoned in on one man advanced in age, who had the brightest eyes of them all.

This man’s name was Gru Gilbert, and she knew of him from his hundred of theses.

Gru was an agricultural expert, who was teaching agriculture in the top university in an adjacent country. He was near them because he was in Eden doing a seminar when the disaster happened.

She first knew of him from science magazines.

He was also a green-tagged talent who probably just arrived.

To think he’d end up a farmer…

"Your name is Gru, yes?"

"Yes, boss."

"I know you. You’re an agricultural expert. Known best for the doubling of the production of the Vivi Plant."