After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower

Chapter 73: Chapter 71 Ambush

Chapter 73: Chapter 71 Ambush

Li Pan was so complimented that she was embarrassed, her face flushing as she laughed, “Actually, I didn’t think too much at the beginning. I’ve always been working in the planting area of the base, and reclaiming was just tougher, but I could handle it. It was all down to sheer impulsiveness, and after discussing it with you, Brother Xuedong, who supported me, I felt I could do it too and just foolishly went ahead.”

“You don’t know, when I first got to No. 8 Farm, the whole yard was overgrown with grass so tall.”

Li Pan gestured to the top of her head.

Zhang Qi listened to her story with laughter, constantly slapping his thigh, “I’ve seen it when I went out to collect from the wild, the grass was taller than a person. If my younger self had gone in, I would have disappeared, we even had to tie a rope around our waists.”

“Back then I couldn’t afford a cow, so I used a plow slung over my shoulders to till the land, thinking to do whatever I could. I was farming for myself, not for others; if I slacked off, I wouldn’t have food to eat. That’s how Brother Xuedong and I started working bit by bit. He quit his job at the base and even pulled Brother Qin to help me. We’ve been working since then, and without their help, I guess I couldn’t have succeeded.”

Li Pan recalled the hardships of reclaiming land in the past and smiled, letting go of her concerns. Without the hard work of the past, there would be no good days today. These days were fought for and endured through.

Zhang Qi looked at her face full of gratitude, “Sis, thank you for taking us siblings in. Yu is much more cheerful now, talking more than before. She used to not be able to speak a complete sentence in an entire day, which worried me to death.”

Li Pan ruffled his head. “You also did a lot of hard work. You need to put in more effort, as you will be the backbone of the farm in the future. I want to train you to lead and manage the farm, you must not slack off.”

“No way, I was already an orphan, naturally I would spend my lifetime here, I’m not going anywhere.”

Zhang Qi now felt a sense of belonging to the farm. He and his sister had been given a new lease on life here, where they were respected, understood, and valued. While studying and working here, Grandpa said one should never forget their roots. “A favor in a drop should be returned with a spring,” always remembering who helped you out during your toughest moments.

Li Pan and Xuedong were the ones who pulled you out of the abyss; this was your new home. You should live well.

“Good, I won’t come tomorrow. I’ll deliver your goods and have Yu stay with you instead.”

“That works; she has mental superpowers, which are very accurate at handling money and won’t miss a thing.”

Zhang Qi thought about it and agreed.

Having her sister, a high-level Wood Element superpower user, look after the shop was too wasteful.

That afternoon, Li Pan went back early, leaving Zhang Qi to manage the store by himself. It wasn’t very busy in the afternoon, and he could handle the occasional customers alone.

The next day, Li Pan followed the delivery truck, and after seeing how much stock was used in a day, she decided to deliver more so they wouldn’t have to make as many trips. Zhang Yu switched with her to help collect money and bag the vegetables.

After watching for a while, seeing the sibling’s seamless cooperation, with Zhang Yu collecting the money and bagging the vegetables without missing a beat, Li Pan saw no issue and left.

She returned to the farm to continue working. At noon, the two of them ate at the store; the meals were prepared early and delivered, just needed warming up from the fridge.

Li Pan worked alongside everyone else. Her space was vast, and the Patrol Team was short on people, especially during the harvest season when everyone was busy.

She just loaded the goods herself and took the minibus to the base, buying what was needed along the way, and also loaded up the electric tricycle.

The back-and-forth deliveries actually sped up the turnover of goods at the farm, and they were able to recover their capital quicker.

The wholesaler did not accept the deal; the Base Commander said they were intentionally underbidding to take advantage of us, unreliable and suggesting to bring the goods to him instead, otherwise they would suffer losses, not being able to recuperate the money.

These people often delayed paying the final installment. The Base Commander had to demand payment several times, always facing procrastination.

Knowing their behavior, they didn’t let Xuedong sell goods to them, actually out of concern that Li Pan would suffer a big loss from not receiving payments. Without the final payments, you couldn’t make a profit.

Since they were such people, it was definitely wise to heed advice. Li Pan ignored them, delivering the goods to the base herself. The Patrol Team was just too busy, and she needed to deliver the fresh fish and shrimp. There were also lotus roots and seeds, which sold better while fresh.

Li Pan had finished delivering goods and went to the hardware store to buy some electric fences, as the farm was now electrified all day to ensure agricultural output and income. The residents still had electricity in the morning and evening but no one was really in the mood to care, because ensuring agriculture meant ensuring food income. Everyone could have full bellies, and if there was no use for electricity, then it wasn’t used. Everyone was used to it.

She bought some electric fences; Xue Dong said they needed to strengthen the defenses of No.7 Farm further to avoid thieves or mutant animals during the autumn harvest. They needed to take precautions earlier, otherwise, he felt uneasy.

She also bough more bottles and jars, which the shop needed, and some pots for fermenting soy paste and such. Now that they had a shop, people specifically came to buy these things to use at home. They didn’t have enough pots, and some people would even buy a whole pot, so she bought more pots to take back.

They had also fried some tea at home. Since they couldn’t finish consuming all the goods, they sorted and packed them nicely, giving some to the Base Commander and the director of the orphanage, leaders of the planting area, who had also taken care of her. She also gave some gifts to friends in her social circle.

Having bought nearly everything, she missed a van. Zhang Qi called to say that the goods had been sold out and asked her to send some more. She couldn’t wait for the next van, which would take another two hours, so she decided to drive the tricycle home herself.

Halfway there, Li Pan felt someone was hiding in the small woods, so she simply got off her vehicle, stored it in her space, and prepared the vines in her sleeves. She walked a few steps then stopped, pretending to wait for someone.

For a long while, no one moved, but she sensed several people squatting ahead, clearly lying in ambush.

She wasn’t in a hurry. Having advanced to high-level, she had some ability to protect herself and wasn’t just going to surrender easily.

Eventually, those people got impatient. A whistle blew, and someone charged out.

All of a sudden, Li Pan felt as if someone was yelling in her head, the severe pain almost made her pass out. Fortunately, she had the domain of the Star Tree which blocked it, but suddenly it was quite uncomfortable, like the screeching noise of glass being scratched, amplifying tenfold and looping in her mind, sharp and piercing.

Mental attack, this was the mental attack Zhang Yu had spoken of.

Li Pan was momentarily confused but quickly recovered. High-level superpower users had some capacity to fend off mental attacks.

The domain from the Star Tree automatically opened and protected her, preventing those people from breaking in.

She was temporarily safe, but she couldn’t keep this up for long. This place was isolated, with no village ahead and no store behind; rescue would take time, which is why these people dared to ambush here.

Li Pan extended her vines to attack the superpower users in front of her. They were robbers, a total of four people.

But now she wasn’t sure which one was the mental superpower user, so it was best to take him out first.

The vines were more formidable than she expected; one was tied up, and the others, seeing the tide turn against them, thought of running.

However, they didn’t expect that the Patrol Team’s vehicle, which was delivering goods, arrived at the scene, shouting, “Stop, don’t run.”

“Careful, there’s a mental attack,”

Li Pan immediately shouted a warning.

Decisively acting, the vines didn’t just bind but directly pierced into the backs of three men, one dodged but his arm was wounded.

The vines had spikes which had an anesthetic effect, not fatal. Seeing the blood flow from the wound, the injury was severe, but it wasn’t deadly.

The vines tied up the individuals, and the Patrol Team also pulled one more person from the bushes and tied him up securely.

Li Pan gave them simple treatments to ensure they didn’t die by her hand, nor could they escape by bouncing around. The patrol team took over treating the severely wounded to make them less so.

“It’s you, sister; are you injured?”

Gao Wenbin, opening his helmet and realizing it was Li Pan, was startled.