Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 269

Chapter 269: Chapter 269: The Suspicious Neighbor

Crystal Lynch was both surprised and delighted to see Melody Summers at her door, and she quickly opened it.

"Come on, come in! Hurry!"

While Crystal Lynch’s home wasn’t as warm as Melody Summers’s, they had a space heater on, keeping the temperature comfortable. Melody took off her thick coat after coming inside.

"Don’t worry about your shoes, just come in!" Crystal Lynch led Melody directly to the sofa, then ran off to get her a drink.

This was Melody’s first time visiting Crystal Lynch’s home. She glanced around and saw that the living room was piled high with unopened boxes of food and water.

The food consisted mostly of instant meals like self-heating rice and instant noodles. It looked like they had been stockpiled before the cataclysm, and the reserves were substantial.

A pile of styrofoam boxes lay against the wall. They were filled with soil, looking as if someone had tried to grow vegetables, but nothing had sprouted.

Just then, Crystal Lynch walked over with a glass electric kettle and two teacups.

Noticing Melody looking at the styrofoam boxes in the corner, Crystal Lynch said with a sigh of resignation, "We tried to grow some vegetables ourselves. They sprouted at first, but then they all died, so we just gave up!"

With that, she poured Melody a cup of tea and said with a smile, "This is a red date, longan, and glutinous rice tea I just brewed. A cup of this on a cold day will keep you warm all night. Have a taste!"

Melody took a couple of sips from the cup. The rich aroma of red dates instantly filled her mouth, accompanied by a faint, delicious sweetness.

Melody put down her cup. Pointing to the styrofoam boxes, she suggested to Crystal, "Do you still want to try growing things? I could give you some seeds. I have extra, and they sprout really easily!"

But Crystal Lynch waved her hand dismissively. "No, it’s okay. The three of us are usually over at the supermarket. No one’s home, and we can’t just turn on the climate control specifically for some vegetables."

’That would be such a waste of power!’

Since the cataclysm began, many people had tried growing vegetables at home, but few had succeeded.

At first, it was the high temperatures. The weather was so hot and electricity prices skyrocketed that no one could bear to keep the air conditioning on for plants.

Then came the endless night. Without sunlight, vegetables couldn’t grow unless you had grow lights.

Not to mention that growing vegetables requires regular watering. Water was scarce now. Every household’s supply was rationed, leaving barely enough for daily life. Who could afford to waste it on watering plants?

For all these reasons combined, very few residents managed to become self-sufficient in vegetables using styrofoam boxes.

If you wanted to eat vegetables, you had to buy them at exorbitant prices, either from online platforms or on the black market.

Crystal Lynch continued, "Actually, it’s fine if we don’t grow anything. Before the cataclysm, my dad brought back dozens of boxes of dehydrated vegetables from his factory. They completely filled our study! We still have so much left, there’s no way we can eat it all!"

The supplies in the living room were just a fraction of their total stockpile. Thanks to Melody’s earlier warning, Crystal’s family had also hoarded an enormous amount of provisions.

In addition to the living room and study, every bedroom in Crystal’s home was piled high with all sorts of hoarded goods.

The rooms were so full of cardboard boxes that at the beginning of the cataclysm, Crystal even had to sleep on top of them!

Only later, as they slowly worked through their supplies, was she able to sleep in her bed again.

Hearing Crystal say this, Melody felt relieved.

The two of them chattered for a while longer. It wasn’t until Crystal’s father and older brother returned from work that Melody got up to take her leave.

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After leaving Crystal Lynch’s home, Melody Summers walked up the stairs back to the 16th floor.

Just as she was about to open her door, a small black shadow suddenly darted toward her!

Melody jumped in fright. Before she could dodge, the black shadow pounced on her.

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