Chapter 392: Ye Heng Plans to Buy Soil and Seeds for a Test Planting

Ye Heng stared at the steak before him, looking it over repeatedly, and swallowed.

Lin Meng was definitely right; this steak must taste terrible.

But anything is hard‑won for them and shouldn't be wasted.

So Ye Heng still picked up his chopsticks and ate the whole plate of beef clean.

After wiping his mouth clean, he finally understood what Lin Meng had said, not an exaggeration at all.

This steak looked good, but once in the mouth it was truly far inferior to a spoonful of beef offal soup in the Bi Hu Suo nowadays.

The sauce looked good in color, but actually it was bitter and astringent, even sour, lacking any fragrance of the seasonings Lin Meng provided.

As for the side vegetables, the carrot tasted like foam, other veggies were unrecognizable, and chewing them gave the same bland, non‑refreshing vegetable feel.

Perhaps because they've grown accustomed to Lin Meng's ingredients and top‑notch seasonings, this steak entering the mouth is almost impossible to swallow.

But Ye Heng thought carefully: before meeting Lin Meng, a steak like this would indeed count as a luxury.

It was Lin Meng who gave him the right to be picky, letting him experience what true deliciousness is!

"Finished? How do you feel?"

"The food I provide also includes beef, with many beef recipes in the menu, and I've given plenty of corresponding seasonings—have you let your cooks try them? How do they compare to this steak?"

Lin Meng also finished her meal at this moment and flashed into the First Space.

Ye Heng saw Lin Meng's illusion and heard her question at the same time, then after thinking said:

"We've grown used to hunger; having something to eat is already satisfying, and we haven't had time to figure out how to cook food better."

"The beef from your ingredients we've all eaten; its quality is a hundred times better than that in the Special Zone, and with careful cooking it would surely be a hundred times tastier than this steak."

Lin Meng, hearing this, was not surprised; for Ye Heng and them, being used to hunger means they only think of filling their stomachs first—it's impossible to suddenly arouse a strong appetite, which would actually be bad.

But once they have enough to eat, they can then pursue deliciousness, which isn't extravagant.

Lin Meng thought and said:

"The recipes I give you can be studied well; I said I'd supply your food, so you can fully pursue a higher level of flavor, make the food delicious—this can also be seen as a way not to waste ingredients."

However, talking about deliciousness to people of the Fe Tu Shi Jie is indeed somewhat too extravagant.

No rush, take it slow; one day Lin Meng will make them no longer worry about food shortages.

By then people will naturally start pursuing flavor, rather than just being full.

"So what do you plan to do next? Still buy soil and seeds?"

Lin Meng hit the nail on the head; Ye Heng already had a plan in mind, and he said:

"Today I went with the Special Zone Chief to look at this ecological base; honestly, I have little confidence."

"The vegetables in the fields are really unappealing; the cabbage here can't compare to the ones you gave us—it grows poorly, a whole plot yields only a few heads, and harvest is also a problem."

"The Special Zone Chief wants me to use medical supplies as a bargaining chip; I haven't agreed yet, for fear that spending precious medical resources to get soil and seeds would yield no vegetables, wasting those supplies for nothing."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meng already understood; it seems the so‑called clean land in this Special Zone is nothing but poor soil.

Without good soil, planting anything is futile.

Ye Heng then continued:

"Soil quality is one aspect; the Special Zone Chief also said that today's vegetable seeds are extremely precious, and the seeds left from the civilized era are almost nowhere to be found—current seed quality is already poor, let alone expecting to grow good vegetables."

"The water for irrigation and the fertilizer for feeding are far inferior to those of the civilized era; being able to grow vegetables at all is already a stroke of luck."

Ye Heng felt disheartened; he had originally wanted to be self‑sufficient, which would lighten Lin Meng's burden.

They cannot forever rely on Lin Meng providing supplies to survive.

Even if Lin Meng doesn't mind the trouble, he feels guilty in his heart.

Ye Heng even imagined far into the future; it is because his awakened space is linked with Lin Meng's space that he has this opportunity.

Then what after he dies? How should his descendants cope?

After listening, Lin Meng considered it and concluded that obtaining soil, seeds, and the like would have to be arranged by her side.

The pollution in the Fe Tu Shi Jie is permeative; even after purifying soil and water, one cannot achieve 100% purity, with residues circulating into vegetables and animals, and over time the residual traces remain in stored seeds and animal offspring, making it impossible to truly grow or raise completely unpolluted, high‑quality products.

The beef she just ate is like that; without her Marrow Washing Pill and her cultivated physique, she really wouldn't dare to casually eat food from there.

Eating this beef is problematic in itself.

Thus Lin Meng thought and said:

"Then we won't buy soil and seeds from the Special Zone; I can provide the seeds here, absolutely top‑quality, and as for soil, though it's a bit troublesome to handle, I can likewise supply it."

"But if you want to raise livestock yourselves, that's probably impossible—the space currently can't store living creatures, though further upgrades might make it possible."

Ye Heng felt instantly excited upon hearing this, but soon calmed down.

Hauling soil and searching for seeds would again trouble Lin Meng to run around for them, which Ye Heng truly feels bad about.

"Why not, I'll first ask the Special Zone Chief to buy some—just a half‑mu of soil plus some seeds, bring people back to try planting and see if there's a harvest."

"If we can grow something, everyone will have something to look forward to." Mainly, I'm afraid of bothering Lin Meng too much—she's already done enough for the Bi Hu Suo.

Lin Meng, hearing this, had no objection; buying some back is fine, and she also wants to see what the soil and seeds of the Fe Tu Shi Jie are really like.

After cutting contact with Ye Heng, Lin Meng immediately drove to the nearest pharmacy and purchased a batch of simple medical supplies.

She bought several cases of saline solution, and large quantities of alcohol and povidone‑iodine for disinfection.

Plus gauze, cotton balls, bandages, etc. —over‑the‑counter common medicines, buying as much as possible.

As long as she wasn't buying controlled or prescription drugs, purchasing these ordinary medicines wasn't a violation, and the pharmacy gave her everything it could muster.

After returning, she stored these newly purchased medical supplies in the First Space and left a message for Ye Heng:

"Since you're buying and want to test‑plant, then buy more to try; these medical supplies aren't hard for me to obtain, so feel free to use them."

At that moment, after Ye Heng cut off contact with Lin Meng, the hotel manager also burst in.

Seeing the empty plates on the table, he wore an arrogant expression.

"How about it, Mr. Ye? Our steak is delicious, right? You haven't tried it? This piece of steak is something ordinary citizens can't buy even after spending a whole year's points."

The Special Zone Chief also doesn't know why he would treat this commoner so well—even he himself has only tasted a small bite of beef—what right does he have to let this commoner eat an entire plate?!