Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 103:

Counting that Jian Chu and the others had already gone out for five days and four nights, Qin Huai originally thought that if he didn't come back, maybe something happened on the way, but fortunately, the higher-ups also knew that uncontrollable situations would happen outside at any time, although the car rental was limited , but didn’t set the time too rigidly, just return a day or two later to make up the points, but if you don’t come back after seven days, then I’m afraid the problem will be serious.

Fortunately, although they delayed for an extra day, at least they came back.

Qin Huai covered Mu Nan with the quilt: "I'll go and have a look, don't get off the kang."

Jian Chu and the others drove the car directly to the door. Sure enough, this time there was no luck this time, because there were not many hunted things. The wild rabbits caught two, both of which were alive, and one was a snow cave. The one caught inside was Xu Ming who shot through the ear of a rabbit with an arrow. In addition to two live rabbits, there was also a pheasant and some rabbit skins.

Seeing Qin Huai, Jian Chu waved to him: "Is everything okay at home?"

Qin Huai nodded: "It's okay." After speaking, he looked at the things they were carrying in their hands: "That's all the harvest?"

Jian Chu sighed: "Yeah, it's too difficult. There is nothing in the vast snowy sea, not to mention the deer, and the rabbits have never seen it. We finally caught these. We plan to get the chicken and eat it together One of the rabbits is us and Xu Ming, and the other is for Song Jia, it is all up to Niu Niu to find this rabbit."

The main reason is that the harvest is too little, there are only two. There is really no such condition as when they harvested so much for the first time. Anyway, Xu Ming eats with them, so the two families simply have one, not two. Let's divide the rabbit into three parts, that's too fussy.

Qin Huai said: "This rabbit skin?"

Jian Chu explained with a smile: "This time we are heading towards Monkey Mountain. Many people dig holes in the mountain to avoid the cold. There are many rabbits on the mountain, but we are short of time, so we can't set up an ambush. They live in The mountains are close to the water, so they are not greedy for meat, but the seasonings are very lacking. It is covered with heavy snow, and there is no way to come and change them, so we took the seasonings and some flour sauerkraut and the like, and exchanged some rabbit skins with them. , accumulate more, maybe you can make a rabbit fur coat."

When Jian Chu was talking, Song Jia also led Niu Niu down. Seeing Jian Chu talking at the door of Qinhuai's house, she walked over: "Is everything okay at home?"

The question was exactly the same as that of Jian Chu, and Qin Huai replied with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that the second day after you left, you were notified to change your ID card, and you changed it at the greenhouse. Now that you are back, there It should also reschedule the time when you go to register and change your ID card, gather at Building 1, and drive to drive back.”

Hearing what Qin Huai said, Song Jia saw that Xu Ming and the others hadn't driven the car away, so she quickly handed the tow rope to Jian Chu, and then ran over to tell them that they could ask when they returned the car in Building 1. Let's talk about ID card registration.

Seeing that the time was still early, Jane said, "I'll go and get rid of the chicken. It's still early, so I can come over for dinner at night if I go faster."

Qin Huai shook his head: "No, you can eat by yourself. Nan Nan has been suffering from stomach problems for the past few days, so she can only eat light food. You can come and get any seasonings you need later."

Jian Chu groaned, and asked with concern: "Is it serious? Is there any medicine?"

Qin Huai nodded: "There is medicine, you have been tossing around for a few days, go back and rest, and we will get together when Nan Nan gets better."

Jian Chu couldn't help but said: "Stomach disease is really troublesome, and the current conditions are not easy to raise."

Thinking of their previous plan, Jian Chu felt a little regretful: "We plan to go again in a few days, this time we have agreed with the people on the other side of the mountain, let them catch a few live rabbits, and we will go directly to them with oil, salt and rice noodles. Change, will you go then?"

Qin Huai shook his head: "No, Nan Nan's stomach problem won't heal so quickly, it will take a while, and the meat he hunted last time can be eaten for a while, so he won't go out for a while."

Jian Chu also felt that Qin Huai might not go there, usually Qin Huai, who is good at Mu Nan, would not worry about him being alone, now that he is sick, it is even more impossible to let him alone, Jian Chu thought that Qin Huai and his family would also get some seasoning Rice noodles, they just take them with them to change, so there is no need for Qin Huai to go along with them, as they can just stay at home to look after the house.

When Yu Zibai and Xu Ming drove away and Song Jia came to pick up Niuniu, Jian Chu also felt that he had to go back to the house to warm up first, and shivered from the cold, so he said to Qin Huai: "Then let's go back first, I'll wait Go and see Mu Nan."

Song Jia wondered, "What's wrong with Mu Nan?"

Jian Chu said: "I have a stomach problem, you should go back first, I just saw your brother open the door and take a look outside, now it's two o'clock, seven o'clock come over for dinner."

The two went back to their respective homes. Although it was not known if Jian Chu said it casually, after Qin Huai returned to the house, he still asked Mu Nan to put the things that should not be outside into the space. But Jian Chu really didn't just say it casually, knocking on the door around four o'clock.

Qin Huai is cleaning up the charcoal ashes on the stove, and there is no need to clean out the burned charcoal ashes every time, as long as some empty spaces are cleared regularly, and at least half of them should be left in the stove. Some rural people do not have heating conditions in their homes, so they use a small porcelain jar that can be held in the hand, filled with hot charcoal ash, and the heat can last at least a day.

The space inside the stove is not too small, except that there is a fire under the boiler, and there are piles of ashes in some corners beside it. Qinhuai buried two sweet potatoes in the ashes in the corners. There is no need for a big fire, just use the stove The temperature inside and the remaining temperature of the ashes should be cooked, so that the sweet potatoes that are slowly baked will produce honey, and they will taste with a unique charcoal fragrance.

It is probably because of the bland food these past few days that his mouth has no taste. It is rare for Mu Nan to want to eat some roasted sweet potatoes, so Qin Huai will bake them for him naturally. It will be uncomfortable again. When Jian Chu knocked on the door, Qin Huai had just buried the sweet potatoes. When he got up to open the door, he lifted the curtain outside the kang to have a look. He saw that Mu Nan was sleeping soundly. After a while, most of her hot, red face was buried under the quilt. Qin Huai smiled, put down the curtain, and then went to open the door for Jian Chu.

Jane came here from the garage at first, so she didn’t wear too much. She just wore a down jacket. Now the down jacket has become the most basic home clothes. If you wear a down jacket in the house, you don’t even need to cover it with a quilt. It's cold, the down jacket that can resist wind and snow in the past, if you wear it outside now, it can freeze your heart in three minutes.

As soon as he saw Qin Huai, Jian Chu handed the bowl containing a piece of chicken breast to Qin Huai: "If you can't eat something too greasy, then you can make some shredded chicken porridge for Mu Nan, it just so happens that the chicken breast is not tasty even when roasted, so it's better to make it Turn it into minced meat and put it into porridge."

Qin Huai didn't refuse either. When you don't need to be polite, it will be hypocritical. After thanking you and taking it, you let Jian Chu enter the room: "Nan Nan is asleep."

Jian Chu hastily relaxed his movements, but as soon as the curtain covering the front of the kang was lifted, Mu Nan was rubbing his eyes and sat up. When Jian Chu saw Mu Nan, he couldn't help but said, "Be good, I'm going out now." In a few days, my little face is going to lose weight, what happened? Could it be because I was so hungry that I got a stomach problem in order to save food?"

This is of course a joke, because they have already grown tomatoes and peppers, which is considered a rich family property, and Qin Huai is so thirsty that he will not starve Mu Nan, so how can he let him buy some food for him? Grain made himself sick.

Mu Nan moved the quilt back and asked Jian Chu to sit on the kang, it was too cold below: "No way, it should be because of the cold wind when I went to register the ID card, it's okay, it's much better these two days, you guys Did you go out smoothly for the first time? Did you gain a lot?"

Jian Chu said: "Your brother didn't tell you, we are miserable, we haven't hunted shit, the endless sea of ??snow, looking with a telescope all the way is about to suffer from snow blindness, and finally in countless snow caves A rabbit nest was dug out, one was caught stupidly, and the other ran away through the hole. Fortunately, Xu Ming reacted quickly, and shot an arrow right away, which hit the rabbit's ear, and gained two harvests. Only."

Mu Nan said, "Only two?"

Jian Chu sighed: "No, but it would be nice to have something to gain, and we also have a relationship with the people on the Monkey Mountain side. They live in the mountain and can set traps. They have a better geographical advantage than us. Our side The supplies are more abundant than theirs, such as oil and salt, they are in short supply, and they can be traded. We agreed that we will trade once in ten days. Anyway, try to live as much as possible. If the rabbit dies, then use it to exchange for points , Isn’t there equipment on it? Let them check first to see if there is any problem and whether they can eat. This will save us a lot of trouble. If we go there quickly, we can go back and forth on the same day. We didn’t bring much this time. I just exchanged a pheasant and a few rabbit skins, and I hope to exchange more things next time."

Mu Nan frowned slightly when he heard the words, and felt a little unsafe: "Is it reliable? If you are blackmailed, it doesn't matter if you rob your things, but if you rob your car or clothes, you will die. There are only a few of us. There are many people on the other side, so it’s not appropriate to rob them, and you also said that they have a geographical advantage, and the Monkey Mountain is equivalent to their lair. I heard that some residents who lived there were originally some residents nearby. At least it’s related to relatives, are you sure they can trade honestly?”

Jian Chu is not a fool who believes in the truth, goodness and beauty in the world. When Mu Nan said this, his heart beat a little: "No way, it's not like acting in a TV series, would it be so vicious?"

Mu Nan said: "What if I didn't rob you this time, maybe it's because you don't have enough things. If you really have this idea, you can go for a long time to catch big fish. Next time you go, you should bring rice, flour, grain and oil. In this world , do you think human nature is tested?"

After Mu Nan finished speaking, seeing Qin Huai pouring tea for Jian Chu, he hurriedly said, "Brother, what do you think? Is it possible for what I said to happen?"

Qin Huai handed the tea to Jian Chu, then sat next to Mu Nan, looked at Jian Chu and said, "I haven't met anyone you've come into contact with, so whether the other party is a sincere transaction or a bad judgment, but it doesn't matter if you are careful. Wrong, multiple minds are not a bad thing."

Jian Chu pursed her lips slightly, frowned slightly, took a sip with her teacup in her hands, and said after a while, "Then do you think we should go for a deal?"

Mu Nan thinks it's better not to, anyway, he is timid and afraid of death, this kind of behavior that he knows is dangerous, if he can do it, he doesn't want it.

Qin Huai thought it was worth a try: "If you can talk to the military department, or you can rent hot weapons for self-defense, I think it's okay, but if it's just a few of you next time, and even bring a dog, it's better Don't take any chances."

Jian Chu said: "Lease hot weapons? It's impossible, not to mention that our country has strict controls. Even if the controls are not strict, it is impossible to rent these things to civilians at will. As for mobilizing the military, how can we mobilize them?" ah?"

Mu Nan said: "If you can't rent a thermal weapon, then you can rent someone who can carry a thermal weapon. Didn't you change the rabbit fur? Now the resources for clothes are relatively scarce, and animal fur is very good for keeping warm." I think the people in the military department should also need it. Although there are few people there, it may not be able to provide too much, but it is better than nothing. Another thing, I don’t know if the situation of Monkey Mountain is clear from above. If it is clear, you can ask them about it. If you are not sure, use the possibility of occupying the mountain as king to persuade them to send one or two soldiers to go with you to check the situation, charter a car and pay points, so as not to let others suffer. I feel that it may be possible. Make sense."

Jian Chu felt that this matter could be tried. Although they had no intention of harming others, it was still possible to take precautions.

Mu Nan said: "When we went to register the ID card that day, we saw Daniel."

Jian Chu was a little surprised. It is really lucky to meet some acquaintances in this world where separation means goodbye forever: "How are they? Where do they live now?"

Mu Nan sighed: "Daniu's wife is gone. It seems that he had already suffered from a serious illness before, but he still couldn't get over it. Daniel lives alone in a warm shed. Maybe his wife's health is not good. It was really unbearable, so when the military department drove back to pick up the man, Daniel and the others did not come. When he came, there was no place to live here, so he directly lived in the big greenhouse. "

Jian Chu was a little bit embarrassed when he heard the words: "I thought his wife was just not in good health, so she was sick. Did the big cow say how the situation in our house is now?"

Mu Nan said: "It's very chaotic. When the government left, it left those who were already sick. Now the entire urban area is a major epidemic area. Layers of siege and blockades are being made to prevent people inside from coming out. If the body temperature is normal, they will be taken to quarantine for observation, and if there is no problem, they will be brought here, and then they will go through another quarantine and observation, and they will be put into the residential area if they pass. If they are already sick, there is really no way."

Hearing this, Jian Chu felt a shudder, but if they left a little later at the beginning, she couldn't imagine what would happen now: "Then no one in the urban area can come out now? Just stay inside and wait to die ?”

Mu Nan said: "There is no other way but this, but the government has not ignored it. I heard from Daniel that when he was observing in the quarantine area, he could see vehicles coming in and out every day. Shipping to the urban area, no matter it is definitely impossible, we can only manage it within our ability, and now the conditions are very difficult for the country.”

Jian Chu rubbed his arms: "This is similar to a foreign infectious disease movie I watched before. The sick are controlled together, and those who are not sick are left outside, and the people inside are allowed to survive on their own. The result is a year. Over the years, those diseases have undergone various mutations and evolutions in humans, and they have coexisted with humans, but the healthy people outside are not as resistant as they are, so humans have become two camps, those who are abandoned hate the government and hate health Man, thus becoming the opposite.”

Mu Nan asked curiously, "Then who won in the end?"

Qin Huai on the side couldn't help but smile: "You've seen a lot of this kind of movie, and you know that in the end it must be a great reconciliation of human beings. It must be a conspiracy conspired by some scientists, using human beings as experiments, and finally the epidemic The people in the district got the final antibody drug and solved those conspirators."

Jian Chu gave Qin Huai a thumbs up: "It's just such a routine, but I didn't expect that those things that were thought to be just sci-fi movies actually happened now."

Mu Nan shook his head: "This kind of thing won't happen in our country. It's so dangerous inside now, but there are still many medical staff going in. There will be a vaccine soon, and the plague will always pass one day."

Jian Chu sighed silently. Who doesn't want the disaster to pass quickly? Although they live in a government-controlled area and seem to be fine, that's because they had enough supplies before. How many people can have such supplies now? Yes, I'm afraid that many people are starving and freezing, so they can't feel that their current life is going well, as if the situation outside is what they see in front of them, maybe it's just a place separated from them by a wall, which is the purgatory on earth.

Jian Chu sat for a while and then left. He had to go back and tidy up the leftover chicken. One chicken is definitely not enough for too many people. Even if Qin Huai and Mu Nan didn't come to eat, it would not be enough, just half of the chicken breast The meat was given to Qin Huai, and the remaining half was chopped into minced meat, seasoned, added some chili powder, and then wrapped in bread, so that there was meat and a staple food. Qin Huai gave Jian Chu two tomatoes, made a tomato soup, ate roast chicken nuggets, and ate chicken cakes, which was very rich.

Qin Huai was afraid that Mu Nan would also want to eat, so he comforted Jian Chu after he left: "When you are well, I will make you whatever you want to eat."

Mu Nan hugged the pillow and leaned against it: "Brother, do you want to go to exchange things?"

Qin Huai said: "If you are well, maybe I will go, but it's okay, if this kind of transaction is not a scam, there will always be a next time."

Because they agreed on the time of the next transaction, Yu Zibai and the others didn't want to break their promise, so they inquired with the military department early to see if they could have soldiers with weapons in addition to the vehicles. Even the higher-ups had never thought that such an operation could be possible, but after being proposed, they considered it and refused. This opening must not be opened. His soldiers are not mercenaries. This kind of thing has two things, although now These people want to borrow people directly through their officials, but once the precedent is set, many things will be unstoppable, especially in this kind of disaster year, to have extra income to earn materials is more touching than money.

But even though he refused, the higher-ups really wanted to know about the situation on Monkey Mountain. The rescue team had been to Monkey Mountain before, but at that time the people who dug holes and lived in Monkey Mountain had almost stabilized. I lived in a place in the summer, and this winter is not without cold-proof things. Many people are reluctant to live in residential areas. It may be the psychological shadow caused by people who have been ill before. I feel that too many people live together. not safe. So at that time, the rescue team did not forcefully ask everyone to leave. Later, too many people came back from the rescue. I was too busy to take care of the small group of people at Monkey Mountain.

But now they are interested in starting animal husbandry. It would be better if more live animals could be traded over, so they decided on the travel time of Jianchu and the others, and they planned to arrange a car with some supplies. Pretending to be people and going with them, except for those living things, I don’t know if I can get some mountain goods, but judging from the hot temperature before, it’s lucky that there is no mountain fire in Monkey Mountain. It's good to have expectations.

After confirming that there were soldiers accompanying them, Jian Chu and the others suddenly felt at ease, and the last bit of worry was dispelled, and it happened to be able to carefully observe whether the people on the Monkey Mountain were good people or bad people.

What Jian Chu and the others didn't expect was that this time the accompanying team was led by someone they knew, the squad leader who was in charge of rescue at the cold supply point, surnamed Yuan. That's how it's called, and now the few pieces of solar energy on the roof of their house were given by Team Yuan. It's been almost a year since this happened, and they didn't expect to act together again.

Yuan Gang still had an impression of those young people back then. After all, he was the only one who asked him for solar panels. It was just that there were two more familiar faces and two less familiar ones. Just asked one more question.

Jian Chu said: "You are asking about Qin Huai, we are all together, and this time he also has a share of the supplies brought this time, but there is no one at home, someone has to stay and look after the house, so he didn't go this time "It's better not to talk about someone's illness, even if it's just a stomach disease that has nothing to do with infectious diseases, one more thing is worse than one less thing.

Hearing that several of them were still together, Yuan Gang sighed a little: "This is also fate." This kind of calamity year, adversity is the most rare.

After counting the supplies that Jian Chu and the others brought, Yuan Gang said, "Have you discussed the details of the previous transaction?"

Jian Chu shook his head: "Not yet, we should discuss it carefully this time. If we want to maintain the follow-up transactions, there must be a standard. We can't go in a storm and let them sit on the ground and raise the price."

Yuan Gang nodded: "Okay, we will follow behind you this time. When the time comes, you will come to the interview first, and we will discuss if there are any problems."

Yuan Gang brought two people, three of them in one car, Jian Chu and the others were still four, but this time Song Jia did not bring Niu Niu, the purpose of this trip was to exchange supplies, so it would not be appropriate to bring Niu Niu, even if Monkey Mountain It is convenient for people to live in the mountains and hunt, but wild meat is not everywhere in the mountains. If someone sees a dog, it will be troublesome.

The group went on the road smoothly, Mu Nan looked at the wind and snow that seemed to be about to change, and couldn't help sighing: "I hope everything goes well."

Qin Huai stretched out his arms to hug him, and lowered the raised curtains: "Yes, with soldiers following, it will definitely go smoothly."