Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 124:

Eight little rabbits, red and hairless, like newborn mice, instinctively started looking for milk before opening their eyes.

Mu Nan was afraid that it would be too weak for the female rabbit to give birth to so many at once, so he generously gave a pile of fresh and tender alfalfa to nourish. As for feeding, he still needs to observe. If it is not enough, the female rabbit will abandon the weakest one.

These rabbits are all meat, if the mother rabbit refuses to feed the weakest one, then Mu Nan will have to use artificial feeding.

Fortunately, after two days of observation, every little rabbit was able to eat enough, and even opened its eyes. They can eat and drink, so they don’t worry about growing up. There are eight of them. Why should he keep two this time? Eat rabbit meat! He didn't eat any of the batch that was born last time.

Qin Huai, who was passing by Mu Nan, glanced at him: "Wipe your drool." The family has never broken a meat, look at the green eyes.

Mu Nan touched the corner of her mouth subconsciously, it was dry, and couldn't help but glared at Qin Huai behind his back: "There's no saliva, it's a lie!"

But if you have meat at home, you can’t forget your good friend. Mu Nan sent a photo of the little rabbit to the group: "Eight, but they are still young. They were born only two days ago, and they haven’t been divided into male and female. Do you have any? Don’t have anyone you want to raise? I can reserve it for you.”

Song Jia wanted to raise it, but she also thought about her own environment, planted so much grass, and a dog. After thinking about it, she said in the group: "I will grow some grass, and you can feed them to make them fatter." , When I grow up, I will buy meat from you again, and I will stop raising it."

Yu Zibai: "Song Jia, can the grass planted by your family feed the two families? I would like to try to raise it."

Yu Zibai submitted a job application on the farm before, but his major was not suitable for him. Even though he was young and had a master's degree, he still failed. Not long after that, something happened to Jianchu, and now he has no one to take care of him.

Being tormented by parasites, the body wears out too much, especially the damage to some internal organs. Now abdominal pain and diarrhea are a daily occurrence. It may be that the nutrition is not absorbed enough. If the movement is a little bigger, the eyes will turn black and stand unsteady, too empty Even if Yu Zibai passed the job application for other positions later, he didn't go, so he thought about doing something at home to make money.

Song Jia: "I don't know, the grass hasn't grown yet, and I don't know how much we can harvest, but my brother said that in two days, I will repair the roof of the building and expand the planting like Qinhuai's family. If you I also want to raise rabbits, so I can grow some grass at home, I still have some grass seeds here, so you don’t need to buy seeds, just buy some soil.”

Thinking about the situation of Jian Chu's family, Mu Nan said in the group: "I have some seeds here. If you want to make the roof, you can buy bricks. My family has a lot of cement, so you don't need to buy any more."

How much is naturally not much, but he has it in his space. Anyway, no one knows how much his family bought last time, just take out a little. Everything costs money now, and Yu Zibai and Jian Chu may not have much money in their hands.

After the opening of the official mall, Yu Zibai bought the most in their yard, mainly food, and those expensive but small nutritional products. Let's grab it together, this must be for Jian Chu to eat, Jian Chu's body is so badly injured, and he can't recover in a day or two, so if you can help them save some, save some.

Yu Zibai is considering the feasibility of this matter, and at the same time, he also needs to plan for the little money left in his hand. After all, buying bricks or soil is not cheap, but if he can make a fuss, then the follow-up income can maintain a balance of expenses , so let Mu Nan help him keep a male and a female first.

Mu Nan said: "Okay, I'll keep it for you, so that when your rabbits are raised, they will be exchanged with you in the future. After several generations of breeding, the exchange of breeds should not be considered inbreeding."

Now he can only keep on breeding one male and one female at the beginning, because he is afraid of inbreeding. Although the problem of inbreeding of rabbits is not serious, Mu Nan always feels that this is not good. Anyway, he has no intention of making the rabbits bigger. Strong, it is enough for the family to eat some meat, so avoid it if you can. If Yu Zibai's family is raised, after a few generations of breeding, he will replace the female rabbit with another one and focus on the raw one. It's not kind, there's no one staring at a hair.

On the day Yang Jing and the others went to collect Hu Xuan's ashes, another serious incident happened.

The people living here were all transferred from the city center later. The earliest survivors in the outer ring area moved to Ansan City with the government early, that is, some areas along the mountain, where the land is sparsely populated. The people who first went there were to avoid the plague, because they migrated shortly after the earthquake, so they took away a large amount of supplies. When the people in the urban center were still worrying about a little food and medicine, the people who migrated to Ansan City had already passed away. Reconstruction started, including residence, animal husbandry, planting, medical care and so on.

By the time they moved out of the city center and started rebuilding, the lives of the survivors in Ansan City had gradually moved on to the right track, so in the previous cold winter, they could still deliver meat supplies to relieve the food pressure here.

But now, as the frozen land thaws again and temperatures rise again, many new problems have erupted, one of which is the infestation of mosquitoes. These mosquitoes bite and parasitize not only humans, but also animals. The most unexpected thing is that even the soil has worms.

Insects in the soil are a common occurrence. In order to prevent the worms growing in the soil, people often use some drugs that do not harm the soil nutrition and planting plants to kill the insects. But now those insecticides have failed, and the potatoes planted Sweet potatoes, corn, and upland rice, when people found them, had their roots eaten away by grubs of unusually large size.

Seeing that the harvest is about to be harvested, the indoor planting that has worked so hard for so long, and the painstaking care of the whole winter, waiting for this batch of food to relieve the pressure of survival, is inspiring, but in the end, it was caught by those disgusting ones. The fat worms were rotten, and almost none of the things that could be snatched up were left. This blow was no less than another earthquake collapsed in people's hearts.

The plants are hopeless, and the domesticated animals are not much better. The mosquitoes are driven away, the water source is purified, and the feeding is more careful than that of human beings. But those animals still get sick, and one raw If you get sick, that's a spread of infection throughout the farm. Looking at the dead pigs and cows, the sick chickens and ducks, and even killed several farm employees.

No matter how difficult life is, as long as there is food to eat, but now seeing the death and failure of crops, those people who really cannot bear the despair and pressure of the doomsday choose to live in more suffering. Before it comes, free yourself.

Even though the two residences were not connected to the Internet, the incident was too much trouble, because they knew that food cultivation and animal husbandry had also started on their side, so the higher-ups informed each other about the situation. This notification, the farm side Immediately organize manpower to turn the soil.

As a result, the situation was not much better than that in Ansan City. The same flood of insects gnawed away the roots and seedlings, but because the crops on their side had not yet grown, they could replant after cleaning up a batch, which would not cause heavy losses, but the problem But if no effective insecticide is developed, the grubs in the soil will never be killed.

Qin Huai doesn't work in the communications department now, so the channels for getting news are limited. They raise rabbits and farm at home every day. Ming came back and told them.

Xu Ming is also working on the farm now, but he is a veterinarian. Some time ago, when the mosquitoes flooded, these veterinarians began to get busy, in order to prevent the animals on the farm from getting sick from mosquito bites. Now the animal husbandry over there has been affected. , they naturally had to be more attentive, and finally came back to rest for a day, so they hurriedly told the friends in the yard to stock up on food.

The place for the small meeting was in the living room of Jian Chu's house. Because Jian Chu was not in good health, he couldn't walk too far, and it was too hot outside. I was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, so we decided to hold it in the living room of their house. Wu Zheng went to work. Before when he could go out during the day, he was on the night shift. Song Jia was still at work at the time. He was afraid that there would be no one at home, so he specially assigned the night shift. Now it is too hot to walk outside during the day, so he just went to work. I went to work at night.

Song Jia came here alone, without Niu Niu. The mosquitoes outside are too scary now. There is still a patient in this room. Deworming, so it is better to pay attention.

Xu Ming analyzed the current situation for them: "Because of the disconnection of the network, not many people here know about it, but Ansan City has already messed up for food. It is said that it is not just us. What happened here, all the new survivor cities across the country have suffered losses to varying degrees, but there are slightly more pests in the south than in the north due to the terrain."

Mu Nan looked at Xu Ming: "In the official mall, there are still food for sale, but the purchase is also limited and you have to grab it. If this batch can't be planted, our country's stock can survive, right?"

Xu Ming sighed and said, "How long can we endure it? The earthquake has lost so much. Anyway, try to buy as much food as possible now. Nothing else matters. The most important thing is to eat and drink."

Song Jia had a bitter face: "There are insects in the water. I drink water carefully now, and burn it twice before I feel relieved."

Mu Nan was a little curious: "What kind of insect is that grub?"

Xu Ming described it to him: "Silkworms know, fatter and bigger, that's what it is."

Mu Nan snorted, and asked again, "Can I eat it?"

When he asked, the two Song Jia who had been infested by insects and Jian Chu who was leaning on the sofa instinctively retched twice, and Mu Nan quickly covered her mouth in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, sorry, I won't ask any more."

Xu Ming: "It can be eaten. On the premise that you can't die from eating, you can eat anything without food. You can eat bark, roots, and even soil. But the timing of this appearance is not right, and it may not be easy to promote it."

Song Jia said: "Anyway, I don't eat it, it's too disgusting, I can't stand it." The pustules on his back before made him have a shadow over all the bugs, and he couldn't accept it just thinking about it.

Xu Ming smiled and said: "It's just that the timing is not right. Now the parasite outbreak is very serious. There is no medicine. Those infected people died of pain one after another. The color of the insects changed one by one. Even if there is a food crisis , and how many people can get through this mouth.”

Qin Huai said: "Is the situation in the planting area on the farm not good?"

Xu Ming shook his head: "It's not good, everyone's hair is grey, but no matter how bad it is, the planting can't stop." Xu Ming said and looked at Yu Zibai: "Didn't you pass the application you submitted last time? If you submit it now, We need people now, a lot of people." Yu Zibo said: "No, I don't think about going out to work for the time being, I have already discussed with Mu Nan, and when his little rabbit grows up, I will raise it. rabbit."

Jian Chu knew that Yu Zibai was doing it for himself, but in the current situation outside, he didn't care if he didn't go out.

After telling them some recent situation, they sat and chatted for a while and then went home.

Mu Nan sighed as he walked, Qin Huai held his shoulders: "We won't worry about food, so why sigh?"

Mu Nan: "I'm afraid that everyone will have no food at that time. What should I do if it really gets to that level?"

Qin Huai: "It's really reached that level. Let's leave here secretly. We have a car and gas in our space. We can drive away, go to a place where there are no people, and find a place deep in the mountains to hide from the world. We will spend ten or twenty years. Come out again."

Mu Nan imagined that scene: "Then the two of us will really become savages."

Qin Huai smiled and said, "Savages are savages, and with all the food and clothing we have, they can't go anywhere."

Knowing that the food harvest was poor, Mu Nan panicked and started hoarding, but his family had a lot of money, and what he hoarded were things that seemed to be hungry, but expensive and high in calories. You can’t just buy nothing, because everyone lives so close, even if you don’t know every stitch and thread of what you buy, you can generally see it.

But soon, staple foods and other things can’t be grabbed in the mall. It’s not that they can’t get them, but a new way of buying them. Buying by the number of households and district by district is just like the previous online supermarket. Similarly, you can only buy once a week, and all the things you buy are limited.

Originally, they didn't know much about the affairs of Ansan City, but the food was suddenly limited to purchase, which immediately made some sensitive people aware that something was wrong. Of course, some people think that this way of purchasing is better, because they can't fight quickly. , I always can’t get it, now it’s limited, everyone has a purchase quota, so don’t worry about not being able to get it.

Mu Nan and the others are not short of food, so the sense of crisis is not bad, but they are worried that when the food harvest is almost wiped out, the currency will plummet, so they stock up some seeds, recharge the electricity bill, prepay half a year's rent, and Some things that are not limited to online purchases can be used as they should be. In the end, there are only a few hundred yuan left in Qin Huai's account, which makes him feel more at ease.

"After the little rabbits grow up in two months, we can sell a few of them first. If food is scarce at that time, the price of this kind of live meat should be more expensive." While feeding the rabbits, Mu Nan was calculating the family fortune with Qin Huai.

Qin Huai picked a batch of mature peppers: "When this batch of tomatoes is finished, we can replace them with other types. Some of them will grow fast and harvest well. Let's grow Chinese cabbage. I will exchange some seasoning with them, just before The sauerkraut jars found in the ruins have also been emptied, and when the Chinese cabbage grows, it can be made into spicy cabbage for takeaway, and it is not easy to spoil after storage.”

Mu Nan said: "Okay, I still have a lot in my space. Speaking of which, we haven't eaten for a long time. Let's make fat beef kimchi pot today?"

Qin Huai looked up at him: "Is it hot?"

Mu Nan: "Isn't it good to eat hot pot in summer, otherwise what would you say to eat?"

Qin Huai said, "I can make pickle cakes for you."

Mu Nan refused: "I don't want it, it's dry, I want to eat fat cow."

Qin Huai saw through his little thoughts at a glance, if you eat hot pot, you must drink iced drinks when it's so hot, it's no wonder you don't run back and forth in the bathroom when you eat this cold and spicy one.

Seeing that Qin Huai didn't speak, Mu Nan hurried over: "Brother~~"

Qin Huai: "You said it yourself, how old are you, still acting like a baby?"

When the two were bargaining, Xu Ming sent a message in the small group, and Mu Nan exclaimed: "Xu Ming is amazing, you can still get food at this time!"

Qin Huai glanced at it, and Xu Ming asked in the group, a batch of high-priced grain asked them if they wanted five yuan a catty, and now the rice that can be grabbed online is one yuan a catty, not long ago the price of rice was one yuan two Catty, later the price increased to one yuan per catty.

But what you buy online is the kind of rice mixed with coarse grains. The rice is not white and good rice. A catty is expensive, but after the food problem broke out, I am afraid that even ten yuan per catty may not be available.

Qin Huai said: "What do other people say?"

Mu Nan said: "Song Jia said in the group that they want it, but how much they want will have to wait for his brother to come back and discuss it."

Qin Huai glanced at the remaining balance of less than 600 in the phone, and said, "Let's buy a little too, and we'll see how much they buy, just buy something similar to them."

Mu Nan quickly replied in the group, and soon Yu Zibai also replied, saying that if you don't stock up on food now, it will always make people feel uneasy, and you can't really wait until there is a shortage of food to eat bugs.

When Xu Ming came back from get off work, everyone discussed how much to buy. Wu Zheng said, "Otherwise, how much money do you have to buy? If you need money later, you can exchange it with food." Anyway, besides money, food can also be used now. When the common currency is used, even many people don't want money, just food.

Xu Ming shook his head: "It's better to keep a little money on your body, at least keep the rent, water and electricity, like you and me who have a salary, you can spend all the money in your hands, keep some for Zibai's family, Mu Nan's family doesn't care, it doesn't matter. If you have money, you can exchange it for peppers, which is more valuable than food."

Song Jia asked curiously: "Did someone smuggle this rice from above? At this time, rice is sold at a high price. When there is a shortage of food and a famine in the future, will you think that we bought so much and come to our attention?"

Xu Ming said: "No, although that guy seems unreliable, but this kind of thing should not happen randomly."

Jian Chu was listening quietly at the side, but now he is very weak, so he is not very energetic, and he seems to have no strength to speak, so he listens a lot and doesn't express any opinions. Anyway, Yu Zibai can decide the big and small things at home. , but when he heard Xu Ming's words, his focus instantly shifted: "That guy?"

Xu Ming said: "You don't know him, but Qin Huai and the others should know him, it's Yu Feng."

Hearing this name, Mu Nan was surprised. Yu Feng was the one who rushed into their yard and rescued him from the upstairs with Wu Zheng. I heard that Jian Chu's house was bought by Yu Feng's sister. I came to the house where I was going to get married, so after Yu Feng came back, he went here directly to find someone, but he couldn't find him. He caught up with the explosion and saved him.

Later, after Qin Huai settled Mu Nan properly, he met with Yu Feng through Shi Yuanfei, thanked him very solemnly, and bought some belongings for Yu Feng through Shi Yuanfei. There is no place to live, because when his sister bought this house, the area was still under construction, and Yu Feng also came here a few times. Originally, they discussed that after the house was handed over, Yu Feng would help with decoration and the like. , so Yu Feng was quite familiar with the roads in this area, so he came here directly.

In the end, his sister was not found. Yu Feng himself is a soldier. Although he has retired, he is very aware of some government policies. He is not a messy person. He will not think that this is a house bought by his family. Returned it to him, so I directly submitted the rental application and followed the above process.

Because the residence had not yet been finalized, Qin Huai directly gave Shi Yuanfei a sum of money to help him buy some things. It would be better to have a middleman for this matter. Give people a chance to refuse, otherwise Yu Feng would not accept Qin Huai's thank you gift at all.

For Feng, it was just an encounter, with little effort, and there was no danger at all. He just went up and hugged someone down, and the fire didn't burn out.

But for Qin Huai, this saved his life. Thanks Yu Feng, and of course Wu Zheng, but the friends in his yard don’t need to be so particular. If they accept it, the matter will be over.

Unexpectedly, they did not continue to meet with Yu Feng, but Xu Ming did. It seems that the relationship is not bad, and even the private channel of rice has been obtained. With the current conditions, if you have money and want to buy it, you can’t find a place to buy it. .

Mu Nan asked curiously, "How did you guys get acquainted? Are you still in touch after that day?"

Xu Ming smiled and said, "He works on the farm, but it's only in the planting area, but it's very close to me in the animal husbandry area, so he has contacted him a few times."

As for the process of this contact, there is no need to talk about it. He has seen the soldiers, the soldiers, what the soldiers.