Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 153:

It was already the night of the second day when Cai’s family arrived in Kangyun. During the day, they happened to walk on the highway. On both sides of the highway, there were some earthen houses in the countryside. It's not enough to expose people to the sun in broad daylight, but even so, it's too hot to kill half your life.

At that time, there were four or five families hiding with them. They were all family members. Fortunately, there were no such vicious people who took advantage of difficulties. They each found a corner where they could not get the sun to hide. , do not disturb each other.

Outside, people are naturally very vigilant. Although they brought food, they dare not eat it directly. There are several residential areas in Qinghe, all of which are built around the center of the city and surrounded by mountains. They The residential area where we are located has the best conditions, because it was the first group to evacuate with supplies, and the damage to the houses there was the least, so we chose there.

As for other residential areas, I heard that in some places there is already a shortage of food, and even the children starve to death. Now that he is fleeing, he is really afraid of being robbed of his food, so he only took out the water he brought with him and drank a few sips. The youngest, Xiaozhu, knew that the situation was not right now, so he obediently didn't make a fuss, and didn't dare to tell when he was hungry. He drank a little water like his mother, and then endured the growl in his stomach.

Uncle Cai has been to Kangyun before, and the surrounding provinces and cities are not far away. Sometimes the unit will choose these places for group building. Although many places have been damaged and changed due to the earthquake, the approximate road section I still have a little impression, so I discussed with his former comrade-in-arms Guo Hui how to take the next road.

After arriving in Kangyun, it is best to find someone to lend a mobile phone to Yu Zibai and the others to make a call. It is better to have a local acquaintance than to fumble around by themselves. I don't know if Kang Yun is ready to accept them who have fled, and whether the local government has any emergency plans.

But before they got back on the road after dark, they saw military vehicles driving towards Qinghe, so the people hiding in the house ran out quickly, shouting and waving, and finally left the smallest car behind, directly Turning back halfway, they drove them to Kangyun. If they hadn't encountered a military vehicle going to rescue halfway, they would have to go to Kangyun for a day.

After arriving in Kangyun, there are people in charge of receiving it. It is estimated that after receiving the news of Qinghe's fire, the rescue has already begun here. In addition to saving people, there are also those who stay here to receive them. The indoor plaza is very large, and there are already many people in it. They speak Qinghe's local dialect, and they seem to be people running over from there.

Cai Wentao looked at the situation in the room, turned to his father and asked, "Should we stay here, or contact Daniel and the others?"

Uncle Cai said: "Let's find a place to sit down first, then find out what's going on here, and then find someone to use their mobile phone to contact them."

When Cai Wentao contacted Yu Zibai, he was at work. He, Da Niu, and Wu Zheng both had their own jobs, that is, they would only go to Qinghe to do business on this day of the weekly rotation, so now they can't leave at all. , then I can only ask Qin Huai who is at home to check the situation.

They had discussed it before. If the Cai family really came, they could live on the second floor of Wu Zheng's house if necessary. There is a well, they should have their ID cards, and they can go to the water station to get water for free, but they have to pay the electricity bill themselves. Now the electricity consumption is high, and the electricity bill is not cheap. How to calculate it? Housing and food must not be consumed, and they are still trying to find ways to store food.

If it is a long-term, it is best to apply for registration and rent a house on the above. Wu Zheng and the others are used to living by themselves. If they both find their other half in the future, they will just be a family on the first floor, so it is not suitable to rent this house now. Going out, so I can only take him in temporarily. These things must be clearly explained to the Cai family in advance.

Those who go to work can't go, so they can only go to Qin Huai. When Qin Huai goes out, Mu Nan must follow, thinking that they escaped, so Mu Nan also prepared some food, steamed buns are definitely not allowed, and now the food is gone. There are signs of a crisis.

Although flour is not so extravagant that it cannot be bought in the market, it is really expensive, five yuan a catty, which may not be available.

Some people in the market directly doubled the price and sold it for ten yuan a catty, so even steamed buns became something that many people could not afford. They can’t be taken out casually, so I brought some coarse grain cakes made by Qinhuai. This is a very common staple food nowadays, such as coarse grain cakes, multigrain cakes, corn cakes, etc., but they use a wall breaking machine to beat the coarse grains very finely. It also adds a little sugar, and the taste is definitely much better than what can be bought in the market.

The Cai family is in the No. 3 square in the rescue area. These squares used to house the sick and quarantined, but after the plague vaccine was vaccinated, the disease was gradually brought under control. As long as there were any signs of other infectious diseases, they were immediately quarantined and stopped. The major diseases that still exist in the residential area are transmitted by mosquitoes, and the infection rate between people is extremely low, so this isolation area was temporarily vacant.

Unexpectedly, the first few indoor squares were just used to house the convoy from the north, and there was no way to leave the backside empty, and the people of Qinghe turned around and came to live there.

This is the eastern suburb of the residential area. It takes nearly half an hour to get there by car. It is a bit far from the dense residential area. Although it is in a different direction from the chaotic outer city, but also because of the distance, most of it is a construction site. Residential houses, the surroundings are extraordinarily desolate, but it happens to be a good place for isolation.

Mu Nan hadn't been here before, and when he was sitting in the car, he looked around curiously. Seeing that some squares were still under construction, he asked Qin Huai, "What else are you going to build on this? Two floors?"

Qin Huai: "It should be prepared to avoid winter. If the heating cannot keep up this winter, it is impossible to live in a greenhouse, so we must prepare in advance a heating place that can accommodate the people in the entire residential area."

Coming out of this road, there are beating and beating constructions everywhere, some are building houses, some are building squares, excavators, cranes, freight vehicles of various construction materials, and there are lively construction sites. Just look at this scene , it really doesn't look like the end of the world at all.

But the workers who don't even have a hard hat, all of them are thin and dark-skinned, look tired and vicissitudes of life, and the desolation around them all look different from before.

Mu Nan suddenly thought of some stalks I saw on the Internet before, how simple these four words are, how simple they are, they said it casually as a joke without any weight, but now, with no sense of responsibility, who can say it These four words.

Thinking of this, Mu Nan turned his head and kissed Qin Huai's lips.

Qin Huai, who was driving, was taken aback by the kiss. Although he didn't understand why, it didn't prevent the kiss from being happy: "What's wrong?"

Mu Nan smiled and said nothing, just thinking that if he didn't have golden fingers, if Qin Huai wasn't as smart and capable as he is now, even if he could only make a living by physical strength, he believed that Qin Huai would definitely tell him to move bricks to support you four Words, when I think about it, I feel inexplicably happy.

When the car arrived at No. 3 Square, a large military truck drove over, and a carload of people got off it. They looked pretty miserable. I don’t know if they were injured by a fall or something. There were quite a few injuries. , Some people don't even have shoes, and their feet are bloody, and it hurts just looking at them.

Just as Mu Nan was about to get out of the car, Qin Huai stopped him. It wasn't until these people had registered and entered the square that Qin Huai let Mu Nan put on the mask and get out of the car together.

At present, there are not many people coming from Qinghe, so it is easy to find people. The two wandered around inside, and saw Lao Cai's family in a corner.

Seeing that Qin Huai and the others really came, Uncle Cai was still relieved, and Mu Nan handed them the food he had brought. Seeing that they and the old grandma were all well, he felt relieved.

Xiao Zhu liked Mu Nan quite a bit, when he saw Mu Nan, he rushed to hug his leg, and called out childishly, "Brother Mu."

Mu Nan rubbed his hair: "Are you tired on the road, are you obedient?"

Xiao Zhu quickly shook his head: "I'm not tired, I'm good!"

Mu Nan smiled and handed him a pancake. Xiaozhu first glanced at her mother, seeing that her mother had no objection, then thanked her sweetly and took it.

Qin Huai was talking to Uncle Cai and Cai Wentao, and then conveyed to Wu Zheng and the others what they meant. Of course, no one would be willing to live in this kind of Datong shop if they had a house to live in. Apart from anything else, just eating, drinking and washing would be a hassle. , although I feel that this is really a bit troublesome, but their family is old and young, if they are tossing and getting sick, it will really be fatal.

Uncle Cai said: "I just asked the person in charge here, and they don't quite know what's going on with Qinghe and whether the wildfire has been brought under control, but just now they sent another batch of rescuers from there. Those who came over said that the fire was very strong, and it might not be extinguished in a while, so this disturbance may have to be disturbed for a while."

Qin Huai said: "It's okay. If you want, you can also apply for renting a house here, but the population is large and the houses are few. If you have this plan, you need to apply as soon as possible. When conditions are available, it may take a few months."

Qin Huai also talked a little bit about the situation at Wu Zheng's house. He probably used to sleep on air mattresses most of the time. He didn't have any beds. He still had a dog at home. He took care of the electricity and food. There was a well in the yard, and he could go to the water station with his ID card. Free water and air-conditioning are also available, but because Wu Zheng and the others live on the third floor, the air-conditioning on the second floor is only available in the living room. As for how the family will live, they will arrange it themselves.

After weighing for a while, Uncle Cai decided to go with Qin Huai and the others, but Qin Huai picked up the women and children first because it couldn't fit in one car. The two air cushions at home were sent over. I didn't expect that the air cushions used in the cave before had such a high usage rate, and they can still be used now.

The thin blankets were also sent to them three times, all of which were used in the cave before. The rest of the difficulties can only be solved by the members of the Cai family. Now the conditions of every household are not good, and there is not enough food. Not enough to wear, they can only give so much help, any more would be a bit too generous.

As soon as Xiao Zhu saw Niu Niu, he couldn’t hold it anymore. He has grown up so big, and he has never seen a dog. Although he has seen pictures on his mother’s mobile phone, he has never seen a real dog, and Niu Niu’s body size is also considered Big, Xiaozhu can't wait to lie on the dog's back.

Aunt Yin was still as busy as ever, and she did things very neatly. First, she asked Song Jia to borrow a bucket for collecting water, and then the family rinsed their bodies with water in the yard, and then changed into clean clothes before entering the house, so as not to mess with the water. Dirty people's home.

I borrowed the cleaning tools and cleaned the second floor carefully. It's not that they are particular, but they decided to sleep in the living room on the second floor. Otherwise, it would be so hot during the day, even if the door of the room was open. , I'm afraid the air-conditioning in the room is not enough, which also increases the consumption of air-conditioning, it is better to sleep all in the living room.

Song Jia was originally a person who liked to be lively. Before his brother went to work, he had nothing to do at home. The dishes upstairs didn’t need to be watched all the time. He couldn’t help but want to play with Mu Nan and Jian Chu, but Mu Nan gets tired of being with Qin Huai all day long, and would rather stare at Qin Huai at home than go out.

Fortunately, after Jianchu made pastries, he had to help shoot videos and edit them. Finally, there was something to pass the time. Now there are a lot of people at home. Although they are strangers, there are a few who are about his age. They played together soon, not to mention there was a child Xiaozhu, he was happy to see the bustle and bustle.

For Song Jia's joy of playing with others, Mu Nan can't understand it. If it were him, if a group of people he didn't know came to the house, and he might even have to stay for a while, he would definitely be very uncomfortable. Don't worry. Speaking of socializing, I'm afraid that if you just lock yourself in the room, you won't go downstairs casually, so it's really different from person to person.

When Uncle Cai and the others came back, they were still sighing. They really chose a good place to live. They have a courtyard and neighbors. They don’t need to contact too many people, but they don’t have no neighbors. : "If the entire shed is built here, the yard will be more comfortable."

Cai Wentao also said: "Yes, and how many buildings are you, two or four residents, living with a group of friends, if this was released before, it would be so much fun, it's okay to have barbecue in the yard, eat hot pot , just think about it."

Qin Huai smiled: "Just after the well was dug, the shed has no conditions. Let's gradually improve it if conditions permit. There are four buildings here, two by two. This is Wu Zheng's house, and there are three people living next to it." A girl, this house is my house, and next to it is Jian Chu's house."

Cai Wentao's eyes lit up when he heard the three girls: "Girls, are you pretty?"

Uncle Cai slapped him on the back of the head: "Did I teach you to be so frivolous since I was a child?"

Cai Wentao touched the back of his head and couldn't help but said, "I'm just asking, but I'm fine."

Qin Huai led them into Wu Zheng's house, and said, "Beautiful is beautiful, but everyone is not easy to mess with. I suggest you look at it from a distance."

The car temporarily parked in the yard, and then drove into the garage later, Qin Huai led them upstairs, where they were chatting lively and lively, and there was Xiaozhu's immature laughter, playing with Niu Niu The game of you chasing me is not tiring at all.

Qin Huai gave Song Jia a brief introduction. They must have been tired after traveling all the way, so what should be said is more or less the same. In addition, Cai Wentao is about the same age as Song Jia, and they are not the kind of reserved and embarrassed people. After such a short time, he has gotten used to it. If there is anything that needs help, he will probably say it directly, so there is no need for him to stay here.

Just as he was about to go home, Uncle Cai stopped him and said: "We discussed it before. Although Lao Guo brought a fungus bag when he came back, he probably knew some procedures, but he didn't cultivate the fungus himself. , I don’t know if it can be launched. Later, I successfully cultivated it, and I plan to continue to develop in this area, but growing mushrooms is a very tiring thing, especially since there is no ready-made sterilizer or ready-made strains. It is not a simple matter to start from scratch. I saw that you were a little interested in this aspect before. Now even if the Qinghe Mountain Fire is extinguished, I am afraid that you will not be able to go back for a while. Just take advantage of this period of time. Exchange with each other, if you are interested, you can learn to do it together."

Wu Zheng told Song Jia about this at home before, but at that time it was said that the Cai family was just starting to do it, and they were not veterans. Many aspects had to be studied from theory to practical operation, and they only went there every week. Once, there was no way to stay there to study all the time, so the matter was put aside for the time being. I didn’t expect that the Cai family would take the initiative to mention it this time. It would be good if they could teach them how to make mushroom bags and send out mushrooms. It would be an extra survival skill.

Qin Huai said: "Of course we are willing to do this. You can tell us what you need, and try to find a way to get what you can get. The specific situation will be discussed after Zibai and the others meet after get off work. You are tired all the way. Take a good rest first."

Uncle Cai's family is indeed tired. If he was ten years younger, he wouldn't be as overwhelmed as he is now.

After Qin Huai returned home, he told Mu Nan about the mushroom bag.

Mu Nan has downloaded some materials, even tutorial videos, but not the actual operation, because after watching those video explanations, she knows how complicated the process is and how high the temperature and humidity requirements are.

Among other things, the process of mature wood chips and sterilization is very tossing, so he didn't think about making it himself at all. It is impossible to just send them to eat and treat it as a planting business from scratch, and it is too tiring.

But Jian Chu and the others are very interested, and of course they know they are tired, but if they really learn how to grow vegetables, this is a scarce commodity. As long as there are seeds to grow vegetables, they are willing to take good care of the fields. There are so many exchanges and experience posts on the agricultural forum, as long as Not an idiot can learn to grow some in a small area.

But mushrooms are not so easy, especially when there is a shortage of water, there is definitely a market for tender mushrooms.

They discuss in the small group, who wants to learn this, and how to calculate the tuition fee. They can't learn other people's technology for nothing. It is also necessary to pay to find a one-on-one expert online.

In the end, they discussed that the Cai family would not charge the rent and electricity bills when they lived in Wu Zheng's house. After learning this technology, there are three families who will make money, Wu Zheng's family, Mu Nan's house, and Jian Chu's house. The consumption expenses of the family are shared equally by the three families.

Wu Zheng's family doesn't charge rent, it's just tuition fees. Mu Nan and Jian Chu share the electricity bill consumed by Cai's family equally. As for the water, the well is free, so it doesn't cost much.

As for food, there is really no other way. The Cai family can only find a way to buy it. Now that Kangyun has a large population, the food shortage crisis is like a knife hanging over everyone’s head, and it will fall at any time. Only food can give people a sense of security, and it is impossible to give it out.

After they finished discussing in the small group, they waited for the two people who went to work to come back to make a decision. Then Mu Nan looked at Qin Huai: "You really want to learn? It's very tiring, and it's also very hot, and it's still humid stuffy."

Qin Huai: "If you have a chance, learn it. It's easier than figuring it out yourself. We don't grow mushrooms, but we learn how to do it, just in case it happens to be used one day."

Mu Nan couldn't help laughing: "Song Jia is happy, someone at home has played with him, and he just asked me to give him the playing cards."

Qin Huai: "I can go out and play mahjong in two days."

Mu Nan glanced at him: "You don't like to play." Mahjong has brand new ones and old ones in his space. The old ones were used many, many years ago when his parents were still there, so if you take them , it must be better to take out the old one.

Qin Huai smiled gently: "You can play for them. This can be regarded as being away from home. If you have more entertainment channels, you can relax your mood."

The important thing is that now that there are more people, mahjong can be gathered together, lest Song Jia and Jian Chu come to find Mu Nan when they have nothing to do, either playing poker or chatting with dogs. Now that there are more Cai's family, how can mahjong Now that they can set it up, with mahjong, they won't miss Mu Nan who can't play cards.

Mu Nan felt that although his brother loved him and always tormented him, he was still the best in the world, and he didn't even think about it carefully for his friends.

After Wu Zheng and the others got off work, they even brought Xu Ming over to meet with the people from the Cai family. Although Xu Ming didn't bother with the booth much, he still invested in the shares. During this time, he even made a lot of money with interest , I live in the same yard for the time being, and I will bump into him no matter what, so naturally it is better to get to know each other first.

Although the Cai family felt embarrassed, they had a mutually beneficial relationship, and now they are kind enough to take them in. Even if it is to collect their rent, it should be. They are not close relatives and friends. They did not propose to teach each other how to grow mushrooms before. It's not that I want to live in other people's places for free, but I really want to thank them for taking them in. Now that people's rent and electricity bills are waived, it makes the Cai family feel a little bit suspicious of taking advantage of others.

But both parties are straightforward people, and finally decided to wait for Qin Huai and the others to find a way to get the materials together, then change the second bedroom on the second floor of Wu Zheng's house into a mushroom room, and teach while planting, so that the mushrooms will grow in the future , They don't want it either, just treat it as a reward for living in other people's houses.