Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 95:

Jianchu’s family needs to build two kangs. The only thing that is a bit cumbersome is to build a compartment on the first floor, but it’s okay, just build a wall directly, smooth it with lime, and putty If I don’t have that condition, I hang a layer of curtains on the wall if I don’t think it looks good. There are still a lot of curtains that were turned over from the ruins. I found a simple, elegant and light one and hung it as a wall covering. It looks pretty good. It's very unique, and the advantage of the two of them living together is that the two pits can share a stove, that is to say, the firewood of the two families can be put together and burned together, so that it will be more durable, anyway. The compartments that do not disturb each other require privacy and privacy, and can also save money—too many things.

If it weren't for the layout of the house, there was really no way to combine the stoves of the three families. Maybe one big stove could supply three kangs, which would save firewood. But it's okay now, anyway, Qinhuai and the others don't Worry about fuel, close the door by yourself, no one knows whether to burn wood or charcoal.

A general kang needs a kang mat. If the mattress is too thick and the bedding is too hot, the pit will burn, and some places will be too hot to sit on. But there is no such condition now, and when the outside temperature is too low, even When the temperature in the house is below zero, the hot place is the source of warmth. There is no such thing as being too hot to lie down. You must know that when the temperature is low enough to a certain level, it is even uncomfortable to sit by the fire. It's getting hot, so it's good for them to have the current method of heating, at least they don't need to squeeze into the greenhouse with others.

The only bad thing is that the power is cut off, and the power cut off means the Internet is cut off. Without the Internet, there is nothing to do. I can’t lie on the kang every day and you look at me, I look at you, no matter how many topics The chat was over, so Jian Chu, who had nothing to do, began to look for materials, and wanted to do poker, so that he could pass the time every day anyway.

When Jian Chu was thinking about what to do to kill the boring time, Qin Huai and Mu Nan had never stopped at home, the plastic insulation film on the third floor had already been erected, and Qin Huai was even trying to find a way to open a pipe and make a heater by himself Otherwise, if you burn the brazier inside the insulation film, it will be localized heat, and there is no way to supply the entire planting area. If you can create a heating vent separately, you can directly open up the second and third floors, and connect to the stove on the first floor. , don’t worry about the heat source, as long as the fire downstairs is constant, the heat above can be maintained, but this is a bit complicated, and you need to think about it.

When Qin Huai was tossing about the indoor greenhouse, Mu Nan became an idler, because Qin Huai hadn't made up his mind on what to do, and ran upstairs and downstairs with a pen and paper every day, drawing pictures and designing, and those who didn't know the posture thought it He graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, and Qin Huai hadn't started construction yet, so he didn't have the opportunity to play his part. We only need to check every day—the tomatoes and peppers on the third floor, to make sure that because of the insulation, although the temperature is low and the growth is a bit slow, at least they are not frozen to death. At other times, he is lying on the warm kang , watching variety shows and movies with his computer in his arms, with hot milk tea and grapefruit tea at hand, snacks piled up on the bed, fruit on the table, he can still open the side curtains from time to time, and look through the small door leading to the backyard The weather outside.

It's snowing heavily outside, and the cold wind is howling. In contrast, I really need to be grateful for the present day.

Although it was warm on the kang, the temperature inside the house was not high, so even if he was nestled under the quilt, he was wearing a lot of clothes, and if he lacked it, he would still be cold, and his breath would bring out white air. Mu Nan is holding a hand warmer, leaning on the quilt that can be used as a cushion and can completely wrap himself up, listening to the lively voices from the computer, his whole body is warm, making people drowsy, hibernating hibernating , probably because it has the magic power to make people fall asleep at any time and never wake up.

When he was in a daze, he heard a knock on the door, and he woke up suddenly. He hastily unplugged the power cord of the computer, put the computer and the table full of fruit and hot tea into the space, and covered the small quilt on the bed. Covering the pile of snacks, he got up from the kang, put on his pants and clothes, and ran to the door to look out through the peephole.

Qin Huai came down from upstairs and pushed him into the house: "Go and stay in the house, the soldiers are here, I'll open the door." - The cat's eyes on the building can't see outside the iron gate of the yard, because the walls of the yard are thicker. The gate of the first floor is a little higher, but just now when Qin Huai was taking measurements on the second floor, he saw someone coming from outside.

It was windy and snowy outside, and standing outside was blown by the wind so hard that you couldn't open your eyes, let alone talk, so the two soldiers followed Qin Huai directly into the house, and just like this, Qin Huai was exposed outside during the back and forth in the yard. There are even little icicles on the eyebrows of the eyes. Mu Nan quickly wiped the snow off Qin Huai's body with a towel, and then gave two towels to the two soldiers, asking them to wipe it too.

The two soldiers took it, their voices were still trembling after being frozen, but they did not forget to thank them politely.

Although the temperature in the room is very low, no matter what, there is a kang, and the stove is still burning, so it is much warmer than outside. At least after the fire on the stove continues, the temperature inside the house can maintain about minus ten degrees. The temperature difference with the outside is at least 20 to 30 degrees, so the two soldiers couldn't help breathing out comfortably when they came in. It was too cold. This feeling is that one day in an area like Hainan, I felt the winter in the Northeast. It's cold, it's like this here, I really don't know how cold it is in the north, which is already very cold.

After the two of them slowed down for a while, at least they were able to loosen some of the masks on their faces and talk, Mu Nan said: "Did you bring a kettle? We boiled hot water at home, let me pour some for you? "

The two of them brought their water bottles with them, but that kind of thermos can't handle the low temperature outside. When they first went out, they brought a little heat. After a while, they froze into ice cubes before taking a couple of sips. , Hearing that there was hot water, the two quickly—thank you—unbuttoned their clothes and took out the water bottle wrapped inside, but even though it was inside the clothes, when Mu Nan took the water bottle, he was still frozen by the freezing temperature— .

The two soldiers are in charge of patrolling here, but they don't get out of the car on weekdays. Once the car is turned off, don't even think about starting it, because it's so cold that it can't be started at all, but they will come to knock on the door today It's because Qinhuai asked them about buying film two days ago, and said that they can exchange it with tomatoes and peppers. They said that their family had found some of this kind of agricultural film in the ruins before, so they built a plant upstairs In this area, there is already a harvest at the moment, so I want to change some more and expand the planting area a little, so that even if there is no shortage of supplies behind closed doors, at least I can grow some food for subsistence.

If it’s just a replacement of points, then the higher-ups may still hesitate. After all, the plantation is not rich now. Some of the existing supplies are sent from the central side along with the medical supplies. They are all lacking. How could it be possible? It is offered to the public, but if it is exchanged for vegetables and fruits, especially tomatoes, it can still be planted, and it is even more difficult for people to refuse so simply and neatly.

Leaving aside earthquakes, since the extreme heat, vegetables and fruits have been scarce among the scarce items. The film is for household use, and it is not a large-scale planting. It should be almost enough to build a few meters. , I agreed. As for how much they can change in the end, it depends on how much they can take out and how much they can finally squeeze out of their teeth.

Two soldiers came here today to pick up the goods first, and then to deliver them when the time comes.

One of the two soldiers was known by Mu Nan and the others. He was the soldier who was in charge of their migration team with Brother Xu. His name was Qin Bing. Mu Nan had a good impression of him. With a smile, he is very friendly when talking to anyone, and his personality should be a little shy, not the kind of talkative, probably because at that time - Lu was eating Mu Nan's sauce, so this Qin Bing would often pay attention to whether they When there is a need, such as some difficult roads and hurdles that need to be climbed, Qin Bing will always come to help at the first time. Sometimes he will come to help lift the trailer without waiting for Mu Nan to help. , and ran towards the team behind them with a smile, as if afraid that Mu Nan and the others would refuse his help.

The water in the kettles for the two of them already had ice scum, although it hadn’t yet turned into lumps of ice, but Mu Nan scalded the two kettles with boiling water to melt the ice scum inside, and then poured water Drinking boiled water: "This is boiled water, be careful when you drink it, don't feel the heat so cold, just drink it raw, it will burn you to death."

The two thanked them and took the kettle. They were in charge of patrolling the outside. They still knew some basic antifreeze knowledge, but I still want to thank you for your kind reminder.

Qin Huai said to Mu Nan: "Go up and take down the tomatoes and peppers, they will bring them over first this time, and next time bring over the membrane we changed."

Mu Nan made a sound, turned around and went upstairs, of course the tomatoes and peppers were not grown by him now, the tomatoes and peppers upstairs were planted, and they had already begun to bear fruit, but they hadn’t grown up yet, they were still small , It’s not time to pick at all, so they discussed it before, took the space’s inventory, and specially picked green tomatoes, and the peppers are also green peppers, which are kind of big peppers, not small peppers. The amount to take out has been discussed a long time ago. Take more than 20 catties for tomatoes and ten catties for peppers. After all, tomatoes weigh more than peppers, and peppers are relatively light. Ten catties is already a lot. Add up to more than thirty catties. Not a lot, but not too little. This family plantation can produce these, and it is still normal in this climate. If there are more, it will be abnormal.

Mu Nan got down with a cloth bag. Bamboo baskets are in his space, but they are not suitable for going outside. Some rags are fine, as long as the things are good.

The two soldiers looked at the green and red tomatoes and the green peppers, and instinctively swallowed their saliva. They had eaten dry food for too long, and the vegetables were also dehydrated. Mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts, and bean sprouts, like tomatoes and green peppers, have not been eaten for a long time.

Mu Nan took two tomatoes and handed them to them: "Thank you for your hard work, this is for you."

The two quickly waved their hands: "No, we can't take it. It's a violation of military discipline to accept it." What's more, it's really hard to tell if it's accepted. If people think it's taking public property privately, the consequences will be very serious.

Mu Nan looked at Qin Huai, Qin Huai said: "Don't embarrass them, don't do bad things with good intentions."

Mu Nan made a sound, put the tomato in Qin Huai's hands, and then took the kettle they were holding in their hands: "I'll go and pour some water for you."

The two people who hadn't even drank their saliva looked at each other in confusion. In the end, they didn't delay too long. The car outside was still waiting. When Mu Nan returned from pouring water for them, the two of them gave it to Qin Huai The signed and registered book left, and this thing had to be sent back directly. Although the quantity was small, no matter what, it was still in this freezing season-wiping green.

After returning to the car with the air conditioner on, the soldiers with Qin Bing took out the kettle to drink water, but after a mouthful of hot water poured into their throats, they were stunned, and Qin Bing turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

The soldier said, "Drink your water."

Qin Bing suddenly thought of something, opened the kettle and smelled it, took a small sip, it was sweet, with a refreshing grapefruit flavor, this hot citron tea instantly warmed people's hearts up.

Just tossing like this—for a while, Mu Nan felt his hands and feet were cold, and the heat that he had accumulated in the bed just now dissipated, and when he left, he hurriedly took off his coat, got on the kang, and the whole body People are buried in the quilt waiting to warm up.

Qin Huai closed the door, opened the thick quilt curtain between the kang bed and the door aisle, took off his clothes and got on the kang, reached out and touched Mu Nan's feet under the quilt, it was cold: "I don't wear socks either. "

Mu Nan arched under the quilt, and then kicked out a pair of socks: "I was wearing them just now, it was too cold, so I took off the socks when I came up just now."

Qin Huai put Mu Nan's socks under the quilt to warm them up, and put them on when they were warm, Mu Nan huddled under the quilt, looked at Qin Huai and said, "I just filled their pot with grapefruit tea. "

Qin Huai smiled: "I guessed it." Mu Nan rolled his eyes - he could guess what the other party was up to, so how could he not know such a deliberate move.

Mu Nan said: "I just think they are working so hard."

Qin Huai rubbed Mu Nan's hair: "I know."

Mu Nan: "So I want to give them some sweetness, maybe the bitterness will become less bitter."

Qin Huai lowered his head and kissed Mu Nan's forehead: "I know."

The thermal insulation film was delivered three days later, and it was 25 meters in total. It should be enough for a living room on the second floor. It was close, because a door was opened in the garage, so I just walked through it, so I came over curiously to see what they bought, and was shocked when I found out that they bought membranes: "You also got this stuff?"

Mu Nan said: "It's not easy to do, and there's a shortage at the top. Don't worry if you've lost your strength. My brother said he's already told them. If you can squeeze it out, I'll tell you when the time comes."

Jian Chu nodded when he heard the words: "That's fine, but there is no rush. Isn't the kang we made a big shop, and we also made a special countertop for putting quilts and clothes. I cleaned it out and put it before The soil pots that have been dug have been soaking seeds for the past two days, anyway, the soil has woken up and the temperature should be okay, but I don’t know if they can be planted.”

Mu Nan looked at him and couldn't help but said, "Aren't you afraid of bugs when you put it on the bed?"

Jian Chu smiled and said, "Are you afraid of bugs? I'm not afraid. That caterpillar can wriggle. I can crush it to death with my bare hands. Such a small thing won't bite you. Besides, it's placed on the table in that row. , it’s not a place to sleep, it’s separated by a distance, what are you afraid of.”

After Jian Chu finished speaking, he whispered to Mu Nan again: "But Yu Zibo is afraid of bugs, since I put the soil basin on the table, he never slept there again."

Looking at Yu Zibai who was helping Qin Huai with the film, Mu Nan said: "Then you are really making things difficult for him."

Jian Chu innocently shrugged: "It's for making a living, just work hard to overcome small difficulties."

Mu Nan said: "My brother said, when Wu Zheng is able to move around, I will invite you to dinner. I still have to fulfill the promise. I think the weather is getting colder and colder. It may be difficult to even go out. How about Eat early, ask Song Jia tomorrow when the snow is clearing, if you mind eating directly at his house, we will bring the ingredients and pots, so that Wu Zheng won't have to come over, although it is only a few steps away, but the temperature outside, So unkind to people with frostbite."

Jian Chu sighed: "This temperature is not friendly to anyone who can breathe, oh no, even to those who cannot breathe, you don't know, I sleep on the kang, and I have to sleep with my head covered, otherwise the smell on my head The air-conditioning is chilly, and my nose hurts from the cold while sleeping under the covers. I thought summer was tough enough, but I didn’t expect that it was still an easy mode, and now it’s hard mode.”

Mu Nan followed with a sigh: "It's hard to endure, it's freezing and snowy, we can stay at home comfortably, it's pretty good."

Seeing that Qin Huai and Yu Zibai were having a difficult time getting along, Mu Nan was about to go over to help, but Jian Chu stopped him: "Let them be busy, take your time, it can be regarded as finding something to do, you don't know, these few days We stare at each other at home, and we almost get tired of seeing each other."

Mu Nan looked at Jian Chu, and asked in a low voice, "Did you quarrel?"

Jian Chu waved his hand: "No, it's just that I'm too busy. Mushrooms are growing on my head. I finally have something to do to keep busy, so let him be busy. It's all right, he can't wait to have something to do."

Mu Nan couldn't help laughing. Although it wasn't the first time that he was locked in the house like this, but this time it was really exhausting, especially since the scope of activities was only the kang, there was no electricity, and he couldn't do anything. He was fine, and he had a lot of batteries Well, at least there is no problem with the supply of mobile phones, computers, and lights. When those batteries run out, you can use a small generator upstairs to generate electricity slowly, so the time is messy,—every day—quickly. But for those who don’t have these things, it’s really difficult. Even sweeping snow against the cold wind every day is almost becoming a recreational project.

Mu Nan asked Jian Chu to wait, and he went downstairs to make two cups of milk tea, and the one holding the cup of milk tea watched the other two busy, Qin Huai took a look at Mu Nan, just smiled, Yu Zibai was busy concentrating, It took a while to find the people watching the theater over there, and couldn't help laughing: "You guys are comfortable here." Drinking milk tea and watching others busy.

Jian Chu made a gesture to Yu Zibai: "Come on!"

The shelves in the room have been set up long ago. If Yu Zibai and the others hadn't come to help, in fact, Qin Huai and Mu Nan could have made things easier, because they could take out the ladder and use it directly. It took a bit of effort, but it came off smoothly anyway, because the whole membrane is considered a full-coverage type, so the area covered by 25 meters is almost just right for the entire living room. There is a little more, but the extra few meters are rebuilt It wasn't enough to build a greenhouse, so I didn't cut it. I rolled it up and put it on the ground, and then I saw what was needed, and then cut off the excess.

Busy—in the afternoon, of course I would invite someone to eat, but at this time, eating is a big deal, even if they came over to help each other through difficulties, the relationship is no longer the ordinary neighbor who just nodded and said hello, but Jian Chu He and Yu Zibai are not so confused. It is a matter of course. After helping, they will go home directly. Food is in short supply, so where can they eat other people's food? They don't know how long this winter will be, and they have to stay indoors for a long time I don't know for a long time, but now they can save as much as they can when they eat at home. Anyway, if they don't move much, they don't need much food consumption, as long as they don't starve to death.

But Mu Nan still kept them here: "Call Xu Ming over, you can't secretly eat behind his back, there's no such good thing at home, but there is still a bowl of bacon and bean shreds, I didn't make it before There are a lot of bean shreds, just for you to taste, and some bacon that you bought back, I don’t know how it tastes, it seems to be that kind of bacon, I haven’t eaten it yet, and then hot sticky bean buns, there are It’s not easy to eat, but it’s still possible to eat enough.”

Thinking about eating bean shreds, Jianchu and the others agreed. Their family also has mung beans, and Mu Nan will teach him how to do it.

When Xu Ming came over wrapped in a thick coat, the bean shreds were already cooked, but they were still stuffy after cooking. This can absorb the soup and make the soup more sticky. The more sticky the better, sticky bean buns It’s also steamed, and it’s heated on the boiler on the stove. Anyway, the big iron pot is boiling water, and the sticky bean buns are placed on it. It’s always hot when you want to eat it.

Xu Ming—was stuffed when he came here—a big bowl of bacon and bean shreds, first took a sip of hot soup with the bowl in his arms, and then asked, "What did I miss again?"

Jian Chu said: "I missed putting up the film. We helped them set up the greenhouse film on the second floor in the afternoon. I don't know if the greenhouse can be planted. Let them try first. We will follow the experience of our predecessors in the future. Do it, if you can, then your life may be settled, you can eat what you grow, and you can exchange for some staple food, that would be great."

A few people didn’t go to the kang for dinner. It was a bit troublesome to take off their clothes on the kang, so they ate around the stove. The stove was designed when it was built before. There is a place near the fire where you can put- There is a space for a small round table, and it is also warm to eat around the stove when you don’t want to eat in bed.

Xu Ming said: "Then grow at home, how to get fertilizer?"

Jian Chu also looked at Mu Nan curiously: "What are you going to use? You don't want to fertilize yourself, do you?" His family only has a few small soil pots, which don't constitute a large scale, so it seems that they don't need fertilizer. If you want to expand the scale in the future, it should be necessary.

Hearing this, Mu Nan looked at Qin Huai, who Qin Huai said, "In exchange, it doesn't take much fertilizer to set up a small vegetable plot at home. In exchange, the bags can last for a long time. Although many places have been ruined after the earthquake, it doesn't mean that we It’s like returning to the era of wearing animal skins and hunting by grinding stones overnight. There are still things that should be available, and in the next period of time, the biggest reconstruction project will be farmland, and the country will focus on food. Planting, so although there may not be a lot of fertilizers, there must still be some."

Xu Ming said: "Speaking of hunting, do you have any ideas?"

Mu Nan looked at Xu Ming: "What do you think? It's so cold outside, no animals should come out, right?"

Xu Ming said: "The building behind us is the one where more than a dozen people live, sons, daughters, daughters-in-law, and in-laws. They dragged a wild boar back the day before yesterday."

Jian Chu and Mu Nan were instantly shocked: "!"