Natural Disaster: My Portable Farm in the End of the World

By about seven o'clock in the evening, the sun had already set halfway and the temperature had dropped.

After dinner, Xiang Chi and Xu Ge rode a bicycle to where they parked their car during the day.

Xiang Chi sat in the back seat, enjoying the rare tranquility as the slightly hot wind blew.

She was holding a stick of ice cream in her hand and was thinking about the dinner she had just eaten while eating it.

Ever since Xu's mother moved here, the young couple have never cooked. It's not that they are lazy, but they really don't have a chance to show off.

Moreover, Xu Ma is indeed good at cooking. No matter how simple the ingredients are, they will burst out with ultimate deliciousness in her hands.

I ate the cold noodles made by Xu's mother a few days ago, and Xiang Chi couldn't forget it. When it was time to cook, she would stick to Xu's mother and pester Xu's mother to eat the cold noodles.

Xu's mother is a firm believer in health preservation and believes that even in hot weather, one cannot eat cold food every day, as this may lead to spleen and stomach disorders.

In addition, Xiang's father, an old Chinese medicine doctor, also agrees with Xu's mother's point of view, Xiang Chi has not been able to get his wish for many days.

And tonight, Xiang Chi finally had the cold noodles of love from her mother-in-law, which she had longed for.

Today, Xu Ma made cold noodles with shredded chicken. The blanched chicken breast was torn into tiny pieces, and the noodles she rolled out were thin and long.

The noodles were rolled out by Xiang Ma. Although Xiang Ma's cooking was slightly inferior to Xu Ma's, her knife skills were excellent.

The dough for making noodles is relatively hard, but it is particularly obedient in Xiang Ma's hands.

First roll the dough into a sheet of even thickness, sprinkle with a thin layer of flour to prevent sticking, and then roll up the dough with a rolling pin.

Then take out the rolling pin and use a knife to quickly cut the dough into even thin strips.

Put the cut noodles into boiling water, stir constantly to prevent them from sticking to the pan, and rinse with cold water twice after cooking.

Sprinkle cucumber strips, coriander leaves, a few peanuts, and spread a layer of shredded chicken.

The most important thing is the last step, pour in Xu’s mother’s secret sauce, and a bowl of shredded chicken cold noodles is ready.

The cucumber is refreshing, the shredded chicken is delicious, and the noodles are chewy and chewy. The simple bowl of noodles becomes rich and delicious after being mixed with the sauce.

A bowl of refreshing cold noodles on a sultry day made Xiang Chi hooked. As expected, food is the only thing he can't live up to...

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After a while, the two of them arrived at the place where they parked yesterday.

Xiang Chi opened the trunk and actually took out the maintenance box from the space.

There are also more pedestrians on the road during this time. In order to avoid the high temperature period, everyone has recently begun to stay out at night.

Xu Ge checked the car and found that the engine was overheating due to a clogged cooling pipe.

After a brief process, Xu Ge started the car. After idling for a while, I saw that there were no other problems for the time being. I put the bicycle in the trunk and greeted Xiang Chi to go home.

As soon as they got home and parked the car, before the two of them entered the house, they saw a plume of black smoke rising from the west. Looking at the approximate location, it seems to be Hexi Village.

"There's a fire in Hexi Village?"

Both of them had this guess in mind.

Xiang Chi and Xu Ge stood in the yard and observed for a few minutes, seeing the black smoke getting thicker and thicker.

The two of them were a little worried. Although the outermost layer of their vegetable greenhouse was made of explosion-proof glass, they would inevitably feel uneasy if they didn't take a look.

Afraid of any special circumstances, Xu Ge didn't drive Xu's father's classic car. Instead, they drove their modified off-road vehicle out of the garage.

As soon as I turned onto the main road after coming out of the community, I heard the "wow, wow, wow, wow" of the fire truck approaching.

After making way for the fire truck, Xu Ge drove behind the fire truck towards Hexi Village.

As soon as I entered the village, I was startled by the flames reaching into the sky. The further you drive into the village, the more villagers you meet.

There were people carrying buckets, people carrying water pipes, and a sprinkler truck. It seemed they were all here to put out the fire.

After looking at the location of the fire, Xu Ge felt bad. Why did he feel like it was near his greenhouse?

Turning onto a less traveled road, Xu Ge sped up and drove towards his greenhouse.

After a while, the car stopped a few hundred meters away from the greenhouse.

Because it would be impossible to pass any further forward, the two to three hundred meters in front of the fire scene were surrounded by a warning tape.

Xu Ge and Xiang Chi quickly got out of the car and took a closer look from a distance. They breathed a sigh of relief and confirmed that the fire was not in their greenhouse.

The two of them put their hearts back in their stomachs.

Some villagers gathered in front of them. Xu Ge and Xiang Chi rushed over to them, wanting to ask what was going on and why the fire suddenly broke out.

When I approached the crowd, I saw that my technician Xiao Shao was also there. Come on, there's no need to ask anyone else, just ask Xiao Shao directly.

Xiao Shao heard someone calling him, turned around and saw that it was the boss and his wife, and he quickly squeezed out of the crowd.

Xiao Shao: "Boss, boss lady, are you here too? Our shed is fine, so I didn't call you, boss."

Xu Ge: "Well, it's fine. What's going on? Why did it suddenly catch fire? It's still so big."

Xiao Shao usually lives in the village. He came earlier and has already found out the ins and outs of the matter.

The greenhouse that caught fire was the old Liu family’s greenhouse on the east side of Xu Ge’s greenhouse.

The shed that first caught fire was the westernmost shed, which was the shed closest to the Xu Ge family shed. There were ten sheds in a row, and they were all burned down.

Fortunately, the wind blowing today was from the west. If the wind was from the east, the greenhouse of Xu Ge's family would be on fire now.

Although it's possible that it wouldn't burn at all, because the outside of Xu Ge's greenhouse is entirely made of glass.

The greenhouses of the two families are very close to each other, and the distance between the two adjacent sheds is only more than ten meters.

Old Liu's name is Liu Jinxin. He is in his forties and smokes all the time. This time there was a fire, and the problem was also the smoke.

Liu Jinxin was a landowner in the village, and his home was just north of the greenhouse. He was also unlucky to be burned down by the fire.

Liu Jinxin usually stacks firewood in the open space between his greenhouse and Xu Ge's greenhouse.

Logically speaking, this open space should be occupied by one person and half, but Liu Jinxin always occupied this open space because he was the landowner in the village.

Either a pile of random things or a pile of firewood.

Last winter, we even stacked firewood next to Xu Ge’s greenhouse. Xu Ge visited him several times, but they ended up unhappy.

This time there was another pile of branches and wood that I didn't know where to get.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Liu Jinxin went there to put things away again.

After putting things away, I didn’t know what to think. I smoked and lay outside Xu Ge’s greenhouse to look inside.

Xiao Shao saw this scene from the surveillance camera and went out to look for him to ask him what happened.

When Liu Jinxin saw Xiao Shao, he turned around and left. When leaving, he threw the cigarette butts on the ground.

Xiao Shao saw him leaving and didn't care. I went back to the shed to pack my things and then went home from get off work.

Unexpectedly, the wind picked up at this time, and the cigarette butts rolled under the firewood pile with the wind.

The weather is now over forty degrees every day, and the firewood has long been dry, not to mention the branches and leaves.

The fire just started. The fire followed the wind and ignited the greenhouse.