Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

When you look inside, you will see the most conspicuous large item.

On the right side are threshing machines, walking tractors, stone mills and other agricultural tools. On the left side is a pig pen that has been vacant. It is quite clean. It is probably because the pigs were killed just after the Chinese New Year and the piglets were not caught later. There is nothing in the pig pen until it is clean.

Looking at the past, there was nothing special, so the two of them didn't plan to go in. There were still so many houses that they hadn't checked out, so it wouldn't be worth it if the house collapsed if it looked empty.

It looked like the only thing that could be moved back was the walking tractor.

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I don’t know if there is still oil in it, but if there is, it won’t take much effort to start pushing when I go back.

Leave from the door of the nearest house and follow the path next to this house to go directly to the house next door. It is also made of brick and wood. Generally, a road is specially built between the houses of two families. It is most likely that Close relatives.

The styles of the houses are also very similar. Maybe they were built together when they were originally built.

The two families were close to each other, and machines such as walking tractors were usually shared. The two walked to the first floor of the house and opened the door. As expected, they did not see the same large items inside.

This family has built corrals around the first floor. Unlike the one next door, there is a lot of dirt left by livestock and animal bones. The corral near the gate here should be raising chickens and ducks. A type of small poultry.

There are two doors on the first floor, one at the front and one at the front. The door on their side is intact, but the other one is broken, as if it has been smashed. Zhao Yeqing can tell by looking at the similarly broken corral on the other side. It was some animal like a hungry pig that broke down the corral, broke down the door, and rushed out.

There seems to be nothing gained here.

The two returned to the main road and continued walking up.

Mu Xi looked at the nearest two-story brick house, which was also the one closest to the tea tree field: "Let's go there first and have a look. Maybe we can find an oil pressing machine."

Of course, the ancient method of oil extraction is also possible, but the oil yield rate is not very high, and modern technology is still far ahead in all aspects.

As long as the outer structure of the brick house is not damaged and the house is not tilted, there will be no big problem. It will not look like a wooden house without any problems, but the wooden floor may collapse when you step on it.

The doors of this family were all open. A lot of soil was brought in by running animals and drafts on the first floor. Grass also grew on the thin soil on the cement floor tiles. As soon as the two approached, they saw the first floor. That very conspicuous oil press.

The metal oil press is half a meter wide and more than one meter high. It has been exposed to the air without cover for so many years and has become rusty. The bright red and bright blue paint originally painted on it has also peeled off.

The two of them didn't see any animals living inside at the door, so they walked in and walked to the oil press to check whether it could still run.

"This machine is plugged in. You can't tell if there is no electricity here." Mu Xi blew off the dust on it and turned the switch next to it. "This switch is rusty. If you want to use it, you will probably have to dismantle the parts. Go Remove the rust or polish it before use."

I don’t have a special rust remover at home, but there is a big bag of oxalic acid in the basement. I found it from the cleaning room of a hotel and B&B. It is usually used to remove yellow dirt on the tiles on the bathroom floor and near the faucet of the sink. Spray it on A little bit will come off with just a swipe.

Just wear gloves when scrubbing, otherwise it will hurt your skin.

Zhao Yeqing looked at the tea seeds that had dried to the point of turning into powder at the inlet of the oil press, and said: "I guess the family was pressing oil when the accident happened, and there are still a lot of tea seeds left in it. ..."

After that, he squatted down and pulled out the power cord from the socket in the corner: "The power supply is still plugged in. Fortunately, it is plugged in. This is why the metal of the plug has not rusted after so many years."

When the violent virus broke out, there was an incubation period for subsequent infected people. Maybe the infected people in this village only broke out after the ground cracked, so the oil press was still running during the power outage.

The two of them found the oil press on the first floor, which was barely useful, but the other items had long been broken. They didn't stay any longer and went straight to the second floor.

The door on the stairs leading from the first floor to the second floor was closed. After the two people pried it open, as soon as the door opened, a white skeleton fell out. Although Zhao Yeqing had seen such a scene before, he was still surprised by it. Shocked.

The moment the skeleton fell, a small knife fell out. It seemed that he had chosen to commit suicide here for some reason.

Mu Xi closed the pried open door a little and checked the situation inside and outside the door. "The area where the skeleton rested on the inside of the door was normal, but there were scratches and scratches on the outside. It was probably that a violent person was outside, and the person inside was The reason for suicide may be despair and fear, or it may be knowing that you are also infected.”

Zhao Yeqing sighed and lamented his luck. He squinted his eyes and clasped his hands together, muttering something in his mouth as he stepped over the bones before opening his eyes and walking up the stairs.

After going up to the second floor, it is a completely different scene from the first floor.

It was like walking into an ordinary residential house before the ground cracked. The furnishings were relatively neat. Perhaps out of fear of a violent person crawling in or hearing the noise, the doors and windows were tightly closed.

There was only a little dust in the house, and things were well preserved. The two found a lot of useful things.

Daily necessities that can still be used after the expiration date, such as washing powder, soap, etc., as well as well-preserved clothes.

Zhao Yeqing had not had new clothes for several years, so he was very pleasantly surprised when he opened the wardrobe.

There are two sets of very exquisite ethnic embroidered costumes in the sealed bags in the cabinet, as well as tinkling ethnic silver jewelry, including tiaras, necklaces, bracelets, etc.

Yes, she had forgotten that in addition to the tea tree, which is a specialty of the ethnic minorities here, they also have very representative ethnic embroidery.

I found a lot of embroidery thread and embroidery fabrics in the cabinet, as well as various hand-painted patterns.

Zhao Yeqing couldn't help but sigh when she looked at it. It was a pity that even if she got these things, there was no fabric for her to study on. She could only take them back and practice on old clothes, and then embellish them and change the pattern to feel fresh. .

After she finished searching a house, Mu Xi got a small semi-trailer truck body from somewhere. It was made of metal and had two wheels attached to it like a trailer. It could be dragged and loaded with things.

"The one I found in the house in front is a bit rusty, but it's okay. That house is sealed and not exposed to wind and rain. Put the things on this truck body and see if they can be used with our electric car. Combine the car and tow it back directly.”