The Tight Embrace of the End Times

After waking up, it was already evening again. I stood at the window and looked into the field. The torches flickered around, forming circles of light, illuminating the square inches in front of the villagers.

Gu Leng and Xiao Qiao ate a little dinner, and lit a few torches in the yard, lighting up the whole yard, and started to get busy.

Take a small bench as a place, and a large sieve is placed next to it, and the cotton that is like a white cloud is drawn out from the cotton ball.

Due to the high temperature, the cotton has received sufficient sunlight, and each one is soft and fluffy, and can be easily pulled out from the cotton ball. I don't know if it is Gu Leng's illusion. Gu Leng squeezed the pure white cotton in the palm of his hand, It feels unbelievably soft and, moreover, seems very warm.Feeling it carefully again, Gu Leng handed the cotton to Xiao Qiao: "Feel it, isn't the cotton too warm? Put it in your hand, as if you are carrying the warmth yourself."

Gu Leng has never been afraid of cold or heat since he cultivated, but he is indeed very sensitive to the temperature of his own body. The cotton he just grabbed in his hand is like the temperature of a mobile phone that has been playing for a long time before the end of the world.

You should know that things like cotton have no heat in themselves, and only after they come into contact with the human body can they keep warm.But the handful of cotton in Gu Leng's hands seemed to be warmed up, and Gu Leng was a little confused all of a sudden.

Xiao Qiao carefully felt the cotton in her hand. It was true. It must be twenty or thirty degrees. After thinking about it carefully, she said uncertainly: "Could it be the improvement of the spring water in space? Or is it the original temperature in summer?" Just high, the cotton seedlings improved by spring water grow into a cotton tree, which is exposed to the scorching sun every day. Under the two-way effect, some kind of mutation has occurred in itself, which is different from the cotton before the end of the world. It carries heat itself. Isn't that what people need most?"

"Well, it's really warmer this way. Let's just think so. Anyway, it won't be a bad thing." Don't think about things that you can't figure out. The two of them are not scientists. Fang Yue brought back a few cotton trees. Leave it to the scientists to unravel.

The two picked cotton like a competition, one for you, one for me, like anything, as long as it involves competition, it is not so boring, it is worth taking seriously, the two of them actually picked cotton and picked it excitedly, In the end, when there was only the last cotton tree left, Gu Leng hugged the cotton tree and refused to let Xiao Qiao pick it.

"I want to keep it for decoration. Look, it doesn't need watering, catching insects, or spending time tending to it. It's the only flower that never fades." Gu Leng proudly grabbed a cotton flower. The ball dangles.

"Depending on you, depending on you~~."

Xiao Qiao indulged helplessly, he piled up a yard of cotton trees in a corner of the yard to make room for the Yuan family.

Gu Leng excitedly ran to the utility room to find a suitable "vase" to hold such a special flower.

In fact, Gu Leng has always liked flowers very much. There are all kinds of flowers and plants in the space, colorful and colorful.Last winter, Xiao Qiao and I lived in the shed. Gu Leng was unwilling to be lonely, and moved out several pots of chrysanthemums to grow in the shed.

For him, flowers are a kind of beautiful existence, which can keep people in a good mood all the time.However, after all, Gu Leng is not an elegant person who appreciates the flowers and the moon. He likes to look at it or not to raise it. Fortunately, the temperature in the space is comfortable and the soil is fertile. You don't need to think about it, and the flowers and plants can grow very well. The flower of waste power is naturally very happy.

After Xiao Qiao finished cleaning the yard, she went back upstairs and took another rope down, and walked to the field under the moonlight.

The Yuan family's cotton tree was almost finished, so without further ado, Xiao Qiao picked up the cotton tree they snailed together, put it on a rope, tied a simple knot, and moved home.

Xiao Qiao knew that Gu Leng was a person, although he looked a little cold, but he was actually the kindest person in his heart.

I had to help out with the delivery of mung bean soup yesterday.Later, when Gu Leng finds the vase, he will definitely come to help.It was his father after all.Xiao Qiao is reluctant to take care of the cold and suffering, so let me do these things first. Besides, in ancient times, during the busy farming season, didn't the son-in-law also get help from the old man?Thinking of this, Xiao Qiao was willing to help, and he was willing to help, even walking a little briskly.

When Xiao Qiao helped Yuan's family transport all the cotton trees to the yard, Xiao Qiao shook her arms, sweating countless beads, and went upstairs to find Gu Leng.

After entering their room, they found that Gu Leng was not there, and went to the bathroom to look for it, strangely, he was still not there! !

Gu Leng doesn't like running around, and besides, there's nothing fun outside right now?

Thinking of leaving, Gu Leng said that he was going to find a vase in the utility room, so he was still in the utility room, right?It's been a long time, maybe there are too many vases and I don't know which one to use?

Going out of the room and looking in the utility room, Xiao Qiao saw Gu Leng's lonely back, he was holding a transparent vase with a gap, squatting there, heard movement behind him, turned around, pitiful Xi looked at Xiao Qiao: "This vase is not beautiful, and it is broken."

You must know that people who don't act like a baby, sometimes act like a baby, it's really hard to stop.Xiao Qiao could only hear a voice in her ear saying: so cute, so cute, so cute...

"I, let me make a vase for you." Xiao Qiao stroked Gu Leng's hair and blurted out.

After talking, he regretted it, how could he make a vase.

"Really? Xiao Qiao, you are awesome~." Gu Leng hugged Xiao Qiao and kissed her fiercely.

The words have already been spoken, and my partner is so excited, there is really no way to say it if it doesn't work.I can only bite the bullet.

So, for the next two days, Xiao Qiao hid in the space and fumbled to weave a vase out of willow branches.So that, in the end, after his unremitting efforts, he actually succeeded in making a pen holder-like vase.Gu Leng happily trimmed the cotton branches, put them in a vase, and placed them on the window of the room. This is a unique scenery.

After three or four days, the villagers have basically packed up all the cotton, and the rest is spinning and weaving.

The cotton machines in the Gu family's old house were running day and night.People are scrambling to spin cotton quilts and weave cotton clothes.

Gu Leng shrugged, he was not in a hurry, anyway, he was not afraid of heat and cold, not to mention, he still had a lot of winter supplies in his space, which was fully stocked.Don't try to force yourself with the aunts.

You know, before the apocalypse, you would never be able to grab the aunts in the rush to buy in supermarkets. Thinking of their fighting power, Gu Leng shuddered.

Some villagers took out their old quilts and cotton clothes, put them in the sun, and beat them with poles from time to time. They had no choice but to rely on the sun to sterilize them due to lack of water and cleaning supplies.

Some villagers even got together in twos and threes to discuss about hatching chickens.After summer came, because of fear of the plague and bad smell, or the temperature was too high, the chickens grew slowly, etc., almost all the people who raised chickens in the village in winter killed the chickens, and only a few insisted on raising chickens.In the entire Xia family, most of the people lack oil and water, and they have long been hungry.No, when winter comes, the few families who insist on raising chickens, their eggs are delicious, and they can exchange a lot of food for the whole family.Not in vain, they worked hard.

There are also some villagers who gathered together to discuss the need for a kang, and now they lack everything, except soil.

After all, the greenhouse will be broken after a few years, but you can't buy it.How would we spend the winter without the greenhouse? The villagers were still busy throughout the summer, but when they were free, they were thinking about winter.

They thought of the big kang used by the northerners. As long as they burn a small amount of firewood, they can boil water and cook on the kang.As for planting, it’s simple. Take the soil from the field home, spread it on the ground, and then heat the house to keep it warm. It’s not as comfortable as living in a greenhouse.

Many people were moved by this talk, but no one had ever done it before, so they had no idea, so they made a fuss to the village chief.

People have a herd mentality, most of the things they are doing, don't say whether it is right or not, at least feel at ease.

So, the village head held another village meeting to discuss this matter.Everyone discussed and discussed, but no result came out of the discussion.

As a result, more than half of the people think that the greenhouse is not broken and can be used for a few years, so it is better to live in the greenhouse first.In fact, in my heart, I am very eager to live at home, but I dare not bet on the family's rations, and I am still holding a wait-and-see attitude.

There are also a few people with few families, so they are going to do the experiment No.1, and say harshly: "I won't go anywhere this year, just live in my own home." When he retracted the words, beads of sweat appeared on his head.

Gu Leng said that he would go to Pan Kang and live at home.These people saw that Gu Leng also lived at home, so they relaxed a little.They always thought that Gu Leng was a capable person, and it was definitely right to follow him.

Now, many people hesitate again, should they live at home or in a shed?

Gu Leng has no shortage of food, he can live anywhere, and he himself believes that this is also feasible.Many plants can still grow as long as the temperature is up.The principle is actually the same as the greenhouse.

As a result, the village became lively again.Regardless of how it was decided, they all excitedly went to the foot of the mountain to dig the yellow mud, make a big kang, and prepare with both hands. You know, everyone likes to have a plan B.

Gu Leng and Xiao Qiao also went to dig a lot of yellow mud and came back. They invited the old master from the village to come to the kang. Before leaving, they gave the old master a small bag of salt as a thank you gift. The old master took the salt gratefully. gone.

Speaking of salt, Gu Leng had told the whole village when he came back from drying salt that he only needed cotton in exchange for salt.He still has several big bags of salt in his hand!

Now that the cotton has been harvested, I believe that in the next few days, someone will carry cotton in exchange for salt.

Thinking of the little guys still at the beach, Gu Leng's heart softened.

The reason why cotton is traded for salt is, on the one hand, to increase the importance of cotton and enhance the status of women, and on the other hand, it is also for the sake of the little ones.

The little ones have been wearing fish skin clothes all the time. Although the sharks said that fish skin clothes are also warm, and you can have as many as you want, but Gu Leng hopes that the little ones can wear cotton clothes and cotton shoes in winter and sleep in warm clothes at night. Under the quilt, have an extremely warm dream.