Doomsday Grain

Chapter 106 Melting Snow and Saving Water

The time has entered the second ten days of March, and the weather is still maintained at minus [-] degrees, without any sign of heating up.

At this time in previous years, it had already been civilized for more than half a year, but now the weather was gloomy, which meant it was snowing.

Many people started to get angry.This snow melts late, which means that the time for sowing will be postponed.This means that the crop growth cycle is short, and there will be less grain harvested.

If there is another early winter, then there may not be much left this year.

The only consolation is that every household has a greenhouse.Even if the families didn’t have the money to build a greenhouse before, now there are many extinct families in the village, and the village arranges for people who have greenhouses to move in, and they can basically grow food in the greenhouse for food.

Most of the greenhouses in the village sow seeds directly in the ground.It's good to sow some vegetables in winter.If the snow melting time is really late this year, some people in the village will consider planting some staple foods such as potatoes and sweet potatoes in the greenhouse to satisfy their hunger.

Before dinner, Lin Qian hugged his daughter and taught her to wash her hands.Watch as her hands are covered in foam and then rinsed off with clean water.

The sink is too high, the little guy can only stand on the chair.A pipe was connected to the faucet so that Xiaoxiao could reach it too.Lin Qian saw that his little hands were rinsed clean, then took a towel and asked Xiaoxiao to wipe it off by himself.

Xiaoxiao's small arms and legs are still clumsy, but Xiaoxiao can remember most of the things he taught once.

Pulling Xiaoxiao, let her walk out of the bathroom with her fluffy short legs.He Yangxuan took his son in to wash his hands, Lin Qian carried Xiaoxiao onto the raised chair, and took Xiaoxiao's job from his grandfather.

Now every time before eating, Lin Qian would feed Xiaoxiao half a bowl of rice, and then he would eat, and sometimes He Yangxuan would do it for him.The two were still discussing that after another two months of feeding, they would train Xiaoxiao to eat by himself.

"The snow hasn't melted yet, and it looks like it's going to snow again." Grandpa said worriedly.

"The weather is not normal in this world." Lin Qian watched and ate his food with a smile.

"Our family doesn't have to worry about it, but the people in our village don't have much food left. Besides, the situation in our village is considered good, and we don't know what's going on in other places." Grandpa sighed.

"It doesn't matter what it is, as long as there are children, it's all right. Isn't it a smile?"

Xiaoxiao listened to her call, and responded with a mouthful of food: "Yeah!"

Although I know that the child will not grow too bad, it looks really good-looking, especially the eyes.In Grandpa's words, these are standard Danfeng eyes, and the eyebrows are also slender.

It's just that I'm still young, and I can't see anything too amazing, but grandpa said, this is a little beauty.When I first chose her, I didn't pay much attention to it. I just took her home and raised her. The more I raised her, the more beautiful she felt.

He Yangxuan led Yuan Qing over, hugged him and smiled beside him.Yuan Qing was big, so he found a bowl and spoon to eat when he sat down.

"What are you talking about?" He Yangxuan could vaguely hear them chatting in the bathroom, but couldn't hear them clearly.

"Telling about this day, it's still so cold up to now."

He Yangxuan turned his head to look out the window, and before he knew it, snowflakes had started to fall.

"It's very cold today." He Yangxuan didn't care about it, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into Lin Qian's mouth.

There was still a child between them, and the two children could see He Yang's father's arm and chopsticks almost as soon as they raised their heads.

Lin Qian opened his mouth to eat, "Actually, I said, it would be considered kindness if the temperature doesn't cool down this day."

"But isn't our village going to dig a big pool? It's late this year when the snow melts, so it's going to be late. If there's not enough time, it won't be needed next year." Grandpa said.

If the stepwell is completed one year earlier, the village will be relieved for one year.If this stepwell can make the life of the village better, it will affect more villages and benefit more people in the future.

"That's for the government to worry about."

After the family finished their meal, He Yangxuan took out two small bowls of fruit from the space and distributed them to the siblings.

At this time, it is better to leave someone to watch.

There has not been much snow this winter, and it is very unpleasant to be eloquent.Now it's late March, and the snow is getting bigger and bigger.

Until the second day when it snowed, there was already heavy snow outside.Half a day's work in the yard can save a meter of snow.Grandpa was watching the children inside, while Lin Qian and the two were clearing the snow outside.There are not many free places in the front and back yards, but if there is too much snow covering the greenhouse, it needs to be cleared.

On the third day, the snow fell even more heavily.

At this time, I didn't know who started the organization, so I went to Lin Qian's house and called for someone.

Some people suggested that every household has water storage pits. If it is impossible to fill up the water only after the snow melts or it rains, it is better to take advantage of the heavy snowfall now to shovel the snow and melt it into the water storage pits.

This faces two problems.One is to melt the snow, which requires heating.In the field, even if you take the stove, you still have to move the fuel?

The second is to melt snow in the ground, which means that the snow in the ground needs to be shoveled to melt.This has cleared up all the snow. When the snow melts next year, there will not be enough snow water to irrigate the fields, which will also affect the harvest.

The village head was very supportive of this proposal.Because what happened in the past few years is obvious to all, it is better to store snow water than to melt it and lose it along the ground.

Although it is a lot of work and troublesome enough, if enough water is stored, then there is hope for the next year's harvest.

It's better than worrying about watching the snow all over the sky now.

Lin Qian's family of three discussed it and followed suit.

Some households had spare iron stoves that could be used, so they took the iron stoves with them and went out.And some people don't have any, so they bring the remaining bricks at home.

Now there are still people who have diesel, start tractors, several families work together, load the stove, bricks and fuel, and drive to the field to get busy.

Lin Qian's family was with Uncle Liu's.Uncle Liu has a tractor at home, but there is not much diesel.Lin Qian provided five liters of diesel, but Uncle Liu didn't ask for it in vain.Lin Qian and the others used a tractor to load things, but Uncle Liu took nothing away. They partnered with others, and some of the food given by others was also distributed to Lin Qian.

Lin Qian knew that Uncle Liu was not one to take advantage of others, so he accepted it.

In fact, the main thing is to use Uncle Liu's car to transport some fuel. There is a lot of demand for this stuff, and it can't fit in the off-road vehicle.As for the rest of the stove, Lin Qian and the others drove there.

Xiao Yuanqing looked curious and insisted on following.Although he couldn't speak yet, it was hard to refuse the way he pinched Lin Qian's sleeve and stared at his big eyes.

"Are you going too?" Lin Qian picked up the child and hugged him in his arms.

He Yangxuan just put on the padded jacket: "Then come and play with us? It should be able to help fill the fire."

"Don't worry about it, you two, you're only a big child. How can you bear it when it's so cold outside?" Grandpa wants to take the child back.

"Didn't this kid have a better physique than the previous ones? It looks like he's three or four years old, so he shouldn't be damaged by the cold if he wears more clothes. Even if it's cold, the heater in the car is on. It's strange that he can't get out of the village. It's so boring, it's good to take it out to have a look." Lin Qian smiled.

Grandpa also felt reasonable when he heard this.After all, this child is different from the previous ones. Besides, Lin Qian and Lin Qian should have a sense of proportion.

Then he turned around and took out Xiao Yuanqing's padded jacket, and put it on Xiao Yuanqing's inner and outer three layers, and then let the two fathers take it away.

Xiaoxiao was still sitting on the ground playing with building blocks. When she saw the two fathers leaving with her brother, she tilted her head and looked strange.

The grandpa and grandson were the only ones left at home, and grandpa sat across from Xiaoxiao: "How about taking grandpa to play together?"

Xiaoxiao put a piece of building blocks in Grandpa's hand, obviously understood.

The car of Lin Qian's family of three drove faster, and it was an off-road vehicle. The snow outside was blown by the wind, and there was no place that was too deep. The car drove out of the village and into the field unimpeded.

Stop on the ground.On the edge of the ground is a relatively high position with less snow.The location of the water storage pit is too deep, and the snow has not had time to fill it, and the location can still be seen.

The two cleared a path with their shovels, first put a stove beside a nearby water storage pit, put briquettes in the stove, and directly ignited it with alcohol blocks to use it.

Then sit on the cauldron and start shoveling snow into it.

In fact, the two of them are very familiar with this job. When they first entered the end of the world two years ago, grandpa once ordered them to do it.

It took a while for the tractor to come.The tractor in Uncle Liu's house is relatively old-fashioned and not very tall.Therefore, it is difficult to pass through places with deep snow, so the snow can only be shoveled artificially, so it is relatively slow to come over.

Unloaded all the fuel from Lin Qian's house, and the briquettes were still in cardboard boxes.Although they are all covered, you can't see what's inside, but you can see the exquisiteness by looking at the packaging.Compared with fuel like corncobs brought by other people's homes, it seems a bit extravagant.

Lin Qian and the two of them moved down several large boxes, watched the pot gradually fill with water, and lifted them directly into the water storage pit.

The water does not need to be boiled, it can be completely melted, and it will melt when it is poured into the water storage pit from left to right.

Everyone in the village started to get busy. Although I don't know how much this busyness will have in the coming year, at least I feel safe in my heart.Still the same sentence, getting busy is better than watching Daxue get angry.

It was still snowing in the sky, and it had been snowing for seven days in a row, and the snow was getting heavier and heavier in the village, and the work became more and more vigorous.

With so much snow falling, perhaps filling the water storage pits will not affect the snow water irrigation in the fields after the snow melts.At the same time, the cistern was full of water.Even for the land, the water is nothing, but with a little more water, you can get a catty more harvest.

In this world, the harvest in the field is life!

Whether it is fish farming or other sources of income in the coming year, the crops in this field will always be the life of the farmers!

Xiao Yuanqing went out with him every day. From the beginning, he simply looked at running and playing in the snow, and later he also carried a small bucket and a small shovel, filled with snow and imitated his two fathers, pouring snow into the pot.

After working for a few days, Lin Qian touched Xiao Yuanqing's arms and legs and found that the flesh on the little guy's body was getting firmer.

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