Doomsday Grain

"It's time to eat." Grandpa opened the door and called the two of them.

"The animal pen hasn't been opened yet, wait a moment. Master, you can bring the feed over and feed it first. By the way, there are some with frozen feet, how do you do it?" Lin Qian asked.

"Let's dig it open and put it in the boiler room to watch for two days. If it doesn't work, chop it up and eat the meat." There is also a brood of chickens in the boiler room, just for company.

Grandpa went into the house to get the feed to feed, and He Yangxuan and Lin Qian went to chip away the ice at the gate of the livestock pen.By the time we got back to the house for dinner, the food was a bit cold.

After working in the morning, I have to eat something more solid for breakfast, that is, steamed buns are eaten with meat and vegetables.The mantou steamed by grandpa tastes very good. It is fermented with old flour. Although it is not so fluffy, it is better than delicious.

"The weather is quite evil. It is reasonable to say that the weather should warm up after the Chinese New Year, but there is no reason for it to rain and hail all of a sudden. But this year has been quite evil, and I don't know what summer is like?"

"Be mentally prepared in advance. But this New Year's Eve is really disappointing. I don't know what happened to the other families in the village? Not everyone has a chisel." Lin Qian said with a mouthful.

"Let's clean up our own yard first. If others don't have it, we can borrow it." Grandpa gave Lin Qian two more pieces of meat, and He Yangxuan two more, "Eat more, you two have worked, eat more Meat has strength."

After eating and resting for a while, the two went to dig the gate again.With great difficulty, the door was cut open, and a slope was made at the door, so that the trolley could go up the slope and go out of the yard to transport the ice out.

He Yangxuan continued to dig, and Lin Qian sent them out one by one.The back ditch was almost full of snow before it was poured, and now it can only be poured outside.If the opposite side is full, send it to the entrance of the village.Anyway, the family lives in the fringe part of the village, so it saves effort to send them out of the village.

You can also meet acquaintances back and forth and chat with each other.This year's weather is weird, and there are very few people walking around each other. This time, they should stay at home on the first day of the new year, but they can only clean up quickly when encountering such things, so as not to affect normal life.

"Isn't this the child of Lao Lin's family?"

There was a voice behind him. Lin Qian turned around while pushing the cart. He looked familiar, but couldn't remember what it was called.It wasn't Lin Qian's fault either. To him, most of the villagers were familiar, so he really didn't know anyone in the past.

"It's me." Lin Qian nodded awkwardly.

"You don't know me anymore? Me, Wang Hai. You came to my house when you were young, have you forgotten?"

After saying this, Lin Qian remembered, and suddenly realized: "Brother, it's been so many years since I haven't returned to the village, this change is so great that I can't call it out."

This person is none other than Wang Hai, the father of the little girl whose grandmother died yesterday. He also has a younger brother named Wang He.Lin Qian wondered more than once when he was a child, would another brother be called Wang Xi?In terms of seniority, Lin Qian called him big brother, but he had no blood relationship at all.

"How many people did you go out to meet, I must not remember clearly. Are you still used to staying home?" Wang Hai asked a few more words.

"Very good." Lin Qian nodded.

"When the disease just passed away, many people had to go out for a living, and many people said they would follow you and your boss. You are still smart now. Several people who went out have not come back yet. This year God really can't figure it out, I don't know life and death yet." Wang Hai sighed twice.

Lin Qian didn't like to talk about this topic, so he thought about it and asked, "I heard that the old lady passed away yesterday?"

Wang Hai was stunned for a moment, his eyes were a little sad, and he smiled a little reluctantly: "I didn't have it last night, but I didn't suffer any crimes. It's impossible to go to the funeral on this day, so I can only wait for the traffic to open and send it to the city for cremation. Now there is no one at home. There are no coffin boards, but my house has an old wardrobe, let the old lady feel wronged in it, there must be a place to put it."

"Last year, God didn't give me a good face. This year may be difficult. It is a blessing to be able to leave happily." This is the custom in the village. It is a blessing and a happy event for the elderly to not suffer when they leave.

"It's just not on this day, and the funeral is difficult." Wang Hai sighed.

The old lady is old, and she is ready to send her away. There is some sadness, but there is not much sadness.

Lin Qian put down the cart, took out the wallet in his pocket, and took out three red tickets: "I'm sure we won't be able to hold the banquet today, so you take the gift money first." Lin Qian really didn't know what to say, You can only send money according to the customs of the village.

There is no gift money for the funeral, but now the old lady has just left for less than three days, so it is not too late to pay at this time.

Wang Hai repeatedly refused: "It's not easy for anyone now, how can I get someone to write a gift? Besides, if I accept the gift, my brother will definitely come to ask for money, and then I will make people laugh. Heartfelt I took it, but I can't accept the money."

"Didn't you give it to me?" According to village customs, whoever gives it to me will receive the gift money. When a daughter gives it to her, the daughter receives the gift, and when a son gives it to her, the son receives the gift. Other brothers and sisters can't interfere.

"But when the old lady was here, she loved my brother, and my family is all girls, and my brother has a son. The old lady loved her grandson, and when the family was separated, she gave my brother all the money. Send it to my brother. Last time I held the birthday party, I paid for it, and the gift money I received was given to my brother. Once the old lady leaves, my brother will have to come over and fight for a share of the gift money. Who told me that this is an extinct account."

Lin Qian seemed to understand why Wang Nannan was so indifferent to her grandmother's death. Just by looking at the name, he could tell that his family was looking forward to a boy.After all, the culture in the countryside is generally not high, and they don't understand those meanings.In addition to being nice to choose a name, it also has some personal expectations.

For example, Xiu, Zhen, Ling, and Mei.There is also a distinctive character that can imply boys, such as Zhaodi, Laidi, Nannan, and Yanan. Those who use this kind of name in rural areas are most likely families who want a son.

Wang Nannan is the youngest of the two girls in Wang Hai's family. She took this name but has not been born again. You can guess that the name was given by the old lady.

In the countryside, sons were very important. Although Lin Qian disagreed, he didn't say much. He couldn't get involved in other people's affairs.But this kind of imposing the expectation of his son on his daughter's name and letting her carry it for the rest of his life is something that Lin Qian despises very much.

"In the future, it will be great if my daughter can live up to her expectations." Lin Qian said.

"I really want them to be successful, but this family is so poor that they can't afford two of them to go to school. Nannan is doing well in her studies, and Yanyan is about to go to high school, and she is thinking about letting Yanyan come down to work for her Little sister." Wang Hai's family is really poor.The couple used to take care of their mother at the top, and raised two daughters at the bottom. They didn't get any money from the family division, and the old mother always took the money to give to the brother's house.

Lin Qian really couldn't figure out what kind of mood Wang Hai had in mind to support such a blood-sucking mother to her death, at least Lin Qian would never be able to do it.

"It doesn't necessarily mean that one should go to school, that's the most stupid way. In fact, there is a saying in the village that is true. Now is indeed a very suitable time for development. Don't talk about the big ones now, just buckle a big shed at home and sell them. Vegetables can be sold at a very good price. So many people died before, and everything was broken. Look at how expensive it was to sell vegetables and fruits a few years ago? At this time, it can be quite a few years. Such a big plague has passed, There will definitely be new policies in the country, so let’s get through it.”

Another Lin Qian wouldn't say much, but when I told Wang Hai about this today, I felt sorry for him for having a hard time.

As for the children going to school, at least for the next two years that Lin Qian knew, the children would not be able to go to school. Right now, it's better to build a greenhouse first, and grow some food in the greenhouse in the end of the world, so that they won't starve to death.

When Lin Qian just woke up, he only thought about saving more food.Because he was starved to death in his previous life, all he thought about before he died was eating, and secretly saving more food, so that he could not go hungry all the time.

In fact, storing this kind of thing is just an expedient measure, and it cannot be solved fundamentally.To be able to continue to produce in the last days and to be able to continuously provide new things is the foundation of survival.

Such an idea, Lin Qian, who came back from the end of the world, only thought of it when He Yangxuan reminded him.

Hearing Lin Qian's words, Wang Hai was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "That's right, this year, we will close the greenhouse as soon as the freeze has just thawed and plant vegetables first, and when they are ready to sell, they will just plant them, and they will definitely sell well Price."

"It's better to make it strong. The plastic sheeting may be useless after a hailstorm. It can be used every year in the future. It's better to spend tens of thousands more to get a toughened glass. The light transmission and constant temperature are better than the plastic sheeting." Many of the plastic sheets bought now insist that they are hailproof. Ordinary hailstones can be prevented, but what if it is a big fist?What about the big watermelon?There is always something that can't last, and it can only be used for a few years. After the end of the world, resources will be scarce, so there may not be a chance to do it a second time.

"I'll go home and discuss it with my guy."

Lin Qian pushed the cart to the door of the house, greeted Wang Hai and went back to the house.

He Yangxuan already saved a lot of ice when he went back: "Why did you go there for so long?"

"I met some people in the village and said a few more words." Lin Qian also forgot the embarrassment of the two, and directly told him about Wang Hai's family.

"It's better not to get involved in this kind of thing in the future. If people do a good job, they may not thank you, but the bad luck is all on you, and the gain is not worth the loss." He Yangxuan has little interest in such bad things.When the old lady was alive, she gave Wang He money from Wang Hai. That was a matter of willing to fight and suffer.

Even if the village is the most respectful of the world, it is a matter of course for the old lady to give the pension to the old lady. How can the elder give the old-age money to the second?

Even if it is divided equally, it is much better than sucking one person's blood and giving it to another.

"When I was young, I didn't think that being a girl in this village was much more difficult than being a boy."