Doomsday Grain

The sun is still venomous, the crops in the field are hopeless, and no one will think about remedies, and they basically don't go out during the day.There was no hailstorm before, and the villagers couldn't stop digging wild vegetables on the mountain. Although the trees on the mountain were dead, they could still block a lot of sunlight.

The construction on the mountain chose to be carried out at night, firstly because it was too hot during the day, and secondly because there were not many trees around the mountain, so it was safer at night.

After half a month of construction, everything was finished.It was also at this time that some people in the village who had healed their scars and forgot about the pain began to go up the mountain in small groups to dig wild vegetables.

We can't blame them either. A hailstorm not only wiped out the fields, but also left many people with no vegetables in their yards.Except for onions, leeks and other tenacious ones that can still survive, the remaining beans and eggplants are nothing to eat.

People always want to survive, and they must eat vegetables. Wild vegetables are the best source of vegetables.Although the wild vegetables at this time are not delicious, and the wild vegetables that can grow in the saline-alkali soil are not good, but at least it is a bite of vegetables, there is always something strong.

Going up the mountain to dig vegetables gradually became fashionable again, and it was at this time that the villagers discovered that Lin Qian's family's mountain was closed.

The outside is surrounded by a net, and there is a circle of wooden railings outside the net.The railings are very simple, very thin and weak, and children can easily climb over them, but the net inside is almost every five meters.

In two days, the whole village knew that Lin Qian had sealed off the mountain, and without anyone noticing, the entire mountain surrounded by him was surrounded by electricity grids.

Many fruit trees were planted on Lin Qian's family mountain. Although most of them died, a small number survived.Some larger saplings have bloomed this year and bear small fruits.Even if it is still green and immature, some greedy people who go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables will still pick some to taste, especially the children who have no snacks.

But now the mountain is not only not allowed to enter, but also to prevent people from sneaking in and set up a power grid.

But no one would come to intervene, because most people in the village were not close to Lin Qian's family, because although their family was kind, they also lived in seclusion and rarely interacted with others. Kind people.Kind people know that any product on their mountain can be sold for survival in this world, so naturally they will not come to the door to intercede.

At night, sometimes Lin Qian and He Yangxuan would go up the mountain with flashlights to have a look.There are almost no dead spots around the whole mountain, including the gate to enter the mountain.However, the electricity on the gate can be turned off by entering a password outside. Only Lin Qian and He Yangxuan know this password.I told my grandpa, but grandpa is old and can't remember it, and it's not easy to set a password that is too simple. If grandpa wants to go up the mountain, let someone take it with him.

Lin Qian picked two green apricots. The fruit was smaller than a thumb, and it was sour and slightly astringent. It was good for snacks.

Wipe it off with your hands, and give He Yangxuan one.He Yangxuan disliked it if it hadn't been washed, but it was Lin Qian who fed it. He Yangxuan opened his mouth to eat it and nodded, "It's delicious."

"It's time to spray pesticides, otherwise the insects will be gone when they get up, and there will be few saplings alive, and even fewer fruits will grow."

There are a few potted fruit trees in the greenhouse, and the fruits they bear are quite delicious.But that was not grown on a large scale after all, and it wasn't even enough for my own family.If you want to eat fruit, you have to rely on the mountains.

It's just that not many saplings survived on this mountain, and the remaining ones don't know how many years they can last in the last days.

"You know how to spray medicine?" He Yangxuan pushed aside the leaves, saw the poor withered sapling in front of him, kicked it and broke it.

"My grandpa will, let my grandpa teach. There are not many living trees on this mountain, only the trees that bear fruit. Unfortunately, many pine trees have died. If the pine trees are still there, they can block some sunlight. The sun is so poisonous now. A little less sun is better than a lot of sun."

"However, the logging ban is not so strict now, and you don't need to approve any wood you fancy as timber."

It has already been approved when cutting dead trees before, and almost no one will pay attention to cutting down trees on the mountain in the next few years.In the past, it was so strict to protect resources. Now that there are fewer people, the consumption of nature is relatively less.

"Basically, I don't need it. I have a lot of wood at home, and there are some that can be used as wood. For the fire, the branches and pine needles are enough. After all, money is becoming less and less valuable now, but we only sell food. It seems unrealistic, and we can’t eat it either. Just collect money, it’s no different from receiving blank paper.”

He Yangxuan thought about it, and said: "Not necessarily, now that food is not in short supply, it is completely feasible to replace money with food after another year or two. Let's count the two electric cars, there are four cars in total, just pulling It’s not difficult to buy food for food. Or simply exchange it with the government. No matter what ordinary people lack, the government will not lack it. The government needs food to feed more people, and we need messy things that can make us live well. In fact, if I think about it, I want to change some thermal weapons."

Lin Qian was slightly stunned, looking at He Yangxuan with some novelty.

Under the flashlight, He Yangxuan could see Lin Qian's expression clearly, and stretched out his hand to push Lin Qian's eyebrows: "Can't we protect ourselves in this world?"

"Do you know how to use it? I know you served in the military for two years, but how many times did you touch the gun at that time? Even if you practiced it at that time, it has been ten years now, do you remember?" That kind of thing is A double-edged sword, holding it is equivalent to having absolute self-protection ability, but it will also bring danger.

If you don't know how to use hot weapons, it is difficult to hit the vital points even at close range. If it is taken away by someone, it will be fatal.

So from the beginning, Lin Qian didn't think much about this aspect.

"You can use it, but we can't do without it. Marksmanship can be practiced. Not only do we have a mountain, but there is also a warehouse in the mountain. If you practice guns in the warehouse, you won't hear it from the village. Hot weapons are the last line. In fact, I also hope that I won’t have to use it for the rest of my life.”

Normal people have certain fantasies about hot weapons, but not many people really dare to touch them.This is not cowardice, that is human life!

When normal people get angry, they can at most pick up what is at hand and give it to the other party.This is often not fatal and there is room for regret.But if he shoots the other party in a fit of anger, not to mention the legal responsibility, even if he survives, he will be shadowed by this murder for the rest of his life.

Few people are really treacherous and evil, and they will respect life.

"It's useless to say so much. Whether the authorities can let go is another matter. Even if they let go, the price must be ridiculously high. Whether we can afford it or not is another matter. Let's save food first."

The two wandered around the mountains for two or three hours in the middle of the night. After returning home, they drank a cup of hot milk tea and felt comfortable all over their bodies.

The goat milk used in this milk tea is produced by the ewes who just gave birth at home.The lamb doesn't eat much, and when the lamb is full, the rest will go to the family.

Not only can a family of three eat a bite, Lin Qian will also give some to the daughter-in-law of Uncle Liu's next door.

Ever since she was almost taken away by a kidnapper last time, she was hospitalized for three days for observation, and the Liu family even treated the pregnant woman as a baby. Now when they go out for a walk every night, at least two people follow them, and they never dare to let her go. She was singled out at any time.

In the evening of the next day, when the two of them were handing over to their grandfather, there was a noise at the door. Lin Qian asked his grandfather to go upstairs to rest. When he went out to open the door, it was his neighbor Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu still carried two baskets in his hand, one long basket was two meters long, and the other was a small round basket.It was empty inside, but the basket looked pretty, at least for Lin Qian's aesthetics.

"You are..."

"Didn't I make a few new baskets, and I sent you two. These days, my daughter-in-law always drinks your goat's milk, so it can't be for nothing?" With that said, Uncle Liu entered the yard and followed Lin Qian go inside.

"It's just a little goat's milk, how can you be so polite? It's really hard work for you to weave baskets."

It is true that there are not many people who know how to weave baskets now. Lin Qian took the basket from him, and it didn't prick his hands at all. It felt good in the hand, and the basket looked sturdy. It looked like the kind that could be used for a long time.

"Now the world is different from before. Let's say that your family has goat milk in the whole village, and your family has old people. If you can give it to me, I can't give it to me for nothing. I made this basket myself, and the materials are random. There are mountains, anyway, I have nothing to do when I'm free, so I can make up two and send them to your house. "

Opening the door and entering the room, Lin Qian put the basket in the corner, and took out melon seeds from under the coffee table to treat.

"This manual work is also valuable. At least I can't make it so good. My sister-in-law is going to be full-term in two more months, right?" Lin Qian asked casually.

Uncle Liu nodded: "It's almost there, but I don't know if this kid can stop."

"You can't say that, the baby hasn't been born yet." Lin Qian was always looking forward to a new life.

Uncle Liu's eyes were a little complicated, full of anticipation and worry: "Who knows, Xiaoying was terrified because of the human traffickers before. The doctor also said that whether it will affect the child or not depends on the postnatal examination. But now In this world, what else are you checking?"

Lin Qian didn't understand this. He had very little contact with women, let alone things like giving birth: "Then why don't I drive my sister-in-law to the county to check it out?"

Uncle Liu shook his head: "I don't want to check, my family doesn't have much trouble. If this child was in the past, even if there was something wrong, he would be born, and I would treat him for the famine at any cost. But in the past two years, I understand. , God does not give a good life, the field is dead, and the sun is so strong. If the child is born a sick seedling and cannot support him, he will not have this life if he dies. I also survived hard times. How can I support my child in this world? I know it well. My son and his wife are still young, not bad for this one."

How many people think that the next year will be better, and there are really few people who can think about things with the mood that they will not get better in the future.

However, Lin Qian still agreed with this idea.If it is a peaceful year, the prenatal checkup and screening must be on time. If a weak child is born, there is always a way to treat it. Now it is time to test the child's adaptability.

"You can't say that. Anyway, you can still check it now. There is no problem after the check. There is basically nothing wrong with the birth. I will spare some time tomorrow, and I will go to the hospital for a checkup. I have a bottom line in my heart." .”

Uncle Liu thought for a while and nodded: "You can give it away if you want. You can't refuse the money I gave you. You didn't collect the money last time. Now that gasoline purchase restrictions are so strict, it's not easy for you to refuel."

Although the price of oil has not risen much now, the amount of oil sold every day is limited, and the daily amount is sold out in about half an hour every day.

Therefore, there are even scalpers who specialize in reselling gasoline. At the peak, a liter of gasoline was fired to more than 200 yuan.

"That's fine."

The two chatted for a while, and Uncle Liu didn't go back until it was dark.

He Yangxuan was busy in the greenhouse, so Lin Qian sent Liu Shu away before going to find He Yangxuan in the greenhouse.

"What did you say?" He Yangxuan knew Lin Qian was coming when he heard footsteps.

"Uncle Liu sent me two baskets. I made them myself, and they are quite strong. We will pick vegetables and have something to put them in."

This is a new house, and the things used in the old house are basically thrown away.There is a small basket at home, which is used to pick up eggs. Usually, vegetables are usually packed in plastic bags, which is convenient for selling and convenient for storing in the refrigerator.

"You made it up yourself?"

"Actually, there are not many people who know this in the village now. My grandfather seems to be able to make it up, but it's been too long to remember, and our family rarely uses it. Uncle Liu is honest. His daughter-in-law drinks our goat milk. He really couldn't think of what to send, so he wove two baskets and sent them with good intentions."

He Yangxuan nodded after hearing this: "It's better than those who take advantage of the poor."

"Actually, what I fancy is that his family is going to have a child. I don't know why, but with a new life, I always feel that the last days are not so scary."

There is hope for having children. No matter what kind of desperate situation the human race is in, as long as it can still breed offspring, it is not too bad.

He Yangxuan recalled his grandfather's attitude towards his great-grandson with a sour taste: "You can't give birth again."

Lin Qian glanced at He Yangxuan and said with a smile, "You gave birth to me?"

He Yangxuan put down his work, stretched out his hand to hold Lin Qian down: "Are you letting me touch it, and you let me give birth? I've never heard of any family who gave birth alone."

"I've never seen two men who can have children." Lin Qian broke free from He Yangxuan's restraint.

He Yangxuan thought for a while, and smiled playfully: "What if you can give birth? Why don't we try it later?"

Lin Qian's face became hot, and he bent his knees to greet He Yangxuan's little brother: "Are you talking?"

He Yangxuan hurriedly pressed Lin Qian's leg, begged for mercy with a smile, "Okay, don't let me eat meat, and don't let me take advantage of it?"

"Eat less?" The two of them didn't do less shameless things.

He Yangxuan glanced down at Lin Qian: "I want to eat fat."

Lin Qian was afraid that the bastard would say something more, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, I don't like that other people have children and don't say they want to. Besides, children are not so easy to feed, they are not enough to worry about. I don't want it for free."

"No kidding, if my grandfather really wants to raise a great-great-grandson, will you provide it?"

"Why not raise it?" Lin Qian was quite calm, "Children are not only for being happy with the elderly, but also for the things we have saved all our lives, someone must inherit them, otherwise all cats and dogs will come to snatch them when they leave. You Forbearance? Don't say anything else."

Lin Qian glanced at He Yangxuan's chest: "Your ancestral jade pendant can't be buried in the ground with you as soon as you leave? You must find someone with good character to pass it on. This is the lifeline left by your ancestors. You have to leave it to someone else."

Lin Qian still believed in fate, so he was quite concerned about this kind of thing.

He Yangxuan thought about it several times, but he couldn't think of any solution, so he simply gave up.

"Let's go with fate. If we really meet a child who wants to support, we will support it. When we die, whoever gets to count. Anyway, we will be gone as soon as we kick our legs, so we can control so much."

The two never thought of having a child related by their own blood. As early as the moment they decided to be together, it was a promise to stay together for a lifetime.

As for the property of the two, that is still far away.The two are not yet 30 years old, and the future is still far away.

It is still too early to say about the inheritance and future of mankind, at least this is not what the two want to think about.Happiness right now is more important than anything else.

Two days later in the evening, Lin Qian took his neighbors and his wife to the county for a maternity checkup in his own minibread. Uncle Liu and his wife didn't follow, but stood at the door, watching the van leave, eyes full of anticipation.

He Yangxuan had nothing else to do, so he followed along, and the two of them stopped by to see what there was to buy in the city.I still have some cash left in my hand, but I just don't want to keep it.

Wang Ying touched her growing belly, the fetal movement was already very clear at this time, she could feel her child's mischievousness in her belly.

Already lost a child, this child is her hope right now.

People think differently from person to person.In this world, there are still quite a few people who think that children are everything.Even the partner around him doesn't care too much, he just wants a child, and then his future life will be centered on this child.

He Yangxuan didn't quite understand, but he turned his head to look at the pregnant woman, and said a word: "Are you pregnant with twins?"

Because the belly is really big, it's only seven months now, it looks bigger than a full-term baby.He Yangxuan didn't see much, but when he went to the hospital for examination, he could always see some pregnant women, so the size of the belly can be seen a little bit.

Liu Dongsheng sighed and said, "Isn't that just worrying about it? When I was hospitalized before, it was found to be one. Now that my stomach is so big, I always thought it might be because I was scared. Now I can only go and take a good look. "

I didn't even plan to see it at first, the transportation was inconvenient, and my family was really struggling.If the child is really sick, it's better to fend for itself.It's not cruel, it's just that the world is not good, if it is not a healthy child, it will be a disaster after birth.

He Yangxuan glanced at Lin Qian. How could Lin Qian understand this kind of thing? He concentrated on driving without responding.

After sending the person to the hospital, Lin Qian and the others went out first to do their own work.

Lin Qian went out of the county, opened the navigation downloaded in advance, and looked at the electronic map.

"Where are you going?" He Yangxuan asked.

"Grain and oil store." First determine the value of the current grain and grasp the market information, after all, we will have to sell vegetables in the future.

Driving all the way to the grain and oil store, there is a street nearby, and the whole street is full of grain and oil stores.As soon as Lin Qian reached the intersection, he saw a sign saying Government Grain Sales Office.There are many people on this street, and there are people coming in and out of every store, but this one has no people.

Both of them felt strange, He Yangxuan smiled and said, "Could it be that the ones sold here are too expensive, so they don't come here to buy?"

"It shouldn't be. It stands to reason that the country should control the price of food in this situation. Even if it can't be controlled, it should be the lower price that takes the lead in the name of the government." Lin Qian felt strange, stopped the car and unplugged it. He didn't rush in to ask for the car keys, but stopped a passerby to ask for clarification.

"Are you from the countryside? It's the busiest time at three or four in the morning. At the beginning, people from the government demanded that grain and oil not be sold too expensively, but every family had the previous price on the price list. When paying the bill, it was always It has doubled several times. I can’t control it anymore, so I opened a grain and oil store here with the same price as before. It’s just limited every day. Starting at [-] o’clock in the morning, all kinds of rice noodles are sold in limited quantities, and one person can’t buy too much .But the price is cheap, usually it will be sold out within half an hour after opening the door. If you can’t buy it, you still need to eat, so you can only buy those expensive ones.”

This area is rich in rice, even in the city, it is rare to buy and eat it on the spot. Basically, every household has a bag or two of rice in storage.As for the problem of cooking, the government will always find a way to solve it. Whether it is putting in fuel, or restoring natural gas and power supply, it is much more convenient than in remote rural areas.

Most of the rush to buy rice and oil is to stockpile more food for the family.

Most of the families in the county have homes in the countryside. The reason why many people stay in the city is that there is an opportunity to buy more supplies in the city, for fear that they will not be able to buy them in the future.

Thinking back and forth, both of them figured it out.Walk into a grain and oil store at random, and there are two or three people in the store at this time.There is an aunt in her fifties who is bargaining with the boss.

In the past, the grain and oil stores were placed in a row from the entrance to the inside for selection, but now they are all placed in the counter.Whoever buys it, they are now selling it now.Because of the high selling price, few people buy it in bags or barrels.

Lin Qian didn't ask too many questions, because there was a price list next to it, and all the current prices were written on it.

Lin Qian took a cursory look, then turned to look at He Yangxuan.

Money is really worthless now.Rice, which used to cost two or three yuan a catty, has now risen to 50 yuan a catty, and cooking oil is also sold by the catty. Just look at the shelves, and you can even see some pre-packaged soybean oil in a catty package.

In the end, the aunt picked and bought three catties of rice and two catties of soybean oil, and left unwillingly.

The other two also started talking about what they wanted to buy.Lin Qian and He Yangxuan were optimistic about the price, so they didn't stay too long, turned around and went out.

"Let's collect food when we sell things in the future. It's quite valuable now. As long as it doesn't get moldy and doesn't depreciate, it will be worth money in the next two or three years."

The two of them knew very well that as long as the food was stored in He Yangxuan's space, they would not be afraid of spoilage at all.