Doomsday Grain

The things that worry the country will naturally not affect ordinary people.

As an ordinary person, it is actually a kind of satisfaction to be able to see the food in front of you and not die of hunger or exhaustion.

Some people have said that being greedy is because you have it.Those who are greedy for money are because they still have money in their pockets, and those who are greedy for power are because they have already embarked on this path.But the human beings who are currently facing a reshuffle, facing the crisis of survival, all they want is to survive.

A batch of fresh vegetables had matured, most of which were sold to government purchasers, and a small part were sold to merchants who contacted him privately.In addition to eating at home, there are still some leftovers.Grandpa picked up a small part of it, and the rest, except for those poor families with few people who had some relationship and whose life was not easy, Lin Qian listed the rest for sale.

It’s not too expensive to sell. For spinach, which has a short growth cycle, it only costs two catties of grain per catty, which is half the price of selling it to merchants. Even so, there are still only a handful of people in the village who are willing to buy it. Those who are willing to buy are mostly those who have some good things at home.

If it was the first half of the year, the atmosphere in the village was relatively relaxed.Because the shortage of food is a good thing for farmers, the more fierce the price of food rises, the more it is for farmers to be taken care of by the God of Wealth.But the premise of all this is that crops can be harvested from the ground.

If there is no harvest in the field, then facing the predicament at this time, their life is no better than that in the city, or even worse.

Several times, the villagers shared the diesel oil and went to the city by tractor to buy grain, but each person brought back not much grain.The price of food in the county has gone crazy, which is too much of a luxury for those who are either poor or thrifty.

Last year, many families sold their grain and got used to food and clothing. Even many rural people no longer store grain. Even if there are many people in the family, they can keep at most two bags of rice and one bag of noodles. After eating, they can go to the grain and oil store in the village to buy them. , Change all the rest into money and save it for interest.Now the money is worthless, but the food is getting less and less.

Some people have already started to eat corn. The brigade has a generator. Take the generator to the rice milling machine in the village, grind a few bags of corn at a time, and put it back home, which can increase some confidence. As for gasoline, Naturally, it is equally shared by everyone.

Lin Qian and He Yangxuan usually went to bed at five or six o'clock in the morning, and woke up around two or three o'clock in the afternoon.The rest of the time is the rest time for the two, watching movies and reading books, cultivating sentiment, and killing time.

During this period of time, grandpa basically won't come over. At most, he will cook a meal at night and ask people to come down to eat. It's a shift, and then grandpa will go upstairs to sleep.

The two had just woken up, lying on the bed shamelessly, when they heard grandpa knocking on the door.

Grandpa's good habit of knocking on the door was developed by He Yangxuan.In the past, grandpa never knocked on the door when he entered the house, until He Yangxuan reminded grandpa that the two of them are a serious couple now, if they open the door sometime and come in and see what they are doing, wouldn't it be a little too exciting for the old man?

In this way, leaving such a sentence alone is more effective than ten or a hundred sentences. After that, I never saw my grandfather push the door and went in.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qian pushed He Yangxuan's face.

"It's quite bright in the south, and it looks like it's on fire. I'm not worried. Are you up? Get up and come out and take a look."

The two looked at each other and began to get dressed in a hurry.

Lin Qian moved quickly and went over to open the door.Grandpa looked at He Yangxuan who was still putting on clothes behind him, with complicated eyes, he said: "Come out and have a look, I watched for a while, the light in the south is getting bigger and bigger, and the wind is blowing outside, it seems to be blowing towards us .I'm not sure, but don't burn our mountain."

Water and fire are ruthless, this is no small matter.

Lin Qian went downstairs, walked out of the yard, walked a few steps to the west, and went up a slope.This side originally belonged to the corner, and the terrain was high, so standing here just happened to be the farthest you could see.

There is a fiery red light in the mountains to the south. Even at a distance of tens of miles, one can still see the flames soaring into the sky over there.The nearby mountains are connected one after another. Looking at the current wind direction, Grandpa is not unreasonable to be worried.

He Yangxuan then followed up, stood beside Lin Qian, and looked at the sky. At this moment, the sun outside was still scorching hot. Even though the two of them stood under the shade of a tree, they could still feel the heat of the air.

"It's no wonder the fire is on in such a hot day."

"Tell me, can the fire come here?" Lin Qian asked.

"Xuan. It is said that there has been no wind for more than ten days, and the wind direction today is blowing towards us. If the fire cannot be controlled, it is really possible to come over." He Yangxuan has never worked in forestry, so this can only be guessed by himself.

"I don't think so, we can't just sit still, we have to make some preparations."

Lin Qian went down the slope and walked home.

"Cut the fire belt?" He Yangxuan asked.

"Stupid is a little stupid, but this is also safe." Cutting firebreaks is the simplest and most practical forest fire prevention measure. The fire has already started over there, and whether it can come here or not, we must prepare as soon as possible.

Grandpa stood at the door and opened the door to welcome the two grandsons in.On the road from the gate to the gate, shelves are set up and sunshade nets are placed. Usually, the sun will not be burned by the sun, so it is okay to walk during the day.

"My lord, I don't know many people in the village. You can find [-] people for me in a while, and we will go up the mountain to chop trees and cut grass. Each person who comes here will give ten catties of rice, and try to cut out a fire belt within two hours."

Grandpa also knows how to prevent fire, so he understood what he said, nodded and said: "Then I'll call someone, you go up the mountain with Xiaoxuan and prepare to go down."

He Yangxuan's space can carry a lot of things and save energy, so the two must first go to the mountain to put things away to prevent people from being suspicious.

Lin Qian nodded, put on a big hat that could shade the sun for grandpa, and handed him the umbrella at the same time: "The sun is quite strong outside, so please be careful, I will go up the mountain with Wenxuan first."

The name Wenxuan was because He Yangxuan felt that Lin Qian was too alien to call him by his name, so he picked up the old name and asked Lin Qian to call him.

Grandpa went out, and the two had a brief discussion before driving the off-road vehicle and heading straight up the mountain.

As soon as the car drove out of the village, Lin Qian hesitated and asked He Yangxuan to turn around and go to the owner's house of the mountain next to his own.If the fire comes over, you will pass his family's mountain first, so you have to prepare, it is best for both of them to prepare.

When they were Baoshan before, they got to know each other a little bit. Lin Qian had only been to his house once, and he was not familiar with him. At most, he knew the door.

Lin Qian held an umbrella and stood at the door to knock, but when he touched the door, he was burned.After being exposed to the sun, there is no door that is not hot. When I was at home, I used my sleeves to open the door during the day. Now I am in a hurry to forget.

Or someone in the house heard the sound, so they went out with an umbrella to have a look.

"What's wrong?" It was his daughter-in-law who came out.

"The mountain in the south is on fire, and it's windy now. I'm afraid it will burn our side. I'm going to cut a firebreak on the mountain just in case. Your family should also be a part of it. If the fire can't be controlled, it can really come over!" Lin Qian held the umbrella, it was windy that day, and the umbrella was really not easy to support.

The man heard it clearly, and looked to the south. The terrain here is not particularly high, and he can only see some red light.

"Thank you, I'll tell my guy, sorry for the trouble."

Lin Qian didn't go in either, and when the words were brought, it was considered as the utmost benevolence and righteousness.

Lin Qian turned back and got into the car. His arm had just been exposed to the sun, and it was a little red to the touch.He Yangxuan took out the aloe vera gel from the space and handed it over. Lin Qian put it on and thought about the possibility of getting sunburned while working, so he simply wiped all the exposed skin, and then applied the sunscreen again.

He Yangxuan had nothing to do with the car, so Lin Qian did it for him.

The two got ready and went up the mountain together.

This mountain was planted when the farmland was converted to forests, so it is not messy, and it is not difficult for an off-road vehicle to drive up.Driving into the boundary line between the two mountains, there is a gap between the two mountains. Standing in the middle is like a gap, and the distance between them is only more than ten meters. If the next door catches fire, there is indeed a risk of a fire here.

The more than ten meters of open space should also be cleared, and there should be no weeds, and then cut out a 40-meter-wide firebreak on my own side, and there will be no problem at all.

Lin Qian cooperated with He Yangxuan, using a ruler to measure the distance on the mountain and mark out a piece of land.Then He Yangxuan took out three chainsaws and a few scythes from the space, put sunscreen, aloe vera gel, some food and ice water in the car, and started to use the scythes to mark out an area and start mowing grass.

The popularity of the Lin family in the village is actually not that good.If you change to someone with a good relationship, you may not need to ask for any compensation at all, and many people will come to help you without compensation.But Lin Qian didn't care about this. Even for him, it was more cost-effective to pay the price every time without any emotional entanglement. After all, favors are always the most difficult to repay in this world.

The price Lin Qian gave was absolutely high at this time, especially for those families who were about to eat up their rice or even had already eaten up their rice. They picked twenty strong men and went up the mountain together.

Two more tractors were hired to pull people into the car, so as to save as little time as possible.

As soon as Lin Qian and the two of them drew out a circle of fire belts, people came and hurriedly arranged the work. The trees that should be cut down, the grass that should be mowed, what is required is that the soil on the ground should be exposed, and a little bit of rotten grass should be exposed. After a while, the tree is cut down, and after the tree is dragged away, nothing is left in this area except the stump.

Although the amount of work is huge, with the addition of Lin Qian and the two of them, there are a total of 22 big men. It is not too strenuous to do it. The only difficulty is that the weather is too hot. Lin Qian gave everyone a bottle of half-frozen ice water , If it’s too hot, take two sips to cool down.

Now the village has power outages every three days, and many people's refrigerators have lost their function. At this time, it is very rare to be able to drink a sip of cold water.

I'm busy here. The trees on the mountain have actually been felled on a large scale before, and all the trees that were cut down were dead trees.Many places on the mountain are now bald. Except for those dead trees that have not been cut, there are not many living trees left, and there are not many trees to be cut here.The trouble now is to clean up these felled trees and transport them away in a short time. Simply cutting them down does not work.

Lin Qian and He Yangxuan didn't work so hard for some days, and the temperature was hot and they were sweating profusely.Lin Qian poured himself two sips of water. This side was in the mountains, and he couldn't see the situation to the south, so he didn't know where the fire was.

At the same time, there was another bun family in the village. At this time, the couple were still discussing whether to find someone to cut the fire belt.After all, the weather and the direction of the wind are really uncertain.

"Don't bother. The forest fire is a major event, and we must control the fire first. Besides, even if it burns over, the mountain ahead of us must have cut down the firebreak, so we don't have to worry about it."

The man's daughter-in-law heard it and thought it made sense.Besides, in this kind of weather, no one wants to go out. It seems unethical to force others to help cut firebreaks, and it is easy to complain.

Just don't think about it.

In most cases, things didn't happen to me, and I would never think that I would be so unfortunate.

Lin Qian and He Yangxuan removed the power grid and put it in a little bit. Then, when the finishing work started here, they went inside to re-measure the length and reinstall the grid device, also to avoid future troubles.

The installation equipment is ready-made, and the previous construction workers have already fixed the installation, so it is very convenient to disassemble.

When the two of them finished their work and returned to the fire belt, they had already handled it well.

Lin Qian and He Yangxuan commanded the crowd to shovel and clean the weeds on the ground. It was difficult to see a single leaf in the entire firebreak. The distance of the firebreak was close to 50 meters. I believe that no matter how big the fire was, it would not be able to spread. come here.

After finishing everything, it took nearly two hours to add a piece before and after, and finally the fire belt was ready.

The car drove into the village and went to Lin Qian's house first. Grandpa distributed the packed rice to everyone.This kind of reward is different from purely helping.Those who are purely helping are people who ask for it, and those who give compensation are the bosses, and there are still big differences between them.

For example, now that everyone has received their salary, their emotions are written on their faces, and their affection for Lin Qian has also increased a lot.

Lin Qian and He Yangxuan gave each of them an aloe vera gel.This thing is not just a cosmetic, it has a certain therapeutic effect on sunburn, burns and so on.Aloe vera itself is a plant with high medicinal value, which is still very useful in this climate.

The 20 people all brought their own umbrellas, but Lin Qian and the two of them still drove the 20 people home one by one.On the way to send someone off, I discovered through the car window that the flames were really burning.

At this time, the contractor on the mountain next door to Lin Qian's house couldn't even control the sun, so he hurried out of the house, got into his car, kicked the accelerator and ran towards his mountain.At this time, the flames hadn't reached the mountain of his house, but judging by the speed of the spread, it took half an hour at most.But it was too late to prepare at this time.

Lin Qian and the two of them sent everyone home and drove up the mountain again. Each of them carried a fire extinguisher and stood by the fire belt that had just been packed.If there is a big fire, if the wind blows over something burning, it can be extinguished with a fire extinguisher in time.

A big fire stretched several mountains, and I don't know how much despair it contains.

There is not much firewood this year, and this fire...

Perhaps for the time being this year, everyone will benefit.It is impossible for the fire to burn everything clean, and there will always be some charred wood on the surface.One or two households could not use these logs, and the Forestry Bureau was unlikely to intervene, so they distributed them to the villagers nearby.

What about next year?If it is the coming year, will there still be no harvest in the field?

What about the next year?

What about the future?

Lin Qian looked at his own mountain. The most surviving trees were still pine trees. This kind of tree was very adaptable.If there are no hard problems such as fires, I believe that after waiting for ten or twenty years, the lush greenery of the past can be restored.

But this kind of tree is also the most afraid of fire.Especially the pine tree species planted on the mountain here is a pine tree with extremely high oil content. Once it is ignited, the possibility of extinguishing it is very low.And after a pine tree in the forest is ignited, the surrounding pine trees will also be ignited soon.

So we must be optimistic, and we must not let any sparks fly over.

The two waited for an hour, and the billowing smoke was already very obvious.

Looking at the distance of the thick smoke, one can deduce that the adjacent mountain has already been half burned.

Just looking at the thick smoke, Lin Qian could feel the despair in the contractor's heart.

Most of the people who build mountains are not for the trees in the mountains that are used to make timber, but to use the forest to develop sideline business.Such as raising livestock, or cultivating fungi.Sitting on the precious land of the black land, as long as you have an active mind, you will have no worries about food and money at any time.After such a fire, the hope of the whole family may be lost.

He Yangxuan felt the people around him trembling slightly, holding the fire extinguisher in one hand, He Yangxuan hugged Lin Qian with the other: "There is me."

"It's really hot." Lin Qian's tone was quite calm.He Yangxuan knew that being able to speak like this in this state just proved that Lin Qian was extremely nervous.

"We have prepared everything that should be prepared. It is useless to think so much. We are not afraid of burning, even if everything is burned, we have nothing to lose."

Originally, this place was used to cover up the materials in He Yangxuan's space. Even if there was no mountain, there was no cover, and if they were discovered, and there was a basement at home, it would still be able to fool them by telling them.

It's just that without this piece of land on the mountain, there is no way to grow fruits.After eating fruit at home, there is no need to hide it.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the thick smoke got closer and closer until I saw the fire.

The sound of a fire truck came, and not long after, a fire truck jolted over.Before Lin Qian could react, a group of fire officers and soldiers had already got out of the car, quickly prepared their equipment, raised their water guns and got ready, and they all turned on when they heard the command, watching the water continuously sprinkled on the mountain next to Lin Qian's house.

Only then did Lin Qian realize that it was the firefighters.

After the land got wet, he turned his direction so that the water line was directly facing the burning flames, but facing the raging fire, it was obviously not a drop in the bucket.

The two of them held the fire extinguisher in their hands, looked at each other, and threw the fire extinguisher aside. At this time, this shit doesn't work anymore.

The sound of a plane came from the sky, Lin Qian raised his head, and soon two helicopters flew over and flew up, two ropes came down, and several firefighters slid down from the plane.

He Yangxuan asked a firefighter beside him: "How long have you been fighting this fire?"

At this time, the firefighters were all consciously supporting themselves, and said: "We were trying to rescue them from the beginning, but the current weather conditions are too bad, and the fire spread is really uncontrollable. We have tried digging fire ditches before, but it is still difficult under this wind." Now the wind is weaker and the sky is getting darker. Although it is more difficult to put out the fire, it is easier to prevent the spread. This is your home mountain, right? It is quite common sense that the firebreak was created so quickly."

At this time, the two were also very happy.

After the firefighters on the helicopter landed, the rope was retracted, and the plane circled twice over the fire and began to spray fire extinguishing agent.Two helicopters sprayed from outside to inside around the flames, billowing black smoke and white mist mixed together for a while, it was very lively.

For forest fires, especially when pine trees are in the majority, the possibility of extinguishing such a fire is very small. We can only try to prevent it from spreading, and then think of more ways.

Ten minutes later, the helicopter left, and several gunshots were heard. Lin Qian and He Yangxuan didn't understand, and it was difficult to ask for fear of affecting the firefighters.

The flames were still expanding and burning towards this side. The fire brigade got news and reminded Lin Qian and the two to get back into the car first.

The two cooperated very well. They returned to the car and watched the firefighters and soldiers busy. They couldn't help at this time, and it was the most correct action not to cause trouble.

"Why did you let us get in the car?" Back in the car, Lin Qian asked He Yangxuan in a low voice.

"It should be artificial rain, didn't you hear the gunfire just now?" He Yangxuan himself also guessed, but now looking at the situation, he guessed very close to ten.

"Why didn't artificial rain fall during the drought before?" Lin Qian just said that casually, not complaining, but just thinking it was a solution.

"Artificial rainfall does not fall just as soon as it is said, and certain conditions are required. I remember I read a webpage before, which seemed to say that the conditions for raining over forest fires are met, but it has not reached the critical point. At this time, artificial rainfall is just right. Yes, it is also a means of extinguishing the fire."

"So we should be fine here." Lin Qian looked at the billowing smoke, "If the fire brigade can't do anything, it's God's will."

Do your best and obey the destiny.Water and fire have never been merciless, but humans have not been extinct because of this.

The long-lost rain finally arrived, and the pouring rain quickly stopped the momentum of the fire, and it finally subsided under the gazes of many people.

It is impossible to extinguish the fire for a while, and the flames will burn for a long time.But now it is no longer spreading, which means that the surrounding mountains and even the residents on the side of the mountains are safe.

Lin Qian breathed a sigh of relief, slumped on his seat, and turned to look at He Yangxuan.

Although it shows that he knows that his life will not be harmed, he still has a sense of luck that he will survive the catastrophe.The two looked at each other and smiled, He Yangxuan leaned over, pulled Lin Qian and exchanged a kiss.

"God really loves us." He Yangxuan's voice was full of uncontrollable joy.

"It's what we did that saved us."

The flames had spread to the edge, and if it wasn't for the rain, a gust of wind might have blown by and sparks would have brought the fire over.This firebreak was not dug in vain, and the preservation of our own forest has a lot to do with the perseverance of the firefighters.