Doomsday Grain

The flame has stopped spreading, and it is unlikely that the remaining part that has been ignited will be extinguished. The next step is to enter the stage of extinguishing the fire.

The rain didn't last long. Although it was heavy, it only lasted for half an hour.Half an hour later, although the flames were much smaller, they did not stop.

That night, the two of Lin Qian went back to the village to rest. Although their work and rest schedules were different from the usual ones, they were very nervous after a busy afternoon. After returning home at ten o'clock in the evening, the two of them fell on the bed and fell asleep.

Waking up early the next morning, Lin Qian quickly opened the curtains and looked out.Although the wall is high, the mountains in the distance can still be seen, and the fiery red can still be seen under the billowing smoke.Throughout the night, the flames were still burning, but it could be seen that it did not spread to his home.

The two came back to rest last night with the feeling that the flames could be extinguished at night. If they knew that the fire was so tenacious, they would not be so worried that they would go home and sleep.

He Yangxuan was still awake, so Lin Qian went over to shake him awake.He Yangxuan sat up sleepily, while Lin Qian was sitting by the bed and putting on his pants.

"What's wrong?"

"Go to the other side of the mountain and have a look, the fire hasn't gone out yet."

"It's been half a day and one night." He Yangxuan regained consciousness and began to put on his clothes.

The two washed up briefly, and drove over without even having breakfast.It was okay to see their own mountain on the road, and the two drove directly to the fire area further away.

When we got closer, we could still see a few fire trucks, and some firefighters were pulling the hoses of water guns to put out the fire inside.

In the dry season, it is very difficult to get water nearby. Most of the rivers are dry, so we can only use underground well water to provide water for fire engines.

At this time, the sun was not too hot, and there were some spectators around the mountain, including those from Lin Qian's village.Lin Qian reached out first, and the sunlight was not bad, and it didn't hurt, so he got out of the car with He Yangxuan and went to the crowd center to inquire about the situation.

"Such a big fire can't be extinguished at all. We can only extinguish the sparks after the fire is over." An older person in the crowd said.

"I don't know how it started, maybe someone went up the mountain to dig vegetables and throw cigarette butts."

"There is nothing else but this. No one goes to the grave at this time. This fire is really a sight to behold. It will not recover in ten or twenty years."

"There must be saplings to plant. The salty rain in the spring, the big trees can still persist, but the small saplings can't support them at all. This fire has killed so many people, I can't see it."

The two stood behind and listened for a while, and saw someone coming from the other side, not someone else, but the contractor of this mountain.He mainly uses the natural climate to grow fungus on the mountain, that is, artificially planted and wild-grown fungus.By the way, I will also keep some bees, and I have made a lot of money in the past few years.Although the weather is not good this year, there is still some harvest, so there is no harvest in the field this year, but they are not in a hurry.But right now, a big fire is gone.

"It's for nothing! All these years have been for nothing!" The woman walked beside the man, staring at the billowing smoke in a daze.

Over the past year, the couple have been trying their best to protect the fungus from the sun and replenish water every day. They only waited for a better price in autumn when the food doubled again.Now that the breeding base is burned down, the bee hives are probably also burned down.

Even if there is fungus stockpiling at home, the future harvest is cut off right now.

The man sighed deeply, looked up and saw Lin Qian, feeling a little complicated.He didn't regret it at all, his guts were full of regret.

"It's all burned..." This was the first sentence the man said to Lin Qian.

Lin Qian didn't know what to say.In fact, there was only one mountain bun shop in the village, and it was the one made by Lin Qian. He used to be a chicken farmer and raised chickens on the mountain.Later, there was chicken plague, and they couldn't afford it, so they sold them all. Originally, they planned to get some fungi to make a living, but when Lin Qian returned to the village, he transferred them to Lin Qian.

The mountain covered by this man's house had always been covered by other villages, so when He Yangxuan asked him, Lin Qian said that there was only one mountain near the village that could cover it.

In the past, his family used to grow fungus wrapped in mushrooms in a greenhouse.I sold it for a few years and made some money. I heard that Duan fungus sells better. I started to make this mountain the year before last. As a result, I made half more money in one year than in previous years.Last year, we just started to expand the scale. In order to save expenses and save energy, we stopped the fungus-packed fungus and expanded the breeding area of ​​fungus again and again.

I thought that most of the investment would be recovered in one year this year, but I didn't expect to lose everything.

"No one would have thought that the fire could be so big." Lin Qian couldn't think of any words of comfort. Seeing the husband and wife like this, he felt sore and flustered.

When the woman saw Lin Qian, she broke down and cried, "I should listen to you! If you cut out the firebreak early, you may not be able to burn it! After more than three hours, two firebreaks were also cut out! Why are you so lazy and feel that the fire can't be burned!"

Wiping her tears, the woman slapped her husband twice: "You say I will listen to you! You insist that the fire can't be burned, and you can cut down the mountain in front of you! Can't you say that! Where did the fire come from?" !"

The man opened his mouth to refute, but couldn't find anything to say. He sighed heavily and didn't say anything else.

"The fire is already over, so it's useless to talk so much. You two are a family after all, so you should discuss what to do later." Lin Qian said, "It's burning, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the mountain is useless. I think Think of a way to raise others in the future, can a living person be suffocated by urine?"

The man's mouth was blistered, he looked at the mountain, then at Lin Qian, with a puzzled expression on his face: "I know you are a college student and know a lot of things, can you help me think about what else can be used on this mountain?" ?”

Lin Qian was stumped by this, and thought about it: "I don't know much, but the government must have talents in this field. If there is such a big fire here, you can apply for help from the government and the Forestry Bureau. This mountain is originally a national Yes, the country can’t ignore it. By the way, mountain grapes! Mountain grapes are quite resistant to salt and alkali, and mountain grapes are famous for making wine, so you don’t have to worry about sales at any time. Of course, that’s all I’m saying, and you guys think it’s an idea.”

Lin Qian planted some grapes on his own mountain, and He Yangxuan also put some wine-making tools in his space.He himself really has the idea of ​​brewing all kinds of wine and selling them.After all, tobacco and alcohol are hard currencies no matter when they are.

Hearing this, the man became more energetic: "That's right, the fire is on fire, so I have to find a way."

Life has to go on, the previous advantages are gone, and now we have to make up our minds as soon as possible.

The flames were not officially extinguished until after one o'clock in the afternoon. A large number of firefighters began to walk in the burned forest, holding fire extinguishers.

This will continue for two days until it is completely confirmed that there is no more Mars on the mountain.

Lin Qian was lucky, the flames just reached the edge of their mountain and stopped spreading, which had a lot to do with the fact that they cut out the fire belt.This incident really made the villagers take a look at Lin Qiangao, he really had a long-term vision.

After all, when he discovered the fire, the burning mountain was still far away from their home mountain, and no one else would think that the fire could burn over.

But Lin Qian had the guts to spend a lot of money and hire [-] people to cut out a fire belt in two hours to prepare for a rainy day.

Compared with the owner of another mountain, Lin Qian's foresight was well highlighted.

Originally, Lin Qian had the aura of a college student, but later he "went bankrupt" and became a joke among the villagers, but now, this idea has changed again.

In the next few days, there were many visitors at home, talking about a lot of nonsense, and at the end, they returned to a topic like a foot wrap - Lin Qian's marriage.

Not to mention Lin Qian, Grandpa was getting annoyed.But where Lin Qian likes girls, at this time, grandpa always chooses a girl to meet Lin Qian, but the premise is that Lin Qian likes to lead a girl, even if the relatives say that the girl is like a fairy. Lin Qian is useless here!He Yangxuan's jealousy was bubbling here, Lin Qian watched his grandfather shielding him, so he didn't take it to heart, but when He Yangxuan saw that Lin Qian didn't care at all, the jealousy became stronger.

It's a strange feeling to say kiss.The young man from other people's family is almost [-] and he is so anxious if he is not married. Why is he, the old Lin family, hiding so far away?

Even if they don't want to, if someone else listens to what they say, they will make do with letting the two parties meet to get to know each other.

But as far as the Lin family is concerned, they don't let go of their mouths. The protagonist finally went downstairs, and when he asked, his head shook like a rattle.

This is not to say kiss to the young man, in the whole ancient times, it is useless to say kiss to the eldest girl of Yuanwailang's family.

As a result, just a few months after Lin Qian's previous topic of "bankruptcy" ended, the matter of marriage became a topic of discussion again.

I'm going to be out of production this year, and I still have to live on.No more busy farming, no need to go out to work.The supply of electricity began to be limited, and the electricity was only supplied at night during the day, so the only entertainment left was chatting with each other.

There were different opinions about Lin Qian's marriage.Some people say that if you don't get married at such an age, you are sick.But when I think about it, those who are really sick should be more afraid of being said, plus the conditions are so good, they must marry a wife early, even if they are rich, there will be girls who are willing to marry.

Some people also said that Lin Qian had a high vision and looked down on girls in the village, but he had never heard of anyone dating before when he worked in the city.

After all these gossips, some people finally thought whether Lin Qian was a rabbit who liked men. If someone said it, some people believed it. Slowly, the village was full of people saying that Lin Qian liked men.Although most people took it as a joke, after all, many people who came to say kisses were shut down. It was a bit of a vent to say this, but it spread, and no one came to say kisses again. (Rabbit: originally refers to male prostitutes, later a derogatory term for gay men)

Lin Qian's family also breathed a sigh of relief.

But having said that, too many people did die last year and this year.

Many have lost children, partners.Coupled with the fact that there is no production in the field, life is even more difficult, and the widowed people are also eager to find someone to live with.Recently, there have been a lot of people coming to Lin Qian's house to talk about their relatives, and there are also a lot of people talking nonsense.

Grandpa also learned from them that there were five or six new couples in the village. Although they were all married twice, their days were getting better.

During the plague, many women died, so not to mention marriageable girls, widows in the village became tight.

"Finally no one came to say kiss today." In the evening, He Yangxuan lay on the window and said sourly.

Lin Qian glanced over and said with a smile, "What? Waiting to find you too?"

"What's it called?"

Lin Qian laughed, walked over and knelt on his buttocks with his knee: "Tell me you've got too many kisses, and you alone can't get sour in the pickling vinegar jar. All right, let's go downstairs and do some work, we'll be there later." I have to go up the mountain to see."

Since the fire, the two have resumed a routine similar to that of their grandfather, except that they will go up the mountain for two hours at night, and then come back to wash and sleep.I go to bed around [-] o'clock almost every day, and wake up a little later in the morning.

"Is the relatives in our village so good?" He Yangxuan said the words that have been lingering in his heart for the past few days.

"Not only in our village, but in the whole country. No matter how we talk about development, in fact, most people in our country take marriage too seriously. Not to mention the people, TV dramas and even the Spring Festival Gala will give people a sense of life in this life. The impression that life is incomplete if you don’t get married or have children. The general environment is like this, so don’t blame them for worrying about getting married.”

Lin Qian understood, but he would not accommodate.This kind of talkative and door-to-door kissing is naturally treated with courtesy. After all, if they talk about kissing, they are not bad in their eyes.But if someone was really aggressive, Lin Qian would not be polite.

It's still the same old saying, what Lin Qian likes to do is none of other people's business.

He Yangxuan thought about it, leaned back, leaned directly against Lin Qian, and said with a smile: "This is not completely wrong. At least if I haven't married you in my life, my life will not be complete."

Lin Qian directly strangled He Yangxuan's neck with one hand: "Who are you marrying? Who are you marrying? How dare you talk about marrying me even if you live in my house?"

"Isn't it okay to be married?" He Yangxuan grabbed Lin Qian's arm to protect his neck.

"You?" Lin Qian tightened his arms, raised his knees and punched him a few times, "You're all married into my family, and you're still talking to me?"

He Yangxuan repeatedly begged for mercy, but Lin Qian finally let go of his hand. He Yangxuan turned his head, looked at Lin Qian and said with a smile, "Why do you think we two big men are entangled in this?"

"Whoever you are, you're married if you enter my house!" Lin Qian glanced at him and said firmly.

"Tsk tsk, you make it sound as if you really thought I was married to Ming Media, are we married yet?"

As soon as He Yangxuan's words came out, both of them fell silent.Because they knew that for the two of them, such a thing as a wedding was impossible in this life.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit stagnant, He Yangxuan hurriedly laughed and said, "Is there nothing to say? Why did I follow you, such a little heartless person? Followed you without a name, and you still run on me every day!"

No matter how this sounded like a resentful woman, Lin Qian really laughed: "It's alright, you've never finished getting skinny, right? Let's go downstairs, grandpa's dinner might be ready by this time."

Pulling He Yangxuan down the stairs, at the door He Yangxuan suddenly pulled him back, went up and took a bite.

Just such a vicious kiss, not entangled at all, just one kiss and it's over.

"I'm telling the truth." He Yangxuan said, "Being with you is the happiest thing in my life."

People say that when a man chases the person he likes, affection will fade away with time.Some will break up or cheat because of the loss of freshness, while some will turn this passion into family love and stay together for a lifetime.

He Yangxuan has a unique style of painting, after being together for a long time, the love talk becomes more and more like it doesn't need money.

Hearing such words from someone he likes, how could Lin Qian not be moved, turned his eyes away, and turned his mind twice, Lin Qian turned his head and looked at He Yangxuan: "Me too."

He Yangxuan's smile bloomed from the corners of his eyes. He didn't know how to cherish Lin Qian to enjoy it, so he kissed him twice more. Lin Qian reminded him to go downstairs. Once he went out, He Yangxuan put away that obscene expression, and went down to Lin Qian in a serious manner. building.

This made Lin Qian feel a little guilty.

"Are you hungry? It's simmering in the pot, and it will be ready in ten minutes." Grandpa was watching a video on the DVD player downstairs.The old man's eyesight is not very good, he can't read his notebook like Lin Qian and the others, but he still enjoys watching the big TV.

The two were really not hungry. Lin Qian sat beside his grandfather, watching the Kangxi Dynasty on TV, and grabbed a handful of melon seeds on the coffee table.

He Yangxuan took out an empty fruit plate from the space, and put washed fruits on it one by one.

Lin Qian picked up an orange and peeled it. He Yangxuan stretched his head over and opened his mouth just after peeling it. Lin Qian fed him a piece of orange, and his grandfather coughed softly.

Lin Qian brought another slice of orange to Grandpa's mouth, but Grandpa tilted his head and refused to eat it at all.

Lin Qian turned to look at He Yangxuan, but He Yangxuan didn't look at Lin Qian, and leaned on the sofa to enjoy the orange in his mouth.

Lin Qian stretched out the orange, but He Yangxuan hated that it wasn't for him.

Lin Qian looked at the orange petals, seeing how pitiful it was: "I don't even want you, you're like a dog."

Then Lin Qian enjoyed the doubles treatment of his grandfather and grandson.

More than half a month later, Lin Qian went to the Liu's next door twice to deliver some goat milk, and also to check on Wang Ying's situation.

Now Wang Ying's stomach is really big and scary, and the fetus is also very active. Wang Ying herself is in a good mood, but her husband and in-laws are very nervous.

Lin Qian inquired about the expected date of delivery, and planned to free up those few days to send the pregnant woman to the county to give birth.

Ansheng at home had been in for half a month, and no one had said anything about their relationship. Before he let go of this tone, someone came to the family again.

The one who came back this time was a relatively unfamiliar relative, the fourth aunt who had met once before.

Last time, when Lin Qian's family was building a house and holding banquets, she was the one who brought Lin Qian the news about Lin Qian's mother.

When Lin Qian went downstairs, he saw that she hadn't reacted at first, so he looked at her and thought for a while.

"you are……"

"Qianqian! Did you forget? I'm your fourth aunt." She stood up first, looked at Lin Qian, and smiled enthusiastically.

"Ah, I remembered. Why did you come here?" Lin Qian couldn't open his mouth when he suddenly called her that.

"What else can I do?" Fourth Aunt smiled, not in a hurry to speak.

In fact, if he didn't speak, his intention was obvious.They hadn't had any contact for so many years, and when they came to the door suddenly, the purpose was not only for Lin Qian's own mother, but also for other reasons.

But if it was really for Lin Qian's mother, it would be strange. Lin Qian's mother has Lin Qian's contact information. Even at this time, as long as the mobile phone signal is connected, Lin Qian's mother will keep calling regularly The call came, why is the fourth aunt coming to the door at this moment?

Lin Qian walked over and sat two people away from the fourth aunt. The fourth aunt felt the alienation from him, but it was not surprising, after all, they were not familiar with each other.

However, there are some things that can only be said by people who are not familiar with them, because someone who is familiar with them hurts their feelings.

In this world, there are too many people who take advantage of unfamiliarity and the other party's embarrassment.

"It looks stronger than last year. How about raising people in the countryside. It's convenient to live in the city, but I don't usually move or exercise. I have to do a lot of work in the village to make my body stronger."

She spoke intimately, and Lin Qian felt that it was not a good thing for her to come here, so he cut to the chase and said, "I haven't seen you come here usually, do you have something to say this time?"

Seeing that Lin Qian spoke so directly, the fourth aunt didn't know where to start, so she gathered her thoughts and said:

"I don't know if you've heard that your rotten stepfather is gone."

"I knew it a long time ago." With just one sentence, Lin Qian could tell. This person didn't know that Lin Qian often contacted his mother.

It's normal to think about it.Most people think that if they left at the age of seven, they would leave it alone, and they would wish they could never see each other again in this life.Because no matter what the child thinks, the moment the mother leaves, the child's family members and even people around him will instill in him such remarks as "your mother doesn't want you anymore" and "your mother left you cruelly and ran away with others", which makes the child very sad. The seeds of hatred were planted when I was young, and when I grow up, some people may not be willing to listen to them, let alone contact them.

Knowing this, Lin Qian became less patient.

The fourth aunt didn't know the twists and turns in Lin Qian's stomach, and said, "Then do you know that your brother and daughter-in-law also ran away with someone?"

This is hard to say.People thought that their husband would not survive, and they were afraid of being implicated and left. When they said it from the mouth of the fourth aunt, it was the same as cheating.

Flying and derailing each other when a disaster is imminent, there are completely two levels of things in the countryside.Many people will understand the former, because they are forced by life, even if they feel unfeeling, they will not say anything.And the latter is absolutely condemned by thousands of people, everyone cast aside.

Lin Qian's own mother, the mother-in-law, didn't even say anything to blame, but the fourth aunt, an outsider, said something very unpleasant.

Lin Qian didn't speak, and the fourth aunt only pretended that he was listening carefully, and then lowered her voice a little: "Your mother and your brother are really not easy. Since the plague last year to this year, they are really not living well. I've been there twice, and I still eat corn stubble (polenta) for dinner! So I'm thinking, it's your mother, and your brother is also your brother. You have the ability to build such a big building. It’s just a matter of extra chopsticks to support your mother. At that time, your mother will take care of your grandparents and grandchildren, and your brother will grow up, so you can share some of the burden together in the future. If this life is difficult, the whole family can survive it, right? ?”

Lin Qian understood completely, and leaned back, his eyes were full of sarcasm: "My mother asked you to come?"