Doomsday Grain

After explaining it to He Yangxuan, Lin Qian felt relieved, drove out, and used the downloaded map in the car to find a few places.

Go to the bookstore first, the bookstore is still open at this time, but the prices are not high.After all, when food is a problem, few people read books, and fewer copies are printed.There are more used books than new books in bookstores, and the price of used books is lower, which is relatively better than new books.

It was only afternoon when Lin Qian went, and it was the time when the sun was so hot that no one wanted to go out.

The boss was still asleep when he entered the room. The room was stuffy and he couldn't bear to turn on the air conditioner, and he never thought that someone would buy books at this time.

In fact, Lin Qian has a lot of books at home, all kinds of books, but there are still few decent first aid books, and there are also books about snakes. With the lessons learned this time, Lin Qian felt that it was necessary to learn more , so as not to panic next time.

In addition to so many disasters this year, the government may publish some useful books, you can read them.

When Lin Qian entered the room and saw that the person was still asleep, he was hesitant to wake him up. Just as someone was going upstairs and downstairs, he nodded when he saw the person.

"What kind of book do you want to buy?"

The one who came down was a young girl, not too big to look at.

Lin Qian glanced at the bookshelves. In fact, there were a lot of books at home, and He Yangxuan had more in stock, not to mention computers, electronic paper books and other books.So he was very targeted, picking and picking on the bookshelves, and the girl followed behind. Lin Qian took whatever he picked, and waited a while to check out.

There is a small railing on the bookshelf. If you want to take it out, you have to pick up the book before you can take it out, so it can be seen that the earthquake did not have much impact, except for some parts that fell out and sorted out, and the rest are crooked. I didn't care.

After picking out five or six books, Lin Qian casually said at the checkout, "I'm really not prepared for this earthquake."

"Who would have thought that there would be such a big earthquake here? I heard that a building in the south of the city collapsed, but no one was hit. The people inside were at most injured by knocking and bumping, but two old people were scared to death because of a heart attack. It's gone."

At any time, there is a channel for news transmission. Lin Qian nodded, seemingly unintentionally, and said, "A snake came out of our village and bit someone. It was just sent to the county."

The girl was taken aback when she heard this, and said: "Someone saw a snake in my community two days ago, but they were arrested by the police. I heard it was a poisonous snake. It's strange to say that the snake is not in a humid and cool place in the mountains on a hot day. Stay, what are you doing in this dry countryside and city?"

After getting the news he wanted, Lin Qian asked again, "There are a lot of snakes these two days?"

The girl is also not sure: "I can't say much, I can only say that I haven't seen it before. I have never seen a live snake in my life, but now I see it all at once. I used to make rats, I hope this snake doesn't look like a rat. I really can't live."

No matter how much the mice make trouble, they won't hurt people.Snakes, especially venomous snakes, are fatal.

If there are more snakes, more people will be bitten.Not everyone who is bitten can receive serum treatment, and the amount of serum is limited.

These words just hit Lin Qian. This is what Lin Qian was afraid of, so he started to prepare.

When paying the bill, Lin Qian thought for a while, and took out a pack of compressed biscuits: "Are you collecting food?"

Now basically no one is willing to exchange food for things, and it is even difficult to buy them.The girl was stunned for a moment, then she smiled and said, "Shutshoushou! Brother, if you trade food for food, I'll give you a discount."

"Wait for me." Lin Qian turned around and took out two packs of compressed biscuits from the drawer.

"Do you want this? Good stuff with high calorie content, it can be stored for four years without expiry."

This is worth more than ordinary food, and it is a life-saving thing.

The girl looked at the biscuit and wanted it very much, but after thinking about it, she said: "Brother, let me tell you more, these things are rarer than food now, don't you want to keep them for later?"

"I used to work overtime and was always hungry, so I bought two boxes, which are quite a lot. I don't have to worry about food for the time being, so it would be great if I could exchange for something else I need." Lin Qian explained briefly, and then said, "I This pack of four yuan, used to be able to buy a catty and a half of rice with one yuan. Converting the current price of rice, one piece is about 75. However, unless it is an emergency, this compressed biscuit is useless, and it can’t compare with rice. I don’t How about paying for these books with this pack of compressed biscuits?"

A total of seven books were selected, three of which were old books.Now that the book prices are low, it's not worthwhile to exchange so many books for a pack of biscuits, but for a girl who runs a bookstore like this, it's really a good deal.

The girl nodded again and again: "Okay! I'll wrap it up for you right now."

Both sides feel that they have taken advantage of it.To Lin Qian, these compressed biscuits were worthless because they were useless.There is food and drink in daily life, and these compressed biscuits are actually bought to replace currency in the future. It is better to take a few packs of compressed biscuits to go out than to pull a cart full of food.

As for how to explain, the excuse just now is just right.Anyway, other people only care about this stuttering, and don't get to the bottom of it.

Now that it is just the end of the world, you can buy things through compressed biscuits, let alone in the future.

Lin Qian returned to the car with the packed books.In fact, the book is not that important. Right now, the value of the compressed biscuit is determined.

Lin Qian found the outdoor goods store in the county again by beating around the bush.The county is a small county, and it is said to be an outdoor goods store, but it is actually a "military supplies" store.There is no other reason. There are few locals who like to go outdoors, but there are many people who are very obsessed with the army and will become buyers of outdoor products.

Lin Qian also knew about it by accident.

I wanted to see if there was anyone selling snake repellent, so I tried to give an excuse to spread snake repellent at home, but I knocked on the door for a long time and couldn't open it.

Lin Qian drove back to the neighborhood of the house in the city, parked the car in the garage and locked it, and walked home with an umbrella to rest for a while.

Maybe it was because I was too concerned about the snake I met in the morning, and I was a little nervous. I used to avoid the sun and walk around the corner of the tree root, but now I only dare to walk on the road paved with bricks and stones.Stepping on it, one could feel the heat through the soles of the shoes, but it made Lin Qian feel much more at ease.

Because they are afraid of being exposed to the sun when going out, the family has always insisted on wearing long sleeves.The air conditioner in the house is turned on relatively low, so I don’t feel uncomfortable, and I will go home quickly when I go out, without any impact.But now that he was walking such a distance under an umbrella, Lin Qian's back was drenched in sweat, and it was really hot.

When I went upstairs, the house was humid but cool because no one lived in it for a long time.Feeling much more comfortable, Lin Qian closed the curtains. Although there was an earthquake in the morning, there were no people in the house, nothing, and it was very clean, so there was no mess caused by the earthquake.Lin Qian went into the hut and lay down for a while to rest.

The network was cut off and the power was cut off. In fact, the phone signal was gone.He used to call He Yangxuan through a satellite phone before, but now basically a family of three always have a satellite phone with them, just in case of emergencies.Fortunately, there will be no problems with the satellite for a while, and the phone can always be used.

Lin Qian watched the video for a while, and then heard a few thunderclaps.At first, he thought it was the sound from the phone, but soon there was another loud thunder. Lin Qian stopped the video, went out of the hut to look at the kitchen window, drew the curtains, and saw that the outside was already covered with clouds.

It's only been a while, and the sky was still clear just now. It's just watching the video for a while, and the sky has become like this.

Dark clouds swept over, and thunder and lightning exploded in the sky. Lin Qian shivered, closed the windows, drew the curtains again, and went back to the hut to contact He Yangxuan with the satellite phone.

He Yangxuan answered the phone almost instantly: "Hi! It's going to rain!"

"I might not be able to go back tonight." Lin Qian lay on the bed and said, "Don't come here, you can't drive over there."

Besides, Lin Qian's minivan was no more off-road than He Yangxuan's. In the current road conditions, it would be quite difficult to bring a wooden plank into the county.

He Yangxuan didn't answer the call, but Lin Qian could see his disappointed expression through the phone.

Lin Qian had no choice but to comfort him, "It's okay, just stay for one night, and I'll be back tomorrow." The patient can arrange a time with the hospital to pick him up.

"I miss you." He Yangxuan frowned, looked at the dark clouds outside, and knew that he followed.Grandpa is not afraid of anything if he locks the door alone at home. The house is very strong, and grandpa may not necessarily need someone to accompany him, but Lin Qian must be inconvenient when he goes out alone and is not at home.

He Yangxuan is actually very clingy, wishing to be stuck together all the time, even if they are separated for a while.

"Good, I'll be back tomorrow."

"Are you hungry?" He Yangxuan asked.

Lin Qian remembered the last time He Yangxuan came directly to the county to deliver food, and his heart was very warm. He smiled and said, "Didn't you prepare food when you left? You won't be hungry."

"I should prepare more. It will definitely be cold when it rains. You should have something warm." Whether it's at home or in He Yangxuan's space, there are many things suitable for outdoor cooking, with or without fire. There is also cooking in the car.

"It's not that precious. I'm fine upstairs now. I just bought two books. Let's not talk about it. I just read it for a while to relieve my boredom." Lin Qian said.

"There should be a power outage now, how much electricity is there for the lamps upstairs? Is it enough for you to use at night?" He Yangxuan asked worriedly.

"There are candles. I'm fine. Let's not talk about it. I'll read for a while. Don't worry, I'm fine. There's nothing wrong upstairs. I'll hang up first." Lin Qian was afraid that the more Lin Qian talked, the more worried He Yangxuan would be.It would be nice if he braved the heavy rain after the earthquake to look for it again.It would be better to say a few words less so that He Yangxuan can feel more at ease.

As soon as the phone was hung up, He Yangxuan became even more worried.

Grandpa sat next to He Yangxuan and asked, "How is it?"

"It's okay." He Yangxuan couldn't let his grandfather worry, so he forced a smile, "Qian'er is upstairs now, nothing happened. Isn't it going to rain? See if it's going to be night, I'll stay in the city overnight. Although there was a power outage, there were charging lamps and candles upstairs, and he bought two more books to relieve boredom, so nothing happened."

Telling this to grandpa is also to comfort myself.

"Then it's all right, he's not a big girl, he'll just stay overnight if he stays outside." Grandpa got up and went upstairs, when he turned around, he saw He Yangxuan still standing there.

"Why are you standing there? Are the animals fed?" Grandpa asked.

"Ah, I'll go in a while." He Yangxuan turned around and changed into clothes for feeding poultry and livestock, tasting what grandpa just said, always feeling that grandpa was comforting him.

But what Grandpa said was true.If it's a girl staying outside for a night, she always has to worry about being unsafe and being bullied. This young man in his late thirties doesn't have any money with him, so it's unlikely that something will happen.

Grandpa went upstairs to lie down and rest for a while, and went downstairs to cook in the evening.

Everyone in a family of three has a division of labor.The heavy and tiring work at home is covered by the two grandsons, and the grandfather is not idle and is responsible for the daily diet.

In fact, not all old people hope to do nothing when they get old and wait for their children and grandchildren to be filial, or even give their clothes to them.More elderly people hope that there is a place to reflect their value and make them feel that they are needed.

In the face of my aging body, being worthless and not needed may mean that death is not far away.It is in this kind of time when you are busy with work and prove your sense of existence that you will feel that your life is valuable, that you are needed or even inseparable from others.This is an interpretation of the meaning of life, and both Lin Qian and He Yangxuan respect it.

The two are not unfilial, on the contrary, they hope that their grandfather will live a long life, and every morning when they wake up, they can smell the rich aroma of rice, and hear their grandfather telling their two grandchildren to eat quickly.

Within 5 minutes of hanging up the phone, there was the sound of rain outside.Although it was afternoon, the light in the back room was already very dark.Lin Qian looked at his smartphone, and there was still more than 50.00% of the battery, which would be fine until tomorrow, but it would be difficult to sleep until night after playing, and he didn't bring a power bank when he went out.

Lin Qian found candles from the cabinet of the computer desk, lit four of them and placed them on the computer desk. Immediately, the light improved a lot. Lin Qian found a book about anecdotes to pass the time.

Actually, I didn't need to buy this book, because there must be similar books at home.But when he picked it up to take a look, he saw the girl looking at him expectantly, thinking that the business is not so good now, anyway, the price of the book is not high, so Lin Qian put this book among the books he wanted to buy and paid the bill together.

Facts have proved that Lin Qian's momentary soft-heartedness is rewarded. For example, now, there is only one book in that pile of books that is suitable for passing time.

The sound insulation effect of the soundproof glass is not particularly good, and a little can still be heard in the hut. Accompanied by the sound of rain, Lin Qian read under the light, and the more he looked at it, the more absorbed he became, and he just saw the darkness.

The candle was about four hours old, and more than half of it had been burned by now. Lin Qian looked at the light of the fire, put the book on the table and stretched.

Fortunately, when he went upstairs, he took all the food that He Yangxuan had prepared for him. Lin Qian took two bites of biscuits and one bite of ham. Although there was nothing warm, the water was just a bottle of mineral water.But under these conditions, it's better than nothing at all.

The quilt was spread directly on the hut. The quilt was a bit damp, but without delay in covering it, Lin Qian lit two more candles and played with his phone under the candlelight for a while, and Lin Qian became sleepy.I wanted to sleep at first, but then I remembered that burning candles should consume oxygen, and the windows were still closed.

Standing up again, he took the candle and went to open the kitchen window. Hearing the sound of rain outside, Lin Qian fell asleep under the covers without blowing out the candle.One is to have a light source to feel more at ease, and the other is to raise the temperature in the room.

Lin Qian had nightmares that night.He dreamed that there was a rain of snakes from the sky, thousands of snakes fell from the sky, and they would bite people with their mouths, and poisonous snakes ran rampant on the road.

Two long worms that were about the same size, one slowly swallowed the other into the stomach, and the long snake gradually became shorter, making the disgusting person's scalp numb!

When Lin Qian woke up, it was already dawn.Lin Qian opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, as if he could still see the poisonous snake in his dream, he was so sick.

Rather than being afraid of snakes, for Lin Qian, it was more of a response.It has been developed since childhood, and it is in the heart.

Lin Qian walked out of the hut. He didn't take off his clothes last night. Without He Yangxuan's supervision, he was lazy enough.

When I walked to the kitchen, I saw that the curtains on the kitchen windows were wet. When I pulled the curtains up, it was still raining outside.

Looking at the ground, there is a torrent of water again. It can be seen that it rained a lot last night, but now that the rain has lightened, it should clear up soon.

Lin Qian was also in a hurry to go home, so he ate up the rest of the food, packed a piece of garbage, went downstairs and took an umbrella to drive.

When crossing the water, Lin Qian was picking up stones on the side of the road to pave the way, but as soon as he picked them up, he saw a small snake coiling around under the stone.The little snake felt that the stone was removed from its body, opened its eyes and stood up to look at Lin Qian.

Lin Qian was so frightened that he took two steps back, threw the stone into the water as soon as possible, stepped on the water to cross the temporary ditch, went to the garage to pick up the car and went all the way to the hospital.

On the way, he received a call from He Yangxuan. He Yangxuan woke up before dawn, and he didn't dare to call rashly for fear of waking Lin Qian up.Lin Qian was too anxious to go home and completely forgot about it.

Lin Qian parked the car on the side of the road and answered the phone: "Hello?"

"Are you awake?" He Yangxuan was very satisfied with the speed with which Lin Qian answered the phone.

"On the way to the hospital, check when they leave the hospital, and then go home. I have to prepare something warm for me at home." Lin Qian said with a smile.

"What do you want to eat?" He Yangxuan also heaved a sigh of relief and asked with a smile.

"Big lobster." Lin Qian still remembered this.

"Then come back quickly, I will eat with my grandfather when it's late, and I won't even leave you a beard." He Yangxuan began to search in the space.

"Then you can eat slowly, my car drives slowly."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Qian had just started the car when he looked up and saw a snake climbing up a tree trunk.

Lin Qian shivered, kicked the gas pedal and headed straight to the hospital.

I went to the hospital to confirm the discharge time of the Lin family and the family who was bitten by the snake.At this time, the woman was still under observation, and the serum had already been injected. If there were no accidents during the three days of observation, she would be fine, and then she would be discharged from the hospital after a few days of recuperation.As for the Liu family, the caesarean section usually leaves the hospital in five days, and the wound can be seen at Xue Xinyi in the village.

After confirming the time, Lin Qian teased the child for a while.

It has been five days, and the child has adapted to this world. When he is not sleeping, his hands and feet are not idle for a moment. He can open his fingers and make a fist quite freely, and his arms and legs are also very strong.It really doesn't look like a newborn, but the flexibility is at least four or five months old.

According to the data given by the doctor, the child is now equivalent to a one-year-old physique.

In fact, this is a good thing, at least in the future apocalypse, it will be easier for children who are born strong to survive.

The only thing that needs to be addressed is the maternity issue.What should I do if the future is so difficult that I can't go to the hospital to give birth?

It is estimated that no mother can give birth to such a large fetus.

With consent, Lin Qian hugged the child in his arms and had a look. The child was not afraid of life, and just looked at Lin Qian with a pair of eyes, very energetic.

"Have you chosen a name?" Lin Qian asked Uncle Liu.In rural areas, children's names are basically given by their grandfathers.For example, Lin Qian's name was given by his grandfather.

Uncle Liu scratched his head and said with a smile: "I didn't think about it for a while. I have never had a daughter in my family. I am afraid that it will not be a good choice. A little girl will marry a Zhen'er or Ling'er, and I think it is tacky and unpleasant."

Wang Ying smiled and said, "By the way, aren't you a college student? Why don't you think of a name?"

Lin Qian was so embarrassed, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "I'll let it go, this is your child, what's the matter with me naming it?"

Liu Dongsheng smiled and said, "What's the matter? You sent our family here. My daughter drank your goat's milk when she was still in her belly. Besides, you are educated, so you chose a name with a good meaning. Now There is only such a child in my family, and this name is also very important.”

It's true that his family doesn't take names.Liu Dongsheng's name comes from the literal meaning, born in winter.

And Liu Dongsheng's missing son was named Liu Tianjiao, who had the same name as him. They wanted him to be the proud son of heaven, but a plague died when he was only a few years old.

Seeing that they really meant this, Lin Qian saw that the child really liked it, thought for a while, and said, "I don't dare to say that I can come up with a good name, let me just say it as a reference, the child's name should be For those who will be with you forever, you have to carefully consider. I will take... I will take Liu Xia, the summer of summer. It is now September, and it is still summer when it is just about to enter autumn."

This name also has the meaning of homonym left behind.The child in front of their family is gone, and the name is at least reassuring.If you stay, you won't go away.

There is already no child, and his family will never think about the favored one.As long as the child can support, anything is easy to say.

Needless to say, the Liu family can recognize the homonym of Liu Xia.

Wang Ying looked at the child Lin Qian was still holding, and nodded, "That's a good name! It just so happens that her father's name is Dongsheng, and the child's name is Xia, which is also a girl's name."

In fact, Uncle Liu had several names in his mind, but they all felt inappropriate. Lin Qian said the name he thought of, which hit Uncle Liu's heart.The name is neither clunky nor vulgar, and has a good meaning, making it very catchy.

He nodded and said, "That's a nice name! Just call it that!"

In fact, Uncle Liu asked Lin Qian to choose a name because he was half-sincere. Of course it would be better to give his granddaughter a good name.This Liu Xia's name was just right, and the child's name was decided in this way.

Lin Qian returned the child to Wang Ying, a little embarrassed: "Then I'll go first, go home first, and come pick you up in a few days."

Uncle Liu nodded and sent Lin Qian all the way to the hospital gate.

Wang Ying hugged the child, chanted Liu Xia's name, and watched the drizzle still falling outside the window.

"Honey, give her another nickname, how about Xiao Yudian?"

The light raindrops in the hot summer are like a little bit of hope in the end times.