Doomsday Grain

No matter how extreme the weather is, life still has to be lived. It is gratifying that the temperature has finally stopped dropping.The temperature is stable between minus [-] and [-] degrees, and the temperature difference between day and night is about ten degrees, which is not bad.

The government came down with military trucks twice to investigate the situation in the village.Heavy-duty trucks can barely operate in such an extreme environment, and when they turn off occasionally, they carry a team of soldiers warming up with them, and they can still travel in such an extreme environment.

Lin Qian handed over the last batch of fresh vegetables to the soldiers and exchanged them for some compressed biscuits.

Tidy up the greenhouse again.I tried to stop the heating in the greenhouse with the swimming pool, but I still couldn't bear to look at the frozen swimming pool surface.Although crucian carp can survive the winter, they are usually kept in deep fish ponds or reservoirs. If they are directly frozen, Lin Qian can't guarantee whether they can survive.

Besides, there is no shortage of fuel at home, and some extra fuel is used in the greenhouse of the swimming pool.Grandpa was reluctant to waste it, and planted some cold-resistant millet on the ground around the swimming pool.Now apart from the ones in the building, only two greenhouses are still burning.There is only a fire in the swimming pool, while there are heating lamps in the greenhouse on the livestock side, which are kept on day and night to ensure that the temperature is above zero degrees.

Because there were not so many greenhouse plants to take care of, Lin Qian and his daily life became more leisurely.Feed the livestock every morning, noon and night, go to the swimming pool once every two or three days to filter the water in it, and occasionally play poker with grandpa, and spend the rest of the time looking for things to pass the time.

A few days after Lin Qian's chic life, he was interrupted by a phone call from his mother.

One day, a family of three was sitting in the living room on the first floor, eating melon seeds and watching a variety show before the end of the world to pass the time. It happened that there was a funny point and the whole family laughed vigorously. The long-lost phone ringing broke the warmth.

It took Lin Qian a long time to find the satellite phone. This phone is usually not used, and there are only a few people who know the phone number of this phone.

Lin Qian picked it up to look at the caller ID, it was his mother.When there was a large-scale power outage before, Lin Qian sent his mother a satellite phone in order to let her have someone to contact in case of emergency.

Nowadays, in the extremely cold weather, except for some cities, most areas have stopped power supply. Without electricity, mobile phones are generally bricks, and basically no one uses them.

Before the power outage, the mother and son could talk on the phone once a week, but after the power outage, there was basically no contact.Battery power is precious. Lin Qian's mother usually turns off the satellite phone, and only turns it on to make calls when there is something to do.

Lin Qian knew this, and when he called at this time, something must have happened.

"Hello." Lin Qian connected.

"Qianqian is me." The mother's voice was a little helpless, but also a little urgent.

"I know, what's wrong?" Lin Qian looked at his grandfather next to him.

"Think about it, your grandma is going to take your uncle's family to your house! For some reason, they are spreading rumors about how promising and rich you are, and you are kind. Your fourth aunt met you last year. Grandma also said that she would never recognize you again, but now she has changed her mind, and insisted that she misses you so much that she wants to live with you. It is useless for me to persuade you, you have many ideas, but you can think of a way. "

After saying these words, Lin Qian understood [-]% to [-]% and said, "Talk slowly first, I almost understand, don't worry."

Lin Qian's tone was calm, which also made Lin Qian's mother calm down: "Isn't it bad weather? I live in a new house in the city with your little brother. We have a lot of food at home, and the government sends supplies every day, so we don't have to worry about it." Planning to go back to the village. A few days ago, your grandparents came to the door suddenly, and they said they had severed ties with me before, but when they came to the door all of a sudden, my parents and mothers couldn't ignore it."

Lin Qian's mother was also full of resentment at this time. She didn't know her neighbors in the city. Even if it wasn't cold in the building, she couldn't go out to visit, so she called her son to talk about it.

"Have you looked through your things?" Lin Qian asked.It's not that he thinks too badly of people, it's just that the behavior of the so-called grandparents has always been very unethical.

"Why didn't you look through it? I hid all the food at home in the cabinets in your little brother's house, and locked them all. I said that your little brother was rebellious and didn't like to let people see anything, so I fooled it. They also believed it." I only have half a sack of rice left in my house, and I live on government subsidies. If they live well in my house, that’s all. They want to take back everything they see in my house and give it to your uncle. I haven’t slept a good night in the past few days. Go. As a result, after staying here for a few days, I felt that my family was really suffering, so I told me to go to your family to enjoy the blessings and bring your uncle's family with me. I just left!"

Lin Qian thought about it, and said with a sneer, "It's not bad that they didn't bring your brother's family there."

"Do you think they don't want to? It's not because my house is too small to fit in. This is your little brother's new house. When she bought it, the woman insisted on paying the full price for the house, so she had to choose a small apartment. It was only about fifty square meters, and I renovated a house for two." One room and one living room. There are six people in your uncle’s family, and there’s not even enough toilets to sleep here. Your grandma also advised me to go back to the village and give the house to your uncle’s house. I’m not happy, and they’re targeting you again.”

Lin Qian's mother was actually a heartless person, otherwise she wouldn't have left without contacting Lin Qian for 20 years.This is when I get old and start to regret it, so I contacted my son again.But her parents didn't do her any favors all these years, so she naturally rejected them from the bottom of her heart.

Lin Qian's mother's character was a little easygoing, and even a little resigned.Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her natal family to take her away from the Lin family to marry another, nor would she have survived such a long time until she was boiled to death when she encountered a domestic violence scumbag.

It's just that now Lin Qian's mother is guarding her grown-up youngest son, with the backing, and as she gets older, she no longer depends on her natal family.

"A family of six, including the old couple?" Lin Qian didn't know anything about his grandma's family.

"Well, with your grandparents and grandparents, there are eight members of the family. Your grandparents' son Pan Pan is crazy. Your uncle's wife who married gave birth to two daughters and no sons and was kicked out. The newly married one gave birth to two sons. A son was born. Your eldest cousin married before, and your brother-in-law was brought back after his death. Isn’t it because the world is bad and you didn’t find another family? So the whole family is together, and your cousin is only six years old.”

With such a big family, Lin Qian was also surprised. After the end of the world, there will be plagues and natural disasters. No one in their family died. It really obeyed that sentence, and the disaster will last for thousands of years.

Not to mention how vicious Lin Qian was, in this environment, except for a few families, most of the families had dead people, and there were not a few who died.In such a wonderful family, the family of six has persisted until now that there is nothing wrong with it.

"When will we be there?" Lin Qian asked.

"I don't know too well, it should be just a day or two. But they must have taken the military card to go there. Your grandma and your grandfather just begged the military card to send them into the city. I don't know anything else, they are talking nonsense. If there were not so many people in the village, why would the old couple come to the city? If the two of them can enter the city, then there is a way to ask the army to send the eight of them to you. But if it is really sent by the army...you should think about it more."

If it was to find Lin Qian's mother, Lin Qian's mother could not think of a better solution other than hiding the good things. After all, it was a family, and that was Lin Qian's mother's family.But Lin Qian was different. Lin Qian had never seen them since he was seven years old, let alone ate a grain of rice from their family.He insisted that they were related by blood, but after all, they were still strangers.Whether they could recognize Lin Qian when they saw it was another matter, so they had to drag their family over to eat Lin Qian.

In the past, Lin Qian had no relatives. After his grandma died, he stopped walking with his grandma. Grandpa only had one sister, and they got into trouble because of Lin Qian's father's compensation.It can be said that I have no concept of relatives since I was a child, and I have never had contact with any relatives.

After the end of the world, relatives of cats and dogs will come to take advantage of it.

Guo Degang's cross talk said it well, poor people play ten steel hooks on the cross streets, but they can't hook their relatives.The rich are in the deep mountains and old forests, they can't beat the unjust friends with knives, guns and sticks.

This is generally the case in the world.

"Don't worry, there is always a way. I didn't take a bite out of them before, so don't take me for granted now. You didn't tell them what's wrong with me, did you?" Lin Qian asked.

"How can I mention it to them. If it weren't for your fourth aunt's meddling, they wouldn't even know that our mother and I are related. These days, your grandma often asks me about you, and I just say that your family is doing well." It's not easy, whether she believes it or not is her business."

"Then there's no problem." Lin Qian comforted, "Don't think too much, I always have a solution."

"But if they are really sent by the army, you can't go on with them, right? Don't you have an old house in your house? It's really impossible to let them live in the old house. It's better to fool them than to make things stand in front of the army." Lin Qian's mother suggested.

"Don't be so troublesome, I'll think about it later. Hang up first, save more power on the phone, and call later when you have something to do."

After the mother and son finished talking, Lin Qian didn't let go of his eyebrows.Lin Qian's mother's words can be said to be a relatively centered idea.But this kind of thing can't be regressed, otherwise, even if they don't suffer any loss, they just give them the old house to live in, and they will always find a way to come and scrape some oil from Lin Qian when they are in the village.Lin Qian is a person who hates trouble, so this matter must be resolved, completely resolved!

Lin Qian's cell phone was very loud, and Grandpa and He Yangxuan heard it too.

At this time, the six eyes met, and the grandfather leaned back: "I really didn't expect my in-laws to be so thick-skinned."

"At this moment, you still consider them in-laws?" Lin Qian glanced at his grandfather.

"Your mother has been my daughter-in-law for eight or nine years." Grandpa laughed.

He Yangxuan thought for a while, and said: "If it is really sent by the army, it will be difficult. People have to stay anyway. Fortunately, we still know the people from the army. Let's tell them about the matter first. They should be able to understand. Besides, when the eight of them came here, how much did they consume for food? With eight more mouths, we have less things to sell to the government."

Originally, the livestock and vegetables in the greenhouse were only traded to some enterprises supported by the government, or state-owned enterprises. Now, due to the extremely harsh environment, the military has temporarily taken over some of the transactions, so it is directly traded with the military.

"Let's not talk about whether they can listen to us, even if they did, I didn't bring them here this time, and they won't be able to come here by themselves when the weather clears up. Why don't we solve it together while this is the time?" Lin Qian had a problem in his heart. idea.

"Tell me." He Yangxuan moved closer.

Grandpa also raised his ears, and Lin Qian lowered his voice: "My mother told them that I'm not doing well, but they don't believe it. Then let's put on a play for them, so that they can't wait to see us for the rest of their lives. "

"You mean..." He Yangxuan seemed to understand what Lin Qian meant.

Lin Qian raised his eyebrows: "This kind of people value gains and losses, and they come here because they think our family's conditions are good and can support their big family. If our family is so poor that they ask them to help, they will run faster than anyone else. "

The family of three gathered together, and finally took out a full twenty catties of eggs to prepare for this scene designed to avoid trouble.

It's okay to be idle at home, and it's time to be lively.

At this time, Lin Qian's grandma's house was in full swing.You need to prepare a change of clothes, and some miscellaneous daily necessities, but whether or not to bring food and how much to bring is a problem.If you bring too much, it will be cheaper for Lin Qian's family, but if you bring less, Lin Qian will be really angry and won't let their family in, and the family of eight will have to eat.

The five-year-old boy hugged his favorite toy gun, and ran to his grandmother in a few steps: "Grandma, my mother said that my cousin's house has everything, delicious food, and fun, right?"

Lin Qian's mother's maiden name was Qian, and Lin Qian's grandmother's surname was Wu, named Wu Xiulian.

Wu Xiulian pinched her grandson's face distressedly. Two years ago, there were a lot of good things at home, and the child was chubby after being fed. Now he has lost weight. Although he is still a big fat boy, he is less fortunate than before.

"Of course, your aunt's house and your big cousin are very promising. There is a building in the house! When you get to his house, you will live in a house by yourself. If you want any toys, you can find your big cousin."

The child was only five years old, and after hearing what he wanted, he happily left happily.

The second girl is in her early twenties this year. She quit school early and worked outside for a few years. After the apocalypse, she came back home when she couldn't find a job. She has seen some things in the world and is mature.

She came over and frowned and said: "Our family has never cared about him since he was seven years old, can you really let us live in another building?"

Wu Xiulian reached out and hit the second girl, and asked her to come over to help, and said: "You don't know, their family is well-known for their kindness and honesty. They are too embarrassed to rush out when we get there. As long as we live in, we don't mention when we will leave." They’re embarrassed to say it.”

The second girl said: "Didn't my fourth aunt get a bad nose last time? Even if he is a good person, if he can build a building for others to live in, it is not our turn. Does he have no relatives and neighbors in the village? Now The weather is not good, many people live together in several families, if the conditions of his house are really good, it would have already been crowded, there is still a place for us to go?"

Wu Xiulian stopped moving her hands: "Then it must be divided into distant and close relatives, right? I don't know about their old Lin's family. His grandfather only has one sister. In such a big building, even if his sister is included, there are only a few people. How can we kiss the rest? Besides, I am his own grandma, so he should raise me! Even if he is not willing, let's send the army over there, and see if they dare not accept it for the sake of being a soldier? There are so many people in your family, I don't believe that he really drives people out."

The third girl was only in her early ten years old, she tilted her head and said strangely: "Then why do we still need to bring food?"

Wu Xiulian felt that she was in the way, so she waved her hand and shouted: "Who will go if you don't take it away? If your eldest cousin is really angry, then let's ask the soldiers to help intercede. His family has an old house, so let's live in their old house first." After a few days, grind slowly. The conditions in his family are good, and he can live better than living in our family. "

Wu Xiulian was very thoughtful, packed up her things at home, and only waited for the next time when the army people came to distribute supplies, and then talked about the army people, and took them to Lin Qian's house.With the experience of last time, I believe it will not be difficult this time.If it couldn't be done, he would spend dozens of catties of grain. Anyway, when he got to Lin Qian's place, there was always a way to get it back.

When the army received a call from Lin Qian, they thought that Lin Qian's family had something to sell again.Because Lin Qian's family had a rare source of meat, the local military still paid more attention to it.Now Lin Qian used ten catties of eggs as a price to send the Qian family of eight back and forth, plus a casual lie, to put it bluntly, it was just effort.

In the past two years, the conditions have gotten worse and worse. There are only two or three families with livestock in the entire county, and Lin Qian's family has the most livestock.

Moreover, Lin Qian's family has a bright future and great potential.So for such a small favor, the people in the army are also happy to help.

Wu Xiulian and his wife have prepared the chili peppers here, and they are waiting for the army to come and put on a show, and persuade them to take him to Changxing Village where Lin Qian lives, and just wait for the disagreement to cry for a while. It's a pity, but the people who just asked about the army agreed.

The family happily took their luggage rolls and got on their military cards, just waiting to go to Lin Qian's house to live a good life.

Along the way, the whole family sat in the carriage, and because there were other soldiers, it was not easy to discuss with each other, but Wu Xiulian still had a lot of scheming to keep chatting with the soldiers.

Why do I miss my grandson so much but people don’t let me see it? Why do I feel sorry for my grandson who makes clothes for him every year but can’t send them out, and I actually took out a pair of cotton trousers worn by children from my bag, saying they were made for my grandson .

The hype she said here seemed to be true, and Brother Bing, who had listened to the story for a long time, almost didn't laugh.It was said that Lin Qian did not contact after the age of seven, and the cotton trousers that Wu Xiulian took out looked like those worn by a four or five year old child. Even if she didn't know how old the child was, it was impossible to make such small ones for a seven or eight year old child. Cotton pants.

In fact, this pair of cotton trousers belonged to Wu Xiulian's little grandson, and she pulled them out on a whim when she mentioned this.

This car of people, full of hope, went straight to Lin Qian's house in Changxing Village.

The car was turned off twice in the middle, and several soldiers went down to find a way to heat the car.After such a toss, it took more than four hours to arrive after an hour and a half drive.

The middle army card arrived in the village, and a temporary station was set up in the village, where the supplies to be distributed to the villagers were loaded, and then distributed to the village.

Fortunately, in addition to the township, Changxing Village is the first stop in this township.

The family felt anxious as their destination got closer, and finally arrived at the door of Lin Qian's house under the anticipation of their eight pairs of eyes.

The carriage door opened, and the family couldn't wait to get out of the car.Even the cold wind couldn't cool down the blood in their hearts, as if they saw a table full of good food and wine, they went straight to Lin Qian's house under the leadership of the old man and old lady.

The outer door of Lin Qian's house was unlocked, so he opened it and entered the yard.The whole family filed in with big bags and small bags, and the youngest grandson was still thinking about the toys in the room, so he hopped and walked in, and was the first to go to the door to pull the doorknob.

The door was unlocked, and the child pushed the door open when he pressed the handle.

Wu Xiulian saw a smile on her face, and took a few steps to look inside: "Qianqian, grandma..."

Before he finished speaking, he was stunned when he saw the people inside.

There were seven or eight people in the room, men and women, old and young, but she knew none of them.

Even if she couldn't recognize Lin Qian now, at least Lin Qian resembled his mother, and she could still tell the difference just by looking at it. Grandpa Lin Qian was an old acquaintance, even if he hadn't seen him for 20 years, he still knew him.

But the people in this room look like no one.

A woman was eating melon seeds, and she spat out the skin of the melon seeds on the ground: "Who are you, did you go wrong?"

Wu Xiulian was also stunned. The Qian family blocked the door, and it was either not or not.

Wu Xiulian was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Isn't this family surnamed Lin?"

"The owner's surname is He Yang, and the two surnames are far from what you said." The woman who ate melon seeds had an unfriendly face, and her speech was a bit weird.

"Boss? You are..."

"It's renting a house. It's freezing cold in the house, but this stove burns warm and warm, and the rent is cheap, so we rented it in. Why do you want to rent it? There's no room, and you have to sleep in the living room at night." There are just a few floor beds, it’s too crowded." The woman said while spitting out the melon seeds.

The Qian family thought of all kinds of possibilities, and also thought of many solutions, but they did not expect such a solution.

Grandpa Lin Qian was the third child, so others kept calling him the third child Qian. He leaned his head over and asked, "May I ask Lin Qian..."

"You mean that college student? That's not wrong. He lived in the house where the toilet was converted. The grandpa and grandson are the most wicked. They don't pay food for a day and eat for free. That is to say, they can teach our children after studying. , otherwise it would have been blasted out." As soon as the woman finished speaking, there was laughter in the room.

In this scene, no one could smell the poorness on Lin Qian's body before seeing it.

"Didn't he build this house?" Qian Laosan looked in disbelief.

The woman sneered: "He built it, but he has to have money to live in. He borrowed 300 million from the government and said it was for building a mountain, but when he got home, he built a building and a greenhouse, and the money was lost. As a result, God didn’t provide food for these two years and went bankrupt. No, everything was sold out, and the family lost all their money and owed a debt before repaying the loan.”

Another man, who looked more honest, waved to them: "Don't stand still, go inside to warm up. The college student is upstairs negotiating rent with his boss. This boss doesn't like him, this scolding It will take half a day."