After the Earthquake of Rebirth

The purpose of Du Cheng's visit to the prison was exactly as he said, to confirm that Hu Zi was still alive and uninjured.So the next three people had nothing to say, and ended the prison visit.It was Hu Zi who asked Du Cheng's current address before going out for the last time, and asked the two of them to take care of him as much as possible if someone found him based on this address and mentioned him after a while.

Sitting in the car, Ning Qiyan looked at the gradually shrinking prison in the rearview mirror and turned to look at Du Cheng who was driving.

"You have a good relationship with Beard?"

Du Cheng nodded, "He took good care of me when I first entered the prison." Including after he became "famous" for his reckless style of play in prison, many unmanageable tails were caused by beards. His power helped to clean it up.So Du Cheng always remembered the goodness of the beard.

Ning Qiyan looked at Du Cheng jokingly, "I didn't expect you to be cute."

After listening to Ning Qiyan's words, Du Cheng gave him a vague look.

If Hu Zi hadn't seen the photo of him and Ning Qiyan when he first entered the prison, Hu Zi probably wouldn't have looked at him even if he was beaten to death.

Ning Qiyan was confused by him, so, "What's wrong?"

"Hu Zi saw the photo of the two of us together, and then he started to take care of me." Du Cheng said.

So the so-called cute person is not Du Cheng.

Ning Qiyan raised his eyebrows.

"I found out later that you look very similar to his lover, and that's why he stared at you in prison just now." Du Cheng explained.

Ning Qiyan blinked, does this mean that he looks like a woman?Or does the bearded lover look like a man?

From Ning Qiyan's slightly wrinkled expression, Du Cheng could easily see what he was thinking, smiled, and dropped a bomb with some bad intentions.

"Beard's lover is a man."

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Ning Qiyan didn't know what to say, but it was rare for Du Cheng to talk too much. He explained to Ning Qiyan that Huzi wanted his address, and he was also worried that his lover would come to D City to look for him and he would have nowhere to stay.

After Ning Qiyan knew about it, he stopped thinking about it, but asked Du Cheng to drive out of the urban area, ran to a sparsely populated place, and packed a lot of dirt in sacks.

In a few days, when the chaos in the resettlement site becomes more serious, the government will issue an order to evacuate the survivors.As long as the survivors whose houses are not destroyed by the earthquake have registered their houses with the management office, they will move out of the resettlement site.Farmers on the outskirts of City D also planted in the fields opened by the earthquake.

The global earthquake brought not only casualties, but also the failure of most crops.The grain planted in the previous spring was dumped by the earthquake, and the roots were exposed to the surface.Not to mention foreign countries, there is a shortage of food for a whole season in China. Even if there are many people who died in the earthquake, they still need to worry about the future rations.After all, the country has limited granaries, and it is difficult to distribute food for free for a long time.

Even if there is enough grain stored, what about vegetables?People can't just eat without food, can they? !

It has only been half a month since the earthquake, and except for Ning Qiyan, who is on the other side, no one knows about the upcoming climate anomaly, so the order issued by the state is still carried out according to the reconstruction plan.

But no matter what the future holds, it is necessary to grow as many grains and vegetables as possible.Ning Qiyan remembered that until the third year of the earthquake before his rebirth, fresh vegetables could be exchanged for food at a good ratio.

The two men shoveled up the soil on the ground with shovels, picked out stones and grass roots, and put them into sacks.There was no one around, so Ning Qiyan directly put the sack into the space.The soil after the earthquake was very loose. It took the two of them less than two hours to pack more than 20 sacks, which was enough to cover all the places in the house with a thick layer, and then walked back.

On the way back, Du Cheng concentrated on driving while Ning Qiyan kept looking out of the window. When he approached the urban area, he found many people walking into the city with bags.

Ning Qiyan asked Du Cheng to slow down and take a closer look.It turned out that these people carried a lot of vegetables, wild vegetables and fruits on their backs.

He thought for a while before he realized that although the army must have taken over the affected fields and orchards first, but with limited manpower, it was impossible to collect all the places.These people should have been collected from places where they were not recruited.

"You can't eat all the things these people bring back, right? We can trade them for something we don't have room for." Ning Qiyan turned to Du Cheng.

Du Cheng thought for a while, "The resettlement site in the university city has a trading area designated by the government. I heard that not only vegetables and fruits, but also many live animals can be traded."

After listening, Ning Qiyan regained his spirits, "Do you want to buy it with money?"

If money is used, there are still a lot in the family, and tens of thousands of yuan have been dug out of the ruins during this period alone.

Du Cheng shook his head, "How is that possible? If you want money now, you can just pick up the ruins. Most of the money is unowned and waits for others to pick it up. I heard that most of them are exchanged for food now. Everyone is not stupid. I haven't seen the government give it away." Wages are not money but food!"

Ning Qiyan shrugged, he also knew that the chance of exchanging money was very small.

"Are you going?"

Seeing Du Cheng asking him, Ning Qiyan nodded.Anyway, there is nothing to do, so it’s good to go and have a look. Although there is no room in the space, most of the homes are still empty. If there are really suitable ones, even if you don’t grow things at home, you have to change them back and put them away.

We must know that it has only been half a month since the earthquake, and the original price ratio has not collapsed very seriously. In the later stage, do you want to exchange things such as puffed food and yogurt that can't fill your stomach?Go dreaming!Everyone recognizes only food.

The two of them didn't go home either, and drove directly into the university city.

This was the first time that Ning Qiyan had entered the university town after the earthquake. Du Cheng usually joined the rescue team, and whether he gathered in the morning or picked up food at night, he was always at the entrance of the university town, and he had never entered it either.

The University Town in City D was newly planned by the government five years ago. It was not until last year that the six existing universities in City D gradually moved in.Smooth roads, brand-new and solid buildings, and a wide field, even if it is overcrowded now, it is completely different from the chaotic scene in the city.No wonder they were directly expropriated by the government to resettle survivors after the earthquake.

Turning into the road belonging to the University City, the two followed the newly established signs and parked the car in the temporary parking area.Find out where the trading area is, and walk over there.

The trading area was built on the outskirts of the University City. It was originally a small commercial street in the University City. Now most of the stores are closed, and only a few are still open, but the items sold are different from the signs hanging above the stores.More is to draw a line randomly on the side of the road, and spread a few newspapers to form a booth.

Not far away, there are people in police uniforms standing guard, and there are soldiers with live ammunition on both sides of the trading street, so even if petty theft and robbery are common, the order here is well managed.

Ning Qiyan dragged Du Cheng through the stalls. Contrary to what he had imagined, there were hardly any sundries picked up from the ruins here.

Seeing Ning Qiyan's doubts, Du Cheng explained: "The things that can be picked up in the ruins are rarely exchanged. If anyone needs them, they can pick them up by themselves. So most of the miscellaneous things are exchanged for food at the exchange point built by the government. Although it can’t be exchanged for much, it’s better than not being sold.”

Ning Qi understood clearly, put aside his doubts, and carefully looked at the stalls he passed by.

There are quite a few alcohol stoves and charcoal stoves.These things are usually hard to find in the ruins of residential buildings, but they live in resettlement sites and there is no kitchen. Except for the big pot meals distributed by the government every morning and evening, they have to use these if they want to eat some hot food or have a separate meal.

Even for people whose houses were not destroyed by the earthquake, the electric circuits, gas, and water pipes in the whole city are all paralyzed now. Unless there is a gas tank, if you want to cook and boil water yourself, you have to use this small stove.

Going further inside, there are several young people gathered together, and there are many iron cages in front of them.

Ning Qiyan glanced into the cage and then pulled Du Cheng away.

Dirty cats and dogs crowded in cages, obviously not sold as pets.How long has it been since the earthquake, and even the daily big pot meals are mixed with meat and vegetables, and there is no shortage of oil and water. Who buys these stray animals to fill their stomachs? !

fruit?

Ning Qiyan stopped and stepped forward.

"Young man, can you buy some fruit?" The old man behind the fruit stand asked with a smile.

Ning Qiyan squatted down, looked at the mangosteen, mango and other fruits on the stall, and nodded.

"Master, your fruit is quite fresh?" Ning Qiyan was a little surprised.

The uncle smiled and nodded, "My son used to open a small fruit shop, and there was a small generator in the house. No, it was used after the power outage. The whole family was reluctant to use electricity, and it was all used for the fruit freezer."

Ning Qiyan looked at the fruits in front of him one by one, "Master, how do you sell them?"

"Is there any milk powder?" the old man asked.The two granddaughters in the family are still young, so they should save more while the fruit is not bad.Although the son and daughter-in-law also turned over a lot from the outside, the old man always wanted to save more.

Ning Qiyan thought for a while, then nodded, "There are many types of milk powder, what kind do you always want? How can I change it?"

When the old man heard that there was milk powder, he cheered up.

"It's just milk powder. It depends on what kind of fruit you want. For example, these southern fruits can be exchanged for four catties of milk powder for one catty. Our local fruits can be exchanged for two catties of milk powder for one catty. I heard that the earthquake is not only in our city, but also in other places. It’s okay to talk about local fruits, but I’m afraid the southern fruits won’t be available for a long time.”

Ning Qiyan thought about it, but he didn't bargain.There was a lot of milk powder in the small supermarket he met before, and he and Du Cheng didn't like to drink it either, so they just kept it, and it would be nice to change it to some fruit.

Because there were not many fruits on the old man's stall, Ning Qiyan made an appointment with him to exchange them at the entrance of the trading street at night.Mangoes cost five catties, and mangosteens have been stored for a longer period of time, so they cost fifteen catties, plus five catties of strawberries.

Leaving the fruit stand and continuing to walk in, more and more people were selling vegetables and fruits. Ning Qiyan asked a few of them, and they all asked for food, so they didn't buy any more.

At the end of the day, Du Cheng saw a quail seller. If it weren't for the words written next to it, the two of them would have thought it was a bird seller.

"Quail?" Ning Qiyan stepped forward and looked at the dusty little things in the cage.

"Young man, look at the quails? In my house, these are all quails that lay eggs. They don't take up much space and can't eat much. They can be used for laying eggs at home. Quail eggs are more nutritious than eggs!" The quail seller was in his fifties. Seeing that Ning Qiyan was interested, the old lady quickly introduced him.

Ning Qiyan is not very interested in quail eggs, but it is true that the quails do not take up much space. The family has a lot of chickens, ducks and pigs, and raising a few more quails is just a matter of chance.

"How to sell?"

The aunt looked at the expressions of Ning Qiyan and Du Cheng, and could see that the other party had a dispensable mentality, so she didn't ask for a high price.

"One five catties of rice, buy ten and get one male."

Ning Qiyan raised his eyebrows, the asking price is not low, the one who sold live chickens before only sold twenty catties of rice for a chicken, and the whole chicken weighed three or four catties.How much does such a small animal weigh without its feathers? !

As if seeing what Ning Qiyan was thinking, the aunt hurriedly explained: "One five catties of rice sounds expensive to you, but it can lay eggs. My family has been raising quail eggs for sale before, and one quail can lay two eggs at least a year." Three hundred eggs! These eggs weigh more than five catties, if you buy ten of them, you will get a male one for you, and you can even hatch baby quails!"

Listening to the aunt's words, Ning Qiyan couldn't help but laugh. It was all about hatching quails, so he waved his hand to interrupt the aunt's words.

"Just rice? Anything else like puffed food or yogurt?"

The aunt waved her hands again and again, "I just want rice, nothing else."

Ning Qiyan shrugged and stood up, "Fifty catties of rice, twelve females and two males."

Seeing that there was no way to talk about the price, the aunt thought about it, and finally gritted her teeth.

"Okay, but I can't give you the cage."

Ning Qiyan nodded in response, and told the aunt to wait a moment, he and Du Cheng returned to the car, took out fifty catties of rice and two empty cardboard boxes from the space, and drove home after the transaction.

In the evening, when it was time to make an appointment with the old man selling fruit, Du Cheng drove there with milk powder to trade, while Ning Qiyan stayed in the space and nailed cages for the newly bought quails.