After the Earthquake of Rebirth

According to the previous plan, Du Cheng and Huzi, as the main force to open up the passage between the cave and the platform, would not stop digging in the cave except for the time of eating and resting.Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen carefully picked out the stones and impurities from the excavated soil, put them in sacks and put them on the platform after the passage was opened, so that crops could be planted.

As time passed, the temperature in the mountains became cooler and cooler, and the government organized a return to the market and finally set a date.

On October 10, those who volunteered to join the emergency repair team drove to City D in vehicles arranged by the government.The main purpose of this operation is to repair the heating pipes in the university city while the weather is moderate.The Chinese Academy of Sciences had previously notified that the temperatures in winter and summer after the earthquake were extreme and lasted for a long time.Everyone has already seen the high temperature in summer. If it wasn’t for the cooler temperature in Cangyun Mountain and the water source provided by Lake of Tears, the number of people who died of thirst and heat in the entire D city would probably not be less than the number of people who died of the plague.

In winter, if the temperature is minus [-] or [-] degrees for two or three months in a row, more than half of the people who survived will freeze to death.So the most important thing now is to ensure the heating in winter.Even if the problem of overwintering cannot be solved for everyone, at least it is necessary to ensure the restoration of heating in some areas and resettle the surviving vulnerable groups.

The salaries assigned by the government to the emergency repair team are very good, three credits a day, plus the three meals provided during the emergency repair period, many people want to join.In order to repair the pipelines of the University City as soon as possible, all healthy citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 can participate.The mighty large army left, plus other people who planned to go to the city to rummage through the ruins to collect supplies, and when everyone who was supposed to leave had left, the mountain instantly became deserted.

Wang Yang and his family also followed the car back to the urban area and lived directly in the university town.

Wang Yang, Ke Chengwei and Wang Zhixiang signed up for the emergency repair team, while the two girls took care of Yang Yu and searched for winter supplies in their free time.

The heavy rain in the summer made most of the food under the ruins of City D unusable, but there are still a lot of bedding, clothes and other daily necessities to be found. Seeing that the temperature is dropping rapidly, winter is not far away, so go to the market to find Supplies people are rushing to prepare for winter.

Except for Wang Yang and a few students, Ning Qiyan didn't have much contact with the nearby residents. Now that Wang Yang and others left, Ning Qiyan directly moved the chickens, ducks and quails raised in the cave into the livestock shed in the space, and other residents. Livestock are kept together.The gate of the cave was closed, and they lived in the space directly before the cave was dug through. During the day, the four of them took turns digging in the cave, changing people when they were tired, and digging after resting.

This morning, after breakfast in the space, as usual, Ning Qiyan pulled the other three out of the space, ready to continue working.

"Don't you think it's even colder today?" Standing in the cave with a lamp in his hand, Ning Xiaowen couldn't help rubbing his arms because of the sudden coldness.

"It's raining outside." Ning Qiyan walked to the door and heard the sound of heavy rain pouring outside.

"No wonder." Ning Xiaowen hung up the lights and muttered.

Seeing that Du Cheng picked up the shovel and was about to start working, Huzi hesitated and said, "If it's raining heavily outside, will it collapse if we continue digging?"

Before the words finished, Du Cheng's shovel had already been swung out.

boom!

There was a burst of dust, and the cave was opened!

Regardless of being delighted by the light coming in, the beard closest to him was choking and coughing. Ning Xiaowen hurriedly patted his back to relieve his cough.

Ning Qiyan ran over quickly, pulled Du Cheng past him, looked up and down, and felt relieved when he saw that he was fine.

When the dust cleared, Du Cheng was the first to stand at the hole and look out of the hole, and Ning Qiyan and the others couldn't help but lean over and look out.

What catches the eye is a wide platform, the area is larger than originally expected, almost the size of two and a half basketball courts.

Although the platform is not flat, there are not too many rocks or rock protrusions, and there are two small trees.There are a lot of weeds on the platform, and the soil layer looks fairly thick.

"You two lean back first, and Du Cheng and I will trim the hole and press the door first, otherwise a few small things will fall if you don't pay attention." Huzi wiped his face and said.

After all, the whole process of excavation has not gone through exploration and measurement, and everything is based on Ning Qiyan's sporadic memory and guesswork. It is very lucky to be able to really dig through the tunnel, and there is really no way to know the location of the cave entrance.Therefore, the vertical distance of the current hole is nearly three meters above the ground of the platform, catching up with the height of the second floor of the building.

Seeing that Du Cheng and his beards had already started trimming, Ning Qiyan stopped the three of Du Dabao who had heard the sound and brought them out of the cave.Ning Xiaowen moved out the remaining cement, etc., and the gravel was ready-made. After the hole was repaired, he could directly plaster the cement and install the iron gate.

It took another three days before the cement was completely dry. After pressing the iron gate, the four of them were not in a hurry to clean up the platform. Instead, they cleaned up all the things in the cave, piled the remaining firewood in front of the iron gate, The cover was tight, and finally the cave door was locked, and the four of them went down the mountain and walked towards the depths of the mountain.

The day I left the cave was already October 10. The highest temperature in City D was around 26 degrees at noon, while the lowest temperature at night had reached 20 degrees.The people who responded to the government's call to return to the city were still participating in emergency repairs in City D. Ning Qiyan and the others decided to store as much supplies as possible before the weather got too cold.

Prey, mountain goods, dead wood... No matter how much you collect these things, you can't have too much, because there is no other supply, and they are actually consumed very quickly.

After going down the mountain in the morning, the four of them arrived at the place where Du Cheng and Hu Zi took Wang Yang and the others to hunt in the evening.I didn't pay attention when I came here before, but this time because there are two people with average physical strength, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen, both Du Cheng and Huzi slowed down their pace, and Huzi also had more time to carefully observe the surrounding situation along the way, only then did he realize that There are four hazelnut trees near here.

Because of Ning Qiyan's space, the few people didn't need to set up tents anymore. Looking at the time, it was almost six o'clock in the evening, and the sky had already darkened.Nowadays, the daily sunshine time has been shortened a lot. It will not be bright until around 06:30 in the morning, and it will be dark at [-] o'clock in the evening.

Along the way, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen were obviously very exhausted. The four of them ignored the four newly discovered hazelnut trees and went directly into the space. They took out the previously prepared meals from the refrigerator and simply heated them up. After eating, the two stagnant people lay down on the kang and fell asleep, while Du Cheng and Hu Zi organized the existing things in the space again, leaving as much space as possible to store as much as possible for this time. goods.

I dare not say anything else, but along the way, there are dead trees everywhere in the mountains. Even if the prey and mountain goods are not satisfactory in the end, it is not in vain to go back with more firewood.

Early the next morning, after a night's rest, Ning Xiaowen and Ning Qiyan had regained their spirits. After eating some steamed buns and pickles, they dragged Du Cheng and Hu Zi out of the space.

The four hazelnut trees are not far apart, and three of them are only less than two meters high, so they can be picked with bare hands, while the remaining one can only be collected by knocking on the branch with a long pole to let the fruit fall.

The four of them divided the work, Du Cheng and Hu Zi went to hit the tall one with a wooden stick, while Ning Qiyan and the two picked the short one first.

Wearing thick thread gloves, Ning Qiyan picked the hazelnuts carefully, not letting any one go.Hazelnuts are small in size. A hazelnut tree can collect up to three to five catties of fruit, which is still the weight of the fruit. After drying and removing the fruit, the remaining hazelnuts are about one catty.

Du Cheng and the others beat the tall tree almost to the ground. After picking them all up, they came over to help Ning Qiyan and the others pick them. After they finished picking them, they saw that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon. They didn't have time to rest, so the four of them stuffed themselves After some biscuits, we continued to walk in.Beard took advantage of his spare time to walk around the area. It is estimated that there will be more people hunting in the mountains in the later period, and there are almost no traces of prey in the vicinity.

Walking and watching, he stopped and walked for more than two hours before Hu Zi waved his hand and decided where to hunt.

Before the sky darkened, Huzi and Du Cheng took the wire sheaths they had prepared before and began to lay them down according to the footprints of wild animals. Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen were looking for dead trees nearby.

"Brother Xiaowen, what kind of fruit is this? Can it be eaten?" After bending over to cut down a fallen dead tree, Ning Qiyan hammered his waist down, and when he looked up, he saw a tree full of fruits. The fruit is not small in size, and it is quite dense at first glance.

Ning Xiaowen happened to walk over with the cut tree, handed the dead tree to Ning Qiyan, and followed his gaze.

……

"It's a walnut."

"...Walnuts? Like the hazelnuts before, are they also wrapped in fruit?" Ning Qiyan blinked and humbly asked for advice.

Ning Xiaowen pursed his lips and nodded with a smile.

For Ning Qiyan, who grew up in the city, he only knew the processed dried fruits on the market, and never knew that these dried fruits were actually wrapped in fruits before picking them. If he and Du Cheng went into the mountains, it is estimated that these trees would not be able to do anything in front of them. Connect with the dried fruit you once ate.

After taking the dead tree into the space, the two began to pick walnuts.

When I looked at it before, I felt that the fruit on the walnut tree was quite dense, but it was actually not much to pick, and the two of them picked up the whole tree in a short while.

"Let's take a look around at dawn tomorrow. Generally, wild walnut trees are like hazelnut trees, and it won't be just this one." Ning Xiaowen said.

Ning Qiyan nodded.

It was already dark now, and Du Cheng and the two who had been tricked came back one after another.After everyone arrived, the four of them entered the space again.

After four consecutive meals without a good meal, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen opened the freezer, took out a piece of pork belly and a small lump of shrimp, and started making dinner.

Du Cheng and Huzi first spread the fruits picked today on the concrete platform in the yard to dry, and then cut off the branches of the dead trees that Ning Qiyan had brought in casually, and stacked them neatly.

Even if the newly cut tree looks dead, it is best to dry it in the sun after returning home, otherwise there will still be smoke when it burns.