After the Earthquake of Rebirth

When he got up this day, Ning Qiyan took advantage of the interval between boiling water and went to the yard to look at the thermometer hanging under the eaves.

One degree below zero.

The temperature in the space finally dropped below zero.After confirming that the water in the well was not frozen, Ning Qiyan turned around and entered the house.

Even if the kang in the house was burning all the time, it couldn't stop the chill from the temperature drop, so these few mornings Ning Qiyan went directly down, eating a bowl of hot noodles with soup, always feeling warmer.

After breakfast, Du Cheng put on the sportswear that had been completely regarded as work clothes, and went to the yard to continue sawing wood.With the greenhouse in the yard as the foundation, there is already a rough plan for the greenhouse built on the platform in the future.The bottom of the greenhouse must still be laid with stone cement, but the support above it needs to be stronger than the support of the small greenhouse in the yard before, otherwise it may not be able to hang the replaced lights.

Therefore, there are also requirements for the choice of wood. Fortunately, they dragged back a lot of trees, and after picking and picking, there are many usable ones.Du Cheng doesn't worry about whether it will be enough in the end. He will fix the main frame for hanging the lamp first, and then there will be time for other auxiliary brackets to cut down suitable trees in spring.

He and Beard divide the work, he is responsible for processing the wood, sawing it to the right size, and Beard is in charge of fighting.Whether it is a cave or a space, there is definitely not enough space to nail the shelves, so nail a small area first, and then connect the nailed small shelves after the platform, and trim them to a suitable size.

Ning Qiyan drove the chickens aside with a broom, bent down to pick up the eggs in the haystack, looked carefully at the bright sky, and made sure they were not fertilized eggs, so they put them in the big basket, and if they were fertilized eggs, put them in the basket. in a small basket.

It is said to be a flock of chickens, but after the chicken soup is stewed every now and then, there are only four hens and one rooster left in the chicken coop, together with the six female ducks and two male ducks in the duck nest next to it, in the new chicken coop. Before the ducklings hatch, they are determined not to move.

Originally, there should be six hens left, but Ning Qiyan couldn't hold back his own whim, and suddenly wanted to make saliva chicken, and he also likes saliva chicken made of chicken legs. A chicken with two legs is definitely not enough for four people to eat, so he They simply sharpened their knives and slaughtered two hens, and then... Ning Xiaowen kept nagging him for three days, and even when he was sleeping, his ears were buzzing...

Thinking about those three days, Ning Qiyan decided that before the chicks and ducklings hatched, he would rather chop his hands than chickens.

Fortunately, the fertilized eggs are almost ready, and after two or three days of saving, they will be ready to nest.

After picking up the eggs, Ning Qiyan cleaned the chicken coop and the duck coop, put away the fresh water, and then closed the fence door.

"Brother Xiaowen has to come when we are in the nest, we both have no experience at all." Ning Qiyan put the basket on the ground, lowered his head and patted the sticky hair on his body, and said.

Du Cheng picked up the sawn wood and blew on the sawdust, "Can it hatch in such cold weather?"

"Brother Xiaowen said to tidy up the west room and make a nest there. I think it will work."

Du Chengen let out a sigh, then thought about it, and raised his head to look at Ning Qiyan.

"At that time, we will go to live in the cave, and we will exchange Huzi and brother Xiaowen. The new kang in the cave will be very warm."

Ning Qiyan responded without raising his head, seeing that his body was clean, he carried the basket into the house.

Seeing that Ning Qiyan agreed naturally, Du Cheng looked at the re-closed door, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Since the unexpected intimacy more than ten days ago, Du Cheng racked his brains to recall the methods of courting people he had seen when he was studying or heard about in prison.Maybe it's because of the physical relationship, coupled with Ning Qiyan's half-acceptance and half-compromise attitude, which gave him a sense of steadfastness, so he can speak boldly about some things he was embarrassed to say before.Or some people say that chasing people has to be thick-skinned, or simply shameless in order to catch people.

Du Cheng thinks it is necessary to have a thick skin, but it is easy to thicken the skin in front of the lover.

After more than ten consecutive days of siege, look, the results are obvious. Now Ning Qiyan doesn't have the boring feeling of doing nothing after Huzi and the others moved out. The beauty of the two-person world...

Du Cheng pursed his lips. He felt that the day of eating meat again was not far away.

Ning Qiyan didn't know that his small body that had just recovered was being targeted by wolves again, humming a messy tune, he put the two baskets of eggs into separate categories.After calculating when the vegetables in the greenhouse matured, he simply fished out all the sprouts and washed them.

Take out a large piece of lamb from the refrigerator and thaw it in the microwave.

The mutton I bought at the beginning was because I wanted to slice it for hot pot, so I bought it with a little bit of fat. I originally wanted to save it and eat it slowly, but it has been more than half a year. The beef is okay, and there is almost no fat. , but now mutton and pork, especially the fatty parts, already have a taste.

It has been frozen in the freezer, and it will not deteriorate, but the taste after being frozen for a long time is really not very good, so I simply make a hot pot and dip it in the sauce to cover up the taste.

A piece of mutton weighing nearly three catties, a piece of pork belly about two catties, and a lot of meatballs, and a pile of frozen shrimp. The vegetables have been broken for a long time, so let's use bean sprouts to make do.

Deciding to eat hot pot at noon, Ning Qiyan was not in a hurry to start the fire. The meat after thawing was still a little hard, just right for slicing with a knife. After cutting more than five catties of meat, Ning Qiyan felt that his wrists were going to break.

After preparing the materials, he glanced at his watch. It was almost time. Ning Qiyan took off his apron.

"I'll call Brother Xiaowen and the others." After leaving the door, Ning Qiyan finished speaking to Du Cheng and left the space.

When Du Cheng heard his words, he turned around and saw Ning Qiyan disappear.

No matter how many times I watched it, I still feel very mysterious.

When he came to the cave, Ning Qiyan had just raised his foot when he heard Wang Yang's voice from the other side, he stopped and went back to the space.Fortunately, out of caution, every time Ning Qiyan entered and exited the space, he was on the side where the toilet was placed in the cave. I don't know how Huzi and Ning Xiaowen explained the absence of him and Du Cheng, so as not to accidentally make noise, he Or wait a little while before passing.

"What's wrong?" Du Cheng looked at Ning Qiyan who had just disappeared and reappeared.

"Wang Yang and the others are here. I was afraid of being discovered, so I came back and waited." Ning Qiyan explained.

Du Cheng gathered up the finished wood, waited for a while to finish the meal, and when Hu Zi returned to the cave, he took it and nailed it slowly.

Because there is enough time, he usually handles the wood in the morning, and in the afternoon, he and Ning Qiyan lie on the kang to watch books or movies. Even if he does other things, Du Cheng will do it with Ning Qiyan, even if he doesn't talk , The two are in the same environment, and doing the same thing is also conducive to cultivating feelings, or Du Cheng silently and half-forced Ning Qiyan to establish the subconsciousness that the two are lovers.

He took off his coat covered with sawdust, washed it with his hands, and laid it flat on the kang to dry. After finishing his work every day, Du Cheng would wash the clothes, and usually he could dry them before night.

I don't know when Wang Yang and the others will leave, so Ning Qiyan took out the hot leftovers and cooked some meat and bean sprouts with clear soup. Take out two lumps and mix them into the food to enhance the flavor.Finally divided into three bowls.

Probably hungry, as soon as Ning Qiyan put the food bowl on the ground, one big, two small and three little fluffy things jumped out smelling the smell.

... Well, Du Dabao can no longer be described as small things.

"Did you see where they came out of?" Ning Qiyan asked, looking at the three who were buried in eating.

"Haystack." Du Cheng replied.

Ning Qiyan stretched his head to look at the pile of haystacks against the wall between the chicken coop and the house, but he didn't see why, and he didn't take it to heart.

The pile of hay is used to clean the nests for the livestock. Every once in a while, the hay used for the nests of the livestock in each fence must be cleared out and replaced with clean ones. Otherwise, the smell will be strong after a long time.

After the three little ones had enough to eat and drink, Ning Qiyan washed the bowl and went to the cave again.

This time, he listened intently as soon as he left the space, making sure that Ning Xiaowen and Huzi were the only ones outside, so he came out.

"Wang Yang and the others came over just now?" Ning Qiyan opened the covering curtain and asked.

It was long after the usual time for them to eat together, Ning Xiaowen guessed that Ning Qiyan must have come out before, and he hid back in the space after hearing Wang Yang's voice.

"Well, all three have come. Didn't I go down to fetch water several times before and couldn't get water? It's freezing, and the government can't keep warming the water pipes, so I just distributed some water purification tablets to purify them directly. Snow water. Wang Yang and the others helped our family get it together, and sent it to us by the way." Ning Xiaowen said.

"Is it snowing outside?"

Ning Xiaowen shook his head, "It's not too big, it's been a few days, and there have been sporadic snowflakes, and the snow on the ground hasn't reached the knees yet."

While talking, the three of them entered the space.

Seeing that Ning Qiyan didn't come back immediately after leaving, Du Cheng knew that Wang Yang and the others had left, so he turned on the fire and started to heat up the soup.After the four of them sat down, the soup was almost boiling.

As soon as the water boiled, Hu Zi picked up two big chopsticks and put the meat into it, instantly covering the whole pot.

"Let's see, it won't be long before the heavy snow falls." Ning Qiyan said while stirring the pot with chopsticks to make the meat cook faster.

Hu Zi nodded, "It's like the rain before. Either it won't rain for a few months, or it will be like a flood."

Ning Xiaowen frowned, "Then we have to be vigilant, if it really rains like before, the snow will not be too small, almost every family in the mountain lives in caves, if the snow is heavy, the cave doors will be closed." It's blocked, you can't even get out."

Huzi sneered: "It's good to block the cave door, and it's good to block even the vents!"

Seeing that Ning Xiaowen was getting more and more worried, Ning Qiyan comforted him: "Don't worry, the government must be more vigilant than us, no matter what time it is, it will definitely broadcast."

Just like the winter before rebirth, if there is really a big event or danger, those big speakers newly installed by the government on the mountain are not for decoration.It is true that too many people froze to death in the previous winter, but I have never heard of anyone being suffocated to death by being blocked by snow.Although I don't know which butterfly flapped its wings this time, something changed, but the weather was still the same as before the rebirth.There will be two big snowstorms this winter, the first in mid-January not long after.It was also the sudden heavy snowstorm that disrupted the government's arrangements, making it impossible to carry out daily safety inspections in many places, which caused so many people to freeze to death at one time.But now it seems that this time the government seems to be more prepared. The safety rope channel that should have been established after the first blizzard has now been pulled up early. No matter how heavy the snow is, along the safety rope all over the mountain, soldiers Although it is difficult for them, at least they can inspect every house.

The entire university city has perfect heating, accommodated more citizens, and the inspection preparations made in advance, Ning Qiyan felt that this winter, the survivors in City D should be able to survive well.