After the Earthquake of Rebirth

According to the ripening time before the earthquake, cherries should be ready to eat in May, not to mention that the climate of the space is more suitable for plant growth, but it has been delayed until the middle of June, when the small cherries hanging on the trees are gradually ripening. Maybe there are other factors affecting it.

Ning Qiyan chewed the sweet and juicy cherry flesh in his mouth, and didn't worry about the time, but just wrote down the changed picking time in his notebook.

Now that the climate is changing, although many things can be traced back to past experience, there are many places that have changed. Although he does not intend to change his career to study the growth laws of plants in the new climate, he must at least record the crops he has to leave experience for the future.

Well, to put it bluntly, just don’t look forward to the fruiting of these two cherry trees since they bloomed in April like this time. Later, if it wasn’t for seeing the green little cherries on the trees, I would rather Qiyan thought that the three cherry trees had become decorations, and almost wanted to cut them down.

Ning Xiaowen sat and watched Ning Qiyan eat while writing down the time when the cherries were ripe.

The book in Ning Qiyan's hand records all the things in the space, not only the ripening time of various fruit trees last year, but also the growth of vegetables and the time it took to make miso the previous time.This notebook is usually placed on the cabinet in the room, separate from Ning Qiyan's notebook that records the changes outside, and has never been taken out of the space.

"Maybe it's a pollination problem." Ning Xiaowen said suddenly.

Ning Qiyan stopped writing and raised his head in a daze.

"pollination?"

...Ning Qiyan suddenly realized that if a fruit tree wants to bear fruit, doesn't it have to be pollinated? !This is common sense that elementary school students know, but he never thought of it when he saw the various fruit trees blooming in the yard.but……

Ning Qiyan looked at the cherries in his hand, "Could it be that our space automatically pollinates?" Or where did these cherries come from?

Ning Xiaowen glanced at him angrily and amusedly: "How is that possible! I have lived in the space for so long, and I have never seen a single bug. There is no wind or rain, and there is no way to pollinate naturally."

Ning Qiyan held a cherry and waved it, "But it bears fruit. Maybe our space doesn't need pollination?"

Ning Xiaowen sighed: "At first, I forgot to pollinate, but Hu Zi remembered it first. I spent a few mornings in April and May. Before you and Du Cheng entered the space, you artificially pollinated all the flowering fruit trees. That's it. The two peach trees bloomed early, and they didn't catch up. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat peaches this year."

Ning Qiyan nodded, thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "Do watermelons have to be pollinated?"

Ning Xiaowen was taken aback, and suddenly remembered that when he and Hu Zi first learned about the space, there happened to be nearly half of the watermelons in the yard of the space.According to his understanding of Ning Qiyan and Du Cheng, even if they knew they wanted to pollinate, they probably wouldn't do it, and Ning Qiyan could bring it up at this time...

"You didn't pollinate the watermelons when you planted them?"

Ning Qiyan shook his head with a smile, he just remembered the matter of pollination, he didn't even think about it before, how could pollination be possible!

Ning Xiaowen stared at Ning Qiyan.

Is it possible that this really does not need pollination?

But I have to be grateful for this feature of the space, otherwise it would be amazing that Ning Qiyan and Du Cheng, who are ignorant of these things, can grow things!

Ning Xiaowen gave Ning Qiyan a blank look.

Are you proud to smile like this? !

Ning Qiyan nodded, the space belongs to him, he is of course proud to have such a magical space in his hands!

Ning Xiaowen didn't bother to pay attention to him, and picked up the small basin with cherries on the side, not letting Ning Qiyan continue to eat.

"There are only the last cherries left. Let Du Cheng and Hu Zi come back later and leave some for them."

Ning Qiyan nodded, and then looked at the jujube tree that was bearing fruit.

It’s not that he’s gluttonous, he hasn’t tasted fruit for several months, and deep in his memory is the deep memory that he hasn’t seen any fruit for two or three years. It’s just that the cherries from three cherry trees haven’t waited to be let go. If you eat the belly, you'll finish it all. I hope the jujubes on the tree can be cooked soon.

Although cucumbers and tomatoes in the vegetable field can also be eaten as fruits, they are not always sweet enough compared to real fruits.

Ning Xiaowen put the cherries back into the refrigerator. Did he have to keep them for Du Cheng and Hu Zi? Except for Ning Qiyan, whether it was Hu Zi, Du Cheng, or Ning Xiaowen himself, the fruit came down, sweet mouth, taste it That's enough, it's also good to eat cucumbers and tomatoes.But after Ning Qiyan got the cherries half a month ago, he ate a bit too vigorously. He himself didn't feel like eating cherries, but this way of eating cherries as a meal made Ning Xiaowen have to stare at them. Him, in case he eats something wrong.

Having nothing to eat, Ning Qiyan got up and washed his hands. Seeing that Ning Xiaowen was about to tidy up the house, he rolled up his sleeves and started tidying up together.

In the house, on the kang and on the floor, there are wooden boxes and newspapers that used to hold the chickens everywhere.

This batch of chicks has all been hatched, and the proportion of births is higher than that of the previous one. It is presumably because the fertilized eggs are stored for a short period of time, and the chicks are more likely to survive.

Except for the continuous heating of the kang for the first three days to ensure the living temperature of the chickens, Du Cheng and Hu Zi rushed the temperature outside to be moderate this morning, packed the chickens in boxes with holes and moved them down the mountain.The warehouse over there by He Jun has adjusted the temperature and environment and is waiting.

There were a total of 73 chicks born in this batch, and Ning Qiyan and the others only kept five females, and Du Cheng and the others pretended to take the rest and trade them.

According to the male-female exchange, almost 490 credit points can be exchanged back. In addition to the chickens and ducks traded for the first time, two thousand and 150 credit points have been earned after two visits. These credit points are stored in Du Cheng's ID card. Ning Qiyan and the three of them usually used the ID cards of the three of them to exchange things at the exchange point. Except for every transaction down the mountain, Du Cheng's ID card was always kept in the space, and would be taken out when needed.

After tidying up the room, a wooden box covered with newspapers was left on the inside of the kang, and five bright yellow chickens walked back and forth in the box.

The rest of the boxes were cleaned and put back into the storage room. The fertilized eggs saved before were not hatched at once this time, and there was still some time left to hatch again.

After tidying up everything, Ning Qiyan left the space and went to the cave to have a look. Hu Zi and Du Cheng hadn't returned yet, and returned to the space again.

At this time, Ning Xiaowen had already moved the sack of soybeans that Ning Qiyan found out when making miso sauce to the yard.

Ning Qiyan picked up the electronic scale from the window sill outside the house.

"How much does it weigh?"

Ning Xiaowen stared at the soybeans and counted the time, "Weighed out a total of twenty catties, divided into two ten catties and put them away."

"Just make twenty catties? You can harvest the corn as soon as you see it. At that time, every household will not be short of food. It is estimated that there will be many people who will come to exchange it."

Ning Xiaowen shook his head slightly, "You don't need to make it all at once, make [-] catties first today, and then make another [-] catties in three to five days, so that the time is divided in turn, as long as the time of each batch is marked, when the time comes , we can produce finished products one after another, which are easy to sell, and can also extend the shelf life.”

After listening to Ning Xiaowen's words, Ning Qiyan nodded.

As Ning Qiyan thought, as soon as the corn matured, the most dangerous and uncontrollable crisis in the entire D City had just begun in this life, so it was passed lightly.

If it wasn't for the fact that Bai Chengyi's family was short of food, Ning Qiyan hardly felt the food crisis.

Whether it was the rebirth or foresight of other people that Ning Qiyan guessed before, or other things that caused these changes, he was grateful from the bottom of his heart.

He is a selfish person, and his rebirth only wants to save Du Cheng's life.But city D is his hometown, and the stability and prosperity of city D are his expectation and the guarantee of their family.

The corn at the foot of the mountain was the first to enter the harvesting period, even though Ning Qiyan's field in the valley matured two or three days earlier than other people nearby, it was not earlier than the corn field at the foot of the mountain that started harvesting a week ago.

When Zhang Pingguo and Ning Xiaowen nodded at the same time to confirm that they could accept it, not only the three of them, but also young and middle-aged people from other nearby families came to join in the fun and help break the corn.

Because the corn of the three families is planted together with the potatoes, one has to be careful not to trample on the potatoes in the field when harvesting the corn, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes will be harvested at the fastest by more than two months.

A large plastic sheet was laid on the ground of each field, and the broken ears of corn were placed on the ground first, and then moved back together in the evening.

At this time, the pulley for carrying water was useful again.The bagged corn is tied to the rope, and the people on the mountainside pull the corn up with the help of pulleys, which saves more effort than going back and forth.

Unlike the harvest period at the bottom of the mountain, which is coming to an end, other lands on the mountain have not yet started harvesting. The wave at the col is the earliest. Even the two little soldiers stationed at the water station couldn't help but take turns to take a look. When you get tired, replace it and help pull the corn up.

Wang Yang's house is the closest to the col. The corn collected by the three families is first piled up in his yard, and falls down along the wall next to the entrance of the cave. Usually, there are Liu Jia and the others guarding the yard, watching the chickens and ducks, selling When selling things, the corn is stripped of its coat.

Because many people nearby came to help, within three days, all the corn in the col was collected.The remaining corn stalks are still in the field. Originally, Wang Yang and the others wanted to directly take over the work of harvesting the corn stalks in the entire valley, so that Huzi and the others could help harvest the corn in the fields where other people began to harvest one after another, but they were dismissed by Huzi directly. up.As long as the skin is wrapped, be careful not to be scratched by the corn leaves. Relatively speaking, it is much easier to break off the ears of corn than to collect the corn stalks.And there were still potatoes in the field, Huzi and the others were afraid that Wang Yang and the young people would not notice that they would hurt the potatoes, so they simply asked them to go to other people's homes to help.

Although the fields of the three families were harvested together, whether it was the ears of corn piled up in the yard or the corn stalks hanging on the platform above Ning Qiyan's house, they were all divided into three piles. When you pay a little attention, you will be able to distinguish clearly.

When all the corn on the top of the mountain was almost harvested, Ning Qiyan, who had harvested the earliest, had already re-ploughed the field and prepared for the next crop of sowing.

Originally, before the earthquake, city D could only grow one season of corn a year, but after the earthquake, the climate changed, and the temperature rose rapidly after the beginning of spring. As long as the watering can keep up, the agricultural experts invited by the city also suggested that they can plant another season .

I don't know if it's because of the difference in varieties. This time, the city didn't let the citizens use the newly harvested corn to save the seeds. Instead, they went to nearby water stations to exchange for credits.

As the saying goes, if you have food in your hand, you don't panic.After hundreds of thousands of catties of corn are collected into the home, everyone is not as careful about the credits as before. The above said that it is best to exchange them in a unified way. Almost all the families who plan to plant another season go to the water station to report the number and reserve seeds.

Wang Yang's family and Bai Chengyi's family are no exception.

The six members of Wang Yang's family are not locals, and all the family assets in D city need a little accumulation. Besides, the communication between ordinary citizens has not been restored, and they don't know what is going on with their hometown and family. They all want to save more food. Once the communication is restored, the family members will be lucky enough to survive. If life is not good, they can still live in D City.

As for Bai Chengyi's family, needless to say, even if they were killed, they didn't want to live the life of calculating and calculating, but they still couldn't eat enough.It is better to spend more effort and grow a lot of grain, and the harvested grain will become moldy after eating, than to want to eat but have no food!

On the contrary, Ning Qiyan's family did not buy a new season of corn seeds, but ordered soybean seeds.

With the experience of making miso in batches, and they have no shortage of food, they decided to fill the land vacated by harvesting corn with soybeans.

There are several million surviving population in City D, even if only a very small part will buy sauce from them, they don't have to worry about where the soybeans go, and selling sauce is more suitable than farming.

To put it another way, the land reclaimed on the mountain is not very fertile, and it can just grow the land by planting soybeans for a season.