末世 二三 事

Because Suzhen took a bath twice a day, she felt a lot of resentment. This village is not like in the mountains, where it can just slide on the grass. Much dirtier.It needs to be bathed when it is dirty, and Lele reads storybooks every day and reads them to Yaya. Suzhen listened to them once and was very interested in Lele's stories, so she visited them the next day. To enter the mountain, it spread out on the mat, unable to survive, and urged Lele to tell it a story.

The leaves picked by villagers in the mountains, other people have to go to Ma Renshan's house to separate a layer before carrying them home. Jing Lin and Yan Fei can directly move to their homes, and Zhou Yu and Zhou Feifei help to pick the leaves. come out.

Everyone thinks of sustainable development, and they are very careful when picking, try not to hurt these plants, and only pick mature ones to pick back.Because the leaves are large and numerous, the leaves picked by each family are enough to cover the top floor of their house, and some families have more.

Except for the leaves that Jing Lin and the others picked at the end, they didn't have time to sort them out, Zhou Yu and the others sorted out all the leaves they picked up before.Jing Lin and Yan Fei went back, carried the leaves on their backs, and took the film. After laying a layer of leaves, put another layer of film, and then pressed them with bricks, so that the leaves would not be blown away by the wind.

It was still hot during the day, but because of the leaves on the roof, after dinner at night, the house began to cool down.

That night, everyone in the village had a good night's sleep for the first time in a long time.

There are people in the village who sew the extra leaves into cloaks. They wear them outside when they are going out, and they can take them off when they go back. There are also three people in Lin, all of whom were sewn by Zhou Yu, and there are also hoods.

Almost everyone in the village owns such a cloak, and they can go out in broad daylight when it is hot, and look at the vegetable fields, wheat fields and rapeseed fields.

Wheat has entered the late stage of grain filling, which is a critical period for determining future production, so everyone has to go to the fields more diligently.

It is also because everyone ran to the fields diligently that everyone was spared a disaster of a wheat harvest.

Because mutant midges actually appeared in the wheat field!

Midges like the cold and are afraid of the heat, so it stands to reason that they basically hibernate underground on such a hot day.But I didn't expect that the high temperature weather directly mutated the dormant part.The unmutated midges are very small in size, and can directly drill into the wheat husk and suck the juice of the wheat grains, resulting in grains or empty shells.The mutated midge became the size of a butterfly, and its whole body was red. Almost all the grains of the wheat ears it landed on were sucked up.

These midgets seemed to emerge overnight, in groups of hundreds or thousands.When the villagers found out, the family's less than half an acre of wheat had already been damaged, and this family was Wu Daxing's family.

It was after lunch at that time, Jing Lin was teaching Lele to read at home, and other members sat around to listen, and then suddenly heard the commotion in the village, yelling and shouting everywhere.

When Jing Lin left the house, he saw many people running into the fields with bamboo brooms.

Jing Lin called a random person to ask what was going on, but the person couldn't explain clearly, it seemed that wild birds came to eat the wheat, there were a lot of them, and everyone in the village came out.

When Jing Lin and the others heard this, they hurried home and took out the bamboo poles, and ran to the field with Yan Fei.

When I got closer, I saw a group of red things flying around a wheat field in Wu Daxing's house. They said they were wild birds, but they were actually a kind of insect that I had never seen before. Many people in the village stood below and waved them with bamboo poles. A lot has been shot down.

The place where Jing Lin stood happened to be the half of the wheat field that had been destroyed by the scourge. He looked at the empty wheat husks, and then at the worms that had been knocked down. He found that its mouthparts were very long, and several of them merged When it is finished, these mouthparts will separate like the tentacles of an octopus when it is sucked.Birds still peck wheat grains one at a time, but one bite of this insect is equivalent to several times of birds, and it is much more terrifying than wild birds.

More and more people joined, and more and more bugs were killed. Seeing that they couldn't eat and lost so many members, these bugs seemed to have heard the order, and they swarmed into the sky, and soon disappeared The figure didn't know where it went.

The experienced farmers in the village observed the beaten insects together, and finally concluded that these should be evolved midges. Except for their size and mouthparts, their appearance is not much different from midges.

Midges have been worldwide pests in the past. They dormant in the ground in winter. When the weather warms up, they begin to emerge and start to cause damage. They have a great impact on the yield of wheat, ranging from reduced yields to severe crop failures.If it weren't for the timely discovery today, according to the feeding speed of this group of mutated midges, few families in the village could successfully harvest wheat.

Although the midges were temporarily driven away, but with Wu Daxing's family in front of the wheat field, no one dared to leave the field and wander around in their own farmland.These insects fly around silently and elusively. They only make obvious noises when they suck the wheat grains, but when they hear the sound and rush over, it is basically too late. Just like this, there are still a few families in the village this afternoon. Wheat was ravaged by a cent or two of the area.

Some people look at it like this, but no one just sucks it up every minute, and if they are allowed to suck like this, the wheat fields in the village will be sucked up to the point that there are no particles left in a few days!Villagers guard the field and dare not leave rashly, but they want to eat, drink, sleep and rest, so they can't just keep guarding like this.So an emergency meeting was held directly in the field.Just like building the fence, each family has at least two people, and they have two shifts during the day and night, patrolling the fields in turn, and asking everyone to find a way to get some nets out. It is unrealistic to kill these midges with bamboo poles alone. It will be much easier if you have a net bag.

Zhao Zhiwen's house did have a net, but the hole was so big that it couldn't keep the bugs out. Zhou Yu removed the unwearable sweaters that were put away at home, made a few net bags, tied them to one end of the bamboo pole, and caught the bugs. Still very good.

Nearly [-] people were divided into two groups. It would be unavoidable to blame other people for not doing their best in case of being unbalanced after their own wheat was sucked. Therefore, each family divided the two places into different groups. In the area of ​​the land, he is still the only one in Jing Lin's family this time, he and his father come out from Yan Fei's family, and when someone can't stand it, Yan Lu will help out for a day or two, Zhao Zhiwen's family is just him and his father In the lottery, both Jing Lin and Yan Fei were drawn to the night shift group, Zhao Chenghuai was also on the night shift, and Zhao Zhiwen and Yan Ruifeng were on the day shift.

As for shift change time, there are no clocks or clocks now, so we can only estimate the time between after dawn and before dark, and each shift is on duty for seven days.That night, the night shift patrol officers began to be on duty in the fields.

The dinner was cooked by the family, and they took it directly to the field to eat. They also prepared food and water for when they were hungry in the middle of the night.Both Lele and Yaya go to Zhou Yu's side, Suzhen is not familiar with Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu is also afraid of it, so Jing Lin asks Suzhen to take the little fox to watch the house at home, and the reward is a mutated pepper every day, Suzhen happily agreed.

Patrolling at night is uncomfortable. There are so many fields in the village. Twenty people are scattered around. They have to move around at any time. The ridges are not wide or level. Everyone walks cautiously. When midges appear, they have to run quickly and carry oil lamps. , a lot of moths fly around them and pounce on their faces, it's uncomfortable.Jing Lin felt that he killed more moths in one night than he saw in one summer.

Because of Jing Lin and Yan Fei's spiritual consciousness, if the midges happen to appear within the scope of their consciousness, they will quickly call other people to come over, and they can successfully prevent the midges from eating wheat, basically every time they can use the net They grabbed a few of them and were trampled to death on the spot.

In the middle of the night, everyone is too sleepy, yawning one after another, but they don’t dare to yawn at all. Maybe you squint a little, and a piece of wheat will disappear. This loss is too great, and many people later say that they can’t wait to cut their heels. Bamboo sticks propped up the eyelids.

After finally surviving until dawn, the wheat lost more than one-third of the land that night, and more than a hundred insects were killed by them.

When changing shifts, Zhao Zhiwen brought Jing Lin's breakfast directly, and said that he had already fed all the rabbits and chickens in his family, and also boiled a pot of hot water for them, which was just right for them to use when they went back.Yan Ruifeng did the same, and brought Yan Fei a bucket of porridge in a thermos bucket, as well as a few steamed meat buns that he had steamed himself.

Jing Lin and Yan Fei ate, took a shower, and went directly to their room to sleep.It wasn't very hot in the house now, and they had already returned to their own rooms from the living room.

Sleeping until noon, Jing Lin and the others had dinner and taught Lele to read for a while. Yan Fei also taught Lele a few new moves, saying that now that his work and rest are upside down, he has no time to look at him, so he should not slack off.

After learning how it looked like at three o'clock in the afternoon, Jing Lin and the two began to prepare dinner. After it was ready, they didn't eat it, but put it in the pot to heat it up, and then went back to sleep. When they woke up, it was almost time to change shifts , then ate dinner, took supper, sent Lele to Zhou Yu, and went to the field again.

The life of the people in the village was like this. As time went on, they became more and more proficient in dealing with the midges. They could kill hundreds of insects every day, so fewer and fewer wheat fields were damaged.

During this period, the cherries planted by someone in the village have already produced fruit. This kind of cherries are small in size, the taste has not changed, and they are very sour. They are not as delicious as the fruits they picked from the leaves. A few were generously given to him by others.

At the end of April, there were basically no midges to be seen, but the wheat was about to be harvested, and everyone dared not really relax. Anyway, it was not too late, and the night patrol was the same as before.

On May Day, Sun Lili's stomach began to hurt.

At the beginning of the shift schedule, Ma Chunjian got a lottery for the night shift, but he still had a big belly Sun Lili, so his elder brother Ma Chunkang offered to let him work the day shift so that he could take care of his wife.

When Sun Lili gave birth, Zhao Shaoqian's wife and daughter helped deliver the baby.When delivering the baby, Ma Chunjian stood by Sun Lili's side. When Sun Lili cried out in pain because of the pain, he also cried beside her.

In the end, Sun Lili gave birth to a girl, but Chen Xuefang was happy. There were already two bastards in the family. She had been looking forward to Sun Lili's birth to give her a lovely granddaughter, but she didn't expect it to be true.

A little life was born in the village, and those who had a good relationship gave gifts, and those who didn't get the share, all went to have a look and said a few nice words.

When Sun Lili was in confinement, the village began to harvest rapeseed and wheat.

Because of the high temperature, the rapeseed was picked too quickly, and the yield was affected, but it was not damaged by insects.Rapeseed must be harvested when there is dew in the early morning, so that it is not easy to burst pods. The harvested rapeseed is threshed at the highest temperature of the day. There is no machine for threshing. This year, the old farm tools from previous years have been dug out. Put the rapeseed on the drying mat and wave the flail to thresh the rapeseed. The rapeseed that has been exposed to the sun is lightly patted by the flail, and all the black rapeseeds come out.

It's all physical work, and it's exhausting.Of course, harvesting wheat is even more difficult.

Fortunately, they have the heat-insulating leaves, otherwise the summer harvest would have to be done at night.

Because of the crop of rice harvested last year, everyone is more proficient at harvesting wheat this year, and did not say that they will cut their feet from time to time, and the speed is much faster.The three families collected it together, and after one family was collected, the next family was taken in. The food was also prepared together, Zhou Yu and Zhou Feifei prepared it.

Because of the timely detection of midges, Jinglin's three families had the best harvest in the village, losing more than 100 catties, while other families basically lost two to three hundred catties.However, compared with last year's rice harvest, this year is considered a bumper harvest.

Although they prefer to eat rice, flour is not a staple food, but flour is more filling than rice classics.

Relying entirely on manual harvesting, after the busy summer harvest, half of May has passed, and the wheat grass in the field is thoroughly sunburned in one day. Burn it to make fertilizer, and you can also pick up the burned wheat grains that have not been picked up to eat.

The fishponds were opened, water was put into the fields, and the village was about to transplant seedlings.

At this time, the cattle of Zhang Kai's family became the most popular in the village again, and everyone relied on them to cultivate the land.

This year, many people have learned to be smart, and went to Zhang Kai's house early to wait in line for the cow.

Instead, Jing Lin didn't go. He and Yan Feiyi and Zhao Zhiwen each left the village with a bag of last year's wheat on their backs.What are the three of them going to do? Go to Longzhang and ask him to borrow a baby earthworm.

The speed at which Baby Earth turns over the ground, Long Zhang said that one mu can be thoroughly turned over in an hour, he remembers it very clearly.

The weeds on the road couldn't stand the direct heat, and many of them withered.Passing through Xiejia Village, I saw that their fields were also soaked in water, and there was also plant ash in it.Jing Lin and the others haven't come out for nearly two months, so they don't know the situation in their village.

Jing Lin knocked on the door of Xie Shu's house, and it took a while for someone to open the door.

When Xie Shu opened the door, his face was sleepy. He was still holding an umbrella. When he saw Jinglin standing outside the door, dressed in leaves and primitive attire, he didn't find it funny, but was surprised: , how dare you guys walk outside?"

Then let the three of them enter the house quickly, so as not to get burned.

Jing Lin and the others followed him in, but it wasn't because he was afraid of the sun, but because he was not in good spirits after reading the thank you book, so don't get burned again.

After Jing Lin and the others put down the wheat temporarily, they sat in the living room of Xie Shu's house. Xie Shu asked them, "Where do you go in broad daylight with your things on your back?"

Jing Lin said, "Go find Longzhang." Seeing that no one else came out, and the house was quiet, Jing Lin asked Xie Shu, "Where are the others in your family?"

Xie Shu said: "I have been working in the field all night, and I am sleeping now."

"Are you all working at night? I see that your fields have been soaked in water. Are you going to plant rice? Where is the wheat from before?"

"Where is there any wheat?" Xie Shu said, "After the temperature rose, it died in the sun within a few days. It has withered in the field for a long time. Didn't we change the rice seeds with you before? We tried to After raising the seedlings, although the growth is slow, it is finally growing. Now it’s time to transplant the rice, so everyone burned the wheat in the field to make fertilizer, and brought water from the river to soak the field. This is not Tiantai It’s so hot, it’s impossible to go to the ground during the day, and the villagers only go out at night, and they all reverse their work and rest, and come out at night.”

"Is there much water in the river you diverted?" Yan Fei asked.

The water in the two ponds in their village can only be maintained by Jinglin's previous formation. It rained for a few days in March for so long, and it was sunny the rest of the time. The temperature has been high for so long, and I don't know anything else. How is the place.

"The water is almost bottoming out." Xie Shu said, "If it doesn't rain again, we will probably die of drought if we plant this rice."

When leaving Xie's house, Jing Lin told Xie Shu about the leaf cloaks they were wearing, and asked him to look for them in the nearby forest, and Xie Shu gratefully agreed.

Jing Lin who was walking on the road was a little confused.Because of his formation, the living conditions in their village are really good, and he also wants to help Xie Shu and them, but Jing Lin knows them well, but doesn't trust them.

Seeing Jing Lin's wandering appearance, Yan Fei quickly understood what he was thinking, and he said: "A Lin, don't think too much, we are not strong enough now, and behind us, there are family members who are more difficult to survive than us .”

The most unpredictable thing in this world is the human heart, he doesn't want and doesn't want Jing Lin to be in danger because of his soft heart.

"I know." Jing Lin said, he just saw that their lives were difficult, and he was capable of making them live better, but he kept silent because of his own reasons, which inevitably made him feel guilty.

But compared to the safety of the family, this crime is still insignificant after all.

Soon after arriving at Longzhang's house, Jing Lin knocked on the closed big iron door of his house.

It can be seen that there are fewer and fewer traces of people living on this road. The sound of Jing Lin's knock on the door is not loud, but it sounds a bit empty around him.

"Who?" With a bang, the curtains on the second floor above their heads were pulled open, revealing Long Zhang's face.

Jing Lin raised his head and said to him, "The food is here for you."

"There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world." Long Zhang said something, but did not come down to open the door.

It is not normal for outsiders to be unprepared these days. They have only met four times this time, so they are not familiar with each other.Jing Lin said: "If it is handed to your mouth, just open your mouth."

Long Zhang snorted lightly, and looked at them out of the corner of his eye: "I'm going to plant rice in these two days."

Yan Fei smiled and said, "It seems that you also know our reason for coming."

Long Zhang said: "My baby hasn't been free for the past two days. One mu of land is fifty catties. If there is less, I won't borrow it."

Zhao Zhiwen said: "It's so expensive, I can't even borrow so many cattle from other people's houses."

Long Zhang snorted coldly: "It's just time for my baby to rest."

Yan Fei hurriedly said: "Borrow, why not borrow." Can the speed of Niu and Baobao be compared? What they borrow is efficiency, and efficiency is time.

Then Longzhang and his father came out, holding a scale in their hands, and said while weighing: "Don't try to fool me with shortness of weight, my baby digs into the ground every day, and he knows how big an acre of land is. If you come back Tell me that the number of acres doesn't match the grain you sent, and don't say anything in the future."

"Aren't you going with us?" Yan Fei asked.

Long Zhang counted the scale on the scale without lifting his eyelids: "What am I going to do? My baby knows the way very well. If you want to catch it and not return it, just let it grind its teeth." Is his baby so easy to catch? Besides, the people in Jinglin's village are the most mentally healthy group of people he has ever seen in this world. They are ruddy and muscular. It's the first time a fat man in their village looks like that. Goodbye, he is even fatter than before Yes, the standard of living is so good, how can the village be free from tricks?There are many secrets in his own house. Compared with the neighbors around him, his daily life is like heaven, so he didn't open the door to let Jing Lin and the others in.

Besides, although these people have little contact with them, and even though they are as thoughtful as he is, they are not bad, and he can still trust the baby to follow them.Although he said that he was not afraid of what they would do to the baby, in fact, he would follow and stare at other neighbors who came to borrow the baby these days.

After the fields in Jing Lin’s Cai Village were burned, they could no longer see the shape of what they did before. They were still thinking about how to keep Long Zhang from entering their village, but now Long Zhang took the initiative to say no. I still feel relieved a lot.

But I also doubt his attitude.

The grain that Jing Lin and the others brought back was not enough for what Long Zhang said, and Long Zhang promised to make up for the rest when he sent the baby earth back.

Earth Baby had met Jing Lin and the others a few times, and was familiar with them, and when he left with them went smoothly, without crying, otherwise Jing Lin and the others would not be able to coax them.

After Jing Lin and the others left, Long Zhang also closed the door and went in.

The houses in their area are all similar, with square buildings and walls.Long Zhang and his father carried several sacks of wheat into one of the rooms, and saw that the furniture and floors in this room were gone, but a square pit appeared, with stairs leading to the pit. Bottom extension.Long Zhang and his son went down the stairs. After more than a minute, the space suddenly became wider. A very spacious basement appeared in front of the two of them. There were oil lamps hanging around, illuminating the space.

I saw that the basement was full of all kinds of vegetables, dozens of kinds of tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, shallots, etc., some were very energetic, and some looked malnourished. If Jinglin and the others saw it, they would definitely be very upset. Surprised, because many of the vegetables growing in the basement couldn't be successfully grown even with the blessing of the spirit gathering array, and, like lettuce, peppers and tomatoes, they didn't look like they used to, nor did he grow them himself The mutated appearance seemed to be another breed.

Long Zhang put the wheat in a corner, patted the dust on his hands, and said to his father: "Although the wheat is very hungry, it is too troublesome to grind the flour now. We have received so much wheat this time, when are we going to move it?" Come back with a stone, let the baby make a stone mill to grind powder."

Long Gang said: "Just find two yuan. I received twenty catties of rice earlier, and I have to grind it."

"Well, then two yuan." Long Zhang nodded.

The two wandered around the basement, looked at the vegetables in each small block, and then left the basement.