The return of natural disasters before the end of the world

Around six o'clock in the evening, the thick fog gradually dissipated.But what followed was not the sunset, but the scorching sun.And after the white mist dissipated, the temperature saw a rise, and the heat wave visible to the naked eye rolled in the air, which made people feel scorching.

"The weather is hell, it's six o'clock, right? Why does it feel like noon? It's hotter than noon, it's only April, and in July and August, isn't it too hot?!"

Ma Chen complained while fanning the wind with a fan.Lei Lang also sat on the ground in a disfigured manner. The floor was made of marble and it was cool, but when he got up together, he could see the sweat marks on the floor.You can't even sit on the sofa, even if you put a mat on it, it's too hot.

Yao Ziqing sat on the stairs and looked at the unsettled men in the living room. Xiao Wu lay beside him, sticking out his tongue to cool off.From time to time, a small piece of ice appeared out of nowhere in the palm of Xiao Wu's mouth. With a roll of Xiao Wu's tongue, it went into his mouth, and he bit it with a loud bang.

Seeing the eldest brother and the second brother coming out of the small warehouse at the back, they hurriedly looked towards them.Lei Xiao nodded to him, Yao Ziqing understood in seconds, and was relieved immediately.The hottest time has not yet arrived, and the current temperature can only be said to be just at the beginning, and it will be so hot later, I am afraid that grandma will really not be able to stand it.As long as the generator can still be used, the diesel that the second brother got before is enough for many years.

It's a pity that solar energy cannot be used, otherwise there is no need to worry about running out of electricity with such a big sun.I don't know what happened to the dense fog. Most of the electrical appliances failed, and those high-tech products became a pile of broken copper and iron.

Looking at the scorching sun outside, Ma Chen sighed to Ma Xin: "It's really lucky that you came back. If it's a few days later, I really don't know what the situation will be."

Lei Lang was also a little worried: "The sun is so poisonous, the temperature is so high, even the corn field can't bear it. If the harvest is not good this year, it will be a road to death."

Ma Chen's whole land has not yet been planted, but now the land has been dried into clods, where can it be planted.

Yao Ziqing took the water steamed buns out of the freezer that still had some air-conditioning left, cut them into small pieces and put them on the plate: "Hurry up and eat all of them, otherwise the ice cubes in the freezer will melt later, and it will be sour as soon as you let it go."

Girls prefer to eat this kind of sweet food, especially now that it is so hot, this slightly sweet, sour and cold food is even more appetizing.The few people quickly divided up the remaining five steamed buns, and Xiao Wu ate two more.

Ma Xin looked at Xiao Wu worriedly and said, "Is it okay to eat this? Don't eat it badly, there are no veterinary hospitals open now."

Yao Ziqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Wu is not that kind of weak pet dog. He will eat whatever people eat, and he is not picky about food."

Xiao Wu wagged his tail, but except for a small ball of black hair on the tip of the tail that was left behind by the master, the rest was bare.The proud fluffy tail is gone, and the tail is rolled up in frustration. It's too ugly, it's better to hide it.

It was around ten o'clock in the evening that the sun slowly rested, and it was around twelve o'clock that the sky was completely dark.Taking advantage of the darkness, the village chief Lei Rongshi hurriedly called all the villagers for a meeting.

However, the ancestral hall is definitely not a suitable place. The room is too stuffy, there are too many people and there is no ventilation, and the smell of sweat disperses, it is like a biochemical weapon.Simply choose the meeting place under the big tree in the drying yard, the place is wide, and occasionally a breeze blows by.Although the wind is hot, at least it is the wind and not.

As soon as Lei Chenggen came, he saw Lei Gaoming, Lei Li and the others sitting on the side, took Lei Lang and Lei Lin and sat down with their own small benches.

"It's quite early, this damn weather is really the end of the world!"

"It's hot when you're stuffy in the house, and it's hot when you come out. You might as well come out early, so you can chat with people and spend time." Lei Gaoming said while grabbing peanuts for the father and son.

Lei Li and the others greeted Lei Chenggen and made room for them.Lei Zheng snatched the jelly just torn from Lei Lang's hand, took out several and threw them into Lei Lin's arms, and returned two or three to Lei Lang.

Seeing that Uncle Cheng Gen was chatting with Uncle Gao Ming, Lei Lang secretly stepped towards Lei Zheng, but was dodged and raised his eyebrows at him provocatively.If the elder wasn't here, he would have already punched Lei Zheng twice, what a bandit!

Ma Xin sat beside them and watched them laughing. This was the first time she participated in this kind of village assembly, so it was a bit novel.Among the group of rough guys, the smile of a delicate flower is naturally conspicuous, no, the few with good eyes not far away looked straight at her.

This was the first time Lei Lin saw Ma Xin, and he had never met such a beautiful girl so closely in school.Those pretty girls are very proud, even if he looks pretty good, he is at least half a school grass figure, knowing that his family is a farmer, they are so disgusted that they don't even give him a look.

After thinking about it, he handed Ma Xin the jelly that had just been stuffed in his hand.Ma Xin was taken aback, and smiled at him and shook his head: "Brother Ziqing gave me a lot just now, you can eat it yourself, thank you"

Lei Lin looked at Yao Ziqing, who was talking with Lei Xiao, and suddenly felt that his secret love had not even begun, but had been punctured.There is a male god here, let this little grass wash and sleep.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Lei Rongshi knocked on the iron block hanging on the tree pole, and the jingling sound signaled everyone not to chat, and they all quieted down.

"I don't need to say more about the current situation, you all understand it, and I don't want to talk nonsense, the field is now the foundation of our survival, the day is hot, and the farm work is done at night, no matter how hard it is, it can't be wasted!

In addition, the water level in the reservoir between Lijia Village and Fanjia Village has been getting lower and lower. In the past two days, I have been thinking about digging a deep well in our village, not for farming. If this deep well is dug out, it is not a last resort. , that is the guarantee of our final survival, if you have any comments or suggestions, please share them while everyone is here."

After hearing Lei Rongshi's words, some people couldn't bear it anymore: "Village chief, no one in the village has this skill in drilling wells, who would?"

"That's right, the village chief. It might have been easy to dig a well before. Where can we find a well drilling machine now? We can't let us plan by hand?"

"You think you're a dog, and you still plan?" This is a joke that he has a good relationship with the person who just spoke, so he doesn't mind.

"I'll fuck you, why are you talking!"

Yao Ziqing went to the second brother and asked: "Is drilling a well reliable? I think it is very difficult. Now they are connected to tap water, and few have wells. What if there is no well-drilling machine?" ?”

"Indigenous methods, using a potter's wheel, or manually digging, there are ways to do it."

Yao Ziqing suddenly realized that the convenience of modern society made him forget that the wisdom of his old friend should not be underestimated.I am used to the convenience brought by the machine, and sometimes I really get stuck in an alley and cannot get out.

The people in the village were chatting enthusiastically, and the moths lingered around the oil lamps hanging on the branches of the trees beside them, lingering and lingering.Some villagers kept driving away mosquitoes with fans.

The children who were bored to sleep in the room during the day are now full of sleep, and are frolicking together without knowing their worries.Some parents who are more careful also carry a small bottle of toilet water with them, and call their children to spray it twice from time to time, which is not only cool, but also prevents mosquito bites.

Lei Lang slapped Lei Li's arm with a slap, and his palm was bloody immediately. He took the paper towel handed over by Si'er and wiped it off with a soft click: "If this is bitten a few times, it will probably lose too much blood. Look, big brother, it's all your blood!"

Lei Li took the tissue that Lei Lang had just used, and wiped the remaining blood on his arm: "It's not mine, it probably belongs to someone else"

He didn't feel an itch, and he didn't feel a mosquito bite.I don't know what Si'er ate them, but anyway, they have a particularly keen sense.He felt it when the mosquito landed on his arm just now, and when he was about to make a move, Lei Lang took a step ahead.

"This mosquito is too big, it has caught up to the size of a fly"

Lei Zheng, who was sitting next to him, heard Lei Li talking about flies, and when he thought of what he saw behind the hut, his goosebumps immediately stood up: "Don't talk about flies, I'm disgusted, isn't there a latrine halfway behind us? , When I just passed by there, I saw clusters of flies, no exaggeration, they were really clusters! My scalp was numb, hiss~ look, the goosebumps came up again"

Yao Ziqing glared at him: "You still say it's disgusting!" Touching his arm, he felt that the whole person would feel bad after thinking about that scene!

Said, Lei Zheng went to Yao Ziqing and whispered to him again: "When are we going to the town? It's such a hot day, if you don't take it back and put it in the cellar, it will be broken."

Yao Ziqing looked back at the second brother, and said, "Let's wait for the second brother to make arrangements. There is no internet right now, and I don't know what's going on outside. Let's wait and see. The second brother has arrangements, so be patient."

Regarding the supermarket, Lei Lang didn't even tell his family members, he was sullen all by himself, this feeling of not being able to share and vent almost suffocated him.The thought of hiding a large amount of supplies in a place that only a few of them knew in the town made my heart itch, and I wished I could drag them home immediately to feel relieved.

They were whispering at the bottom, and the village chief was sweating at the top of his voice: "Since you can't make up your mind about the well for a while, you have to think about it in the long run. There is one more important thing right now. Please be quiet first. When you're done talking, talk about it!"

Lei Zheng whispered to Lei Lang: "Finally, I know why the grandfather of the village chief has been re-elected for decades. This thankless job is too boring. It's not good to be exhausted. No wonder you don't have the grace to run for office!"

Lei Lang rolled his eyes: "Small citizens, think about it, the village chief grandpa is willing to give! What a good virtue you say it looks like, go and stick to the heat!"

Uncle Cheng Gen turned around and knocked on the foreheads of the two of them, and then completely quieted down.

Lei Rongshi took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and then continued: "You also know the situation of the heavy fog yesterday. It was rare that there was no sun. Many people came out during the day to see new things, but yesterday afternoon, Fan, the nearest town, The family village was robbed, not only one family was robbed, but several granaries were robbed!"

As soon as these words came out, the villagers were in an uproar, and all of them were boiling.

"My God! It's terrible, have you called the police?"

"It's so close, so don't snatch it into our village, ouch, my man is still outside and hasn't come back, what should I do!!"

"Isn't this too exaggerated? Who did it? Are you not afraid of being arrested? Isn't it driving people to death by robbing people's food in this day and age?!"

Lei Gaoming shook his head and sighed: "Most likely he was forced to die of starvation anyway, why not put all his eggs in one basket, maybe there is still a way to survive?"

"No, living in the city, those high-rise buildings are all locked in small cages, and the rice and noodles are bought after eating. It's not like in our countryside, where rice grains are available all year round. The door is closed, there is money and no place to buy, no food, isn’t it starving?”

"Let them city people look down on us country people with their noses and eyes, and look down on us country people when they get close, squinting and hiding away, as if we have some kind of virus on us, don't come to grab our food if you have the ability! You deserve to die of starvation!"

The person who spoke probably suffered too much discrimination when working in the city, and he was complaining in his heart.Now that it looks so good, I wish people from the city would kneel and lick it.

Some people lamented, some gloated, some were filled with righteous indignation, but there were still some who thought farther away and asked the village chief, "Fanjia Village is not far from our village, so it won't be long before our village will be targeted." right?"

The village chief sighed and nodded: "That's what I'm worried about. There are only a few residents in our village, and the total population is only a hundred or so. There are also many old and weak women and children. If you really want to focus on our village, you will have no resistance. The future situation is unknown, if you resist, you may die, if you don’t resist, you will starve to death if you are robbed of food!"

The villagers started clamoring again, and those who had a man in the house felt more at ease.Regardless of whether the man in his family is promising or not, he is a man anyway, and his mentality is different if he has a pillar at home.

Some families are all widows and children. I was worried about my family members. I wondered how they were doing outside. If they haven’t come back now, something happened.As a result, there was still a crisis at home, and I was even more flustered and frightened.

Some people looked at Lei Li and their eyes changed a little. There are five members in a family, and four of them are young men in their prime. It's so worry-free.And Lei Xiao alone might be able to knock down all the robbers, not to mention Lei Li and Lei Lang are also good at it.

As for Yao Ziqing, he looked white, clean, thin and weak, so he couldn't protect others, so he probably had no problem protecting himself, not to mention that with his three older brothers around, the robber was probably dealt with before he was woken up.

Yao Ziqing didn't know that he was underestimated by others, and he was quite proud of being the second most powerful in his family.But at this moment, his thoughts are the same as most residents in the village. There are many middle-aged young men in the family, and it is absolutely no problem for them to protect a grandma with four of them.

After everyone had finished talking, the village head said directly: "I think so. Our village is neither big nor small. There is a forest behind it, and there is a barren mountain in the depths of the forest. It is estimated that no one would do such a stupid thing when crossing this mountain to enter the village. Let's build a wall to enclose the road, leaving only one gate, and put more glass shards on the wall, so that the defense of our village will be stronger. be stronger"

He paused and continued: "Now this is just an idea. If more than half of the residents are supported, we will start construction tonight. You can discuss it yourself. There are still some bricks and stones in the village. If you don't think it is necessary to spend a lot of trouble , then keep an eye on the door in your own home, and pay attention when you sleep."

Lei Gaoming's family only has a married daughter and a son who is not yet 20 years old. Naturally, he hopes to surround the village so that he can sleep more comfortably.

"I think it's good to build a fence. I don't know what will happen in the future. Whether it recovers or gets worse and worse, building a fence is only good and not bad."

"That's right! Village, build a fence! Let's work hard for a few days, don't wait for us to be robbed and come back and cry and regret it! I agree to build a fence!"

If there is no lesson learned from the past, it is estimated that the villagers will think that there is no need to go to such lengths to build a fence.Who can come to a poor village on a hot day.But the crisis is imminent, especially those who have no pillars at home, and they can't wait to build the wall overnight.

Seeing that the villagers had reached a consensus, almost the whole village mobilized and began to build walls.There were a few cellars that still had some bricks left, so Fang Jinlei took two young and strong guys to the town to see if they could bring some back to the brick factory.

Before Lei Xiao felt that the pickup truck was still a bit suspenseful.Sure enough, Si'er felt that he had borrowed the car anyway, and if he returned it, he would just park it and wait for it to be scrapped, so he might as well make the best use of it and drive it back.

Now this little truck is useful, just in time to haul some bricks back.There was another family in the village with an agricultural pickup, and they drove to the town together.

The situation in the town was completely different from what the villagers had imagined. They thought it would be a state of closed doors and nine empty rooms, but it turned out to be extremely lively.There are stalls on both sides of a wide road leading to the village, but what is placed in front of them is not brand-new and beautifully packaged goods, but obviously some household items or expensive jewelry.

Fang Jinlei just took a look, did not stop, and drove all the way to the brick factory.But the other two villagers are still very interested in the new market, and they want to go to Taotao to see what treasures there are.

The seat of the brick factory is relatively remote, so after passing the bustling new market, we can drive all the way without hindrance.At first, I thought that there were no people in the special session, but there was an old man guarding there.After inquiring, I found out that the old man was originally the gatekeeper. Later, when the weather was hot, the owner of the brick factory took his wife and children to escape the summer heat, so he closed the gate.

He and his wife have been working in this brick factory for more than ten years, and they don't have a house of their own. Their children are grown up, and they dislike the burden of the old couple.They also simply don't associate with their children, as long as they know that they are doing well, and they don't go to them to make trouble.

Now that something happened, the boss still doesn't know if he will come back.The two of them lived frugally and saved money, and they didn't know if they could spend it. They just stayed here and waited to die.After living a lifetime, it is worthwhile to have a companion before I die.

The old man who guarded the gate didn't know what happened in Fanjia Village before. After hearing what they said, he opened the gate directly.Although the three tall men came, there was only a pile of inedible bricks left here. If he had malicious intentions, no matter how much he resisted and annoyed the other party, he might die faster.If people are only here for bricks, take them if you want.

As for whether to take the opportunity to ask them for some food in exchange, he really had no idea.The brick factory didn't belong to him, and he had been honest all his life to ask him to ask for something that wasn't his own.

He and his wife were very open to the person who had one foot in the ground, so why should he feel ashamed for suffering those few days?

When I saw someone guarding the gate, I thought things were not going so smoothly, but I didn't expect the old man guarding the gate to be so open-minded.It is reasonable for anyone to ask for something before giving it, and they can understand it.They were also prepared to exchange things, but in the end they didn't want anything, which made them a little embarrassed, as if they were bullying a widowed old man.

There are not many bricks in the brick factory, but it is enough to build a wall, but there is no cement in the brick factory, and there is not enough cement in the village.Later, after the guidance of the old man, I found a cement warehouse with a locked door not far away.Fang Jinlei directly smashed the window, jumped in from the window and opened the door.

The pickup truck he drives is full of piles of cement, and the other pickup truck is hauling bricks.However, a small pickup truck can't really transport much, so it can only run back and forth several times throughout the night.

It only takes an hour to go back and forth from the village to the town without hindrance.But it took some time to move the bricks.Seeing that the sky is about to dawn, but it is only around four o'clock, that is, the time of night is only four hours now.I talked to the village chief, and later I felt that it was not good to just move other people’s things. In the end, each household gave out five catties of rice or corn or sweet potatoes. When the last empty car went to the town, Fang Jinlei dragged these things to the two old men guarding the gate.

Each family pays a little, and the sum is not a lot.The two old people kept thanking each other. The world is not easy now, and it is enough to be benevolent and kind if they don't take advantage of it. They don't expect people to repay their kindness at all.But I didn't expect that he was just giving convenience to others, but he got so much food for nothing.

He and his wife save food, which is enough for a year's rations.

With great gratitude, he sent a few young people away, and quickly took his wife to find a place to hide the food secretly.

The old lady looked at these things and kept wiping away her tears: "I don't know how the children are doing, do they have anything to eat?"

Looking at his wife who has been with him for a lifetime, the old man is also sad.But he didn't say anything, just held her hand and told her with actions that no matter how difficult life was, even if he died, he would still be with him.