food crisis [end times]

It's just that the government can't deliver water from village to village.Because this is a water delivery operation that requires regularity and does not know how long it will last, and the consumption of manpower and material resources is a huge number.You must know that it is not just this one place that is short of water, but large areas are facing severe water shortage.

Among them, the consumption needs to be greatly increased.It is already the limit to be able to provide water sources at the current fixed point.

But the difficulty of these people who fetch water can only rely on their personal physique and will to survive.

For some people, if a road does not come to an end, it is really impossible to stand up forever.

Xiang Luo speeded up a bit and drove the car over. It was already almost noon.Most of the people who went to collect the water went there at dawn. At this time, the temperature is the lowest and the visibility is high. There are not many rats carrying germs, and if they see them, they can have enough time to avoid and fight back.

There were two or three scattered people walking back with buckets on the road. Maybe they came late, and it was their turn after a long queue.

As the car passed by, many people looked at the car passing by, not knowing whether it was envy or jealousy in their eyes.

The car first went to the place where the county led the water to have a look.Even though the sun is shining now, there are still many people lined up with umbrellas, and there are still more than 30 people in the line, which should be the only ones left.A few soldiers of the People's Liberation Army registered each person receiving water under a temporary balcony, and distributed water from a large water tanker to everyone.

Those who received the water left happily, while those who did not receive the water were still waiting anxiously.

Xiang Luo looked at it for a while, and drove away. When he turned a corner, he saw two strong men blocking a man who was walking home with a bucket.

The man who led the water naturally tried his best to protect his water, and all he got in return was punches and kicks.

With one enemy against two, it is natural to lose the wind. In the end, the bucket was overturned during the dispute, and the cool and clear water hit the ground with crystal light, and the water light disappeared in a blink of an eye.The hungry and thirsty earth frantically absorbed the precious water resources, and the wet black soil quickly recovered to dryness under the scorching sun.

The man sat on the ground, staring blankly at the water on the ground, and suddenly grabbed the soil that had absorbed the water and put it into a bucket. His tears mixed with the soil and disappeared like the previous water.

Seeing that they didn't get it, the two big men who robbed felt unlucky.There seemed to be a few words of sarcasm in the mouth.

The person who was robbed was stunned for a while, listening to their taunts, suddenly picked up the stone at hand and threw it at one of them.

In a blink of an eye, there was a burst of blood splattering.

The blood flowed into the place where the bucket was overturned, soaking the ground.

Xiang Luo saw the blood, turned the car and left.

I don't want Zhu Yan to watch too much.

This kind of thing is just the tip of the iceberg in this world.

This is not uncommon, and can even be said to be a microcosm of the current society.

Still the same sentence, under the pressure of the end of the world, people's minds change, and nothing will happen.

Zhu Yan was sitting in the co-pilot, looking at the blue sky, not a single cloud in sight.

The sky used to be gray due to volcanic ash, and the sun had not been seen for several months, and people even forgot the taste of the sun shining on their bodies.

People hate clouds and smog so much,

But now, when the sky no longer has the slightest impurity, what it brings to people is a deeper level of despair.

"If this situation continues, I'm afraid there will be chaos." Zhu Yan said suddenly.

Xiang Luo never doubted what Zhu Yan said, but no one knew how far this chaos would last.

"At least you don't have to worry too much in the village." Xiang Luo accelerated the car, deliberately ignoring the people lying on the side of the road after leaving the village.

He didn't want to know if he was dead or alive.

"Aren't you afraid that the big tree will attract the wind?" Zhu Yan said this with a hint of sarcasm.

"Then recruit, as long as it's not a tornado, it's just a small fight." Xiang Luo glanced at Zhu Yan, "It's troublesome for me to recruit you, and you still invite the wind?"

Zhu Yan only sneered and didn't speak again.

The car passed through two villages.When I passed by last time, I met a few people, sitting outside to pass the time, but now there is no one.

Not only that, Xiang Luo also saw several collapsed houses.

It was almost noon, but there was not much smoke in the whole village.I don't know if there are really only a few families left, or if a few families cook once to save water and food.Or just eat two meals, or even one meal to save food.

The two have never experienced such despair since the end of the world.At this time, seeing all this in a panoramic view, they all tacitly did not tell the other party what they saw and thought.

I am afraid that I will think of things that the other party did not expect, and then add more negative energy to the other party.

Even if they are like this, people who have seen the world in the last days will only feel shocked and sad when they see everything outside at this moment.

It turned out that what Xiang Luo saw in his right eye really happened.

Xiang Luo's plan to raise mushrooms only changed the fate of the villagers, but his influence alone was too small after all.

What can be done right now is to continuously expand the scope of growing mushrooms.

Try to drive as many people as possible to find hope.

It's just that under such a drought, not everyone is willing to use water to grow mushrooms.

Lack of water, and lack of food, alone will not put people in a desperate situation.But when water and food are extremely scarce, it is when famine begins.

No matter how the higher authorities try to rescue them, it will only reduce the loss.

This situation cannot be changed.

When he was about to reach the target village, Xiang Luo asked Zhu Yan slowly, "Are you afraid?"

"Why are you afraid?" Zhu Yan asked back.

"I'm afraid." Xiang Luo said.

Zhu Yan didn't speak.

Xiang Luo drove the car a little faster, and said again:

"I'm afraid I won't see you when I wake up." Xiang Luo exchanged what Zhu Yan told him in the past, "I'm also afraid that you won't see me when I wake up."

Zhu Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head to look out the side window, but didn't speak.

Xiang Luo continued: "I'm afraid, you without me, or me without you, will be alone in this world."

"There won't be that day," Zhu Yan said, "If you and I can't survive, then there won't be many living people in this world."

This word is a kind of consolation.

Xiang Luo smiled and said, "At least I can't live without you."

Zhu Yan was silent for a while, suppressing the throbbing in his heart.

Only then did he sneer and say, "I haven't lived enough yet, I just want to die."

Xiang Luo only said: "Life in the same bed and death in the same acupuncture point is what I'm pursuing right now."

"Then your pursuit is really high." After Zhu Yan finished speaking, he ignored Xiang Luo's nonsense.

Because what he said really made Zhu Yan think seriously.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village where Luo Changsheng lived, they saw the dug-up road similar to that of Shili Village and the guards in the grass-built shed next to it.

Xiang Luo stopped the car and honked the horn, only to see the person inside came out with a face of impatience. He was startled when he saw Xiang Luo's car, and shouted from a distance where he came from.

Xiang Luo pressed the window of the car, feeling the hot wind hitting his face from the pavement, frowned and shouted: "I'm Luo Changsheng's nephew, I'm here to see him."

"Luo Changsheng's nephew..." The man thought for a while, and suddenly asked loudly, "Is that the mushroom bag you made?"

Previously, Luo Changsheng planned to lay his own development line in the village, so the news got out, and Xiang Luo was quite famous in this village.

"it's me."

As soon as the man heard Xiang Luo's confirmation, his expression changed: "It's you! Then come in quickly! You haven't been here for several months! Then do you still sell your mushroom bag? I want to buy more at a time."

"Don't you need to pay the food?" Xiang Luo confirmed it, in case the car drove in and couldn't get out, they would sit on the ground and raise the price.

The man shook his head again and again: "You are not an outsider, what kind of money do you charge, the matter of the fungus bag..."

Xiang Luo said: "I opened a small mushroom bag factory over there, and there is no shortage of mushroom bags. But let me tell you the truth, this kind of mushroom needs a lot of water. Now that the drought is like this, there is not enough water to drink. Now More than half of the people in our village don’t grow mushrooms anymore, we’ll just wait for the drought to pass.”

The man was stunned when he heard it, and his enthusiasm faded a bit, and he understood that what Xiang Luo said made sense: "That's true, what kind of world is it now, there is not a single grass growing on the ground, and it is so dry that it is so evil, what is it called?" Don't let people live."

Xiang Luo nodded to Zhu Yan, and Zhu Yan turned around and gave them two fungus bags: "Take this back and plant it first, the water for one fungus bag should not be much. There is a line drawn here, and you cut along the line. Just open it and spray water every day. As long as you don’t see the sun, the yield should be ok.”

The man couldn't believe it, so he hurriedly climbed on the wooden board and came over to catch it. He couldn't hide his curiosity when he saw the fungus bag, and looked again and again: "This is the fungus bag! It's worth a lot of money! You are too You're being polite. Then I won't delay your business, come here quickly, make the board thicker, don't break it and fall!"

The two guards laid two layers of wooden boards for the two of them, and the car drove over smoothly. The two of them each had a fungus bag, and went back to the arbor to study carefully.

Xiang Luo drove the car to the door of Luo Changsheng's house with ease and honked the horn twice before getting out of the car in a hurry.

Luo Changsheng saw Xiang Luo's car through the window at home, so he hurriedly opened the door and came out to meet him.

Seeing someone, Xiang Luo opened the door and got out of the car. Seeing that Zhu Yan had also got out of the car, he hurriedly opened the umbrella and pulled Zhu Yan to his side to avoid the sun.

"Xiao Luo!" My aunt laughed from ear to ear when she saw Xiang Luo, "You've come, I've been telling your uncle why you haven't come here these two days. When I think of the time when I was still worried, I will Say nothing will happen!"

The couple hurriedly opened the gate and asked Xiang Luo to drive the car into the yard first.Park the car under the pergola in the yard to keep the sun from getting too hot.

After stopping the car, Xiang Luo opened the trunk and took out two boxes of mineral water first.

At present, ordinary water is very precious. In fact, even when there is no shortage of water, bottled water is also very precious.The water is sterile and can be drunk at any time, and the bottle can be filled with other things after drinking.Xiang Luo shot two boxes, making Luo Changsheng and his wife a little unresponsive.

Xiang Luo spoke first: "There is no shortage of water in our house."

Luo Changsheng shook his head vigorously, tried his best to look away from the mineral water, and hurriedly said: "My house is not short of water, and this mineral water is worth a lot of money now, so what are you doing for us?"

"My family has it. The drought is severe now, you can just hide these for emergencies in the future." Xiang Luo handed this to them, and unloaded the big bag of fungus bags, "There are still these fungus bags. If you If there is a lot of water, you can grow it yourself, if you don’t have so much water, you can sell it.”

Luo Changsheng was carrying two boxes of water, feeling the heavy weight, he couldn't believe it, but he still shook his head and said, "I have to give you food in exchange for so much, I can't take you so much at once."

Xiang Luo only said: "If I can get it, there is no shortage. If your family has enough food, you can get me some, but if there is too much, I won't accept it. If there are too many things in the car, it will not be able to pass the wooden plank at the entrance of the village." .”

My aunt hurriedly arranged for two people to enter the house: "Come in and enter the house quickly! It's very hot outside. Don't leave at noon, it's time to eat stewed fish at home."

"Fish?" Xiang Luo raised his eyebrows.

How do they still have fish?

You know, when Xiang Luo dug a pond in the backyard, he wanted to raise fish, but he didn't grow it.Now I still have fish food at home, but there is no fish.

Although there are still some frozen fish in the refrigerator, the frozen ones are different from the fresh ones.

As soon as this was mentioned, my aunt couldn't close her mouth.

"It's from Jiupaozi Village to the south of us! They don't have such a shortage of water in the first place, and they have always raised fish. A few days ago, someone came to sell water, and your uncle found out that they still have fish farmers. It's just No one could afford it, so they didn't send it out. Later, someone in the village told them they were greedy for fish meat, so they sent a few. It's just that they don't sell live fish, they pick out the ones that are killed on the spot and take them away. There is a lot of food at home, so I bought five, ate two, and wrapped the other two with a little more salt in a vacuum machine. I just opened a bag yesterday, and it was a little salty when I ate it. The taste is no problem. It's just right for you to come, let's stew another one."

Jiupaozi Village, that is, the group of people who went to Shili Village to sell water but insisted that a catty of fungus was exchanged for a catty of water came from Jiupaozi Village.

The small ponds in the northeast are called Shuipaozi. Jiupaozi Village is a new village established after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. When the site was selected, it was thought that there were nine natural small ponds in a row, suitable for the development of paddy fields and agriculture, so several households People settled down there, and eventually developed into a village.

There are relatively abundant water resources and more groundwater.Therefore, when the groundwater in other villages cannot be pumped out, Jiupaozi Village still has relatively abundant water resources.

The last time Xiang Luo just watched the excitement at the entrance of the village for a while, and didn’t know much about it. In fact, even if he stayed there all the time, at that time, because of their big mouths, the two sides quarreled so much that they almost started fighting, so it was impossible to know so much. .

"Then do they still exist now? Or have they been kept?" Xiang Luo asked, "Didn't they turn into zombies?"

After entering the house, hearing these words, Luo Changsheng and his wife were a little at a loss: "I don't know, but the fish brought over look very fresh, not that kind of monster. The taste is also quite good."

Xiang Luo glanced at Zhu Yan, who only nodded slightly.

Anyway, it's better to come out more often.As soon as it came out, useful news came by itself.

After entering the house, my aunt looked around, ran to the west room and dragged a young man in: "Why is the little bastard still alive? I told you to come out to welcome you and stay in the nest. How can your brother eat you!"

The aunt patted him twice and told him to walk forward.

It was Xiang Luo's cousin Luo Feng.

He's not shy either, but he doesn't know why, every time Xiang Luo comes over, he hides whenever he can.I haven't seen him like this before the end of the world, but now I feel embarrassed.

He was only nineteen this year, and Xiang Luo never took it to heart, let alone approached him on his own initiative.

At this time, seeing him being pulled over by his aunt, he was still standing there with eyes, nose, nose, nose and heart, and there was not much expression on his face. I love to talk to him.

Zhu Yan took a second look at him, not for anything else, he really resembles Xiang Luo.

As the saying goes, a nephew is like an uncle, and Xiang Luo and Luo Changsheng have a certain resemblance. Luo Changsheng passed on his genes to his son. They are cousins ​​who are about the same age, so they look a little more similar.

They look alike, so I don't blame Zhu Yan for reading more.

Luo Feng didn't make a sound, just raised his eyes to look at the two secretly, then lowered his eyes again, and didn't make a sound.

My aunt has a look of hatred that iron cannot be made into steel.

"What's the matter with you child? You usually talk non-stop, but now you're getting nervous. When your grandfather was gone, you helped Zhang Luo inside and out, and you didn't see it like this!" The aunt clapped twice. Son, he turned his head and said to Xiang Luo: "You brother just has a small face, so don't be as knowledgeable as him."

Why would Xiang Luo care about this?Besides, we only come here occasionally to have a look, and we don't live together for a long time.In fact, keeping silent like this is far better than Qian Shurou's kind of person who hides a nail in every word.

After all, sometimes being too enthusiastic is also a burden.

Zhu Yan seldom speaks when he comes here, Xiang Luo always communicates with them, but today he rarely asks:

"He was in high school?"

As soon as this aunt was mentioned, she sighed: "I have been admitted to university. I have passed the exam. I have encountered this before I have time to go! I still have to take the exam! But it is fortunate that I did not have time to go. If I go there, I will find out what happened. If so, then we will not be able to live this day!"

It's a pity not to be able to go to university, but all the current students can't go to school.And having a child by your side is a very fortunate thing.

"It's a pity." Zhu Yan only commented in this way.

Xiang Luo didn't know what Zhu Yan meant, so he glanced at him, but Zhu Yan didn't look at him, the two of them didn't make eye contact, no matter how well Xiang Luo knew him, he couldn't figure it out.

Seeing that he didn't intend to continue asking, Xiang Luo changed the subject and asked them:

"By the way, the situation is not as bad as before. Have you ever thought about what to do in the future?"

I am afraid that the previous plan will not work, and we will have to start over in the future.

Luo Changsheng and his wife looked at each other, but they didn't know.