Surviving the end of the world

After the people in the village knew what happened over there, they would inevitably sigh a few words, but they were just talking about it. The experience of the previous decades has already worn down the sympathy of most people. It is a saint, One must first cultivate one's self and regulate one's family in order to govern the country and the world, not to mention these ordinary people who are struggling to live.There is no reason for no relatives, not to mention the last outburst of those women made everyone who saw them feel lingering fear. It is okay to express sympathy, but no one is willing to carry the burden on themselves.

The problem has been solved, and the people in the village continue to burn bricks to build the fence. Chen Jin and Bai Jing still go to the county town all day long. Apart from chopping firewood, they spend more time digging for nearby hypermarkets.

This is a very depressing problem. It has been almost three years since I came back from the city. At the beginning, I stocked up a lot of condiments, but I forgot to stock up on some daily necessities. Now, Chen Jin and the others don’t even have toilet paper. It's time to use it, Chen Jin has actually grown a few centimeters in the past two years, and her clothes don't fit well, and she usually has to work, so the clothes wear out quickly, so the outerwear is fine, but the inner clothes can't make up for it , It's really uncomfortable to wear, and Bai Jing has fewer clothes. Although there is a sewing machine at home, he can't just keep sewing and tinkering to survive.What's more, there are not many needles and threads at home.

In addition to clothes, the bed sheets and quilt covers at home should be changed if they can be changed. In fact, what needs to be changed is the cotton tire inside the quilt, but no one has grown cotton here for many years. People who play cotton can’t be found. After all, many people in rural areas don’t sleep in the thick and heavy old quilts anymore. They are usually the so-called space cotton quilts, but the quilts are light and light. Well, when it comes to keeping warm, it’s not necessarily true. Electric blankets could be used in the past, but now there is no electricity supply. It wasn't that warm either.I heard that someone in the village was looking for cotton seeds before, but I don't know if they found them.

Chen Jin is not very clear about the layout of this hypermarket here. However, this kind of place has been raided more than once before the earthquake, and after the earthquake, people often come to search, and the leftovers are very limited. The sensory ability far exceeds that of ordinary people. Chen Jin and the others have gained a little. Chen Jin is not picky. What is useful is useless. I only got [-] or [-] pairs of underwear, but the biggest gain is a lot of books, most of which are pocket books that are often discounted and cost two or three yuan each, such as various recipes, and some family medicine tips. Common sense or something, although many of them have been bitten by rats and bugs, but they can barely make out the content. Chen Jin thought about it all of a sudden, thinking that he should go to the original location of Xinhua Bookstore to have a look. In the early years, some people robbed food, drinking water, clothes and other daily necessities, but few people would pay attention to the things in the bookstore. Chen Jin thought that he could look for "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Tiangong Kaiwu", Books such as "Qi Min Yao Shu" can at least know some common herbs and produce some tools so that they can be self-sufficient, otherwise, they will inevitably be constrained and exploited by the security base.

Before the autumn harvest, the surrounding wall of the village was finally made out. The wall was more than one foot thick and nearly four meters high, which was enough to block most dangers. Only two exits were left on the wall, and each exit was equipped with a There are two doors, the inner one opens inward, and the outer one opens outward. They are all made of large iron doors, which are stronger than ordinary wooden doors. At least ordinary carnivorous animals will not grind their teeth with iron doors.Although this is more troublesome, safety is the most important thing.

Because the wall was built, the people in the village have the intention to rebuild the bridge. This kind of bridge does not need any professional bridge designers. The remaining bricks of the wall are used as piers. Although there is no reinforced concrete, there are no overweight trucks rolling over it, so it can last for a while. As for the future, let’s talk about it later, the most important thing now is the autumn harvest.

During the autumn harvest, everyone has clearly discovered the trouble caused by the shortage of fertilizers. Although people have tried their best to get all the fertilizers that can be collected into the field, the output this year is still much lower than in previous years, and the corn output has decreased. The most obvious thing is that potatoes and sweet potatoes are not easy to weigh for a while, but they are obviously a size smaller, and there are traces of being bitten by insects in the ground, which can be seen.

Unlike the fertile black land in the Northeast, although the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are the so-called land of fish and rice, the fertility of the land is not very good. Even now, a lot of land is made of sandy soil piled up from the silt at the bottom of the river. It’s good to have chemical fertilizers. Planting peanuts and soybeans for a few more years can also raise the fertility of the soil. But now, apart from potatoes and sweet potatoes, corn is the most fat-absorbing corn. Now the production is declining. How to do it?The previous joy of the people in the village suddenly lost most of it. Except for the children who are not very sensible, many of their faces are full of worry.

Everyone knows this kind of thing. After getting used to the high yield brought about by the extensive use of pesticides and fertilizers, it is natural that they cannot adapt to the current yield.Especially nowadays, in order to ensure food and clothing, high-yield crops are planted in the field. High-yield crops will not come out of thin air. If you want to have a high yield, you will naturally consume a lot of fertility. In recent years, besides manure, there is also a small amount of retting in the field. There is no fertilizer other than green manure, and with the existence of all kinds of pests that are extremely vigorous now, it is no wonder that the production does not decrease!

It's impossible to completely solve it, but if the ground is planted with beans and peanuts in turn, even if it can't reach the previous output, it can be eased.This kind of rotation farming method is not suitable for today's use. After all, there are many people here and little land. Even if the population has decreased a lot, the average person is only one mu of land. Besides, you can't just starve to death. You have never had children. These days, even if you want family planning, can you still find a condom?

Especially nowadays, due to the heavy daily labor, ordinary people are reluctant to eat meat, and they dare not put oil in their vegetables. Naturally, they have to eat more staple food to fill their stomachs. Now it is no different from before, and only one season of food can be grown in a year. , It is also necessary to prevent those herbivores such as rabbits and mice in the wild from spoiling, and the surplus food has to be exchanged for some living materials, such as salt and sugar.Compared with potatoes and sweet potatoes, the yield of soybeans and peanuts is much lower, and can these be used as staple foods?When you are not picking up green and yellow, you can fool your stomach with some sweet potato vines. Can beans and peanuts work?Peanut vines can also be used to feed sheep. What can the dried bean stalks do? Feed animals, even animals can't chew them!It can only be used for fire, and it is not very burnt. It is far inferior to corn stalks. Usually, it is fine to plant some on the private plots in front of the house and behind the house. After all, oil extraction depends on them. More beans, In winter, you can also grind some soy milk and order a few pieces of tofu, but if it is the main crop, it is really not worth it!

But if you don’t plant it, the well-developed land will become barren in the future. Some people began to think about whether to find a way to go to the safety base to ask if there is any fertilizer, but they quickly gave up their minds. Driving this car, and carrying a gun, almost got buried in the mouth of wolves!And there is no car, no gasoline, and the situation on the road is unknown, how to get to the safe base.Even if you go, it's hard to say nothing, and the safe base can give you the fertilizer!If you bring food to exchange, how much food can be exchanged for enough chemical fertilizers? If the exchange ratio is relatively large, the loss outweighs the gain!It's better to stay in the village honestly and find a way to get more fertilizer to fertilize the fields.

I just have to think about these things when I am free. There are still many things to do next. The corn needs to be dried and threshed quickly. Powder, and the rest should be cellared and eaten slowly.All kinds of melons and vegetables grown in the private plot, except pumpkins and other durable ones, should also be washed and sun-dried, and then pickled with pickles or something.Because the sense of urgency brought about by the reduction in food production has permeated the entire village, when Chen Jin went out, she even heard several families discussing how to slaughter some of the chickens and ducks raised at home in a few days and pickle them, and eat them during the Chinese New Year. In case there is no green fodder in winter, people have to save food for chickens and ducks.Those who have pigs at home also have this plan. The sheep can only eat hay. If the pigs only eat these, it will be strange if they don’t lose weight. , I can only procrastinate and wait until the weather cools down.

The output of Chen Jin's three-acre land has also decreased a lot, but fortunately, they still have a space to back them up, and there are only two of them, even if there is no space, the food is enough, so there is nothing to worry about. With a psychological burden, I sent over the food that was going to be given to Father Chen and the others, so I planned to rest assured that Mao Dong would be safe.