Apocalyptic Tundra Age

Building the hunter's cabin is not the most important thing. When Xu Zhonglei woke up early in the morning, he saw that the outdoor temperature had dropped to minus [-] degrees Celsius, and he knew that the day to go out was coming.

"Xiao Cheng, I'm going out for a walk with the dog!"

He said hello, put on his thick coat and boots, put on a complete set of hat, gloves and scarf, and went out fully armed.

The two big strong dogs were very excited, and they shuttled in the snow, their thick hair was covered in snow, and the whole dog, Xiaozhi, began to shake from head to tail, shaking the snow everywhere.

"How come you stick out your tongue in such a cold day, isn't it cold?"

Xu Zhonglei shook his head at the confusing behavior of dogs, not knowing.

Xu Zhonglei took two dogs and walked casually on the endless wasteland. He saw Xu Zhiping's busy greenhouse, and Dai Sheng filled the wooden bucket with snow. The day begins again.

"These two dogs always stay at home and know how to eat and eat all day long. You must take them with you when you go out this time..."

Pull a car to lose weight, earn snacks to eat, fair trade.Xu Zhonglei felt that this decision was simply wise.

There are no animals pulling carts at home, so Xu Zhonglei turned the dog sled's sled out. If he uses this thing in winter, he can no longer keep the four pulleys underneath.After Xu Zhonglei removed the pulley, he installed an upturned, smooth iron piece at the front of the sled.

"A snowboard! The perfect sledge!"

Xu Zhonglei was very satisfied. After adding two boards, the sled looks like a decent one.

He tapped on the boards, and put a wooden frame around the sledge, so that when he went out, the contents would not fall out.

"Boss—Little Paper—" Put two big rocks on the sled pretendingly, and this sled can officially go to the battlefield.The two big dogs heard the master's call, and when they saw the sled, they went crazy, pulling the board one after the other and running wildly in the yard.

Cheng Yuming is in charge of food, clothing, housing and transportation for the long journey.

Two adults need to go out in cold weather and consume at least 7700 calories a day.

Cheng Yuming didn't prepare vegetables anymore. The rice was boiled, dried on a large kang, salted and oiled to make oily fried rice, and filled into two big bags; half a jar of tomato sauce was poured out, salt and sugar were added again, and wrapped in plastic to lighten the load. Frozen outside; the walnuts, melon seeds, peanuts, macadamia nuts, cashews at home... all peeled off, condensed firmly with the boiled syrup, and turned into a large cut cake after cold.

This orange sliced ​​cake left a corner for Xu Cheng, and packed up the rest, and finally brought dog food, bone meal, and a bag of milk powder... These things are enough for two people to live outside for three or four days God.

Cheng Yuming doesn't need to worry about the clothes of the two dogs. After all, human beings are fragile species without fur, so worrying about themselves is enough.

Cheng Yuming knew that Xu Zhonglei was especially afraid of the cold, so in addition to thickened underwear and a jacket, he also brought a quilt. The duvet was light but very warm. If it could be stuffed into a sleeping bag, Xu Zhonglei would definitely be able to sleep well. Sleep……

About the sleeping bag... Cheng Yuming struggled for 2 minutes, and decided that he still couldn't pretend that he forgot to bring his sleeping bag... It's freezing cold, so don't lose your morals.

"Xu Cheng sent it over, didn't she cry?" Cheng Yuming's old mother couldn't help being worried.

"Don't worry! Zeng Cheng happened to be at Sister Chunjuan's place. As soon as she stretched out her hand, that little kid just crawled on top of her. She didn't even say "goodbye" to me. Why is she so unreserved..." Xu Zhonglei said angrily.

"Sister Chunjuan, what did you say? Is it okay to send the food?"

"Sister Chunjuan said," Xu Zhonglei touched the hair behind the ears enchantingly, and imitated: "Enough is enough! How much can a child like Chengcheng eat in a day? You can take more than half of it back!"

"That's fine." The little girl was placed on Xu Chunjuan's side, and all the water was women, Cheng Yuming felt relieved a little.

Everything is ready, just waiting to go out.

The most important thing when going out in the snow is the weather. If there is a snowstorm, they may not be able to come back alive.

Xu Zhonglei got up in the morning and confirmed that there were no dark clouds gathering today, the wind speed was normal, and it was a good weather for traveling.

The two had breakfast anxiously, put on thick clothes, carried two heavy backpacks on their backs, and went out with a dog sled.

The way to the town does not need to pass through the gathering area of ​​the villagers, they walk quietly, without listening to a harsh word...

As soon as they left the entrance of the village, the thickness of the snow became deeper in an instant. When they stepped on the soft snow, they could directly cover their calves. The two unloaded their backpacks, put them on the sled, and pulled the sled with difficulty.

"Brother—can't dogs pull sleds?! Why are people still pulling them!" Cheng Yuming slowly moved forward, forming a tricky oblique angle between his body and the ground.

"I can't pull it! This pile of things is as heavy as you, and they will be exhausted after pulling them!" Xu Zhonglei took a step forward, lifting his feet too high, almost pulling his egg.

"Cheng Yuming, walk slowly, don't sweat, I can't keep up with you..."

It was rare to see Xu Zhonglei showing weakness, Cheng Yuming smiled proudly, bearing all the weight of the sled by himself, but still walked faster than Xu Zhonglei.

The snow in the snow is a big challenge to go out, and knowing the way is another.

There are no snow plows or snow blowers here, and heavy snow covered all roads and landmark buildings. Xu Zhonglei struggled to find his way while enduring the pull of the snow pit under his feet.

The only advantage of heavy snow is that there is still thick ice under the snow, so you don’t have to worry about stepping on the ice and falling off.

"There is a roadblock, turn right!"

"I remember that tree! Go ahead!"

Xu Zhonglei scoffed at such a primitive way of identifying the way a year ago, but now it is getting better and better, and it is a joy to bring.

The lunch on the way was casual, the two dogs didn't have to eat it, and the two had melted Snickers bars and chocolates in their pockets, took out two, put them outside to freeze for a while, stuffed them in their mouths and it was done.

The road is difficult to walk in a snowy day, and the sun has reached noon, and it is only halfway.

The two speeded up, the boss and the little paper didn't hang around while squatting, but also helped pull the sled.After pulling for a while, they all stretched out their tongues, panting heavily.

"Boss and Xiaozhi are tired?" Cheng Yuming felt tired when he saw it.

"Dogs are like this. I took them out for a couple of laps, and their tongues came out." Xu Zhonglei said loudly.

There is another disadvantage of going out. The wind is too strong. Xu Zhonglei feels that he is like an old farm girl. He raised his voice two degrees and added gestures. Cheng Yuming not far away shouted:

"What did you just say?!"

Say a hammer, say nothing!

The acceleration effect was good. At 04:30 in the afternoon, the sun was already in the west, and the two of them had already walked to the hill where they stayed in the last time they came to town. Cheng Yuming found a shelter from the wind and was busy setting up a tent.

I will be staying here tonight, and I have to light a bonfire. If the townspeople see smoke here, they will be in trouble.

Xu Zhonglei looked at the familiar river embankment in the distance, and wanted to see the strawberry garden in the town from a distance, so he went to explore the road first.

Both the dog and Cheng Yuming stayed where they were, and Xu Zhonglei deliberately put on a white raincoat to hide his figure.

Xu Zhonglei broke off a long branch and leaned on it, and walked forward with difficulty, leaving a series of thick footprints on this flawless land.

Now there is no difference between field ridges and paddy fields, everything under his feet is frozen, and he likes to walk forward while staring at the river bank in the distance.

After a while, under the river embankment, scattered huts appeared in front of them.

Not right, really not right.

Xu Zhonglei looked at these huts for a long time, and finally realized something was wrong.

"Oh my god!"

"No smoke!"

What does it mean to have no smoke in such cold weather?Either there is no one inside, or they all freeze to death!

trap?Impossible, no one would use their own corpse as bait.

Xu Zhonglei stopped walking. He piled up the snow and stepped on it with his feet to make a simple high point. If Cheng Yuming was here, there would be no need to pile up so much snow...

He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance vigorously, staring and squinting again and again, tears were about to flow out of his eyes, and finally determined:

There was really no one in town.

"These houses have been idle for at least a month. If you look inside, they are covered with dust..."

"There are no iron pots, clothes, and pots and pans left... The whole clan was not wiped out, but they migrated by themselves. There are so many old, weak, sick and disabled. If they don't stay where they are, where are they going?"

Cheng Yuming picked up years of useless reasoning and made a summary:

"I can only speculate that there is a high probability that it is the group from last time. They either talked sweetly, or gave these refugees in the town good treatment and took them away."

Xu Zhonglei looked at these abandoned huts again, and felt that Cheng Yuming's speculation was very reasonable.

The two dogs followed Cheng Yuming around the small camp for a few times, but they didn't show hostility to find strangers. They were leisurely and at ease, and this place was safe.

Cheng Yuming said with a relaxed smile, "We don't need to camp on the mountain tonight, we can sleep comfortably."

"By the way, dear brother Shitou, can you help me pull some wooden planks out of the house that fell out? Let's borrow someone else's house and light a fire for cooking."

"Your dear brother agreed." Xu Zhonglei swears with a blank face, and immediately goes out after speaking.

He could imagine that Xiao Cheng's uncontrollable coquettish words had no one to express, and he could only tell the dog for a while, holding his face, it was interesting to think about it.

Xu Zhonglei easily found a hut that was half overwhelmed by snow, dismantled the door, walls and bed boards with his bare hands, and transported them back to the camp where he lived with a sled.

These logs were buried deep in the snow, and the surface was frozen with a layer of ice. It didn't look like they could be burned. Xu Zhonglei had to deal with them again.

First he slammed the big things hard on the stones and skimmed the ice off the logs.After finishing the most difficult step, Xu Zhonglei shouted at the top of his voice:

"Cheng Yuming! Where did you put my handsaw?!"

As a half-baked carpenter, it is necessary to carry some tools with you.

Calling your husband when you have something to do is another excellent quality.

The logs were sawn neatly and stood on the cottage hearth.Cheng Yuming had already built a fire with sawdust and smokeless charcoal, and an iron kettle was being used to boil water on the fire.

Water marks fell from the black-gray pot, dripped into the charcoal fire, and then there was a whistling sound, and a puff of white gas came out.

Xu Zhonglei stared at a drop of water on the iron pot, and remembered what happened when he was a child.

"When I was a child, my family had a kettle that could be used as a family heirloom. The scale inside and the black ash outside were covered with a layer of slurry. There was already an electric kettle at home, but my grandfather liked to use that kettle to boil water."

"He also has a very old tea mug, which is full of brown tea stains. The old man has a hobby. He uses this broken kettle to boil a pot of boiling water, brews this year's new tea in the tea mug, and then hugs the tea mug. A tea mug, set up a deck chair under the eaves..."

"As soon as the old man sat on it, he sighed loudly, "Ouch—" After he sighed, he lay down peacefully, drinking tea and humming the opera. After the opera was over, the tea was also finished. Then he stretched his body Said: Go to the field!"

Cheng Yuming listened to the story carefully. He was full of curiosity about the tea mug, and asked, "So, is the tea made in that tea mug delicious?"

"Forget, I tasted it when I was a child, and I forgot all about the taste." Xu Zhonglei said with a smile, "And when my grandfather passed away and was buried, these two things went down with him. My grandmother doesn't like tea, the taste , he should have enjoyed it alone." Xu Zhonglei said frivolously.

Cheng Yuming decided that after returning home this time, he would not wash the water cup he drank tea with, old old tea...I want to try it.

After the story was told, the newly collected wooden boards were filled with white gas, the snow water in the kettle was gurgling, the sun was setting, and two big dogs circled under their feet in disgrace.

Xu Zhonglei's stomach gurgled twice in response to the occasion.

"It's time to cook."

The family's furnishings are the result of adaptation to the environment. The hut has a large southern stove with a chimney reaching up to the roof and occupying the corner of the hut.

There is also a firepit, dug in front of the wooden bed of the owner’s house, and there are traces of wire racks for cooking water and cooking. After the owner’s house left, the wire rack that should have been placed on the firepit disappeared...

From this point of view, the host family should be very happy with this migration, taking all their belongings away.

Cheng Yuming commanded:

"The wood is almost usable. Let's move the stove to the firepit. The fire over there can warm the bed at night, so it's not so cold anyway."

Xu Zhonglei always felt that something was missing, and then thought:

"There is no support point, it's not easy to cook! Wait, Xiaocheng, don't worry, when I was unloading wood during the day, I saw two or three steel bars in the room, let's make a shelf first..."

Xu Zhonglei still has good eyesight, and the steel bars have become rusty under the double torment of rain and low temperature, and ordinary people can't recognize them at a glance.

Long steel bars form a triangle above the burning firepit.Cheng Yuming turned the iron pot to the upper end, it fits!