Apocalyptic Tundra Age

After returning from the town, the fishing plan was officially put on the agenda. Xu Zhonglei told the village that the whole village would install machines as long as the ice in the river was almost melted.

Accompanied by the (possibly existing) smell of grilled fish, people in Xu’s old house work harder to grow vegetables and build houses. They start at sunrise and work until the willows are on the moon. .

It can be said to be 996 copies of 6.

Xu Zhonglei and Cheng Yuming worked on the dirt for a while. Since there was no urgent need for construction, they were the first to relax in the village. At this time, the Gregorian calendar turned to May. Xu Zhonglei looked at the calendar and felt that every line said "It is suitable to travel".

He wanted to go to the Jiuyi Mountains, take the road from Baiyang Village, and thirty kilometers further in, there is the endless Jiuyi Mountains, where many local creeks originate and flow into the sea.

In the mountains and forests, there must be more delicious ingredients than moss.

Xu Zhonglei was so resolute, so the preparations were in full swing. A family of three and two dogs would travel for eight days, and food preparation was a huge project.

Xiao Cheng, a native of Guang’an, is a bit particular about the entrance. The protein, fat, and carbohydrates must be in a balanced ratio, and they must be portable. It took two days of struggle in the kitchen to prepare a family meal.

With a big family and a big business, Xu Zhonglei thoroughly watered all the plants in the house that needed to be watered and fertilized, and put enough feed for 20 days in the chicken coop. By the way, please ask Xu Zhiping to take care of it when he is free...

Taking advantage of the time before the sun was about to rise, the whole family set off quietly.

This time I took Xu Cheng and two dogs with me, and the road conditions were really bad, so the journey was much slower. It took four hours, but I only got to the mountain where the village logged last time, and the rough shed built 8 months ago. There were a few solitary logs left, and the remaining ones were moved by the heavy snow, but the remaining wooden piles still had the same appearance as before, with little change.

The family finished their lunch on the broken country road and continued on their way.

Xu Zhonglei took out the map he had printed out and pointed the way in the bare jungle.

The Jiuyi Mountains stretch for hundreds of kilometers, and Xu Zhonglei's goal is a sub-peak——Huangjiao Peak.

It sounds strange, but it is indeed a very serious name. It is named after a chicken called "yellow-bellied pheasant" in the mountains.

Huangjiao Peak is more than 1000 meters above sea level. Subtropical mountainous evergreen broad-leaved forests and coniferous broad-leaved mixed forests intersect. Complex vegetation means that there are many types of animals and plants. Xu Zhonglei wants to find a place where he can build a hunter's cabin. It is best to build it this year. Nice house, I can come here to hunt next year when it snows.

On the one hand, he wants to find more food sources, on the other hand, he wants to eat meat, and he can't imagine it.

Walking into the mountains, the temperature is getting lower and lower, but because these two years are really not the years suitable for plant growth, the mountain road is looming, and the group of them tie colorful cloth strips to the tree trunks on both sides as they walk, so as not to find them when the time comes. way home.

When hiking in the forest, the most important thing is to preserve your strength and do what you can.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Cheng Yuming listened to the four directions, looked in all directions, and found a geomantic treasure that was not far from the water, and the slope was relatively gentle, and prepared to camp and rest.

Entering the jungle, the boss and Xiaozhi seemed to be going back to their hometown, walking vigorously, and kept drilling into the bushes, but limited to a kind of obedient nature, they still followed honestly all the way until now.

Alaska and huskies are indeed their hometown in the mountains, and they are like ducks in water.

Seeing the master stop, Xiaozhi acted like crazy, let go of himself, and ran directly into the mountains. Cheng Yuming ordered the boss to follow it, and he pulled Xu Zhonglei to set up a tent.

"Why would you think of buying a big tent? You were alone then, right?"

Xu Zhonglei smiled sarcastically: "At that time, the money to sell the house had just been obtained, and the money was too much to burn. When I bought things, I always looked for professional brands and picked the most expensive ones..." Anyway, I can use them in the end.

"I never expected, local tyrants! The housing prices in Guang'an are so expensive, I can't even think about my salary, our mother is really amazing..."

It took more than an hour for the two to talk, and Xu Cheng helped pick up the twigs and stones. Finally, the tent was set up. A bonfire was lit in front of the tent, and a group of three went to the stream to fetch water.

From the free-flowing stream, it can be seen that the ice on the top of the mountain has almost melted, so although the stream is bitingly cold, there is no ice at all, which is good news.

Everything grows by the stream, and the plants are luxuriant. Xu Zhonglei picked up a large handful of tender mountain leeks, and saw a few mother-in-laws. He was very happy with the harvest for a while, and said with a smile:

"We're catching up with the first batch of wild vegetables, get some more, and use them for dinner later!"

The two dogs came back on time at meal time. Their bodies were not dirty, but they were covered with broken leaves and small thorns. Xu Zhonglei was so angry that he knocked on the dog's head: "I'm so mad! You two don't go into the tent tonight, sleep outside !—No step is allowed to enter the door!"

The night passed peacefully, except for the husky's "wolf howl" in the middle of the night, which disturbed people's dreams, the family slept well.

Xu Zhonglei settled the accounts silently. On the first day, everyone was in good spirits. They walked a total of nearly [-] kilometers, and the remaining [-] kilometers were all pure hillsides. Then it would take at least the afternoon of the third day to climb Huangjiao Peak. The time is six days, what a waste of time.

He dragged his family along in silence, and there was no smell of living things in the mountains. Along the way, he saw many pheasant remains. The meat was gone, and the hair was still very bright.

Looking at the tooth marks on these hairs... Xu Zhonglei felt a little familiar...

After picking up some clean feathers for Xu Cheng, he continued to walk forward with a big heart, and he had to climb up no matter what.

Besides, he didn't believe that any large predator could survive the eight-month winter?

The wild vegetables that I saw the most along the way were purslane, mother-in-law diced, bitter herbs, old celery, willow song buds, mountain leeks... There are many wild vegetables whose names I don’t recognize but Xu Zhonglei knows can be eaten. He taught Xu Cheng one by one. After confirming the food, the group of people ate and drank. On the morning of the third day of departure, they arrived halfway up the mountain of Huangjiao Peak.

When we reached the mountainside, the temperature obviously began to drop, and the plant species on the road began to change.

At least, there are living trees.

The big trees they saw along the way were all pretty much dead. Although some grew bigger and had green shoots on their branches, the trunk itself was actually dead—some trees looked like they were alive, but they were already dead. up.

And on Huangjiao Peak, they saw for the first time a vibrant tree—the fir.

A group of people walked up trembling again, the vibrant coniferous forest and the weak broad-leaved forest interlaced, performing "survival of the fittest" together.

"Those who cannot adapt to the environment will die." Xu Zhonglei told Xu Cheng, "It is much more difficult for human beings to survive than these trees. You have to grow up quickly."

The tree species in the mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest in the northern frigid zone are dominated by red pine, and the tree species in the southern mixed coniferous forest are mostly hemlocks. The group of them continued to climb, and the large hemlock forests were mixed with species of fir and spruce, and their vitality was considered vigorous. There is a piece of green under the tree, I don't know if it is a shrub or a grass.

The boss and Xiao Zhi had already climbed to the top of the mountain, yelling "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

Top of the mountains.

Looking down from a height, you can see many abnormal places in the mountains and forests. For example, a large forest has fallen in the northeast, a small stream that does not exist on the map appears in the southwest, and farther north, there is a place that has never existed before. The big lake is blue among the green hills.

Xu Zhonglei marked them one by one, "Five degrees to the north, suspected to be a barrier lake, and there is a risk of collapse."

Barrier lakes are lakes formed after earthquakes caused mountain rocks to accumulate and accumulate water in valleys. The most famous barrier lake is Wudalianchi in Heilongjiang. However, most barrier lakes are very dangerous. The accumulated rock structure is unstable. If there is too much accumulation, there is a risk of collapse at any time, causing secondary disasters such as mudslides and floods.

If you want to build a house here, it seems that you have to find time to visit this barrier lake.

It was cold on the top of the mountain, and the strong wind made people's faces hurt. Seeing that it was still early, Cheng Yuming gave up his plan to camp on the top of the mountain and signaled him to go down the mountain.

Going down the mountain is another way, but there is a new discovery. A large piece of red pine is planted on the leeward slope.

As an economic tree species, it is not surprising that red pine is planted all over China.

This forest is growing quite well, and you can hear a few thin bird calls from time to time, and there are pine cones and rosin on the ground, which is no different from the ordinary forest before the earthquake.

Xu Zhonglei remembered the magazines he had read before, tentatively pulled out a large piece of trunk from a half-decayed pine tree trunk, and cut out a fingernail-sized piece with a knife.

"Watch me do magic tricks."

He ignited a pine branch, and a small piece of pine branch lit up quickly. It is strange that a small piece of pine branch did not go out after burning for 10 minutes, which is more than ten times more resistant to burning than ordinary branches.

"This is called Songming. This tree trunk is full of condensed grease, so it is resistant to burning."

"In ancient times, people often used pine lights for lighting. In modern society, donkey friends hang some pine wood chips to light fire."

Xu Zhonglei put this large piece of pine tree into his backpack and planned to take it back to the village. After all, he came here all the time, and if he didn't bring some local products, it would be a waste of time.

In the future, these hardy pine trees will slowly expand their territory until they occupy the entire mountain, the entire mountain range.

Xu Zhonglei couldn't make up his mind about the location of the hunter's hut.There is a suitable place to build a house on the mountainside of Huangjiao Peak, but it is too far away from the Xu family's old house. Six days to go back and forth, the construction time will be infinitely long, and it is definitely impossible to build the house before this summer... Coupled with the desolation and isolation here, if the mountains are covered by heavy snow, they will definitely die here.

Compared with the information he had read before, he hesitated:

"I have an idea... this year we don't have time to build a house here, and we will definitely build one here in the future. We will learn from the Orion in Daxing'an Mountains and build a small house every few tens of kilometers, and then continue to explore the road inside. It’s safer to build a house directly on Huangjiao Peak.”

"Okay, I think it would be suitable for us to have a camping spot on the road, you can add up—"

Cheng Yuming had already planned, and felt that the logistical pressure of building a house in the mountains was too great. When Xu Zhonglei mentioned it, he readily agreed.

They can't become fat if they eat one bite. They are still young, so they should take their time.