Apocalyptic Tundra Age

This year has been full of disasters and disasters. Both the large and small ponds have been dry for more than half a year. In the past, the village people's New Year's goods were fished out of the ponds, but now they have nowhere to go.

But working people can still create delicious things in a difficult life.I worked hard on the hundreds of catties of rice and millet that were distributed, and the heavy rain was still falling, and the women were all trapped in the house, so they tried their best to make something delicious.

At the age of 29, Xu Zhonglei exchanged three catties of rice for a catty of rice noodles made by sister Chunjuan, and exchanged a large bag of millet for three or four pieces of rice cakes made by sister Liu.

They didn't ask for money, but Xu Zhonglei didn't really want to give anything.

The breakfast on New Year's Eve is delicious and convenient. Xu Zhonglei cooks. First, he cuts some frozen pork to make shredded pork. Cut the pork into thin strips half the size of his little finger, pour oil on it, put shallots, shredded ginger, and garlic. Stir fry for a while, add shredded pork, and finally put soy sauce, pepper, monosodium glutamate, chopped chili, and salt in the shredded pork. After a few hours, the shredded pork becomes soft, and the shredded pork can be broken with a light sip.

But Xu Zhonglei didn't have the time or the skills, so it's considered a good job if you put the code out.

Two large iron bowls, put a small piece of lard, salt, monosodium glutamate, chopped chives, and pepper in the bottom of each bowl, rinse with boiling water, oily flowers will appear on the surface of the bowl in an instant, and the shallots are fragrant. At this time The water in the pot also boiled, and Hulong Hulong put the pound of rice noodles in, and the pot was so hot.

The rice noodles made by Sister Chunjuan are relatively thick. Xu Zhonglei counted the time and cooked them for 20 seconds longer. He immediately took out the steaming rice noodles and put them into two large bowls. Finally, he divided the noodles into two and poured them into his own bowls. Here, a bowl of shredded pork noodles is enough.

Half a catty of noodles for one person sounds like a lot, but after a large bowl of noodles, the two of them each added a braised chicken leg to be full.

Xu Zhonglei felt that only he himself could feel that the New Year's Eve of two people was more lively than the New Year's Eve of seven or eight people.

It was still raining heavily on New Year's Eve, and it was warm inside the house, but cold outside.

Cheng Yuming has already taken over the mushroom house. A small piece of Flammulina velutipes, Oyster mushroom, and Coprinus comatus has been planted, and a large piece of shiitake mushrooms has been planted, all of which are hidden in sawdust. It looks very pleasing.Therefore, we have to water and moisturize every day, supplement nutrient solution, and burn the stove to increase the indoor temperature, ventilate and brighten, so we can't slack off all day.

Xu Zhonglei walked to the vegetable garden by stepping on the mud, and found that the cabbage gang was almost old, and the radishes planted in autumn were all eaten up. Two cabbages, the green leaves in the vegetable garden smelled sour and rotten by blisters. As soon as the new year started, Xu Zhonglei had to prepare to grow vegetables, and the green vegetables could not stand it anymore.

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New Year's Eve!New Year's Eve!

Even after the catastrophe, everyone's enthusiasm for celebrating the New Year has not diminished. Xu Zhonglei heard the crackling sound, very strange, where are the firecrackers?Can gunpowder be used these days?

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom Boom"

The voice continued to ring for many times, and Xu Zhonglei became curious, and pulled Cheng Yuming to the campsite in the village.

The iconic silver-white plank house has been demolished, and the boards are piled up under the eaves of Xu Zhonglei's house. On the original site of the plank house, a group of adults and children surrounded it. It wasn't a "boom", which caused the adults to laugh, and the children ran away covering their ears.

The two took a closer look:

It really is a literal firecracker.

It is to throw the knotted bamboo tube into the fire, and after a while, the bamboo will split by itself and make a huge noise. Fireworks and firecrackers really live up to their names. At first, they were firecrackers, bursting bamboo.

There were not many people around, women and daughters-in-law, they were all elders with children. Xu Zhonglei was shocked when he saw Xu Tianci holding his daughter Xu Xiaoyun to watch the excitement for the first time. one time.

Three bamboos were placed and put aside. The crooked bamboos were all withered and yellow, and looked like unusable building materials.

Xu Zhonglei and Cheng Yuming squatted on the sidelines watching the one and a half bamboos exploded, and then went home to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Hey, Shitou Shitou, don't leave when you come, let's have a meal together in the village!"

It was Uncle Jiang's voice greeting people, the big guy seemed to have just discovered him, you said something, and stayed for dinner.

Xu Zhonglei looked at Cheng Yuming beside him, and felt that those who celebrated the Chinese New Year would not do such a great job. They pulled out Cheng Yuming who was not from the village and were not allowed to eat, so he hesitated and stayed.

Xu Tianci, Xu Wangqiang and others who had been to his house glanced at him a few times, then walked away in desperation, not knowing where to hide.

The buttocks are still hurting, the evil god is coming, if you can't beat it, you have to run.

The two of them rushed to the busiest place without these small movements. It was really lively. Sister Chunjuan was in charge of cooking, and the big girls, young daughter-in-laws and old women were all crowded in the kitchen that came with the drying room, and they were very busy.

Sister Chunjuan found someone else, and hurriedly greeted: "Don't go! Stone! Xiao Cheng! Remember to come and eat!"

Xu Zhonglei responded, feeling that he shouldn't be squeezed into that room, and hurriedly dragged Cheng Yuming away to see the brick kilns in the village.

There are enough bricks in the village, and they can be scraped in the ruins, but the tiles cannot withstand falling from a high place. Xu Zhonglei was also trapped by the tiles when building a house. The brick kiln in the village is dedicated to firing earth bricks. .

The large earth brown tiles are neatly stacked in the small shed. Xu Zhonglei took a rough look and felt that there must be a lot of tiles burned in the village after more than ten or 20 days of rain. A batch for their home decoration.

However, the dismantled plank house can be directly built in the vegetable room in the yard. It seems unnecessary. There is still a large pile of white clay dug out from the mountain in my house. Now it seems that I can only pinch some plates, jars and cups to keep. I used it myself.

"I've fallen into the habit of wanting everything I see again."

Xu Zhonglei complained to himself and took Cheng Yuming to visit the new house in the village.

There are only seven or eight new houses in the village, all of which are built around the open space by the pond, and are built around three kang houses, oriented east-west.The styles are different, and the ugly is exactly the same.

The reason why modern houses are beautiful and comfortable is the great contribution of various modern decoration materials. Now the semi-finished products built by the villagers can only be regarded as rough houses before, without beautiful seams or white putty. It looked like a mixture of mud, and looked like dirt, Cheng Yuming smiled and said quietly: "Now I know why those people are eyeing your house."

Without him, the difference between a modern house and an adobe house is too great.

Xu Zhonglei criticized him: "Don't look at this house as ugly, just look at the layer of mud on the surface, it is beautiful, everyone has put their minds to it, when you say it in front of others? You have to push it over."

"Can I still not know?" Cheng Yuming said awkwardly, "I'm not a fool when I'm talking to you."

When night falls, the New Year’s Eve dinner is ready. There is no big table. Sister Chunjuan prepares a big bowl for everyone. The coarsely ground brown rice can be filled, green vegetables, white porridge, rice cakes are enough, and potatoes are cooked in a large bowl. Each person has a spoonful of meat, and each person eats by himself with a big bowl. They each find a place to stand and squat, and sit around a big campfire.

"Folks and comrades, today is New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve! There is no TV, so no one comes to perform, there is no Spring Festival Gala, the earthquake is very strong, and the rain is also heavy, but this troubled year has passed , all of us are fine, we are all here, having a reunion dinner together, and celebrating the New Year together."

"Earthquakes are merciless. I have to thank all the people in the village. The rescue team in the village rescued people, Dr. Zeng who saved lives and healed the wounded, and everyone who built houses and baked food together. As the old saying goes, a chopstick can be broken. No one can do anything with ten chopsticks, thank you for your hard work! Thank you for uniting as one, next year, we have to work together!"

Xu Zhiping put down the bowls and chopsticks and said a few New Year's speeches, then smiled and said: "Now, everyone can have a New Year's Eve dinner together, thanks to Chunjuan, Wang Jiating, Yu Yu, and Guoqiang who have been busy in the kitchen all afternoon... ...There are still many people. Now, every meal is hard to come by. Every meal is the result of the hard work of our villagers! Today is the last day of this year. Let’s eat away this year’s bad luck. It will be even better! I wish you a safe and safe next year, and everyone is healthy and happy!"

"Eat! Eat!"

"Where did this chicken come from? I haven't tasted meat in almost two months. The meat is so fucking delicious!"

"Eating can't stop your mouth? The cured chicken dug up during the earthquake can still be eaten after washing..."

"It's better than nothing..."