Apocalyptic Tundra Age

This period of sunny days was unexpectedly long, and lasted until the tenth day of the first lunar month, that is, NO.19 of February in the Gregorian calendar. The small greenhouse is used to grow seedlings. I dug more than 20 cubic meters of soil from the mountain, filled it into wooden boxes, and reclaimed two large pieces of land in the vegetable garden, preparing to grow Chinese cabbage and cabbage.

They were so busy that they were so busy that they didn't want to move. The two had to seize the opportunity of spring plowing to grow enough vegetables for a year. As for the burning of slaked lime to paint the walls?Xu Zhonglei now feels that his original bricks are pleasing to the eye, so there is no need to bother, really no need.

The strange thing is that even with the sunny days that have lasted for so many days, the sun seems to be suffering from some terminal illness. It has no strength at all, and the temperature cannot rise. Even the little girl in Xu Zhonglei's seedling shed has no desire to grow .

I didn't notice it when I was busy, but now that I have a little leisure, Xu Zhonglei looked at the white and miserable sun, and felt that something was wrong.

"Brother, what are you looking at?" Cheng Yuming brought out melon seeds and peanuts, and sat under the eaves like Xu Zhonglei.

"Look at the sun...is it not hot at all..." Xu Zhonglei looked directly at the sun without any discomfort.The sun in the northern hemisphere is very dazzling even in winter, especially on a sunny day with no clouds like today.

Cheng Yuming took a closer look at the melon seeds, it was true, but he didn't take it seriously: "In the past, I mean, when I still had mobile phones to play with, I followed a lot of popular science bloggers, and the clouds in the sky changed a lot. There are reasons to explain, don’t scare yourself.”

Xu Zhonglei felt that what this person said made sense: "You are right. Instead of worrying about it, it is better to make more preparations. Now that you are busy, you still come out to eat melon seeds and put on old clothes. Let's dig a cave!"

Cheng Yuming:? ? ?What did I just say make sense?How did you switch to digging?

The caves, vegetable caves, and vegetable cellars that Xu Zhonglei wants to dig can be called whatever they want. Their function is similar to the cellars in the north, and they are used to store vegetables.But there are few hills and small hills in the north, so we can only dig down the cellar; the vegetable cellar in the south is much more comfortable, dig a hole directly in the mountain, seal it well, put the vegetables in it and it’s done, the plants will be in the vegetable cellar Breathe inside and increase the temperature inside, which is conducive to the preservation of vegetables and grains.

The last time the villagers went to the next-door Baiyang Village to dig out a few sacks of salt, they were placed in such a cellar.

There used to be such a vegetable cellar in Houshan. My grandfather used to put sweet potatoes and sugarcane in it for the winter. It was just behind the old house. The vegetable cellar was not very big, only two meters wide and one meter high. It has been abandoned for a long time, and there are miscellaneous rusty tools and some tiles that have turned yellow and become brittle.Taking advantage of the time now, he plans to dig a larger cellar next to his house in the back mountain area, and then store the fresh vegetables he has grown.

The temperature that can be sensed by the body is getting lower and lower, and the two of them swung the hoe vigorously without sweating profusely. They sweated a little, and when the cold wind blew, they immediately shivered. A small vest, and two steel stoves were placed in the vegetable house before continuing to dig.

Originally, Xu Zhonglei planned to dig a larger cellar, and the overall plan was a spherical storage space, connected with a cylindrical aisle with steps.But after feeling the temperature outside, he gave up the idea of ​​reinforcing, plastering and building shelves for the inside of the vegetable cellar. He felt that he would be grateful to be able to dig out a spherical cellar with columns and steps.

Spherical cellars have many advantages, such as large storage space, easy wall reinforcement, and generally no safety accidents caused by landslides; the disadvantages are also obvious: the excavation height must be deep, and the excavation intensity is high.

The two dug at full speed for a whole day, and only then did they finish digging this very deep aisle, and there is also a huge ball. It is estimated that it will take three or four days to dig it.

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No kang was burned that night. In fact, except for the rainy days, Xu Zhonglei had never burned the kang. After all, it was too wasteful and the temperature was not so unbearable, but it was extremely cold tonight.

In a trance, Xu Zhonglei could hear the cracking sound of tree branches, the crackling sound of a large bamboo forest being blown down by the strong wind, and the endless whistling sound of the cold wind. The sound of falling rapidly.

"boom!"

"What sound?" Cheng Yuming asked sleepily, seemingly awakened by the sudden sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

Xu Zhonglei got up early, stepped over the two dogs sleeping beside the bed, the raccoon cat and mouse glanced at him, retracted its front paws and closed its eyes, after thinking for a while, Cheng Yuming first put on the big cotton trousers for himself , and then put on a sweater and a big shirtless down jacket, and then opened the door to go out to see the situation.

The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground made Xu Zhonglei panic. He was afraid that the freshly built vegetable house had fallen, or the most likely thing was that the pole of the wind turbine had fallen.

Anyway, no matter what it is, he can't sleep anymore, so he must come out to check the situation.

The door was unexpectedly difficult to open. Xu Zhonglei unlocked the door. The metal doorknob was like a large piece of ice, which could directly stick to the skin on his hand. Xu Zhonglei quickly let go and replaced it with a small piece from his sleeve. Cloth, pushing the doorknob down with all my strength...it didn't work, the doorknob was frozen and wouldn't budge.

I couldn't even open the window, so I turned on the light in the living room and looked out, yes!Even the window sills were covered with a thin layer of ice, dust was dancing outside, leaves were swirling, and the wind was strong.

Looking out from the window, the visibility is very low, but you can still see the three wind turbines originally installed on the roof of the vegetable house. The one near the side is gone, and the blades of the remaining two are whistling. The speed, This wind level is not small.

"what happened?"

When Cheng Yuming came out wrapped in a quilt, he saw the light in the living room turned on, and Xu Zhonglei continued to struggle with the doorknob.He also put on a jacket, but it was like entering the Antarctic Penguin House without any clothes on, so he wrapped himself into a ball with a quilt and came out to check the situation. Regardless of whether it looked good or not, the quilt was really warm.

"The wind turbine should have been blown down by the wind just now. It should be a cold current. The wind outside is also cold, which directly froze the door handle."

"Frozen???" Cheng Yuming went to the window to look at the situation outside, suddenly remembered something, and shouted: "I! It's! Mushroom! Mushroom! It's so cold that I will freeze to death!"

Xu Zhonglei knew in his heart that the things directly outside must have suffered heavy losses, and the mushrooms grown in the house should be fine: "Stop shouting, come and help, I can't get out, I can only go to your enoki mushrooms and phoenix mushrooms tomorrow The corpse is collected, I feel that this thing has not been frozen for a long time, and it will be ready soon."

"Where are the clothes? I'm covered with a quilt and can't reach out."

"In the drawer under our bed, the big cotton trousers are in the closet by the wall! They're unopened! Hurry up! It'll freeze again in a while."

The two opened the door with all their strength, and were immediately thrown backward by the cold wind. The headlights outside had already been turned on. Through the knife-like wind, Xu Zhonglei saw that the blades of a wind turbine in his home fell on the ground. On the ground, one blade has escaped from the confinement of the screw, and it is several meters away from the main engine. The pole of the empty blade is still floating with the strong wind, making a collision sound from time to time. The remaining two generator blades look like Adapted to the rhythm of the strong wind, hula hua la turned quickly.

The evil wind was cold and strong, Xu Zhonglei was afraid that he would be able to go out now, and would not be able to come back after a while, so he hurriedly dragged the tea table over and locked the door, and the two dragged each other to the mushroom room to see the situation.

The temperature requirement for mushroom growth is relatively high, preferably around 18-22 degrees.Cheng Yuming usually uses a steel stove to increase the temperature in the room during the day, and then stops the fire at night, letting the mushrooms rest for a while. After cooling down like this, Cheng Yuming is afraid that he will only see a bunch of ice mushrooms the next day.

Following the swaying rhythm of the wind, the two entered the mushroom house, and found that the steel stove on one side had completely lost its temperature and turned into a lump of iron. Fortunately, the window of the mushroom house was closed tightly. Xu Zhonglei looked at the thermometer, and it was zero. For a time, okay okay.

Cheng Yuming sometimes put some compressed wood pellets and charcoal in order to be lazy and save trouble. Here, the briquettes can be used to start a fire directly, without having to open the door of the fuel room again and suffer again.

There was also a box of matches, and Cheng Yuming simply burned sawdust in the mushroom room to start the fire, and then slowly filled the stove with red-hot charcoal and briquettes. We were able to use smoothly.

The mushroom house is just a small problem. The biggest challenge lies in the vegetable house. In the chicken coop and the vegetable field, there are two vegetable fields and one chicken coop.

The remaining steel stove was placed next door, and the wood chips and briquettes necessary for fuel were still in the other two rooms. The two closed the door of the mushroom house, searched for fuel separately, and dragged out another steel stove to be placed in the chicken coop.