Apocalyptic Tundra Age

"Clack cluck! cluck cluck! cluck cluck!"

"Mom! Hurry up, it's back!" Cheng Yuming hurriedly stopped the yellow-haired hen that was hatching, and urged Xu Zhonglei while laning.

"This kind of work is meticulous work. How can I speed it up? Hold on, if it comes in and it sees me touching its eggs again, I will be pecked to death by it!"

Xu Zhonglei felt a pain in his fingers that hadn't dissipated. It was yesterday that he wanted to see which of the fertilized eggs the yellow-haired hen had cuddled for so many days.

As a result, before he got close to the chicken's hatching nest, the chicken glared at him. As soon as he made a move, he was pecked by this "combat chicken" until his hand bleeds. The chicken jumped out of the nest and chased him for a long time. After a few steps, Xu Zhonglei was scolded all the way with "clack da" and "cluck da".

To be on the safe side, Xu Zhonglei changed his routine today. First, Cheng Yuming used food to introduce the chicken into the mushroom room next door, and guarded the door by the way. Potential to grow into a chicken.

But that big pot full of chicken food, why is it finished?And the last few eggs I didn't see!

"Brother, this chicken is about to turn its face and deny anyone! It pecked my face! It flew up and pecked! I have never seen a flying chicken in my life! How long do you have! I can't hold it anymore!"

Cheng Yuming opened his arms and used his body to block the way of the yellow-feathered chicken. The chicken "clucked" angrily, and after another run-up, it flew up and pecked at Cheng Yuming's face.

After being hatched by the hen for a few days, there was no obvious difference between the eggs, but now there are obvious differences. Through the strong light, the last egg in Xu Zhonglei's hand has small dark red dots and some silky lines inside. It is also clearly visible, and even the eggshell has become rougher visible to the naked eye.

Xu Zhonglei hugged the five unresponsive eggs in his hands, and quickly slipped out the door, "Okay, okay! Let it out! Don't freeze my chick!"

The two quickly hid in their own house, and after a while, they could hear the angry cries of the hen from the tool room, heart-piercing, resounding through the sky.

"How many?" The eggs that were taken out were stuffed into Xu Zhonglei's pocket, and Cheng Yuming didn't know what was going on.

"Five, the egg shells are not broken. I ran too fast just now, and I'm afraid that these eggs will be broken in my pocket." Xu Zhonglei counted them one by one and handed them to Cheng Yuming.

"Hey, after ten days or so, we'll be able to harvest eighteen chicks, haha. Let's add these eggs for lunch!" Cheng Yuming's mouth couldn't help but curl up, as if there were three hundred naked chickens in front of him Float away, meat problem solved.

After lunch.

The heavy snow has not stopped since the night of Dr. Zeng's frostbite. Layers of snowflakes fell on the ground and solidified into ice, which was then covered by a layer of fresh snow. Xu Zhonglei tried to sweep the snow several times in the yard, but his tiny His broom seemed to have no chance of winning in the face of the heavy snow. After sweeping it twice, Xu Zhonglei didn't care.

The snow in the yard is half a meter deep, and with the ice inside, Xu Zhonglei can now touch the highest point of his fence with bare hands.

However, the snow in the yard can be ignored, but the snow on the roofs of the house cannot be ignored.The roof is too heavy with ice and snow. If it exceeds the load-bearing limit of the house, everything inside will be buried.

In addition to the heavy daily tasks, what fills their free time now is snow removal, climbing on the roof to sweep snow, and shoveling down the ice layer.Fortunately, Xu Zhonglei has been consciously making the roof of his house as sharp as possible, otherwise such a large area is really hopeless.

***

After the construction mobilization meeting was held by the Xujia Old House Group in Zhuangyuanqiao Village, it has once again entered the stage of large-scale construction.

The blades of the generator sent by Xu Zhonglei whizzed and whirled, and the blinking red warning light almost made Hoopoe burst into tears.

How long, how long have you not seen electronic products?I saw no one around, and the power storage box just happened to have a plug, which can be used directly.Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, Dai Sheng hurried home from another exit of the greenhouse, found his long-preserved mobile phone and mobile phone charger, and prepared to take another bath in the impact of modern civilization on him.

"Dai Sheng, how long have you been away?"

Um, Hoopoe's trembling hands that were so happy along the way immediately returned to calm.He tiptoed cautiously, just not wanting the plague god to see him, but he didn't expect to be caught right now.

"No, not long, I'll go home..."

"Leaving the post without permission, two points were supposed to be deducted, but it's the first time since you have a short time, so I warned you. Next time you leave the post, you will directly deduct points. By the way, Dai Sheng, don't use the generator idea. Xu Zhiping As I said, these four generators can only generate a total of 1 watts of electricity a day, and it is too tight to use on plants. If I find out that I dare to use the generator, I will not allow it in the future.”

"Ah! Got it, got it, thank you, Sister Liu, I'll go to work right away." Hearing that there was no punishment, Dai Sheng hurriedly slipped away. A full labor force like him, his daily salary is five work points. If he was directly deducted two, he would This half day is tantamount to doing nothing.

Liu Rou, whose name means "butter" in the local language, is Xu Zhiping's relationship.Although she has a broken leg, she has a diligent personality and can't rest at home at all, so she often comes to see her.Xu Zhiping felt sorry for his wife's body but couldn't look after others, so he simply asked her to supervise the work and take care of others.

A few days ago was a busy time, installing planting lights, digging soil, cutting firewood on the mountain, braving the wind and snow, using bricks and mud to build a mud house along the outline of the plastic greenhouse, and finally Cover the outside with a layer of ice to keep warm.

Collective labor was the most enthusiastic at the beginning, and fortunately, during that time, most people were helping, and a brick shed was built quickly.

After only a few days, there were more people who fished, sneaked home, and never came again. The speed of building the second greenhouse was like a turtle crawling. It took two days to build. Less than half of the progress.

Xu Zhiping hurriedly increased the wages for outdoor labor to three times, fifteen work points, but people like Dai Sheng didn't want to do more at all, and chose to dig the flue indoors. It's more than 20 degrees, which is quite comfortable. I didn't expect that even if it was like this, he was still trying to find ways to be lazy.

Liu Rou's personality is hot and quick, which is completely different from her name. Everyone calls "Sister Liu". As time goes by, she herself is more used to the name Liu Sister.

She usually sits at the entrance of the shed, looking roughly at the people in the shed by the light of the fire, which deters a group of guys who are planning to work abroad. She is not only in charge of people, but when she is busy, Sister Liu will still help when she can. , such as adding firewood or something.

Potatoes are grown in this built brick tent. Before the flue is dug, firewood is burned in tin barrels and placed on the aisle to maintain the temperature. The planting lights are turned on for five hours a day, and two wind turbines are used The generator barely provided electricity, and the hard work paid off. The potato seedlings that had not moved for several days grew half the length of a finger.

Seeing that this method worked, Sister Liu was relieved.The rural areas are basically full of cats in winter, especially in this kind of heavy snow, leading the big guys to give up the comfortable life of sleeping with their daughter-in-law in their arms, digging soil, building houses and cutting firewood here. The three of us had to jump off the building together.

"Come, come, come in, have a rest, and enjoy the fire." Xu Zhiping led a group of people into the greenhouse, and the temperature of the greenhouse dropped a lot in an instant.As soon as they entered the shed, they quickly asked the villagers to find a place to warm up. The shed is not very wide, but it is very long. It has an area of ​​one mu of land, and there are dozens of tin buckets. There is no need to worry about finding a place to warm up.

"How are you doing today? How are you doing?" Sister Liu stood up and asked her husband.

Xu Zhiping's eyebrows and hair are now white, and his whole body is like a piece of ice that has turned into a spirit, and his whole body is chilling.

"Ah!" He breathed a long sigh of relief first, and then said slowly: "There are too few people, the progress is a bit slow, people are freezing to death outside, it is too torture."

Sister Liu handed him the water glass and said, "Our lips are worn out, everyone who can come has come, and everyone who wants to leave has almost left. When it comes to fifteen work points, so many people come. It's for your sake. Hmph, when the harvest comes, we'll be the only ones to eat, let's starve them to death!"

"Why are you so naive and greedy like Yinyin..." Xu Zhiping said with a smile.

"Bah, the sky is big, the world is big, when there is nothing to eat, we will have it, see if you won't starve them to death? Just wait and see!" Women are childish, especially when they are angry.

"..." Xu Zhiping agreed with what his wife said, but he couldn't say...

"Okay, okay, is it all baked? Come over and have something to eat!" Xu Zhiping guessed that it was almost time, and called for someone to come and eat.

The food was very poor.It is a small piece of fried rice cake, which can be regarded as an extra meal in an extreme environment.People who work outside consume too many calories, and they can no longer resist simple meals. After Xu Zhiping built bricks outside for a day, he cut his rice cakes into small pieces, added sugar and salt, and fried them. For those who go out, everyone eats a piece in the morning and afternoon.

"It's not you, you're inside, I'm afraid this shed is more comfortable than you are at home, what do you eat?"

Sister Liu has a pair of good eyes and a good memory. When she caught the indoor staff who planned to fish in troubled waters and lined up for rice cakes, she pointed it out mercilessly.

"Oh, did you catch it?"

"You kid wants to eat and go out by yourself!"

"Sister Liu is mighty! I'm freezing outside and want to pick peaches? I think you're playing with fire!"

……

After a commotion, Xu Zhiping took people out to continue working, and continued digging the flue indoors.

It’s too cold outside, and they usually have to come in and rest for a while after going out to work for half an hour. Before the shed was set up, they lit a bonfire on the snow, and continued to work after warming the fire and moving their legs. Anyway, they couldn’t keep working .