Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

The weather is quite cold now, so I have to wear a thick coat during the day.

Xia Lunong woke up early in the morning, wrapped in a thick coat, sniffing, feeling groggy and uncomfortable.

Seeing his listless face, Kong Zhi stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, "It's a bit hot."

Xia Lu's throat was uncomfortable, she turned her head and coughed, and said, "Maybe I was too tired yesterday and caught a cold. Your hands are still a little cold. Where did you go this morning?"

"Go to the field to pick vegetables." Kong Zhi said, "It's frost in the field now. When I went, the vegetables were covered with a layer of hoarfrost. Eggplants and peppers have almost stopped growing, and several tomatoes have died. , These two days we have to find time to pull out and plant some new crops.”

Xia Lunong said: "Grow rapeseed flowers and eat some cabbage hearts in winter. Brother Liu should have seeds there, and I will go to his place to exchange some later."

"You have a cold, don't worry about it. Sit down first, I'll cook, and after breakfast, let's go to see Dr. Ou." Kong Zhi pushed him to the living room to sit down, "Sit down and play with your phone."

"It's not that fragile." Xia Lu said in a hoarse voice, "I'll go and see Xia Huajiao."

Kong Zhi handed him the water bottle, "Pour some water on it, don't use the ability."

Xia Lunong nodded.

Their yard has experienced spring, summer and autumn, and it will soon be winter. When the door is opened, there are no crops in the yard, and there are still three loquat trees in front of the yard.

In front of the loquat tree is a fence surrounded by pepper trees, and next to it is a huge tree. Xia Lunong still hasn't been able to tell what kind of tree it is.

Xia Lunong looked at the tree.

The canopy of the big tree has almost reached their second floor, and they have to find time to saw off some branches this winter, otherwise the canopy may cause some damage to the wall.

"Hush!" Xia Huajiao found Xia Lunong and waved the branches, looking very enthusiastic.

It has grown a bit taller, and its trunk has become much thicker. Now it rarely pops out, and most of the time it grows obediently in the soil.

Xia Lunong went over and put her hand against the tree trunk, and said with a hoarse smile: "You are so energetic, did you have nothing to do last night?"

"Hush!" Xia Huajiao said that everything was fine.

Xia Lunong said: "Then I'll water you, winter is coming soon, I wonder if your growth rate will slow down?"

"call out?"

Xia Lunong patted its trunk, "Let's talk about it later. I'll give you some water first."

Xia Lunong watered Xia Huajiao and went to the backyard to look at the honeysuckle.

The honeysuckle grows extremely fast, and now it has surrounded half of the backyard. Presumably next year, the vines will be able to spread to the front yard and wrap the front yard together.

Charlon watered the honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle stretched out soft vines to curl Xia Lunong's feet, and rubbed his ankle affectionately.

Xia Lunong knelt down and touched its young leaves, and also watered it.

There are relatively few things planted in the backyard. Except for honeysuckle, the leeks at the foot of the house grow most gratifyingly.

Xia Lunong went over to inspect the leeks, saw that the leaves were plump and green, and she became greedy, so she simply picked up a handful of leek leaves, holding a kettle in one hand and leek leaves in the other, wandered around to the front yard.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the front yard and before he had time to enter the house, he saw Li Mingfei from the cafeteria running over from a distance, and just stopped outside the fence of their house, looking like he wanted to push the courtyard door.

Xia Lunong went to open the door for him, and asked hoarsely, "What's the matter? Are you in such a hurry?"

"Brother Xia." Li Mingfei wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The sheep locked in your cafeteria smashed the window of the cafeteria last night, and now they all ran away. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and now we have caught them back. Brother Shan asked me to come over and invite you to take a look."

The five sheep that Xia Lunong brought back yesterday were sent to the cafeteria after the youngsters practiced their hands. Please help the cafeteria kill them today.

There is a livestock shed in the cafeteria, which keeps all kinds of prey brought back from the outside by the people of the base all year round. There has never been an accident in such a long time, and the people in the cafeteria did not expect that the first accident would be caused by a group of sheep.

Seeing him anxious, Xia Lunong immediately said: "Wait a moment, I'll put the leeks back and go take a look with you."

Li Mingfei took a breath, "Then hurry up."

Xia Lunong took the leek back, and Kong Zhi who heard the movement had already come out, and said to him: "You have a cold, rest at home, I'll go and have a look."

"It's okay, I have a cold." Xia Lunong walked into the kitchen and put the leeks in the basin, "I'll go with you."

Kong Zhi said: "Then go and change your clothes."

Xia Lunong went back to the room and changed clothes, and it took only a minute or two.

Li Mingfei was in a hurry outside, "Hurry up, let's go there quickly."

Xia Lunong wondered: "Haven't they all been captured? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Li Mingfei smiled wryly, "I've caught it back. We can't control it. If we stay there, everyone will be afraid."

Xia Lunong couldn't imagine, "There are so many people in your cafeteria, how many sheep can't be controlled?"

"You'll know if you go and have a look. If you don't use the animal shape, you won't be able to match these sheep at all." Li Mingfei shook his head, "It's too fierce. The beasts before the catastrophe were not so fierce."

The three of them rushed towards the cafeteria while talking.

They heard the movement from the cafeteria from a long distance away.

Li Mingfei shouted: "I brought Brother Xiao Xia and Brother Kong Zhi over here."

"Hey, we're finally here." A middle-aged man turned around, "Hurry up, see how this sheep is handled, is it killed or something? Good guy, our cafeteria can't even make breakfast. .”

This middle-aged man is Shan Xiayuan, the person in charge of the cafeteria. Xia Lunong seldom sees him. Hearing his words, Xia Lunong said: "Just kill him. Do we need to come over and do it together?"

"This is definitely necessary. If you don't take action, we really can't control these sheep." Shan Xiayuan said, "The main reason is that we can't hold them down. These sheep are too strong. We can't hold them down when killing them. We are afraid Bitten by a sheep, after all, there is no rabies vaccine available now."

Kong Zhi said: "Let me press it, have the sheep-killing masters arrived yet?"

"Lao Huang, Lao Huang is the best at cooking." Shan Xiayuan said, "We originally planned to add a sheep blood vermicelli soup in the morning, but after working for a long time, we couldn't even kill the sheep. It was completely useless."

Help the canteen kill the sheep, and the sheep will belong to them when they enter the water.

Xia Lunong smiled apologetically at Shan Xiayuan, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"What's so troublesome, the main reason is that we are not strong enough." Shan Xiayuan said, "This sheep is too powerful. Team Yan also said that there are such powerful mutant animals and plants everywhere outside. I think the survival of human beings will become more and more difficult in the future. Difficult."

After Shan Xiayuan finished speaking, he sighed.

Xia Lunong said: "When we go out, we use human forms. It's normal that we can't defeat these mutated animals and plants without human forms."

"Among the mutated animals and plants outside, are all of them really that powerful?" Shan Xiayuan took out a cigarette and shared a Xia Lunong, "If this is the case, it will be dangerous for everyone to go out to catch sheep. gone."

Xia Lunong waved her hand, pointed to her throat, and said in a hoarse voice: "I have a cold, thank you. As for the sheep, be careful, there shouldn't be a big problem, but there are so many mutated animals and plants outside, except for the sheep. In addition, there are other things, didn't I almost get lost by the snake before?"

Shan Xiayuan held a cigarette in his mouth, and said with a frowning face, "You brothers are already strong enough, but you are still in such a mess when you go out. If you are replaced by ordinary people in the base, you will probably be even more worried."

"My animal shape is not a beast, Brother Shan thinks highly of me."

Xia Lunong saw that Kong Zhi had already caught the sheep and killed them, and continued to chat with Shan Xiayuan.

Shan Xiayuan waved his hand and said: "You are strong, but our entire base recognizes that it has nothing to do with whether you are a beast or not."

Xia Lunong knew that there was something in his words, and waited patiently for him to continue.

Shan Xiayuan said: "If you go out, you will encounter danger, and it will be even more troublesome for ordinary people to go out. Isn't the base going to usher in winter leisure soon? Team Yan said to arrange everyone to go out and build protective belts. Alas, I am worried when I think about it."

Xia Lunong understood, "Brother Shan, does your son also reach the age to go out to do public work this year?"

Shan Xiayuan nodded, "Otherwise, why would I need to worry so much?"

Xia Lunong comforted him, "Brother Shan, don't worry too early. We built the protective belt to ensure the safety of the base, and the safety of personnel is the top priority."

"Which one of the next generation of the base is the treasure of the base, even if they are allowed to go out, it is impossible for them to have an accident. With so many adults in our base, which round will we get their children to charge into the battle?"

"Has it been arranged now? How to arrange it specifically? Xiaoxia, please tell me, so that I can have a clear idea."

Xia Lunong shook her head, "Brother Shan, you think too highly of me, and I'm not a member of the property management committee, so I don't know how they arrange for me? But make sure the base members who go out to work will not be in danger."

Shan Xiayuan sighed, knowing that there was nothing more to ask, he stopped asking, and started talking about other gossip instead.

Seeing him like this, Xia Lunong secretly said in her heart, she felt sorry for the parents of the world, and knew what to say to comfort him, so she just cooperated with him and changed the subject.

The sheep they caught were really fierce. After Kong Zhi added it, the five big men managed to hold the sheep firmly together.

Those who kill the sheep are veterans. After holding down the sheep, they kill the sheep, let the blood out and skin them, and the next process goes very quickly.

More than an hour later, Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi walked back with the mutton and blood side by side.

The remaining sheep in their family are temporarily stored in the cafeteria, and the cafeteria will help them marinate and dry them in the sun. After the sheep are dried, they will be taken to their house.

Xia Lunong and the others are quite busy recently, so they don't have much time to spare. Otherwise, they should do this step by themselves, and the taste of the cured mutton will be better.

Of course, it’s nothing to put in the cafeteria. The sheep sent by their family, the people in the cafeteria took the sheep’s offal, sheep’s head, and sheep’s feet, and they were probably more careful than their own cured sheep.

When the two returned, Xia Huoqu and Yan Xiannian had already returned home and were cooking breakfast in the kitchen.

Xia Lunong went into the kitchen, "Brother, when did you come back? Did you go to see the sheep in the valley early in the morning?"

"Yes, I just came back and went to the valley to have a look. The sheep are staying well there, so don't worry." Xia Huoqu looked at him, "What's wrong with your voice? I'll go to see Doctor Ou later."

"I have a bit of a cold. It may be due to the change of seasons between summer and autumn. I think it will be fine in a day or two. There is no need to look at it." Xia Lunong sniffed, "We went to the cafeteria just now."

"To kill a sheep?" Xia Huoqu looked at the mutton meat and sheep blood they brought back, "Going to see it?"

"No, the people from the cafeteria came to call us early in the morning, saying that the sheep smashed their windows, and Kong Zhi and I just paid out the credit coins."

Yan Xi Nian said: "It's normal for their old livestock house to be smashed, no one was hurt, right?"

Xia Lunong shook her head, "That's not true, but Shan Xiayuan asked me for a long time, wanting to ask me how to build the protective belt during the winter break, and whether it is dangerous. His son will go out with him this year to do base missions together. "

Yan Xiannian understood and said with a smile, "I said I'll let you go over this matter, so the drunkard's intention is not to drink. I've made a note of this matter, and I'll explain the situation after a meeting in two days."

"Brother in the past, it's so dangerous outside now, do you really let those teenagers go together?"

"Yeah, keeping them in the middle shouldn't cause problems." Yan Xi Nian said, "We are afraid of mutated animals and plants, and mutated animals and plants are still afraid of us, so there is no need to worry so much."

Xia Lunong asked: "How many days will the base mission take?"

"I can't say for sure, maybe five or six days, maybe seven or eight days. Our base is not very big in the first place. If we all work together, it may be done soon." Yan Xi Nian said, "Why do you ask this? , who asked you about this?"

Xia Lunong shook her head, "That's not true, it's just that if the base mission is finished soon. Do we have to arrange some other itinerary?"

Yan Xiannian smiled and glanced at Xia Lunong, "You really didn't hear anything?"

Xia Lunong was at a loss, "What rumors can I hear? So do we really have a schedule? What schedule? Older brother, don't hold your breath, tell me quickly."

Yan Xiannian looked at Xia Lunong and then at Kong Zhi, "Do you know about the black gold base?"

The two nodded. The black gold base is the largest base nearby, but it is a little far away from their place.

Xia Lunong asked: "Are we going to the black gold base?"

"Yeah. Another year is almost over, we have to go out and have a look, so as not to sit on the sidelines, isn't the situation outside now not optimistic? Let's go out and have a look, and see how other bases respond."

Speaking of this, Xia Lunong was full of interest. He moved a small stool and sat next to Yan Xinian, "Brother Xinian, when did you decide? How many people will you bring?"

"It's decided before you wake up in the spring. As for when to go, it depends on when the things in our base will be settled." Yan Xiannian said, "I know you want to go, I will definitely take you there, take you We don’t feel at ease staying here.”

"That's great!" Xia Lunong's eyes lit up, "We will definitely gain a lot from going out this time."

Xiahuo channel: "This harvest may also bring danger. When you go out, anything can happen, since you already know it. In the past few days, organize the things you need to bring, and think about what to do when you encounter danger when you go out. How to deal with it."

Xia Lunong nodded quickly, "I'll practice hard with Kong Zhi these two days, to see how to cooperate when encountering danger."

Xia Huoqu looked up at him, "Haste makes waste, let's talk about it after you have recovered from your cold. For the past two days, you should stay in the base honestly and don't go anywhere. After making noodles, let's go out for breakfast first."

Xia Lunong is not someone who can live in the base, especially their base is so big, surrounded by mountains, and can circle around in half an hour. He feels his legs are rusted when he stays in the base.

He rested at home for one day, and took Kong Zhi out the next day, saying that he wanted to practice animal form coordination with him.

The two went down the mountain to practice.

Xia Huoqu felt relieved when he had time to stand together, and only told him, "The sheep at the bottom of the mountain have already been cooked in the valley, so don't provoke them."

"Got it, let's go for a walk in the nearby mountain and pick up all the chestnuts."

Xia Lunong excitedly pulled Kong Zhi away.

Kong Zhi uses animal form, he uses human form.

The two cooperated very well now, Xia Lunong sat on Kong Zhi's back and went out, even if she didn't use the safety rope, she would not be in danger.

The two first went to the foot of the mountain to see the honeysuckle.

The honeysuckle has already grown, and the vines have climbed a large area. Presumably in two years, it will have the size of the honeysuckle in the library.

Xia Lunong originally thought about whether to input a little power into it, or pour some water or something, but now she went over and found that it was not necessary at all.

Honeysuckle can grow very well on its own, and like any vigorous wild plant, too much worry will not be conducive to its development.

Xia Lunong squatted on the ground, looked at it, and said, "Shall we go directly to the valley?"

Kong Jindiao called softly beside him.

Xia Lunong climbed onto the golden eagle's back, hugged his neck, and was carried towards the valley by him.

The chestnut tree they planted at the mouth of the valley a few days ago has fully grown. It is two or three meters high and covered with tender green leaves. However, after the fruiting season, there is no sign of fruiting.

Outside the chestnut tree is a wooden fence.

Now it seems that these chestnut trees alone are enough, and there is no need to add another fence.

The golden eagle flew over the valley.

In the valley, the flock of sheep were grazing leisurely, and several of them simply lay on the ground, showing no signs of escape.

The golden eagle flew a circle above it, so as not to cause panic among the sheep, it flew very high.

After looking at it, they were sure that there was no problem, so they went to the next mountain.

The chestnut forest was hidden among the miscellaneous trees, and it was impossible to find it from the sky. Fortunately, they remembered the way.

The empty golden eagle fell to the ground.

Xia Lunong slid down from him, took a look with her head, and said, "I feel like I haven't been here for two days, and there are more chestnuts on the ground."

Kong Zhi changed back into a human form, put on his clothes, and said: "This is a good thing for us, we just pick up the chestnuts, and don't need the outer shell."

"I'll pick up the sack." Xia Lunong took out the tongs, "Pick it up slowly, we'll go back when we pick up two sacks, come back tomorrow."

Kong Zhi responded, and approached the chestnut forest together with him.

They were afraid that chestnuts would fall from their heads, so they specially wore bamboo hats.

In the deep forest, the light was not so good, and the vision became even darker after the two put on the bamboo hats.

After they picked up two sacks of chestnuts, Xia Lunong was so tired that she felt dizzy and her back hurt.

He straightened up and thumped himself on the back, "It's also very interesting to say, in spring, our food was still seriously insufficient, and everyone was starving, but now we are not so short of food. The food is here, and we all Too lazy to pick it up."

Kong Zhi responded casually: "Pure food can no longer meet our survival needs. What we need now are mutated animals and plants that contain more energy."

"Yeah." Xia Lunong sighed, "This evolution is too cruel. Whenever we think we have gained a little survival advantage, we will soon be evened out."

Kong Zhi helped him pinch his lower back, "It's already very lucky to have the opportunity to live to gain the advantage of survival."

Xia Lunong leaned against him and sighed.

When the two were picking chestnuts, they found two good-growing chestnut trees, and Xia Lunong dug them up together.

The backyard of his house is bare, and there are no relatively large plants except for honeysuckle.

They can just plant chestnut trees in the backyard, and when they want to eat chestnuts next year, they can pick them directly in the backyard.

After seeing the sheep and picking up enough chestnuts, the two of them returned home only after eleven o'clock in the morning.

After a simple lunch, the two went to work in the fields in the afternoon.

Radishes, garlic, celery, rapeseed...they have enough seeds on hand, and the space is big, so they can plant a little of everything, and they can eat them in exchange in winter.

The white radishes and carrots they planted before have grown to almost the same size, and the big ones can now be pulled out.

Xia Lunong pulled out two carrots, then dragged Kongzhi up the mountain, went to the terraced fields to catch a crucian carp, and cooked carrot and crucian carp soup to drink at night.

Yan Xiannian and Xia Huoqu were busier than them. They had a meeting for almost a day, and then went outside to check around to determine the location of the protective belt. After a busy circle, the two of them were about to fall apart.

Sipping the sweet carrot and crucian carp soup, Yan Xiannian said: "You two should also prepare. There will be a meeting tomorrow night, and the formal construction of the protective belt will start the day after tomorrow. Everyone in the base will participate. Even the elderly and children must stay in the base to help out. cook."

Xia Lunong said: "No problem, others can do it, so can we. Brother Xi Nian, have you decided where to build the protective belt?"

"Just build a circle around our base." Yan Xi Nian said, "The main purpose is to prevent the spread of wildfires. Winter is too dry, and our base is built on a mountain. It will be very troublesome if wildfires spread."

Yan Xiannian took another sip of the soup, "As for other things - we also need to guard against snakes, insects, rats and ants. But this is not the point, nature seems to have regained its balance, and snakes, rats, rats and ants are relatively less likely to become We are in serious trouble."

Xia Lunong listened while drinking soup.

He has no opinion on the construction of the base at all, and he can't intervene.

After listening, he said: "Then I must be very tired these few days. I will go to the cafeteria in advance to exchange some meat and come back. Let's eat better these few days."

Yan Xiannian gave him a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Smart! We've been so tired these days, let's try to eat better."

Xia Huoqu disagreed, "Isn't the base in charge of food these days, so there's no need to bother too much."

"The lunch and dinner provided by the base are almost big pot meals, which are worse than what we usually eat. If we want to eat so well, we will open a small stove when we come back at night." Yan Xinian said, "It's a big deal, I cook, the ingredients first. ensure."

Xia Lunong said: "We can eat more barbecued food these days. Anyway, there is a bread kiln outside. After the ingredients are prepared, a fire is built, and then stuffed into the kiln. When we come back at night, we can eat ready-made food directly. gone."

"Heroes see the same thing." Yan Xiannian said with a smile, "This is my vote for Xiao Nong, what about Kong Zhi? Huo Qu, don't do anything, we have enough supplies now, eat better, and it's good for your health. Don't waste your body by being too tired."

Xia Huoqu hadn't had time to speak, but he was blocked by him, so he had to take a sip of the soup, "Go ahead."