Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

Xia Lunong had no idea that his brother and Liao Cheng were talking about him.

He walked to the plastic shed and looked at the shed curiously.

The plastic greenhouse in front of me occupies only half a row of land, and the plastic film must have been used for a long time. Not to mention the yellowing of the whole plastic film, it is still full of creases.

Xia Lunong carefully lifted the soil pressed on the plastic greenhouse, and gently opened the plastic greenhouse.

The temperature inside the greenhouse is much higher than outside, and when it is opened, the smell of damp and rotting straw comes oncoming.

Xia Lunong poked her head in, and saw three kinds of vegetables growing inside—one Chinese cabbage, another garlic sprout, and the other small green vegetable seedling.

The Chinese cabbage is huge, each one is as high as his thigh, and the cabbages are lined up on the ground like concrete blocks.

He widened his eyes and took a closer look. After looking for a long time, he found that these Chinese cabbages were no different from the ones he saw in the supermarket before the catastrophe, except that they were bigger and covered with greener leaves.

Smell it, the smell is similar, it seems that the normal Chinese cabbage has become bigger.

I don't know if it's because of the different species or the post-disaster mutation.

Compared with the Chinese cabbage, the garlic sprouts planted next to it looked ordinary, and their size, shape, and smell were similar to those he had seen in the supermarket before.

Xia Lunong observed it, selected three relatively thick garlic sprouts and began to pull them out.

He had never planted a field before, and it was the first time he pulled garlic seedlings from the ground. He was not mentally prepared. He grabbed the lower part of the garlic stem with one hand and tried to pull it out, but he didn't pull it out.

He blushed and pulled hard, but it turned out that the garlic sprouts seemed to be poured into the soil!

Xia Lunong let out a "hey", wiped the sweat off her head, and very unconvinced, grabbed the garlic sprouts with both hands and pulled them out again.

He exerted all his strength, and the veins on his neck were about to stand up, and then his weight fell back desperately. After pulling it out for a long time, he heard a "boo" from his hands, and the garlic sprouts in his hands broke.

Before he could retract it, he sat down on the ground and hit the plastic shed with a "boom".

Subconsciously, he raised half of the garlic sprout in his hand to his eyes, and he was stunned.

"Xiao Nong!" Xia Huoqu was the first to notice that he had fallen, walked over quickly, lifted the plastic shed and poked his head in, "What's wrong?"

"Then what—" Xia Lunong quietly rubbed his numb buttocks, held up the half-broken garlic sprout in his hand to show to his brother, and said depressedly, "It's broken."

"It's okay, I'll do it." His brother took a look, bent over and pinched the root of the broken garlic sprout, pulled it out gently, and pulled out the lower half.

Xia Lunong reached out to take it.

The root of this garlic is full of roots, a lot, like a big brush head, with a lot of soil attached to it.

Xia Lunong stretched out her hand to pick the soil, and took off the roots on it by the way.

"The roots can be eaten too." Xia Huoqu stopped him, pointed at the garlic, "Just scrape the mud off."

Xia Lunong glanced at the big handful of root hairs, and obediently stopped pulling out the root hairs, and only stroked the soil.

Xia Huoqu bent down to look at the garlic nursery, picked a relatively dense place, pulled up two thin garlic seedlings, handed them to his younger brother, and then turned to the vegetable garden in the corner to start picking small vegetables.

Xia Lunong leaned over and saw a lot of insect holes on the green vegetable seedlings, and some places were eaten by insects until only the veins remained.

"Why are there so many bugs?"

"Vegetables are prone to worms. If you grow them in a greenhouse, they will still be fine. If you grow them outside, they will be eaten by worms before people start eating them."

Xia Lunong observed his brother's movements, only to realize that pulling out vegetables is like pulling out garlic sprouts, they always pick out the thin and weak vegetables in dense places.

He imitated his brother's appearance, pulling out clumsily, and asked doubtfully, "Why don't you pull out the big one?"

"It's all the same batch of vegetable seedlings. The big ones grow well, and no matter how long they are, they can still grow a lot, and the thin ones can't grow much no matter how long they grow."

Xia Lunong said "Oh", and then asked in a low voice: "The Chinese cabbage is so big, and there are only so many small green vegetables, why don't you grow Chinese cabbage? It's so cost-effective to grow Chinese cabbage."

"Chinese cabbage needs to grow for two months, and small green vegetables can be eaten in more than 20 days, and sometimes they can be changed."

Xia Lunong suddenly realized.

He didn't eat a few meals of boiled cabbage, and he was tired of eating it now. Seeing the sour water of Chinese cabbage, he also wanted to change the taste.

His brother's hands and feet were quick, and he had pulled out a handful of vegetables in his hand as he spoke, and he raised his head and said, "Let's go."

Xia Lunong straightened up and beat her sore lower back. From the corner of her eyes, she saw his brother stretch out his hand and picked something out of the vegetable leaf. what.

Xia Lunong leaned over his brother's shoulder to look at his hand, "Brother, what are you holding?"

Xia Huoqu reluctantly opened his palm to show him, "Stinkbugs are stinkbugs."

Xia Lunong hurriedly tilted her head back, let out a "huh", and looked at the bug with disgust.

Soon, he realized that something was wrong with the bug, he frowned, and leaned back, "What's under the bug's head?"

"It's also a head." Xia Huoqu showed him, "It's mutated."

"?!!"

Only then did Xia Lunong see clearly that this worm actually has three heads!

A normal head grows in the normal position, and there is a head on the back of the head, and the third head is on the left side of the second head. It is not fully grown, only one eye can be vaguely seen contour.

Xia Lunong's goosebumps popped up, a chill surged up in his heart, and he couldn't help shivering.

He murmured, "Why do you look like this?"

This bug can bring spiritual pollution!

Seeing him rubbing his arms, Xia Huoqu stretched out his hand and threw the insects on the ground to trample them to death, saying, "It's just ugly and not poisonous."

Xia Lunong took a breath, "Are the beasts outside also mutating like this?"

He now understands why the people in the small medical hospital say that the difference between humanized beasts and real beasts outside is so great that they can be seen at a glance.

What a beast with a head and legs, who can't see it?

Xia Huo's channel: "There are also some that mutate so that they are not so disgusting, that's all, go out quickly, and wait for lunch."

Xia Huoqu said "Oh", but kept looking down.

Seeing that the two brothers hadn't come out for a long time, Liao Cheng came over after smoking.

When he entered the shed, he saw Xia Lunong's expression was wrong, and he couldn't help showing surprise, "What's wrong?"

"I saw a few mutated bugs."

"Xiao Nong hasn't seen a mutant beast yet?" Liao Cheng quickly understood, "It's okay, the base has been sorted out several times, and there are people patrolling the top of the mountain all the time. If the really vicious guys can't come in, be careful. Don't worry." Just be bitten until you get stung."

Xia Lunong asked: "Then the beast we eat—"

"I haven't gone hunting for a few days, so where are the beasts?" Liao Cheng quickly realized and smiled, "Don't worry, they are all good meat. The beast with several heads and legs has mutated too much. Don’t even dare to eat it, it’s poisonous.”

Xia Lunong breathed a sigh of relief.

Liao Cheng smiled, "The meat we are going to eat is saved during the Chinese New Year. You know that there is a big ice bank over there in the cafeteria? Ice is hidden in the cellar of the cafeteria, and the meat and vegetables in it can be stored for half a year. That piece of meat is stored in the cellar."

This Charlon can accept it.

Before the catastrophe, things in the frozen layer of the refrigerator would sometimes freeze for half a year.

Liao Cheng showed a bit of greed, "Speaking of which, I also saved some chili peppers. Let's have a good meal today, with white rice."

Xia Huoqu continued: "Our family still has half a bag of rice, you go get the peppers, and I will pick up the rice."

Liao Cheng waved his hand, "No need, my family also has rice."

"Don't push, you produce meat, we produce rice, and we can take advantage of it."

Liao Cheng pushed it several times but didn't push it away. He smiled and went home to get the chili seasoning.

Xia Huoqu took Xia Lunong home to fetch rice.

Xia Lunong was curious, "Brother, where is the rice at home? Why didn't I see it?"

"Among the pile of things hanging by the window of my room, the thing tied next to the quilt is rice."

If there are many families in the base, the grain storage is usually stored in a barn. Like Xia Lunong, who has a small family and no food storage, they usually hang it from the ceiling for storage.

Ordinary dried fruits, snacks, seasonings, etc. are also hung up in this way, for ventilation and dust prevention, and more protection against snakes, rats, insects and ants.

Xia Huoqu took the rice down, "We will send the rice to the cafeteria later, and they will charge half a catty of rice for processing fee, and the rest will be converted into rice and bran for us."

When the rice is milled, two things can be obtained - rice and bran.

Rice can be used for food, and chaff can sometimes be used for food, but most of the time it is used to feed livestock.

Xia Lunong's family didn't raise anything, and most of the time they sent it to the market for something else.

Xia Lunong looked at this small bag of cherished rice, and felt a little pity for the first time, "Can't we grind the rice ourselves?"

There is a stone mill under the tree outside the cafeteria, and it is convenient to grind it yourself.

Xia Huoqu held the rice with one hand, gently pushed his shoulder, and led him forward, "It is time-consuming and laborious to mill rice, and it is not worth it."

Xia Lunong had no choice but to retract her regretful gaze.

The brothers went to the cafeteria first, changed the paddy into rice, and immediately asked the people in the cafeteria to cook the white rice.

This also needs to produce rice, and the rice soup has to be left for the cafeteria.

Xia Lunong sat outside the kitchen, watching the people in the cafeteria wash the rice and set up the steamer.

The cafeteria basically provided 80.00% of the meals for the entire base. The firewood was very busy, and after sending the rice in for a while, a faint scent of rice wafted out.

Xia Lunong sat a little outside the door, staring at the steamer without blinking, swallowing quietly as her throat kept rolling.

He had been awake for so long, eating white rice for the first time.

I used to drink white rice porridge at most.

The white rice smells really good. It smells so fragrant. Before eating it, Xia Lunong can imagine the taste of the soft and hot rice when it is chewed slowly in her mouth.

He stared at the steamer with burning eyes, even if Liao Cheng brought the seasoning and went to fetch a piece of meat with the people in the cafeteria, they failed to attract his attention.

The cafeteria was already open for dinner, and the people at the base came in small groups with meal tickets and bowls. When they saw Xia Lunong sitting at the door of the kitchen, they had to give him an extra look.

Xia Lunong didn't care about other people's eyes at all, he sat on a low wooden stool, twitched his nose and sniffed the aroma of rice coming out of the kitchen, even if he couldn't eat, it would be good to smell a few more.

He was still smelling the rice, and the vegetable and meat had been cut in the kitchen, and the fried pork was fried in a pan.

As soon as the oil is put on, the garlic sprouts are stir-fried, and the peppers are fried, an overbearing aroma floats out, completely covering up the aroma of the rice.

It was the first time Xia Lunong smelled this smell since he woke up, and the memory before the catastrophe was awakened, and immediately he stopped eating rice, and watched the people in the kitchen start frying meat with burning eyes.

"Zi la" the meat was off the pot, and the rich aroma of fried garlic and chili wafted out, choking and fragrant, Xia Lunong coughed and couldn't bear to look away.

Liao Cheng sent him to sit at the door of the kitchen to supervise the work to prevent the kitchen people from stealing food, while he stood not far away, smoking a cigarette and talking to Xia Huoqu.

Xia Huoqu chatted with him every now and then, all eyes on his younger brother.

Xia Lunong had just woken up not long ago. When she was in a coma, for the convenience of taking care of him, she didn't give him any hair, and shaved it off close to his scalp.

Not much has grown now, the whole figure looks like a monk who has just returned to vulgarity, without the modification of the hair, and the face is too fair and delicate, it looks smaller and smaller.

Seeing Xia Huoqu's heart sore.

Liao Cheng also noticed that Xia Huoqu had been looking at his younger brother, followed his line of sight, and said with a sigh, "Xiao Nong is quite obedient."

"The more you worry about, the more worrying you will be." Xia Huoqu smiled, "Thanks to your help today, let's have a good drink later."

When Liao Cheng heard that there was wine, he patted his arm with a smile on his face, "Good brother!"