Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

As soon as Liao Cheng said this, everyone looked at him and at the cart behind him.

Liao Cheng took a sip of water, wiped his mouth and said, "Of course it's not just these things, there are more than 400 catties of rice, paddy rice, soybeans and other miscellaneous things piled up in the square. Brother Quan Nan is there to help us watch. "

Xia Huo channel: "So much?"

"Yeah, just now we have exchanged more than 1000 catties of oranges and peaches. It's normal to have so many." Liao Quannan said, "You go out for two days, and your harvest is greater than half a year's hard work."

Xia Huo channel: "Stay for dinner tonight."

"Okay, with what you said, I'll definitely stay here for dinner." Liao Cheng said, turning his gaze to the prickly ash trees piled up in the yard, "Did you really find the prickly pear trees?"

"Well, we also found a special pepper tree, and we will have another family member in the future." Xia Huoqu said as he stepped aside to let him look at the small pepper tree.

Liao Cheng watched suspiciously for a long time, but didn't come up with anything, "This..."

He just wanted to ask if there is anything special about this pepper tree?The pepper tree trembled suddenly, the crown lifted up, and the branches danced a bit.

Liao Cheng was startled, and took two steps back, "What is this?"

"Our new family member." Xia Lunong said, "Mutated pepper tree."

"Mutation... Prickly ash tree?" Liao Cheng couldn't believe it. "This mutation, how does it manifest?"

Shouldn't it be manifested in biting?

Xia Lunong greeted Huajiaoshu, "Little Huajiaoshu, come and say hello."

The small pepper tree dotted the canopy, and excitedly came over and shook it, like a child, and stretched out the canopy specially, wanting to grab Liao Cheng's hand.

It is now used to greeting humans like this.

Liao Cheng was used to mutated plants that could bite people, and when he suddenly saw the pepper tree, he was so frightened that he subconsciously jumped to the side.

His movements were too obvious. The branch of the small pepper tree was lifted up, froze there, and then lowered again. The branch was soft and looked a little lonely.

Liao Cheng reacted in an instant, took a step forward, and grabbed the branch, "Hello."

Seeing this situation, Xia Lunong and the others couldn't help laughing.

Liao Cheng asked: "Where did you find the baby?"

"On the mountain." Xia Huo channeled, "It's getting dark, so I won't be poor with you, let's go and get the supplies back first."

"Okay." Liao Cheng said, "Let's push the cart again. Speaking of which, it's fortunate that your house has built the second floor, otherwise we don't know where to put the exchanged materials now."

Xia Huoqu: "Who said no?"

Yan Xiannian and the others went to move supplies, while Xia Lunong stayed at home.

He searched around in the yard, knocking on watermelons one by one, and finally selected a ripe watermelon, carried it to the kitchen and soaked it in water.

Xiaohuajiaoshu followed in and out, curious to see what he did.

It was because Xia Lunong's house was paved with floor tiles, and when the little pepper tree jumped around the house, it always slipped and almost fell several times.

Xia Lunong yawned and reached out to support the tree trunk, "Go outside and rest for a while, where do you want to stand? Choose a place where you stand more often, and we will choose that place for watering and fertilizing in the future."

Xiaohuajiaoshu understood, and chose the place where Yan Xiannian's house went out, which happened to be far away from the big tree in front of Xia Lunong's house.

Xia Lunong scooped out the water with a bucket, poured water on the place where it was standing, and touched its trunk, "You have a rest first, and I will use the power for you tomorrow."

The leaves of the small pepper tree danced and rattled, which meant agreement.

Xia Lunong stayed at home for a while, and food was delivered from the cafeteria.

Xia Lunong took a look at the fried mutton, grilled lamb chops, fried bitter gourd, and fried eggplant. They were all heavy-tasting dishes, so she went to the side of the house to pick cucumbers and made a dish of squashed cucumbers.

Xia Huoqu and the others quickly returned with supplies.

Everyone was sweating profusely.

Xia Lunong ran outside to take a look, they really brought back a lot of supplies today.Especially the rice on the cart, Xia Lunong counted it, there are about ten bags.

Xia Huoqu watched him running around, reached out and patted his shoulder, "Get out of the way, we will be able to unload these things soon."

"Brother, I'm going to pour honey water for you."

"Pour more."

I just came back from collecting honey today, Xia Lunong is not stingy.

He specially brewed a large pot of honey water, put it on the table, and poured out the wine.

Xia Huoqu and the others piled things up to the second floor and came down to eat.

Xia Lunong hadn't seen Liao Quannan for a long time, and when she saw him, she greeted him specially.

Several people went to the table to eat, Liao Quannan talked about what happened in the base in the past two days, Xia Lunong knew that they had actually received radio telegrams from other bases.

"Really?!" Xia Lunong couldn't help interjecting, "Are there many surviving bases now?"

Liao Quannan looked at Xia Huoqu and Kong Zhi, and seeing that there was no objection on their faces, he said: "According to the telegram we received, there are now a total of 740 surviving bases."

Xia Lunong's hand holding the cup shook on the spot, and the honey water in his hand shook a little.

He murmured, "So much?"

Kong Zhi grabbed his arm, trying to give him strength.

"Yeah." Liao Quannan sniffed, and his tone was also very sad, "There are many more than we imagined. This is only the ones that have been contacted, and there are many others that have not been contacted, scattered in every corner of the country, it is hard to tell how many."

Xia Lunong let out a long breath and asked, "We are considered a relatively developed place, why is no one coming to us?"

Yan Xi Nian said: "Now there are mutated plants and animals everywhere outside, and it's not easy to get in touch. Take it a little longer, and when everyone recovers, maybe they will get in touch with each other."

No one spoke for a while.

Xia Lunong thought of Zhang Shihai, the Tinder Project, and the catastrophe that was almost the end of the world, and her heart was in a mess.

Everyone finished their meal in silence.

Liao Quannan said goodbye.

That night, Xia Lunong was lying on the bed, looking at the dark ceiling with his hands on his pillow, unable to fall asleep rarely, countless things were on his mind.

There were so many of these things that it even gave him a headache.

Tossing and turning in bed until midnight, he got up to drink water.

After returning, he couldn't fall asleep and continued to toss and turn until the urge to urinate hit him, and he got up again to go to the toilet.

I tossed and tossed six times in one night.

When Xia Lunong got up for the seventh time, turned on the light and walked outside, with a "snap", Kong Zhi came out and turned on the light in the living room.

The light flashed on in an instant.

Xia Lunong shrank her neck in fright, rubbed her sore eyes, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

The hair on Kong Zhi's forehead was a bit long, hanging down to cover part of his eyebrows and eyes, and he asked him, "It's not that you didn't sleep? You got up so many times in one night—frequent urination?"

"Bah!" Xia Lu gasped, "You're the one who urinates frequently!"

After saying this, Xia Lunong sighed, "I just thought that there are still many survivor bases, and I can't sleep. I think back then, the whole earth became a global village, and now we don't even know how many bases there are."

Kong Zhi said indifferently: "It is already remarkable to be able to have enough food in such a big environment, don't think about it."

"This is too pessimistic." Xia Lunong said, "We survivors must find a way to contact each other, right?"

"Then?"

Xia Lunong didn't know what he wanted to express, he rubbed his forehead, leaned back on the sofa, and sighed.

Kong Zhi said: "You woke up very late, Brother Huo Qu and the others have cleaned up the mutated animals and plants near the base over and over again before you woke up. All the mutated animals and plants you can see now are not too dangerous high."

"Isn't it tall?"

"Not high." Kong Zhi said, "You haven't seen it before. Some animals and plants are so powerful that even if I encounter them, I can only flap my wings and escape."

Xia Lunong had never seen it before, and she couldn't even imagine it.

Kong Zhi said: "We finally established this safe human base, and there is still a long way to go to explore outside. Let's let the whole base have enough food first."

Xia Lunong nodded vigorously!

Kong Zhi pushed him, "Hurry up and go to sleep, it's already past three o'clock in the morning, get up tomorrow morning to plant the pepper tree, and build a fence by the way."

"Okay." Xia Lunong yawned, and when she was about to return to her room, she turned her head and said to Kong Zhi, "I was in a mess at first, but I don't know why, after hearing what you said, my heart suddenly became calm. gone."

Kong Zhi looked up at him, "What do you want to express?"

Xia Lunong was startled and scratched his head, "It's nothing, I just feel that you are very powerful, and a few words have the power to calm people's hearts."

Xia Lunong said with a smile, "I won't talk to you anymore, I'll go back to sleep first, you should go back to sleep quickly, good night."

Kong Zhi stood in the living room, stared at his door for a long time, then went back to his room.

Xia Lunong slept late and woke up late, and when she woke up the next day, the sky was bright, and everyone else had already had breakfast and was busy in the courtyard.

Xia Lunong ran to the yard, and first said hello to the pepper tree in the corner of the yard.

The pepper tree was very happy to see him, and shook its branches to wrap him up.

Xia Lunong rubbed the pepper tree with her hand, and asked excitedly: "It's been a night, how do you feel here, are you still used to it?"

The pepper tree shook its crown, trying to nod.

"That's great, I'm afraid you're not used to it. Are you thirsty? Shall I pour you some water?"

The pepper tree rattled and shook its branches, yes!

Xia Lunong scooped up the water and looked at the small watermelon buried under the pepper tree last night. Now the scoop of the watermelon is mixed with the soil, and it will become food in a few days and be absorbed by the pepper tree.

It will take a few days for the watermelon to become fertilizer, but today I can go to the cafeteria to get some fertilizer, Xia Lunong thought, and patted the pepper tree again.

Seeing him running around in the yard, Xia Huoqu said, "Don't dangle around, go to eat quickly, and come out to help after dinner."

"it is good!"

Xia Lunong went to have breakfast, and dug tree pits with Xia Huoqu and the others.

At ten o'clock in the morning, all the pepper trees they brought back yesterday had been planted in the yard.

They are two families connected together, and the enclosed yard under that side is also very large. These pepper trees are planted, and there are still gaps around them.

Xia Lunong stood in front of the pepper tree that had just been planted, touched her chin and said, "I always feel that I need to plant something to fill this gap."

"It's enough to cut some bamboo this afternoon and surround it with a railing." Xia Huo said, "Now that it's fenced, let's fence the backyard as well."

"No problem, let's do this first, and the rest will wait for the pepper tree to grow slowly." Xia Lunong said and looked at the small pepper tree, "Should we give the small pepper tree a name, or else It’s too confusing to talk about later.”

Xia Huoqu: "You can discuss with it what name to choose. It depends on what it wants."

Xia Lunong hurriedly went to discuss with Huajiaoshu what name to choose. Before choosing a name, she had to explain to Huajiaoshu: what is the name, why is it chosen, what names can be chosen, etc.

After some discussions with one person and one tree, the small Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree was finally named "Xiahuajiao".

Xia Lunong read a few words and felt that the name sounded good, so she said it to his brother and the others.

After their big move, everyone at the base knew that they had returned. At noon, the people from the oil workshop specially came to inform them that it was their turn to press the oil, and they could pick the peanuts in the afternoon.

Xia Huoqu pinched the back of his neck, "I still want to go to the fields in the afternoon. In this case, let's take the peanuts to the oil mill in the afternoon and wait until the oil is squeezed."

Xia Lunong asked: "Is there anything else to do before pressing the oil, just pick the peanuts over?"

Xia Huoqu: "Yes. Before that, scrub the big oil jar again, and I will fill it later."

Xia Lunong said: "Then I will pick with you."

Yan Xiannian stopped him, "Xiao Nong washes jars at home, we can choose three of them. Speaking of which, the gasoline and diesel stored in the base are running out, or we can just transport them there by truck."

"Don't waste it even if it's too much. What kind of truck do you use for such a short journey?" Xia Huo channeled, "Instead of using a truck, it's more convenient to use the beast shape directly. Anyway, there is no shortage of food now, just eat a little more after using the beast shape. "

"Huo Qu, what you said is unreasonable, otherwise I'll just use the animal form." Yan Xiannian stretched his shoulders, "I haven't used the animal form these days, and I always feel that my muscles and bones are not moving. "

Xia Huoqu didn't object, Yan Xiannian turned into a huge white tiger, and others tied peanuts to him.

Today's peanuts are packed in sacks, which are easy to tie up.

Charlon is also helping.

While he was working, he muttered to Kong Zhi in a low voice, "I always feel that you have misunderstood my ability. My body is much better now, and I am not that weak."

Kong Zhi said: "Let's wait until you can lift the burden of 120 catties in one go."

Except for Xia Lunong, the other three members of the family can carry two hundred catties at a stretch, in human form.

Xia Lunong closed his mouth. As an orc in the form of a non-beast, he is indeed at a disadvantage in this regard. In his form, his strength will be much weaker and his skills will be worse.

Yan Xiannian and the others carried the peanuts, and soon it was their turn to squeeze the oil.

The oil mill has a complete set of oil extraction equipment.

When the peanuts are sent over, they are crushed into small particles together with their shells, then put into a pot, stir-fried by a machine, and then sent to the oil press by a conveyor belt after frying.

In the evening, Xia Lunong went to refill the oil together.

The freshly squeezed peanut oil is particularly fragrant. After approaching the oil mill, the fragrance almost becomes real.

Xia Lunong smelled the scent and felt more and more hungry.

He said to Kong Zhi: "Is there any oil residue after the peanuts are fried? I'll go pick some peppers later, and fry some peppers tonight, shall I?"

"Yeah." Kong Zhi nodded and said, "I want to eat capers tonight."

Xia Lunong nodded immediately, "No problem, I'll go to the cafeteria later to see if there is any suitable meat, and get some fried beans. Is there anything else you want to eat?"

Kong Zhi raised his head and asked, "Can you order whatever you want?"

Xia Lunong was cautious, "You order first, and I'll see if there are any materials and if I can make it."

They were talking here, and the people from the oil shop saw them and shouted: "You two little brothers, stop chatting. Come and move the peanut oil back, it's the turn of the next family."

Xia Lunong asked: "Have we finished squeezing the peanuts?"

"The squeeze is over, and the last pot is here." The man from the oil workshop said, "The oil meal is also here, please check if the quantity is correct. If there is no problem, you can sign and take back both the oil and the oil meal."

Xia Lunong was careful and counted all the oil and oil residue before nodding and signing.

Kong Zhi waited for him by the side.

Seeing them like this, the people from the oil workshop said, "You guys are really inseparable, Mengmeng is inseparable, the relationship is good enough!"

Xia Lunong didn't feel that there was anything wrong, he put his arms around Kong Zhi's shoulders, "That's right, we are strong buddies!"

The people in the oil workshop burst out laughing seeing his funny way of reaching for Kong Zhi.

Kong Zhi waited for the people from the oil workshop to turn around and leave, and asked amidst the roar of the oil press, "Are we good buddies?"

"Of course!" Xia Lunong turned to look at him vigilantly, "Don't tell me you don't recognize him!"

Kong Zhi didn't say whether he recognized it or not, he just asked, "You used to have a lot of close friends?"

Xia Lunong was a little depressed, "That's true. I used to run after my brother and their asses, and I rarely played with my peers."

Kong Zhi said: "Then I am your only iron buddy in the base?"

"That's for sure! We have slept in the same bed. Who else can be stronger than me and you now? Those young people in your original base?"

Kong Zhi was originally a base with Zhang Shihai and the others. After the tsunami, Zhang Shihai and the others also joined the base established by Yan Xiannian. Kong Zhi and them looked down and greeted each other.

Xia Lunong said: "I don't have too many contacts with others. You are the only brother around me. Unlike you, the former friends don't talk about it, and you still take care of the little brother in the former base."

Kong Zhi glanced at him and said: "Friends are friends. If something happens, I will try my best to help. If it were you, I would trade my life for it."

Xia Lunong said: "I can do it too! You are my best friend! You are my brother! Anyway, you have more friends in the base than I do. I have only one brother, you."

"Team Yan and they don't count?"

"It's definitely not counted. In the past, my brother was my brother."

The two bickered all the way back.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xiannian, who had transported the previous batch of oil back, came to pick them up.

Hearing their bickering, Xia Huoqu asked, "Brother what? What are you talking about?"

Xia Lunong immediately felt embarrassed, "It's nothing, just chat for a while."

As he spoke, he quickly changed the topic, "Brother, should the oil meal be sent directly to Aunt Zheng?"

Zheng Linguang raises pigs for their family, and she is usually the one who cooks the pigs. Instead of transporting them over there bit by bit, it is better to transport all the oil and meal directly there.

Xia Huoqu nodded, "Let's go over there now, and I'll leave the dinner to you."

"No problem. Just now I was talking to Kong Zhi about making a chili with oily residue at night. The oily residue smells so good!"

Xia Huo channel: "Make more, your brother in the past is still in the shape of a beast today, so prepare more meat."

"understood."

Xia Lunong has already practiced his cooking skills. When he is free, Zhi helps out. He cooks very fast.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian came back just in time for hot dishes and hot meals.

The oil press is finished, and all is well in the fields.

In particular, the wheat that Xia Lunong planted has now been filled with grain, and it won't take long for it to be harvested.

Xia Lunong now runs to the fields every day, taking care of them very carefully.

There was nothing specific to do in the field, and the four of them spent their time on various trifles throughout the day.

Xia Zanthoxylum is placed in their yard, and it has adapted quite well now. It is a plant after all, and it doesn't like to move around very much. It mainly activities in the yard every day.

The people at the base were surprised at first, but after ten days or eight days, they got used to seeing it and it was no surprise.

The main reason is that Xia Lunong and his family surrounded the yard, so they usually couldn't see what was going on inside his house.

Time flies and it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Xia Lunong remembered the previous agreement, mo his brother, "We agreed before that we will go out to fish for crayfish during the Mid-Autumn Festival after the oil is squeezed out. Brother, you have to keep your word."

Xia Huoqu glanced at him, "When did I break my promise? Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"Hey hey hey, let me remind you so that you don't forget. Shall we make some preparations before we go out?"

Xia Huoqu: "It's just going out to catch a crayfish, what preparations do I need to make?"

Xia Lunong scratched her head, "Then when I go out, I will put the arrangement on the agenda."

Yan Xiannian said from the side: "There are no crayfish nearby. A few days ago, it was said that the gasoline and diesel in the base were all used up. Since we have to go out again, there is nothing wrong for the time being. Why don't we go farther and collect them by the way?" Order diesel and petrol?"

Xia Huoqu objected, "There are so many crops at home that are about to mature, and now I am traveling far away, I am afraid that it will be delayed if I don't come back in time."

Yan Xinian said: "It's not too much. The big ones are wheat and rice. How can we harvest these two without ten days and a half months? Let's take a trip, how can it take ten days and a half months?"

"Then who will take care of it during this time, or ask Liao Cheng to take care of it?"

Yan Xiannian had already thought about it, "I think the scientists in the Bailou have nothing to do recently, so I asked them to take care of them? It just so happens that they don't want to do research, so let them contribute."

Xia Huoqu said directly: "I'm worried that if they are not familiar with planting, it will be a bad thing."

"It's okay, Lao Jin and the others are pretty reliable, let Liao Cheng help to look at it and be a technical guide, it should be fine."

There are agricultural experts like Yan Mingqing in the Bailou, so the possibility of problems is extremely low, but Xia Huoqu doesn't like him, and Yan Xinian deliberately avoided him.

Yan Xi Nian said: "It's been a long time since our base went out to collect supplies together. We were busy with planting before, and we didn't have time to spare. After a while, we have to go out together to clean up ants and build protective belts. Now should be the best time gone."

Their base is built in the mountains. Even if there are no ants, they are still facing the threat of wildfires. It is still necessary to build protective belts.

This work happens to be done in winter when everyone is free and the vegetation is dying.

At that time, you can also chop some firewood by the way.

Xia Huoqu didn't like abolishing public affairs for personal reasons, so he no longer objected.