poor road [end times]

Although Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin became representatives of the villagers, their daily work remained the same as before.

After the first line of defense was built, the villagers spent a lot of time inspecting and strengthening the iron net, laying a layer of sharp irons on the outside of the iron net.At intervals, a small gate is opened on the iron net to facilitate sowing, tending and harvesting the crops in the field in the future, otherwise a large circle will be required every time.

In addition to checking the safety of each fence, the two would go to the safe area every few days to communicate with Shi Shiming and others about the latest developments in the village.

Shishiming suggested that they set up their own temporary hospital, so as to prevent villagers from accidentally getting sick and not knowing how to take the medicine.

The location of the temporary hospital is easy to find. There used to be a small outpatient clinic opened by a retired doctor in the village, which was located in the middle of the village. He became a temporary "doctor" in the outpatient clinic.

The cousin was chosen because she was originally a nurse in the hospital, and her husband was the chief surgeon in the same hospital; the mother Yang was chosen because she inherited her father's practice notes and met the conditions to become a barefoot doctor.

Decades ago, Haohe County was impoverished, with poor traffic conditions and medical conditions. Yang Yiqin's grandfather used to be the only barefoot doctor in several nearby villages.Grandpa understands both Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and always uses the simplest and cheapest medicine to solve the ailments of the villagers. Usually, villagers from all over the world will come to see him when they are sick, and he is deeply loved by everyone.

Yang's mother has been influenced by her ears and eyes since she was a child, and she was educated by her father for several years, so she can cure some minor illnesses.

The middle-aged and elderly people in the village can stop bleeding and bandage, and Zhang Bo and Yang's father can also fix bones, which is enough to deal with most of the villagers' illnesses.

This is enough.

Because if a person is really seriously ill, it may be difficult to get effective treatment even if he goes to the safe area of ​​Shishi Tea.

After another busy week, the garlic seedlings planted in Yang's vegetable garden finally ripened.

The necessary activity for Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin before dinner was to go to the vegetable garden to take care of the vegetables and check the growth of the vegetables.

Due to limited conditions, they can only make simple vegetable greenhouses, relying on the sun's rays to shine on the inclined transparent thick plastic sheets to barely maintain the temperature in the greenhouses, which is far from a real greenhouse.

They were careful when boiling water and fertilizing the vegetable fields, and finally ushered in the joy of the first wave of harvest.

Garlic seedlings are cold-resistant and frost-resistant plants, but their growth rate will slow down in cold seasons.Do not uproot the roots when harvesting. As long as there is sufficient sunlight and proper fertilization and watering, it will grow again after cutting.Generally, garlic seedlings with suitable environment and stable growth can be harvested at the first 25 to 20 days, and the second harvest at [-] to [-] days.

But they obviously don't have the best growing conditions.

The garlic sprouts in the vegetable garden had been planted before it snowed, and it took more than two months for them to grow until they were edible.

When it was confirmed that the garlic sprouts could be harvested, Yang Yiqin was overjoyed—they finally had fresh vegetables to eat.

Although there are a batch of autumn harvest vegetables stored in the cellar at home, most of them have been made into dried vegetables and pickles one after another for the convenience of preservation and prevention of decay. Most of the vegetables used for stir-frying are also pickled, not as sweet as fresh vegetables.

Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin were ordered by their mother to harvest the garlic sprouts in the vegetable field with a sickle.

Feng Lin was used to wielding an axe, and occasionally used a sickle to harvest the heads of zombies, but he had never used a sickle to harvest vegetables.Therefore, his posture of waving the sickle was extremely stiff. The blade of the sickle was facing the root of the garlic seedling, and he adjusted the direction countless times back and forth, but he didn't move his hand.

Yang Yiqin was amused: "Quick, ruthless, accurate, cut it boldly and it's over."

After finishing speaking, he demonstratively cut off a crop of garlic sprouts in front of him.

Feng Lin nodded solemnly.

"it is good."

Then, he slowly and carefully cut off a handful of green garlic sprouts, and cut off the roots of the garlic sprouts with a sickle.After cutting, he spread out the plant in his hand and watched it carefully for a while.

"Don't be so careful, just don't hurt the roots." Yang Yiqin joked, "Can you tell the difference between garlic sprouts and green onions?"

Feng Lin pursed his lips: "It wasn't possible before."

Yang Yiqin chuckled: "I couldn't before. There are also plants such as leeks and wheat seedlings. My grandfather likes plants, all plants including vegetables and medicinal materials. He specially took the time to let me take a good look at them."

As soon as the words fell, he had already cut off several clumps of garlic sprouts in succession.

Feng Lin gradually got his hands on it, but his expression was still cautious, more serious than when he cut off the zombie's head.

They had helped the Beishi Survivors Base break corn before, but breaking the corn felt different from harvesting vegetables. These vegetables were hard to ripen after the daily care of their family.

Besides, Yang's father and Yang's mother are very concerned about the condition of vegetables.

Therefore, Yang Yiqin could understand Feng Lin's caution.

Yang Yiqin put the harvested garlic seedlings in the basket and said, "I haven't tried to harvest vegetables by myself for many years. I used to do this kind of thing when I was young. When the elders praised me, I would get even better."

Hearing this, Feng Lin was more careful when harvesting garlic seedlings.

In this situation, it seems that he also participated in Yang Yiqin's past, the passage of time is extremely cherished.

Feng Lin looked at the garlic sprout in his hand, and said to himself, "You must have been cute when you were young."

Yang Yiqin: "..."

Watching Suan Miao say this sentence, the scene is very delicate.

The two quickly harvested all the garlic sprouts in the backyard, several baskets were filled to the brim, and the harvest was quite rich.

Yang Yiqin checked the weight and said with a sigh: "It's a pity that the vegetable seeds in our backyard will probably be wasted."

Feng Lin picked up two baskets with his left and right hands: "If Li Qiao takes good care of it, he should be able to gain something."

Before they left, they left a key to the house for Li Qiao and Wang Che, so that they could occasionally check on the situation at home and take whatever supplies they wanted.If you have time, it is best to take care of the vegetable field in the backyard. If you take good care of it, maybe they will have fresh vegetables to eat in winter.

"I don't know how the Huahua family is doing." Yang Yiqin thought of the left-behind cats at home, "We extinguished the fire for safety. Although they are not afraid of the cold, they still enjoy lying on the carpet in the living room to warm their bodies. Fluff."

"There will be no problem." Feng Lin said, "No one in the base dares to mess with them."

Yang Yiqin joked, "Indeed, they seem to be better at it than us."

Feng Lin's gaze turned to other vegetables in the field.

"How long will the other vegetables be ripe?"

Yang Yiqin looked around the vegetable field: "Listen to my dad, coriander and spinach will be harvested in a few days."

The growth cycle of these two kinds of vegetables is similar, within a range of one to two months. The specific time varies with the growth environment. The simple version of the greenhouse can only maintain their minimum requirements, so the maturity time is pushed back and forth.

Feng Lin looked at the scallions that looked like garlic sprouts: "What about the scallions?"

"Scallions are not good enough. The growth period of scallions takes four to five months. If they are planted in autumn, they will not mature until the second year. With the current growth situation, it will take February and March next year." Yang Yiqin pointed to the radish beside him, " Autumn and winter radishes are better, with large fleshy roots and strong cold resistance, and it is estimated that they can be harvested around the beginning of winter."

Feng Lin went to the countryside to do as the Romans do, and put what he learned into practice: "Is it possible to harvest the cabbage? I heard that the northern villages stock up a lot of cabbage in winter."

"It's almost the same. My mother said that it will be collected in a few days and hidden in the cellar. In fact, generally speaking, it should be harvested earlier, but the growth of cabbage is average." Yang Yiqin smiled, "To be honest, I think these plants didn't freeze to death, maybe it's due to mutation."

Otherwise, the vegetable field would have been withered and yellow long ago.

The Chinese cabbage in the vegetable garden is slowly maturing, but the size is a little smaller than in previous years.

Generally, cabbage should be harvested in mid-to-late November, before the first cold snap, because after November, the yield of cabbage will increase by one day if it is harvested late, and if it is harvested too late, it will cause freezing damage.They should be thankful that Chinese cabbage is resistant to light frost but not strong cold currents, and the heavy snow in October did not freeze the cabbage to death in the vegetable field.

The last days have brought unprecedented crises to human beings, but they have added many advantages to animals and plants to be resistant to cold and drought.

The two carried the garlic sprouts to the vegetable warehouse.

The warehouse is just an ordinary empty room on the west side. The room is as cold as the outside, so it is used as a natural cold storage by Yang's mother to store the food that will be eaten recently.There are ice cubed pork from Dongcheng, a large bag of dough sent by Liu Wen, and rice noodles, grains, oil, pickled vegetables and fried sauce... all kinds of food.

More spare food is stored elsewhere.

These foods alone are enough for the four of them to close the door and eat for several months or even longer.

Mother Yang is helping the elderly living alone in the village to cook and clean up the house - this is what she and her cousin do every day.Father Yang took the wolf and blue dog to patrol, and Mao Xiaoliu also went to catch wild mice in the village.

Since Mao Xiaoliu arrived, he patrolled the village on time every morning and evening, catching mutant mice and voles.The grain storage of each family in the village has never been bitten or stolen by mice. The village head and villagers love Mao Xiaoliu very much. Every time they see him patrolling the village, they will open their doors to welcome him in.

Today's vegetable field is harvested by Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin, and the rice is also cooked by the two of them.

It was rare that only the two of them were harvesting vegetables and cooking.

"Fry fried eggs with garlic sprouts, stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts, cold garlic sprouts..." Yang Yiqin counted them carefully and asked, "Then steam a few steamed buns and get some pickled cucumbers as side dishes, what do you think?"

Feng Lin had no reason to disagree.

"I feel good."

The chicken coops in the village lay eggs steadily every day, and the village head will collect the eggs first, and then distribute them to each villager according to their heads.In addition to the previous stocks, they have saved several baskets of eggs at home, and they are very generous in scrambling eggs.

All you have to do are simple dishes that don't take much time.

Yang Yiqin took a piece of pork, shredded the pork after thawing, added light soy sauce, cooking wine and starch, stirred evenly and marinated for a while.Feng Lin washed the garlic sprouts and cut them into small pieces, then went to beat eggs and found a can of bean paste.

The firewood and charcoal in the stove were burning vigorously, the red light of the flame was dancing, and the smoke was lingering in the room.

Oil is poured into a dry cauldron.

Not long after, the aroma of food filled the entire kitchen.

"Your cooking skills are getting better and better." Yang Yiqin took a sip of fried pork with garlic sprouts and said, "You'll be on par with me soon."

"Is it tasty?"

"Of course, you try."

As he spoke, Yang Yiqin held a chopsticks of meat and vegetables and handed them to Feng Lin, his eyes looking over were serious and clear.

Feng Linhong leaned over with her ears open, and bit off the food on the chopsticks.

"Well, it's delicious." After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment and did not forget to change his words, "But your cooking is even more delicious."

"Seriously? You haven't eaten yet." As he spoke, Yang Yiqin took a bite of the garlic scrambled eggs he had fried, and handed Feng Lin a chopstick.

Feng Lin took a bite and said firmly, "You fried it delicious."

Yang Yiqin smiled: "It seems that I am too arrogant, at most I can say that they are evenly divided."

"Meow--"

When the two were trying the dishes, a cat meowed from outside the yard.

The next moment, a little black cat, which was almost invisible in the night, jumped into the kitchen and appeared in the faint candlelight.It looked satiated, licked its paws contentedly, and its belly bulged.

Smelling the aroma of food, Mao Xiaoliu walked to Yang Yiqin's feet and rubbed his trouser legs affectionately.

"Want to eat?"

Yang Yiqin asked.

Maoxiaoliu nodded the cat's head.

Its main food is mutated mice, but in fact it can eat other food, even cold meat and vegetables.Yang Yiqin fed it two mouthfuls of stir-fried vegetables, and it burped before eating two mouthfuls.

"Are there so many mice in the village?" Yang Yiqin rubbed its head with a smile, "Why do you eat so much every day?"

Mao Xiaoliu let out a "meow".

After a while, Yang's father and Yang's mother walked back hand in hand, and Langqinggou followed behind them.

Father Yang turned around and walked into the vegetable garden in the front yard.

Mother Yang smelled the smell of the food in the air, and praised with a smile: "The food you cook is very good, did you know how to cook before?"

Feng Lin said frankly, "No."

Yang Yiqin took out clean bowls and chopsticks: "I'm average too."

The two of them, like most young people, were too lazy to buy and cook.

When Yang Yiqin was still in school, the two of them basically went to the cafeteria to eat; after Yang Yiqin graduated, the two of them either ordered takeaway, or drove out to eat together.

These skills are now slowly explored in the Beishi Survivor Base.

After all, when returning to the base at night, there is almost nothing else to do except chatting, eating and sleeping, and sorting out weapons and rooms.

Mother Yang shook her head and laughed: "You two are quite honest."

Yang Yiqin accepted the praise without any burden.

Speaking of which, before the apocalypse, he and Feng Lin were busy with work and study, and occasionally they only thought about boring entertainment when they were free. On the contrary, after the apocalypse, they really experienced the joy of a "serious" life.

When the three of them served stir-fried vegetables and steamed buns, Father Yang came out of the vegetable field and said with a smile, "That's good, good, the vegetable field will be handed over to you in the future. After stocking up on this batch of fresh vegetables, it should be enough for us to eat." New Year's Eve."

"Chinese New Year." Yang's mother said softly, "This year must be lived well and successfully. Only a good beginning can predict a safe and smooth future."

I hope that in the coming year... nothing more dangerous will happen.

The three had a "garlic sprout feast".

Father Yang did not forget to prepare food for Langqinggou and reward it for another day of hard work.

Although the Langqing dog can also catch mice and eat them, the size of the mice is too small to fill its stomach, and there are almost no other creatures in the fields this season, so it needs to prepare additional food for it.

Fortunately, they found a lot of dog food before, and occasionally gave it some meat, which was enough for the wolf and green dogs loyal to the village to eat for the next year.

The other villagers had no complaints about this, and they were very friendly to this group of wolves and green dogs, because they saved many people in the early days of the end of the world. Now it patrols and guards the village on a daily basis.

Day by day.

Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin harvested another batch of spinach and parsley.

Coriander, like leeks and shallots, can be harvested repeatedly after maturity under the premise of suitable soil fertility and temperature, and the time for the next few crops is shorter than the first harvest.With the supply of these vegetables that can be harvested repeatedly, the food at home has improved a lot, and there are fresh vegetables to eat every meal.

In the words of Father Yang, he never thought that one day eating vegetables would be more difficult than eating meat.

However, if the villagers hadn't made corn stalks and weeds into fodder in advance, Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin drove a helicopter to bring back a lot of ready-made fodder from other villages. The chickens, ducks, geese, cattle and sheep in the village had no food, and they could eat Meat time will also be running out.

The harvest of the vegetable garden gave them great confidence. It just so happened that the defense construction of the village had achieved phased results, and they could free up their hands to do other things.At Father Yang's suggestion, Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin set an example and immediately began to urge others to grow vegetables around their homes, helping the elderly living alone to build simple vegetable greenhouses.

In order to ensure that the temperature in the greenhouse is suitable, a carbon brazier is occasionally placed in the plastic shed.In this way, as long as the villagers take care of it properly, everyone can always eat a little green vegetables in winter.

As for food, a little more is just a little more.

Their own side yard was also put into use, and vegetables such as melons and tomatoes began to be grown. Father Yang even considered enclosing several open spaces near his home for growing vegetables.

Father Yang did not forget to tell Liu Wen and Zhang Bo to build Jiyuan vegetable greenhouses while they have free time.

Otherwise, when the weather gets warmer, they will definitely spend most of their time on the further construction of the safety zone, and I am afraid that they will have no time to pay attention to the vegetable greenhouse.All of a sudden, the villagers of the three villages had just finished building the wall, and then devoted themselves to the work of building the greenhouse.

For this reason, Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin flew to nearby villages several times to collect vegetable seeds, fertilizers, farm tools and other necessary materials for growing vegetables.

Every time Han Wenliang came to visit, he was amazed by the changes in their village.

Their safe area is also thinking about planting vegetables, but before that, the base must be expanded, otherwise the comfortable living environment will not be satisfied, unlike the three villages that are full of vacant land and empty houses, but only live in There are only a few dozen people.

Every time Han Wenliang leaves, Yang Yiqin will ask him to take some fresh vegetables. Although the quantity is not too much, it is enough to supplement vitamins for children and teenagers in the safe zone.

Yang Yiqin thought that such a peaceful and comfortable life would last until the New Year that everyone was looking forward to.

However, at the end of December, a violent barking shook the whole village.

After the dog barks, the sounds of cocks crowing, geese crowing, and pigs grunting sounded like a torch relay.

Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin immediately woke up from their sleep.

At the same time, Mao Xiaoliu in the living room began to scratch the door frame frantically, making harsh noises.The two looked at each other the same way, quickly put on their clothes, picked up their weapons, and hurried downstairs.

Candlelight was lit on the first floor, and Father Yang and Mother Yang also woke up.

Father Yang put on his clothes, picked up his bow and arrow and walked out of the room, just in time to meet Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin face to face.

"Dad, what's going on?" Yang Yiqin frowned and asked, "Has this happened in our village before?"

"Yes." Father Yang's face was extremely gloomy, "The first time was on the day when the end of the world broke out, zombies wandered around the village, and animals jumped around; the second time was when the entrance of our village was not blocked tightly, running A zombie pig came in, and the other animals reacted immediately, reminding me and your village uncle."

Having said that, he looked towards the dark sky outside the courtyard and said, "...Then, it is now."

Because everyone believes in their own high gate compound, there is indeed no one on guard in the village, but there are groups of animals standing guard.

After the two incidents mentioned by Father Yang happened, all the livestock in the village were driven to the surrounding areas to be raised. The chicken coop and pig pens circled the village and became a warning in the village.Even if these animals haven't mutated, they are also very sensitive, and they will keep barking at the slightest sign of trouble.

More importantly, the mutated wolf and blue dog's sense of smell and hearing are much more sensitive than before the end of the world. Once an outsider breaks in, they can immediately wake up even if they are not nearby.

Feng Lin said seriously: "It's not too late, let's go out to check the situation as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's split up." Father Yang recruited Lang Qinggou, "I'll go to the village chief first and ask him to contact you Uncle Liu and Uncle Zhang in time. You go to patrol around the village and pay attention to safety."

"clear."

Father Yang went to the village chief's house instead, and Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin followed Mao Xiaoliu to find the source of the anomaly.

The current time is 01:30 am.

The countryside on a winter night should have been extremely quiet, but at this time it was disturbed by the alarmed cries of livestock, and chaotic barking of dogs and chickens could be heard everywhere.These movements that reminded them have now become noises that affect their judgment.

Yang Yiqin listened intently with bated breath, carefully discerning which direction the sound was louder.

The little black cat hiding in the night also widened its eyes, climbed onto the roof, and looked around vigilantly like a warrior.

Two minutes later, Yang Yiqin and Mao Xiaoliu had a calculation at the same time, and turned their gazes to the same suspicious direction—the place with the loudest sound was the village east intersection closest to them.In the darkness, several mutated roosters jumped out of their nests and ran away from the east of the village.

Yang Yiqin said in a deep voice, "To the east."

Maoxiaoliu: "Meow——"

Feng Lin clenched his weapon tightly.

There was no need to communicate, the two raised their feet at the same time, and ran along the main road towards the east of the village.

The passable iron gate in the east of the village has just been built. The iron gate itself is more than three meters high, and the stone blocks and walls built by turning heads are a little higher.In order to ensure safety, they did not forget to dig trenches outside the iron gates like other places, and set up barbed wire fences to trap beasts.

But at this time, there was the big sturdy goose of my cousin's house standing inside the door—it was teasing the iron door angrily, quacking and screaming outside.

There were human whispers outside the door.

A ladder was exposed above the door.