Little days of the last days [rebirth]

Go home feeling good.

Xu Chengle woke up early in the morning, but he was stuck in the warm blanket and didn't want to move, so he lazily fell asleep and returned to the cage.

The house was quiet.

Pulling on his slippers, he went up to the second floor to visit the precious vegetable field he hadn't seen for a long time.

The seeds he planted before he left have already sprouted.It is estimated that it will take another two months to harvest.

The sweet potatoes and potatoes planted in the last wave are ripe and ready to be dug.The sweet potato leaves growing outside are green and lush.

He took some organic fertilizer and sprinkled it on the soil surface.

Now half of the vegetable garden is empty, and he plans to plant another wave when he has time.

The doorbell rang, he took out his phone, opened the software, and clicked "Open the door".

"Wow, woof." Not long after, the humming dog came running up the stairs, wagging its tail and rubbing against his feet.

Xu Chengle went downstairs and saw Yu Jingshan standing next to the coat rack taking off his coat, hat, and goggles. There was a large bucket full of snow at his feet.

Yu Jingshan: "When I got up in the morning, I found that there was no water coming out. I guess the temperature is too low today and the water pipes are frozen."

"Ah." Xu Chengle walked over, lifted the bucket to the kitchen, and started to boil water. He pointed to the wall opposite the kitchen, a large and somewhat exaggerated western-style fireplace, "We will go to the mountain behind to pick up some firewood later. There are coals too, light this fireplace."

Yu Jingshan was puzzled: "Why light the fireplace? The room is warm enough."

Xu Chengle raised the corner of her mouth: "Hey, you'll know when the time comes."

After the water was heated, Xu Chengle took a brief wash and cooked some porridge with the remaining water.

White rice porridge with pickled cucumber and fermented bean curd.

The pickled cucumber is hot and sour, crunchy to the bite, very appetizing.

Xu Chengle took a big bite of the meal and said, "I'll pick up my aunt in a while, I've lent his son away for so long, she must be impatient to see you."

"Yeah." Yu Jingshan picked up a small piece of fermented bean curd and mixed it into the porridge.

Xu Chengle finished a bowl of porridge in twos and twos, and added another bowl: "How much is it outside today?"

Yu Jingshan: "Minus 37 degrees nine."

Xu Chengle: "The temperature has dropped so badly."

Hehe Ergou squatted at the dining table and gnawed on the dog food.

Xu Chengle glanced at the two dogs, "I have time, I have to take a bath with you two, it's so dirty."

Haha raised his head and shook his big tail.

Heng Heng shook his ears, let out a "woo", buried his head between his two paws, and rubbed himself against himself.

……

Fully armed, set off to pick up Yu's mother.

The house of club owner Cai Zhiyuan is on the first floor of a high-end residential building on the border of Chaoyang District and Miyun County.

When Cai Zhiyuan heard the doorbell, he glanced outside the door through the peephole, and then he put on a down jacket and a hat, and opened the door tremblingly, "Come in, come in, come in, come in, come in, come in, come in quickly." He closed the door as fast as he could. , still shivering from the biting cold wind rushing through the door.

The room that was originally heated also dropped several degrees in an instant.

Cai Zhiyuan covered himself for a while, and then slowly took off his down jacket, "Brother Shan, you are finally back, and Xiao Xu is also here, sit down quickly."

Yu Jingshan: "Old Cai, I'm sorry to trouble you, these few days."

Cai Zhiyuan's family, Ding Xingwang, his wife, children, parents, and three generations live together in the same house.

Cai's mother brewed two cups of hot tea, brought it up and said with a smile: "I have been friends with your mother for many years, so there is no need to see each other like this. We heard that your mother said that you went to the Northeast, and we were quite worried. Too dangerous."

Mother Yu also sat down, next to her son, and touched his shoulder: "Just come back safely."

Cai Zhiyuan said: "If you come later, I will go out and I won't be able to meet you."

Yu Jingshan took a sip of water: "Where are you going in such a cold day?"

Cai Zhiyuan: "Food distribution station. My comrades-in-arms in the former army asked me to help take care of the security. You know, there are more than [-] such stations in Beijing, and there are not enough people. I think about my family going up and down. Five people, if you can share more rice, I agree. Alas, I won’t tell you anymore, I’m leaving, I have to start work, let’s talk in detail when we have time.”

Yu Jingshan: "We're leaving too."

……

The two picked Yu Ma back to the car.

Xu Chengle: "Auntie, I will pick you up to live with me. Treat yourself like your own home. Don't see outsiders."

Yu's mother glanced at her son: "That's so embarrassing."

Yu Jingshan: "Mom, on the way here just now, I passed by our house. I went in and took a look. Not only was there a hole in the roof, but also the wire was broken. It can't be repaired right now, and I can't live in it."

"Ah." Yu's mother looked at Xu Chengle embarrassedly, "Chengle, then I will trouble you."

"It's okay, Auntie, I can't wait, someone will help with the housework."

Then they went to Yu Jingshan's small courtyard first, packed some clothes, and then returned to Miyun small courtyard.

……

"Auntie, you should live in this room. It's all cleaned up. This is the bathroom." Xu Chengle led Mama Yu to familiarize herself with the room, "Don't be polite."

"Okay, okay." Mother Yu said cheerfully.

Yu Jingshan: "Shall I go to the back mountain to pick up some firewood?"

Xu Chengle took out an ax from the tool room: "Let's go, I'll go with you."

Yu Jingshan: "..."

The back mountain is just behind the yard, a few steps away, from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, there is an old bamboo forest.No one has stepped on it all year round, it is dense and lush, and now it is covered with snow, covering the sky and the sun.

Yu Jingshan picked up a thin bamboo pole that was broken by the snow and fell from the ground, intending to knock down some snow first, "Get out of the way."

"What?"

Heheng beside him excitedly rushed to a bamboo in front, urinated to make a mark, then stood upright and went to the bamboo pole to sharpen his claws, very happy.

The pieces of ice and snow falling from the bamboo fell on Xu Chengle and Yu Jingshan like rain...

Xu Chengle rolled her eyes: "OK, no need to answer."

Heng Heng turned around, opened his mouth, tilted his tongue, and barked twice.

He rubbed a snowball from the ground and smashed it on Hem: "Stupid dog."

Yu Jingshan reached out to wipe off the snow scattered on the hat of the person in front of him in a funny way, "Okay, it's gone."

In the end, the ax was useless, and the two of them just picked up the broken bamboos that fell on the ground, and they also picked up a bunch of them back.

"Shall I split the bamboo now?"

"Go ahead, light the fire in the fireplace by the way. I'll go upstairs and dig some sweet potatoes from the vegetable patch."

Mother Yu: "You still have a vegetable patch upstairs? I'll go and see with you."

As soon as Mother Yu reached the second floor, she saw a vegetable field of more than half an acre, her eyes lit up immediately, "Oh, you are a baby."

"Hey." Xu Chengle took a small shovel and began to dig sweet potatoes and potatoes, "There are seeds in the cabinet over there. See what you want to eat, and you can plant them."

"Okay, it's great if you have something to do, otherwise you'll be in a panic when you're too idle." Mama Yu said happily.

Yu Jingshan had already chopped all the bamboo and was about to start a fire.

Xu Chengle carried a small box of sweet potatoes and potatoes to the kitchen.

Put the sweet potato leaves aside first, you can fry a sweet potato leaf to eat later.

Now the water pipes are frozen, and there is no water, so we can only prepare the dishes first.

He started squatting on the ground to peel the sweet potatoes. Mother Yu moved two small benches, handed him one, and sat down to help.

"The fire is ready."

There was a great fire in the fireplace.The flame flickered and sparked.

Yu Jingshan looked at him with radiance, like a curious baby obediently waiting for an answer.

Very...cute.

Xu Chengle didn't hold back anymore, he put down the sweet potato in his hand, clapped his hands, "Hey, come with me, put on your coat."

The two put on all the equipment to go out.

He took Yu Jingshan up to the second floor, then up to the first floor, to the rooftop.

On the edge of one side of the roof stands a domestic windmill.On the other side is a large cistern.

The two walked over, and the cistern was full of ice and snow. Xu Chengle pointed to a pipe opening next to the cistern, which was emitting thin smoke.

"See? This chimney is connected to the fireplace." Xu Chengle looked at Yu Jingshan after speaking.

Yu Jingshan frowned unconsciously, and then suddenly realized, "Understood."

The heat from the fireplace will go up the pipe, and the water in the reservoir next to the pipe will slowly melt and become water...

The two returned to the first floor, Xu Chengle turned on the tap and waited for a while, and there was indeed water.

At the beginning, the water flow was relatively small, and gradually increased.

You can make lunch with water!

Mother Yu: "What are you going to do? I'll help you."

Xu Chengle: "Okay then, Auntie, just cut a sweet potato shred for me."

He himself marinated the thawed fish with cooking wine, light soy sauce and other condiments, and then steamed it in a steamer.

Then fried a plate of sweet potato leaves, and sweet potato shreds.

After serving.

Xu Chengle said politely: "Auntie, just make something casually and eat whatever you want."

Mother Yu: "It's not casual, it's not casual, it's amazing to be able to eat fish and vegetables now. You may not know that these days at Xiao Cai's house, I eat pickles for dinner, and that's a little bit better Families, I heard that some families have started to eat rice with sugar and soy sauce."

Yu Jingshan frowned: "Has it reached this point now?"

Mother Yu held her job bowl and sighed, "Isn't it? Especially after this tornado, many people died, which made people panic. This disaster has been going on for too long."

Hearing the news, Xu Chengle also sighed. He picked up a chopstick of sweet potato leaves and chewed them twice: "Hey, these sweet potato leaves are a bit old..."

"Ah, I'll give it a try." Yu's mother also took a sip, "Oh, I haven't eaten vegetables for a long time, I'm fine when I'm old, and eating crude fiber is good for my health."

After dinner, Mama Yu went to take a nap.

Yu Jingshan is in charge of washing the dishes.

Xu Chengle sat cross-legged on the carpet in front of the fireplace, drank bayberry wine after dinner, looked at the flames in the fireplace, and said, "I want to eat barbecue..."

Yu Jingshan paused for a while while washing the dishes, and said, "I just finished eating."

"You can eat at night." Xu Chengle pondered for a while, "Call Feng Baoer and Zhou Xian over to play."