Chapter 30 Building a Glass Greenhouse

The next day, the snowstorm stopped completely and the sky was covered with white.

The snow had accumulated up to the 8th floor, and all the staff in Building 16 were mobilized to sweep the snow in front of their doors.

The clean snow on the surface was shoveled into a large bucket, melted and used as domestic water. Soon, the snow at the door of the apartment building was cleared.

Everyone went downstairs with the remains of their relatives. Flames shot up into the sky and black smoke drifted away with the wind. The three generations of the Yan family, grandparents and grandchildren, filled a pottery jar with Yan's mother's ashes.

After discussion, the first wave of plantation and guard lists were released, and they were still the ones who were preliminarily selected.

The guard team recruits 18 members, 8 women and 10 men, aged 16-44.

There are 24 people working in the plantation, aged 12 to 64, mostly women, while the men are mostly responsible for later work such as glass house maintenance.

Others can also watch and learn.

Considering the sanitation issues of the living area, a group of people hurriedly built a 6-person toilet in a corner next to the 8th floor.

Shen Qianxun looked at the makeshift toilet in front of him and said, "Let's leave it like this for now. We just have the fertilizer for planting. When the extreme heat comes later, we'll build a special dry toilet."

Next, Yan's father and Master Ji drove out four steel-wheeled carts overnight. In the following three days, when most people chose to stay at home for the winter, Building 16 divided the work and cooperated to go out to search for supplies during the breaks in the wind and snow.

They brought back a lot of solar panels, glass, red bricks, sand and gravel, farm tools, and three water towers.

One water tower can store 10 tons of water. Like the previous ones, the water is pulled to the top floor for storage by wheels and steel ropes. There are now 6 water towers in total among the 16 water towers.

After measurement, it was found that the planting area on the rooftop was nearly 300 square meters, and the soil dug up before was far from enough. The next day, everyone dragged a cart to the nearest West Mountain to dig frozen soil, and the four hoes were gloriously laid off.

On the fourth day of extreme cold, the sky was exceptionally bright, signaling a good start to the construction of the glass house, which was proceeding in full swing.

After discussion between Yan's father and Master Ji, they decided to open 8 windows on the roof of the glass house to facilitate the easy sweeping of snow on the glass shed. There should also be several small windows around it as ventilation is especially important when it is extremely hot.

One side is made into an iron door so that large objects such as the water tower below can be transported upstairs.

After two days of hammering, the rooftop glass shed was successfully completed.

Everyone worked all night to move the soil and loosen it, it was very lively.

Only after 236 cold-resistant Swiss chards were planted and another layer of vegetable seeds were sown did everyone reluctantly go downstairs.

Since the rainstorm ended, Shen Qianxun and Chen Dabao have had little rest. During the day, they searched for supplies and fished for insect eggs with the large group, and at night they had to learn medical skills from Tang Yun.

As the glass house was completed, heavy snow began to fall outside again.

The next morning, the two were busy in the space, harvesting vegetables, planting the bamboo shoots and wild vegetables they had collected on Wangshan Mountain, and stewing meat in an iron pot. Now the storage time in the space was less than 100 hours.

After you’re done, clear the space, close the doors and windows, and set out the feast.

Chicken soup with Codonopsis and red dates, sizzling grilled lamb chops, braised food platter, stir-fried bacon with crispy bamboo shoots, stir-fried minced meat with pickled cabbage and scallions, and water spinach with garlic sauce, super delicious with rice.

In the afternoon, snow water is taken out from the space and used to pickle salted duck eggs. Not only does it taste better, it is also said to relieve constipation.

Chen Dabao was busy cleaning the duck eggs, while Shen Qianxun was in charge of pickling and canning them. In one afternoon, they pickled 800 duck eggs, which was enough to eat for a while.

Taking advantage of the time spent out in the past few days, and relying on Chen Dabao's cover, Shen Qianxun collected nearly 200 cubic meters of snow. There was enough space to store more later.

At the same time, the six water towers on the rooftop have been filled with melted water by enthusiastic neighbors. This water needs to be stored in preparation for extreme heat.

On the 12th day of extreme cold, the blizzard stopped and the sky cleared.

Shen Qianxun looked at the calendar records on the wall. After a long time, there were only small snowflakes at most.

In the afternoon, Luo Baiwan shouted downstairs, and everyone went downstairs to collect their points cards.

The staff had left, and Luo Baiwan picked up a silver machine that looked very similar to an old-fashioned phone, but was smaller and thinner.

"From now on, this will be our identity card for the end of the world. It records everyone's information, including name, gender, age, place of residence, points information, etc."

"It can also carry out simple communications, with a range of no more than 20 kilometers."

“Just scan it on this machine and check it.”

After saying that, he touched the card in his hand lightly to the black instrument fixed on the wall.

With a beep, several rows of fonts appeared on the panel.

Name: Luo Baiwan (male)

Age: 41

Residence: Room 902, Jinjiang Community, XXX

Points: 2680...

Someone couldn't help but tease, "Building Manager, your salary is quite high."

Many people agreed with a smile, without any complaints or jealousy.

Luo Baiwan turned off the screen and coughed lightly. "Well, there are 2,000 points in there that are the reward points for reporting evil forces. In addition, I have something else to announce to everyone."

Shen Qianxun then pricked up his ears and listened.

"This is also good news for earning points. The country is currently constructing a base, but construction can only officially begin after the extreme cold. Now we are doing some preparatory work."

"The job assigned to our community is screw driving. The workplace is right next to the Garden Square. Lunch is provided, and you'll earn 200 points a month with one day off. If you're interested, come sign up with me."

Then he reminded, "The final interview is very strict. It's best to be careful and dexterous. Experience is preferred. Otherwise, it may be a wasted trip."

When they heard about the base construction, everyone came forward excitedly and asked for more information about the base.

Shen Qianxun and Chen Dabao quietly retreated to the side to eat melons.

"Oh, the points are really low, only 10 kilograms of worm rice."

"It's good to have one, and the competition is usually fierce."

“Lunch included is also OK.”

After the discussion, many people came to Luo Baiwan for an interview, and everyone in Building 16 used the machine to check their points.

Shen Qianxun and Chen Dabao each had 1,000 points left in their cards.

Xu Xiaoyue looked at the 125 points in her hand and sighed softly. These were the points she had saved up with great difficulty.

I wanted to sign up to be a screw driver, but I didn't meet the age requirement and I was concerned about the plantation, so I had to give up.

Shen Qianxun comforted, “There will definitely be opportunities to earn points later.”

Xu Xiaoyue nodded.

"I'm going upstairs to check out the vegetable garden."

After Xu Xiaoyue finished speaking, Aunt Li said, "Let's go up together. I don't care about points. I'm only concerned about how our vegetables are growing. I get anxious if I don't check them for a day."

Many people followed the two upstairs.

As the news of the base construction was released, many people came out of several surrounding apartment buildings and talked to each other.

Building 17, "What is that glass shed on the upper floor of your unit used for?"

Building 18, "I saw you guys were busy these past few days, what were you doing?"

Building 16 said calmly, "Nothing, I just wanted to see if I could grow vegetables in the greenhouse."

The other buildings eating melons nearby asked, "What? Growing vegetables? With this temperature, you guys have insulation and heating?"

Building 16, "No, there's no such conditions."

"That would be a waste of seeds."

Building 16, "Haha, who says it's not."