Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Refreshing the spring, finally solving the water problem...
Looking at the fish swimming happily in the breeding area, she remembered seeing pheasants and rabbits on the mountain before. She should make a few traps when she has time to see if she can catch them and raise them so that she will have meat to eat. As for pigs, cattle, and sheep, she didn't know where to find them.
It was getting dark, and Lu Chen still hadn't come back. Su Qing wondered if he had found a friend and wouldn't be back.
She felt a little lost. Lu Chen was the first living person she met in this world. There were no mobile phones or televisions here, and it was silent everywhere, which was very boring. Having someone to talk to every day would make her feel less depressed, but now she was alone.
Su Qing sat on the bamboo chair and stared at Lu Chen's hut in a daze.
Awooo~Awooo~
Fuguier's shout came from the side, Su Qing turned back to look at it, "What's wrong, Fuguier?"
Woof, woof woof, awooo~ Su Fuguier called to her excitedly.
Su Qing felt from Fuguier's eyes and cursing... it was hungry.
Well...she's hungry too.
Su Qing opened the breeding page, clicked on harvest, input the quantity × 3, and 3 adult fish appeared in the backpack.
She took out the fish, processed it, and skewered it with branches. Then she made a circle with stones in the open space, lit the branches and firewood inside, let the fire burn for a while, and when the fire was not so strong, she inserted the skewered fish into the cracks of the stones and stuck them in place.
Su Qing sat on a chair, turning the firewood from time to time with a wooden stick in his hand, while Fuguier stood by with his eyes fixed on the fish.
After a while, Su Qing saw that the fish was almost cooked, so he took out a large plate, put a few fish on it, and brought it into the house.
It was completely dark at this time. Su Qing turned on the flashlight and put it away. He took Fuguier's bowl, picked out the bones from the fish, put it in, and brought it to Fuguier.
It was Fuguier’s first time eating fish. He sniffed it curiously, then tentatively licked it with his little tongue. Then his eyes lit up and he began to eat with a grunt.
Seeing Fuguier's satisfied look, Su Qing also picked up a fish and started eating it. Although there was no seasoning, it was surprisingly delicious. She thought that this kind of river fish would have a strong earthy smell, but she didn't expect that there was no strange smell at all. The fish meat was delicate and sweet in the mouth, not like a river fish but more like a cold water fish or a deep sea fish.
I don’t know if this is a side effect of the breeding function.
The man and the dog quickly finished off the fish. After Su Qing finished cleaning up, he looked out the window at the dark hut next to him.
"Go to sleep." Su Qing patted Fuguier's head.
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"Ding! The planting area is ready for harvest!"
Su Qing was awakened by the sound in her head. After calming down, she saw a red dot on the planting icon. She opened the page and found that some of the fruits and vegetables in the field were ripe. There were two icons under the ripe crop land blocks that could be clicked, one for harvesting and the other for saving seeds.
She ordered the strawberries first, harvested two-thirds of them, and kept the remaining one-third for seeds. Then, 1,000 strawberries and 300 high-efficiency strawberry seeds appeared in her backpack, and the land where the strawberries had just been planted disappeared and became an empty lot again.
Wow, this is much more convenient. She used to think that even the harvest had to be picked manually, but she didn't expect it to be automated. Moreover, she can save seeds, so she doesn't have to worry about the subsequent seed shortage problem. She will have a steady supply of vegetables and fruits.
Su Qing got up, washed, and prepared breakfast for herself and Fuguier. After the meal, she took out some strawberries, washed them, and put them in a basin. Looking at the tempting red strawberries, she couldn't wait to taste them.
Each strawberry was plump and straight, bright red in color, and exuded a rich fruity aroma. Su Qing ate one, and the flesh was delicate and the sweet taste lingered on the tip of his tongue.
It was so delicious! Su Qing couldn't help but quickly eat up all the washed strawberries.
Feeling a little full, Su Qing picked all the ripe fruits and vegetables, then walked to the fields and planted various seeds again.
She found that fast-growing fruits and vegetables could be harvested in a week using the efficient land in the planting area, while long-growing fruits like wheat and corn would take two weeks to mature.
She has basically achieved food freedom now, but it would be perfect if she could solve the problems of meat and water.
Thinking of this, Su Qing called the system, "System, is there any way to solve the water and electricity problem?"
"The host can dig water by himself, the system can refresh the water source, and upgrading the wooden house can provide electricity in the construction area."
Then she can solve the water problem first, but wait...
"Then why didn't you tell me that I could dig water myself when I asked you about the water source?" Su Qing was a little angry. She had walked so far to get water from the mountain before, but now she was told that she could dig water herself to refresh the water source!
"Host, you were asking about a nearby river. The system has accurately informed us of the river's location."
...You are right, I used the wrong words...
"So where is there a water source here that we can dig?"
"System checking... Area scan complete... Water source can be found five meters to the left of the cabin."
After hearing this, Su Qing immediately took out a shovel, found the approximate location and started digging.
The soil here was not very soft and it was very hard for her to dig. After working for a long time, she stopped to feed Fuguier and ate some food to replenish her strength, then continued to dig.
She dug and dug from morning until dusk, and there was a pit more than one meter deep under her, but no water came out. If she didn't have a ladder, it would have been a problem for her to get out.
"System, did you calculate it wrong? Where is the water?"
"The data is confirmed to be correct. The host continues to work hard and will soon find it."
Su Qing sighed and dug for almost half an hour. The ground in front of her began to moisten, and then the wet mark became deeper and deeper. She quickly took out the ladder and climbed out of the deep pit, watching the water gush out little by little and gradually accumulate into a small pool.
She opened the refresh interface.
[Contaminated Water Source - Cement x 50, Clean Water x 50, Refreshable]
Huh? The water source icon was actually lit and ready to be refreshed. She didn't seem to have that much clean water. She looked and saw that the system had identified the fifty or so buckets of stream water in her backpack as clean water.
Click Refresh.
[Refresh successfully, obtain a constant supply of drinkable spring water.]
"Congratulations to the host for completing the water source construction. You will be rewarded 5,000 gold coins. The system will automatically deduct the amount. The current balance owed is 34,800 gold coins."
Good, she's one step closer to paying off her debt.
At this time, the deep pit she dug disappeared, and something like a small fountain pool appeared on it. The spring water flowed out and fell into the round pool below, but the water in the round pool never overflowed, as if it was circulating.
Her water problem was solved!
Su Qing was extremely tired today. After preparing milk for Fuguier, he ate some biscuits and then lay down on the bed to rest.
It's too difficult. It's so hard for her to survive alone. If this continues, when will a base be built to shelter the survivors? Will she die of old age here?
No, no, she has to work hard and fight! She has to go home! Tomorrow, she will go out to collect supplies!
As Su Qing thought about it, his mind gradually became confused and he soon fell asleep.
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The next day, Su Qing woke up early, tidied up the fields and watered them, then prepared to leave for the steel plant.
Originally, she was planning to go by herself, but Su Fuguier rolled around and threw a tantrum, insisting on going with her, so she had no choice but to take this little broken dog with her.
Her car was driven away by Lu Chen. Fortunately, she still had gasoline in her backpack. After walking for a while, she saw a car parked on the road, filled it with gasoline, started the car, and headed to the steel plant according to the route map.
Fuguier was sitting upright on the passenger seat. He was not tall enough to see out the window, so he stretched his neck to look up.
With Fuguier accompanying her along the way, she didn't feel lonely. Occasionally, she saw a few zombies outside the window, but Su Qing was used to it and chose to ignore them.
The steel plant was located in a remote area, with weeds growing everywhere. Su Qing drove the car into the factory yard, where groups of zombies in work clothes were scattered around. Su Qing was worried that it would be dangerous to leave Fuguier in the car, so he held him in his arms and took him along.
Maybe it was because they were blocked by the system while she was holding them in her arms, so the zombies did not sense them. Fuguier nestled in Su Qing's arms, looking left and right. It seemed that it also knew that zombies were dangerous creatures, so it remained quiet.
There was a large amount of steel piled up on the open space. Su Qing collected them all and then searched everywhere. After searching for a long time, she found nothing worth collecting except steel. She saw a track on the ground and thought that many steel factories used trains to transport steel, so she walked along the track to see if she could find some more.
The track was very long, and she walked for a long time before she saw a train. She walked quickly forward and found that as she expected, the nine carriages connected to the train were full of steel, which she quickly collected.
There was nothing more to collect here, so Su Qing returned to the car, opened the route map and prepared to head to the next destination, the stone factory.
The two locations are not far apart, only a dozen kilometers apart, and we arrived there quickly.
The situation was similar to that at the steel plant. Su Qing quickly cleared out everything here. At this time, she found that her backpack was completely full and she could not go to the next destination, so she had to go home.
After returning home, she put Fuguier down and let him play by himself. She walked towards the wooden house. When she passed by Lu Chen's cabin, she subconsciously looked inside, but there was still no one there.
Su Qing began to organize her backpack in the open space. Even though the same items in the backpack could be stacked infinitely, she still had too many things.
Some farm tools were taken out, as well as bottles, jars, dishes, chopsticks, etc., and all the miscellaneous small things such as notebooks and pens were taken out. More and more things piled up on the open space, and nearly 50 empty spaces were released in the backpack. Su Qing stopped when he saw that it was almost done.
She felt a headache looking at the things on the open space. It felt great when she took them out, but where to put them was a problem!
It seems she needs to build another house to use as a warehouse.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for activating the warehouse function."
"System, I suddenly realized that I love you so much." Recently, everything she thought about has come true. Is she extremely lucky?
"The warehouse has unlimited slots. Items stored in the warehouse can only be retrieved by the host when they are near the cabin. Remote operations are not possible."
Oh...it's the fixed warehouse in the game, she understands.
Last time she asked the system what to do if her backpack was full, the system only told her that she needed to spend money!
Profiteer! Absolutely profiteer!
Su Qing looked at the ground angrily, thinking that all her efforts were in vain. She put all the things back into her backpack and clicked on the warehouse icon. This time she picked out more things, including quilts, pillows, sheets, toiletries, etc.
When she was organizing her things, she discovered a little trick. There were many storage boxes received from the supermarket in her backpack. She put some small things she needed when going out into them, and then put the storage boxes into her backpack. This way, it only took up one slot and saved a lot of space.
After I had packed up everything, it was already dark again. The day had passed so quickly.
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