Chapter 116 A Disaster More Terrifying Than the Poison Fog
Wu Tingfang stayed to look after the fish in the bucket, and Han Ying also asked Tangyuan to stay with her.
If it had happened a while ago, other people would have definitely rushed to grab so many fish when they saw them.
But now there are fish everywhere on the streets, you can pick them up just by lowering your head.
So no one was jealous of Han Ying and her friends' buckets of fish.
Although everyone is still wearing protective clothing and masks.
But from the way they walked, you could tell how happy everyone was.
No one will fight over who sees the fish first.
Because the time you spend fighting for the fish is enough for you to pick up two more fish.
Everyone picked up several bags, and then Lei Minghu borrowed a backpack from Han Ying.
He stuffed two bags into his backpack and carried a bucket in one hand, and delivered the fish back to the 27th floor.
Lu Yuan and Han Ying continued to pick up fish, while Wu Tingfang and Tang Yuan watched over the fish.
At around eleven o'clock, the four people and the dog slowly returned to Yuefu Jiangnan.
The elevator had been repaired before, but the water level rose again after the second tsunami, so it can't be used again.
So these fish can only be carried upstairs in bags and buckets by hand.
They met quite a few people on the way upstairs, but others did not look jealous when they saw them carrying so many fish.
After all, they have as much at home as they do.
The fish everyone picked up were mixed together, and how to distribute them became a problem.
Han Ying and Lu Yuan wanted to divide it by headcount, but Lei Minghu and Wu Tingfang insisted that it would be better to divide it by household.
Finally, they decided to divide the fish into 3.5 portions, Lei Minghu and his wife took 1.5 portions, and the remaining 2 portions were given to Han Ying and Lu Yuan respectively.
The fish have been divided, but what to do with them is also a problem.
It is definitely impossible to sell it. After all, there are people picking up fish everywhere outside. Even the official ones can’t sell it. Who are you going to sell the fish to?
What to do with so many fish?
There was a power outage for several days during the second tsunami, and then power rationing began again after the power came back on, so it was not practical to freeze the fish in the refrigerator.
In the end, everyone decided to have a whole fish feast together, and then fry some to eat in the next few days.
The rest is salted into salted fish, and then some dried fish and cured fish are baked in the oven.
Han Ying also suggested going out to collect some firewood to make smoked fish.
Anyway, the streets are now full of green trees that were previously drowned, and there are even more in the park not far away.
Han Ying deliberately did not mention that the trees were still wet.
However, Wu Tingfang and his wife thought of it first.
Lu Yuan suggested that he could get the firewood back and put it aside first.
Even if I can't smoke the fish, I can use it to cook after it's dried. After all, isn't there a power cut again?
In the past, when there was power rationing or power outages, many people cut up the wooden furniture in their homes and used it for cooking.
This phenomenon is relatively rare in Building 9 where Han Ying lives, but the wooden furniture in other buildings had already been chopped up.
When Han Ying went out to pick up fish just now, she found that many green trees had been cut down.
If nothing changes in this life, there will be extreme heat after the poisonous fog.
Although we couldn't get out of the house due to the poisonous fog, at least we still had water and electricity.
But when it’s extremely hot, there’s no water or electricity, so even if there’s food, you can’t cook it.
Han Ying's original intention was to ask them to stock up more firewood at this time so that they could use it for cooking later.
No matter how hot it is, food must be cooked before eating and water must be boiled before drinking.
Otherwise, if he doesn't die from the heat, he will die from gastrointestinal disease and diarrhea.
When it’s extremely hot, no electricity means no refrigerator to keep food fresh.
If the temperature is too high, bacteria will reproduce faster and things will spoil faster.
If you eat these rotten things, you will inevitably get gastrointestinal diseases.
On top of that, there were parasite outbreaks during the extreme heat.
Most of those who are infected with parasites drink dirty raw water, eat undercooked food or food that has been visited by mosquitoes.
Han Ying still shudders when she thinks of the parasitic plague in her previous life.
Because that would be a disaster more terrifying than this poisonous fog.
So when Han Ying was stocking up on medicine from Alibaba, she bought a large amount of anthelmintics.
After returning to China, I bought several batches of anthelmintics from many places.
Many medicines may be difficult to buy in China, but anthelmintics do not have so many restrictions.
When firewood was mentioned, Lei Minghu's eyes lit up.
Because he also realized the problem of cooking.
The weather is still relatively cold now, so their building rarely has to go without electricity.
When there is a power cut, food is prepared in advance while there is electricity.
The weather is quite cold, so even though it will get cold if left like this, it won’t go bad.
Hot water is also boiled directly when the electricity comes on and then stored in a thermos.
But what if there is no electricity at all?
Before, Lei Minghu only thought about cutting off the water supply, but he didn’t think about the problem of completely cutting off the power supply.
At this time, when Han Ying mentioned firewood, he also became anxious.
"How about we go out and get some at night, but what should we use to chop down trees? Should we use a kitchen knife?"
Lei Minghu wanted to go, but he didn't have any tools to cut down trees at home.
He did have a saw blade at home, but it was too thin.
I'm afraid that the saw blade will break before any tree is cut down.
“I have a chainsaw.”
“I have a chainsaw.”
Han Ying and Lu Yuan said in unison.
“During the days when the government was exchanging gasoline for rice, we went out and saw people selling electric saws on the street, so we each bought one.”
Lu Yuan glanced at Han Ying and then said with a smile.
Previously, the official repurchase price of gasoline increased to 5 kilograms of rice in exchange for one liter of gasoline.
Lei Minghu exchanged for 150 kilograms of rice.
Afterwards, Han Ying and Lu Yuan went out together and each came back with 50 kilograms.
During that trip, they did see some people taking some unused items from their homes and selling them on the street.
Han Ying took several looks at it at that time, but unfortunately there was nothing she liked.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan took advantage of this at this time.
"Well, it's not cheap, 50,000 yuan per unit. I still think it's expensive after I bought it."
Han Ying showed a look of pain on her face.
"That's great, we'll go out tonight."
Wu Tingfang and her husband didn't think much about it. Why would they ask so many questions when they could use a chainsaw?
Everyone agreed on a time to go out in the evening and started preparing lunch.
We agreed to have a fish feast for lunch, and we would have it at Lei Minghu's house.
In addition to taking out some of the fish they were given, Han Ying and Lu Yuan also each brought a bottle of drink from home.
In addition to drinks, everyone also brought seasonings needed for marinating the fish later.
After all, there are so many fish, so a lot of seasonings will be needed, and I would be embarrassed to use Wu Tingfang's.
After having a fish feast at noon, everyone went to Lei Minghu's house to process the fish.
Because He Xiu is an expert at pickling fish.
It is easier to get things done when there are more people.
At around 2 pm, all the fish were marinated with salt and various seasonings.
Then Lu Yuan and Han Ying each took their fish home.
The marinated fish needs to be left for a few hours to allow the flavor to absorb, so that it will taste better whether it is grilled or fried.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
