Chapter 448 The Well Water Frozen
The extreme cold has lasted for about two months, and the temperature is now hovering around -45 degrees.
It still didn't snow, and from time to time, a clanging sound could be heard from the steel frames welded outside the window.
Judging from the volume and frequency of the sound, the wind blade doesn't seem to be stopping.
The danger level outside now is no less than the threat during the poisonous fog.
But in order to make a living, many people still have to take risks and go out to work.
The place that needs manpower the most right now is undoubtedly the farms in the suburbs.
Therefore, a tunnel leading directly to the farm was dug in the densely populated area near the Penglai Base Military District.
Most of the people who go to work on the farm go to the farm through this tunnel.
This greatly reduces the risk for those who go to work on the farm.
Except for those who have to go out to work, others generally stay at home to gain weight and try not to go out.
It's not really about gaining weight, because I didn't go out and stayed at home all day, so I consciously ate one meal less or a little less at each meal.
Apart from going out to trade, Han Ying and Lu Yuan also stayed at home all day.
Tangyuan's gray hair has grown out, and he looks like he has grown a whole size now.
They were worried that others would become skinny this winter, but the two of them and their dog would get fat if they were fed and well-nourished every day.
Therefore, the exercise time has increased from more than one hour a day to more than two hours a day.
While exercising, you can also burn off some excess calories.
Ordinary people rarely have equipment that can withstand wind blades. Some of them just have wooden boxes nailed together, which can be put on the body to withstand a wind blade attack.
The authorities are well aware of this, so recently ice cubes have been distributed nearby.
One piece per person, weighing 3 jin, bring your own bag.
Han Ying and Lu Yuan planted more than 30 new black and purple tomatoes in total. They grew very fast after being watered with nutrient solution containing mutant seafood mushroom water.
The new tomato is different from potatoes and corn because it can produce fruits one crop after another.
The base was of course aware of this, so the mall contacted Han Ying and asked if they could sell the extra tomatoes to the mall.
You don't need to sell the whole thing, you can cut it into pieces and take out the seeds before selling it.
Han Ying and Lu Yuan thought there was nothing wrong with this.
There are more than thirty trees, and we can pick at least fifty to sixty kilograms every day.
Moreover, Lu Yuan planted the seeds he took out again.
It will grow again in two months.
The mall sends people over every two days, taking away 100 kilograms each time.
Han Ying and Lu Yuan kept the rest for themselves or gave it to the two families downstairs.
Dozens of families who moved in from the surrounding area have seen them selling tomatoes to the mall from upstairs several times.
So these people also came to buy, saving them the trouble of making another trip to the mall.
After all, Hongmei Village is quite far from the base shopping mall.
Han Ying and Lu Yuan didn't have time to deal with those people, so they gave the business to the two families downstairs.
Lin Ting said that her family did not lack points for the time being, so she gave the business to Wu Tingfang.
Han Ying sold the tomatoes to Wu Tingfang according to the price she paid to the base mall.
Wu Tingfang and He Xiu chopped the tomatoes, took out the seeds and gave them to Han Ying before selling them.
The price is the same as in the mall, and each person is limited to purchasing 1 kilogram per day.
The base shopping mall is also aware of this matter. They have no objection and are quite supportive.
Because Hongmei Village is really far away from the base shopping mall, I don’t know how many times I will be attacked by wind blades during a round trip.
Han Ying would collect the share that was to be given to the shopping mall every day, and there was not much left for Wu Tingfang.
The daily amount varies, sometimes it can be 20 to 30 kilograms, and sometimes only 10 kilograms.
But even so, Wu Tingfang and He Xiu can earn hundreds of points every day.
They can use these points to buy things in the base mall through their mobile phones.
Because of Han Ying and Lu Yuan's relationship, Qin Qinghai and Lei Minghu's families do not need to pay extra delivery fees for items purchased on their mobile phones.
After they place the order, the mall will send someone to pick up the tomatoes and deliver them to them at the same time.
During the fourth and a half months of extreme cold, all the wells in the Penglai base were frozen.
If you want to get water from the well, you can only rely on a machine to break the ice and then take it out.
But the only wells that can still produce water now are deep wells. How to break the ice in wells that are two to three hundred meters or even three to four hundred meters deep?
Many people have cracked skin due to lack of water and dry, cold weather.
Although there were cracks so deep that the bones could be seen, no blood came out and no pain was felt.
Only when I felt a little warmth from the fire did the wounds on my body burst into excruciating pain.
During this period, Han Ying and Lu Yuan sold more and more ice cubes to Scar Wei.
Ice cubes used to be traded once a week, but now they are traded once every two days.
But Scar Wei couldn't produce so many meteorites, so he could only exchange them for other things.
For example, flower pots, wooden tubs, coconut bricks and even soil.
The government increased the free distribution of ice from 3 kilograms per day to 1 kilogram every two days.
Han Ying and Lu Yuan sneaked out of the house one night.
The two men came to a dry lake about two kilometers away from the military area.
This was originally a small lake in the park. It was not very big and was about twenty meters wide.
Some time ago, Lu Yuan used an excavator to dig a pond about five or six meters wide in the middle of the space stream.
When there are fish fry in the future, I will put them in to raise them. Now, use it as a temporary water room and collect some water every day.
When she arrived at the dried-up lake, Han Ying put most of the water that she had collected from the temporary water room into it.
As soon as the water came into contact with the air outside which was more than 40 degrees below zero, it quickly froze before it had time to seep into the ground.
In about half an hour, the lake, which was originally just dry and cracked soil, turned into layers of ice.
It is not known how much water was put in, but Han Ying guessed that it was at least six or seven hundred tons.
In addition to the water, Han Ying also brought the skin care products she found after the earthquake and when she was looking for supplies after arriving in Jiangcheng.
In addition to those, two boxes of horse oil ointment that were opened from the container were also mixed in.
Good or bad, they were all piled into several boxes and placed by the lake.
There was also a printed note inside the box, with just a few words on it: "One bottle for each soldier!"
The two men did not use crossbows to send messages like they did at the Pengcheng base. Instead, they threw two grenades nearby and left quickly.
The place Han Ying and his team chose was two kilometers away from the military area, but there were many soldiers patrolling outside every day.
So when the patrol officers heard the explosion in the distance, they were really scared.
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