It usually takes about a month to grow seedlings. Now that the weather is cold, Qin Suyun has left the seedling growing work at home.
Other families in the village do the same thing. In order to ensure that the seedling cultivation work can proceed smoothly in such cold weather, everyone will light a fire in the room to maintain the indoor temperature, or use other insulation measures to allow the seeds to germinate smoothly.
The greenhouse plot was primarily intended for growing crops, so Qin Suyun mostly cultivated corn and potatoes. These crops had high yields, and in the apocalypse, nothing was more important than food.
If it weren't for sweet potatoes, they wouldn't be planted alongside potatoes and corn. Qin Suyun might even plant sweet potatoes together, but she had already cleared out the land for them.
At this time, every household in the village is busy preparing for the new year's planting.
Those who were able even started making bricks and building houses again.
People feel like they have lost their sense of security without a house. The coal left in everyone's hands is not enough to build a house of the original size, but they can still build two small single rooms. Many people are eager to do so.
Zhao Xingguo's family is one of them. The wooden house they originally lived in was already very dilapidated, and the small area made it extremely inconvenient for the family to live in. Since there was only one house, so many people in the family could only sleep in the same room every night, and there was no way to maintain strict separation between men and women.
Every night, the old lady and several daughters-in-law slept on one bed, while Zhao Xingguo and his three sons slept together on another makeshift wooden bed. Every night, a curtain was used to separate the two sides, making it the simplest room for men and women.
But even with a curtain separating the two rooms, neither Zhao Xingguo nor the other people in the family felt comfortable sleeping every night. Even now, after more than a month, no one has gotten used to this situation.
And the entire Wanxi Village.
There were many families in a similar situation as Zhao Xingguo's family at that time, which was why they were willing to buy coal at a high price.
Now that the snow has stopped, the patrol team and the protective wall, the village's top priority, are both running smoothly. Zhao Xingguo and his colleagues' original thoughts are starting to waver again. After a discussion, many people decided to quickly clear out the original homestead and the red bricks needed to build the house while there is no need for spring planting yet.
Since the last earthquake, the villagers have not felt any aftershocks, which has made them more determined to build houses now.
Compared to those simple wooden houses, thick brick and tile houses are everyone's favorite.
Influenced by Zheng Changdong, Zhao Dabao and others, and with everyone eager to build a new house, the villagers suddenly forgot about the gang of thugs in the county who had robbed people of their food supplies, as mentioned by the six thieves.
In fact, when it comes down to it, this is because the people in the village have never encountered the other party, so even if they are wary in their hearts, they think the possibility of those people coming to their village is very low.
In addition, Zheng Changdong has been a filial child since childhood. After returning, he did not want to worry his family members, so he did not take the initiative to mention what happened to him in the county town.
Only after Zhao Dabao came back did he tell Zhao Xingguo about the cannibalism incident in the county.
But in order not to worry the villagers and not to cause unrest in the village because of this incident, Zhao Xingguo and Zhao Zhengde's ninth uncle discussed it and quietly concealed the matter.
The cannibals in the county town certainly wouldn't go all the way to such a remote place to arrest people, but those returning from other places might not have such good conditions. There was no other explanation. During this time, Zhao Xingguo and Zhao Zhengde had simply repeatedly warned everyone not to reveal their wealth and not to tell anyone about the food shortages at home. They also had the patrols keep a close eye on the outside every night.
However, one night a week after Zhao Dabao and Zheng Changdong returned, a heavy rainstorm suddenly broke out.
There seemed to be a huge hole in the sky, and countless raindrops poured down. The snow on the ground that had not completely melted was beaten to lose its original color by the sudden heavy rain.
Two members of the patrol team stood on the high platform sentry post, feeling the cold wind and the heavy rain coming from outside. Soon, they were soaked from head to toe.
Especially those patrol members who had been patrolling in the village were all drenched. Even the torches they had been using for patrol were extinguished by the heavy rain. Only the four solar street lights that they had brought from both sides of the road were still emitting weak light.
"Fuck... Is my luck too bad? This is my first time on night watch and I'm already soaked." After wiping his rain-soaked cheeks vigorously, the man still held up the telescope and looked around carefully.
However, the rain hitting the mirror of the telescope made it almost impossible for him to see the surrounding situation clearly.
"Isn't it just bad luck? But no one has been lucky recently, and everyone is about the same. There's nothing for you to be picky about. I'll go downstairs later, change my clothes and put on a raincoat in the house, and then come back. Then you can go back and change your clothes..." The person next to him also echoed.
He did not forget to look around with a telescope in his hand, carefully checking the situation around him. However, before the man's voice fell completely, at this moment, the person next to him who was still complaining about his bad luck suddenly blew the whistle hanging on his body.
“Ouch—!! Ouch—!!”
The quick and sharp whistle resounded throughout the sky of Wanxi Village!
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