The rain continued to fall, and Qin Suyun's daily search for food for the livestock was a cumbersome task. However, she could use Jade Dew to rapidly grow plants, making it easy to gather food. While this method of gathering food was simple, she worried that using too much Jade Dew would make the livestock grow smarter.
By the time these unintelligent livestock at home are raised into highly intelligent animals like Dahei and Heidou, Qin Suyun is very doubtful whether she will still be able to eat them.
Therefore, during the time she lived in the mountains, Qin Suyun did not use any jade dew to accelerate the growth of plants.
But this would make it more troublesome to find food for the livestock at home every day, especially as time goes by, this problem will become more and more serious.
Therefore, in order to reduce the burden, Qin Suyun has consciously reduced the number of livestock raised at home since entering the mountains. From time to time, she kills a chicken, duck, and a small pig to improve the food. As for the few live wild rabbits caught by He Zhennan and Dahei in the mountains these days, they were all kept by Qin Suyun and Lu Liqing. These rabbits can be fed with any grass like sheep and are not picky about food. At this time, they are much easier to raise than chickens, ducks, and pigs.
The livestock raised at home were all locked in the livestock shed in the backyard during the heavy rain and were not exposed to the storm that caused the animals and plants to mutate. Therefore, although these livestock at home also mutated, their size was much smaller than those sparrows and rabbits outside. A chicken that originally weighed seven or eight kilograms now weighs only about twenty to thirty kilograms after the mutation. Basically, with so many mouths at home, one meal can completely solve the problem. Even Dahei and the others might not be full.
He Zhennan caught the chicken in his hand and killed it with a knife before it could even make a few more noises.
The chicken blood flowed into a large bowl that had been prepared long ago. He Zhennan threw the slaughtered hen into a wooden barrel that had been prepared on the side. He poured the hot water boiling on the stove into the wooden basin and began to process the whole chicken.
The biggest benefit of the daily rain is that they no longer have to worry about water. They just need to remember to place empty containers outside the house every day, and in less than two hours, a bucket of water will be filled. If they choose a better location, where there are no trees blocking the view, they don't even have to wait that long.
All the processed chicken feathers and internal organs were carefully collected. When they needed to go out again, they would take these things out and bury them together.
This is also the habit that our group has developed after staying in the mountains for more than two months. If we catch prey outside, we try to clean it up outside. If it needs to be processed in the cave, we will pick up the remains and take them outside to bury them.
"We don't have many chickens left, right? I took a look in the cave over there today, and there are only five hens and one rooster left." Lu Liqing sat on the stone block next to her, looking at her son and He Zhennan sitting there plucking chicken feathers, and asked with a smile, her eyes drifting towards He Zhennan from time to time.
Her son feels sorry for her as a mother, so it is obvious who he, the captain, feels sorry for every time he comes to help deal with the chickens and ducks.
Faced with teasing looks from others, Qin Suyun silently turned to the other side, pretending not to have seen the look Aunt Lu had cast at her.
During the days she spent with He Zhennan, Qin Suyun finally got to know what kind of person He Zhennan was.
This person doesn't like to say sweet words, but whenever she needs help, he will come. When He Zhennan was injured and lived with her, Qin Suyun didn't notice much of it. At that time, he was seriously injured and lay weak in bed every day, unable to get up to help.
Later, the other party's health improved and he was able to help with things within his ability, but as the master, in order to take care of the injured, Qin Suyun did not let him interfere in many things. Even when He Zhennan wanted to help, she would drive him away.
But now that he is in good health, he will take the initiative to help with many things. It is even difficult for her to pretend not to see it.
certainly……
Everyone's residence is just these two small caves. Not only her, but even Pang Xiong and others know about this matter. It's just that everyone has agreed not to mention it. However, the ambiguous and teasing eyes cast by Aunt Lu from time to time still make Qin Suyun's cheeks burn.
"With such a big chicken, what are we going to eat for lunch today?...Chicken soup, or something else?" Pang Xiong was plucking the chicken feathers with his hands, his face showing his longing for lunch.
Now the rain outside is falling day by day. Even though Pang Xiong, He Zhennan and others are good at fighting and have guns in their hands, it is really not an easy task to hunt prey in such a dimly lit jungle, especially when so many people are gathered on this mountain. Even though this mountain is relatively large, it is not easy to hunt prey now, unless they go around this mountain and go deeper into the mountains.
Therefore, the livestock that Qin Suyun brought up the mountain became one of the main channels for providing meat for everyone.
These days, after eating outside, Dahei and the others even have to come back to eat some other food.
Because in recent days, other people often appear near the four caves of their family. Most of the time they are familiar villagers in Wanxi Village, but sometimes there are some other unfamiliar faces walking around.
According to He Zhennan, these people had fled here a few days ago by boat, or by holding onto driftwood, or by other means. These people formed small groups of three or five.
These people who fled here because of the flood had almost no food on them, and they relied on searching in the mountains for their meals every day. However, the food in the mountains has been getting less and less recently, and the wild vegetables, fruits, and roots that grew due to the previous plant and animal mutations are almost all eaten up by them.
These people have become increasingly restless recently...
Dahei and the others were worried about Qin Suyun's safety, so they rarely went deep into the mountains to hunt recently. They were afraid that after they left, He Zhennan's people would not be able to protect their master.
certainly……
He Zhennan and his companions had no idea what Dahei and the others were thinking. They didn't even know their own fighting strength. They had been despised from beginning to end by several dogs and a cat.
"Let's make some chicken soup first, and then some saliva soup." Qin Suyun thought for a moment and said, "I've just grown a lot of new mushrooms over there, just enough to make a whole pot this time. I'll use the chicken soup to mix with the black beans and rice later."
The mutated mushrooms tasted good. Lu Liqing was reluctant to leave all of them at home to soak in water, so she brought some out to breed. There were many trees in the mountains, and with the continuous heavy rain and high air humidity, it was not difficult to breed mushrooms. However, the number that grew could not keep up with the number consumed.
There's nothing we can do about it, the temperature is so low these days.
The temperature in the forest was only around 11 or 12 degrees Celsius during the day, and only around 5 or 6 degrees Celsius at night. Under these temperatures, the growth rate of the mushrooms was naturally very slow. If it weren't for the fire in Qin Suyun's cave to keep warm and raise the temperature, the growth rate of these mushrooms would probably be even slower.
"Okay! I haven't had this mouth-watering chicken dish for a long time! Aunt Lu's cooking skills are great, just thinking about it makes my mouth water! Hehehe!" Pang Xiong responded with a smile, plucking the chicken feathers with his hands, and processing the hen even faster. "Alas, if it weren't for Miss Qin's help, I'm afraid we brothers wouldn't be living so comfortably now."
The four brothers had previously stored some food, but the mutated food tasted terrible, and how could it compare to meat? Especially the livestock raised by Miss Qin's family, the taste was much better than the game caught in the mountains.
The meat of wild game in the mountains is relatively tough, and they run and jump in the mountains all day long, so they don’t have much oil. This is not good for people who lack oil in their stomachs. The livestock raised by Qin Suyun not only have delicate meat and good taste, but also give you an indescribable sense of comfort when eating them.
In Pang Xiong's mind, this is much better than those sparrows and hares.
"Don't say that. We all come here to support each other. If you hadn't found this cave in advance, helped me feed the livestock, and done many other tasks, I wouldn't be able to live so comfortably." Qin Suyun said with a smile.
In fact, Qin Suyun had long known about the troubles that He Zhennan and his companions had caused her in recent days.
When she brought so many livestock and supplies up the mountain that day, many people in the village saw it. Some of them must have had designs on her, but in the two months or so she had been in the mountains, no one had ever bothered her. She didn't believe that He Zhennan and his men hadn't acted as a deterrent, or had done something else...
All she had to do was provide some food and supplies in exchange for their help. This was a very cost-effective thing for Qin Suyun. No matter how powerful and smart Dahei and the others were, they were just animals after all. They could understand what she said, but they couldn't use weapons or use their bodies to withstand bullets. They would also be injured by other people's bullets and traps, or even die.
With people like He Zhennan holding guns, others will be more or less wary of them.
Touching the furry belly of black beans in your hands, the soft and warm touch can make you forget all your worries!
A comfortable gurgling sound came from Hei Dou's throat. The big cat rested its head on Qin Suyun's thigh and placed its fleshy paws on Qin Suyun's legs, pinching its big furry black paws. Qin Suyun just hoped that the rain outside would stop soon, as life was too hard to bear now.
Even the usually lively bird Zhazha has not been singing much in recent days. This heavy rain is really unfriendly to birds. Not only will they be chilled to the bone by the heavy rain and their feathers will be wet when they fly out, but they also have to worry about the victims hiding in the mountains and forests who are always looking to catch some wild game to satisfy their hunger.
Qin Suyun felt that if this heavy rain continued...
These people might eventually turn their attention to her.
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The military base cafeteria is about one or two hours away from the cave where Qin Suyun lives.
Those who were scrambling to live in the military base cafeteria a dozen days ago have now started looking for new places to live, and the entire military base cafeteria has become deserted.
The room that originally housed more than a hundred people now has less than 30 people left, most of whom are the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled and the young.
There is no way, the flood has now risen to the middle of the mountain and is very close to the military base!
It was so close that they could hear the sound of rolling waves when they slept at night!
Zhao Xingguo and his group naturally followed everyone else and went up the mountain to find a new place to live. The three strong young men in the family all went up the mountain. The small cave they found was very close to the canteen on the military base.
Therefore, once the houses at the military base are flooded, the cave where they live will naturally be flooded as well, so... they hope to find a place on a higher ground this time that can accommodate their family of eight and Dahuang and the others.
These days, Da Huang and his puppies have been starving to death. Without any extra food to feed Da Huang, he has to go out hunting every day to feed his puppies.
Therefore, although Dahuang's hunting skills have improved, he himself has become much thinner due to starvation. Even the puppies that were originally chubby and round have become skinny. Of course... these puppies have grown a lot after more than two months. When they stand up, they are almost taller than Zhao Xingguo's calves.
After patting the furry heads of a few puppies, Zhao Xingguo picked up the luggage and supplies. Zhao Dabao carried his grandmother on his back. When the family was about to get up and rush to their new residence in the mountains, suddenly the door of the cafeteria was kicked open by someone!
There was a loud bang, and the cafeteria door, which was not very solid to begin with, was actually broken by the opponent's sudden kick! The heavy wooden door fell to the ground with a clang!
"Fuck! You fucking kid actually want to run away?! Put down the food in your hand quickly, otherwise I will not be polite to you guys!" The man who kicked the door looked like a bandit, holding an axe in his hand, with a pair of eyes as big as his peers, staring viciously at the eight people from the Zhao family who were the first to be hit, with a grim smile in his eyes!
"I've been keeping an eye on you for a long time! If it weren't for those blind soldiers who were squatting here, I would have taught you a lesson long ago! You're eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks here every day, while I'm freezing to death outside and still hungry... Hurry up and hand over all the food you have, otherwise don't blame me for being blind!"
Following behind the man were seven or eight other strong young men. They looked at the people in the cafeteria with ill intentions, as if they were looking at fattened lambs to be slaughtered!
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