◎Happy 126th Day: Only the process can score◎
"That sounds really uncomfortable." Chu Buwen put his goggles on her, bent down and pulled the two tied kayaks ashore. "I think we already know the answer now, we just need time to work our way back through the process."
Jiang Muyun held up a flashlight and searched for the kayak's air valve: "To be honest, this sounds even more pitiful."
"This is a proof question. You won't get points just for the result. The points are all in the process."
If Professor Chen's formula is to restore soil quality, what changes have occurred in the contaminated soil, and what elements have caused these changes to disappear?
If a new type of soil is formulated, what components in this soil can prevent crops from mutating, and how are these components produced?
These questions are the key.
Jiang Muyun opened the air valve, squatted on the ground and watched the kayak gradually deflate, occasionally reaching out and pressing it a few times to help it.
Chu Buwen propped up the awning he had taken off the kayak over Jiang Muyun's head and said, "How about when we go to the trading area tomorrow, we ask Captain Yu if he's here to see if he has any plans for this?"
Jiang Muyun thought this was a good idea.
Even though he knew that there was little hope of Professor Chen producing results, Jiang Muyun would not give up until he asked.
It was like when she scratched the lottery ticket and had clearly scratched out the word "thank you", but she had to scratch it off completely and see the four big words "Thank you for your patronage" clearly before she would be satisfied.
After the two intact kayaks were deflated, Chu Buwen took out his headlamp. The two men turned off their flashlights and put on their headlamps. They folded up the deflated kayaks and piled them all together with other supplies on a sturdy membrane cloth. Then they tied a simple stretcher and the two men carried the things one in front and one behind.
Since they were the only two people on the mountain now, they might as well go straight back to Chu Buwen's shelter.
Chu Buwen's shelter was indeed carefully built by a master sewing machine expert before the end of the world, and it can still supply water and electricity normally now.
The sound of the generator starting up in the mountain was completely drowned out by the heavy rain. The two of them turned on the lights and changed their shoes as if they were going home normally before the apocalypse.
Chu Buwen brought a dry towel to Jiang Muyun. After they cleaned up briefly, they changed into clean clothes and waited for the water to boil before taking a hot shower.
I was exhausted today. After taking a shower, Jiang Muyun stopped Chu Buwen from cooking.
The two of them cooked a pot of eight-treasure porridge in an electric rice cooker, and each of them had a bowl and slowly drank it while sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Jiang Muyun chewed the longan that had become tender again after being rehydrated and breathed a long sigh of relief.
When you are in a bad mood, you just need to eat something sweet.
This kind of life, after getting caught in the rain, going home to take a hot bath, and then sitting in a bright and clean room to drink sweet soup, is really wonderful.
After drinking the porridge, Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen rolled up their sleeves and began to pack up the things they brought back.
They salvaged a total of six boats today, including an intact kayak that looked like a four-person boat.
There are two assault boats, the kind in Jiang Muyun's space, which can carry two people. If there are more, they will easily sink.
The other three are ordinary inflatable boats, two eight-person boats and one ten-person boat. They can carry a lot of things, but they are all manual.
However, considering the preciousness of fuel, it makes no difference whether the ship has an engine or not if it falls into the hands of ordinary survivors.
Having an engine actually adds an extra burden.
At least that's what happened to the robbers.
Because their engines are really clean, without a drop of fuel.
Chu Buwen was very careful when he fired, aiming at people, so no bullets hit the hull directly. Most of these damaged ships were scratched by shell fragments or stray bullets, so repairing them should not be difficult.
In addition, there were some food and daily necessities, as well as a few boxes of bullets.
Jiang Muyun stood up, grabbed a wet towel to wipe his hands, and let down the sleeves of his home clothes.
It's quite outrageous to say that Chu Buwen actually prepared home clothes of Jiang Muyun's size.
It seems that what Chu Buwen said when he said he was going to find her after his rebirth was true.
Jiang Muyun, who had never thought of preparing a portion for others when stocking up, felt a little embarrassed.
This was a direct showdown with the shelter and the preparation of supplies for her. In comparison, why did she feel like she had let others down?
Jiang Muyun felt guilty for a moment, then he touched Dabai and said to Chu Buwen, "The damage to the hull isn't serious. Let's go to the trading area tomorrow to see what the prices are for repairing and selling ships. If it's too expensive, I think we can try to repair it ourselves. Didn't you give me a lot of tire repair tools when I bought my bicycle? Let's try that, maybe it can help."
Chu Buwen replied, "It's okay if you don't want to repair it. I have a few inflatable boats ready."
Jiang Muyun shook his head: "It still needs to be repaired. After all, this is not something that will take one or two years. We might have to live in this environment for the rest of our lives, so we have to save on things if we can."
Jiang Muyun’s habit is to use the old things first, and only consider the new ones after the old ones are no longer usable, instead of using them early and enjoying them early.
The question is, I feel insecure.
There is no need to discuss which of the two situations is more reassuring: "Even if this boat breaks down, I can always buy a new one" or "If this boat breaks down again, I won't have a new one."
Chu Buwen thought for a moment and said, "Then we can get a new boat from me. Together with the one we already have, we will have three intact boats in total, which is enough to handle this rainy season."
They no longer have to go out into the water to salvage supplies. Having three boats that are guaranteed to be problem-free is enough for emergencies.
As for the other damaged ships, it is not clear what condition they can be repaired to. Even if they are repaired now, there may be sequelae.
Jiang Muyun thought that if he didn't sneak across from Chu Buwen, having only two boats that could carry a maximum of seven people would not be safe enough - the "safety" in Jiang Muyun's mind was calculated based on the standard of being able to rush two miles in the flood.
After all, given their current situation, there are very few times when they need to travel by boat together. The most likely scenario is that the water floods Jinshan and everyone abandons their homes and flees for their lives.
If the means of transportation are not durable at this time, we will be doomed.
So no matter how much you plan, you still can't avoid the hassle of washing supplies back and forth.
However, only one ship was sold, which was much better than they had expected.
It can be said that not only did they not spend a penny on this trip, but they also earned a lot of supplies.
The biggest expense was Chu Buwen's two magazines of bullets.
However, Jiang Muyun has plenty of bullets in her space. When she uses them up, she can always find an excuse to replace them. She doesn't need to feel bad at all.
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen slept comfortably, and the next day they put on raincoats and carried umbrellas and rowed a boat to the Nanshan Trading Area.
After paying the mooring fee, the two went to the indoor trading hall holding umbrellas.
There is no sun during the rainy season, and the lighting in the transfer station has changed from luxurious electric lights to oil lamps hanging on the wall.
Perhaps because there were not many caravans, only half of the indoor trading area was open.
Jiang Muyun took a quick look and saw that most of the people were buying and selling ships, and the prices they offered were different.
Some want water purification devices, and others want cleaning products like soap.
Having learned from the lessons of the last rainy season, many caravans wanted to use their boats to exchange for some medicines to treat rheumatism.
The prices were ridiculously high, and Jiang Muyun felt a headache just looking at them.
However, quite a few people bought it.
Most of these buyers are caravans backed by large bases. They are financially strong and have no worries about sales. After buying a ship here and returning to their own base, the price can increase several times in an instant.
Even if you don't sell the boats, you can still do some small boat leasing business at your own base without having to worry about losing money.
After all, the rainy season will not only last once. Even if this rainy season does not last long, they can continue to do the same business in the next rainy season.
As for those who are still looking to buy ships, their situation is a bit miserable.
Those who have been able to drag it on until now and still cannot change to a boat basically only have food on hand.
However, it was the rainy season, and even if people didn't have any other food, they would always have mushrooms. The possibility of people starving to death was greatly reduced during the rainy season. The preciousness of food naturally plummeted, unless it was a scarce item like canned meat.
Even more unlucky is the water sales team.
As soon as the rainy season arrives, the price of fresh water plummets.
Now, apart from the drinking water produced before the end of the world and still unopened, no one will spend money to buy water.
When some water-selling teams go out, they only carry weapons and fresh water, in addition to the supplies they need for food and drink along the way.
If you want to change boats and go home now, you either have to wait for your family to pick you up or exchange weapons for boats.
Anyway, the transit station does not accept credit. They either have to exchange their weapons for a boat to go home, or pay the rent with their weapons and wait here for people to pick them up. Otherwise, the transit station will kick them out at a certain time, and whether those who are kicked out live or die is none of the transit station's business.
Correspondingly, ships are expensive and the cost of repairing them is not cheap either.
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen showed the photos of the damage on the assault boat to others. The other party quoted a general price of ten kilograms of charcoal, and other materials of equal value were also accepted, except for water.
According to the current market conditions in the transfer station, the price of ten kilograms of charcoal is not low.
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen had just negotiated a deal half an hour ago, exchanging an ordinary two-person inflatable boat for 100 kilograms of charcoal.
And this only repairs one place, not the entire ship.
"How dare you say that..." Jiang Muyun couldn't help but say it after asking several families.
If it was like before the apocalypse, where there was a warranty for ship repairs and one could come back to the shop at any time if there were any quality problems with the ship after repair, then Jiang Muyun would accept this price.
The problem is that with the current situation outside, if the boat has problems, everyone will probably be killed, and then the devil will come back to punish them. The shop owner can only repair it according to his conscience.
The risk isn't worth the repair costs.
It would be better to sell the broken boat with the money, then add some money and buy a better one.
Perhaps... this is the real purpose of the transfer station?
Otherwise, why would the transfer station spend money to hire so many people who can repair ships?
It’s impossible that the people at the transit station just play with the boat at home every day.
I don't know who came up with this bad idea, it's really cool.
Chu Buwen said helplessly, "When I bought the boat, they gave me some repair tools and subsidies, and I also downloaded the tutorial video. Although the boat's materials may be different, it may not be unusable. Let's go back and study it ourselves. If it doesn't work, we can come back again."
Jiang Muyun nodded silently, and when he turned around, he saw a familiar figure.
The person Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen were thinking about finding yesterday, one of the suspects who planned the ship repair scam at the transit station, who had just dug up a bunch of small powder and planted a bunch of potatoes. Theoretically, Captain Yu should be in high spirits at this moment.
The reason why I say it is theoretically is because Captain Yu does not seem to be in good condition now.
It's not that he looked disheveled because he was caught in the rain, but his energy and spirit seemed to have been extinguished by the rain. His brows were subconsciously furrowed, and his whole body was filled with a dejected air.
He seemed to be very interested in all kinds of ships. Whenever he saw a boat listed for sale, he would go over to chat with the person and look at the boat, but he had no intention of buying it.
Captain Yu didn't look like the boss of South 1 Base at all at this moment. Instead, he looked exactly like the unlucky members of the water sales team beside him.
Jiang Muyun found it novel.
Ever since she met Captain Yu, she had never seen him so worried.
Jiang Muyun walked a few steps to Captain Yu and called him.
Captain Yu, who was bending over to check the wear and tear of an inflatable raft, was a little absent-minded at the moment. He only reacted when Jiang Muyun spoke. When he stood up, he didn't pay attention and bumped into Jiang Muyun's arm.
This was not a big deal, but Captain Yu swayed twice, and it was thanks to Chu Buwen that he supported him in time and did not fall down.
Jiang Muyun was bewildered: "What's wrong? Are you having low blood sugar?"
She didn't use much force, did she? It was just a simple bump.
Captain Yu thanked Chu Buwen and rubbed his brows tiredly: "I'm sorry to scare you. I'm a little tired these days."
Jiang Muyun waved his hand: "We don't care, but what happened to you? Why are you in such a mess?"
Captain Yu is not Wu Xingyue before the end of the world. His current condition is more than just a little tired.
Captain Yu sighed softly and looked around: "Have you finished your work?"
Jiang Muyun heard that he didn't want to talk here, and nodded, "It's done."
Anyway, she was reluctant to pay for the repairs.
Captain Yu thought for a moment with his eyelids drooping, then gave Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen a faint smile: "Then I'll treat you to a meal."
Jiang Muyun smiled and said, "The cafeteria?"
"Or we can go to the small restaurant at Shuguang Base." Captain Yu spread his hands and said, "I didn't bring a cook with me."
As the three of them were talking, they walked out of the trading hall and headed towards the canteen of the transfer station holding umbrellas.
Jiang Muyun jokingly said, "If that's the case, you're treating us to dinner every day."
One of the conditions that Jiang Muyun had before bringing the people from the Nanyi Base to look for Xiaofen was that the Nanyi Base would be responsible for Jiang Muyun and others’ daily expenses in the transit station.
"I'm flattered by your calculations." Captain Yu felt a little relieved by this interruption, and even managed to chat with Jiang Muyun, "I thought given your personality, you'd say that the wages for your two labors, including this meal today, weren't even my treat."
Jiang Muyun said seriously, "You said that. So today's meal wasn't yours to treat. You still owe us one. Don't forget to pay it back later."
Even though Jiang Muyun had such an outrageous idea, Captain Yu actually agreed directly: "No problem."
Jiang Muyun was really shocked this time.
The three of them stepped into the canteen of the transfer station.
It's not lunchtime, and there's no one in the cafeteria. There's only one ordering window open, with today's menu hanging next to it.
Jiang Muyun folded his umbrella and turned his head to look at Captain Yu: "Brother, if you are possessed by a ghost, just blink. Because of our friendship, I will definitely find a way to save you."
Captain Yu was at a loss for words: "I'm serious."
Captain Yu studied the meager number of dishes on the menu and ordered all of them served. He then turned to Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen and said, "When I come back, I'll treat you two to a big meal."
"Wait for you to come back?" Jiang Muyun keenly grasped the key message in Captain Yu's words: "Where are you going?"
Captain Yu found a table in the corner and pulled out a chair for Jiang Muyun.
After Jiang Muyun and the other two were seated, Captain Yu took his seat, leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and said in a relaxed tone, "I want to go to the capital."
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