◎Happy 70th Day: Cool apocalyptic style◎
Jiang Muyun calculated the number of Captain Yu and his men and realized that they really couldn't be accommodated on the mountain.
They saw that there didn't seem to be any geologists or other people who understood the structure of the mountain in the team, so they didn't dare to dig caves randomly. They could only consider the existing buildings.
Jiang Muyun pointed them in the direction. "We know the general direction, but not the specifics. But we have a tourist map. We can make a copy if you need one."
Captain Yu grabbed Jiang Muyun's hand and said, "I need it! I really need it! If it weren't so cold right now, I would hug you and cry. You don't know how we got through this journey without a map!"
Chu Buwen intervened in time, put his arm around Captain Yu's shoulders and gave him a loving hug: "You've worked so hard! You don't know that the people I admire most in my life are soldiers."
Zhao Jiahao: "Not only did he not know, I also didn't notice it. Have you ever admired me?"
Chu Buwen pretended not to hear. "Are you all going to that resort? It's been deserted since the temperature dropped, but it's mostly low-rise buildings, so it shouldn't have collapsed. I don't think many people would think of going there."
At least they have lived here for so long, and they have never seen anyone heading towards the holiday villa.
Lieutenant Yu was brought back to the topic by Chu Buwen's words: "Oh, yes, that's where we're going. I forgot what you were asking just now. Why are we going to the resort today?"
Jiang Muyun: ...
I repeat, I didn't ask that.
Jiang Muyun: "Your understanding is correct, isn't it?"
"We originally thought that Nanshi was relatively peaceful and that living near it would be nice, but who knew there would be a scoundrel in our team," Captain Yu sighed. "Ever since we settled in Nanshi, there's been people coming in every now and then to do some nasty things."
"Some pretend to be pitiful to get supplies, some instigate us to build up our power and recruit new followers." Company Commander Yu counted them on his fingers. "And some force children to steal things. When they get caught, they beg us to keep them in the team, crying and screaming, otherwise they won't be able to survive if they go back."
Zhao Jiahao and Wu Xingyue couldn't help but sigh when they heard this, but Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen didn't react much.
What was surprising was that Captain Yu's tone was up and down, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes, just like Jiang Muyun's.
Zhao Jiahao frowned and asked, "Is this the reason you had to withdraw from Nanshi?"
Everything else is easy, but using a child as a raft is really difficult.
Captain Yu chuckled, then put his arm around Zhao Jiahao's shoulder and said, "Young people haven't seen enough. Have you heard of the poison village in the south? Have you ever been on a peacekeeping mission? Sometimes children can do much more than adults."
"But," Captain Yu changed the subject, "we really left because of this. They come here every day and make trouble. It's annoying."
"It's even worse these past few days. We went out to search for supplies during the day, and these bastards took advantage of the opportunity to go back and raid our home. At the time, I thought it would be a good idea to hide them with the people who were on guard, fearing that some serious criminal might escape during the chaos. I didn't expect there was a traitor." After Captain Yu suppressed the smile on his face, the murderous anger that he had suppressed surfaced.
They always do things on time. They plan in advance when to go out, where to go, what to search, and when to come back.
It was precisely because of this that the insider had the opportunity to tip off others.
This group of brothers came out of Hai City together. When someone wanted to leave the team, Captain Yu didn't say anything. He just distributed the supplies and let them go.
Others who happened to be heading in the same direction as the team had already greeted Captain Yu. If there were places along the way that were convenient, the brothers in the team would not mind taking a short detour to help others along the way.
He thought that those who were still in the team and had not mentioned leaving, even if they were not to the extent of trusting each other for life and death, at least would not do anything to stab them in the back.
Captain Yu put on a melancholy expression. "I thought that living in the city would make searching for supplies more convenient, but now searching for supplies is also very scary. I might as well move."
Living next to a den of thieves and having to guard against them for a thousand days would be a bit too much even for them.
No matter whether it was the sound of gunfire or fighting, it was enough to wake up these people who were extremely vigilant and accustomed to light sleep.
From Hai City to Nan City, I haven't had a full night's sleep in several months. Even a strong man can't stand it. It's better to find a place with fewer people, at least to have a few days of peace and quiet.
"As for going to the holiday villa, this was proposed by Professor Chen in our team." Company Commander Yu leaned out to look and found that the work of cleaning up the battlefield was not yet completed. The people responsible for protecting the supplies and Professor Chen were still resting there. After thinking about it, he gave up the idea of letting the two sides meet.
There will be plenty of opportunities to get to know each other in the future, so why run around in the snow now? It looks silly.
Since the two sides were far apart and it was inconvenient for them to meet, Captain Yu simply introduced Professor Chen to Jiang Muyun and the others remotely: "Professor Chen is the one who took on the protection mission during the heavy rain. He is an academician of the Crop Science Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences."
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen leaned over to take a look and saw that there was indeed a hunchbacked old man in the team. The snow was just above the soldiers' waists and almost buried the old man's neck.
The two are quite sensitive to this aspect, and after their rebirth, they have more or less learned something about things related to the planting industry.
The term crop science may seem quite mysterious, but to put it simply, it is the study of how to improve crops.
To put it more simply, we are professionally matched in solving the food crisis on the blue planet.
Captain Yu was lucky enough to remember the name, but he couldn't explain much about the other professional fields. "The short of it is that the professor's family lives in Hai City. We were supposed to evacuate Professor Chen and her family, but we didn't expect to be hit by an earthquake and a tsunami."
Captain Yu scratched his head. "At the time, our company was responsible for relocating three people. When the last few teams met up, we saw that only Professor Chen and her granddaughter had been brought back. We then protected them all the way south. He's a professor after all, and you know what's going on. I thought Professor Chen might have a solution."
When talking about this matter, Captain Yu had nothing to be embarrassed about.
Otherwise, why would they be sent out to rescue Professor Chen when the disaster struck, instead of prioritizing the rescue of residents in the community closest to their base?
The professor’s life is life, their lives are life, and the lives of ordinary people are also life.
The world is in such a state now. If it weren't for this special reason, why would they risk their lives to protect others all the way?
Take the ambush that just happened, for example.
They were used to protecting Professor Chen and the children along the way, so when they encountered bullets from unknown directions in this environment, their first reaction was to block the people first. This gave the other side the opportunity to shoot into the crowd and win a prize. Otherwise, they would not have been trapped in the snow.
"Professor Chen said that since we have to move anyway, we might as well come to this resort. She's been here before, and it's quiet and less crowded. I heard there's even a place for children to grow things and play, and maybe we can find clean soil and plant medicines there." Captain Yu spread his hands and said, "I don't know much about these things. I can't always get any medicine or materials. But this is Professor Chen's only request, so we have to do our best to meet it."
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen's attitudes instantly became much more serious.
No matter how nonchalant Captain Yu's words were, they were a group of people who had the ability to use guns to turn their neighbors into granaries and they had been protecting Professor Chen all the time, which was definitely benefiting others more than themselves.
"As for experimental materials, we can't help much with other things, but we grew some vegetables there and saved the seeds, and we also have some soil we dug before the acid rain." The few of them looked at each other, and Jiang Muyun pondered for a moment and said, "If Professor Chen needs it, we'll go back and discuss with our colleagues to see if we can share some."
Captain Yu's eyes lit up: "That's great! There's no rush, you can discuss it slowly. We'll keep in touch when you have time. If there's anything you can help with, just let me know!"
This is exactly what Jiang Muyun was waiting for.
South City was to the east of their location, and the holiday villa was to the north of them.
Looking at the map, their mountain and the resort were about the same distance from both Nanshi and Yishi. The three points formed a roughly isosceles acute triangle.
The shortest bottom edge is connected by their mountain and the holiday villa.
"How about this, let's agree on a signal," Zhao Jiahao suggested. "If we're going to the other side, light a fire during the day and flash a flashlight at night. If we see them, we'll respond in the same way. If we really need help urgently, we'll fire a gun."
The sound emitted by □□ is generally between 100 and 120 decibels. Without any obstructions or interference from environmental noise, it can be transmitted over a range of 20 kilometers.
They were only a few miles away from the holiday villa, so even if it was snowing heavily outside, the sound could still be heard.
Both sides have military binoculars in their hands. If the view in the middle is not blocked, they can see each other directly from the high point, so sending a signal will naturally be no problem.
Captain Yu needed help, so he was happy to accept their offer to stay in touch. "Okay, you all know the basic signals. Let's keep in touch."
Captain Yu had a clear understanding of the current situation. At this point, there was no longer any distinction between official and unofficial. Everyone was a private armed organization.
They are saving people and providing seeds and soil, purely out of kindness. If you don't try to build friendship with them, it would be a bit ungrateful.
Jiang Muyun was very satisfied with the rapid development of this friendship.
Being outgoing has its advantages, Jiang Muyun thought.
The distance between them was just right, neither too far nor too close, and they were in different directions. Even if Captain Yu and his men built a survival base at the resort to take in survivors, those who came to seek refuge would not pass by their door.
Moreover, the resort area is large enough to accommodate the survivors if a survival base is built. Captain Yu is a man of his time, so there's no need to worry about him blindly expanding the base and bringing it right up to their doorstep.
Satisfied, Jiang Muyun asked, "Shall we go up the mountain to expand the map now?"
Captain Yu waved his hand and said, "Let's go, there's no need to go through so much trouble. We have working mobile phones here. We can take a picture and draw it ourselves later."
After following Jiang Muyun up the mountain, Captain Yu and the few people he brought with him got to know each other again with Li Anxuan and others. After Jiang Muyun brought him the map and asked him to take a picture, Captain Yu said goodbye to them.
The resort was still a few kilometers away, and they would have to pack up once they got there. Captain Yu had a long list of people and supplies, so time was running out.
After sending Captain Yu and others down the mountain, Jiang Muyun came back and watched them through binoculars as they struggled to drag the car through the snow.
The snow was too thick, but not too frozen, so even if they put the karts and supplies on the wooden boards and dragged them along, the person in the lead still needed to push the snow to the sides from time to time to allow the supplies to move smoothly.
Jiang Muyun couldn't help but dig a hole in the snow beside him: "We haven't finished clearing the snow yet."
The smiles on everyone's faces disappeared immediately.
Wu Xingyue was completely dejected. "What's going on? We just had a thrilling gunfight! Shouldn't we be preparing to save the world at this time?"
Even if they are not the protagonists, they should be the mysterious bosses who save the protagonists in times of crisis, right?
Shouldn't he smile mysteriously and start planning his strategy now?
Why do we have to clear snow, pull weeds and feed rabbits?
Zhao Jiahao sneered: "What kind of gunfight is this? The most we can do is just applaud from the sidelines."
Jiang Muyun tried to calm Wu Xingyue down: "It's not just about feeding the rabbits, we also have to feed the chickens."
I'm talking about the two magical chickens in Jiang Muyun's family.
They are really resistant to poison.
They had previously pulled out a lot of grass that rabbits couldn't eat. Jiang Muyun thought about how his two chickens caught locusts and ate them, so he simply gathered all the grass and took it back to see if it could be reused.
As a result, they really accepted everything and ate whatever they caught.
And it's not just grass. After everyone clears the snow to pull out the weeds, they sometimes wander to places where there is not much snow, digging in the soil from time to time.
Jiang Muyun suspected that they had been eating too much vegetarian food recently and wanted to try some meat.
Jiang Muyun, who had always been worried about the insect plague, wanted to cut off the food supply for the two caterpillars and let them fend for themselves after discovering this.
Wu Xingyue felt even sadder after hearing what Jiang Muyun said: "Not only do we have to take care of rabbits, but we also have to take care of chickens, and each one is more aggressive than the other. How can our lives be so uncool? It's so different from the post-apocalyptic world-traveling swordsmen in novels."
Jiang Muyun, who had once been forced to wander the world without a sword, uttered a "hei tui" sound: "You stinking mortal scholar! A person who wanders the world with a sword has no right to raise rabbits and eat rabbit meat, nor to grow vegetables and potatoes, let alone bathe or wash clothes."
Wu Xingyue remained calm and immediately changed her words: "So when I think of this, I feel at ease. The world in novels is too superficial. I still prefer the stable life I have now."
Zhou Ying pushed a shovel of snow down and said, "Have you been eating from the same pot with Sister Wen every day recently?"
Qin Shiwen was squatting on the ground pulling out the grass when he was accidentally injured: "What's going on with Guan Wenwen? Why are you calling her Wenwen?"
Qin Shiwu concluded: "It seems that you two really are eating from the same pot. No wonder I always smell a burnt smell recently."
Jiang Muyun raised his hand: "I testify! I heard it! It was those two who did it."
Zhao Jiahao was bewildered: "Why?"
Chu Buwen explained: "I ate too much porridge and my stomach is full of porridge and I'm talking nonsense."
"A pun that means deduct a lot of money!" Wu Xingyue, who had just understood what he heard, raised her hand and poured a basin of snow on Zhou Ying.
Zhou Ying, who always prided herself on being mature and steady, let a small ball of snow slide down her collar without noticing. She was so cold that she wanted to jump up three feet high. "What a daredevil! Today I'll show you what a snowball fight is like!"
As he said this, he grabbed Wu Xingyue's neck and pushed her into the snow pile.
Wang Qingqing jumped up and shouted "Ulla!" and then pounced on two people from behind. The three of them fell into the snow pile together. Zheng Xiang and Jiang Muyun seized the opportunity to add bricks and tiles and buried the three people directly.
Qin Shiwu waved the snow shovel and tried to cover Zheng Xiang and Jiang Muyun, but without noticing, Chu Buwen carried them and threw them into the snow pile.
Zhao Jiahao pounced on him without thinking. The moment Zhao Jiahao, who was over 1.8 meters tall, with muscles all over his body and wearing a big cotton coat, pressed forward, he almost squeezed Qin Shiwu's soul out of his mouth.
Landfill workers Jiang Muyun and Zheng Xiang saw that there was work to do again, so they waved their shovels and moved the battlefield without saying a word. They also joined forces with Li Anxuan to kick Chu Buwen, who was standing on the side pretending nothing had happened, into the room.
Qin Shiwen, who had escaped the disaster, was overjoyed: "Great!" As he said that, a basin of snow fell on Jiang Muyun's head.
Jiang Muyun was stretching his neck to do the landfill work, but was caught off guard and forced to wear a hat. A string of wet snow slid down the back of his neck.
Jiang Muyun put down the shovel and turned around to raise the basin, his eyes filled with murderous intent: "Heaven created all things for man, but man has nothing to give to Heaven."[1]
Wu Xingyue, who had just struggled out of the snow, grabbed Qin Shiwen and said, "Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill—"
So no matter whether you finish today's work or not, you must take the day off.
Not only do we have to take a holiday, but everyone's kangs at home also have to be heated.
The snow in Nanshi is always wet. When you press it on your body, it will form a puddle of water. If they don’t go home to take a hot bath and sleep on a warm kang, I’m afraid they will catch a cold.
The temperature in the cave at night is now approaching minus ten degrees Celsius. Since the kang is already on fire, let's just not put it out.
Besides clearing snow and feeding the rabbits, they needed something else to do every day to relax. Continuing to boil water and work on the reservoir was a good option.
A group of people ran back home, some got cloth, some got rope, and carried firewood back and forth home. They also had to clear the smoke outlet that was originally blocked.
Jiang Muyun looked at Xiaobai, who had grown a coat of shiny fur again, and tied a noose around Xiaobai with ill intentions.
So the others worked hard to transport firewood, but Jiang Muyun was like a vicious landlord, standing by with empty hands and ordering Xiaobai to pull the truck.
Unfortunately, the snow on their way back had been freshly cleared, and the little that was left was freshly fallen, fluffy, and wet. The sled-style truck crashed to the bottom as soon as it was placed on top, and the friction was so great that sawdust was practically being scraped out. Jiang Muyun regretfully gave up and went back to work.
Jiang Muyun weighed the pile of wood chips he was carrying and asked, "When will my Bai take my sister for a dog sledding trip?"
With Xiaobai's strength, if he really ran, he could pull Jiang Muyun down and make him fall on flat ground. Pulling someone through the snow would definitely not be a problem.
It's just that the snow outside has only been falling for a few days, and the temperature hasn't dropped yet, so the snow is still quite fluffy. If someone jumps into it, they will sink at least halfway and cannot be pulled out at all.
With the hope of enjoying Xiaobai's filial piety one day, Jiang Muyun heated the kang and took a bath. At night, relying on the warm kang, he arrogantly went to bed with only a quilt covering him.
Jiang Muyun's wish had the chance to come true the next day.
After two days of snowflakes slowly drifting in the air, Jiang Muyun once again had to bang the door open.
After the door was knocked open this time, Jiang Muyun didn't try to go out again. Instead, he slammed the door shut and avoided the cold and sharp wind outside.
Jiang Muyun quickly changed into a thick down jacket, put on a pair of large cotton trousers, and put on a scarf and a hat. Then he tremblingly stretched the thermometer through the crack of the door.
"Hiss--" Jiang Muyun took a look and saw that the temperature was twenty-three degrees below zero.
Jiang Muyun barely managed to clear the snow outside the door. He stood in the wind for five minutes and felt like he had been beaten, specifically in the face.
It's still more than 20 degrees below zero, but the temperature is completely different from the first time the temperature dropped!
Twenty degrees below zero with wind and humidity, and twenty degrees below zero with no wind and dryness, these two temperatures are not the same at all.
As Jiang Muyun began clearing the snow with a shovel, she didn't even dare to shed tears—she really didn't. The temperature was so cold that it was likely to freeze her tears into ice sticking to her face.
Yesterday, when the temperature on Blue Star was minus seven or eight degrees Celsius, they were so lazy and ungrateful. Today, their tempers have flared up and they have to clear up the evil wind even if it has to.
At this temperature, if they don't clear the snow down the mountain before it freezes, and it freezes for a whole day and night, they might not even be able to open the door tomorrow.
After a few lazy guys who were severely punished by Blue Star tremblingly cleared a few paths today, they had to continue climbing up the mountain with shovels in hand.
They don’t have to worry about the area below where they live, as they don’t have the energy to do so. However, the area above the cave must be cleaned every day.
"Fortunately, a lot of snow was shaken off the top of the mountain yesterday, otherwise I suspect there would be an avalanche this morning." Wang Qingqing had tears in her eyes, but she was strong enough to wipe them all off before they slid out.
Zheng Xiang swung the shovel vigorously: "It's not that easy to stop an avalanche. You are too kind to our little hill."
Jiang Muyun cut the snow into pieces and pushed them down like tofu. "It's impossible for this little hill to collapse for several miles, but it can definitely hit us in the face."
Zhao Jiahao's thinking was also very broad: "Wait, if we fire a shot now, will all the snow on the top of the mountain be shaken down?"
Jiang Muyun said calmly, "You can yell a few times here, and there's no need to waste bullets. Besides, I'm afraid Captain Yu and the others will think we're in trouble and rush over here with their troops."
As a result, Zhao Jiahao really shouted.
Even though he was choked by the cold wind, the snow didn't stop. He still had to work obediently in the fierce wind.
After finally finishing a round of snow shoveling, the group was starving. Just then, their phones vibrated, signaling it was time to add more firewood to the stove. Everyone threw down their shovels and ran home cheering to prepare for dinner, so moved they wanted to hug and kiss their own stove, which had been burning all the time.
Synthetic wood burns quickly, and now they are reluctant to use charcoal. In order to prevent the stove fire from going out when people leave for too long, everyone chooses to set alarms on their phones and add firewood regularly.
The synthetic wood they found was divided equally among everyone. They agreed that if someone burned his or her share of the synthetic wood and winter was not over yet, they would gather together in the big cave to burn a kang to spend the winter.
In fact, if they want to save money, the best option is for them to get together from the beginning to spend the winter.
But people always have a sense of luck. No one wants to sleep in a large bunk bed when they can live in their own home.
No matter how good the relationship between ten people is, there will always be inconveniences when living together.
That's why they put those dispensable synthetic woods at the end of the timeline.
Unexpectedly, what they are most worried about now is not the lack of fuel, but the fact that the electricity is about to run out.
The sizes of kangs in everyone’s homes are different, the frequency of adding firewood is also different, and each family sets their own alarm clock.
To set an alarm, you have to use your phone, and to use your phone, you have to charge it.
There is no sun outside now, and the efficiency of solar power generation is extremely low. In addition, batteries are difficult to charge in winter, which makes the already scarce electricity even worse.
Jiang Muyun never stops playing with her mobile phone every day when she gets home. Now, seeing more and more empty batteries in the space, she feels a sense of urgency and thinks it is time to study the sound insulation effect of the floating house she brought back from Nanshan.
She didn't buy the generator as a decoration. It is already a mature machine and it is time for it to learn to contribute to the family.
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