After waking up from a nap, Lin Luo, feeling refreshed, followed Yun Shu to the place where the persimmon tree was.
The tree is not particularly tall, and since it is not the persimmon season, it is still lush green.
Lin Luo used his mental power to investigate the length of the persimmon tree's roots and roughly estimated how deep he needed to dig.
Yunshu was gesturing at the tree, wondering from which angle he should apply force so as not to damage the tree if he wanted to move it.
The two of them didn't think it would be difficult to dig a tree with the help of tools and bring it back to Xiaowu Mountain. If you tell this idea to any "normal person", they will probably think that Lin Luo and Yun Shu are fools. This kind of thing is better to think about in a dream.
But now, this dream is really happening in reality!
Lin Luo was responsible for cutting off some unnecessary small roots and pulling the tree up little by little from the bottom, while Yun Shu held the main trunk and pulled it out of the soil at the same speed as Lin Luo.
Although it's slow, this persimmon tree is really "growing taller and taller"!
In just a few minutes, the intertwined root system underneath was visible, and it even startled many small animals lurking nearby.
About ten minutes later, a complete persimmon tree was lying on the ground. Lin Luo checked its vitality and other parts. After making sure that it was not damaged, he did not delay and directly carried the tree away.
The main force was naturally Yunshu. The tree was about a thousand pounds, but Yunshu didn't seem to be struggling at all when carrying it on his shoulders.
Lin Luo used his mental power to help Yun Shu maintain the position of the tree crown from behind, otherwise, this persimmon tree would probably become a "bald tree" after a while.
About one-third of the top of Xiaowu Mountain is covered by bamboo forest, and another one-third is covered by some unknown bushes. There are actually not many tall trees and most of them are pine trees, with a few osmanthus trees.
Lin Luo and Yun Shu moved the persimmon tree to the sunny side of Xiaowu Mountain. The soil here is relatively fertile and suitable for its growth.
Dig holes, bury trees, and boil water!
After a series of operations, a persimmon tree that was located several hills away was artificially moved to Xiaowu Mountain.
Lin Luo also placed a mental shield around the tree so that no one would see this sudden appearance of the tree before the end of the world.
Snap——
Yun Shu patted the dust off her hands. "Lolo, is this all right?"
It felt quite relaxing, and Yunshu even thought that he could go and move the chestnut tree as well.
Lin Luo: "...I think so."
She had seen online how trees were moved this way, so it shouldn't be a problem. After all, this was Lin Luo's first time doing this. "Let's observe for a couple of days before we move the other fruit trees."
"Okay, I've seen how to make persimmon cakes. I can make some for Luo Luo when the tree bears fruit."
As they walked down the mountain, the two discussed new ways to eat persimmons, and they didn't know whether the moved persimmon tree would still bear fruit this year.
"who?"
The conversation suddenly stopped. Lin Luo looked straight at a tree in the distance. Without waiting for an answer from the other side, her mental power told her the answer in the next second.
Zhou Guangzong walked up step by step from behind the tree, his steps brisk and not at all strenuous.
"Girl Luo."
He greeted Lin Luo first and then looked at Yun Shu. Although there was no fluctuation in his expression, Lin Luo inexplicably felt that there was something wrong with the way he looked at Yun Shu.
This is? An intuition.
"Uncle Zhou, what a coincidence." Lin Luo and Yun Shu didn't do anything bad. It was normal for them to go up the mountain, even though Yun Shu's clothes were a little dirty.
Anyway, she won't show any panic.
Zhou Guangzong nodded, "Who is this?"
The last time he came to Lin Luo's house, because he was not affected by Lin Luo's mental suggestion, he just thought that Lin Luo lived alone.
Now suddenly seeing a young and strong man beside her, she was naturally confused.
But Lin Luo was not afraid that he would ask, because the other villagers all knew about the existence of "Yun Shu" anyway.
"My cousin, here to take care of me."
Lin Luo had no intention of introducing Yun Shu. He thought that this would be enough and both parties should go about their own business.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Guangzong frowned slightly and suddenly reached out to stop Lin Luo.
Feeling his cousin's body tense up instantly, Zhou Guangzong suppressed all his chaotic speculations and met Lin Luo's calm gaze. "Girl Luo, the village has been uneasy lately. Please be careful when you go up the mountain."
Lin Luo smiled, "Okay, thank you Uncle Zhou for your concern."
This time the two sides were really going in opposite directions, but after Zhou Guangzong walked for a while, he slowly stopped and his eyes revealed that he was obviously lost in thought.
After a long time, Zhou Guangzong sighed.
"What the fuck, I'm here to retire!"
"Lolo, that village chief..."
It wasn't until they entered the house that Yun Shu spoke, "It seems a little strange."
"Didn't you praise him before?" Lin Luo glanced at Yun Shu with a smile, then picked up Xiaobai who was pretending to sleep beside him.
After a period of feeding, Xiaobai now has soft, fluffy fur that is as white as snow. Although his body is not big, he gives the illusion of being slightly fat because of his fur.
But it feels so good to hold a little white like this in your hands!
The most important thing is that Xiaobai allows you to hold it and pet it. As long as you don't hurt it, Xiaobai will let you hold it all the time. Compared with some pets on the Internet, it is simply a little angel!
Of course, it is not ruled out that Xiaobai is too lazy, too lazy to struggle.
"That's not the same, I..."
Yun Shu paused, not knowing how to refute for a moment. It wasn't until he saw the smile on Lin Luo's face that he felt like a deflated ball. "Lolo clearly knows that I didn't mean that."
Lin Luo knew it, but sometimes it was still fun to tease Yun Shu. This guy was getting smarter and smarter, and he was no longer as cute as when he first came.
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Lin Luo made a final summary, and the topic about Zhou Guangzong came to an end.
Yunshu went to the kitchen to prepare lunch, and Lin Luo also put Xiaobai down to help, but before leaving the living room, she glanced at the entire yard.
Xiao Hei is not here again.
Ever since it was cut into a spotted bald wolf by Yun Shu, it has been reluctant to appear in front of people, especially in front of Xiaobai and himself. It is probably going to wander in the mountains again and will come back automatically when it gets dark.
"Lolo, there are still three cabbages left. Do you want to eat them today?"
As soon as she entered the kitchen, Yun Shu was cutting freshly washed green vegetables, planning to stir-fry them later. It was hot in the summer, so it was not suitable to eat greasy food.
"There are still three more..." Lin Luo sighed. Because they had to build a sanatorium, the vegetables in the fields were naturally forcibly harvested.
Grandma Yao had planted a lot of cabbages in her field, and they were in the prime of growth. She had originally planned to eat them slowly and make the rest into pickles, but suddenly something happened, and she also raised a lot of chickens, so the yard was no longer suitable for drying the pickles.
This resulted in an oversupply of cabbage, which Grandma Yao couldn't finish by herself.
As the ones who were given special care, Lin Luo and Yun Shu soon received twenty large, juicy cabbages, the kind that could be stacked into a small hill.
These days, the two of them worked hard to finish ten of them, seven of which were made into pickles. They thought the remaining three would be easily dealt with, but every day it was either pickled cabbage with vinegar or cabbage stewed with vermicelli. Even though Yun Shu made cabbage in dozens of different ways, Lin Luo was still a little tired of it.
If this continues, the cabbages will go bad.
It was obvious that Lin Luo really didn't want to eat cabbage, so Yun Shu naturally wouldn't force her. Some people might think, "It's just a few cabbages, right? If you can't finish them, just throw them away. They're not worth much anyway." But Yun Shu knew that Lin Luo had a habit.
She would never waste food, even if it was not something she liked. Once Lin Luo put it in her mouth, she would not spit it out. Instead, she would swallow it all and then eat some of her favorite food to balance it out.
Yun Shu didn't know why Lin Luo, who had been pampered since childhood, developed this habit, but he respected Lin Luo, so he never once suggested throwing away the dishes, but tried his best to make new ones.
"Does Luoluo like spicy cabbage?"
Kimchi is not very popular in this area. Lin Luo only had it by chance when he went out to dinner with his classmates. It was served with barbecued meat. The taste was sour and spicy but very refreshing. It was quite good.
"You mean..." Lin Luo immediately thought of the three big cabbages, "Is this difficult to do?"
Yun Shu shook her head. "It's not difficult, but we don't have some of the seasonings that would make them taste better, so we have to go out and buy them."
For Lin Luo, buying things is not difficult.
After finishing lunch, Yunshu first divided the three cabbages into eight equal parts based on the root, and then peeled off each leaf and applied a layer of salt, which was said to remove excess moisture from the cabbage.
After letting them marinate there, the two got into Lin Luo's car.
The weather in July is already very hot. Even with the air conditioner on in the car, it can't block the heat that surges from the bottom of my heart.
Because those seasonings were relatively rare, Lin Luo drove directly to the city. It wouldn't take long anyway.
The two parked the car in the basement and felt the refreshing coolness as soon as they entered the shopping mall where the supermarket was located.
Lin Luo didn't go to the supermarket right away, but took Yun Shu to the cold drink shop next door and bought an ice cream for each of them. She chose chocolate flavor and Yun Shu chose strawberry flavor.
As he took his first bite of the tiny tip of the ice cream, a cool feeling instantly spread from his mouth throughout his body. Lin Luo felt a wave of relief. "This is the right way to enjoy summer."
Yun Shu laughed. He was much more afraid of heat than Lin Luo.
But Yunshu has great patience and won't say anything even though it's very hot.
Yun Shu's eyes lit up slightly as he bit off the tip of the strawberry ice cream like Lin Luo did. He had never eaten this kind of freshly made soft ice cream before, and the texture was indeed different from the frozen one.
Lin Luo narrowed his eyes and said, "Is it delicious? How about another one?" His expression seemed to indicate that he wanted another one.
Yun Shu: "Wait a minute, eating too much cold food continuously is not good for your stomach."
Lin Luo: “…”
Yunshu is a young man of the father generation who is dedicated to health preservation.
But Lin Luo quickly put the idea of buying another one behind his mind, and opened an online shopping app the next second.
After typing in what he wanted and clicking a few times, he said, "Okay, I bought an ice cream machine and some ice cream powder. From now on, we can make ice cream at home."
A slightly better ice cream costs more than 10,000 yuan, and Lin Luo can afford it, so he placed the order without hesitation.
There is also ice cream powder, a box of all kinds of flavors such as cantaloupe, matcha, and chocolate. If you don’t know, you would think Lin Luo is going to open a store.
Yun Shu: "...Okay."
Would a normal person buy an ice cream machine just because they liked ice cream? Yun Shu didn't know, but he knew that as long as Luo Luo was happy, that was all that mattered.
After finishing the ice cream, Lin Luo and Yun Shu quickly pushed a small cart into the largest supermarket in the city.
Although the purpose of coming here is to buy seasonings, it would be unreasonable not to go shopping since we are here.
Because the weather is hot and it is the hottest time at two o'clock in the afternoon, there are very few people in the supermarket, it can even be said to be quiet.
Lin Luo likes the feeling of shopping in the supermarket quietly like this!
The two of them quickly walked to the meat area, where ribs, tenderloin, pork belly...different parts of pork were neatly placed on different plates.
Lin Luo has quite a lot of pickled meat at home, but that doesn't prevent her from buying fresh pork.
The saleswoman standing behind the refrigerator saw the pretty girl and boy and suddenly became interested in chatting with them.
Anyway, there are few people here now, so she has nothing to do.
"Pork is good these days and quite cheap. Look at this pork rib, little girl. It's so fresh. It's perfect for making soup."
Lin Luo glanced at the price tag and found that the overall price of pork had dropped. The ribs that originally cost 30 yuan per pound were now only 18 yuan.
The pork belly that originally cost 25 yuan per pound now only costs 15 yuan, which is basically reduced by half on average.
"Eh, is it that much cheaper?" Lin Luo asked curiously, "It didn't seem to be this cheap the last time I came here."
"Hahaha." The aunt laughed. "Little girl, you haven't bought groceries in a while, right? Many vegetables have dropped in price recently. The news keeps saying that the country must guarantee the basic living needs of the people."
Lin Luo raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Really? Auntie, is there anything else that's cheaper? I want to buy more this time."
The price changes in the town and villages were not so obvious, but when he arrived in the city, Lin Luo realized that those leaders had indeed started to take action.
It is already July, and the things she mentioned in the previous text message have all come true. Even if people don't believe it, the country will choose to take precautions. Obviously, the first thing they choose to do is to increase the prices of basic living supplies.
When prices are low, more people will buy things.
If there is enough food stored at home at the beginning of the end of the world, it will be relatively less likely to cause unrest.
Once people are hungry, they will always do things that are unimaginable under normal circumstances. On the contrary, as long as there are enough food reserves, they can calmly wait for instructions from the country.
Seeing Lin Luo being so polite, the aunt immediately smiled and listed a few items for her. "The flour used to be 2.2 yuan per pound, but now it's only 1.8 yuan!"
"Little girl, don't underestimate the difference of only 40 cents. We can easily buy 10 or 20 kilograms. Isn't that a lot of money saved?"
"Plus, flour can be kept for a long time. Those who have plans at home will buy some to take home."
Lin Luo looked well-behaved, having learned his lesson, which made his aunt want to confide in him even more. "My son called me a few days ago and asked me to prepare more food at home. He said that the government's actions must mean something is wrong, and we should trust the government."
——This aunt’s son? Very perceptive.
Indeed, prices have been rising for so many years. Although the country has implemented regulatory measures, they have not been as comprehensive and forceful as this time.
Some people with a "keen sense of smell" immediately noticed something, and their families and relatives asked them to stock up on food during this period in preparation for emergencies.
It is never aimless to be prepared for danger in times of peace. This is the wisdom of the ancients and is still applicable today.
The country cannot say anything openly at the moment, but it can make use of some public opinion means.
Besides, in today's society where one hundred yuan can only buy a movie and a cup of milk tea, if it is used to buy basic food, it can buy 50 kilograms of flour alone.
If something really happens, fifty kilograms of flour will be enough to last for a long time.
Buying a few hundred dollars worth of food and storing it there won’t cause any major changes for a family.
The aunt told Lin Luo about this out of kindness. She originally thought that most girls would not care too much. After all, young people like them have always lived in peacetime and have never been as hungry as she was back then.
Unexpectedly, Lin Luo nodded repeatedly, "I think so too. It's not expensive anyway. I can just buy it and eat it slowly. Thank you, Auntie."
"Oh my." The aunt laughed, "The little girl is so polite!" Who wouldn't like a nice and polite child? "And that..."
She continued to talk about a few discounted foods, and not long after seeing Lin Luo and the others off, it was time for her aunt to get off work.
She originally wanted to go home quickly to cook for her husband, but for some reason she remembered the conversation she had just had with the little girl.
——It’s not expensive anyway.
Yes, it’s not expensive anyway.
The aunt changed back into her casual clothes and went to the supermarket again, buying 20 kilograms of flour, a few packets of noodles and some other small things. Maybe she came here on an electric scooter and couldn't carry too many things, so she wanted to buy some more.
"Didn't you just buy 20 kilograms of flour a few days ago? Why did you buy so much again?" a colleague standing nearby asked curiously, "Does your family eat it so quickly?"
Auntie couldn't say she was feeling uneasy and wanted to buy more, so she could only make up an excuse, "Isn't this cheap? Who knows when the price will go up again? I bought some now and it won't go bad until the New Year."
My colleague praised the aunt for her thriftiness and frugality, and after she got off work, she couldn't help but buy ten kilograms of food.
No one's money comes from the wind, so the more you save, the better.
After a while, the aunt and this colleague were more grateful than ever for their foresight!
On the other side, Lin Luo brought Yun Shu to buy 50.5 kilograms of flour, even though she already had a lot in her basement.
But people with a hoarding addiction are like this. They always feel uncomfortable if they don’t buy something during their visit.
However, this time, in addition to seasonings, Lin Luo focused more on some fresh fruits, especially those that he couldn't grow himself and might not be able to eat for a long time.
For example, blueberries and durian!
Yun Shu watched Lin Luo pinch the thorns on the durian with his hands, then looked at the overall shape and finally picked two.
"I have a feeling that these two durians must be very sensible." Lin Luo proudly stated that he had learned several methods of observing durians on the Internet, and for this reason he did not bother to use mental power to cheat.
A smile flashed across Yun Shu's eyes. Lolo like this... is really... so cute!
It was obviously a foresighted decision to choose a single cart. Before I had even finished shopping halfway through the supermarket, both carts were almost full.
In addition to the seasonings needed for kimchi, Lin Luo looked at the other unfamiliar things and stuffed them all into the shopping cart, not knowing whether they were useful or not. It seemed like he was going to empty the supermarket.
——Ah, she really did this kind of thing.
In the end times, the most popular place is undoubtedly the supermarket.
Because they were so busy shopping, it was already past five in the evening when Lin Luo and the others came out of the supermarket. It was obviously too troublesome to go back and cook at this time.
After putting the things in the car, Lin Luo took Yun Shu to eat... hot pot!
Is there anything more enjoyable than eating hotpot in the hot summer with air conditioning on?
Even though they could make it at home, Lin Luo still felt that it wouldn't feel the same outside. Besides, she and Yun Shu had never eaten hot pot outside, so of course they had to enjoy it before the end of the world.
I searched for the highest-rated hotpot restaurant nearby, and when I arrived, there was already a line. It seemed that everyone had the same idea.
There were eleven tables in front of the one Lin Luo had taken, so she didn't go anywhere else. She sat down with Yun Shu in the waiting area in the corner and chatted with them.
"Lin Luo?"
Unfortunately, a slightly trembling voice quickly broke the silence.
Lin Luo didn't expect that Flower Country was so big, and he could still run into an "acquaintance" here - after all, they had lived in the same dormitory for a year, so they could be considered acquaintances.
When I returned to school last year to apply for leave of absence, Wang Jing was also in the dormitory. However, Lin Luo and Zhou Yayun had a conflict at that time, so he had nothing to say goodbye to her.
As I said before, among Lin Luo’s three roommates, two are top-notch and one is too introverted.
Wang Jing is the introverted one. She doesn't talk much, but she studies very hard. You can tell her family isn't well off. Zhou Yayun and another roommate dislike her and don't want to play with her.
As for Lin Luo, it was purely a matter of personality incompatibility. She also didn't like the way of getting along where she said ten sentences and the other person could only stumblingly reply with one or two sentences.
Now that I think about it, University A is on summer vacation, and Wang Jing did seem to have said that she was from near this city, but it was really a coincidence that we met here.
"Ah, is there something wrong?" Lin Luo said calmly, with no intention of reminiscing about the past.
——She was obviously sitting now, but she seemed to be looking down at herself.
As expected, Wang Jing quickly waved her hand, not daring to look directly at Lin Luo. "It's okay, it's okay. I, I just saw you and wanted to say hello."
At this time, the number of Lin Luo's table was being called.
She stood up and nodded slightly coldly at Wang Jing, "It's my turn now. Bye."
Wang Jing saw the handsome man next to Lin Luo take up a bag that was obviously a lady's and followed Lin Luo.
——He didn’t even look at me, let alone say hello or introduce myself?
Even if their parents are dead, some people are still so dazzling.
Wang Jing stood there for a while, then quickly regained her spirits and left to go to the other side. She came to this mall to find a summer job, hoping to reduce the burden on her family.
As for Lin Luo, even if she returns to school later, they will not be in the same dormitory anymore.
From now on, we will probably be strangers.
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