Chapter 198: Polar Night, Ending Silently
“Chiu!”
“Crack!”
After a while, Meng Ci and Shen Que heard two unusual noises one after another.
The two men, wearing night vision goggles, rushed forward to check.
Meng Ci held down the dustpan that was about to be pushed open, while Chen Que ran to grab another bird caught in a trap.
Seeing that no birds had taken the bait in the trap they set, Zhang Mingtian and Huang Zhi waited patiently.
After hearing that Meng Ci and the others had caught the bird, he waited for a while, but still couldn't help himself and walked forward.
They were both very excited to see the two birds caught.
After catching two birds, it will be easier to attract other birds.
But before setting the next trap, the four got in the car and moved to another location.
Prevent other birds from knowing what is happening here and no longer daring to come forward.
After arriving at the location, the trap is set and one of the birds is killed and bled directly to be used as bait to attract birds.
This time, because there was enough blood, the bird was attracted quickly.
After more than two hours, the four people successfully caught eight birds.
Most of the residents who had gone up the mountain before returned in frustration without catching any birds.
When they saw the eight birds in Meng Ci's hands, their eyes turned red with jealousy.
But the other party had a car and there were four strong men, so no one dared to go forward and could only make sour remarks.
Meng Ci and the other three ignored them and drove away.
On the way back, Zhang Mingtian said that he and Huang Zhi only wanted two birds, and the rest would be given to Meng Ci and the others.
Meng Ci naturally refused.
After swiping the card to enter the base, Meng Ci first sent Zhang Mingtian and the others to their residence, and then he threw the four birds directly on the ground and let Shen Que drive away.
Zhang Mingtian and Huang Zhi both sighed. They had wanted to help Meng Ci and the others, but they didn't expect that they would be the ones who benefited in the end.
Huang Zhi and Zhang Mingtian took four birds home, asked Zhang's mother to prepare them, and stewed one for consumption.
When it was Zhang Mingtian's patrol time, he took two birds to the points redemption point. After exchanging the points, he reported to the security team.
Huang Zhi took a garbage bag and went out of the base to pick up trash.
On this side, Meng Ci and Shen Que drove to the points redemption point and took out three birds to exchange for points.
These birds had mutated, making it even more difficult for Meng Ci, who was not familiar with the species of birds, to recognize them.
The weight is considerable though.
Three birds, sixty-five pounds.
One pound of meat can be exchanged for three pounds of food, and one pound of food is worth ten points. These three birds can be exchanged for nearly two hundred points.
After the points were credited to their accounts, Meng Ci and Shen Que went to the item exchange point, exchanged for two liters of water, bought some flour and salt, and then drove home.
The remaining bird in the SUV was thrown to Qiezi by Meng Ci.
Although the authorities said that these birds have been tested and do not carry any viruses, they can be eaten by humans safely.
But considering that the weather in the end times is so extreme and the environment is so harsh, mutated viruses may arise and humans cannot detect them.
Therefore, Meng Ci and Shen Que did not plan to eat.
The eggplant has mutated, and it might become even more powerful if eaten.
From then on, until the end of the polar night, except for necessary things like going out to change water to conceal their presence, Meng Ci and Shen Que continued to live a secluded life.
On February 29th, the polar night ended before people could even react.
At twelve o'clock noon, the sky suddenly became bright.
The people who were picking up garbage outside excitedly threw down the garbage bags in their hands and started crying one by one.
Who knew how difficult their lives were after working in the dark for more than a month.
"Woo, woo, woo, woo, when will this inhuman life end?"
"Damn it, I've had enough of this kind of life. I might as well die."
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Some people's spirits were broken by the torture of darkness.
At this time, he saw that the sky was getting brighter, but he didn't know whether he was mentally confused or under too much pressure, but he actually crashed into a tree or jumped off the building without hesitation, and blood splattered everywhere on the spot.
Meng Ci and Shen Que didn't know about these things because they were working in the space at the moment.
Of course, the work here refers to working in the fields, not in bed.
A batch of wheat, corn, sesame and other grains that were previously planted in the space have gradually matured, and a batch of fruits such as watermelon and strawberry have also been harvested.
So, the two of them took the eggplant into the space and started processing it.
Although outside of space, the planting dates and days to maturity of crops such as corn and wheat are different.
But within the space, there is no need to consider these.
The seeds are planted together, and the wheat that takes more than ninety days to mature outside can be harvested in more than forty days here.
The same goes for other foods.
There is no need to consider weather, temperature and other conditions, nor is there any need to weed or do other things, just water it.
The work that originally required fetching water for watering was also connected to a pipe by Shen Que.
When watering is needed, just throw the tube into the corresponding ground.
Cut the wheat and tie it into bundles, carry the corn down and put it in bags...
Meng Ci's space does not have the tools to handle these, so he can only go to the official exchange.
However, Meng Ci believed that the things grown in space should be more nutritious than those grown outside, so Meng Ci wondered if it was possible to get a batch of tools for processing wheat.
After harvesting the crops, the two took a shower and changed their clothes before leaving the space.
The curtains in the living room were opened a corner, and the two saw the bright light outside, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
"Is the polar night over?" Meng Ci asked.
Although Meng Ci and Shen Que were not short of light in the polar night, that light was still different from sunlight.
Shen Que also found it a little unbelievable that the polar night would end so quickly.
"It's finally over!"
Although the polar night has ended, the temperature is still around 40 degrees and people are still suffering from the heat.
Meng Ci and Shen Que only sighed for a while, and then they continued to do their own things.
Especially Meng Ci.
Now that the polar night is over and the sun is so strong outside, you can take out wheat, corn, rapeseed and other things and dry them out in the sun.
The temperature is high, so these things can be dried on the roof for two days.
Wheat needs to be rubbed and threshed, rapeseed needs to be beaten, and corn needs to be peeled one by one.
In the past, when farming, there was no need to weed or worry about other things, but now it’s time to harvest and we have to get busy.
Meng Ci sighed, but did not stop peeling the corn.
At the same time, I secretly swore in my heart that I would never farm again.
However, after wheat and corn are shelled, they still need flour mills, and rapeseed also needs oil presses.
So on the tenth day after the polar night ended, Meng Ci and Shen Que went out and decided to look for any practical machines.
Although the temperature is now over 40 degrees, it is still within the acceptable range for humans, so everyone has changed to working during the day.
When the two of them went out, they were lucky enough to meet someone who could help them.
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