Chapter 329: Guarding the Shed in the Snowstorm
After catching the Steel-Tooth Rabbit so many times, the people in Fucheng are already familiar with it. They are not afraid of the Steel-Tooth Rabbit coming, but they are afraid that the Steel-Tooth Rabbit will not come, leaving them with no meat to eat.
As soon as the steel-toothed rabbits appeared, some people began to catch them in large numbers. If there weren't so many skuas in the sky, those people might have run outside the base to catch steel-toothed rabbits.
Xia Xiaoman was not very interested in steel-toothed rabbits. The meat of steel-toothed rabbits was too fishy. She could not get used to it after eating it many times. Most of the steel-toothed rabbits she caught went into Maodan's stomach.
She was not very interested in steel-toothed rabbits, but she loved eating hairy eggs. She would go to the yard every day to wait for steel-toothed rabbits. After catching all the rabbits in the yard, she would go to the fields to help Zhang Can and his friends catch rabbits.
Today, Xia Xiaoman thought Maodan was going out to catch rabbits again, so she opened the door after breakfast and let it go out. However, Maodan, as usual, curled up beside the kang, yawning lazily.
Xia Xiaoman walked over and scratched its chin. "What's wrong? Are you tired of eating rabbit meat? Don't you want to go out and catch rabbits?"
Maodan stood up, shook off his fur, walked to the door and closed it with his paws, then went back to the kang and continued lying there.
Xia Xiaoman looked at it twice, then walked to the door and looked out. There was nothing unusual outside, except that the wind was a little stronger than yesterday. Thinking of Maodan's behavior just now, Xia Xiaoman kindly went out to remind Zhang Can and the others, "There may be a blizzard. Have you prepared coal?"
Zhang Can and his friends were yawning while eating breakfast, but when they heard this, they stopped yawning. One of them stayed to look after the greenhouse, while the other ran to tell Li Yu'e the news.
The boss had instructed that no one could question what Xia Xiaoman said. If Xia Xiaoman reminded them of anything, even if it was a very small matter, they had to report it immediately.
A few days ago, it was because Xia Xiaoman reminded them of the steel-toothed rabbits that they were able to prepare in advance to prevent them from eating cotton crops. This time, Xia Xiaoman reminded them of the snowstorm, and Zhang Can told Li Yu'e the news without stopping.
Upon receiving the news, Li Yu'e immediately ordered the people below to get ready and guard the greenhouses they were responsible for.
Near noon, the wind suddenly became stronger. Xia Xiaoman was warming herself by the fire at home. Outside, there were gusts of howling wind and the temperature was dropping rapidly.
On the other side, Zhang Can and Zhu Xingliang, who were hiding in the greenhouse, felt the temperature drop and immediately increased the fire to boil water so that the water in the hot water pipe could maintain the temperature. At the same time, they also lit several braziers and placed them around the greenhouse.
The fill light hanging on the ceiling of the greenhouse was shaking and looked like it would fall down at any time, but Zhang Can and his colleagues had no intention of caring about it.
After the fires in the stove and the brazier were burning, the two men went to check the steel pipes and wooden stakes in various parts of the greenhouse. If they found any looseness or signs of floating, they would use a hammer to smash the loose steel pipes and wooden stakes into the ground to fix the greenhouse.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, the greenhouse was blown with a bang, and the support was shaking slightly, making a creaking sound.
If the greenhouse collapses, Zhang Can and his team will most likely die, but they dare not leave the greenhouse, because what is planted inside is their hope for survival in the future. If the greenhouse is gone, their hope will also be gone.
The strong wind blew and the heavy snow followed. Zhang Can and Zhu Xingliang saw that a lot of white snow was pressed on the roof of the greenhouse, so they took a stick and gently pushed the roof to let the snow slide from the roof to the ground.
The snowstorm lasted for three days and three nights. During these three days and three nights, Zhang Can and Zhu Xingliang dared not close their eyes at all and kept an eye on the situation in the greenhouse all the time.
When Xia Xiaoman went out to shovel snow, she saw that both of them had black eye sockets and their eyes were red and bloodshot, and she thought they were sick.
Zhang Can yawned and said, "Sister Xia, let's shovel the snow outside! Xiao Zhu and I will shovel the snow next to the greenhouse so that we can use water conveniently."
Xia Xiaoman shook her head and refused, "No, it's just a small amount of snow, I can shovel it all in the morning, you and Xiao Zhu should go back and rest!"
Seeing Zhang Can and Zhu Xingliang's faces turn blue and their eyes turn red, she was afraid that they would die suddenly from overwork.
Although Xia Xiaoman refused, Zhang Can and Zhu Xingliang still stayed and helped Xia Xiaoman shovel the snow in the yard and at the door. After the snow was cleared, the two went back to the greenhouse and fell asleep.
On the other side, Xia Xiaoman returned home, took out the old ginger from the space, chopped it up, threw it into the pot and cooked it into brown sugar ginger water.
After drinking a big bowl of ginger soup, Xia Xiaoman wrapped herself tightly in the quilt and lay on the kang to sweat. She had just come back from shoveling snow and felt a little uncomfortable. She touched her forehead and felt a little hot.
The temperature dropped suddenly, and if you don't pay attention, you will catch a cold and have a fever. Xia Xiaoman didn't pay much attention to it. She drank ginger soup and fell asleep on the kang.
When she woke up again, Xia Xiaoman felt sore muscles all over her body and a stuffy nose. She sighed and muttered, "I wanted to save some cold medicine, but it seems that I can't save it."
Xia Xiaoman took out the multi-grain rice that he hadn't finished last time from the space, ate a few bites, took some cold medicine, and then half-leaned on the kang to take a rest.
After resting for a while, Xia Xiaoman felt more and more uncomfortable. Suddenly, she felt nauseous and leaned on the edge of the bed to vomit out all the mixed grain rice and medicine she had just eaten.
Maodan saw that Xia Xiaoman was in a bad condition, so he stood beside the kang and looked at her helplessly. He even stretched out his claws to grab Xia Xiaoman's shoulders, as if to comfort her.
Xia Xiaoman frowned as she covered her uncomfortable stomach. This time the illness was more serious than she had imagined, and it would be difficult to recover if she took medicine indiscriminately.
After thinking about it, she put on her clothes and planned to go to Hu Ying's clinic to see Hu Ying's eldest disciple.
When she went out, Maodan refused to stay at home and insisted on following her. Xia Xiaoman had no choice but to take him with her.
There were skuas circling in the sky. Xia Xiaoman knew that he was no match for them, so he did not dare to turn on the lights. He could only grope his way towards Hu Ying Clinic in the dark.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, she finally arrived at Hu Ying Clinic. Perhaps because the temperature dropped so sharply, many people were sick and came to the clinic for treatment. She waited in line for two hours before it was her turn.
The doctor who took her pulse was wearing a mask and disposable gloves. Xia Xiaoman felt something was wrong when she saw this scene. Before she could think about it, the other party asked her to stretch out her hand for her pulse.
Seeing the other party's frown, Xia Xiaoman asked, "Doctor, is my illness serious?"
The doctor withdrew his hand from feeling the patient's pulse, sighed and said, "You have bird flu. We don't have any medicine to treat bird flu here."
"The medicine written here is the name of a drug that can cure avian influenza. Take note of it and find a way to get it yourself!" As he said this, he pointed to the medicine list pasted on the wall next to him.
When Xia Xiaoman heard about bird flu, she felt dizzy. "Are you mistaken? How could I have bird flu?"
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