Chapter 362 Harvesting Cotton
What Li Yu'e said was half true and half false. Many people in Yunhai City already knew the news about the space people.
This news was not revealed by the Yunhai City official, but by the Americans themselves.
The Americans stayed in Yunhai City for a while to find out the whereabouts of the spacers, and they revealed some information about the spacers. The news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and more and more people knew about it.
The security captain obviously knew about this matter, and seeing that Li Yu'e was calm and did not seem to be lying, he did not ask any more questions.
"I will check what you said." He took out a points card reader from his bag. "Since you helped catch the suspect Huang Hai, the government will reward you with 500 points. Take out the card and I will transfer the points to you now."
Li Yu'e raised her eyebrows. "There are rewards, that's great. Then can the ban that said we can't leave casually be lifted?"
The security captain nodded and said, "Well, from today on, you can move around freely. But I hope you won't reveal a single word about the space."
Originally, the superiors wanted Li Yu'e and others to sign a confidentiality agreement, not allowing them to disclose information about the space.
But considering that Yunhai City, including some cities in the north, already knew about the spaceman, and when Li Yu'e and the others were chasing Huang Hai, Huang Hai used space energy in the residential area, and many residents saw the huge rocks appearing out of thin air.
Therefore, even if this confidentiality agreement is signed, it is meaningless. It can only be a verbal warning. The matter of the space people can be delayed as long as possible.
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After seeing off the security team, Li Yu'e and others kept a low profile for half a month. After the storm had passed, they took people to move the supplies that Xiao Zheyu had hidden back to the Lingxu Gang.
As Huang Hai himself said, he got the space too late, only two months before the earthquake, so there were not many good things in his space. The only things that made Li Yu'e excited were some medicines and condiments.
God knows how painful it is to eat boiled food with salt water for three meals a day. Since the earthquake, she has been eating boiled food with salt water almost every day. Occasionally, when she feels hungry, she only dares to add a little bit of hot pot base to satisfy her craving.
Now she suddenly has more than a dozen boxes of chili sauce, chuhou sauce, bean paste, chili powder, pepper salt powder... Li Yu'e was so excited that tears were about to come out of the corners of her mouth.
Li Yu'e gave one-fifth of these supplies to Xia Xiaoman. After distributing the supplies, the few of them stayed at home to avoid being targeted and causing trouble.
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After two months of low-key life, the cotton that Li Yu'e had spent a lot of effort to grow was finally ready to be harvested.
After harvesting and cleaning the cotton, Li Yu'e immediately sold it to a trading point, fearing that the cotton would be targeted by thieves if left at home.
Xia Xiaoman looked at the greenhouse with the lights still on and walked in curiously, "Zhang Can, isn't the cotton harvested? Why aren't you going back yet?"
Zhang Can looked up at her and said, "It's not all harvested yet. We can harvest another crop in two days, and then we can harvest the last crop in about seven days. Only after the last crop is harvested, the cotton in this field can be considered harvested completely."
"Cotton needs to be harvested three times. I thought it could be harvested all in one go." Cotton is not grown in the small mountain village where Xia Xiaoman grew up, so he didn't know that cotton needs to be picked three times by hand.
"Will you continue farming after the cotton is harvested?"
Zhang Can shook his head, "I'm not sure. The boss said it depends on the weather. If there is no snowstorm, we will continue to plant cotton. If the weather is unstable, we will not plant it." Now that they have accumulated enough points, it doesn't matter if they don't continue to plant cotton.
As he was talking, there was a hurried knock on the door. "Is anyone home? Zhang Can, Sister Xiaoman, open the door!"
Xiao Zheyu's voice came from outside, Xia Xiaoman walked over and opened the door, "What's wrong? Are you running so fast?"
Xiao Zheyu took two breaths and said, "The authorities have announced that there will be a cold wave in three days, just like the extreme cold snap two years ago. The temperature may drop to minus 70 or 80 degrees Celsius, or even minus 90 degrees Celsius."
"The higher-ups asked us to pack our things. We will be arranged to go to the underground city to avoid the cold tomorrow."
"Zhang Can, go pick all the cotton now, no matter if it's blooming or not, pick them all and take them to the underground city to clean up slowly."
Zhang Can responded, turned around and ran to the shed to pick all the remaining cotton.
"Sister Xiaoman, please pack up the supplies you are going to take to the dungeon as soon as possible. Sister Yu'e has already discussed with the official people, and you will move to the dungeon with us the day after tomorrow." Xiao Zheyu looked at Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "Are the authorities going to let us temporarily live in the underground city for refuge, or will they let us enter the underground city directly?"
"Let us take shelter for now. We will arrange for us to return after the cold wave passes. So you don't need to bring too many supplies. I estimate that we may have to stay in the underground city for about 7-15 days. If the cold wave passes quickly, we may be able to return within seven days."
"Bring half a month's worth of food and daily necessities with you. Pack up the rest of the supplies at home and weigh them down with heavy objects. If a cold wave blows away the roof, at least the supplies won't be blown away."
Xia Xiaoman asked again: "What is the order of evacuation to the dungeon? Can we enter the dungeon tomorrow?" Entering the dungeon earlier allows us to make preparations early.
Xiao Zheyu said: "The order of evacuation is arranged according to residential address. Those living in the outer areas will leave first. Normally, we can leave tomorrow, but the cotton in the greenhouse has not been harvested yet. Sister Yu'e has already led people to harvest cotton. They are working day and night. The earliest we can evacuate is the day after tomorrow."
Fearing that Xia Xiaoman would be angry, Xiao Zheyu added: "Sister Yu'e said that if you want to leave first, you don't have to worry about us."
Li Yu'e was just thinking about Xia Xiaoman, who was alone with such a conspicuous little kid, and was afraid that she would be besieged and bullied if she went to the dungeon alone, so she included her.
Xia Xiaoman also considered this. Temperatures of minus eighty or ninety degrees Celsius were not something a mortal like her could endure, so she had to go to the underground city to avoid the cold.
There are so many people entering the dungeon, and she is no match for them. It is indeed not safe to go to the dungeon alone with Maodan.
Xia Xiaoman said, "I understand. I will go to the underground city with you the day after tomorrow. You go and do your things first. I have to go back and pack my supplies."
Xiao Zheyu nodded and said, "Then I'll go back first. If you need any help, just come find me in the gang." After saying that, he turned and left.
Xiao Zheyu is really busy now, busy packing supplies, busy picking cotton, and also thinking about how to transport so many supplies to the underground city. There is no time to waste here, you must race against time and make all preparations before evacuating.
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