After Zheng Gang left, Mother Lin was hesitant to speak.
Lin Mantiao was fiddling with the radio. This broken radio could now receive one channel, which was the national central broadcast, and was repeatedly broadcasting news about the north helping the south with its poverty alleviation efforts.
After listening to it a few times, Lin Man had a clear idea of what was going on. He turned off the radio and asked his mother, "Mom, what do you think about this?"
Mother Lin sighed. "I'm conflicted too. I wanted you to go out and find a way to survive, but now I'm worried it's too dangerous out there."
Although they can live in peace in the mountains now, cooking their own meals every day and eating much better than others, they cannot live like this forever. As a mother, she does not want to see her daughter stay here for the rest of her life, especially after she has such a good opportunity and has superpowers.
My daughter's best years should not be wasted here.
But the outside world is full of unknowns.
Lin Man smiled and leaned over: "Don't worry, Mom, I will be careful."
After hearing this, Mother Lin had no idea what was going on. Her daughter really wanted to take this trip.
Lin Man really wanted to make this trip, but her starting point was not to get salt for those three or four hundred people, nor did she think about whether she would have to go so far in the future. She just wanted to see the outside world.
Another thing is that the power in the battery was running low after she started the engine a few times. The base had been completely unable to generate electricity after the last solar panel was scrapped a few years ago. Now she had to either steal electricity from somewhere with electricity or get a solar panel to generate electricity herself.
Although there is little hope for both, she also wants to give it a try, otherwise the induction cooker she likes very much will be useless.
In the past, she didn't have the ability and was worried about her mother, but now it's different. She has superpowers, uh, she has spiritual energy, and all aspects of her physical fitness are better than before. Just taking strength as an example, her strength used to be only that of two adult men, but now it is as much as three.
Besides, she has no food problems.
The most important thing is that if we go out under the banner of getting salt for everyone, my mother will definitely be well taken care of.
Now that he had the ability and no worries, Lin Man could find no reason not to take the opportunity to go out and see the world and gain some experience.
Mother Lin patted her hands and said, "Now that you've made up your mind, go ahead. But you must be well prepared and come back safely, okay?"
"Yes!" Lin Man nodded heavily, "Mom, tell me how to get to our house. I want to go back and take a look."
Mother Lin was silent for a moment: "It's too far away." She had moved to many places in the past, and although she finally ended up in the same province, the mountains where she finally settled were separated from her former home by several cities.
"Just tell me, I may not go there this time, but now that I know the direction, I will go in that direction and get familiar with the route. Then I will have a chance to go back in the future." Lin Man used her coquettish method. Her daughter had hardly ever pestered her like this since she was a child. Mother Lin was completely unable to withstand it, so she drew a rough map and wrote down the detailed address for her.
Lin Man carefully looked at the thin piece of wood with the map and address on it, and then put it into the space.
Then she started packing her things.
In fact, there was nothing to clean up. There was nothing needed at home, and there were more things in the space, so she took things out of the space.
She left the valley again overnight and planted the new crops that had grown bigger in the space all over the mountain.
On the fifth day after the rain, all the seeds she had planted blindly in the space germinated and grew successfully and took shape.
The beans have formed pods, the peanut seedlings are growing lushly, and the most pleasing thing is that there are many vegetable seeds among those seeds. The five large cabbages have grown to half size, and the young cabbages can be picked. They are green and pleasing to the eye.
There were also leeks, spinach, lettuce, carrots, and cauliflower, which were easy to identify. There were also some that were clearly fruit-bearing plants, growing on their own stems. Before they bore fruit, Lin Man couldn't identify them. There were also some vines that grew and crawled on the ground, which Lin Man couldn't identify either, and he didn't know whether he should build a rack for them.
There were also some that looked like saplings, but except for the few that were definitely apple saplings, she couldn't recognize any of the others.
Another part looked like flowers and plants to Lin Man, not edible.
In short, the space is now full of various plants. Lin Man didn't care whether he recognized them or not, and he took some out and planted them in places that people could hardly find, or he directly planted them over mountains and ridges in places where few people go.
Regardless of whether they can be discovered in the end, just think of it as spreading more fire. These things that have grown in space will definitely continue to grow outside. Maybe in a few years, this mountain will be bustling.
Lin Man also left some food for Lin's mother, but she didn't dare to leave too much. However, she left quite a lot of calcium tablets, cod liver oil, and vitamin tablets, which she hid secretly. These were all bought on credit from Guan Guan, and she overdrew her daily quota for many days in advance.
Guan Guan seemed a little unhappy, which was understandable. His share was already used up, so how could Lin Man exchange it for food he had made himself? But he was unwilling to give it away for free.
The little chick was in a dilemma and was sulking with itself. Looking at the space full of vegetables and the fruits that would come in the future, its excitement to show off its skills and make a feast faded.
Lin Man petted its fur, but he still had to pay on credit.
Finally, she was still worried about Mother Lin, so she asked Guan Guan: "After I leave, will I still be able to contact my mother?"
Guan Guan glanced at her and asked, "Do you think I'm a phone or a communication talisman?"
Is this not possible?
Lin was full of regret.
"But I do know a way to use spiritual energy to leave a mark, so you can sense when the other party is in danger." Guan Guan said again.
Lin Man's eyes lit up: "There is such a method? Can you teach me?"
Guan Guan Hei Dou's eyes seemed to glint with a hint of evil amusement: "Yes, but the process of learning and practicing requires a lot of spiritual energy. Do you have it?"
Lin Man was silent; she didn't.
“Guard…”
"It's useless to say anything. Even if I don't absorb the spiritual energy, you will absorb it all. The spiritual energy produced by the plants in this space in a day is not enough to draw the mark."
Okay, Lin Man accepted the cruel reality.
It seems that we still need to plant more crops. Trees produce more spiritual energy. It is better to plant trees than to plant vegetables.
In order to ensure the safety of Mother Lin, Lin Man brought a few people to the valley on the pretext that there were many things going on in the valley. These people were all strong, powerful, and kind women, most of them were older and single.
There was a woman in her thirties with a child named Zhou Fen. Zheng Gang said she was diligent and quick-witted, and had come to the valley specifically to help. As soon as she arrived, she volunteered to take care of Mother Lin's daily needs. She told Lin Man, "Before she passed away, my mother-in-law was given water and a bowl of wild vegetable soup. She smiled as she left. My son also has water to drink every day. I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life."
Lin Man was quite sensitive to people's emotions and could tell that what this person said was true. He was also one of the few people of the same age as Lin's mother. After sitting with Lin's mother for a while, he had a lot to talk about.
Seeing that she was dressed quite neatly, and her five-year-old son was also well-behaved and neatly dressed, Lin Man told her that she could talk to Mother Lin from time to time, and as for daily life, she had Grandma Wu to help her. Lin Man still trusted Grandma Wu more.
Just like that, Lin Man, with some worry and reluctance for her mother, resolutely set out on the road to leave the mountains. As for the two young people that Zheng Gang mentioned, Lin Man said that she didn't need them to go together, she could do it alone.
Those two people relied on their youth and had more energy than the average person, but in fact they were in very poor health and were not suitable to go out at all. It would be troublesome if they got heatstroke or got sick in such a hot day.
Lin Man persuaded them to leave by various means.
Lin Man did not feel lonely at all when she set out on the road alone. Her steps were light and her mood was cheerful. It was the first time she left the base alone. It was like embarking on a new journey. Her heart was full of curiosity and desire to explore the outside world.
It takes three or four hours to walk out of the mountains and reach the dirt road that leads out of the mountains. Then, after walking along this road for several more hours, you can see some villages.
Seventeen years have passed, and the villagers here have either died, left, or entered the peace base. The fields have long been abandoned, and the mud houses have collapsed. A few stubborn weeds still sprout from the fields, caught in the scorching sun, and they will probably wither and die.
Lin Man didn't stop. He held a bottle of water in his hand and took a sip every once in a while.
It was already June, and it was getting hotter and hotter. The sun was scorching her body. Even though she was wearing long-sleeved shirt and long pants that had just been pieced together from various fabrics, and a cloth hat on her head that the old ladies had worked together to make for her, and she was not directly exposed to the sun, she still felt like she was being roasted, and sweat was pouring out of her pores like water.
She finished the kettle of water in less than two hours. She made sure that there was no ghost nearby, so she took the empty kettle and entered the space. There was a big white bucket inside, which was the bucket that Guan Guan had contributed at the beginning, which was nearly half a person's height. The bucket was filled with water that had been filtered several times. There was also a small red bucket next to it, which contained boiled and cooled water with some salt sprinkled on it.
Lin Man filled the kettle with cold boiled water, took a short rest in the space, and then went out on his journey again.
They walked all the way, starting from the mountains at dawn and reaching the town at almost dark. This was when she was walking at a fairly fast pace. If she had brought those two young men with her, she would probably have to sleep on the way tonight.
Of course, things aren't much better in this town.
The quiet, empty streets are littered with garbage and waste, and the houses are dilapidated and collapsed. This town, which has long been deserted, is like a ghost town, and not even a mouse can be seen.
When Lin Man was in his teens, he had followed people from the base to come here several times to search for supplies. Although he generally gained little, he was not very unfamiliar with this place.
But Zheng Gang told her that it was unwise to travel alone through an unfamiliar town or city at night.
Lin Man himself also agrees with this view.
She put away her relaxed mood and became cautious. She found a single-story house with a separate entrance, went in and searched. After making sure that nothing was wrong, she spread a sack in the corner next to the only window and sat down.
If someone stood outside the window, they would not be able to see her from this angle. If someone came in from the door, the dilapidated and rotten wooden door would make a sound, and the broken glass in the yard outside the door would also make a sound when being stepped on.
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