Chapter 035 Chapter 35
Back on the fifteenth floor, the whole building was empty.
It was so quiet that not a sound could be heard.
When they reached the corridor, Ji Yang let Xixi out to keep him company. Xixi was also a naive little girl. She was stunned for a while, but when she saw her owner, she immediately wagged her tail and rubbed against him happily.
The man and the dog went upstairs in harmony.
Ji Yang didn't act immediately. After all, she was tired after the whole afternoon and needed a good rest.
She had eaten and drunk enough at Xie Muchi's place, and also brought back a lot of snacks, so now she only had to feed Xixi. She had nothing to do, so she watched TV while cooking the meat. If Xixi couldn't finish it, she would continue cooking, let it cool down, and put it in a space for later consumption.
It was almost nine o'clock before the man and the dog went back to their nest to sleep.
After a day's rest, on the third day, Ji Yang started another zero-yuan shopping campaign. Xixi was put in her space, so in order to avoid being seen, she couldn't bring Xixi with her. She didn't use a snowmobile, but just walked around the city with a pair of ice skates. She was a little tired, but she had her space, so when she was tired, she would find a place to set up a tent and rest, which was quite relaxing.
Moreover, she was travelling at night, so she didn't even meet a few living people.
The first destination was the neighborhood that was previously occupied by the Black Dragon Gang. Ji Yang slipped in quietly and unexpectedly discovered that there were still many people in the neighborhood who had not moved out and the lights were bright.
But that doesn't matter.
She entered the building, found the stairwell, and went down to the parking lot on the first underground floor. There was still a little light from above, but when she reached the first underground floor, it was pitch dark.
Ji Yang didn't even take a flashlight, but went straight down into the darkness. After her eyes adjusted to the environment, she could barely make out some vague outlines. She checked the basement to make sure no one lived there before she started shopping for free.
I don’t collect all cars. I only pick some good ones. They are not just luxury cars, but more useful ones.
She couldn't take all these cars away, so she had to install those that better met her needs first. There were many things on the cars that could be used, the most common of which were metals, engines and other things.
Actually, what she wanted most were various heavy trucks, agricultural machinery, medical equipment and the like, but she just thought about it, these things were definitely on the first batch of the official collection of supplies, so she would just pick up some that the official couldn't take away, it would be a waste anyway if they were empty.
After Ji Yang walked around the entire basement for the second time, one-third of the cars in the basement had been reduced, and her static space had more than a hundred more cars.
In order to save space, the cars are stacked up, one on top of the other, which is quite fun to watch.
After finishing the first community, we headed to the second one without stopping.
Ji Yang was busy until after three in the morning. She successfully used up most of the remaining half of the space, with about a quarter of the space left, so she didn't continue.
At this moment, the space was filled with more than a thousand cars, which made people feel so satisfied!
These are all in good condition at the moment, and when the heat has passed, you can use them directly, or disassemble them into parts and exchange them for points, killing two birds with one stone!
As for the car keys, it’s okay. I already have a car, so there’s always someone who can make a key for me.
Ji Yang was not worried about this at all.
Among these cars, there were a few big surprises that she kept separately. They were doomsday tank-level RVs that belonged to some unknown rich man. Just looking at their appearance, they looked tall, ferocious, and full of a sense of security. It was probably specially modified, and there were traces of an axe on it, but no one had succeeded in opening it.
It’s just that he consumes too much oil, but Ji Yang has no shortage of oil, so he’s not afraid!
I just kept it for my own use.
The key is that when they were sent to the space, Ji Yang discovered that there were actually quite a few supplies in it, including red wine, steak, caviar, and some other stockpiles, all of which were top-grade. They were placed in the refrigerator, but the oil had run out long ago. Fortunately, with the arrival of the extreme cold, these things did not go bad.
There were also several luxury cars worth millions or even tens of millions that were very suitable for the end of the world, and she kept them all.
The journey back was also very smooth.
The temperature was even lower at night, and no one would come out easily. Ji Yang was sliding alone on the ice and snow. The sky in front of him was as vast as ever, and there were even stars that were hard to see in the city. It was quite beautiful.
It's like she's the only one left in this world.
But when she returned to Jiafu Community, this feeling disappeared.
After living here for more than a year, she still felt a sense of belonging here. Looking around, she could still see sporadic lights appearing in front of a window in Jiafu Community.
Just before going home, Ji Yang went to visit her own basement again. This was indeed a high-end residential area, with RVs and off-road vehicles, but it was still far behind what she had found.
After getting the car, Ji Yang set off again the next night.
This time it was a commercial office building. Although mobile phones and computers were almost useless at present, she had a hunch that the natural disaster would not last for hundreds of years. As long as she insisted on living, she would be able to see the disaster pass in her lifetime and the world return to its original state.
At that time, these things were also very useful.
I just don't know how many years these will be sealed in her space.
Commercial buildings are different from various basements. They have been visited by survivors many times and are very messy. There are bloodstains everywhere, and occasionally there are corpses in the corners that have not been discovered.
Tables, chairs, benches, etc. are basically gone.
There weren't actually that many computers on the desk, but fortunately Ji Yang was lucky enough to find some in stock.
After finishing the search for the first location, she immediately passed up the remaining locations. This way of searching was too slow, so she re-drew three points on the Changnan City map that she had specially obtained.
These are where the warehouses of large computer malls are located. If you still can’t find enough mobile phones and computers in these places, then forget it.
After resting for a while, Ji Yang set out again.
This time everything went smoothly. At the second point, we found a warehouse that stored mobile phones and computers. Although it had been turned upside down, the remaining stock looked very intact. The plastic seals of all the packaging had not been torn off. They were all mobile phones of major brands.
She didn't hesitate and took them all.
The third warehouse has fewer things, but still quite a lot.
After collection, the remaining space capacity remains basically unchanged.
Compared to a car, computers and other things are much smaller in size, so even though she was busy all night, she didn't use much of the remaining space, and most importantly, these things could still be placed in the car!
Ji Yang admires himself for this storage ability.
In the next two days, she continued to stay indoors at night and scoured the city for anything that might be useful in the future, even printers, paper, ink, and door locks.
After being busy for a week, she finally stopped and took a break.
It just so happens that the potatoes and sweet potatoes planted in the space before are ready to be harvested.
Although she can use her mental energy, she will still be tired after being busy for a long time. Therefore, she takes out an hour and a half every morning and afternoon to harvest, plus two to three hours of training every day, eating and drinking, which fills up her time.
Mainly because there are so many different kinds of things to plant!
Almost every day is a harvest day.
——
The space is 10,000 square meters, of which 5,300 square meters are for medicinal materials. Because the types and time of planting are different, the harvest is about half a month and the crops need to be processed. Ji Yang has been reducing the planting area of medicinal materials, and the extra space is used to sow grass seeds, and then put shelves on it to store various processed medicinal materials.
Next came the rough-tasting staple foods such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, which totaled 1,350 square meters, and rice, which accounted for 500 square meters. It was only when she was tidying up the space later that she discovered that what she had scattered were rice seeds.
I was worried at one point that I couldn't keep the rice alive, but it turned out that the space was a bit powerful. Even in the land without a drop of water, the rice was still growing vigorously. Now the branches are full of rice ears, and the tips have turned yellow.
It is estimated that we will be able to harvest in half a month or twenty days.
Then there is a 500-square-meter grassland, which is specially used for mowing grass to feed cattle, sheep and rabbits. It can be mowed basically every half a month. The grass grows very well and is very fresh and tender, making it very popular. Every time she puts fresh grass into the breeding area, everyone comes to it.
Then there is the expanded breeding area, which is 550 square meters. At present, it seems that the breeding speed of chickens, ducks, geese, quails and fowl is a bit fast. The main reason is that she occasionally forgets to pick up eggs. If she leaves a little bit, these little guys can hatch into a whole group. Next, she can consider expanding it a little.
Pigs, cows, and sheep are all fine, they all gave birth successfully, and the population has expanded a lot, but the speed of viviparous birth is far slower than that of egg-laying, so there is still plenty of living space, but it will have to be expanded by the second half of next year at the latest.
The 200 square meters of space for the rabbits reflects Ji Yang's awe for their reproductive ability, and the rabbits have lived up to her trust. Now, less than half a year after getting them, the five rabbits have grown into more than 50. Of the three newly born rabbits, two female rabbits have now given birth to a full round of rabbits.
But most of them are still little rabbits and half-grown rabbits.
But... Ji Yang is very skeptical. Once these rabbits grow up and reproduce again, there will probably be hundreds of them.
These rabbits are so fertile!
Five, six, seven or eight rabbits at a time. Her joy when she saw the two female rabbits giving birth to so many rabbits for the first time after their affluence had turned into worry now. The more rabbits there are, the more they can eat. She should control it.
Finally, there are 850 square meters of various vegetables. Some vegetables mature once a month, and some take two or three months. However, relatively speaking, they are the easiest to harvest. You can just pinch them off or pull them up by the roots. If you have nothing to do, you can pull off some of the outermost leaves and throw them into the rabbit hive.
The area with the slowest growth is the 630-square-meter fruit area.
The strawberries are fine, but the fruit trees are basically still. They have grown taller but have not bloomed or produced any fruit. They are still trying hard to absorb nutrients and grow.
With so much, Ji Yang would be busy for hours every time. If it weren't for the fact that she didn't need to do anything physically in this space and her mental strength could be used in many ways, she would not be able to bear it at all.
But the harvest was also rich.
The potato and sweet potato planting area of more than 1,000 square meters harvested a total of more than 11,000 kilograms. Ji Yang was too lazy to put them in sacks, so he just stacked them up in a static space, took out a part of them as seeds, and continued to plant the next batch.
Of course, this is a long task, and Ji Yang is still working on the planting step.
At this time, she sighed.
Sometimes it feels helpless to farm alone.
Looking around, she saw the soil full of things waiting for her to work, which made her feel tired. Fortunately, she had Xixi. When she was bored, she would put Xixi in the hole. Dogs are born to dig holes. One would dig and the other would dig. After they were done, they would scoop up some soil and spread it down, and then she would not have to worry about it anymore.
Just letting the dog help, the consequence is that you still have to wash the dog.
Ji Yang tried it twice and gave up. Washing the dog was more tiring than farming. If she didn't wash it, she really couldn't tolerate the scene of a dog covered in mud jumping on her.
In the end, I had to bear it all by myself.
On the day she finished her work, Ji Yang received a message from Xie Muchi, saying that he would send her jade the next morning. In addition, they had collected another batch during this period, a total of three sacks, and asked her where to send them.
Ji Yang perked up a little and asked them to take him directly to Jiafu Community.
In fact, she didn't take much jade away from the transit station. At most, there were four sacks. Together with the two sacks she and Yan Cheng had exchanged before, there were only six sacks in total.
She had already taken four sacks in two batches, and had two left.
That is to say, Xie Muchi and his friends collected a sack of jade.
Most of what they collected was to be made into jewelry, and they had higher requirements for quality. This sack was estimated to be worth several times more than others.
Who would complain that space isn’t evolved enough?
I wish the more the better.
But she has to think about what to exchange. She has already exchanged a lot of fruits before, and she has to keep the rest for herself. After all, the rest of her life depends on these. As for those she planted herself, strawberries are about to be harvested, but others such as bananas and durian are still in the early stages. What if they don't come out?
As the temperature rises, although floods will cause many bad consequences, one good thing is that food can be grown during this period. In the previous life, the base harvested a batch of food during this period, which greatly alleviated the food gap in the early stage of the extreme heat.
Of course, with so many people, there wasn’t enough food.
But it also shows that the value of food is not that high at present.
Ji Yang quickly thought of it. She might as well exchange it with medicinal herbs. She had so many Chinese medicinal herbs anyway, so she wouldn't feel bad about it!
She would be happier if she could exchange them directly with fresh herbs that had just been unearthed, but unfortunately she didn't dare to take the risk.
That night, Ji Yang packed up the medicinal herbs for exchange, which were basically the varieties that were currently being grown vigorously at the base. These would also be the main medicinal herbs for various epidemics in the future.
Considering that these are still in the hidden period, there is a fear of causing panic, and also fear that the rich will hoard goods and ordinary people will get nothing. So, information about the epidemic will not be released until the right time.
Therefore, she only took out two sacks, which contained common but medium-value medicinal herbs.
——
The next day was Ji Yang's day off.
After getting up, I added firewood to the fireplace to keep the house warm, and then started to have breakfast.
We had tofu vermicelli buns. The filling was spicy and very appetizing. We had a cup of hot soy milk and our breakfast was over.
During the waiting time, Ji Yang was not really idle, and started to do his daily task - picking eggs.
I picked up a whole basket of chicken eggs alone, and the remaining quail eggs and hen eggs together accounted for more than half a basket. There were fewer duck eggs and goose eggs, but they were bigger, so together they could fill a whole basket.
Thinking of the big bag of snacks that Xie Muchi forced on her when she came back last time, Ji Yang thought for two seconds, simply washed the basket of eggs in the space to remove the dirt on them, and sent them directly to the freezer.
Then he lay down on the sofa and waved.
The cute puppy immediately jumped up: "Woof!"
Ji Yang pets the dog and watches TV using the projector. Life is perfect!
It was not until a little after ten o'clock in the morning that the sound of a car was heard from the balcony with a crack. Xixi was immediately attracted over there. Ji Yang also went to take a look and saw a familiar off-road vehicle appear downstairs, followed by an ordinary van, which drove towards them and finally stopped at Building 9.
Xie Muzhi's voice also rang out over the intercom: "I'm here, no need to come down, I'll have someone carry the things up directly."
Ji Yang was not polite and responded, "Okay."
But he was not really idle. He took out a kettle filled with ginger and brown sugar water. When he almost heard the sound, Ji Yang asked Xixi to go back to the room first. When he opened the door, he saw three middle-aged men who looked familiar, each carrying a bag of jade.
Xie Muchi was walking in front, also carrying a large package in his hand. No one knew what was in it, but it looked quite heavy.
Seeing Ji Yang, he immediately quickened his pace. His face was not exposed because of the goggles and scarf, but one could still see the joy overflowing from his body: "It's cold outside, you go in first, I'll take care of it."
Ji Yang was exhausted these past two days and was feeling lazy. Seeing this, he retreated directly and said softly, "Put the things in the living room, I will deal with them myself later."
"Okay." Xie Muchi nodded, went in first, took off his goggles, and called the three people behind him to come in to put their things. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Ji Yang holding tea.
He raised his eyebrows: "Thank you."
Then he took it and took a sip.
It was a little hot, but tasted good, sweet and gingery.
Ji Yang: ...
She was amused for a moment, but then stunned. She prepared this for the three people who helped move things, and she never thought of giving it specifically to Xie Muchi. Was she influenced by his attitude and subconsciously considered him one of her own?
Ji Yang swallowed his complaints and went to get another cup. Just then, three helpers unloaded the jade sacks and were stretching their shoulders. "Trouble you guys to carry it up here. Have some tea."
"Thank you, thank you." The three of them were a little flattered. They were paid for this trip, but they didn't expect to get such thick ginger and brown sugar water.
As early as the beginning of the extreme cold, ginger is a good thing, and brown sugar is even better.
Most people can’t afford it.
Instead, Xie Muchi looked at the cup in his hand, and then at the three people's cups. They were exactly the same. His eyes dimmed slightly, and his red lips, which had been touched by the hot water, were tightly pursed.
Ji Yang didn't expect that this man took the cup himself and was upset about being treated the same as the other three. He invited them to sit for a while to warm up, but the three refused. After they finished their work here, they had to go back to work. If they worked harder, they could save more food for their family. They didn't know when these miserable days would end.
Ji Yang didn't force them. He glanced at Xie Muchi, who was staring at the cup, wondering what he was thinking, and sent the three of them away first.
She closed the door again to block out the biting cold wind blowing in from outside. The door was a bit heavy and the noise of it closing was a bit loud. Xixi immediately ran out of the room happily, but she found a stranger in the house as soon as she ran out.
It was so frightened that its fur stood up and it barked fiercely, "Woof woof woof!"
Ji Yang quickly stopped him: "Xixi!"
Xixi, who was about to rush forward, stopped and looked hesitantly at the stranger, then at his master.
Xie Muzhi also came back to his senses and looked at the fierce dog. He had seen it many times, but he never had time to communicate with it. He never thought that the dog would think it was a bad guy. He quickly took out a piece of jerky from the bag at his feet: "Xixi, come here, this is a gift for you."
A piece of yam jerky, estimated to be about half a pound.
But Xixi was not tempted at all. As a dog that ate meat every day, it still stared at the guy who suddenly appeared in its owner's territory.
Ji Yang rubbed its head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Xixi, this is a friend, don't be afraid, haven't you seen him before?"
Xixi: “Ouch?”
It kind of comes to mind?
Maybe this is at home. If it was outside and not its own territory, Xixi would not have such a big reaction. It behaved very friendly when going to the exchange point or something like that.
Ji Yang took the dried meat and brought it to Xixi's mouth: "It's for you."
Xixi tilted her head and looked between the two of them again and again, and finally, as if to confirm something, she walked over slowly. Xie Muchi did not move either. He watched the interaction between the master and pet the whole time until Xixi approached him. He then looked away and met Xixi's scrutiny. After thinking for a moment, he squatted down slightly to show friendliness.
The man and the dog looked at each other.
——
As we all know, in the dog world, eye contact means provocation.
If this person is the master, they will look away and avoid to show submission.
But this is not the master.
Any dog that is a little braver will just do it!
A few seconds later, Xixi suddenly bared her teeth and pounced forward.
If you dare to provoke the dog, you must let him know who is the second in command in this family!
"!" Ji Yang was stunned and was about to stop it.
Xie Muchi gave her a look, then quickly stood up to avoid the attack. The next second, when Xixi pounced on them again, the two of them quickly grabbed the dog's paws and with a force, the dog was thrown away.
"Woof!" Xixi became even angrier, roared, and pounced over with bared teeth.
Only this time, Xie Muchi, who had quickly become familiar with its attack patterns, raised his foot to block its saw teeth. Seeing it bite through his clothes, revealing the stuffing inside, his eyelids jumped and he quickly reached out to grab the back of its neck.
Xixi immediately turned her head and tried to bite his hand, but Xie Muchi took the opportunity to pin her to the ground.
"Woof!!!" Xixi struggled desperately.
Ji Yang frowned, but when he saw that Xie Muzhi didn't do anything ruthless, but just used his body to suppress Xixi so that it couldn't move, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt sorry for his own dog, so he hurried over: "Alright, alright, it lost."
Xie Muzhi let go and was about to stand up.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xixi immediately somersaulted and turned her head to bite Xie Muchi's hand. With that ferocious force, she was definitely able to bite off a piece of meat.
Xie Muzhi: ...
He never thought that he could raise a dog's hatred value to this level, so he could only accept his fate and continue to suppress the dog.
Xixi: “Ouch!”
Ji Yang: ...
She rubbed the dog's head in annoyance: "That's enough, you still want to fight when you can't win?! Isn't this just asking for trouble?! Didn't I teach you to run away if you can't win?!"
Xixi seemed to understand.
At first, he raised his head in dissatisfaction and wanted to fight back.
But his head and neck were held down by a big hand, so he couldn't lift his head up. After realizing that he had no chance of defeating this man, the dog howled sadly and lost his strength.
Xie Muchi noticed this and immediately let go.
This time, Xixi finally did not fight back. Instead, after being released, she threw herself directly into Ji Yang's arms, sobbing sadly.
Ji Yang quickly coaxed the dog: "Okay, okay, it's okay to lose, it will increase your combat experience."
Xixi: Ouch!
The owner didn’t understand, so it became the third one!
Ji Yang didn't understand, but she still favored her own child, so she couldn't help but look at Xie Muchi. Why was this guy fighting so seriously with a dog?
Xie Muzhi:?
He looked at his bitten pants, then looked at the dog, and felt a chill in his heart.
Fortunately, Ji Yang didn't really forget about him. He coaxed Xixi and watched it holding the beef jerky and chewing it. It seemed to have regained its liveliness, and its tail was still wagging. Xixi's mind was full of thoughts: Hey, it seems it hasn't lost yet, the two-legged beast let it eat the meat first!
So their tails all wagged happily.
Ji Yang stood up upon seeing this. This movement revealed Xie Muchi's long legs stretched out as he sat on the single sofa. The pants on one of his legs were torn, which was quite eye-catching.
She coughed lightly and said, "Sorry, I happen to have another set of clothes at home. Can I give them to you to change into?"
Xie Muzhi had stretched it out on purpose, but when he heard this, his eyebrows jumped: "Men's?"
Ji Yang: "How about a women's model? It's brand new, and the tag is still there when I receive it."
Then he went to the room and came out again with a whole set in his hand: "Try it on and see if it fits?"
Xie Muchi observed her expression suspiciously, and seeing that there was nothing unusual about her, he thought it was probably not something bought for her ex-boyfriend, so he took it and changed out of his own set.
This suit was white and blue, and seemed to be the same color as the one Ji Yang wore before. He felt happier, but the indoor temperature was not low, so he didn't actually need winter clothes. But he still wore it, but the clothes were not zipped up, but left open.
He put the changed suit in a bag to avoid wasting it and could be used again after mending it.
Ji Yang thought to himself: That’s quite economical.
At this point, Xie Muchi also remembered the purpose, and took out a rabbit, a large bag of skewers, and the tools needed for barbecue from his bag: "I ate your rabbit last time, it tasted good. I just happened to get a rabbit and some mutton. Let's have barbecue for lunch? I'm also very good at barbecue."
Ji Yang was shocked. He actually came to cook for her? !
Could she refuse?
Of course not.
Since Xie Muchi has come, I must seize the opportunity to eat more delicious food. I nodded decisively: "Okay!"
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Eating barbecue is a happy thing.
Especially since there is a ready-made cook there.
Ji Yang immediately went to prepare and chose the balcony as the location for the barbecue.
There happened to be two charcoal braziers in the room, which were moved to the balcony. The charcoal braziers were filled with charcoal and produced no smoke. There was an iron rack on top, and Xie Muchi placed the skewers on it, while he placed the rabbit on the other charcoal brazier.
After that, he brushed oil on each skewer and the rabbit. Under the scorching temperature, the skin instantly began to change color. Xie Muchi flipped the rabbits over while worrying that they would be burnt and that other parts were not cooked through, so his hands never stopped.
Ji Yang took some grilled vegetables, such as eggplant, enoki mushrooms, peppers, baby cabbage, etc., and put them on the grill. Xie Muchi immediately cooperated and brushed them with oil.
So she had nothing to do and simply poured some sparkling water for the two of them. Having a barbecue is not enough without some drinks.
Seeing that the rabbit was almost roasted, Xie Muzhi asked, "Do you have a knife?"
Ji Yang immediately brought over a knife, and Xie Muchi took it and cut a key part of the rabbit that had already been roasted to a somewhat yellow color, then brushed it with oil again to allow the temperature of the charcoal fire to penetrate more easily and ensure that the parts with more meat were also cooked.
With each flipping, brushing with oil and sprinkling with ingredients, the aroma overflows.
Ji Yang stared at the grilled skewers which already looked very tempting. The outside was sizzling with oil and slightly browned, and covered with cumin, chili powder, pepper salt and other condiments. The excess mutton fat fell off directly, and the greasiness was significantly reduced, making it look even more tempting.
If there was internet access at this moment, she would have to search to see how many minutes it would take for the skewers to be ready.
She felt like it had been roasted for quite some time and was really ready to eat.
Just when she was itching to try it, Xie Muchi had already picked up a bunch and put it to her mouth: "This one should be ready, try it."
Ji Yang was stunned.
As soon as she raised her eyes, she met a pair of beautiful eyes. The dark grey pupils reflected her appearance, and the eyes flickered slightly, as if testing, or nervous.
When they looked at each other, he seemed a little uncomfortable, and a light red color gradually appeared on his fair skin.
But soon, Ji Yang did not move.
He realized that he understood what she meant. His fingertips trembled, and the skewer moved accordingly. He slowly retracted it a little and was about to give it to her directly when suddenly an angry dog roar sounded between the two of them.
"Woof woof woof!" Xixi roared and drooled at the barbecue.
Xie Muzhi: ???
Ji Yang:? ! !
At this moment, the dog had no idea of the owner's heartache, and was thinking: How dare this little guy challenge the owner? ! Does he want to die!!!
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