Chapter 30 Chapter 30
The two of them tossed and turned from the afternoon to the evening, and when Ye Xun woke up it was already midnight.
Everything on my body has been cleaned off, there is no sticky feeling, it feels very refreshing, and even the bed sheets have been replaced with new ones.
Ye Xun tried to get off the bed, but as soon as his feet touched the ground, he felt weak and fell directly to the ground with a loud bang.
The noise was so loud that it startled Qin Wei, who was cooking porridge outside. She didn't even have time to take off her apron and hurried in to see what was going on.
When I entered the bedroom, I saw Ye Xun lying on the ground with his back, tears silently sliding down from the corners of his eyes, forming a small puddle of water on the floor.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Qin Wei was very anxious. He thought maybe the child had broken some bones and was crying. He quickly helped the child up.
Ye Xun kept whimpering, "My legs have no feeling. Could I be paralyzed?" That would be too tragic. If I tell others about it, people will laugh at me. He seemed to have heard Wang Yu's shrill laughter in his ears.
This was the first time he had heard of someone being paralyzed. Qin Wei almost couldn't hold back the worry on his face. He thought for a moment and explained to Ye Xun, "It's probably because we did it too many times last night. You just lie on the bed today. I'll do whatever you need."
After saying that, he bent down, picked up Ye Xun by the waist, put him back on the bed, covered him with the quilt again, and then turned back to the kitchen.
Ye Xun buried himself in the bed and shut himself off for a short while.
It turned out that I was too harsh, so I didn't become paralyzed, thank God.
Soon, footsteps sounded beside my ears. It was Qin Wei, who came back with a bowl of green vegetable and lean meat porridge in his hand. The temperature of the porridge was controlled just right, not too hot to be difficult to swallow, and it was guaranteed to warm up the whole body after swallowing it.
Ye Xun has always been very supportive of Master Qin's cooking skills.
This afternoon's nonsense consumed too much of his energy. After finishing a small bowl of porridge, he still felt unsatisfied, but too much is as bad as too little, and being about 70% full is enough.
One drop of semen equals ten drops of blood. Today's loss is too heavy. I can't do this kind of thing with Qin Wei this month. Ye Xun thought to himself, and his body went limp when he thought of that feeling.
Qin Wei, who didn't know that he had been sentenced to one month in prison without a wife, was taking care of Ye Xun diligently, feeding him porridge and wiping his mouth. After serving him his meal, he also gave him a full body massage.
He was in the wrong, and it was the right thing to do. What's more, he could have more contact with Ye Xun, so he was happy to do it.
The house is warm and sweet, but outside it is bitterly cold. The snow has buried the first floor. Fortunately, the base had foresight and built the foundations of these new buildings very high. However, the snow still needs to be shoveled. No one knows when this snow will end. If the houses are buried, they will suffocate due to lack of oxygen after a long time.
Shoveling snow requires manpower. The base is no longer the same as before. The area has increased a lot after the expansion. It is not enough to rely on the soldiers alone, so we can only recruit volunteers.
The conditions are the same as before, with two meals a day, plus a pot of one liter of hot water. This hot water was nothing in the past, but now, the firewood in the house is used for heating, and it is too luxurious to use it to boil hot water.
When recruiting, we first consider men who are in good health. Those with underlying diseases and those with disciplinary records will not be considered.
Apart from being a little cold, this job is quite easy. Assigning the men in the family to work can also save some food.
Even though the snow was falling like cotton wool, there were long queues at the government offices.
The temperature at this time is not the coldest, only about minus 40 degrees Celsius, so you can still bear it if you wear more clothes.
Diesel is limited, so snowplows are only used in places where the snow is thicker. Other places basically rely on manual labor. When doing physical work, the body naturally gets hot.
Ye Xun did not participate because he could not get out of bed. But Wang Yu wanted to go. As a man, he was in his twenties and had never seen such heavy snow. As soon as he proposed the idea, he was dismissed by him. Girls should avoid the cold, otherwise she would suffer during the special period of every month.
Qin Wei had to take care of the two people's meals at home and had no intention of going.
But after Ye Xun recovered, the two of them secretly went out without telling Wang Yu, because he had never seen such heavy snow.
The two were fully armed, from goggles and earmuffs to self-heating insoles and snow boots. Even Bal was wearing a thick down jacket and fleece shoes. The down jacket was modified by Ye Xun from a women's version. He copied it directly from a video posted by a pet blogger on the Internet. It was his first time, but he did a good job. It was really a surprise.
The day they went out, the temperature outside had reached more than 50 degrees below zero, far exceeding the average winter temperature in the north. If it was so in the south, I wonder what the people in the north would do.
Just as Ye Xun thought, the weather in the north would only get colder. The temperature was already close to minus seventy degrees Celsius and was still continuing to drop.
Many bases suffered severe cold at night, and many people froze to death. The continuously falling numbers on the thermometer forced them to consider migrating to the south where the temperature was higher.
Even though the migration route is full of unknown risks, staying here is definitely seeking death.
Without the knowledge of the people of H City, refugees from the disaster-stricken areas in the north were transferred to the south.
Life in H City is still OK now. There is no big fish or meat, but it is still no problem to solve the basic food and clothing. The potatoes and sweet potatoes harvested before the extreme cold came in handy, and the mutant potatoes given by Ye Xun also began to be planted in large quantities. The results of outdoor planting have not yet been seen, so the base plans to promote indoor breeding first.
The mutated sweet potato is a treasure. Both the vines and the fruits are edible. It has a high yield and is rich in sugar, so it can provide no problem for the basic energy supply of the human body.
You can mix it with rice and water to make porridge. As there is a water problem and there is snow everywhere, you can just take some and melt it and use it.
The only problem is the source of protein. Most families have not seen meat for more than a month. Now, if a sparrow flies outside, they will imagine what it tastes like to roast it.
Oddly enough, as the weather gets colder, we see more animals.
Several people who went to the forest to pick up branches have come back and said that they encountered rabbits, wild boars, and even pheasants. If they had the right tools, they would hunt one to try.
Others don’t have the ability, but Ye Xun does.
Don’t put too many guns and knives in the space, they will rust if left alone. It’s better to catch a wild boar and kill it.
When he heard that there were wild animals in the forest, he ignored the words on the radio not to approach wild animals and slapped Qin Wei who was making trouble for him.
"Brother Qin, let's go hunting, okay?" Worried that the other party would not agree, Ye Xun tried hard to blink his starry eyes and made a pleading expression, trying to get the other party to nod in agreement.
Under his eye attack, Qin Wei couldn't hold out for more than a minute before he compromised.
"Go ahead, go ahead. Don't blame me if you can't catch him." He has experience in killing people but not in shooting birds, so he said the good words first.
He didn't care whether he could catch Ye Xun or not, he only cared about experiencing the hunting process.
The temperature outside is now approaching minus sixty degrees Celsius. Wearing down jackets can no longer keep out the cold. The three of them stuck four hot packs on their chests and backs. In addition to the heating insoles in their snow boots, they also wore two pairs of thick lambskin socks before leaving the house.
It was white outside. Ye Xun looked at the snowy world with admiration. After a while, Qin Wei stopped him and said, "Don't stare at the snow for a long time. Be careful of snow blindness."
Ye Xun quickly looked away.
After walking for a while, Ye Xun began to regret why he had stockpiled several snowmobiles when he was collecting supplies. After the novelty of walking on the snow wore off, he suffered from his feet sinking into the snow, and every step was very difficult.
The relatively pristine forest was 28 kilometers away from them, and it would take most of the day to walk there. After thinking it over, Ye Xun decided to take out the off-road vehicle. Even if there was a risk of overturning due to slippery roads, it could be avoided by slowing down.
Every time Qin Wei saw Ye Xun taking things from space, he couldn't help but marvel in his heart. It was unknown what kind of creature could create such a magical thing.
With the addition of the off-road vehicle, the three people's journey was much faster. Driving was difficult, and the air conditioning temperature in the car was turned very high. There was not much gasoline left in the tank, so they refueled the car halfway.
After arriving at the destination, the car was put into the space and the three people began to go into the mountains.
The mountain forest covered with heavy snow is very monotonous, with only the white of snow and the brown of dead trees, and no third color.
The color is monotonous, but it is not lonely. Birds whose names cannot be described and fat squirrels can be seen everywhere on the branches, and occasionally you can see mountain rabbits jumping in the snow.
Ye Xun took the crossbow, aimed at the rabbit looking around under the tree, squinted his eyes, aimed, and shot the crossbow arrow.
Without systematic practice, the arrow was not accurate, but with God's help, it went through the rabbit's long ears and due to inertia, nailed the rabbit directly to the tree.
Ye Xun was the one who caught the first prey. He couldn't help feeling a little proud. He raised his eyebrows at Qin Wei in a boastful manner, put the crossbow in his hand into Qin Wei's hand, and said, "It's your turn." Then he went to get his trophy.
The crossbow was very powerful and the arrow penetrated quite deep into the tree trunk, so it took some effort to pull out the crossbow.
In the temperature where water turns into ice, dead prey would freeze if they were not bled in time. Ye Xun used a three-edged spear to pierce the rabbit's anterior vena cava, and the blood with residual warmth flowed out from the gap of the three-edged spear.
After making sure that there was no more bleeding, he buried the rabbit in the snow for three minutes and then dug it out, thus completing the simple freezing.
After dealing with the rabbit, Ye Xun turned around to look for Qin Wei, and finally found him on a small slope.
Lying on the slope, motionless, staring ahead, there was a sika deer. There was a wildlife park nearby, and it was very likely that it had escaped from there.
This is Qin Wei’s hunting target. If he succeeds in catching it, he will have venison to eat for the next few days.
Venison, Ye Xun licked his dry lower lip. Venison is a good thing in winter.
This sika deer has been domesticated and is not afraid of humans. Even if the man behind him is holding a crossbow that threatens its life, it does not affect its mood to forage for food at all.
It was hard to find fresh plants in the icy and snowy weather. It noticed a young grass that had just sprouted under the snow and tried hard to dig a hole with its front hooves.
Qin Wei raised the crossbow in his hand, aimed it at the deer's neck, and pulled the switch. The sharp crossbow arrow flew out at a speed that the deer could not avoid. The tip pierced through the thick deerskin, passed through layers of muscle, and broke out of the ground from the other end.
The crossbow bolt pierced the deer's neck.
The severe pain startled the sika deer that was looking for food with its head down. It ran desperately in the snow, but as its blood was lost, it could not escape death.
Qin Wei followed the winding blood trail on the snow, looking for the dying deer several hundred meters away. His pupils had dilated and the tongue hanging from his mouth had turned from a vibrant red to a dull pink.
Qin Wei turned the crossbow arrow stuck in his neck and gave it a quick death.
Ye Xun watched the entire hunt. When the crossbow arrow was shot, it seemed to hit his heart at the same time, otherwise why would it suddenly beat so fast.
Qin Wei, who had shown off his skills in front of his lover, dragged the sika deer back with satisfaction.
Deer blood is a great tonic. I wonder if sika deer blood has the same effect. I want to give Ye Xun some tonic as he is too weak.
Ye Xun, who didn't know he was going to have a tonic soup, looked at the deer in Qin Wei's hand with great joy. Judging from the two palm-shaped horns on its forehead, it should be an adult male deer. Even if the bones were removed, there would still be about 100 kilograms of meat, which would be enough to eat for a long time.
Wang Yu, who had taken Bal somewhere else, also came back. Bal caught a few pheasants, but Wang Yu was unlucky and caught nothing. He picked up some pine nuts and chestnuts, put them in his pocket, and planned to take them back and roast them in the stove to eat.
In extreme cold, as opposed to extreme heat, the daytime hours are greatly shortened. After a short while, the sun moves from overhead to the west and is about to approach the horizon.
The current temperature is still within the range that the human body can withstand. Ye Xun took out a military tent from the space, and the three of them worked together to set up the tent.
When buying the tent, Ye Xun bought it according to the number of people in his family of four. The tent has a large space and is like a small single room when opened.
After putting the moisture-proof mat and portable stove in place, the three of them went in.
As the sun disappeared over the horizon, the temperature gradually dropped. Ye Xun filled an aluminum pot with snow and melted it on the stove. Looking at the melted snow, he had the illusion that they were out camping. Perhaps life was too comfortable after the apocalypse.
After the water boils, add a few pieces of instant noodles, stir them with chopsticks after they soften, add eggs and vegetables, and finally add seasonings. The appetizing aroma fills this small space domineeringly.
There is nothing more enjoyable than cooking a pot of instant noodles on a cold winter night, except hot pot.
Several people ate the simple instant noodles with great relish. Ye Xun drank the last mouthful of soup reluctantly and burped with satisfaction.
After eating, Ye Xun put away the stove. It was not safe to have an open fire in the tent overnight. But without the stove, the retreating coldness returned. Ye Xun took out a portable power supply and heater from the space and blew them towards where the three people slept.
There was nothing to do in the silent snow, so it was better to go to bed early. Ye Xun gave Wang Yu a single sleeping bag, and he and Qin Wei slept in a double. As for Bal, it said it didn't mind squeezing in with its master's sister.
Before lying down, Qin Wei hung his down jacket on the top of the tent, replacing the curtain to separate them from Wang Yu.
Wang Yu has seen through the thoughts of these gay men. They just despise her because she is a light bulb. She thought angrily that it is not so easy to enter their Ye family.
Having thought of 108 ways to make things difficult for the new son-in-law, Wang Yu fell asleep peacefully.
Hearing the breathing next door slow down, he waited for a few minutes to make sure that the person was asleep. Qin Wei seized the opportunity, held Ye Xun's face, and kissed him hard on the lips. The "bo" sound in the silence seemed very abrupt.
Ye Xun clenched his fists and only calmed down after he punched him.
The only sounds in the entire tent were the whistling wind outside and the sound of snow falling on the top of the tent.
The two people in the sleeping bags fell asleep hugging each other.
In the middle of the night, they were woken up by the sound of gunfire, more than one shot.
When he heard the first shot, Qin Wei immediately woke up from his sleep, sat up, and looked vigilantly in the direction where the gunshot came from.
Judging from the sound, it wasn't any of the guns he had used. I wouldn't say he had played with all the guns, but there was a 90% chance that he had.
The gun that makes this sound is most likely a hunting rifle, and some old hunters will have one hidden at home.
Following the gunshots, there was the howling of a wild boar, which sounded like it was coming towards them.
Ye Xun and Wang Yu nearby were also woken up. Bal woke up even faster than Qin Wei. He bared his teeth and took a defensive stance, waiting for Ye Xun's order to tear apart the guy who disturbed their sleep.
Of course, Ye Xun was not such an unreasonable person. He was busy putting on his clothes. These clothes were annoying to take off and even more annoying to put on. When he finished putting on, the voice arrived immediately.
He took out three guns from the space and gave them to Qin Wei and Wang Yu.
When I opened the tent curtain, the wind carrying snow blew all over my face. If I was a little dazed due to lack of sleep just now, I was completely awake now.
As Qin Wei expected, what woke them up was indeed an old-looking hunting rifle held in the hands of a teenager who was estimated to be about sixteen or seventeen years old.
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