Chapter 39 Chapter 39
Considering that Ye Xun had been working hard these days, Qin Wei only asked for it twice before letting him go.
After the performance, Ye Xun was so tired that he couldn't even lift his hands, and his legs were still trembling slightly from the aftereffect.
Human endurance has its limits. Qin Wei's two times were enough for him to do it several times, and now he really has none left.
Afterwards, when they were feeling warm, Qin Wei gently stroked the back of his neck and planned to make arrangements to soak the tiger bones in wine in the next few days, otherwise Ye Xun's body would not be able to withstand his tossing and turning.
The porridge he drank in the morning had long been digested. Qin Wei felt his chest and back were sticking to each other after exercise, not to mention Ye Xun, so he got up and went to cook.
After lying in bed for a while and feeling the strength in his limbs had returned, Ye Xun slowly moved out of bed, moved to the edge of the bed and sat up.
After they were done, Qin Wei was worried that he would catch a cold, so he helped him put on pure cotton home clothes and even socks. He was so thoughtful.
There was a big temperature difference between the room and outside, so before leaving the room, Ye Xun put on a down jacket.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Bal lying at the door. When he saw his owner, his tail wagged like a rattle.
It had been a week since Ye Xun had played with the dog. With a hint of pity, he gently stroked the dog's head in his hand.
It was a rare opportunity for him to be so close to his master. Bal was so happy that his tail was about to leave an afterimage. He buried his big head in his master's arms and rubbed against him coquettishly.
Qin Wei's appearance interrupted the rare tender moment between the pet owner and the pet master. "Although I really want you to continue, the food will not taste good if you don't eat it while it's hot."
When he heard that the food would not taste good, Ye Xun immediately put away his fatherly love and went to enjoy the food.
Considering that Ye Xun’s current physical condition was not suitable for eating greasy and spicy food, Qin Wei simply cooked a bowl of plain noodles and added a fried egg.
His cooking skills have always been online and better than 90 percent of the chefs in the country. Ye Xun feels that a bowl of plain noodles tastes better than that cooked by chefs in big restaurants, and it feels like a full banquet.
It is certainly a happy thing to be praised for your cooking, but it would be wrong if the other person has no sense of boundaries.
Qin Wei blocked the chopsticks that were reaching into his bowl for the third time. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore, put down the chopsticks and said to Ye Xun: "Do you still want to get better? You're going to scream when you go to the toilet, saying that I didn't stop you from eating spicy food."
He was the one who was slept with and he was also the one who was scolded. How miserable.
Ye Xun lowered his head and eyes, his voice was filled with a hint of grievance: "Is it my fault that I can't eat spicy food?"
It was as if I would cry in front of him if he said one more word.
Qin Wei couldn't stand him like this, so he pushed his bowl of spicy noodles in front of him and said in a somewhat stiff and dry tone: "I really can't stand you. If you are like this, you can only eat a little."
The plan worked, and Ye Xun immediately put away his expression and ate the noodles happily. He was not stopped until he had eaten one-third of the noodles.
He wasn’t full, but it was enough. He licked the noodle soup that accidentally splashed on the corner of his mouth with aftertaste. Oops, he wanted to eat again.
His look was too obvious for Qin Wei to ignore. He stared at him blankly and quickly ate the noodles while picking up the bowl.
This time Ye Xun ate his noodles obediently, and there was still half a bowl left at the end. Qin Wei didn't mind, and poured it all into his own bowl, mixed it with the spicy soup noodles, and ate it all.
Wang Yu, who had finally finished her call, came in from outside with a look of grief. She put the phone next to Ye Xun and then floated back to her room like a ghost.
After hearing the door close, Ye Xun told Qin Wei, who had just finished his noodles, what he had discovered while he was on the phone.
"When I used the satellite phone today, the signal was not stable and the sound was a bit intermittent. I don't know if it was a problem with the satellite signal or the phone. I hope it's just a broken device, otherwise it will be troublesome in the future." Ye Xun frowned. Without a signal, wouldn't there be no way for the major bases to communicate? If they couldn't communicate, they naturally couldn't receive some important information. How difficult it would be for the bases with insufficient material reserves.
Qin Wei had the same idea as him, but the answer to this question was obviously not something they could guess, so he suggested: "The base also uses satellite phones, why don't we go ask them and give them the peanuts and cabbage. We have to make a trip sooner or later."
This is absolutely right. It is better to find someone to confirm it than to let your imagination run wild at home.
Ye Xun stored the cabbages and peanuts into the space. When he took them out now, they were still juicy, as if they had just been dug out of the ground. For the sake of authenticity, he did not put them into the storage area at the beginning. He did not expect the speed of water loss to be so slow, just like a cactus leaving the soil.
No wonder they can survive extreme heat.
The Chinese New Year is just two days away, and telling Chen Guoan this good news is really double joy.
The building where Ye Xun was selling his house was very close to the original sales office, just across a sidewalk.
The guard outside received an order that if Ye Xun and Qin Wei came, they should just be let in without reporting.
When the two entered the office, Chen Guoan was sitting at his desk with a sad face. There was a document spread out on the table, which was the source of his headache.
He caught a glimpse of two figures coming in from outside and was about to blame the guard for his work. But before he could say anything, he immediately held back the words he was about to say after seeing who they were.
A smile instantly appeared on his face, and the two people who had watched the whole process were amazed at how quickly his expression changed.
"Xiao Ye and Xiao Qin, why are you here? Come on, find a place to sit, don't be polite."
These two are simply the continuous breadwinners. Every time they come, they bring considerable benefits to the base. He had already seen the snakeskin bags they brought, and it seemed that there were quite a few things in them. He didn't know what kind of treasures they were.
Ye Xun went straight to the point and asked Qin Wei to pour out everything in the snakeskin bag, and then introduced himself to Chen Guoan.
He pointed at the cabbage and said, "This is the cabbage we found during this mission. The outermost leaves are hard, but after peeling them, the inside is juicy and sweet." He pointed to the other side and said, "This is a mutant peanut. Compared with traditional flowers, the leaves have evolved into needle-like shapes, and the peanut kernels are oily. I guess its oil yield is much higher than before the apocalypse."
The last point is also the most important: "They have strong vitality. The one you see now was dug out of the soil four days ago. It has not been watered during this period, but it has remained in the state of just being out of the soil, which shows that they have extremely low requirements for the environment."
That was truly a great thing. Chen Guoan looked at these vegetables as if he were looking at a national treasure.
In the long apocalypse, if these two plants can be cultivated in large quantities, the problems of excessive vegetable and oil consumption will be greatly improved. Although it cannot be guaranteed that every household can use them, most residents will still be able to purchase them.
Life is finally getting better.
Chen Guoan sighed inwardly.
After talking about the new vegetables, the next thing Ye Xun wanted to know was what he wanted to know. He directly asked his question: "There is one thing I need your help to solve. Has there been any abnormality in the communication equipment in the base recently?"
He thought the other party was just asking some ordinary questions, but he didn't expect them to ask the key points all at once. This was also something that had been bothering him before they came. Seeing that they were not ordinary people, Chen Guoan explained the satellite signal disorder to them: "There are indeed some abnormalities recently. I received a message from the central base half an hour ago. They monitored that solar activity is still intensifying. The earth's magnetic field is no longer as chaotic as before. This is also the reason why the satellite is affected. Moreover, this situation will only get worse until all communication equipment fails."
There is one thing he didn't say. Researchers at the central government have inferred that this is the process of reshaping the earth's magnetic field. It is a means for the earth to reduce resource consumption. It is like anti-virus software. Human beings are viruses, and various natural disasters correspond to different codes. The ultimate goal of this anti-virus software is to reduce the human population to a safe number relative to the earth.
It may be in 100 million or 10,000.
Otherwise, how can we explain why all creatures except humans have undergone obvious evolution? The extremely dense fur of tigers and wolves, and the structural changes of plants to resist drought and frost. Compared with them, humans' changes are minimal.
But these are not things that the grassroots people should know. Currently, only the leaders of various bases know this inference. In order to prevent the news from leaking out and causing panic, the documents are destroyed immediately after reading.
No matter what the truth of this apocalypse is, the most important thing at the moment is to fill our stomachs and solve the problem of food and clothing.
"The sweet potatoes you gave me last time have now been expanded. The feedback from the plantation is very good. I will ask the technicians to cultivate cabbage and peanuts first and save seeds. If successful, we will be able to expand the planting soon."
That is indeed good news, Ye Xun thought.
After getting the news he wanted to know, Ye Xun didn't plan to stay long. He said goodbye to Chen Guoan and stuffed a tiger bone and meat into his pocket before leaving.
"This is what Qin Wei and I wanted. While working for the base, you should also take care of your health. The people in the base are counting on you."
After saying that, he turned around and left with Qin Wei.
Chen Guoan was left standing there in a daze, feeling the size of the bone in his pocket through the cloth. It was about the size of an adult man's palm, and he could still feel a lot of flesh remaining on it.
As a Party member, he should not take a single penny from the people, but he has a family to support. The last time his daughter had meat was when his wife went to her parents' home to ask for help. This is how incompetent he is as a father!
Chen Guoan held the bone tightly in his hand. In this world, he had to adapt. How could he lead the people to go far in the end times if he remained unchanged?
So he brought the tiger bones home. When his wife and daughter unpacked the bag and took them out, he saw the happy smiles on their faces and he smiled with them.
Yu Fei looked at the piece of bone with meat hanging on it that her father brought back. Not only were tears streaming down her face from her eyes, but her mouth was also shedding tears.
Although there was food every day at home, it was all sweet potatoes. She had almost forgotten the taste of meat. Chen Guoan said that it was given by two kind-hearted people. If she had been there, she might have kowtowed to them on the spot.
The tiger bone was finally processed by Chen Guoan's wife Yu Qiuhua. The meat was scraped off and fried with sweet potato vines and minced meat. The bones and corn were boiled into soup. The family had a rare good meal.
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