Chapter 201: Planting Your Own Plants
On the third day of the heavy rain, people were organized in the shelter to dig a water reservoir behind the shelter, which was next to the shelter.
A secret passage was also opened in the underground wall to allow water from the reservoir to flow into the shelter.
This project was very large, because not only did they dig a reservoir, but they also dug many ditches in the mountains. Rainwater from more than a dozen ditches gathered from various mountains.
All flowed into the reservoir.
It's simply a huge puddle of water.
In order to mobilize more people to help, the contribution points for digging ditches and reservoirs have increased to two hundred per day.
Working day and night, the reservoir was dug deep underground, a full fifty meters deep, with more and more water accumulating at the bottom of the pit.
The higher-ups told everyone to stop only when the survivors were unable to continue digging deeper underground.
After all, there are no professional diving tools.
Since we couldn't continue digging deeper, we expanded it to both sides. The reservoir became bigger and bigger, but the heavy rain did not stop.
On the tenth day of the heavy rain, some small tender buds on the ground began to sprout, but the weather was becoming increasingly hot and humid, even though the heavy rain continued.
But the safety cabin was not only humid but also hot. Xiang Yu was wearing a white vest, standing in front of the window with a bottle of drink in his hand.
I unscrewed the bottle cap and took a few sips. The humidity in the house was too high and water had started to ooze out of the walls.
She has tried many ways to keep the house dry.
Fortunately, there are still five days before the heavy rain stops.
Geological experts have tested that the heavy rain should stop soon, and the rain will dilute the volcanic ash and residual acid rain on the ground.
The soil is now suitable for planting, but recent weather monitoring has shown that the weather may change after the heavy rain stops.
All we can do is wait and see.
When the news spread that they could continue planting, everyone in the shelter was very happy, even though their homes had been destroyed in the past few years.
But the planting concept is deeply rooted in the genes of the Chinese. As long as they can replant, their lives will get better day by day.
They were immersed in this excitement, looking up at the sky which was gradually clearing up. Human beings' living space would only be infinitely squeezed.
How can we let them have their wish?
Fifteen days passed, during which dozens of ditches were dug and the reservoir behind the shelter was filled with water.
In order to protect this water resource, the top leaders once again organized manpower and began to build a wall around the reservoir.
They also sent troops to guard the area to prevent anyone from stealing water.
After the heavy rain stopped, the survivors in the shelter rushed into the exchange hall, everyone wanted to exchange some seeds to take back and plant themselves.
But seeds are considered a rare commodity right now, and the only seeds that can be exchanged in the shelter are wheat, rice, and some sweet potatoes.
Moreover, these seeds need a lot of water resources to survive, and the number of seeds cultivated in the shelter each time is very limited.
One third of the seeds will be sent to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences for research, and the remaining 20% will be planted by themselves.
To grow food and supply it to the survivors in the shelter.
Seeing that everyone wanted to change the seeds and plant them themselves, the shelter's top management thought about the current moisture level of the soil.
The exchange permission was opened up, and every survivor who wanted to exchange was given some seeds. The soil is now being nourished by rain.
The seeds can survive if planted, this is the experience they gained from their recent experiments.
But it is not a blind exchange to survivors, but only those with planting experience can exchange it.
And they were promised that if they could grow them successfully, they could sell them to the shelter, and they would also charge them with contribution points.
Xiang Yu looked at the increasingly dazzling sunlight in the sky and cleaned the safe cabin. His vest was gradually soaked with sweat.
After finishing my work, I turned on the air conditioner and the heat in the room gradually dissipated.
The temperature had reached 44 degrees at this time, rising rapidly, and white smoke rose from the ground.
It was rainwater mixed in the soil, which was evaporating under the high temperature. Smoke was rising from the distant ravine, inside the high-level meeting room of the shelter.
The place was full of people, all discussing the sudden change in the weather.
"Notify the exchange hall to stop providing seeds to survivors and to recall a large number of seeds that were previously exchanged."
"Uncle Liao, what about the recycling price..." The young man sat at the table, looking hesitant to speak.
"Seeds are very scarce. No one expected the current situation. The recycling price is three times the previous selling price. Those who survived will be willing to hand them over."
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
In the conference room, four air conditioners were running.
The seeds were recovered promptly, but out of the hundreds sold, only one-third was recovered.
After exchanging the seeds, many survivors couldn't wait to plant them, especially those living in the shanty towns.
After the seeds were planted, they watched over them day and night, but as the temperature rose little by little, the seeds slowly withered and died before their eyes.
But there are also people who are willing to use water. When the temperature rises, they keep watering the seeds, hoping that they can survive.
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