Chapter 10 Spider Web
We moved all the power supplies and supplies in the car back home, which took two trips in total.
After organizing daily necessities and snacks, Zhao Yeqing ate two ice creams without any regrets. She was reluctant to use the electricity in the power supply to freeze the ice cream. The refrigerator had limited capacity, so she tried to put as many necessities as possible. The sunshine in the mountains was not long, and the amount of electricity that could be stored each day was limited. It was not necessarily possible to store one kilowatt-hour of electricity in a whole day.
The refrigerator in her house is an old-fashioned one with level three energy consumption, which consumes one kilowatt-hour of electricity a day.
The small freezer on the pickup truck has a small capacity, but consumes little energy, too, using less than one degree of energy in two days.
Zhao Yeqing divided the thawed meat into two halves, coated one half with salt and marinated it to dry, and divided the other half into small portions according to the amount for each meal and put them in a small freezer to freeze.
She had already taught her junior high school physics to her teacher a long time ago, and now she was so nervous that she finally connected the lights at home to the power supply. At least she didn't have to go to the toilet in the dark at night.
The dark blue solar panels are placed on the second-floor terrace, which is the place in the house that receives the most sunlight every day. We will leave them in the sun for a day tomorrow to see how much electricity they can convert.
When she turned on the faucet, the water flow was very small. There had been an earthquake in the past that caused all the water sources in a scenic area with a waterfall to dry up. She guessed that this time the earthquake might have changed the water flow and the water source was cut off, or the water pipe might have been broken by the earthquake.
Either way, it's not good news.
After washing with water from the reservoir, Zhao Yeqing wrapped herself in a quilt and lay on the wooden bench in the living room with her survival kit at hand so that she could rush out at the first opportunity if there was another earthquake.
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A peaceful night, and I opened my eyes to the sound of crowing in the morning.
Zhao Yeqing twisted his stiff neck and walked out the door, and as usual, he fed the chickens and geese that stretched their necks.
The chickens and geese that were frightened yesterday had forgotten all those memories after one night, and began to fly into her small vegetable garden with great energy again, trying to eat something fresh.
Zhao Yeqing never thought that one day he would be inspired by chickens and geese.
Life is always not easy.
After washing up, Zhao Yeqing cleaned up the broken tiles in the yard. When building a house in the countryside, there will always be a lot of tiles left at home, and there will always be a time when they are needed, like now.
Climb up to the roof with a ladder and cover the holes with new tiles.
After chasing away a few fluttering creatures beside the vegetable garden, Zhao Yeqing went in to check the seedling boxes. Most of them had already sprouted. Zhao Yeqing watered the small seedlings in the vegetable garden and the seedling boxes. The seedlings in the seedling boxes were still too small, and they should be ready for transplanting after growing for another ten days.
The small vegetable garden that was built before for eating organic vegetables is obviously not big enough for survival now.
The space in the yard is too small, and a small vegetable garden is already the limit. Zhao Yeqing plans to plant vegetables as much as possible on the remaining space outside the homestead.
When I bought the rice at home, I felt that there was a lot, but now I don’t know when I can get a replenishment, so it seems less.
Staple foods are indispensable, and potatoes and sweet potatoes in the cellar also need to be taken out and planted.
When the homestead and firebreak were originally planned, an area of 400 square meters was envisioned for two houses plus the wall built behind them, leaving nearly 200 square meters outside.
Although it is less than half an acre of land, it is enough to support her.
If you want to plant crops on the land outside, you have to plow the soil first, and you have to weed before plowing the soil. Zhao Yeqing is ready for a long-term battle.
When I went to the tool room to get a sickle, hoe and rake, I found that the tools were covered with white lime. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the wall in this area had cracked during the earthquake.
After carefully checking the area around the house, I found a slight crack on the outer wall. The crack on the house next door belonging to Grandpa Mu was more serious, but it didn't look like it would collapse and affect this side.
Weeding over 200 square meters cannot be completed in one go. First, use a sickle to cut off the tall grass. The thin and sharp thatch leaves have tiny serrations on the edges. Even if you wear gloves, it will be uncomfortable to cut for a long time.
After mowing, we used rakes and hoes to dig out the grass roots underground. It took three days to weed and plow the entire field.
Zhao Yeqing divided the land into areas including sweet potato and potato area, leafy vegetable area, fruit vegetable area, climbing vegetable area and fruit area.
Stones and tile fragments are laid between each area to facilitate walking.
Planting requires a lot of water. There has been no water in the past few days, and less than half of the water in the reservoir is left. Zhao Yeqing plans to go to the mountain to check the water source situation.
The water pipes are exposed, and the white pipes are placed on the ground all the way to the springs on the mountain.
The spring is where my grandfather would go to the observation tower every day to guard the forest.
A firebreak was also dug along the way. Although it is overgrown with weeds over the years, you don't have to worry about stepping on empty space, and the surface is flat, so it is much easier to walk on than climbing a mountain.
Less than a kilometer up the mountain, you can see the observation tower. It has stood there steadily for so many years, and the earthquake does not seem to have caused any damage to it.
When I got closer, I found that the iron stairs of the observation tower were covered with rust. It was stable when I tried to step on it, but I guess it wouldn't last for a few more years.
The observation tower wasn't affected much, so the water source shouldn't be cut off.
When Zhao Yeqing arrived at the spring, he found that the water pipe had been displaced by the earthquake and the spring was blocked by broken branches, resulting in water shortage.
She moved the branches away, reconnected the water pipe, and the clear spring water flowed into the pipe again. After observing for a while and finding that the water flow was normal, she turned her eyes to the observation tower.
She wanted to take the risk and go up to take a look. She had been to this observation tower several times when she was a child. The 30-meter-high observation tower was built near the top of the mountain and could even see the town.
This is currently the only way she can observe information from the outside world.
She tentatively stepped onto the stairs of the observation tower, taking each step carefully. If she fell from such a height, she would not have to wait for rescue and could just pass away peacefully.
After she stepped on two stairs, the sides began to fall off, so she took one more step and reached the top of the tower in fear. Her clothes on the back were already soaked.
The view in front of me suddenly opens up and I can see everything at a glance.
She now knew why no rescue had come to her in the past few days. Kong Sisi and Feng Chunyan could not contact her, so they would definitely send someone to rescue her. The authorities would not ignore the surrounding villages, but there had been no news for so many days, and no rescue helicopter had been seen.
Why do officials use radio to spread information...
How serious must the disaster be that they didn't take this side into consideration? With the rescue speed of their country, even if there is only one citizen in a distant foreign country, they will try to rescue him.
Until she saw the scene in front of her, everything had an answer...
It turned out that the bottomless crack was not just one crack, but several cracks that branched out like a spider web. The town was vaguely divided into several pieces by the cracks, and the tallest building had disappeared.
It turns out that the ground as far as the eye can see is covered with black spider webs...
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