Chapter 205 Supplies
The room was shrouded in warm light. She sniffed. The sound of rain made her anxious. She could hardly concentrate on the book in her hands.
The rain seems to be getting heavier.
Zhao Yeqing put the book on the table, opened the door, walked along the eaves to the original owner's house, put on a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat.
There's no sign of the rain letting up, so we can't just leave the fields alone any longer.
The fish pond needs to have an extra outlet, otherwise the water inside will overflow and the fish will swim out.
Drainage ditches also need to be added to several planting plots to prevent water accumulation and root damage.
The straw raincoat and bamboo hat can block most of the rain on the body and head, but the face is still inevitably wet by the slanting raindrops.
The rain fell into his eyes. Zhao Yeqing raised his hand to wipe it, then immediately lowered his head to dig a ditch. The cool rain flowed down his neck into his collar.
A silent flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and the meadow was as bright as day for an instant, then went out again.
She was startled unexpectedly, and just as she calmed down and breathed a sigh of relief,
Suddenly, a pair of hands rested on her shoulders from behind.
For a moment, Zhao Yeqing felt as if his soul had left his body. He opened his eyes wide and looked back, and a white light suddenly appeared in the sky again.
Under the rain, Mu Xi's face looked pale and haggard.
She was so frightened that she subconsciously swore, but because she was too panicked, no sound came out of her throat.
I almost cursed out loud.
Mu Xi pulled her back home, went out again to bring the cow back and lock it up, then asked, "Why are you out in such heavy rain?"
Zhao Yeqing was relieved to see him return safely, but then he couldn't help wanting to curse.
I was almost scared to death by him just now.
But looking at his face, I couldn't curse him anymore.
"You look so pale, have you been out in the rain for too long? I've boiled some water in advance, you can take a bath first, and then I'll make you some ginger soup."
The complexion was not just bad. If I had to describe it, it could be said that it was almost the same as if he had been dead for three days. It was pale with a bluish tint.
Although the temperature is not cold now, it is impossible not to feel cold with the rain hitting my face and body for so long.
The skin on her face and hands felt cold. Zhao Yeqing frowned in worry, but he still smiled and wanted to comfort her.
"It's really okay, everything is..."
Zhao Yeqing interrupted and pushed him out, "Go take a shower first."
Zhao Yeqing also added ginger to the bath water. When Mu Xi came out of the bath, there was finally some color on his face.
In the kitchen, Zhao Yeqing was wiping the bodies of Xiao Huang and Xiao Hei. The two dogs were wearing simple raincoats made by Mu Xi out of plastic bags, but after being outside in the rain for so long, it was better than nothing.
Pour warm water into the dog's bowl and prepare some meat soup and rice.
Seeing Mu Xi coming out, he handed him the ginger soup.
"It's warm, drink it quickly."
After drinking the ginger soup, Mu Xi felt his hands and feet warm up. He filled another bowl and handed it to Zhao Yeqing. The two sat by the fire, and he slowly told him about what he encountered during this trip.
"The house was half collapsed, but the owner chose a place with good shelter, backed by a small hill. There was still one room in the house that was intact, so I took it back. It was raining heavily on the road and the cows didn't want to walk, so it took us until now to get home."
Zhao Yeqing sipped the ginger soup and asked, "Are you safe?"
"I didn't encounter any, but when I first went there yesterday, after walking ten kilometers, I was almost near where we rested last time, the forest where I went to get water. There were obvious animal trails in it."
It is similar to people trampling a path into the mountains, except that the protagonist is replaced by a wild beast.
Mu Xi measured the width with his hands, "About one meter."
"So wide? Are there footprints and feces?"
Mu Xi shook his head, "I didn't look carefully. There were startled birds in the woods at that time, so I came out first."
There were none when they went there last time, which means that after this winter, the biological community on the meadow seems to have changed.
After explaining the general situation, both of them seemed to be thinking about something.
Seeing that it was getting late, Mu Xi went back to the room to warm the bed first, while Zhao Yeqing took some hot water and put it in a basin to wipe his body.
I just went out to dig a drainage ditch, and the falling rain seeped into my collar. Although it has dried up, it still makes me feel a little uncomfortable.
She returned to her room and lay on the bed. The rain outside still continued, but the loneliness she had felt in the house before disappeared. The warmth in the quilt made her fall into a deep sleep in a short while.
When I woke up the next day, there was drizzling outside the window, cumulus clouds in the sky were moving quickly, and the windows were shaking in the wind.
Overnight, a lot of moss had grown on the corners of the wall, mixed with dirt from the rain, and the smell was like damp, rotten wood that had fallen on the ground in a misty forest deep in the mountains where there was little light.
Mu Xi was unloading things from the cart.
There were a lot of things pressed under the wall panels of the mobile house, and there were wall panels on top to block the rain, so these things were placed in the yard for a whole night without getting wet.
It was light rain so there was no need for her to wear a raincoat. She just put on her bamboo hat and went over to get the things.
Mu Xi handed her a plastic bag and said, "Put this in the kitchen."
She took it into the kitchen and opened it, revealing several cans and packaged seasonings such as salt.
Mu Xi followed closely and walked in.
"I saw that the rain had not stopped, so I knew I had to stay overnight. I went to the tourist area early yesterday morning to look for some supplies, but there was almost no food left. I only found a backpack with these canned foods in it. The shelf life is five years."
There are not many canned foods, only five or six. Canned meat is the least necessary, as we can have fresh meat at home at any time. Two canned fruits are nice.
Zhao Yeqing put all the canned food and seasonings into the cupboard.
Mu Xi also had a bag in his hand, which contained two power banks with half of the battery left, a solar flashlight, and some tools such as knives and daggers.
These things were found near the stable where I saw the body parts last time. I didn't look carefully that time because the visual impact was too great, so when I went there this time, only the bones were left.
Mu Xi: "There is not much food or daily necessities left, but some tools can be brought back and used. I can make another trip next time."
For example, ceramic and metal utensils such as pots, pans, and bowls.
Although there are still some villages with these things at the foot of the mountain, and the village is only a few kilometers away from home, the mountain road is steep.
Although the tourist area is far from home, the good thing is that we can use cows and horses to pull things instead of carrying them by hand.
Mu Xi turned on the solar flashlight, and the long-lost bright light made Zhao Yeqing dazed for a moment.
Except for the fact that she only took out her cell phone more than twice that year, she hadn't seen human technological civilization for a long time. In the past two years, she felt like she was living like a savage in the mountains.
He held the flashlight in his hand and played with it, pressing the switch again and again.
"This thing is good, very practical for going to the toilet at night."
In the summer, the sun is strong and it will be full after being left outside for a few hours.
After packing up, the two went to the fields to check the crops.
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