It's impossible to dig from the bottom up.
Qiao An'an chose a rainy night and took Gu Bei and Chi Xiaoyu directly to the bungalow in the back, where they found the location to dig the tunnel and started digging from above.
The tunnel has finally been dug through.
It's been over a month, it's been so difficult, the corn in the yard of the bungalow has grown to waist height.
These corn plants are very easy to care for. The rain these past few days has been enough for them to grow, so Qiao An'an and the others basically don't need to water or irrigate them.
It had infested with worms a few days ago.
Fortunately, Grandpa Gu Bei has a wealth of planting experience. He said that in his time there were no pesticides, so the way to deal with these insects was to soak tobacco in water. The tobacco contains nicotine, which can kill most of the pests on crops.
He took out his treasured pack of cigarettes, the same pack Gu Bei had given him last time. He only smoked one when he was really suffering from a craving. Now, there was still more than half a pack left. He removed the filter, soaked the tobacco in tap water, put it in a spray bottle, and sprayed it on the corn. Sure enough, the insects disappeared.
Qiao An'an was happy.
Grandpa Gu expressed his concern: "The corn in the front yard has already produced corn, but the corn in the back yard has only grown this little. I hope there won't be any frost in the next month or two, otherwise it will be very difficult for the corn in the outer yard to produce corn."
Hearing what Grandpa Gu Bei said, Qiao An'an also became worried: "What if there's a frost?"
No wonder people say that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. Grandpa Gu Bei quickly came up with a solution: "If it frosts, we'll use the plastic film you have in the warehouse to build a simple greenhouse. We can not only grow corn, but also grow other crops after the corn is harvested."
In addition, Grandpa Gu Bei taught Qiao An'an many other things.
For example, tomato seedlings should be planted in a trough and straightened only after they have grown lateral roots. While straightening them, lateral branches should also be pruned so that the nutrients of the tomatoes can be supplied to the main branches and fruits.
For example, when cutting chives, you shouldn't cut them right up to the roots; leave about 3-5 centimeters so that the chives that grow next time will be stronger.
For example, once Shanghai bok choy grows to a certain size, the seedlings need to be pulled up and replanted. This way, after the first frost, the leaves of the Shanghai bok choy will grow large and thick, and the stir-fried Shanghai bok choy will taste even better than meat.
Under Grandpa Gu Bei's care, the sickly chicks became energetic again.
The two miniature pigs that Qiao An'an brought over were more troublesome. The pigsty she built for them was soon torn down by the two pigs. Qiao An'an had no choice but to lock them in Da Hei's wooden house, which angered Da Hei so much that he ignored Qiao An'an for several days.
Knowing she was in the wrong, Qiao An'an promised Dahei, "Once I finish digging the tunnel, I'll throw those two into the bungalow behind the house, and then this den will still be yours!"
Dahei then obediently went to sleep on the pile of clothes that Qiao An'an had temporarily placed for him.
These past few days, Dahei's eyes have looked so aggrieved.
Today, seeing that the tunnel had finally been dug to the end, Big Black grabbed the piglets' ears from inside the doghouse and dragged the two little piglets to the tunnel entrance.
When Qiao An'an climbed out of the tunnel with the help of the ladder, Da Hei handed the piglet directly to her, as if to say, "The tunnel is finished now, get rid of this unlucky thing!"
Qiao An'an had no choice but to carry the two piglets, one in each hand, down the tunnel again and take them to the innermost room of the bungalow. That room used to be the owner's bedroom, complete with a bed, cabinets, and chairs, but they had all rotted over time. Fortunately, the door was still in good condition. After cleaning out the furniture, Qiao An'an locked the piglets inside.
These piglets aren't gaining weight much; after more than a month, they only weigh about ten pounds. Grandpa Gu Bei said it's because they're not eating enough. He said he'd take them to the back mountain to gather pig feed in a couple of days so they could quickly gain weight for the fall.
For safety reasons, Grandpa Gu Bei installed two wooden doors that could be pulled up on both sides of the opening, and then covered the wooden doors with soil and planted the lawn that Qiao An'an had dug up and thrown in the corner of the wall.
Then they covered the surrounding area with grass.
Grandpa Gu Bei had already made the entrance slightly lower than the rest of the house, and with the addition of soil and grass, it was impossible to tell that it was a wooden door that could be pulled up: "The zombies outside aren't scary; what's scary are the bad guys. Only our own people know about this secret door. If one day a bad guy discovers our little courtyard, we can go down and hide."
Qiao An'an thought this was a good suggestion.
She felt that not only could they hide in the basement, but they could also put all the food stored in the house there. Firstly, the basement was warm in winter and cool in summer, making it easy to store food. Secondly, if Grandpa Gu Bei's prediction came true, they wouldn't starve to death while hiding inside.
Looking at the tunnel, which could only accommodate one person at a time, Gu Bei asked, "Aunt An'an, where are you planning to put the food? Will you still be able to walk after you put it there?"
Qiao An'an got hooked on digging tunnels and made grand promises to Gu Bei: "We can dig a bigger basement. I've already thought of the location. We'll dig it under the house we live in now, and we can also dig an escape exit in my kitchen. People say a cunning rabbit has three burrows, right? The more exits we have, the more hope we have to escape."
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