Qiao Qingqing watched them walk towards the beach, then withdrew her gaze and went into the tent. She changed the dressing for Shao's mother first, then massaged her mother's waist and feet: "Acupuncture should wait until the evening." Qiao Songzhi only asked her to massage twice and refused: "You should also take a break. I can move around by myself. It's not a big problem. People will always feel sore when they get old. Just give me some plaster to apply."
Qiao Qingqing grabbed her hand and continued to press: "It will be better if you press it and then apply the plaster."
Mother Shao listened to Dabao's cry fading away, with a smile on her face. She sighed: "I never dared to think of such a day. I thought I would never see you again. I didn't expect that we could be reunited as a family. It's really God's blessing."
"Yes, our family is lucky. After the tornado, many families were separated..." Qiao Songzhi was also quite touched. "I don't have much to think about these days. As long as everyone is together, healthy and safe, that's enough."
"That's right. I have to get better soon. I really want to raise ducks."
Qiao Songzhi asked Qiao Qingqing with a smile: "If we set up the tent today, can we hatch ducks tomorrow?"
"Hatch. Develop the motor to open the incubator tonight."
After hearing what Qiao Qingqing said, Qiao Songzhi and Shao's mother were extremely excited. Shao's mother wanted to get better immediately. She really couldn't get used to living like this, dragging down her family. She shouldn't be like a useless person. She also wanted to fetch water, find firewood, dig wild vegetables and dig big roots...
"Don't be anxious, take your time." Qiao Songzhi comforted her softly.
Shao's mother forced a smile, and she was not really happy until Qiao Qingqing told her that she needed to help check the health of the newborn ducklings and help manage the amount of feed they ate.
"It would be great if Dabao was willing to help hatch the eggs, so we can save oil for developing the motor." Shao's mother suggested enthusiastically.
Qiao Songzhi also thought this was a good idea: "It didn't like to hatch eggs laid by other chickens before, and it might peck them to pieces if I put them in its nest, but we can give it a try!"
After listening to this, Father Shao asked, "How long does it take to hatch duck eggs?"
Shao's mother and her friends have experience: "About 20 days."
"Then the generator has to run for twenty days? What a waste of gasoline." Shao's father felt distressed.
Qiao Songzhi explained that when the family was hatching the first batch of eggs, it was just after the acid rain and before the arrival of the crows and the eternal night, so the solar generator was still usable. Later, when the first batch of chickens came, the hens took over the job of hatching the eggs, and some roosters that were bullied by Dabao were also willing to sit and hatch the eggs obediently.
"So we're going to use the solar generator this time too? We're going to start the incubator tonight, and we haven't installed the solar generator yet."
Qiao Qingqing explained: "This place is not suitable for installing solar generators." A major earthquake, a tornado, and the typhoon rain a while ago, they are just an ordinary family, and they use a fuel generator, so how can they protect the equipment of the solar generator? Once the well-preserved power generation panels are spread out, they will attract attention. Do they deliberately damage them to make them look old in order not to attract attention? Qiao Qingqing didn't want to do this. She kept this set of solar generators and waited for the opportunity to own her own house again in the future, and then use it when her privacy and security are guaranteed.
"I plan to use the generator to incubate the eggs for a few days. Then I'll go find some clay. If I can't find any, I'll use the cement in the space. Then I'll ask Sheng An to find sand from the bottom of the sea. We'll build a kang and burn firewood to incubate the eggs manually."
Her arrangement was perfect, and Shao's father hurriedly said, "I'll do as you say. I'll find the clay."
Afterwards, Shao's father came out of the tent, saying that he would look after the house, and told them to take a nap if they were tired. So Qiao Qingqing and the other two went to sleep.
There was laughter coming from afar. Qiao Qingqing took a nap and opened her eyes blearily.
The whole family had some injuries. Although the weather was getting hotter, they didn't dare put an ice bucket in the tent like in previous years. Qiao Songzhi was fanning Qiao Qingqing gently. When she saw her open her eyes, she smiled: "Are you woken up? I heard the noise and it was Sheng An and the others coming back."
Mother Shao looked outside the tent expectantly: "Fei Fei's voice is still the loudest, just like beating a gong."
"You must have gained a lot to be so happy." Qiao Qingqing got up.
Outside, Shao's father, who was sitting under the awning watching over the house, was also shouting, "Oh! Ah Xia, hurry up and wake up Qingqing and my mother-in-law. Sheng Ansheng has come back with a big fish! Hiss, this fish is really big!"
As expected, Shao Shengan and Shao Shengfei returned with a full load. Shao Shengan carried two buckets and put the fishing net on his shoulders. Shao Shengfei ran happily in the front, carrying a big grass carp more than one meter long on his shoulders!
"Oh my god, how can there be such a big fish!"
Qiao Qingqing and Qiao Songzhi helped Shao's mother sit at the door of the tent, and then put on slippers to greet her. Qiao Songzhi looked amazed and said, "Bring a bucket - this one won't work, you have to take the biggest one."
Song Sanhe and Liu Zhen also had a good harvest. Although they didn't have a fishing net, they had excellent swimming skills. They took off their clothes and went straight into the water to net fish. They actually caught a bag of fish with one net.
Probably few people have come to this area of water since it was created, and no one knows where these fish came from. They all look like river fish and are not afraid of people at all, which is why they are caught in large numbers.
Watching Qiao Qingqing's family busying around, Song Sanhe's eyes swept over various daily utensils, and then he took Liu Zhenxian back. Before leaving, he made an appointment with Shao Shengan to go fishing together next time.
Qiao Qingqing felt his gaze, but didn't take it seriously. She knew from the contact she had with him these days that he was just like that. The more responsibility one has, the more vigilant one becomes. One has to observe everything several times to make sure it's harmless before being at ease. She wasn't afraid of Song Sanhe observing their home. No matter what Song Sanhe thought, he couldn't think of the space.
Song Sanhe did not think so, but nodded in agreement when Liu Zhen said that their family was lucky. They were trying their best to find supplies along the way, and they found a lot of scattered things. One of their companions was lucky enough to find an emergency bag under the sand, which was full of things. No one knew who was unlucky enough to lose the emergency bag.
In addition to digging wild vegetables and roots along the way, they also picked up some supplies, such as tent cloth fragments, broken cups, sand-soaked clothes, and single shoes. Liu Zhen even picked up a wig. He pulled the wig out of the ground with one hand, which frightened the usually courageous Liu Zhen so much that he screamed. Later he realized that it was not a head, but a wig...
There is everything on the ground. The tornado took away everything and scattered it everywhere. People can only look for resources on the ground again. At this time, there is no need to think too much about whether this thing is the property of a dead person. It is useless to think about it. Now there is no market to exchange, and no factory is open. In the next few years, the daily necessities needed for food and daily life can probably only be searched from the ground.
Whether they dug up their own buried items or dug up other people's items, it was all due to the skills and luck of Shao Shengan's family. They even had two intact stainless steel barrels. Although they looked a little deformed, they were still enviable. Stainless steel products are particularly durable and can be used even if they are deformed.
"First, dig a pond and send two people to the beach to fetch water. Then put the fish in the pond to prevent them from being killed by the sun." Song Sanhe began to direct the work. The camp was filled with joy over the great harvest and was busy in full swing.
Qiao Qingqing took out the big bucket from home and put the fish in it for Shao Shengfei.
The big grass carp was very energetic, turning over and over in the bucket, its tail hitting the bucket and making it bang. Shao Shengfei held down the shaking bucket and excitedly introduced the fish to everyone: "My brother caught it! My brother is so awesome!"
Everyone looked at him with admiration, and Shao Shengan felt a little embarrassed: "The fish there are easy to catch, they are not afraid of people at all. My brother and I caught one each, spread out the fishing net, and this stupid fish bumped into us by itself, so we didn't have to catch it at all."
Shao Shengfei disagreed with him and gestured: "The big fish tried to run away, but my brother caught it quickly! It even hit me in the face!" He raised his head to show everyone his slightly red face.
Shao's mother felt distressed: "Oh, it hit you, come and show me."
"My brother helped me get revenge!"
Qiao Qingqing smiled and said, "This fish is really big. Should we keep it for a few days or kill it right away?"
"Kill it. We have made such a big catch just today. This shows that this is indeed a good place. Let's eat a big fish to celebrate." Shao Shengan said.
"Okay, okay, I'll kill him!" Father Shao rolled up his sleeves.
The fish was so big that Shao's father and Shao Sheng'an had to work together to kill it, with Shao Shengfei squatting beside them to help.
When he was emptying the fish's belly, Shao Sheng'an felt something was wrong with the fish intestine in his hand. He gently cut a hole with a knife and took out a deformed gold ring from the fish intestine.
His expression changed immediately, and so did Shao's father.
"This fish...is it still edible?" Father Shao hesitated and looked at the two buckets of fish next to him.
Are all those fish...
Shao Shengan put the ring away and looked at the fish in his hand. The fish meat, which seemed fresh just now, now seemed to be covered with a layer of gray.
He told Qiao Qingqing about this. Qiao Qingqing was stunned for a moment, then thought about it carefully: "After the earthquake, everywhere was in chaos. It was not uncommon for people to eat each other. It was not surprising for fish to eat people... and corpses." That day, the world was turned upside down. Many people died. It was unknown how many lives were swallowed by the cracks in the ground. The survivors were exhausted, and there were corpses everywhere that no one collected them. Perhaps the bunch of wild vegetables they dug up or the big roots they unearthed had been soaked in the stinking water of the corpses.
"If it's cooked, it might still be edible." Qiao Qingqing said helplessly.
They are all important survival supplies. What if I eat dead bodies? If it really comes to that, Qiao Qingqing can eat dead bodies to survive. With so many fish, are you willing to throw them all away? Will you give up such a large new sea area and stop getting supplies from it in the future? Qiao Qingqing also plans to take water from the sea for storage. You can't think about anything these days. If you think about it, you can't eat anything. It's better to close your eyes and live a whole life. Survival is the most important thing.
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