Shao Shengan said so, and Qiao Qingqing did not refuse. In fact, she felt that they could handle it. Today, her mother and her parents-in-law behaved very well. They supported each other and fought against the danger together. Shengan did not need to put down his work and stay at home. But Shengan and his elder brother had been very hard these days and had not rested for a day. She wanted them to rest at home.
"Okay, Dad is going to plant vegetables tomorrow, so we can collect today's fish and shrimp together."
Shao Shengan gently touched her arm with his elbow, then stood up and took the empty bowl in front of Shao Shengfei: "I'll wash the dishes."
While I was washing dishes, Song Sanhe came over with a bucket of fish and said he wanted to change the salt.
Shao Shengan had mentioned this to Qiao Qingqing, and she had already prepared salt, not much, just a small bowl of about 100 grams. Song Sanhe breathed a sigh of relief, which was beyond his expectations. He rarely smiled and said, "Are you killing fish? The fish in this bucket are all alive. How about I take them back and kill them before bringing them back?"
"No, we can do it ourselves." Shao Shengan refused.
"Then I'll go back first."
Song Sanhe brought the salt back, and Liu Zhen and the others were very happy, as they had not eaten salt for a long time.
"Sister Xia is so lucky. Her whole family came to pick her up and they even have salt. I envy her so much."
"Their family must have been wealthy in the past. I heard from Sister Xia that they used to live in Ping'an Community."
"It's great. I've been there as a nanny for a rich family. The environment there is really great..."
"The people in the caravan camp over there are really lucky. I can't envy them."
While eating dinner, Song Sanhe asked if the camp was safe today, and the people who stayed behind talked about the neighbors they met today. Song Sanhe was such a cautious and thoughtful person, he immediately said: "Don't pay attention to those people when you meet them in the future, and don't let them get close to the camp." He always kept his word, and the others quickly agreed. The middle-aged man who had been chatting with Han Shan today was even more pale, knowing that he had caused trouble.
"It's okay, it's okay. There's no loss yet. Just be more careful next time." Liu Zhen said hurriedly.
The busy day ended like this. Song Sanhe and his colleagues continued to process fish and shrimp, while Qiao Qingqing started making fish balls.
Bucket after bucket of cooked fish balls were carried into the space to fill the gap in supplies. Qiao Qingqing looked at the empty barrels, boxes and crates piled high in the space, and then at the supplies that were replenished next to them, and her heart finally didn't feel so empty anymore.
She could see that the danger level of natural disasters was increasing. A major earthquake destroyed all human operations. Then disasters of all sizes made the situation worse, and human living space was constantly squeezed. Their family was lucky to finally get together and find a good place to camp temporarily. There were water resources and aquatic products here, and the land was fertile after the rain. It was really a good opportunity to recuperate and obtain survival supplies.
"Sheng An, what's the terrain like where you fished today?" Qiao Qingqing asked.
Shao Shengan immediately understood what his wife meant. He shook his head with some regret, "This area is the most suitable for setting up camp. The ground is flat, there are no large cracks on the surface, and the terrain is relatively high. The area we chose is still a small slope. No matter how many neighbors there are nearby, none of them are as high as ours. The terrain over there is very complicated, with low-lying ditches everywhere and the ground is soft. It's not like here where even cars can drive over. I saw a lot of wheel tracks over there, and they were very messy, but I recognized that some of them were coming towards us. Maybe the large camp of the convoy next door has also been there to survey."
Qiao Qingqing understood. It took them a lot of effort to choose this place to station. After arriving at the beach, they walked around for a long time before they finally decided on this place.
Shao Shengan is not going fishing today, so Song Sanhe and the others will go by themselves.
The family spent the whole day making fish balls, fried fish and fried shrimps, and the aroma spread everywhere.
Liu Zhen was guarding the camp today. After coming over, he asked to change some oil. Shao Shengan didn't agree: "We don't have much left. We have to use it sparingly."
Liu Zhen didn't force it. After all, supplies were scarce those days. If there were no fish, they could be caught, but if the oil was used up, it would be difficult to find it again.
Father Shao planted the seeds of Chinese cabbage and lettuce and waited patiently for the seeds to germinate.
In the end, Shao Shengfei asked Qiao Qingqing for some watermelon seeds, and started his own watermelon-growing business again, making his nth promise: "I will grow big, sweet watermelons this time!"
Qiao Songzhi encouraged him with a smile, and Qiao Qingqing stuffed a small tomato into his hand.
The fruit after dinner was cherry tomatoes, but there were no more after we finished this bowl.
"I'll plant some more tomatoes and peppers. Don't worry, I can take care of them," said Shao's father.
People don’t think about when the next natural disaster will come, they just want to live a good life in the present.
More people moved here following the water source, and this seaside area became more and more lively day by day.
Qiao Qingqing witnessed with her own eyes a camp of human survivors slowly being formed.
Wood, canvas, rags, road cement blocks, leaves, broken barrels, broken car heads, ropes...
Everything that can be used is used to build houses. Like industrious ants, humans search, carry, and hoard things bit by bit until a home is built.
More people means more friction. After a period of in-depth contact, Song Sanhe decided to move the camp for safety reasons and become neighbors with Qiao Qingqing's family. As soon as they moved, the location of the original camp was occupied by new survivors.
Qiao Qingqing's family rarely come into contact with people other than Song Sanhe and others. Even with Song Sanhe's neighbors, they don't have much contact.
As the biggest secret of the family is being guarded, everyone is very vigilant, including Shao's mother, who has the best relationship with Liu Zhen.
After a month, this area became more and more popular, and the batch of duck eggs that had been carefully guarded for more than twenty days finally bore good results.
"The ducklings are hatched!" Qiao Songzhi walked out of the duck shed in surprise and announced the good news.
Qiao Qingqing put down what she was doing and stood up: "It's about time, let me take a look!"
The whole family spent a lot of energy and finally got the best result. All forty duck eggs hatched!
The whole family was in high spirits. That night, Qiao Qingqing opened two bottles of beer to celebrate and even lavishly cooked a whole beggar's chicken.
"It's so delicious. Can the duckling be eaten like this?" Shao Shengfei licked his fingers and asked expectantly.
Shao Shengan smiled and nodded: "We will do the same then, but we have to wait until the duckling grows up."
"I'll feed it! I'll feed the duckling until it's big, and then my sister can cook it as duck." Shao Shengfei looked at Qiao Qingqing.
Qiao Qingqing was gnawing on her favorite chicken wings. She smiled and nodded when she heard this.
"It took a lot of effort to hatch these ducklings. None of them can die. We must keep them all alive." Shao's mother said seriously.
This statement was unanimously agreed by everyone. With this idea in mind, the whole family put their full attention into raising these ducklings.
Feeding the ducks was not enough, so they no longer fried the small fish, shrimps and crabs they caught while fishing. Instead, they chopped them up, cooked them, filtered out the bones and fed them to the ducks. When Shao's father was free, he dug up earthworms and threw them into the duck shed, attracting the ducklings to grab them.
When Qiao Qingqing went to the beach to wash clothes, she would occasionally pick up floating algae, which she would take home to feed the ducks. The ducklings opened their mouths and called for food every day, and they began to grow fat and strong. Shao's mother, Qiao Songzhi, and the others were very happy, and the atmosphere at home was filled with happy bubbles.
"Oh, so cute." Qiao Songzhi stood in the duck shed with a loving look in her eyes. Qiao Qingqing found it funny and asked her to go back to the tent to sleep.
"I'm coming right up." Qiao Songzhi looked at him a few more times reluctantly before leaving.
As more and more people survived, Dabao became quite human. He no longer ran out to look for food alone. He would just watch Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan go out, and then flutter his wings to follow them. For safety, Shao Shengan tied a rope to his feet and led him when he went in and out. The ducks in the duck shed grew bigger and bigger every day, and they quacked and made noise every day. Qiao Qingqing would lead them to the beach to take a bath with a long stick, and Dabao would cluck and drive them away. If any duck was disobedient, he would pounce on it and peck at it. After a few times, all the ducks became obedient.
This scene is very strange and funny. Qiao Qingqing laughs every time she sees it. Dabao follows the little ducks in eating. The food is so rich and provides a lot of nutrition. It finally starts to lay eggs. It no longer goes out to play, but guards its eggs every day.
And their family now had a group of ducklings, which caused a heated discussion in the neighborhood.
When someone asked about it, Shao Shengan had only one answer: "It was hatched from a duck egg I picked up."
Where did you pick that up?
Shao Shengan said that he picked it up on the road, but he couldn't say exactly where it was, only that he knew it was five or six kilometers to the north.
Although the survivors had not seen any chickens or ducks on the road, as if those creatures were extinct, Shao Shengan's family still had a big hen, Dabao, so it seemed that getting duck eggs would not be surprising.
Someone asked for an exchange, but Shao Shengan refused. The hatching of these duck eggs took so much effort from the whole family, how could they bear to exchange them? Their family was not short of supplies, and using precious ducks to exchange for some things that the family did not lack, Shao Shengan would calculate the account, and the answer was "not worth it".
Song Sanhe and Liu Zhen were the first to know that his family was hatching duck eggs, and Shao Shengan didn't want to hide it from them. The two families often went fishing together, and the other party had seen that his family was burning fires all day long, and the smoke never went out. Liu Zhen asked casually, and Shao Shengan answered openly.
Song Sanhe was suspicious, but he didn't think about it anymore since he couldn't figure it out. During the two days when Shao Sheng'an and his brother didn't go fishing, he and his companions went to find a new fishing spot. On the way, they found a nest of seabird eggs laid in the bushes by the sea. The eggs were all broken, but it also proved that it is possible to pick up "eggs" on the roadside in this world. After thinking about it, only Aunt Xia's family was lucky. Not only did they pick up eggs, but they were also intact fertilized duck eggs. He was quite calculating. He didn't ask to exchange these hatched ducklings. Only after the ducklings were hatched, he found an opportunity to say to Shao Sheng'an: "After your ducklings lay eggs, can I exchange a few newly hatched ducks with you?"
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