Chapter 204
, a sea change
After three months of heavy rain, it finally stopped. Many survivors were eager to try and ran out of the base to collect some edible plants.
Their family assets have long been depleted, and some are even starving. If they don't leave, they will starve to death.
Having edible mutant plants has alleviated the problem of food shortage. Although we won’t be full, we won’t starve to death either.
Human survival has also been given a chance to breathe.
After the rainstorm stopped, the temperature still showed no sign of rising and remained at a few degrees below zero.
The two elders have caught a cold due to the large temperature difference these days and have been in low spirits every day.
They stopped farming as their legs and feet were not as agile as before. Although they had no income, they had saved a lot of points and had enough food and drink.
Sometimes Fang Xin also helped the two elders from time to time.
But fortunately, I have medicine at hand, so I just have to suffer a little. After all, my age is there. I am already in my seventies. With age, my resistance is weaker and I get sick easily.
This age is considered old in the apocalypse, and most survivors rarely live beyond 60 years old.
Fang Xin didn't even knock on the door, he just took the key and went in.
Grandpa Li's condition has improved, but Grandma Li still has a slight fever.
Fang Xin placed the supplements in his hand on the tea table. These supplements were all bought from the inner area, mixed with some from his own storage space.
Grandpa Li heard the noise and came out of the house. He greeted Fang Xin and said, "Xin Xin is here."
"Come on, why do you need so many things?"
"It's okay, you keep it for yourself."
"We have everything we need, including food and clothing. Don't buy it next time. It's a waste of money."
"Yes, I understand."
He promised, but he just didn't listen.
Fang Xin asked with concern, "How is grandma?"
"Much better."
"I got the fever-reducing patch. I'll go put it on grandma." Fang Xin said as he took out a box of fever-reducing patches from a pile of things and walked into the bedroom.
When she walked into the bedroom, Grandma Li, who was lying on the bed, saw him at a glance. Grandma Li propped up her slightly weak body and tried to sit up.
"Xinxin is here, come and sit down." Grandma Li waved lovingly.
Fang Xin quickly stepped forward and helped her up, then took a pillow from the side and placed it on Grandma Li's back to make her more comfortable.
"How do you feel today? Are you feeling better?" Fang Xin asked concernedly, while his hands kept moving. He opened the box, took out the anti-fever patch, put it on Grandma Li's forehead, tore off the outer packaging, and put it on her forehead.
"I'm much better, you don't have to worry." Grandma Li replied with a smile, her eyes falling on Fang Xin, her eyes full of love and relief.
After Fang Xin finished pasting the seal and looked at Grandma Li’s wrinkled face, he suddenly realized that Grandma Li had really aged a lot.
She felt a little sad.
Grandpa Li walked in slowly, sat on a chair nearby, and spoke softly, "This cold is quite serious. Many survivors in the base have caught the flu."
"Yes, it has something to do with the sudden drop in temperature."
Grandpa Li said softly, "I don't know when the natural disaster will end!"
Grandpa Li's voice was a little hoarse, and there was a hint of loneliness.
I’m afraid the old couple won’t be able to see that day. He didn’t say the second half of his sentence.
The topic was a bit heavy for a moment, so Fang Xin changed the subject, "Although the natural disaster is not over, many edible plants have grown outside, which shows that things are moving in a positive direction now."
"Yes, you are right."
In the evening, Fang Xin went into the kitchen and prepared a light meal for the two elders.
There is tomato and egg soup, vegetable and shrimp rice, one rice and one soup, light and easy to digest.
Fang Xin finished his dinner at the old couple's place, cleaned up everything, and then returned to his own home.
After two days of Fang Xin's careful care, the old couple's cold finally recovered, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After the two elders recovered from their illness, Fang Xin drove out of the base. She wanted to see the situation outside.
Forget about finding edible mutant plants near the base, as they have all been picked up by the survivors.
Although it is still a wasteland, the appearance has changed a lot.
From time to time, you can see a clump of weeds where the car passes.
The weeds were very tall, almost as high as the calves.
The car was driving unsteadily, and when it encountered a small puddle, it just drove straight through it.
In the endless wasteland, from time to time you can see groups of survivors collecting together.
They were holding torn bags or backpacks in their hands, with long-lost smiles on their faces.
The further you go out, the more mutant plants there are and the fewer survivors there are.
The plant has now grown in a distorted way and it is impossible to tell what it is from its appearance.
Fang Xin parked the car in an area with dense vegetation, picked up a small shovel and started digging it up like a treasure hunter, saving it for later study.
He kept swinging the small shovel in his hand, digging out something that looked like a dandelion and a cabbage. He didn't know whether the cabbage had grown out of the wall or the dandelion had cheated.
It is as big as cabbage, with saw-shaped leaves and the whole thing is green.
Use a shovel to dig it out with the roots and make some space for now.
Fang Xin stood up, holding a small shovel, and walked forward, looking around.
The dog followed Fang Xin's footsteps and walked slowly beside him, looking left and right with his little head, as if he was also searching.
There are some plants that look like trees on the wasteland, but they have not grown up yet, only to the size of thighs, scattered here and there.
The plants are not very dense, with only two or three meters between them.
Even the things that looked like grass were just clumps here and there, not growing into a solid patch.
I walked over a clump of weeds and came to a small tree. This small tree looked like an apple tree and a pear tree. The shape of its leaves was very fragrant, but this leaf was a little big.
It looks like it but it doesn’t, I don’t know what it is.
No matter what it is, dig it up first, dig it up with the roots and put it directly into the space.
Fang Xin came to another tree that looked like a willow tree but not like a willow tree, and dug up the sapling directly.
At this time, the barking of a dog came from a distance.
“Woof woof.”
Fang Xin walked over to find the sound and saw the dog digging something and had already dug a small hole.
"What are you digging for?"
The dog kept moving its paws and barked twice, "Woof woof."
Fang Xin was also very curious. Did he find the treasure?
She squatted down and dug with the dog using a small shovel. After a while, a round object appeared in front of them.
The skin is a bit thick, the color is khaki, and the size is slightly larger than a fist, a bit like a potato.
Fang Xin asked doubtfully, "Is this edible?"
"Woof." The dog nodded his head very seriously.
Fang Xin was amazed, "You can tell which things are edible."
"Woof," the dog nodded again.
She never thought that her dog could actually identify edible things. It was simply magical.
So she took out the big dandelion from the space and handed it to the dog, "Can you eat this?"
"Woof," the dog nodded his little head again.
Fortunately, the effort was not in vain.
She decided to follow the dog and dig wherever it pointed.