Xia Lunong stood in the darkness for a while, not knowing what to say.

Xia Huoqu was drowsy and about to fall asleep again. When he didn't respond, he opened his eyes and looked at him, his voice sleepy, "What are you thinking about? Aren't you going to sleep yet?"

"I'll be right there." Xia Lunong ran forward two steps guiltily, got on the bed with his hands on the mattress, and lay down next to his brother.

His brother casually threw half of the quilt over to him and let him cover his belly with it.

That night, Xia Lunong's dream was extremely chaotic.

He felt that his dream was like an overturned color box, with large chunks of warm yellow and warm red appearing alternately in the depths of his dream.

This strange dream was also accompanied by an inexplicable dampness.

He was wrapped in the quilt, sweat seeping out, and there was thick water vapor in his breath.

It was bright in the sky when he woke up the next day. The half where his brother was lying had lost his body temperature, and he was the only one left on the bed.

He threw back the quilt and saw that his clothes were wrinkled and messy, like a piece of paper that had been wet and then dried.

He also had a faint smell of sweat, alcohol, and some very subtle smell on his body, which mixed together to form a kind of "spring" breath.

Xia Lunong looked down and felt a little angry.

He jumped to the ground barefoot, took out new underwear, new trousers and a new T-shirt from the closet, reached out and rolled them up, took them all out, and stuffed them into the bathroom.

Kong Zhi was preparing breakfast, and saw him rushing into the bathroom and glanced at him.

He carried a bucket out of the bathroom, scooped water from the water tank with a clang, and scooped up half a bucket in just a few strokes.

The water splashed out, soaking a small area near the bucket.

Kong Zhi asked, "What are you scooping water for?"

"To take a bath." Xia Lunong said, picked up the bucket in one hand and went to the bathroom.

Kong Zhi walked into the bathroom, intercepted the water from his hand, looked down at him and asked, "Why are you taking a cold shower so early in the morning?"

Xia Lunong was afraid that he would smell the smell on her body, so she took two steps back to avoid him and said sullenly, "I didn't take a shower yesterday."

"Even if you didn't take a shower, boil some hot water to make it." Kong Zhi took the water out, replaced it with a pot specially used for boiling bath water, scooped water into the pot in a few seconds, then went to the stove to light a fire, looked up at him, and said, "Watch the fire yourself."

"Oh."

Xia Lunong went to the stove, turned around and took a dry wooden stick that was neither too big nor too small, put it against her knees, exerted a little force with both hands, and "snapped" the firewood into two pieces, stuffed it into the stove, and silently boiled water.

The water was soon boiled, and he took the water to wash his hair and take a shower.

When he came out again, Kong Zhi had already prepared breakfast. Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian had also returned and were talking in the living room.

Seeing Xia Lunong coming out, Yan Xinian got up to get food and asked with a smile, "Why did you get up so early to take a shower?"

Xia Lunong said, "I didn't take a shower yesterday."

The four of them sat at the table to eat, and Yan Xinian talked about the problem of the distribution of family supplies, "Yesterday I thought that now we have more and more things, and it's not good to mix them together. Why not divide them up?"

During the time when Xia Lunong was in a coma, his brother sent all his assets to Dr. Ou, and he didn't save any money at all.

At that time, Yan Xinian also invested all his assets in the white building, and he didn't have any extra food.

Both families ate whatever they collected, and there was no inventory, so there was no need to talk about the division of supplies.

Kong Zhi was a refugee who had fled to their base with only a backpack and no extra supplies. Xia Huoqu was very generous not to ask him for food and accommodation, and it was even more impossible for him to share food with him.

But things were different later.

Xia Lunong had made a lot of money when she made chili cakes.

When they went to Yacheng later, they brought back thousands of kilograms of weapons and rice, and they didn't use them up even after renting a field.

Now they even have honey, which is really expensive and not easy to mix.

Yan Xinian said, "Brothers should be clear about accounts. We feel that feelings are feelings, and accounts are accounts."

Xia Lunong looked at his brother, then at Kong Zhi, and said blankly, "We are still eating together, how should this be divided?" "

We will draw a part as public supplies. After this part of public supplies is used up, we will draw a second time. For example, the bee pupae we found together will be confiscated directly and eaten together."

Yan Xinian already had a plan in mind, "Except for this part of public supplies, we will divide the rest according to proportion."

"For example, this time, you and your brother found the honey first, Xiao Nong, so this counts as your contribution. Later, when it came to the stage of getting the honey, Xiao Nong, you basically didn't contribute, so it's only your brother, Kong Zhi and I who contributed. The way the honey is divided this time is that you get one portion for finding the honey and your brother gets one portion, and your brother gets one portion, Kong Zhi gets one portion and I get one portion for getting the honey. All the honey is divided into five portions, and except for your brother who gets two portions, we each get one portion - something like this."

Xia Lunong nodded, "That's fine."

Yan Xinian said, "Divide it this way at other times, based on contribution, just divide it roughly, and don't divide it too finely or be too fussy."

Xia Huoqu expressed his opinion first, "I have no problem."

Xia Lunong quickly followed, "I have no problem either."

Kong Zhi nodded silently at the side.

Yan Xinian smiled, "Then let's divide it this way. Bailou is my business. I took a lot of things from home before. Yesterday I took some honey and bee pupae over. I don't want the honey this time. You three can divide it."

Xia Huo said, "No need. You can only take half of your share. The other half will be given to you. It won't be troublesome to weigh it later."

Xia Lunong nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, no one of us will take advantage of each other, but we can't suffer losses either."

Yan Xinian didn't argue with them, "That's fine too."

"Weigh it after breakfast." Xia Huoqu said, "I have no objection to the White House using your quota, but the news has been leaked many times, and the researchers' operations are not standardized. I'm afraid you have to make some corrections."

Xia Huoqu still remembered Yan Mingqing's incident. Yan Mingqing came to apologize twice, but he didn't forgive him. He also detained his brother and forbade him to hang out with Yan Mingqing again.

Yan Xinian nodded, "I'll talk to Director Jin."

After breakfast, the four of them weighed the honey first.

There are now a total of 186 kilograms of honey left from yesterday's harvest. Yan Xinian got 20.5 kilograms, Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi each got 41 kilograms, and Xia Huoqu got 82 kilograms. The remaining 1.5 kilograms is considered public honey, which is usually used to make honey water.

Xia Lunong straightened up, "It's a great harvest."

"Yes." Yan Xinian smiled, "This is just the beginning, there will definitely be more harvests in the future."

The honey was divided, but it was still piled up in the Xia family.

Xia Lunong looked at the grain piled up in the living room and the utility room, and felt a headache for the first time, "Now it feels very difficult to turn around. When the peanuts are harvested, we estimate that we will not even have a place to stay."

Xia Huo said, "See if you have time this winter. If you have time, you can add a layer upstairs as a utility layer."

Yan Xinian raised his hands in agreement, "I have no objection. I will definitely have time this winter."

After the four of them had breakfast, Yan Xinian went to the white building, and the other three went to turn over and dry the peanuts.

The peanuts that were just washed and dried yesterday were almost dry today.

Xia Lunong grabbed a handful of peanuts from the ground, cracked the shells and ate the peanut kernels inside. It felt like they would need to be dried for another two or three days before being sent for oil extraction.

After the three of them had dried the peanuts, Xia Huoqu wiped the sweat off his forehead and took his two younger brothers with him, "Let's go, let's go back and have lunch first, let Auntie Gu and the others watch over us here."

Auntie Gu's family was also drying peanuts, and she had been sitting in the shade, turning them over from time to time. Xia Huoqu was too lazy to watch, so he specifically asked her to help look after them and to call them in time if it rained.

Xia Lunong's face flushed with heat, and she wiped her forehead with her arm, "How about cold noodles for lunch? Let's grate some cucumber, slice some tomatoes, and add some chili oil and vinegar, and have a good meal."

Kong Zhi: "I'll knead the dough."

"Okay, then I'll go to the cafeteria to see if I can exchange it for meat, and make some minced meat to make it more delicious."

The three of them went back side by side. Before they got home, someone called them from behind, mainly Xia Huoqu, "Deputy Captain Xia!"

Xia Huoqu turned around and saw a middle-aged woman carrying a pig cage behind him.

Xia Huoqu whispered to Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi: "This is Lu Qingxuan, you can just call her Sister Lu."

Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi nodded together and greeted Lu Qingxuan.

Lv Qingxuan panted and chased after them, also greeted them, put the pig cage on the ground, and said, "Deputy Captain Xia, I heard that your family wants piglets?"

"Are you going to exchange piglets with us?" Xia Huo said, "If you want to exchange for honey, we will only offer one or two honey and twenty kilograms of rice."

"I don't want honey, I just want rice." Lv Qingxuan panted, "These are the piglets we raised this year, do you want them?"

Xia Lunong had already gone to see her piglets when she spoke.

Her piglets were all black pigs, which looked thinner than the pigs of Shi Jiacheng's family and had a rougher appearance.

As for the abnormalities, two of the three piglets had an extra eye and one had an extra hoof.

Seeing Xia Lunong's interest, Lu Qingxuan said, "They are all good pigs. We just couldn't keep them here, so we gave them away for exchange. Originally there were twelve in total, but now there are only three left."

Xia Lunong asked, "Sister Lu, did your family build a pigpen in Dongpo?"

"Yes. There is still vacant land there. If you think it's too dirty to keep pigs near home, you can also raise them in Dongpo. Deputy Captain Xia knows about this. It's not expensive to rent land in Dongpo. We still have an empty pig shed to rent to you."

Xia Huoqu asked, "Are these piglets born from the interbreeding of domestic pigs and wild boars?"

"Almost. They are called wild boars, but they are actually mutated domestic pigs before the catastrophe." Lu Qingxuan said, "I will not hide it from you. My pigs are a little wilder than the Shi family's, but the rice they exchange for is also less, one pound of live pigs for three pounds of rice." Xia Huoqu said, "

The Shi family also exchanged one pound of live pigs for three pounds of rice."

Lu Qingxuan wiped her sweat and smiled, "That was proposed by others, and his family refused to exchange. When they exchanged pigs before, they would at least exchange three and a half pounds of rice for one pound of live pigs."

Xia Huoqu looked at his brother, then at Kong Zhi, and said, "Let's think about it again. Sister Lu, why did you just pick the pig over here?"

"I picked it up to show you. It's not a big deal. If you don't want it, I'll take it back."

This place is not far from home, Xia Huoqu said, "Let's go to our house to have a drink of water first."

"Okay." Lu Qingxuan responded and was about to pick up the bag and continue walking.

Xia Huoqu took her shoulder pole, "I'll do it."

Lu Qingxuan let go of her hand, panting, "Then I'll trouble you."

Kong Zhi said, "Brother Huoqu, let me do it."

Xia Huoqu: "No, it's only a few steps away."

Lu Qingxuan was afraid that they didn't want the piglets, so she said as they walked, "Raising pigs is pretty good. Just spend a little time and raise them for a year. Not only do you not have to worry about manure during normal times, but you can also harvest a big fat pig in winter. The sausage and meat made from them are much more delicious than the wild boars caught outside."

Xia Lunong said, "It's not easy to take care of pigs every day."

"It's okay. If you can't spare the effort, you can hire someone else to raise them. For example, Ye Bacheng's family spends 10 to 20 kilograms of rice a month, and the Jinhua family helps raise them."

Xia Lunong: "Is it still possible?"

"Of course you can. You're busy, so it won't take much rice to ask someone to raise them."

Lu Qingxuan said, "I see that your family has exchanged so many peanuts. Once the oil is squeezed, there will be a lot of oil cakes, which is just right for feeding pigs. Mix the oil cakes with some sweet potato vines, and the pigs will eat them. The meat will grow quickly, and they can be released from the pen in four or five months."

Xia Lunong had considered the oil cakes before, and only then did he want to exchange pigs.

As for the sweet potato vines, there are so many sweet potatoes planted in the base, and the vines can be harvested over and over again. It is very convenient to exchange rice for one kilogram of rice and get a lot of them.

Xia Lunong glanced at his brother and asked, "Three kilograms of rice is too expensive. How about two and a half kilograms? I heard that several of your piglets were exchanged for two and a half kilograms."

Lu Qingxuan didn't expect that he had found out about this. She stared at him with wide eyes and a surprised expression on her face.

Xia Lunong had heard countless gossips when he went to the square at night these days. He knew what was going on and immediately looked back calmly. Lu

Qingxuan said distressedly, "My batch of piglets is better than the last batch."

Xia Lunong: "Yeah."

Lu Qingxuan waited for him to say the next word, but he stopped after "Yeah". She couldn't help but stare at him blankly again.

Xia Huoqu's eyes were full of smiles.

The three of them returned home. Xia Huoqu put the piglets in the corridor and invited Lu Qingxuan to come in for tea.

Lu Qingxuan didn't say anything polite to them.

A few dozen kilograms of rice was nothing to them now. Xia Huoqu handed the matter over to his brother and calmly screened the tea for them.

The tea they drink is bamboo leaf tea, which they also exchanged at the market. It's not a good tea, but they just drink it for its taste.

Xia Lunong calmly discussed with Lu Qingxuan for a while, and finally exchanged all her three piglets for one catty of live pigs and two catties and eight taels of rice.

These three piglets are all boars, one weighs 17 catties and 7 taels, one weighs 17 catties and 8 taels, and one weighs 21 catties and 3 taels. They are all piglets that have just been weaned and have been mutated.

Almost all the pig-raising families in the base have a tacit understanding that the boars sold are usually mutted first before being sent to the seller.

Before the handover, Xia Lunong confirmed with her that if the piglets died of illness within a month, she would have to return half of the rice, and if they encountered any difficulties in raising pigs, she would have to give guidance.

Lu Qingxuan agreed to all of them, and also took the initiative to agree to lend them the pig pen for free for one month.

After the handover was clear, Xia Huoqu and she carried the piglets back to her vacant pig pen in Dongpo, and exchanged some sweet potato vines and rice bran from her to feed the piglets first.

These three pigs were considered the public property of the four people.

Yan Xinian came back and heard that they had exchanged the piglets. Just as he was about to find someone to feed them, he said, "Don't look for anyone else first. I'll ask Aunt Zheng to see if she's willing. It'll be easier to give it to her."

Xia Lunong often went to the square and knew who his brother Xinian was talking about.

Aunt Zheng was talking about Zheng Linguang, who had an eleven-year-old son at home.

This aunt had a very masculine name, and she was more generous than ordinary men in doing things. She never took less than what was hers, and never took anything that was not hers. She raised her son alone and had no intention of looking for someone else.

Xia Lunong often heard people in the square say that she was stubborn and inflexible, but they never denied her character.

Xia Lunong asked, "Will she agree?"

Yan Xinian said, "Ask first, and we'll talk if it doesn't work. It should be fine."

Yan Xinian went to her house that afternoon to ask, and Zheng Linguang agreed, offering to cook pig food for them at home, as long as they prepared the corresponding firewood for her every month.

Pigs grow faster when they eat cooked pig food than raw pig food, and asking her to help also requires her to cook pig food.

She offered to cook at her house, so Yan Xinian went to the market to exchange a new pot for her to use temporarily, and exchanged a batch of firewood and sent it to her house.

In addition, they also exchanged rice bran at the market, and went to the property management committee to order sweet potato vines. It took them several hours to do all these things, and they didn't finish until the evening.

When they were going home, they met the Yu family who came to ask if they wanted piglets. Xia Lunong then realized that the pig market in the base was falsely prosperous.

Piglets seemed to be very popular, but in fact, most people were unwilling to raise them because they thought it was troublesome.

Xia Lunong sighed, "I was wondering why Shi Jiacheng and Sister Lu acted so quickly. It turns out that they thought we were rich customers."

Xia Huo said, "The base is so small, and there are countless eyes watching. Everyone knows clearly what everyone is doing, so they act quickly."