Chapter 185: Mentality
During this whole day, their entire village basically spent its time fighting against the snowstorm.
The work was finally finished. After releasing the control over the fifteen hyena skeletons, Zhou Xu returned to his residence and collapsed directly on the bed.
Controlling fifteen hyena skeletons at the same time is definitely not his limit, but it is also something he cannot maintain for a long time.
Now that the power of the mantra has been greatly consumed, coupled with the fact that he did not get enough rest last night, Zhou Xu just felt dizzy at this moment. He just wanted to empty his mind, lie there and have a good rest for a while, and wait until his strength recovers.
Until Ye Jinghong's voice rang in his ears...
"Chief? Chief?! Chief!"
"!!!"
At that moment, Zhou Xu was completely awakened.
The whole person sat up suddenly, which scared Qiansui, who had been lying on him without knowing when, and his face also showed a bit of shock.
Only after he could see the surrounding scene clearly did he lean against the head of the bed and gasp.
I don't know when he lost consciousness.
"What's up?"
As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was a little hoarse, with an undisguised fatigue.
"Chief, we moved the food we stored elsewhere yesterday, and when we looked this morning, we found that it was all soaked in water."
Looking at Ye Jinghong who said these words with gritted teeth, Zhou Xu felt dizzy and couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand.
"Soak in water? Why soak in water?!"
As soon as this question was asked, Zhou Xu's expression changed as he reacted.
"Wait! Did you say yesterday?!"
"Yes, Chief, you have already slept for a whole night. You were in a deep sleep, so we didn't dare to disturb you."
When he finished speaking, Ye Jinghong lowered his head deeply.
In fact, let alone Zhou Xu yesterday, everyone was exhausted after fighting the snowstorm for a whole day. As soon as the work was over, everyone slept soundly.
However, Zhou Xu didn't have the time to worry about whose fault it was. He just wanted to rush to check the food situation.
When we arrived at the new food storage location, we saw a group of people gathered there, and for a moment we didn't know what to do.
"The leader is coming! The leader is coming!!"
Amid the shouts, the villagers nervously made way for them, allowing Zhou Xu to see the food piled there at a glance.
He didn't even need to get close to feel the wetness of the food. He didn't know how long the food had been soaked from yesterday to now, which made him look ugly.
"Please punish me, leader!"
Ye Jinghong knelt on the ground without saying a word.
Seeing this, the surrounding villagers also knelt on the ground and shouted...
"Please punish me, leader!!"
“…”
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu took two deep breaths, gradually calmed down, and waved his hand.
"Okay, everyone, get up. This is not your fault."
In just a short while, he had sorted out some things.
The grains got wet because of the snow!
Theoretically, in such cold weather, the water molecules would condense, so even if the grains were buried under the snow, they would not spoil.
But the problem is that the ambient temperature changed during their transportation.
Simply put, after moving indoors, the ambient temperature began to rise and the snow on the grain bags began to melt.
At that time, Zhou Xu was not in a good condition. He was already very tired after maintaining the mantra for a long time and controlling fifteen hyena skeletons to transport food.
Under this premise, Ye Jinghong came running to him in a hurry to tell him that the farm had collapsed, so he hurried over again. From then on, until he returned to the house to rest, he braved the snowstorm and searched outside for the escaped horses. He was so busy that he forgot about the matter at the granary.
In other words, in his impression, there would basically be no major problems in moving food.
To put it bluntly, isn't it just a physical job? The snow covering the granary has been dug away, and the next thing to do is to move the grain indoors. What could go wrong? But as it turned out, it did go wrong.
In the past, how could these villagers have so much food to store for the winter?
Even if there is, it will be eaten up quickly and there is no chance of it going bad.
This also means that they are very lacking in relevant experience.
If it were Zhou Xu, if he was the one who did it at the time, he would just have to come over and take a look, and after noticing that the snow had melted, he would quickly realize the problem.
But he obviously couldn't blame the villagers for this.
How should I blame them? Should I blame them for not having common sense? Or should I blame them for not waking him up when they saw him sleeping soundly?
In the final analysis, it was because he was so busy that he forgot about it. It was his own negligence.
"Move all this wet food outside!"
The villagers didn't know why their leader did this, but since their leader had spoken, they naturally followed his orders.
Zhou Xu’s idea at the moment was actually very simple, which was to use the outside as a refrigerator and freeze the food first.
But it's not a refrigerator after all, so we still have to find a way to dispose of the damp food as soon as possible.
After sorting out his thoughts, Zhou Xu spoke again...
"Let the kitchen use this food to make dinner first. The rest can be distributed to everyone in the village. Consume this batch of food first, and then count how much food is left that has not been soaked in water!"
After quickly giving instructions for this matter, Zhou Xu followed the busy figures and his gaze fell to the outside where snow was still falling.
"Is the snowstorm over?"
When he came, his mind was full of food and he really didn't pay attention to the wind and snow outside.
Although the heavy snow was still falling and the occasional cold wind was still icy, the blizzard had stopped.
This made Zhou Xu, who was frowning, unconsciously relax his brows a little.
Although this heavy snow is also very dangerous, it is nothing compared to the snowstorm.
Unconsciously, he had already gotten through the most difficult period of time.
When he thought of this, Zhou Xu felt a little relieved, but he also knew that it was not the time to completely relax.
The biggest problem at the moment was the food in front of him! As mentioned before, in order to survive the winter, he had stored enough food in the village to last the whole village for a month.
As for this month's food, what is in the granary is only a part of it. The other part is undoubtedly the rabbits and chickens kept in the farm.
Last night, only one out of ten rabbits and chickens survived in the farm, and now the food that was saved with great difficulty has also become a problem? This is simply messing with his mentality!
(End of this chapter)
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