Chapter 91 Phoebe nanmu
Lin Qi's movements were very smooth and silky, as if what she was holding was not a thick piece of fir wood, but a big winter melon.
Hearing the captain's words, she raised her head and responded calmly, "To make a coffin. Why? Don't the five black categories deserve a coffin when they die?"
Her tone was very cold, just like the snow falling from the sky, but the former chills people's hearts, while the latter chills people's bodies.
The captain's old face froze. It was the first time he felt Lin Qi's strong emotions, and these emotions were directed at them, or to be more precise, at him.
She was taking her anger out on others.
"Lin Qi, the five black categories across the country are all like this." He thought he was generous enough. At least he didn't catch typical people every day, and didn't ask Old Man Xu and his grandson to report their thoughts every now and then. Even if the work assigned to these two people was a little tiring, so what? They, the team members, were also very tired. How could they be better than Old Man Xu and his grandson?
For example, the current living environment. He is a team leader, and his family has four children squeezed into one bed. The bed is on one side of the room, and the sundries are stored on the other side. It is difficult to even turn around. How much better is such an environment than a cowshed?
"It's not us who caused Old Man Xu and the others to come to this point." The deputy captain also said.
"Countless people from the five black categories died across the country, but Old Man Xu and his gang lived for so many years after all," the accountant also said.
If the person in front of them was not Lin Qi, they would not even bother to say a word to her.
"Captain, deputy captain, accountant, you are here, please come in." Xu Hexiao pushed open the door. He was dressed in white, blending perfectly with the white snow between the sky and the earth.
The captain looked at Xu Hexiao, then at Lin Qi. He wanted to say a few more words to Lin Qi to straighten her mind. But Lin Qi no longer paid attention to him and lowered her head to do her own thing.
The captain sighed and could only walk towards the room.
Lin Qi only took one day to make a coffin.
Although it was a newly made coffin, the wood had been processed by Lin Qi and was dry. Xu Hexiao touched the inner wall of the coffin and said, "I want to move Grandpa into the coffin. Come and help me."
The two of them worked together with Old Man Xu to move to the coffin. While Xu Hexiao was helping his grandfather to tidy up his remains, Lin Qi went to the kitchen to cook some yam porridge.
After the porridge was cooked, she drank two bowls herself and then brought a bowl to Xu Hexiao.
Xu Hexiao took the bowl and drank it in two or three gulps. Lin Qi served him another bowl, but this time he refused, "I can't eat anymore."
"We still have to keep watch, carry coffins, and dig pits. If we don't eat enough, we won't have the strength," said Lin Qi.
Xu Hexiao looked up at her and saw that she looked serious, so he had to take the bowl and drank another one. Then he drank the third, fourth, and fifth bowls. After finishing the porridge in the earthenware pot, Lin Qi let Xu Hexiao go.
The weather was cold, so Lin Qi used an enamel basin to light a fire, brought the basin to Xu Hexiao, and brought a pile of firewood, reminding him, "Remember to add more firewood."
Xu Hexiao hummed, "Thank you."
"Take good care of yourself and don't make yourself sick. That's how you thank me," said Lin Qi.
She stood up, looked around, and then left without saying a word. When she came back, she had a thermos in her hand.
"There is water in it, remember to drink a few more glasses." She reminded Xu Hexiao.
Xu Hexiao agreed, "Okay."
Lin Qi went out again, and this time, Xu Hexiao didn't wait for her to come back for a long time.
The snow was still falling, and a layer of snow as thick as fingers had already accumulated on the ground.
Lin Qi, dressed in heavy clothes, moved quickly and leapt in the forest like a civet cat.
I heard that the best wood for making coffins is sandalwood cedar and golden nanmu. I wonder if there is any in this forest. I want to look for it. With the Xu family's family background, Xu Hexiao would definitely feel guilty about using fir.
She didn't want him to have any regrets.
Lin Qi braved the cold wind and snow and searched in the mountains all night. Finally, at dawn, she found a nanmu tree, but it was not the golden nanmu.
Lin Qi found two nanmu saplings near the roots of the nanmu tree. She pulled them up and took them back to the cave.
After returning to the cave, Lin Qi planted a sapling not far from the cave, and held the other one in her hand, inputting her supernatural power to induce it to grow.
In order to give birth to this nanmu tree, Lin Qi once again used up all his supernatural powers.
The small sapling grew into a thick water tank. Lin Qi didn't even bother to take a look at it. She just lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
Perhaps because she was worried about people and things, Lin Qi did not sleep for long. She woke up after about three or four hours.
It was already bright in the sky, but Lin Qi still didn't care about the nanmu tree. She didn't even have time to take a look at it before she hurried out of the cave and walked outside the mountain.
Having not seen Lin Qi for a whole night, Xu Hexiao turned his head and looked outside. The snow had stopped and it was quiet outside, with nothing there.
Xu Hexiao felt a little aggrieved. Didn’t she promise grandpa to accompany him? Why didn’t she do that?
The next second, a military green figure appeared in Xu Hexiao's sight, coming from far away and coming in front of Xu Hexiao in the blink of an eye.
"Where did you go?" Xu Hexiao asked gloomily.
"Go find a piece of land for grandpa to be buried. Or have you already chosen a place?" Lin Qi asked.
“No.” The Xu family has moved here for more than ten years. The family is broken, wives and children are separated, and many people are missing, but now the only one who can be confirmed dead is grandpa.
Where should I bury my grandfather?
Xu Hexiao was a little confused, "I don't know how to read Feng Shui."
"I don't know how to do that either." Lin Qi said, "Why not bury him near the planting area? It's farther away from the brigade, so we don't have to be shy when we worship him. When we find a better place in the future, it won't be too late to move the cemetery then."
Xu Hexiao recalled the area near the planting area and pondered, "Can I be buried in the planting area?"
"Of course you can, but I'm worried that grandpa will find it noisy, and there will probably be a lot of animals there in the future." Lin Qi said.
"It's better to have some noise. Otherwise, Grandpa will be too lonely." Grandpa couldn't be buried in the Xu family's ancestral tomb, so it would be good to have animals in the planting area to accompany him. Besides, the planting area is full of vitality all year round, with fruits and melons fragrant. It is the best place he can think of.
"Hmm, let me think about it." Lin Qi recalled every corner of the planting area and soon made a plan, "Let's bury him in the east. The terrain there is higher and there are a few cypress trees. I'll cut down two of them to make room for grandpa."
Xu Hexiao could no longer remember where the cypress trees were, but he naturally trusted the place chosen by Lin Qi.
After Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao had lunch, she went back into the mountains without taking a rest. This time, she brought Grandpa Luo's tools and tung oil with her.
Grandpa Xu will be buried tomorrow, and she wants to make a complete set of coffins before Grandpa Xu is buried.
When people die in the apocalypse, they will either turn into zombies or be dismembered. The better ones will be burned to ashes and will not turn into zombies, nor will they have to worry about being eaten by zombies or animals.
Most people in the end times have never seen a coffin, and Lin Qi had never seen one before. Later, in order to avoid zombies, she broke into a ruin and found a coffin shop in the basement of an abandoned building. She hid in the coffin shop for three days. During these three days, out of curiosity, she admired all the simple coffins and gorgeous coffins.
She couldn't remember the specific details, but she still remembered the general shape. She remembered that the most common carvings on those coffins were dragons and phoenixes, and only a very few had auspicious clouds carved on them.
She couldn't carve complicated dragons and phoenixes, but auspicious clouds should not be difficult.
Lin Qi carved the patterns of auspicious clouds in her mind all the way and soon arrived outside the cave.
The cave was dark and the light was not enough, but this did not affect Lin Qi, who could see at night. But the golden nanmu tree was too big and too tall. The one Lin Qi had grown was 30 meters tall. There were too many things in the cave to accommodate it, so she had to saw it off outside.
Lin Qi first sawed off its roots and branches at the top, and then sawed off its thick trunk. After sawing the trunk open, Lin Qi only then noticed the grain of the nanmu tree.
Compared with other trees, the fibers of this nanmu tree are dense, and the fibers are like golden silk threads. The patterns are shaped like gentian, big water waves and phoenix tail. When the sawdust is wiped away with snow, the color of the patterns becomes darker, which is magnificent.
This should be the legendary golden nanmu!
Lin Qi was delighted. She had created a mutant nanmu tree. Even if it wasn't golden nanmu, it wasn't any worse.
Lin Qi was busy until dark, and when it was completely dark, she hurried back.
When she returned, Xu Hexiao had already prepared dinner and boiled hot water.
"Go wash your hands first, then come over to eat." Xu Hexiao said.
Lin Qi obediently went to fetch water to wash her hands. While washing, she carefully observed Xu Hexiao's expression and saw that his face was still filled with deep and inextricable sadness, which was no different from this morning.
She was a little disappointed.
I thought his mood would have changed since he took the initiative to cook dinner, but now it seems that hasn't happened.
Lin Qi ate, and Xu Hexiao went back to keep vigil.
After Lin Qi finished her dinner, she said goodbye to Xu Hexiao, "I'm going home to take a shower and come back tomorrow morning."
"Well. Sleep well tonight." Xu Hexiao said.
"I'm a little sleepy." Lin Qi yawned, revealing her tiredness, and said in an apologetic tone, "I may sleep for a long time tomorrow, and I have to go to the mountains after I get up, so I have to come in the afternoon, okay?"
Xu Hexiao hummed. Although he was not happy about it, he was afraid that she would be tired, so he reminded her seriously, "You should have a good rest. When you wake up, come here to eat, and then go to the mountains."
Lin Qi hummed twice, "I'm going back. See you tomorrow."
The next day, before dawn, Lin Qi went to the mountains.
Xu Hexiao waited for her for a long time, from morning till dark, and the food that had been heated several times finally went into his stomach. After dark, he boiled water, put in the noodles, and two eggs. When he was about to put in the vegetables, Lin Qi happened to push open the door and come in.
"Have you eaten?" he asked in a calm tone.
"No." Without Xu Hexiao's instructions, she obediently went to wash her hands and get the dishes and chopsticks.
The two of them ate dinner in silence and cleared away the dishes.
The two men had no experience and didn't know the funeral process or what they needed to pay attention to. They just straightened their clothes, took one last look at grandpa, closed the coffin lid, and carried it out together.
Along the way, neither of them spoke.
Lin Qi led the way in front, and Xu Hexiao followed behind. The cedar coffin was not light, but the two of them took every step steadily.
In the planting area, Lin Qi had already cut down the trees in advance, dug a cemetery, and even prepared a tombstone, waiting only for Xu Hexiao to write his inscription on it.
"Right here." Lin Qi stopped.
Xu Hexiao also stopped. His eyesight was not as good as Lin Qi's. Under the moonlight, he could only see a vague outline of the surrounding scenery.
What he could confirm was that the terrain here was slightly higher, and he could overlook the entire planting area. The surrounding area was flat stone slabs, and animals could not easily get up, so there was no need to worry about animals coming to destroy his grandfather's tomb.
Lin Qi chose this place with great care and decorated it with great care.
Xu Hexiao's heart warmed slightly, and he asked her in a hoarse voice, "Have you been busy with this these two days?"
Lin Qi shook her head and pointed to the tree over there, "I'm busy with that."
Xu Hexiao looked in the direction of her finger and saw a faint golden light. "What is that?"
Lin Qi did not answer directly, but turned on the flashlight and shone it up. This time, the golden light was even brighter, and Xu Hexiao could see clearly what it was.
He was stunned, his eyes widened in disbelief, and walked step by step towards the extremely gorgeous coffin.
The closer he got, the more Xu Hexiao felt the exquisiteness of the coffin. It was so luxurious and dazzling, and the golden dragon carved on it was lifelike and imposing.
This is something that only royal aristocrats in ancient times could use. How did she get it?
How much wood would be needed for such a large coffin?
This is a coffin of inestimable value!
"It's my first time and I'm not very familiar with it, so I can only make it look like this." Lin Qi said. She had not originally planned to carve a golden dragon, but then she thought, since she was already doing it, why not try her best to make it the best.
Everyone else has a golden dragon, and Xu Hexiao’s grandfather must have one too!
Fortunately, she might have some talent for carving, and the golden dragon was carved very realistically, and the entire coffin also looked very realistic.
"This is already very good, better than I could have imagined." Xu Hexiao's heart was about to melt. How could there be someone as good as her?
Maybe he had done a lot of good deeds in his past lives, so he was so lucky to meet her in this life.
"Lin Qi, thank you!" Xu Hexiao said these five words very carefully.
By the time the last step of the burial was completed, the sky was gradually getting brighter.
"Take a nap in the mountains before going back?" Lin Qi yawned.
"You go to sleep, I'll stay with grandpa for a while." Xu Hexiao said.
"Then I'm going to bed." Lin Qi yawned and walked towards the cave.
Xu Hexiao watched her walk away until he could no longer see her back. Then he withdrew his gaze and said, "Grandpa, how can I be worthy of such a good woman?"
The forest was silent and no one answered Xu Hexiao's question.
Xu Hexiao didn't seem to need an answer. He chuckled, "Every time I thought I liked her enough, she always made me like her a little more. Grandpa, I want to be a little selfish in the days ahead and live only for her!"
"Grandpa, you won't blame your grandson, right?"
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