It's the season of autumn wind again.
Actually, that's not quite right. Because according to the old-fashioned four-season system, the mainland now only has one season called winter.
The weather at the end of October has entered a period of cold wind and heavy snow.
Later, some people divided the year into two seasons. One season is from April to October, which is called the mild season, also known as the sunny season.
As the name suggests, the mild season is when the temperature is relatively mild.
During these months, the average temperature is around -20 degrees Celsius, and even during warmer days, it can drop to -10 degrees Celsius. This temperature is already very difficult and does not even affect normal human activities.
Combined with abundant sunshine and a small amount of monsoon, it is almost a golden age for planting.
People plant crops in early April and harvest almost two waves in July and October.
This will provide the people with food for the whole year.
However, if the period of the easing season is shortened due to some special reasons, it will affect the harvest of the second batch of grain, and the next year will inevitably be more difficult.
Because after October, we almost enter another season - the cold and snowy season.
During the cold and snowy season, heavy snowfall is the norm. People standing in the snow will have their shoulders covered with a layer of snow within a quarter of an hour. The sky will also become gray and dull, as if covered by a layer of haze, so it is also called the haze season.
Furthermore, during the snowy season, temperatures can drop as low as -40 to -50 degrees Celsius. November and December, in particular, can dip as low as -70 degrees Celsius, making it a year-round "forbidden zone."
Of course, everything depends on Rongcheng's geographical location. I heard that it is in the north, which is even more miserable and terrifying.
In such weather, most people would choose to reduce their activities and not go out unless necessary. This is because going out means the cost outweighs the gain, and the energy you spend searching for energy may not be as much as you save by staying at home.
So unless there is a real emergency, generally speaking, everyone will consciously reduce going out during these two months.
Even the bustling markets will try not to open during these two months.
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It's the haze season again this year.
Although people don’t have such a concept of seasonal division yet, everyone has felt the recent heavy snow, so the number of people doing activities outside is obviously less.
However, in contrast to the cold crowd, there were all kinds of good news. The frequent good news aroused everyone's enthusiasm.
Not to mention the success of potato planting in Sheshan experimental field, it has provided the most basic survival guarantee for the people.
As long as there is a bite to eat, humans will not give up.
After the potato planting was successful, good news came from the farm.
Not only were the remaining chickens, ducks, pigs, and cows raised well and successfully gave birth to offspring, but the farm finally lived up to expectations and successfully developed new meat-farming species.
rabbit.
A newly bred snow rabbit that is not afraid of the cold is being rapidly cultivated and is reproducing at an extremely fast rate of one litter every two months.
It takes only two months for the little rabbits to grow up and give birth to the next generation. In addition, during the sunny season every year when the weather is warmer, they can give birth to three or four litters.
They are also notoriously easy to feed, requiring only water, some green leaves, and staple foods such as potatoes and corn.
These feeds can basically be supplied.
However, due to the fast-growing nature of snow rabbits, the meat quality is not actually very good. The taste is bland and has a slight fishy smell.
But this doesn't stop people from loving it.
No matter what it tastes like, it is meat after all, and it will always taste better than potatoes.
Besides, if the meat is not good enough, the cooking skills will make up for it.
Not to mention the chef in the cafeteria now, even the odd jobs there might be the head chef of a certain restaurant before the apocalypse.
The canteen chef industry has become the top of the list of desired careers in Antu County in the apocalypse.
First of all, you can have access to more food ingredients, you can definitely eat your fill, and you have high pay, and you can often get "leftovers" from the cafeteria.
These are not leftovers in the true sense. Nowadays, these "leftovers" are more valuable than gold.
Therefore, the internal competition in the chef industry is very serious.
Everyone is racking their brains to figure out how to make food delicious while saving ingredients. Even though there are few varieties, every dish is delicious and flavourful.
Just like a while ago, a chef invented a dish called "rat meat" stewed with potatoes, which became popular all over the city.
Many places have the custom of eating rat meat, simply because rats are unclean. However, as long as it is handled and cooked properly, clean rat meat can be a rare delicacy. The chef even stewed the potatoes in the dish and they tasted like meat, which was really amazing.
However, due to the sudden decrease in the number of rats and the substandard sanitary conditions, the dish was eventually discontinued.
This really shows how good the canteen chefs are.
Just like in Jinxiu Community, many families who have enough food, cooking utensils and energy are willing to go to the canteen to get their meals on a daily basis.
Therefore, the large supply of rabbit meat can be regarded as providing a meat option for the disaster victims in Antu County.
In addition, rabbit fur is also a good thing. The rabbit skin is peeled off and tanned, and then pieced together to weave a rabbit fur coat, which is very warm.
However, it takes a dozen rabbits to make a warm and airtight piece of clothing, so this can be considered "high-end consumption."
In short, the successful breeding of snow rabbits has brought great improvements to everyone's lives.
However, the breeding base is still in the development stage this year. Like the planting base, although some results have been achieved, it has not yet been promoted to large-scale planting or breeding.
So these things are still rare at present.
But it is foreseeable that after the easing season next year, the picture will be completely different.
The day when everything is thriving and everyone has enough food and clothing doesn’t seem so far away.
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