The return of natural disasters before the end of the world

The village has entered a period of unprecedented busyness, and the field work is basically handed over to the women in the family or the elderly who can still move.Now the young and strong boys in the village are all enthusiastically going into the woods to hunt one after another. Although those big prey are difficult to catch without Lei Xiao, some hares and pheasants can still be killed as long as they set traps. Can gain something.

Even if the harvest is not much, it is still a kind of exercise, practice makes perfect, and one day they will be able to kill a wild boar with one arrow like Lei Xiao did!

The grain in the field is about to be harvested. Although it looks a little yellow and the growth is not good, there should be hundreds of catties of grain per mu.If he worked harder in summer and hunted more animals in the woods in exchange for food accumulation, he would be able to have enough food this year.

At this time, the benefits of having more people in the house appeared. People were needed to fetch water from the mountains at night, people were needed to harvest in the fields, and people were needed to go hunting.Some lonely people can only be busy with water sources and fields, even if they want to go hunting with others, they are powerless.

In view of the increasingly chaotic world outside, the people on duty now arrange as many as possible every day.A simple duty room was purposely built, and someone would guard it even during the day.As long as there is anything wrong, the big bell will ring, and the whole village can hear it, and it will immediately enter a state of alert.It's too chaotic outside, hunger is everywhere, and no one knows what people who are so hungry will do. It is not an exaggeration to describe the vast majority of people nowadays as crazy.

Although the sun is too poisonous to go out during the day, the daytime is too long, just like last year, and the sun didn't slowly set until after ninety o'clock at night.Even if they sleep during the day to refresh their minds, they can't sleep for so long. The villagers who have nothing to do start thinking about finding something to do to pass the time.

The villagers discovered that the dead vines that have been exposed to the harsh sunlight are particularly resilient and will not break no matter how they are pulled. If they are woven together, it will take a while to break even if they are burned.

So some dexterous daughters-in-law will start to use these dead vines to weave some utensils, such as very densely woven baskets and storage things.There are rattan mats carefully selected from vines of similar color and size and then slightly polished, which are much softer than bamboo mats and are cool to sleep on.

There are also some handy slippers or sandals woven with vines, which greatly saves the friction consumption of their own shoes. Those sports shoes, cloth shoes, and some leather shoes, I don’t know if I want to buy them in the future.

The best ones at home are not grandma and Ma Xin, but Li Wenshan.I even made some cute handicrafts with some discarded and useless vines. Although they are useless, at least they can be played by children, and they are also interesting to display.

Originally, the other two villages had great precautions and hatred for the people in the town, but some people who had been to the town's trading market before knew about Mu Bai, so they didn't think much about Mu Bai's proposal to exchange prey. rejection psychology.

The other two villages also have some good hunters, not because they have learned or experienced before, but because some young people have good receptivity, learn things quickly, and even have a lot of ideas. Those traps can be said to be self-taught Yes, some traps can actually catch some hares.

After seeing the harvest, I became more devoted to hunting in the mountains.This is much more interesting than bending over and working hard in the fields all day.

Mu Bai came once a week, because he had to bring the things he exchanged first, so there were naturally many people who came with him, otherwise it would be a problem to come to the village safely.

The ones with the most prey are of course Leijia Village. They have consciously learned to hunt since last year, and lived in the cold cave for several months last year, jumping up and down in the mountains and forests every day. Naturally, their hunting ability is better than the other two. This village is much stronger.

Mubai piled up the goods he brought in the center of the three villages, where there was an asphalt road, and the things he brought for exchange were lined up one by one, including clothes and shoes, fruits and seeds, and even some anti-inflammatory drugs. That is calculated by pill, ten catties of meat can be exchanged for one anti-inflammatory drug.

Ten catties of meat is about the same as a fat wild rabbit, and a little more is enough to weigh it.The animals in the mountains are all very fat, far exceeding the weight of species in their common sense impression.

But it's not too much, it hasn't reached the point where the rabbit is about the size of a small wild boar, otherwise they are not sure whether they are still alive on the earth.

Looking at the dazzling array of goods, some villagers also brought food from their families to exchange. Fortunately, Mubai basically traded with others as long as he made money, not just prey.

Lei Jian and Lei Yi exchanged the prey they had accumulated in a week for two cans of milk powder. The airtightness was considered good, and the shelf life marked on it had not exceeded.Although it took three fat rabbits to exchange a can of milk powder, but thinking of his wife who was about to give birth, he gritted his teeth and changed it.

Someone looked at the things they exchanged and said with a smile, it turns out that people who start a family, start a business and have children are different. Before this exchange, how could they be willing?

The two couldn't tell because their daughter-in-law knew that Lei Li had prepared all the preparations for Ma Xin's delivery, as well as the children's supplies in the future. .This time I saw that milk powder can be exchanged on the exchange list, so I have to exchange everything, otherwise the family will not be able to live safely.

Yao Ziqing also came over to join in the fun. He hadn't been to the town's market for a long time, and he had stayed in the village for several months. Now that there was excitement, he naturally slipped out with his second brother.

Anyway, they have a lot of families, Fang Jinlei and Lei Lang went to the mountains to fetch water, Lei Li and Ma Chen went to the fields to harvest rice.Grandma took Ma Xin and Li Wenshan to visit Lei Zheng's house. Now An An is almost one year old. She grins and reveals two small teeth, and her big eyes are bent into crescents. It almost makes people's hearts cute. .Moreover, Ma Xin is pregnant for the first time, and Lei Yu has a lot of experience to impart, so she is not tired of talking about the previous day.

As for the family—Xiao Wu is wagging his tail in boredom. Today, the master doesn't let him go into the mountains to grab delicious meat, saying that the housekeeper will take care of it and give him a lot of meaty bones when he comes back.Thinking of the crunchy taste of the fleshy bones biting into his mouth, he couldn't help sticking out his tongue and licking it.Uh...why hasn't the master come back yet?

After seeing Lei Xiao in the crowd, Mu Bai hurried over: "Brother Xiao, Ziqing, do you want to change something or just come here to have fun?"

Yao Ziqing pointed to the basket behind him: "Two roe deer, seven or eight hares, and two pheasants, are there any good things?"

Mu Bai laughed and said: "I guess there is really nothing special that will catch your eye, but I just got a few pieces of cloth from the city a few days ago, including linen and silk, but the linen is not as soft as before, and the material is a bit hard. But the silk is pretty good, much better than before, I don’t know if the mulberry tree has evolved or the silkworms have evolved, you can go and have a look.”

Yao Ziqing walked over in the direction Mu Bai pointed with his back on his back, if the cloth was good enough, he could change some, it happened that grandma was busy recently, so it would be good to get some cloth to make clothes for grandma.At the beginning, I only focused on buying finished clothes, but I really didn't buy much fabric.

Yao Ziqing left Lei Xiao but stood still, Mu Bai knew that he wanted to say something.Sure enough, Lei Xiao gestured to him, and the two walked to a place where there was no one else.

Only then did Lei Xiao ask: "What policy does Xinmi have in the base?"

Mu Bai didn't wonder how Lei Xiao knew, now it's basically the harvest time, so it's not surprising to know that the new rice in the base has been harvested.

Slightly lowered his voice and said: "There is no specific information, but this time the new rice planting seems to be successful, and the harvest should be very good. Last time I went to the city, the whole atmosphere could feel a sense of joy and relaxation. I also inquired about it. At that time, this new type of rice may be replaced according to a certain proportion, and the pressure on the food shortage can also be eased.”

"Exchange in proportion?"

Mu Bai nodded: "It seems to be the case. The specific ratio and exchange method are not very clear. It should not be long before there will be a policy."

Lei Xiao frowned slightly, and kept his eyes on Si'er, who was lingering around in front of various commodities, who was enjoying himself, and said in silence for a moment: "Only exchanging finished products but not disclosing this new technology, the new rice thing is publicized As we all know, it has not been fully popularized, and now it seems that the meaning of the above does not intend to fully promote the cultivation of this new type of rice."

Mu Bai frowned slowly as he listened at the side. He only thought about whether he could get a share of the action, but he didn't think much about the government's intentions.Hearing what Lei Xiao said now, why do you feel that there is something wrong with it?

Lei Xiao withdrew his gaze from looking at Si'er, and turned his head to look at Mubai with dark and deep eyes: "The base is unwilling to promote the planting of new rice because it wants to continue to hold power, or is there some defect in this kind of rice that cannot be fully promoted, but in order to alleviate the disaster Years of pressure has forced it to appear, Mu Bai, you'd better think about it carefully, and decide what to do."

Mu Bai's first reaction was genetically modified species. At the beginning, this indeed relieved the ration pressure brought about by the huge population increase, but it was followed by various hazards, and even the color of the talk changed for a time.So is the current new type of rice another product of genetic defects?If this is the case, then what to do, you really need to think about it carefully.

Lei Xiao didn't pay attention to Mu Bai, and after he finished speaking, he walked directly towards Si'er who was taking out the prey.Seeing that the second elder brother came over after talking about the matter, Yao Ziqing quickly said with a smile: "I exchanged five bolts of cloth, three silk and two flax. I only used one roe deer and three rabbits. I exchanged the remaining few rabbits. There are a lot of toys, just as big as An An can play with, two chickens exchanged for ten sugarcanes, and there is one roe deer left, I don’t know what to exchange for”

The main reason is that the exchanged things are really nothing that is really needed, and most of them are in his space, and the exchange now is just to be able to deceive people when they are taken out later.Just like now, he has changed a lot of toys, and when he goes back, he will come out of the space, and he will pass the bright road.

Lei Xiao took what he had exchanged, and took the remaining roe deer: "Go back and bring some more, and give them to Mu Bai, and let him take them to Cheng Hui along the way."

Yao Ziqing nodded, walked a few steps, then turned back and took the exchanged item: "I'll take it home first, roe deer, hold it and wait for me to come over"

In fact, there are a lot of dead rabbits in the space, because they were all bitten to death by Xiao Wu. There are too many rabbits to eat. This kind of hot weather is not suitable for making air-dried rabbit meat, so it can only be placed in the space. Keep it fresh.Just took out some of them, and gave some to Mu Bai as traveling expenses, and some to Cheng Hui and the others.