Doomsday foresight

Knowing that Liu Ye was thinking about Jinxi, he let it go. Seeing that Dabao's intelligence is getting back to normal, he will live a better life in the future, not to mention that he is watching from the side.And just like what Liu Ye said Dabao has clean eyes, he can clearly distinguish whether a person's thoughts are good or bad, if Liu Ye didn't have the sincerity, Dabao wouldn't be so close to her.

The days were back on track. When they came back, they brought back the person who pretended to be Aunt Nine. He was the murderer of Aunt Nine. He should be punished no matter what. He is confined at home, let him take good care of him.It's just that I never saw that person again. Their village will not be soft on murderers.

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of May, and the weather started to heat up again, and the snow finally melted. At this time, the villagers found that the grain in the fields was growing very well, and most of them grew very fast, and the wheat was about to be scioned.

In June, the sunshine time is long and the temperature is high. Just look at the food and vegetables, which are almost the same every day, and their vitality is very strong. Before the snow melts, some vegetables that are exposed to the snow surface do not bloom and bear fruit. When the weather is warmer, they will bloom and bear fruit. It looks like it will take less than half a month to harvest some fruits.

The village is also busy with work. Nowadays, because the fields have been planted long ago, there is not much work in the fields. The villagers gather together to start building the village. Of course, a hunting team goes out every day, and the meat returned is divided among the villagers. The harvest is not much, so we will divide it up the next day. Ye Qiu specially found two people to keep records, and try to balance the distribution as much as possible. It is just because the people who go out to hunt and the distribution of things cannot be unified. Even distribution is very difficult. Troublesome things, the villagers are very concerned about this. If the distribution is unequal, the consequences will be serious, and the unity of the village will also be affected.

Finally, they refined the previous distribution. All the people in the village are divided into several grades according to age. The amount of food that each age group can get is fixed. After that, the distribution is increased according to the contribution value of each person. This Contribution value is to do things for the village, hunting and construction, each of which is subdivided and distributed according to the workload. Of course, hunting may get more contribution value because of the danger, but in the end, the team that goes hunting is also distributed according to the rules.

Afterwards, because the amount of food they get varies each day, not everyone is allocated it, so those who have not been allocated can be accounted for, and the next time they will be allocated in order.The fixed allocation is very small. If a family does nothing, all they can get is to survive starvation, which is considered a basic guarantee. There is no lazy person in the village. Even if the family does not have heavy labor, they can do other work to make up for it. As soon as everyone in the village worked hard, their lives got better and better.

For example, now that the village is under construction, the villagers are very active. If they eat well and eat well, they will have strength. If you compare the current Yejia Village with the Ye family a few years ago, you may not be able to recognize them. , each of them is tall and strong, with great strength, and they are very powerful when they work.

What is necessary in the village now is to raise the fence and build a few necessary houses.The fence was built in winter, but at that time, the cement would freeze as soon as it came out in cold weather, so no cement was used when building the fence, only wood was used as the foundation, and the soil was compacted in the middle. Now the snow has melted, and the snow in the soil The water has also melted, and the soil on the city wall has also softened. They need to compact the soil again and thicken it twice. A stone wall will be added outside the wooden base, cemented with cement, and the wall will be heightened. , plus two meters higher, the wall reaches seven meters, in order to maintain the stability of the wall, and finally build a trapezoidal cross-section of the wall.

Although the construction of the wall this time is also a big project, the construction is much faster than before. It only took ten days. The most troublesome thing in the whole project is to pull the stone back from the mountain. As long as the stone is provided in time, it will be built here. It's that simple.The finished fence is seven meters high, with a parapet and an archery opening on it. Inside the fence, there are steps up and down every 20 meters. Above the fence is a walkway with a width of [-] meters. It will not be uneven due to trampling as before.

Looking at the newly built fence, the villagers feel a stronger sense of security.

Once the fence is completed, other projects will be repaired, but Jinxi and Jiang Chen are leaving again, this time they are going to the beach to get some salt back.Now there are more and more prey outside, and the hunting team can get a lot of prey every day. Speaking of which, human beings have an advantage in hunting because they can use weapons. The wire rope they got from the city before is also very useful. They learned to do it They set up hunting nets, so that a group of people cooperated, and harvested a lot of large herbivores. Of course, some moose and robe-like herbivores were captured and put in the hastily made livestock pens for the teenage children in their village. We go to Dongshan to mow the grass together every day. The trees there are not tall enough, but the grass and shrubs grow well, and it is very close to the village, which is very safe.

Because of the increase in meat consumption, there is no way to store it in the hot weather. The village tries to make these meat into jerky or bacon, which requires a lot of salt. If this continues, the salt in the village will not be enough in two months.So taking salt has become the most urgent thing.

This time, Uncle Six was the one who asked Jinxi to follow. Salt is a necessity for survival, especially now that food requires a lot of salt, which is very important to the village. Uncle Six was also afraid that they might make mistakes, so he let Jinxi follow Going there, Jinxi can predict something. The village is safe enough, has experienced many things, and the young people have grown up. Even if there is any sudden disaster, they can get through it.

This time they brought a lot of things, because there is no gasoline, they can only use livestock to pull carts. Last year, the village got more than a dozen moose. After more than half a year of domestication, these newly grown moose can pull carts very well. This time Twelve people went out, Jiang Chen Jinxi and ten young people from the Ye family, the oldest was only 22 years old, and the youngest was only [-], this time I did not take Ye Ke and the others with me, mainly to let these young people go out for a break .

Twelve people, two people, one cart, and six carts, brought a lot of things when they set off, which was also to prepare for going to the beach.

There was no way to do it in the evening on the day of departure. It was too hot during the day, so they had better travel at night.

Vic has already obtained a map for Jiang Chen and the others. If all goes well, they will be able to reach their destination in seven days.

The days on the road are very boring. The maps given by Vic are all roads far away from the city. They basically can’t see people. The speed of the cars is very fast. Each car is pulled by three animals, and the cars of Jinxi and Jiang Chen Although there are only two donkeys, their speed is a bit dissatisfied, which is much better than that of a moose that has just learned to pull a cart.They came to Yan County on the fourth day. Normally, they should arrive here on the fifth day, and they were a day ahead of schedule.

Jinxi has been to Yan County before, but this time the Yan County is different. The whole Yan County has been surrounded by forests, and the original fields are gone. There are small trees and grass growing everywhere. When they came here, they saw There are many cattle and sheep outside Yan County.

"Was there a pasture here before?" Jinxi asked strangely.

"I don't know." Jiang Chen didn't understand either.

"Go and see?" There are so many cattle and sheep, I don't know if they can be sold.

"Go and have a look." Jiang Chen nodded, he saw that there are many cows here, if he can change some from here, he doesn't have to go far away.

A group of people drove to the cattle and sheep.

"Who are you? Where did you come from?" The car was stopped by two people before it had gone far.

"We are from City C. We passed by here and saw a lot of cows coming to have a look." Jinxi smiled and said to them, Yan County is the southernmost place in their province, and these people also look very strong But compared to Jiang Chen and the others, they are far behind. The group of people who came out this time are very burly, and they were not idle in winter. Yes, it doesn't look good, so when they came out, they all discussed it, and let Jinxi go when dealing with people, at least he seemed safer.

The two looked at them very vigilantly, "Yan County is ahead. If you want to go in, go on the road ahead. This is our ranch and outsiders are not welcome to enter."

Jin Xi smiled and nodded after listening, "I see that you have a lot of cattle and sheep here. I wonder if I can exchange things with you?"

The person who spoke before was a little loose after hearing this, "What do you want to exchange?"

"What do you need? Tell me, if we have it, we would like to exchange some cattle and sheep."

"We are short of food here. Rice, white flour, corn noodles are fine, and salt is also lacking. If you have these things, we can exchange them with you. But you have to go to the base to discuss with the base leaders. We don't count. But if you have We will definitely replace those things.”

"Oh, your Yan County has become a base?"

"Well, I heard that large and small bases have been established outside. Our base is still quite large, and there are also small bases of survivors around. They will also exchange things with us, but they don't have much food, so they don't exchange much." This person may think that they are not bad, and talk more.

"Survivor, why is it called that?"

"Don't you know? Last winter, many people died of freezing in the south, and there were several major earthquakes, and many people died. Our side is fine, and there is no one in the north. There are many wild animals in the forest in the north. There are wolves, tigers and bears. , so powerful, when they attack villages, they are usually dead people from one village to another, and there is no way to count how many people are left." The man shook his head, "Hey, people in this world are lucky to be alive."

Jinxi took a look at Jiang Chen, they really didn't know that this would be the case, they went to the south to see that it was okay, there were a lot of people gathered in every city there, why this person seemed to be serious when he said it.

"By the way, you said that you are short of salt. Your place is not far from the sea. It's only two or three days away. It doesn't take much to go to the sun, right?"

The man's face changed when he heard that, "No, I can't go, there are no people at the beach now, since last summer there have been tsunamis on the beach, big and small, sometimes every three or two days, sometimes once a week, don't pay attention It will be washed into the sea by the sea, and there is no warning. Even if a salt pan is established far away, it is uncertain when the tsunami will come, and everything will be washed away by then.”

Jin Xi's expression was not very good when he heard that, it seems that they were thinking too simple on this trip.

Jinxi asked some more about the exchange of cattle and sheep, then bid farewell to the two and left.

"According to what they said, it's not easy for us to dry the salt." Jin Xi felt that things were troublesome.

"Let's go and have a look. If it doesn't work, think of another way. At worst, I'll go to the northwest, where there is a salt lake, and then I'll pull a big cart back. It will last for several years."

Jin Xi sighed, "Let's talk about it, it's not so easy to go there."

On the road again, everyone was not in a happy mood. They walked for more than two days. They came to the beach on the afternoon of the sixth day after they left home. Occasionally, water bubbles can be seen in the reeds. They walked on a road that was almost covered by plants, which was already dilapidated. From the time they saw the reeds, they drove for three hours. It was only when I saw the sea that it was simply a sea of ​​reeds.

"Since there was a tsunami, why are there so many reeds, and how do they grow in the sea water?" Jinxi was very surprised.

"I don't know either. Maybe these reeds have adapted to this environment." Jiang Chen shook his head. He really didn't know. He had been to this beach before, but there was no beach at that time. At that time, many villages were by the sea. Pieces of sea fields, where seafood is cultivated.

At this time, the seaside is not what they saw before. The long coastline is covered with golden sand, and the sea is blue. If they don’t know where this place is, Jinxi and the others might regard it as an island in the South China Sea. They had never seen such a clean sea.

The village sea fields are all gone, and they seem to be in a sea that has never been discovered.

"What should we do now? Where should we rest? If there is a tsunami, we must find a safe place." Jiang Chen looked around, and there was greenery everywhere, "These reeds are really good. If we can get some back and store them as winter feed Alright." Jiang Chen pinched a reed and pulled it out, "It's very tough, and it's also very good for weaving mats and cushions."

Jin Xi squeezed, "It's not bad, but it's not easy to transport it back."

Jiang Chen nodded, "Think about how to dry the salt first, and then talk about the reeds."

"Brother Jiang, see if there is a small mountain over there. We can hide from the tsunami if we are on this side of the mountain." Ye Jinrui pointed to the east side of the coast, where there is indeed a steep cliff standing there.

A group of people drove over there, watching the mountain running dead horses. Jinxi and the others walked for half an hour to reach the place. There is a large area of ​​exposed sea rocks and reefs. The side of the hill near the sea is a cliff, and this side is also a rugged reef, which seems to have been pulled out of the ground.

"It should have grown during the earthquake." Jiang Chen stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down, the cliff was very straight.

"We can't take risks, we have to observe it." None of them had experienced a tsunami, so naturally they didn't know what to expect.

"Then let's find a place to observe. Since tsunamis are so frequent, it doesn't matter to wait, but I wonder how these reeds grow so well since there are tsunamis?"

The group left again, but this time they came to a mountain some distance from the sea. They saw that there were many trees here, which should be out of the range of tsunami damage. They could still see the sea here, so they should be able to observe something with a telescope.

Set up camp on the mountain, Jinxi and the others waited, maybe they were unlucky, there was no tsunami for four days, and the sea was calm.

But on this night, Jinxi saw it. It was a very scary scene. The huge waves were tens of meters high, and they were photographed directly.

Jin Xi woke up from the dream, her face was covered with sweat.Jiang Chen is used to Jinxi's dreams at night, so he wakes up whenever there is any movement here. "Dream again?"

"The tsunami should come tomorrow. We must be prepared. Although this mountain is not within the range of the tsunami, the wind is so strong that our tent can't support it."

Jiang Chen nodded and looked at his watch. It was after two o'clock in the night. Jiang Chen woke up the others. Although he was woken up in the middle of the night, none of the dozen or so people complained. They started digging holes and felling trees. It took seven hours to build two nests, one for the animals and one for them.

In addition, a group of people also dug a few holes on the hillside where they could see the sea, with wooden supports on them, and they drilled into them to prevent them from being blown away by the wind.

After getting ready, everyone ate something and lay down there waiting for observation. After three o’clock in the afternoon, the sea finally moved. First, the wind was strong, and the surrounding trees were swaying. Then they saw the sea through the telescope. They retreated, and then they saw a spectacular sight.The sea seemed to stand up, and waves with a height of hundreds of meters seemed to be hitting the shore. They heard a rumbling sound, and then saw the sea submerge the reed beach, and then waves of waves seemed to be hitting the shore, paving the way at an extremely fast speed. Going to land, then retreating quickly, advancing and retreating again, Jinxi can imagine that if people have no chance of surviving on the beach at this time, the waves are too strong, and they are also affected here, the seawater blown by the wind follows It hit them like rain, even if they were wearing raincoats, everyone got wet after a while.The power of nature cannot be countered by human beings.

Seeing such a situation, everyone was silent, and their plan could not be carried out.If all the coasts have tsunamis like this, how do they get the salt, really going to the northwest?

This tsunami lasted for an hour, and then slowly faded away. Except for the reeds lying down below, they could no longer see the traces of the tsunami. Perhaps this was the result of natural elimination. Perish in the tsunami, leaving only adapted to the environment.

"Hey—look." Jin Xi suddenly pointed to the reeds below for everyone to see.

"What's wrong?" Ye Jinrui didn't find any problem.

"Those reeds stood up again." Jiang Chen also discovered this problem, the tsunami receded, and the reeds were lying on their stomachs, but after a while, the reeds stood up again.

"These reeds are so strange." Ye Jinrui felt that these reeds were very unusual.

Jin Xi looked into the distance with the binoculars, and suddenly a happy expression appeared on his face, "Let's go down and have a look." After speaking, he climbed out of the bunker and ran down the mountain.