Doomsday foresight

Seeing Jinxi running down the mountain, Jiang Chen hurriedly followed, "What's wrong?" The two of them ran to the side of the reeds.

Panting, Jinxi pushed aside the reeds and stretched out his hand to grab them under the reeds. Just after the tsunami, there was still sea water under the reeds. Jinxi reached in and grabbed a handful of sand-like soil. He looked at it, then stretched out his hand and squeezed a little into his mouth.

Bah——the bitter taste gritted his tongue, Jinxi looked up excitedly, "This is salt, sea salt."

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and then he took a handful of soil out of the reeds like Jinxi, tasted it, although it contained sea sand, but the taste was very bitter and salty, it was not brought by sea water, It is in the sand, those particles will melt away when they enter the mouth, and if you dig down, you can see the obvious coarse salt crystals below.

Jiang Chen also showed a smile on his face, "It's really coarse salt."

"I saw sea water from the mountain just now. It is impossible for all the salt water to return to the sea, so it is most likely to seep into the ground, but this is a wetland, and the ground water is very saturated. Now that the sun is so strong, it is likely to be dried up. Where did the salt go?" Jin Xi explained with a smile, so surprised.

"That's right, these reeds look like a natural salt drying field." Jiang Chen looked at Jinxi with admiration and love. So many people saw it, but no one thought about it.

"However, these reeds are really adaptable, and they can survive in such a thick salty soil."

"Maybe this is the survival of the fittest." Jiang Chen couldn't explain the problem.

The discovery of Jinxi surprised everyone. They cut off a reed bush, and then dug out the sand below. After filtering, they found that there were only one-third of the impurities here, most of which were sea sand, which was very good. separate.This way they don't have to risk getting sea salt.And also reduce some steps.

In order to protect this piece of reeds, Jinxi and the others experimented and cut off the reeds. After a day, the reed roots of the cut reeds grew branches again. After a week, the cut reeds were gone. It has grown for more than one meter, and it is even better than before, so they can dig salt with confidence. If the reeds are cut off and no longer grow, they will not be able to do this. This piece of salt land is very important.

The reed fields that have been cut off are easy to dig. There is almost half a meter of salt layer under the accumulation of time. The dug out salt is melted with water, then filtered through a filter, and then put the salt water in the sun to dry. This is a very good Of course, this is coarse salt. If you want to get fine salt, you have to filter it again and boil it in a pot. Finally, you get fine salt, but they don’t need to do this last step, just make coarse salt.

Jinxi and the others searched for a source of water to boil salt, but unfortunately it was too far away from the source of water, and it took time and effort to go back and forth. Finally, they dug a well by themselves on the side of the hill. The taste is a bit salty, not very good, but enough cooking salt.

It was impossible for them to fetch salt only once and sharpen their knives without missing woodcutters. In the end, they dug a few nests and made them strong with wood, and covered them with thick reed mats. These reeds are very resilient. The cushions are not only soft but also warm. Jinxi feels that this large reed field is a treasure trove, and it is best to find a way to use it.

I don't know if Jinxi's ability has grown. His prediction of the tsunami is very accurate. As long as there is a tsunami on the second day, he can always dream of it the day before. In addition, he is used to the fierce force of the tsunami, and he has never woken up suddenly. , so the dream will end after the tsunami recedes.

This day, Jinxi dreamed of a tsunami again. They had already been here for fifteen days. During these fifteen days, they experienced four tsunamis, and two of them were separated by only two days.Their efficiency is good, except for the construction of a temporary base a few days ago, they have been drying salt since then, because the sun is very strong, and they can dry a lot in one day. Jinxi and the others use that kind of stainless steel square plate, which they got directly from the city. , more than 150, this plate evaporates quickly because of the heat conduction, the only trouble is that it cannot be dried a lot at a time.Speaking of which, they have no choice. After all, solar salt needs anti-seepage materials and it is not easy to get it.

Jinxi dreamed of a tsunami again this day, but this time he was closer to the sea in the dream, and felt the power of the tsunami at a close distance. If he hadn't seen a lot these days, Jinxi might not be able to hold on, but he also gained something. He actually saw that the sea was full of aquatic products brought by the sea.

"Ah, this crab is so big." Jinxi excitedly held a crab the size of a small washbasin in both hands, and was probably knocked unconscious. Although the crab was alive, it looked powerless. They really didn't pay much attention to it before. Knowing that there are so many aquatic products left on the beach, such as crabs, lobsters and various fish and scallops, Jinxi also saw a few sea cucumbers.Moreover, these seafood are large in size and in large quantities. After the tsunami, the sea water receded, and these seafood were in the shallows.

There were too many things, and each of them carried a big basket and couldn't fit it.

"Okay, let's all go back, the tide is rising." Jiang Chen saw that the sea water had come up, and today he had gained enough.

That night, everyone ate a seafood stew. They just boiled the seafood in a large pot. The taste was very fresh. It was definitely the best seafood Jinxi had ever tasted.

"What about the rest?" Jin Rui saw that some of the seafood soaked in the seawater had died, and he would definitely not be able to eat it tomorrow.

"Salt the dead ones. Dry them in the sun tomorrow." Jinxi felt that they really needed a lot of things, and it would be a pity not to take back so many seafood.

A group of people began to work again to marinate the dead seafood and fish. The next morning, they got up and set up a shelf with reed curtains on it, and then put the seafood on it to dry. As for the fish, they used ropes made of reeds. Wear it and hang it to dry.Jinxi and the others wanted to pick up some, but when they arrived, they found that the seafood could no longer be seen due to the high tide and low tide. In this way, they dried the salt before the tsunami came, and when the tsunami receded, they drove to the sea to catch the tsunami. The seafood left after receding is collected, returned to process and then dried.

A month later, the sea salt and seafood they dried in Jinxi had filled six cars, and they couldn't get the rest if they didn't go back.In the end, half of them went back, Jin Xi stayed, and Jiang Chen also went back. Although he was worried, but if Jin Xi didn't stay, there was no way to predict the tsunami, and they would be in danger. They have fully experienced the tsunami during these days Free, because the interval time is different every time and there is no rule at all.

If they all went back, it would be a waste of time. Even though there were only six people left, the amount of salt they dried was the same as that of the twelve of them before. It is really that these jobs don't need so many people.However, less seafood is exposed to the sun. After all, after the tsunami recedes, there is only three or two hours for the tide to ebb.They can't pick up too much.

Jiang Chen and the others have been away for half a month, because they have pulled too many things and they have to avoid places with people. After all, there are only six of them. If they encounter robbers, they will not have an advantage.

Jiang Chen and the others really made a sensation when they went back this time. The village did not expect them to harvest so much, five carts of salt and one cart of dried seafood. In fact, this is not all they got, but the cart can only hold so much.This time I came back and wanted to send more cars.

I set out again to go to the beach. This time, ten carts came out, and 60 people came out of the village, 30 of whom were members of the patrol team, and the remaining 30 were men in their fifties and strong women.

Jiang Chen went to the former Yan County and exchanged salt for twenty sheep and thirty cows, ten of which were dairy cows, and the rest were yellow cattle.After leaving Yan County, 15 members of the patrol left with the cows and sheep, and the rest continued to walk toward the sea.

There was nothing unusual on the side of Jinxi, and I didn't see anyone else. Maybe I was frightened by the tsunami, and there were no people near the coastline.

Because so many people came, their efficiency was higher, and this time they brought more people and got materials. They built a salt pond of about four acres of land, but the salt had to be filtered before drying. In order to get water, They had to dig two more wells to get enough.After the salt pond is completed, the work of drying salt will be on the right track. Ten men are enough, and the rest will start drying seafood. If you want to say that women are sometimes better than men, you can say catch the sea. I don’t know what talent is. The women in the village all harvested more than the men.Moreover, women are more careful than men in doing these tasks. The seafood that is exposed to the sun is divided into categories, and the efficiency is also improved a lot.

When they were not rushing to the sea, the men began to cut down trees and build houses, and later made cars. The twenty cattle were not for idleness.

I don’t know why the reeds can grow in the salt fields here, but those animals like to eat them very much. At first, Jinxi was afraid that these reeds contained a lot of salt, and it would be bad for the animals to eat too much. I just observed for a while, and neither the moose nor the donkey The problem is that the fur is particularly shiny and the body has grown fat, so we know that this kind of reed is a good feed.So reeds are also something they need.

The reeds were chopped and put into sacks. As long as there were enough reeds for salt seafood, Jiang Chen would take people back to transport them back. Because too many people could not be left here, each car was only equipped with one driver. For safety, Jiang Chen only can follow.

It may be familiar, and the round-trip time is also shortened. It takes eleven days to go back and forth. There are many people and strength. Basically, every time you come back and rest for a day, you can load the car and leave. After that, it will be transported until the first snow falls in September. The convoy has already traveled back and forth seven times, during which Jiang Chen also went to Yan County to change the cows once. This time, they exchanged [-] cows with salt, and they would not change any more.

Jinxi stayed at the seaside for more than three months, and he was tanned. He was thin at first, but now he looks even thinner. It is estimated that his grandparents don't know him anymore.

This time the convoy came back, ready to pull in the last batch of supplies, and then ended the summer salt drying work. The salt they got back was used by the village casually, and it was enough for the whole village to use for ten years. Of course, they did not prepare for so much salt Yes, with this salt, they can exchange things with the outside world.

After loading the car, Jinxi wanted to go home very eagerly. You must know that people in the village have been changing back and forth these days, but he has not gone back. I heard from Jiang Chen that the house has been built at home, and the construction of the village is almost the same. Many places Everything has changed, and there is a bumper harvest of grain in the village. After removing the seeds left behind, the remaining grain can be divided among each family.

Every time she hears Jiang Chen talking about her family, Jin Xi can't wait to fly back immediately.