happy apocalypse

Chapter 203 Prepare hard for the coming winter
"In addition to going up the mountain to cut firewood, we have to restart the projects we stopped, and try to build the fence before it freezes. In winter, we can feel at ease." Jiang Zhi said.

"I think the two jobs can be carried out at the same time, and young people don't have to go to chop firewood. I can pick up [-] catties of firewood a day with my old bones. Our old lady at home can gather enough firewood no matter what." Let Fanyu go to work on the construction site for the firewood in the winter.” Old man Zhang said his opinion, and everyone at the table nodded in agreement.

Both of these things have to be done, and neither can be left behind. People in the countryside don’t pay much attention. As long as the elderly at home can still move, they have to work in the fields. Even children aged seven or eight can often see them helping the family with work , especially collecting firewood, is the job they are most willing to do. They can play and help.

"This time we won't let everyone work in vain. The 30-odd mu of land in the village has harvested a lot of grain. Let's reward everyone appropriately, so that everyone will be more motivated." Jiang Zhi wants to use grain to give Pay wages to young people working in the village.

"Well, I think it's okay. By the way, I have to give some rewards to the two young daughter-in-laws on the pig farm. This is really good. It's been just over a month. The pig has grown a lot, and I think it will weigh 200 catties. In fact, the two young daughters-in-law came out of the pig farm to work, and their family members often came to help, so the pig farm was well-maintained and clean, and the pig manure was collected together, waiting for next year's farming It's easy to use, now there is no chemical fertilizer, this natural farm manure is a good thing.

As for the rapid growth of the pigs for more than a month, it was actually our fault. After we came back from Honger, we took out some sawgrass and chopped it up to feed the pigs. I really don’t know what kind of grass it is. What kind of grass is it? It should be rich in nutrients. Pigs love to eat it and grow meat quickly.In a few days, it is obvious that the pig has grown meat.

When I got home, I took out some sawgrass, thinking that something that pigs can eat must be non-toxic, and people should be able to eat it, so I tried to peel off the old skin on the outside, this plant Some are like green onions. After peeling off the skin, the inside is white board, very tender. I asked Jiang Zhi to cut one, and then fried it with fresh pork. As a result, it was very popular with the family at lunch time, and they all said it was delicious. , Since then, this dish has appeared on our table from time to time, even for today's treat, Jiang Ma also fried this dish.

"Yes, that must be rewarded. As long as you do a good job and work hard, you must not let it go for nothing."

The meal was late, and these old men talked a lot about the future development plans of the village at the table.

The next day, everyone in the village began to rest and recuperate, but we still had things to do. Jiang Zhi announced on the loudspeaker that our family would go up to the mountain to pick pine nuts these days, and we needed help. The treatment was still the same as last year. People who want to earn some extra money can come to our house to sign up.

In just 20 minutes, besides those who came out last year, many other people came up the mountain together to pick pine nuts.

It is easier to do things with more people. The amount collected in this day should catch up with the harvest in a few days last year, so the work of picking pine nuts was done for 3 days, and then stopped. Leave some small animals to feed on pine nuts in the mountains.Second, the project in the village is about to start, and these young people are going to work on the construction site.

After that, Jiang Zhi, Li Cheng, and Li Shanqing also grew up on the construction site all day long. Jiang's mother, Qu's mother, cooked and dried pine nuts at home. Weiwei and I went up the mountain to collect firewood with a few children.

Elder Sister Qu and Second Sister Qu have also lived well in Tashan Village for the past two years. The harvest in the field is enough for the family to eat. Even Aunt Liang who is a bit careful and has a temper during the long-term labor The peace has become a lot. The second brother-in-law used to be the leader, but now he has become more pragmatic, and he has shown excellent management skills in several activities in the village. Jiang Zhi now feels relieved to entrust some tasks to him Responsible, I think this is equivalent to labor reform.

Just when the whole village was busy, a villager in the village found Jiang Zhi in embarrassment. After a conversation, we found out that this person has relatives in Xishan Village next to us. When he was in Xishan Village, he went to a relative's house in Xishan Village and bragged about his family's harvest this year. After he came back, he didn't think anything was wrong, but the whole village in Xishan Village knew that Tashan Village had a good harvest this year. The village head of Xishan Village He is also a responsible person. Hearing that Tashan Village has good farming techniques and can produce a good harvest under such arid conditions, he intends to come to learn and learn, so he entrusted that relative to come to Tashan Village to talk about Xiang, this villager I was asked, and it was hard to refuse, so I came to Jiang Zhi to talk to see if I could let people from Xishan Village come to study.

Jiang Zhi was thinking, is this a big deal? It would be a good thing if others can have a bumper harvest every year, so he agreed. Of course, Jiang Zhi didn't have time to receive the whole process, so he sent his second brother-in-law to the Xishan Village. He explained the drip irrigation system in his village, which benefited the people who came to study a lot.

When they saw the wall being built in our village, they were very curious. Knowing that this was a protective measure to prevent people from robbing and stealing, they shouted that it should be done.Their village also encountered several robberies last year, and three people died, and a lot of food was lost. They said that when they go back, they will also build a wall like our village.

After sending away the villagers of Xishan Village who came to learn Buddhist scriptures, our fence project is also nearing completion. It took about four months to build a fence about two meters high. The gate is a large iron gate provided by our family.When the project was finished, Zhang Wanfu came to our house with some rice noodles and insisted on thanking us, saying that now he can finally sleep soundly. Since their house was robbed last winter, they have had trouble sleeping and eating. , the village where he used to live was a good place, easy to get in and out of, but now it seems to be a very dangerous place, he wanted to change houses, but now there is no one to change houses with him, there are no vacant houses in the village, he can only live in fear They lived at the head of the village, and now that the wall was built, they felt a lot more at ease, and finally had an extra layer of security.

Jiang Zhi and him were polite, they were both from the same village, there was really no need to be so polite, we entertained him for a meal, and even brought everyone back home.

When I thought about it, I felt that it was a loss, "Old Jiang, we are too bad. If we don't accept gifts from others, we have to pay for a meal."

"Haha, you can't look at it that way. We didn't build the fence specifically for their family. We built the fence for the whole village and ourselves. Besides, we can make the rice noodles he sent us. We can definitely make the newly harvested rice. The ones that come out are even more delicious, if you want to eat them, let’s make some tomorrow.” Jiang Zhi knew what I was thinking, I didn’t really miss that little thing from others, but I didn’t have it, so I thought it was a good thing.

"Well, okay, I haven't eaten rice noodles for a long time, and I forgot what Guoqiao rice noodles taste like." I said with emotion, there should be no place to sell rice noodles now, and I also wondered what kind of food I would like to eat in the future , can only do it yourself.

The next day, I called my eldest sister and second sister and asked if they wanted to make some rice noodles.They were all very interested, so we started to make rice noodles according to the records in the offerings.We have never done this together. When we want to eat, there are supermarkets selling it, so we don’t have to pay for it ourselves.

Now that there is no such condition, we can only figure it out on our own. Fortunately, when I was in the city, I downloaded a lot of tutorials from the Internet, covering various aspects, including tutorials on making rice noodles.

We wash the rice first, then soak it, and when it is soaked, we start to grind it with a stone mill, then steam it in Guo, and use a noodle pressing machine to press the rice flour into a noodle shape. Let it dry in the yard and you're done.It's easy to say, but it's really troublesome to do. It took us a few days to make enough for these companies.

Although it was hard work, I ate the fried rice noodles and boiled rice noodles I made by myself. They were really delicious. This is really a pure natural food, without any chemicals.

After finishing the rice noodles, looking at the stone mill in the yard, I thought I was making some tofu for storage, but I had already finished eating the ones I made last year.

Then the few of us started to be busy making tofu again. This year our family planted a lot of soybeans, and we took Li Cheng and Liang Chen to grind it for us. We made a lot of tofu and distributed it to several acquaintances. Folks, this has sparked a trend of making tofu in the village. Now many people have ice cellars, and now there is a way to store tofu in this weather, so everyone competes in making tofu.

There are also people who didn’t grow soybeans this year, and they all secretly regretted it, but their brains turned quickly. Several people came to our house to ask if we could give them some soybeans back. Everyone knows that our family has grown a lot of soybeans this year.

We also thought that being alone is not as good as being happy with others, so we exchanged some for everyone, and we just exchanged it at the price of a catty of rice for a catty of soybeans.

When the whole village was busy making tofu, Jiang Zhi was not idle. He took the charcoal machine at home to the village committee, where there was power, and started to produce organic carbon in the yard.

I asked Jiang Zhi why he made so many, and he said that he had a vague premonition that this winter would be even colder.

A villager asked Jiang Zhi why he didn't just burn firewood directly, why did he bother to turn firewood into organic carbon?
Jiang Zhi explained to them a little bit about the difference between firewood and organic carbon. Everyone was moved by what Jiang Zhi said that organic carbon is much more resistant to burning than firewood, and they asked Jiang Zhi to borrow a charcoal machine.

Jiang Zhi put the charcoal machine here for everyone to use together. He is afraid that the weather will be too cold this winter, and the firewood everyone picks up may not be enough to burn. If everyone turns the firewood into organic carbon, it will be able to Burn for a while.

Since then, the charcoal machine has never stopped until the day when it snowed heavily.

(End of this chapter)