Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 144 Locusts

Collecting vegetables was not tiring, but the two of them sighed comfortably and sat beside the pile of vegetables. Qiao Mi stretched out his legs slightly, leaned on his body with his hands, and turned his face to the sky. At this time, the sky in Taoyuan was just getting dark. Going down, you can still see some trees faintly in the wild, but the stars in the sky came out early, "Hey, I haven't seen the starry sky so comfortably for a long time."

Qin Zhiyuan nodded, "Not only that, but also I haven't exposed my skin for a long time."

During the day, because of the sun, you can’t expose it, but at night, it’s okay, but there’s no sunlight to shine at that time. Thinking of this, Qiao Mi said with satisfaction, “We are still lucky, at least we can feel the normal sun here. .”

Qin Zhiyuan asked, "Wei Wei, do you feel that the recent sun is a bit abnormal?"

Qiao Mi asked nervously, "No, why, did it mutate again?"

Qin Zhiyuan quickly comforted her, "No, don't think about it, I just feel that the sun doesn't rise so late recently, nor does it set so early."

"Oh." Qiao Mi nodded slightly, "I really didn't pay attention to this, every day I wish the sun would not rise, and if it did, I would set it quickly."

Qin Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Don't worry, with the speed at which we are consuming grasshoppers, they should disappear soon."

Qiao Mi sighed in disappointment, "I hope, it would be great if I woke up tomorrow to find that those nasty guys are gone."

It is impossible for the locusts to disappear overnight, so Qiao Miwei got up before the sun rose the next day and packed up. When he arrived at the base, he hurriedly filled his stomach, and then organized his staff to rush to the field In every corner of the house, raise the fire before dawn. It is very simple to make thick smoke from the fire, as long as you fill it with undried firewood, but pay attention to controlling the amount of wet firewood. It would be bad to put out the fire.

When the blood-red sun jumped into the sky, and the dark black sunlight shone on every corner of the earth, the fat grasshoppers woke up. They gathered together and flew up to the sky, covering the sky and covering the sun. All the weeds, all the leaves were swept away in their path.

Qiao Mi squinted her eyes and looked around vigilantly. Suddenly, dark clouds moved quickly in the distance, and she shouted loudly, "Attention, locusts are coming."

In fact, locusts are everywhere, and when people walk through the field, they will startle a lot of locusts, but Qiao Miwei's reminder means that locusts from other places have come here.

Qiao Miwei's brows were deeply knit together, resentful in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't find pesticides now, why would they be afraid of these ugly locusts.

The people around heard Qiao Miwei's yelling, and they turned up the fire in the fire, and the smoke was even bigger, and the people next to them even pulled the nets in their hands to the full, hoping to be able to shoot later. Live more locusts.

The locusts covering the sky were buzzing over, and the sound of their wings flickering made people's scalp numb. They swooped down from the sky without thinking, like the heaviest rain and the densest shells hitting people, making people There is nowhere for people to hide. After the sudden attack some time ago, people will no longer be intimidated by such a battle. They closed their eyes and waved the tools in their hands vigorously, smashing batch after batch of locusts from the sky. Coupled with the added smoke, large numbers of locusts fell from the sky.

Those locusts rushed down, and some of them rushed into the fields. Those who got the crops took a bite, those who inhaled the thick smoke fell down, and those who were thrown out were waiting to enter the oil pan, and the others were not touched by anything. Just turn around and fly in other directions, or find crops in other places, and then continue to dive.

One morning, Qiao Miwei felt that all the strength he had accumulated last night was exhausted again, so Zhang Shuilai ran over with a water bottle, "Drink some water and rest."

Qiao Miwei pulled off the mask from below, took the kettle and took a few gulps, then looked back and forth, and then said to Zhang Shui, "Then I'll go and rest for a while, and you can keep an eye on it for me."

"Yeah." Zhang Shuilai nodded, and then turned his head left and right to stare at the surroundings. Qiao Miwei's work is not tiring, but he needs to concentrate on it. Pay special attention to her.

Qiao Miwei carried the water bottle and walked to a cool place to rest. After a while, Qin Zhiyuan was also replaced. He took off his hood, poured the water from the water bottle, and then wiped it casually with his hand, "Ah, so comfortable!"

Qiao Miwei hurriedly dodged two steps to prevent him from throwing the water on her body, "I'm afraid the temperature is over 20 degrees now?"

Qin Zhiyuan nodded, "Yes."

"It's probably because the past few days have been too chaotic. I don't even know when the temperature rose." Qiao Miwei took a towel and soaked it with water from the kettle, then wiped his hands and face.

Qin Zhiyuan frowned and said, "Do you still remember that I told you that the days are getting longer and longer. Since then, the temperature has been rising, and it's rising faster. I don't know if it's a good sign."

Qiao Miwei looked at the grasshoppers flying all over the sky worriedly, and sighed, "What good sign could it be? If it weren't for the sun, how could these guys become so big, and it would hurt for a long time to hit someone." After finishing speaking Then she saw a corner of the cloth covering a field being blown away by the wind. She yelled at the people over there, telling them to fix the cloth quickly. After shouting, she turned on the kettle and took several mouthfuls of water , "Even if we are working hard, two fields will be eaten up by grasshoppers."

Qin Zhiyuan was silent at first, and then said in a deep voice, "There is nothing we can do about it. We can only protect it as much as possible. In the end, it is not up to us to decide how much will be left. Don't worry too much. Others don't know. You and I You know, we still have the last reliance, the crops inside are almost harvested, if it doesn’t work, we will find a way to get all the food out.”

Qiao Mi nodded slightly, and then said in a low voice, "It would be great if I could find helpers to expand the field inside."

Talking about unintentional listeners, this matter is actually not impossible, but you need to think carefully and think about a good solution. Qin Zhiyuan raised his hand and touched his chin. No matter whether it is successful or not, this is a direction, and he has to think hard think.

At nearly four o'clock in the afternoon, the sun finally set from the horizon. After a while, the locusts were looking for their own footholds, and people were relieved again. At this time, the logistics staff would carry the sacks everywhere. Grasshopper, the rest of the people dragged their tired bodies, packed up their tools and went back to rest. The meal will be ready in an hour. Grasshoppers can be made very delicious by various methods, but even if you eat dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder every day, you will always get tired of eating it, especially when people deal with these things all day long and take them at night when they are full.

The locusts lingered near Wujia Village for more than half a month and finally dispersed gradually. However, at this time, almost all the fields around the base were swept away by the locusts. The only remaining fields were a few small vegetable gardens. Although people were sad , but still did not lose confidence, they took out the seeds to replant, and worked harder to serve these fields.

After the locusts dispersed, people's hearts did not fall down, because the temperature has risen to 32 degrees in the past few days, and there is still a rising trend. This temperature is nothing to weeds, so Since the temperature rose, the weeds whose leaves were eaten by the locusts grew like crazy, and the rest of the crops that were not eaten by the locusts were also growing like crazy, but it was hard for the seeds just planted. The grown seedlings are very tender and fragile. They cannot withstand such strong sunlight. Many seedlings grow a small head and are roasted to death by the sun after a day.

People who have no choice but to grow seedlings with small utensils indoors, and they can be transplanted outdoors after these seedlings grow enough to cope with the outdoor light.

So during this period of time, Qiao Miwei was so busy every day that her heels could hardly touch the ground. When the seedlings in the field were finally repaired, she knew that the walls of the base had been enclosed, and now only the watchtowers connecting the walls were left. During this period, Wu Dongwei went to An Jinyu's base with his things again. I heard that the construction there was also very fast. When they came back, they brought back a lot of seafood and some other metal products, such as scissors Waiting for daily necessities, and An Jinyu also placed an order like Qin Zhiyuan, and they also wanted to build a base, so Qin Zhiyuan needed to send two kiln masters to give instructions.

Of course Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to let him go, just kidding, he hasn't even finished half of his studies here, who is willing to send someone there for you? An Jinyu got the letter, thought it over, okay, if you don't send it over, I'll go and learn Okay, so An Jinyu organized a small team, and even brought their own food. We will help you for free, and learn how to make kilns by the way. This is the head office, right?
Qin Zhiyuan can't deal with An Jinyu, let alone his hooligan behavior, okay, you sent someone to help me, no problem, since you are here to work, then go to other places to help Help, I am not letting you learn, but you see that I am really overwhelmed, so please help first.

These few people simply did it no matter what kind of work they were asked to do, and secretly wrote diaries at night. At first, Qin Zhiyuan didn't realize what these people were writing, but then he accidentally discovered that these people were in Qin Zhiyuan was angry at the time for the experiences and thoughts written in the base. I dare you to come here not only to learn how to kiln kiln, but also to steal the teacher. Qin Zhiyuan is so angry that he foolishly ordered these people In just a few days, these people almost touched the entire base. Qin Zhiyuan turned around angrily, but there was nothing wrong with him. He couldn't really throw An Jinyu's people back. Since you are here to learn For those who burn kilns, let's learn it honestly.

(End of this chapter)