Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 19
The backyard is blocked by a large wall next to the house, which is covered with pig pens and sheep pens, and behind it is a large warehouse. Although it is not beautiful in appearance, it is more sturdy and practical, and can store a lot of things.

Although pig pens, sheep pens and warehouses were added, the area of ​​the backyard was not occupied much. Qiao Miwei planned to open up such a large area to grow vegetables and store as many supplies as possible.

At this time, the money in her hand had already been spent, but the generator and the coal that must be stored for the winter were not ready yet, so Qiao Miwei was a little worried, but no matter how much she saved, she dared not stop buying coal. Because she knows that when winter comes, it seems that after the beginning of the Ice Age, the electricity in the whole country will be forced to stop due to freezing. Qiao Miwei can't imagine how she and her family will survive without coal for the winter. through a harsh winter.

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Although the house has been repaired, it still needs to be tidied up, otherwise the front and back of the house will look too messy, and the construction team will not do these tasks, but Aunt Wang and Aunt Li never went back, and it took two days Time was stunned to help Qiao Miwei put everything back together. Looking at the brand new house, Qiao Miwei didn't say anything else, and asked the village chief to help him buy a big pig weighing more than 200 catties in another village. The butcher in the village slaughtered pigs, cleaned up the field in Qiuyang, set up a big shed, set up a big pot and stove, threw two finger-thick streaky fat directly into the pot, and the quilt The big bones that were knocked open, accompanied by the aroma of the sauce, the hot soup was gurgling, and the aroma wafted over the entire village, and the greedy children circled around the stove.

The old master quit, rushed again and again, and after a while, he surrounded him again. Qiao Mi looked at it with a smile, and fished out a large piece of pork belly from the large pot on the side, and cut it into thin slices with a knife. He piled up a plate full, put a spoonful of potatoes, soybeans and other side dishes in the pot, and filled a small plate with garlic paste, and raised his hand to greet the children who were dripping, "Come here, you carry the plate and go Eat next to it, and bring the plate back to me when you're done."

The children surrounded her with a whoosh, snatched the plate from her hand, and then scattered with a whoosh. The teacher looked at it and smiled, "These greedy cats."

Rural people pay attention to affordable prices when entertaining guests, so Qiao Miwei didn't prepare too many dishes, but every plate served on the table must be a large plate and bowl, and the amount and meat are guaranteed to be sufficient. In spring, It's the hard days of the year, and the rural people are used to living carefully, and no one will buy a catty of meat for three or five days without being so greedy, so when the dishes are on the table, they see the chopsticks flying around and laughing constantly.

Although Qiao Miwei is a native of the north, she doesn't like pig-killing dishes very much. But this time, she didn't know the reason. She ate it in one bite with a thin slice of five-flowered three-layered slices and thick garlic juice. In her mouth, it was so fragrant that she wanted to swallow it with her tongue. After eating half full, Qiao Miwei held up the small wine glass and toasted at the table. She did not forget the purpose of this treat, which was to enter Wu Home village, build a good relationship with the villagers!
Rural people pay attention to eating meat and drinking heavily. Qiao Miwei doesn't have such a good capacity for alcohol. After a few glasses of wine, he feels a little dizzy. The meal didn't end until two or three o'clock in the morning. Everyone was full of greasy food and looked satisfied. Naturally, their impression of Qiao Miwei improved by more than one level.

After the show was over, the women who came to help helped pack up all the things before going back. Qiao Miwei was already a little smoky from drinking. After returning, she fell on the bed and fell into a daze. In the middle of the night, she only heard There was a crackling sound from the glass on the roof. Listening carefully, it turned out that the rain that had been gloomy for more than a month finally fell. Qiao Mi turned over and sat up nervously, and opened the window to look out, but the roof of her house was newly installed. The glass was dark, and I couldn’t see anything clearly at this time. Qiao Mi got up and walked to the gate to wait and see. It was indeed raining, but the rain was very small, and the rain was very lukewarm, and there was no wind in the air. On the contrary, it was so humid and hot that it made people upset. Qiao Miwei slept in the middle of the night and was already sweating profusely. She turned around and took a cold shower, and lay down again but couldn't fall asleep.

According to the hint in the dream, Qiao Miwei knew that the rain this time was just a deception, and it would rain a little bit, stop a little bit, and dawdle until the real rainstorm poured down.

The next morning, Qiao Mi got up with dark circles under her eyes. She looked out and saw that the lukewarm rain had stopped, but the heat was unbearable. Qiao Mi changed into cool shorts In the vest, after a simple freshening up, I warmed up the leftover pig dishes yesterday and filled my stomach. After finishing the dishes and chopsticks, I was about to feed the chickens and ducks when I heard a knock on the door. Qiao Mi responded slightly, and hurried over to open the door.

It turned out that the village chief came with two peasants who helped her cultivate the land. Qiao Miwei hurriedly welcomed them in. She was not prepared early in the morning. Qiao Miwei poured tea for the three of them and simply said farming. As for the matter, the two brothers seemed to be hardworking people, and they immediately wanted to work after knowing what Qiao Miwei wanted to plant.

Originally, Qiao Miwei wanted to stop him, but the village chief refused, "Let the brothers do it. There is a lot of work in their house, so why worry if you can't keep it all together? I'll finish it for you sooner and rest assured."

Hearing that this was the reason, Qiao Miwei didn't stop him. Farming is now mechanized. The two brothers came here with a tractor, but Qiao Miwei let them drive their four-wheeled vehicle to the field again.

In the morning, Qiao Miwei took a look around, but in the afternoon she simply didn't go, picked up tools from Taoyuan and started busying in the yard in front of the house.

Although Qiao Miwei's working posture is still not standard, it is not the same as it was at the beginning, and it seems to be a bit interesting to outsiders. The tools wrapped in cloth strips did not scratch her palms this time. The small garden in the courtyard has been tidied up by her. She took out the seeds she had bought from the peach orchard, and planted persimmon, cucumber, eggplant, and bean seeds, and connected the water pump to water it.

At this time, the chickens and ducks in the backyard were already screaming hungry, she had to rest and feed these little guys first, and then made a simple dinner for herself.

After dinner, Qiao Miwei turned on the TV to watch the news, because this cloudy day was nationwide and lasted for more than a month. There have been various speculations in the society, and people are talking about it every day on the Internet. It's a pity that there has been no response on the news until now.

Before going to bed, Qiao Miwei called home again. Father Qiao answered the call this time. Qiao Miwei reported to Father Qiao about her work in the past few days. Father Qiao heard that she had planted the garden and asked with a smile. Said, "Is it hard work? You know that farming is tired."

Looking at the small garden in the yard, Qiao Miwei felt satisfied, "Father, I will take you over in two days when I finish planting the land here. Come and take a look, I don't know if the garden I planted is qualified or not." Qualified, don’t waste your time.”

Father Qiao smiled and said, "Wait a little longer, your mother's temper has not subsided until now, but she has been talking about you to me these two days, I guarantee that she will miss you within two days, you are there at night It's time to close the door, don't mess with eating, take care of yourself."

Qiao Mi smiled and listened, "Understood Dad, did you know that it rained this morning?"

"I know. It's cloudy today. I thought it was going to rain a lot, but it stopped after a while." Father Qiao said casually.

Qiao Miwei said, "Dad, don't be careless. The rain in the past few days is nothing. That's because it hasn't reached the critical moment. In the past two days, you can persuade my mother not to be angry with me. At most In three days, I’ll go pick you up, otherwise you won’t be able to enter the city after the heavy rain.”

Father Qiao's heart moved when he heard this, "Do you know when it will rain?"

"I not only know when the rain will fall, but also how big it will be. Dad, do you still remember the dream I told you? In the beginning, the sun turned red, and the first big crisis in the last days was the flood. Now the sky is overcast. It's been a month, and everything matches my dream, it's not a coincidence, you have to believe me." Qiao Miwei felt a little excited in her heart, and even her voice was a little unsteady.

Father Qiao was silent for a while, then said in a low voice, "Wei Wei, Dad trusts you, don't get excited, I will persuade your mother well."

"En." Hearing Qiao's father's assurance, Qiao Miwei felt relieved.

Although it rained for a while the first morning, it stopped after a while. After that, it didn't rain again for two or three days, and the clouds didn't seem to thicken any more, but the weather was already hot to almost 34 degrees. , In terms of the season in the north, this is unbelievable. The grass on the side of the road is scrambling to show its head, and even the leaves pop out overnight.

The village head helped the pair of brothers hired by Qiao Miwei to work very neatly. The two fields were planted in three days. Qiao Miwei had to lament how convenient the mechanized society is. Qiao Miwei has not been idle these two days. After planting the front yard, she began to toss the back yard again, but the area of ​​the back yard was not comparable to that of the front yard, so three days later, she didn't even loosen one-third of the land.

However, she didn't continue to plow the ground that day, but asked Wu Dongwei to drive her to Fang County in a four-wheeler, because this was the day when Qiao Miwei and Qiao's father had agreed to pick them up, and Qiao Miwei couldn't be precise. She can't judge when the heavy rain will start, but it will not exceed these few days. She is worried about her parents, so she can only take them over as soon as possible.

Knowing that Mother Qiao may not have calmed down, but Qiao Miwei has made up her mind to take Mother Qiao away even if it is delayed.

The Qiao family was still the same. When Chen Xuehua saw Qiao Miwei, the expression on his face was still annoyed, but it was more distressing. The daughter had lost weight and darkened, but her spirit was much better than before she left.

(End of this chapter)