Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 277
Mrs. Lu and Lu Shuyuan got up early the next day and went to the ground with tools. They didn't come up for a while. The ice layer on the ground became thicker and the weather became worse. A gust of wind blew them down, and the two barely got up holding each other's hands. They staggered to the edge of a tall ground plant, picked up tools and started to break the ice, but the ice is now harder than before. People chiseled all morning and didn't make a big hole.

Lu Shuyuan threw away the tools in her hand in frustration, "Auntie, take a break, my stomach is growling with hunger."

Mrs. Lu was already hungry too. When she was working in the cafeteria some time ago, the food was so good that she could still eat on time, so they couldn't take it anymore at noon, their stomachs were empty, and the ice layer in the ground was barely broken. Xiaokouzi, if they keep going at this rate, they will be able to dig one landfill a day. Three work points for one landfill are not enough for one person to eat, and they can't even buy a bundle of firewood. She sighed, "Be patient!" , bear with it for a while."

Lu Shuyuan cried as soon as her mouth was deflated, but the tears fell from her eye sockets, and were soon drawn into ice cubes by the wind. She rubbed her hands and it hurt so much that Lu Shuyuan didn't dare to cry anymore, but her hands were already She was so tired that she lost all strength to grab tools, so she simply sat on the ice, "What should I do, why don't I go to my cousin, I don't believe he can really watch us starve to death so cruelly."

Mrs. Lu was so bitter that she was about to vomit blood. She also wanted to go back to Qin Yulin, but she couldn't do such a thing as bowing her head to her son. The two thoughts were conflicting in her mind, and she wanted to howl twice.

Suddenly, a burst of intense light burst out from the dark sky, the dazzling warm light shot straight from the distant sky to the end of the earth, and then swept over quickly, sweeping over the bodies of the two, because they hadn't felt sunlight for a long time, the two of them Unable to adapt, he covered his eyes with his hands, and then quickly looked up at the sun as if he had realized what it was. There seemed to be a gap in the sun that had turned black in the sky, and the warm sunlight came from there. The rays coming out of the slit, and after a while, several more slits were added. The light emitted from it is projected on the earth, dividing the whole earth into different small pieces. Although most of the sun is still covered by black things, But because of the sunlight projected down, the whole world is no longer dark.

Mrs. Lu and Lu Shuyuan felt the warmth of the sun shining on their bodies, and it took a long time to react. Mrs. Lu quickly pulled Lu Shuyuan up, "Go back, maybe there will be some problems with the sun."

Lu Shuyuan was frightened. She took off her gloves just now to feel the sunlight. She quickly grabbed the gloves and followed Mrs. Lu back to the base. As soon as she came in, she saw several people crowding at the door and looking out. When she saw them coming in, she hurriedly grabbed the two of them. , "Hey, big sister, what's going on outside, why is it suddenly lit up?"

"That's right, why do I feel like the sun has returned?"

Mrs. Lu separated from the crowd and walked into the cellar, and then she breathed a sigh of relief, "It's sunlight, but it's scary. The sun seems to be cracked piece by piece."

"Huh? What's that like?"

Lu Shuyuan was terrified in her heart, and was about to go to the infirmary to have a look. Seeing these people surrounding them and not letting them go, she felt impatient, and shouted, "If you want to know what it is, go out and have a look yourself, and ask us if we can talk about it." clear!"

The people around were choked by Lu Shuyuan and stopped talking for a while, they moved out of the way embarrassingly, Lu Shuyuan pulled Mrs. Lu, "Auntie, go quickly, accompany me to the infirmary."

When Mrs. Lu and Lu Shuyuan came out of the infirmary, they found that the entire base was boiling. People were rushing to tell each other, talking about the long-disappeared sunlight. Listening to everyone, there are already many people standing outside. Feeling the sunlight, Lu Shuyuan curled her lips and said, "A group of idiots, if there is a problem with the light, they will be dumbfounded."

Mrs. Lu pushed Lu Shuyuan back, "What are you talking about, aren't you fine?"

Because there were too many people going on the ground, Qin Zhiyuan and Qiao Miwei were also afraid that something might happen, so they hurriedly organized people to bring these people back, and asked everyone not to allow them to come back until the daylight returned to the previous safe daylight. Get active on the ground.

Qiao Miwei called Li Rui from the farming team and asked him to get a potted plant and put it on the ground. Li Rui was very efficient in his work, and came back after a while, saying that he took a potato seedling from a vegetable shelf and put it outside. , because the air on the ground is cold and there is sunlight, but the plants still can't stand the cold, so Li Rui made a simple fence for this potato, and put two charcoal braziers inside, and the temperature between one cold and one hot is just right.

After the plants are placed, the effect cannot be seen overnight. Qin Zhiyuan and Qiao Mi entered the Taoyuan at night, and they were surprised because the changes outside made the inside of the Taoyuan change accordingly. Originally, after the sun disappeared, the crack above Taoyuan was pitch black, and occasionally dim yellow light could be seen, but now the crack shines a very warm orange light. Huoshaoyun, everything seemed particularly harmonious, Qiao Mi said happily, "It's finally turned around, it seems that the end is about to pass."

Qin Zhiyuan hugged Qiao Miwei's shoulder and nodded with a smile, "I hope tomorrow will be better."

Their desire is too urgent, even if it gets better, it can't be a matter of one or two days, so the next day everything is as usual, the third day, the fourth day..., a week later Li Rui came to restore the growth of the potato seedling , "Because of the timely heating, the seedlings are alive and well. During the period, they were irradiated by the sun more than 70 times, and each stay did not exceed 1 minute. Now the potato seedlings have not changed much, but there are still some subtle changes. , the current plant is no longer the orthodox purple, I think the color of the plant has gone according to the color of the earth..."

"...Earth? You mean black?" Qiao Miwei interrupted Li Rui in surprise.

Li Rui shook his head and said, "That's not true, it should be, um, brown, dark brown."

Qiao Mi frowned slightly, "It doesn't turn back to green, it's not a good sign, just keep talking."

Li Rui said, "In addition, I feel that the growth rate of the plant has slowed down significantly. If the growth rate of the mutated purple plant is used, this week's events are enough for the plant to grow several inches, but the size of the outside has basically remained the same. A centimeter or two at most."

After hearing this, Qiao Miwei said, "It's not good news."

Qin Zhiyuan interjected from the side, "Not necessarily, Wei Wei, haven't you noticed, our potato seedlings are not growing, but growing slowly, and if I remember correctly, when purple and green are mixed, they will turn brown. Does this mean that the sunlight outside has just returned to the sunshine that is really good for people and the earth?"

Qiao Miwei and Li Rui's eyes lit up after hearing this, Qiao Miwei clapped his hands and said, "It makes sense, Li Rui, we have to do another experiment, you go and call the people from the cooperative , let them provide us with two poultry for experimentation."

Li Rui nodded, "Hey, keep putting the potato seedlings outside?"

Qiao Miwei said, "Okay, you can figure it out."

So after this day, another fence was built on the ground, and there were two rabbits inside, and a brazier was prepared for them, but the temperature has risen significantly in the past few days, and now the temperature has remained at about 35 degrees. The ice in many places where the sun shines has begun to melt, causing the entire earth to crack one by one.

That night, Qiao Miwei had a very terrifying dream. She struggled desperately in the dream but she still didn't seem to escape her fate. When she woke up, she couldn't remember everything in the dream, but she had a premonition, It seems that everything is not a sign of getting better. Maybe a bigger crisis is dormant not far away. Early the next morning, Qiao Miwei narrated his dreams and premonitions in his heart. Qiao's father and mother knew that Qiao Mi Wei had a dream of predicting the future before, so he didn't dare to be careless, so from this day on, no matter whether it was in the cellar or in the Taoyuan, he began to quickly grab food.

Because of the temperature, not to mention the crops in the cellar, even the crops in Taoyuan were not mature yet, but the Qiao family insisted on harvesting, and Qin Zhiyuan had no objection. Everyone assigned a task, and Qiao Miwei was assigned to organize the autumn harvest in Taoyuan. When the soil layer is dug up, people can see potatoes that are only the size of a child's fist. People dig out the potatoes and they are still in the ditch, and then dig out the seedlings and throw them to the other side. The people behind will separate the potatoes from the seedlings, and the potatoes hit In the sacks, the tender parts of those seedlings were picked up and left to pickle pickles, and the old places could only be reserved for poultry. The field was turned over, and all edible things were collected. Potatoes and seedlings are sent to the river, where a group of women will sort out the potatoes, save the larger ones for later consumption, and pickle the smaller ones together with the young seedlings to make pickles.

What makes people happy is that the corn is growing fairly well. Although the corn kernels on the cobs are still small, they have reached the stage where they can barely be harvested. The people walking in front break off the corn and put it into the basket on their backs In the middle of the day, the people behind cut off the corn stalks by the middle, and tied them together with tough leaves when they had enough handfuls. These are firewood for heating.

There are not only these staple foods, but also many vegetables and fruits that are easy to store. After a few days, the autumn harvest will be completely completed. Due to the impact of the weather, the grain harvested this year will be much less than people expected, but even so, the reduction in production has not affected people's harvest. of joy.

A few days later, the results of the experiment came out. What is gratifying is that the sunlight irradiated by the sun is indeed normal and harmless sunlight, but the leaked light is too little to improve the harsh environment on the earth, and the temperature is still hovering around At about thirty degrees below zero, the ice on the ground is still solid.

(End of this chapter)