Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 43
Qiao Miwei hurried home to clean up the house, and the family would come over later. She was thinking about how to tell her parents about this, and at the same time, she was thinking that Tuli Village would be repaired quickly, and these people would move back soon, otherwise At home, she still has to carefully protect the secrets of Taoyuan. Even if she doesn't enter Taoyuan, living with strangers is not so comfortable.

When she got home at night, Father Qiao and Mother Qiao had already had dinner, and they were observing the chickens in the backyard. Because the weather suddenly turned cold, the chickens in the coop were not used to it, and many of them were wilting. Cold, and no other symptoms, Joe's father and mother are still not at ease, so they go to have a look whenever they have time. As soon as Qiao Miwei comes back, Qiao's mother goes to the kitchen and brings out a hot dinner. How long? Are you still asked to throw paper money or something?"

Qiaomi was so hungry all afternoon, he grabbed the chopsticks and put the rice in his mouth, "No, the village has its own custom, people are taken to the ancestral hall to be burned, and after the burning, they grab a handful of ashes and put them in the small ashes. The bottles are all placed in the room next to the ancestral hall, if you haven’t seen it, you will know that the room is pitch black and seeps in!”

Father Qiao said with a smile: "We are outsiders, so they don't think so when we look at people. Those are their relatives. Every place has its own customs. I didn't expect there to be such customs in a place so close to our home. It’s not because I’m afraid of being kicked out, I really want to visit their ancestral hall.”

Qiao Miwei wolfed down a bowl of rice and felt less hungry after stuffing his stomach. He slowed down and chewed slowly, "One more thing, our family has to receive a family during this period of time. ,Five people."

Mother Qiao asked in surprise, "Reception?"

Qiao Miwei stopped and scratched his forehead, "That's right, uh, shelter, that's what happened, there is Tuli Village next to our village, their whole village was flooded, and now they are homeless, their village It seems that our village and our village were originally the same ancestor, but due to some reasons, it became very tense. This time, Tuli Village came to ask for help and promised to return their ancestral hall. The village chief agreed. Although I was reluctant, it was good Now I am also from Wujia Village, if I don’t know how unified the village is, I will not agree, but I told the village chief that our relatives will come to live in the future, and he agreed.”

After hearing Qiao Miwei's words, Qiao's father and Qiao's mother were speechless for a while, and they really didn't know what to say. After a while, Qiao Miwei continued, "We take care of the family's accommodation, but they have to do it for us. If they have free time, they will plant some corn and sweet potatoes on the open land, and I will give some of them to us in autumn. "

Father Qiao thought for a while, and said hey, "It's like the landlord and tenant in the past."

Qiao Mi shook his head slightly, "That's not true, we still need someone to help them rebuild Tuli Village, this is not the treatment of a landlord, but I hope it can be repaired sooner, so they can move back sooner and live with others It's always uncomfortable."

Mother Qiao sighed, "No, it's different now. In the past, several families lived together and didn't think much of it. Now I feel upset when I think about it. But since this matter is settled, let's prepare quickly. Wei Wei, you can move here and live with us, and let them live in your house."

Qiao Mi nodded slightly, "Okay, you decide which house to live in."

Qiao's mother got up to pack Qiao Miwei's luggage, and Qiao's father went to help. After a while, Qiao Miwei was full, and took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash, and then tidied up the kitchen, putting away some valuable things at home. I moved the refrigerator to another place and placed it in front of the cellar. The top of the cellar was covered with wooden boards and some sundries were placed on it.

After busy work, I helped Qiao's father and mother to move the furniture together. I don't know how many things the family can move, so they couldn't move the house. After cleaning the house, the whole family sat around the living room and watched the news. and others.

Recently, more and more people have been admitted to the hospital due to mosquito bites, and the number of deaths has increased exponentially, but the country has not been able to develop effective medicines, and the citizens can only watch their relatives die. A few cases will not lead to major events, but such disasters are repeated in every hospital and every corner of the country. The country they have always relied on has not given them salvation, and those sorrows will explode when they accumulate to the extreme. With a strong desire, they rioted, and the sad and angry people gathered together. They marched and demonstrated, shouting and screaming. However, the power of the government and the army is sparing no effort to rescue those struggling in the flood, so their demonstrations are ignored. They feel that they are not valued and exiled, and the hatred in their hearts will deepen. In this repeated vicious circle, some people will do things that challenge the moral bottom line in order to release the anger in their hearts. It also indirectly led to the gradual collapse of social order...

After watching the news, the waiting family still hadn't arrived, so they couldn't fall asleep, because the weather was too cold, Qiao Miwei deliberately burned an extra bundle of firewood to make the kang hotter.

Joe's father and mother were too old to stay up late, and they went back to sleep around nine o'clock. Qiao Miwei also entered the house, but instead of lying down, she went into the Taoyuan to work. Now the rainstorm has stopped In another two days, when the floods in various places recede completely, she plans to go to the county to bring back the painted steel tile houses that she made earlier. Although it has not rained in Taoyuan these days, those furniture are left in the sun to dry all day long. With that, sooner or later the skin will peel off.

Ducks and geese are happy to stay in the rice fields every day, jumping up one by one, and I don’t know how many fish and shrimps have been seeded into their stomachs. Not only does the size change every day, but even the temper becomes wilder every day.

She sprinkled fish food in the fish pond, and took a bucket to fetch water from the river to irrigate the field. The weather in Taoyuan was just right, the sun was shining every day, and the seedlings grew fast, but the water in the field evaporated quickly, almost every day. She has to water it every other day, but as the size of the land expands, the work of watering becomes more and more difficult. In order to water these lands, she bought plastic water pipes, but there is no need for a water pump here. When I was in school, I liked to read miscellaneous books, but I vaguely remembered that in ancient times, there was information about watering the ground with only water pipes, but she couldn’t remember the title of the book. I took out my notebook and recorded this matter, thinking that I would look it up on the Internet tomorrow, and I must find a way, or I will waste my time every night on watering.

After writing this down, she put the tip of the pen to her chin and stared at the ducks and geese. Her mother said that these ducks and geese live in a good environment, and it is estimated that they will be able to lay eggs in a few months. Nest, let them all go down in the nest, so as not to let them mess around in the rice fields, thinking so she wrote down the matter of making nests for ducks and geese in the notebook.

Before she finished writing, she heard Father Qiao's voice calling her from outside. The gate of Taoyuan was open when she came in, so she was afraid that there was something that she didn't know. Now that she heard Father Qiao's call, she knew it was probably that house. When the child arrived, she quickly packed up and left Taoyuan.

The light in the front yard was on, illuminating the entire courtyard brightly, and it also showed the family's embarrassment. Qiao Miwei couldn't bear it when he went out and saw that the only one in the family of five was hugged by a woman. The child in the house was fairly clean, but even the woman was in a state of embarrassment. Seeing Qiao Miwei's family come out, the woman took a small step timidly with the child in her arms, "I'm sorry to trouble you, my name is Su Yun. "As he spoke, he pulled off the man next to him, and said, "This is my man, Tan Quan, you can call him Quan Zi, that is my father-in-law and mother-in-law." Then he pointed to the two old men behind him.

Mother Qiao stepped forward with a smile, "Okay, you are tired too at night, let's go into the house and tidy up."

After hearing that, the five people all went to see Su Yun. Su Yun nodded to Tan Quan, and said to Mother Qiao with a shy expression, "Then, I will trouble you."

Mother Qiao patted Qiao Miwei, "Go and help me get something."

Qiao Mi nodded slightly, and went down the stairs. Tan Quan quickly hung all the things on his arms, showing a naive smile, "There are not many things, we can take them by ourselves."

Qiao Miwei came to a stop. There really wasn't much, and the five of them only had one small package. "Then let's go into the house."

Everyone entered the house, and led them into the room where Qiao Miwei lived. Because there were too many people and the bed was not big enough, Father Qiao took out a few long wooden planks from the warehouse, "Put one on the side, and build a small one." You can sleep in the bed, the temperature dropped yesterday, so it’s a bit warmer to live together.”

Tan Quan quickly stretched out his hand, and everyone built a simple wooden bed in a few clicks. Although one piece was connected, it was still too much for five people. Mother Qiao had to think of a way, Su Yun shook his head quickly, "Don't bother, Just live like this, it’s too much trouble for you.”

Qiao Miwei's quilts have been moved to Qiao's mother's house. At this time, there is only a simple thin sponge pad on the bed. As for the family, there is only one package. Obviously there can't be any quilts there. That's it, they can't just sleep like this, Mother Qiao and Qiao Miwei found three quilts for them, one was spread on the plank bed, and the other two were barely enough to sleep on.

The place to live is settled, but I can’t sleep for a while, because the family’s body is too dirty. Maybe they were in the rain most of the time when it rained before. The dirt on their bodies is mud. Their quilts were all clean, so Mother Qiao went to the back kitchen to boil hot water for them to bathe. Su Yun hurriedly said, "It's too troublesome, it's too late now, we'll cook it ourselves, you guys go to sleep."

Mother Qiao felt pity for them as soon as she saw them. This family is really pitiful. She originally wanted to help, but Su Yun blushed and kept saying that it was too troublesome and she didn't want to trouble them anymore. Almost didn't bite through.

(End of this chapter)