Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 75 Super Earthquake
Qin Zhiyuan led the team and led Lao Cao to visit several nearby villages and dug more than 20 deep wells. Only then did the people's drinking water problem be solved.

A well was also drilled in the army, and a water pipe was pulled to distribute it to Qiao Miwei's house, so that it would be convenient for their house to drink water.

Recently, Qiao Miwei went to the field every day to see the growth of corn. It has been half a month since the last watering. During this period of time, the corn needs to be grouted. This stage is very important. Whether the corn harvest is good or not depends on this stage. , Recently, the number of people watering the fields in the village has increased significantly, and the topic of daily discussion has also become the food that is about to be harvested. According to the current momentum, it is estimated that this year will be a bumper harvest. People talking about crops have smiles on their faces .

It's just that the uneasiness and panic in Qiao Miwei's heart became more and more serious. Whenever she had time every day, she desperately recalled the scene in her dream, hoping to determine when and when the next crisis would come. Unfortunately, no matter what she thought, That part of the memory seemed to be covered by a layer of veil, so she couldn't remember it.

That day Tian Xiuniang came back from the field and said casually, "The crops in the field will be harvested in a week." Qiao Miwei's face turned pale when she heard this, and she frowned and said, "We will harvest the crops tomorrow." land."

Tian Xiuniang looked over in surprise, "Wei Wei, don't look at the crops growing well this year, but the harvest is still early, so wait a little longer."

Qiao Miwei looked at the incomprehensible eyes of people in the room. She couldn't explain the panic in her heart. She just emphasized again, "I will accept it tomorrow. I always feel that something is going to happen. Let's not wait."

"This..." Tian Xiuniang turned to Qiao's father and mother, hoping they could persuade her daughter.

Instead, Mother Qiao patted the back of Tian Xiuniang's hand, "Just accept it, anyway, nothing happened recently."

Father Qiao nodded in agreement, "Okay, then we will start retrieving the land tomorrow morning."

Sun Ying and Yu Yawen don't understand the principles of farming, so they don't understand the impact of early harvesting. Anyway, they just need to follow the work.

When Qiao Miwei was going to sleep at night, just about to go to Taoyuan to work, he was stopped by Qiao's father and Qiao's mother, "Wei Wei, you said that we should collect the land in advance, that's not a problem, but what do you think is going to happen? Ah, is there another disaster?"

Qiao Mi shook his head slightly, "Mom, I'm not sure, I feel that my memory has not diminished, but the memory of that dream has become more and more blurred, so blurred that I can't remember what the next crisis will be, and I don't know When exactly did it start? It’s just that recently I always have a feeling of trepidation, as if the next crisis is coming soon. We have worked so hard to plant those crops in the field. I don’t want to lose these crops because of carelessness, even if I’m worried. Wrong, I also want to collect food in advance."

Father Qiao nodded and said, "Okay, it's ahead of time, don't worry about it, I dug up a potato seedling today and looked at it, although the size of the potato is not big, it is almost the size of your fist, so take it away .”

Mother Qiao didn't have any objections either. The family went to bed early and got enough energy to prepare for the land resumption tomorrow.

The land of Qiao's family is a little far away from other people's land in the village, so when the whole family went out to start retrieving the land early in the morning, they didn't meet other people at all, and the villagers didn't know that their family had started retrieving the land.

Qiao Miwei had never used a sickle before, and she almost cut her own leg several times when cutting the corn stalks. Mother Qiao looked scared, and took the sickle from her hand, and asked her to clean it up later, breaking off the corn cobs.

Qiao Miwei was a little annoyed at her hands-on ability, and followed a few people to clean up the corn stalks and break the corn cobs. Qiao Miwei was exhausted after working all morning. She wiped off her sweat and said to Qiao's mother who was working in front, "No wonder there is a saying that on the day of hoeing, the sweat drips down the soil. It is not easy to be a farmer."

Sun Ying smiled and said, "That was in ancient times. Modern agriculture is all mechanized. There are machines from planting to harvesting, and weed killers can be applied at ordinary times. Now it is very easy for farmers to cultivate land."

Remembering that when they hired people to plant the land, the brothers planted the land in three days. It was really fast and convenient. She couldn't help sighing, "Hey, it would be great if we had a harvester here."

It took them two days to harvest the corn, and the corn cobs were piled up on the open space in front of their house to dry. Only then did the people in the village know that the Qiao family had started to reclaim the land, and they would inevitably talk about it when chatting , People laughed at the fact that Qiao's family was from the city, and they didn't know when to take over the land.

After the corn is harvested, go to harvest the potatoes. To dig potatoes, you need to use a fork, and you have to know the position, otherwise, the potatoes will be forked or cut in half when you dig the potatoes. It’s really early to dig potatoes now. Most of the potatoes dug up are small, and only one or two are big ones on a seedling. Mother Qiao put it away.

Although these potatoes are not big, they are large in quantity. After harvesting one piece of land, there are three sacks in full. Mother Qiao smiled when she saw it, "Our family never bought so many catties of potatoes in winter, these are enough. "

The potato vines were still tender, and they were taken back by Tian Xiuniang to feed the pigs. After the potatoes were harvested, the soybeans were harvested, and the soybeans were harvested, and the peanuts were harvested...

When other families in the village began to reclaim their land, they found that all of Qiao's land had been reclaimed.

The corn stalks in the field have also been dried, sorted out and stuffed into the warehouse in the backyard. Half of the corn was brought to the village to be ground into feed for chickens and pigs, and the rest was kept for self-eating. The big, nice corn on the cob was saved for cooking.

When the work in the field was finally over, the whole family was exhausted and paralyzed, and no one had the strength to stand up and cook. Qiao Miwei had long been craving grilled corn, and it happened that the family was tired, so they might as well eat barbecue.

Elderly people generally don't like to eat barbecue, but they are also tired and no one can save a little energy to cook in the kitchen. They are watching the appearance of a few young people with their eyes shining when they mention barbecue, and they eat after a meal. Let's have a meal!

Seeing his parents nodding in agreement, Qiao Miwei didn't even feel tired in an instant, and got up to prepare things.

When she first moved here to pack her things, she knew that there used to be a barbecue stove in this house. Although it was made in the countryside, it should be usable after all.

Sun Ying followed Qiao Miwei to the back warehouse to move out the stove, and Yu Yawen went to prepare food. Corn, potatoes, mushrooms, beans, green peppers, and the leftover steamed buns from the morning were cut into slices and placed on plates. Qiao Mi Wei Wei took out a large piece of multi-layered meat from the refrigerator and cut it into thin slices. Thinking of the fish in Taoyuan, she pretended to go out again, went to Taoyuan where no one was outside, and caught more than ten palm-length fish. After packing them in plastic buckets, I also caught a lot of loaches, shrimps, river snails and small crabs.

It was an hour after everything was ready. The barbecue grill was placed in the open space in the front yard, and a thin barbed wire was placed on the stove. Sun Ying lit the charcoal fire, brushed the barbed wire with oil, and then put all kinds of food Put it up.

Sun Ying is the chef, Qiao Miwei and Yu Yawen are the assistant cooks, and the rest is just waiting to be eaten. Although the taste is worse than those sold outside due to the limitation of technical level, what you bake and eat by yourself is Fun, no one cares too much about it. At first, the three of them were in a hurry and ate half-cooked food. The speed that will feed several people.

After most of the prepared food had entered the stomachs of everyone, Sun Ying put the corn on the grill, and Qiao Miwei took a wire and hooked it into the charcoal fire twice, pulling out a few black carbon balls , Gently knock off the shell, and distribute it to everyone, "Everyone should try our potatoes."

When the potatoes were not so hot, she picked up one and broke it hard with both hands to reveal the yellow flesh inside, which was steaming. She took a bite and said while inhaling, "It's so sweet."

Yu Yawen nodded, "It's delicious."

After more than a dozen potatoes were eaten, the corn was also ripe. Unfortunately, everyone could hardly eat it now. Qiao Mi was slightly greedy for roasted corn, so she picked a small one and shared it with Qiao's mother. Although it was harvested early, those corns The tender grains break as soon as you bite into them, as if there is water in them, but the taste is not bad at all, sweet and glutinous.

Compared with Qiao's family, other people in the village were reclaiming the land under the sun. Suddenly, people felt the ground under their feet shaking violently. Before people could react, a bigger shaking began.

The corn in Qiao Miwei's hand fell to the ground with a rumble. Mother Qiao grabbed her hand and grabbed Yu Yawen with the other hand, and was about to run out. Qiao Miwei held back Mother Qiao and said to everyone, " It's an earthquake, everyone put on your hats..." Before she finished speaking, the glass on her head shattered, and the broken glass fell down with a clatter, hitting her face.

"Ah..." Blood beads rolled down her cheeks, and she raised her hand to block it.

"Wei Wei!" Mother Qiao pulled off her apron and put it on top of her head, and pulled her aside. At this time, everyone had already put on their hats and rushed to the door.

There was a tall mountain of corn on the open space outside the gate, which had been shaken to pieces long ago, and the corn rolled all over the place. They ran out and stood on the open space, helping each other and sitting down. The shaking was still going on, spinning around , The sound of glass shattering in the room kept coming, and from time to time there was a loud bang bang sound from a distance, and the wall skin fell down, accompanied by bursts of thick smoke and dust.

The animals in the backyard of Qiao's house were making a fuss, and Dahua was no longer lazy. She followed her out early and lay down on the ground.

Suddenly there was a loud bang from the mountain, and the whole mountain moved and trembled. Qiao Miwei was sitting next to Qiao's mother, and the two of them were shaken and fell to the ground. Turn around, before bumping into a corn stack beside it and stopping.

(End of this chapter)