Day 113 (2) Tomorrow will be better

Tang Yue's mood Mai Dong could understand, she had forgotten what it was like to eat and drink as much as she wanted on Earth, being in the United Space Station, food and water use every day had to be strictly restricted. Recently, Mai Dong dreamed when he was sleeping, and the most he dreamed about was eating, eating fried chicken, ham, shrimp, and crucian carp, but all the food was as bland and tasteless as wax when he chewed it.

Mai Dong woke up from his dream and realized that he had forgotten what the food tasted like.

And Tang Yue has been dealing with feces all day long in Kunlun Station, so he naturally cherishes this poor fertilizer in the jar, and at the same time misses the inexhaustible rice fields in those septic tanks on the earth.

He wants a pool of poop!

He's going to jump in and swim!

Tang Yue heated the fertilizer and poured it all into the sink, and he and the old cat had prepared enough soil to fill both sinks, which was the breeding ground for tomato seeds.

"I'm going to plant the seed next?" Tang Yue turned his head to ask Mai Dong's opinion.

"Hmm." The girl nodded, "Plant it." โ€

Tang Yue took a deep breath, silently recited the blessing of Nan Wu Da Ivan Bodhisattva in his heart, and carefully planted the ten tomato seeds that had been exposed into the soil with tweezers, his movements were as gentle as holding a child.

"What should we do next?"

"Next......" McDon paused, "just wait, and pray!" โ€

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In order to ensure the normal growth of tomatoes, Tang Yue must ensure that these plants are in an ambient temperature of twenty-five degrees, he was originally going to use the temperature control system of Kunlun Station, but now the old cat is gone, and the temperature control processor is not repaired, so Tang Yue can only do it himself, using soil methods to keep the delicate plant seedlings warm.

Tang Yue cleared a piece of land on the floor of the hall of Kunlun Station, dragged out the manual antenna that was used three months ago, and stood on the floor, with the parabolic antenna not deployed, this antenna is an upright metal pole, which is best used as a support.

Next is the RTG, at the moment when the temperature control system fails, the isotope temperature difference generator can be said to be Tang Yue's last straw, he erected the RTG and stood on the edge of the antenna pole.

"Tang Yue, do you want to put the isotope temperature difference generator in Kunlun Station for a long time?" Mai Dong was a little worried, "This ...... I think this thing is radioactive, right? โ€

Tang Yue nodded and patted the half-meter-tall cylinder beside him, "That's right, its energy source is plutonium-238, which is extremely radioactive. โ€

"Doesn't it matter?"

Tang Yue smiled, "Don't worry, what it radiates is actually ฮฑ particles, which can't break through the protective layer, and people on the earth still use this thing as a pacemaker and put it in their bodies." โ€

Tang Yue placed the tomato-planted trough next to the temperature difference generator, and then covered it head-on with a large piece of plastic film to form a tent, enveloping the sink and RTG, and then tightly pressed the edge of the plastic sheet with various sundries...... This greenhouse looks very simple, but Tang Yue can only do it this way.

"Does that keep the temperature up?" Mai Dong asked.

"Not yet." Tang Yue clapped his hands, turned around and put on the Mingguang armor, "There is still a lot of work to be done." โ€

"For example?"

"Illumination."

Tang Yue picked up the toolbox, opened the hatch of the airlock room, left Kunlun Station, and opened the door of the garage.

There is a row of high-pressure sodium lamps on the roof of the garage for lighting, because it really consumes electricity, so it is usually turned off, but this kind of high-brightness bulb is used as a light source for plant photosynthesis is the best, Tang Yue first turned off the electric switch of the entire garage, and then stuffed the whole set of tools into the bag on his chest, slowly climbed up along the maintenance ladder on the wall, and reached for the bulb above his head.

"Tang Yue, are you in the garage?" Mai Dong's voice came from the headphones.

"Yes." Tang Yue raised his head, exhaled slowly, and tried to reach out and gently pinch the light bulb, "I'm dismantling the light bulb in the garage." โ€

The high-pressure sodium lamp is a long cylindrical bulb, and the outer layer is high-hardness quartz glass, which is extremely hard but the material is very brittle, so Tang Yue is very careful, and he often wears thick gloves and does not know the severity of his hands.

Tang Yue unscrewed the bulbs one by one, stuffed them into his breast pocket, and then slowly climbed down and put the bulbs into the toolbox.

Light bulbs are not enough, high-pressure sodium lamps cannot be used directly in Kunlun Station, Tang Yue also has to remove the matching lamp holders, cables and ballasts, this is a big project, so Tang Yue brought scissors, hammers and vises, various types of drivers and wrenches to hang on his body, Mingguang armor has been promoted to a demolition suit at this time.

"Can you do it alone?"

"If it works, it must be done, and if it doesn't work, it must be done." Tang Yue was out of breath, he had just removed the two extremely tightened screws, and the cable fixed to the roof of the house fell down.

"Come on Tang Yue! I support you spiritually! โ€

"Can't you give me any substantial help?" Tang Yue rolled his eyes, "What the hell...... How did this screw die? โ€

"The question is...... How can I give you substantial help? I'm on the space station, and I can't give you a hand. โ€

"Well, how about singing me a song?" Tang Yue gritted his teeth and pulled out the stuck nail with all his strength, and then grabbed the ladder and gasped, sweating profusely, "What song can you sing?" โ€

"Hmmm......"

There was silence in the channel, apparently Mai Dong was deep in thought.

"How about "Your Mom Shines in the Sky"?"

"What the hell is this?" Tang Yue frowned.

"Don't you know? This was the most popular before the earth disappeared, the new album of the postmodernist rebellious style of electronic music master, and "My Grandpa Builds a Nuclear Bomb in the Basement", "Gatling of the High School Homeroom Teacher". Mai Dong explained, "The young people around me like it. โ€

"You...... Do you like this style too? Tang Yue twitched the corners of his mouth, he really couldn't imagine that Mai Dong was such a weak and quiet soft girl, and the headphones would put a certain explosive head non-mainstream singer's "My grandfather is building a nuclear bomb in the basement!" โ€

"I don't like it, what I like is pure music and piano music." Mai Dong shook his head, "I thought you liked it." โ€

"I don't like it either." Tang Yue hurriedly shook his head, "What I like is that before the music scene was in a mess, those old songs from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland, do you know the chorus "Tomorrow Will Be Better"?" โ€

Mai Dong thought for a moment and hummed a few syllables lightly, "Is this it?" โ€

"Yes, yes, yes! This is it, gently wake up the sleeping mind and slowly open your eyes...... That's it. Tang Yue also hummed two sentences, "Can you sing a song?" It's been a long time since I've heard anyone sing. โ€

Mai Dong nodded, "I'll look for an accompaniment." โ€

Slow and melodious music sounded in Tang Yue's headphones, this was a prelude that Tang Yue was very familiar with, every rhythm seemed to step on his heartbeat, and a feeling that had long passed seemed to return to Tang Yue's heart, and then the girl's soft voice sounded.

"Gently wake up the sleeping mind, slowly open your eyes, and see if the busy world is still lonely and spinning." Mai Dong is not familiar with this song, so she can only sing along with the music, so her first sentence is out of tune, "The spring breeze does not understand the amorous feelings, and it blows the young man's heart......"

Tang Yue rested on the ladder, wearing Mingguang armor was really not suitable for manual labor, he turned his head to look out of the garage door, the desert was smokeless.

He still remembered that the old cat had gone in that direction, but it had not been seen to this day.

"The sunrise wakes up the morning, and the earth is reborn in all its glory." Mai Dong was still trying to sing along with the accompaniment earnestly, and even though her tune had already gone to Kuiper to bring it, she still wanted to finish the song.

This girl is really a gentle person, Tang Yue smiled, stuffed the wrench into the bag, and hummed along with her.

"Let the sound of the breeze become the music of life......"