Chapter 38: Water Sources
For the whole day, Xiao Qiang was struggling with corn! With Zhuangzhuang's help, the speed of this harvest is obviously faster than the carrying!
The corn was pulled out of the ground by Zhuangzhuang, and the mother and daughter were like bandits, wielding machetes and rushing up to the rhizomes, which were slashed wildly, and Zhuangzhuang did not waste them, picking up the rhizomes that were still with juice and throwing them into their mouths and chewing them.
No wonder the mutant's stomach is a garbage can, even if it is a stone, they eat it with relish, and I don't know how his big mouth fits it!
It's just that Xiao Qiang suffered, and he carried the corn more than half a person high to the car with great effort, which was too slow for him! Sure enough, there are no normal people in the wasteland, and they will be scolded for voluntary labor.
8 acres of corn field, this is the farmland of Ma Rui's family, and Xiao Qiang calculates that the number of acres that a family of three wants to eat is not even half~ But even so, it is already considered middle and upper in the farm town, and an average of about 50 corns can be harvested per mu, which is still due to the fact that I got some good fertilizer last year.
Xiao Qiang couldn't drag this carriage like a steel fortress, and it was still strong to pull it back, and he had to go back to almost half an acre of land, and soon the shelter was occupied by this oversized mallet, and even piled up outside.
Xiao Qiang rubbed his shoulders and sat on the animal skin cushion laid in the basement, the corn in front of him was like a natural disaster, nearly a thousand large corns were harvested in this half year, worthy of being a mutant plant, growing fast and bearing a lot, as long as the nutrients could keep up.
Zhuang Zhuang, as the main laborer of today, was rewarded with two large mallets with corn kernels, and he sat outside the house and ate them very sweetly.
Ma Rui and Zhao Jie took a knife to buckle the corn kernels, when only the middle rod was left, they threw it away, and then took out the soft and glutinous corn cob inside, and hung it on the hook next to it, as time passed, the soft and glutinous corn cob like a sponge body became more and more dark, and the surface began to be oily, and after a while, drops of liquid dripped into the wooden basin below, and the rich corn fragrance filled the entire shelter. It's grease! Pure and natural corn oil?
Xiao Qiang was shocked for a while, this is the reason why the soup in the morning has no meat flavor but has a lot of oil? The absolute pure natural genetically modified gene also explains why there is not much food but can feed many people, the oil and water are big~ Drink a bowl of oil soup a day, even if you are hungry, you can't die.
The mother and daughter first sorted out all the corn that was piled up outside and piled it up in the house, and as for the cob bones that were evenly sunburned on the ground, these are also things that can be used as fuel, as long as they are dried~
The day passed in a busy atmosphere, and when night came, except for the bright two-headed cow bar, all the courtyards were pitch black.
There is no decent nightlife here, and in addition to lamenting the numbness of the wasteland people, Xiao Qiang also lies on the beast carpet and reflects on what he has done.
Xiao Qiang and Ma Rui's mother and daughter were barely crowded in a shelter stuffed with corn, and under their feet were several pots of beef stacked together that still smelled of meat, and the grievances that were briefly forgotten during the day began to torment Xiao Qiang's heart in the dark night when no one was silent, he was incompatible with this place, and even his living habits were in conflict with here,
He is a relatively lazy man, but here the lazy man and the dead mean the same thing, there is no food without labor,
It's struggling for a day's worth of food here, but Xiao Qiang used to throw away at least half of a burger at school because he didn't like bread, and as long as the chicken was slightly uncomfortable, Xiao Qiang would throw it in the trash, not to mention the water!
He is only now realizing the importance of water! Today he drank 2 bottles of mineral water, and the white water in his hand became less and less, but he really didn't want to drink the hot water that used corn silk to remove the evil smell, and when he saw the turbid and undulating water inside, Xiao Qiang felt that countless parasites were rolling in it!
He used to be a day without a shower, but now he hasn't taken a shower for three days and is still crawling in the mud and dust, being fired by three machine guns in the morning, and sleeping on the cold ground at night.
After a busy day's dinner, corn paste made with cornmeal, and some cloud leg mooncakes left over at noon, it was not that Xiao Qiang was stingy, he was still not sure if Ma Rui's mother would cut herself down after taking out too much food!
That cold-blooded look still runs through Xiao Qiang's imagination!
Xiao Qiang is worried every day he lives here! Don't look at him as if he's okay, this is not a disguise, pretending that his fragile heart is not hurt, he has no curiosity about this wasteland, only infinite fear and the luxury of living.
He can't fit into the life here, everyone here is a triathlon champion, he does everything himself, he will fight if he doesn't say the right thing in two sentences, but he can't go back and move the rescuers to continue to do it, he is about to be driven crazy, he even thinks that sleeping well is a matter of the previous life!
When he is awake, he has to be careful of plotting tricks, and he will be tormented by missing his family when he sleeps, not to mention that the bastard of the Night Demon Crystal will not let him sleep well!
He misses his mother's meals every day, and he misses the custom-made bed in his room that he wants to change out of the room, even if he sleeps for a long time and is a little fluffy, but it is definitely much better than this animal skin that exudes the smell of sour rot.
An inexplicable sourness welled up in his heart, the life he had been tired of was now so superior, if he could choose, Xiaoqiang would rather live that kind of boring life than this kind of life of licking the knife!
But none of this can be changed! Thinking of this, Xiao Qiang's sour nose and eye sockets felt foggy~
"Are you still angry?"
An arm stopped Xiao Qiang's neck, and the hot breath from Ma Rui's mouth tickled Xiao Qiang's ears.
I promise that this will not happen again, I belong only to you. ”
Xiao Qiang turned around and hugged Ma Rui in his arms, her skin was not as delicate and shiny as Xiao Qiang's world girl, but she had the toughness and charm that ordinary girls did not have, which was the taste of life.
"Hadron ~ Do you think we can be together?"
Xiao Qiang leaned comfortably on the head of the bed, the messy clothes on the ground proved their madness just now, touching the black hair in his hands, he liked long hair the most, it felt tactile to the touch,
"Sure, isn't it just half of China~ A plane can be done in 2 hours, you don't want to come to me, I'll go find you~"
Xiao Qiang patted his chest with a sense of substance, but the owner of the hair in his arms did not respond,
"But I'm afraid you'll ...... Art Academy, where there are all pretty girls. ”
"At least they don't have a slender figure of one meter seven, right~" Xiao Qiang didn't care about the girl's worries in his arms, but the girl's next sentence made him completely stunned!
"Let's break up~"
Xiao Qiang's hand touching his hair stopped in mid-air, and his brain was stunned, and he needed a little time to accept the news.
"I'll just make a joke with you, we have an agreement~" Xiao Qiang laughed and wanted to fool the past, but his heart was already beating with him.
"I'm not kidding you! When are you going to be serious? ”
"Why am I not serious!" Xiao Qiang's annoyed tone raised a bit, "Let's say okay, let's build a family together, let those who are separated from their higher education envy the eyes of graduation and breakup, we just received the admission notice, you come with me here, what do you mean!" ”
"Do you have any plans for your future life and work? Do you have a family plan? I'm an orphan and I can't believe in promises, don't waste energy without future goals. ”
"These things should be considered after college!" Xiao Qiang is at a loss, aren't there parents in these things? What we consider.
"You're going to be 20 years old, can you tell me what you're going to do?"
"Don't make trouble, you can learn slowly, four years of college, is it too early for you to say this!"
"We grew up together, you said this since elementary school, you don't learn slowly, it's the same in junior high school, it's still the same in high school! Are you going to college again? How long are you going to be lazy, your name is not your laughing stock! You are yourself, Hadron, I love you, but I'm afraid that there is no future, grow up, it's time to wake up! We're adults! ”
"Wait! Don't make trouble, okay~" The girl in his arms walked farther and farther, Xiaoqiang reached out and wanted to call his name, but the name couldn't be called when it came to his mouth,
"Wait! Don't go, I'll grow up! I'll definitely learn! Don't leave me! ”
"It's time to wake up!"
"Don't go!"
"Xiao Qiang! Wake up!! ”
Xiao Qiang sat up suddenly, almost pretending to be full of Ma Rui, and Xiao Qiang, who had a dry mouth, took out a bottle of mineral water and drank it all in one gulp! Only then did he wipe his sweaty forehead with his sleeve, which was a bad memory.
"Are you having nightmares?"
Ma Rui squatted aside with big eyes flashing, and Xiao Qiang returned angrily: "Everyone knows that I have a nightmare!" ”
"Okay~ Isn't it just a dream, when I had a nightmare and was hungry, I slapped myself twice in my dream, telling myself that it was just a dream, and I would have food when I got up!"
Xiao Qiang's black line, the nightmare is hunger? Isn't this the real-life version of the foodie world, don't you understand?
Ma Rui pointed at Xiao Qiang, who had a black line, and giggled, Xiao Qiang angrily opened the little dirty hand that touched his forehead and stood up.
Xiao Qiang likes to take a bath and sleep naked, but there can't be such conditions here! Not to mention that it's uncomfortable to get up, it's still dirty and slimy, Xiaoqiang now dislikes himself!
"Hurry up, aren't you going to see the water source, once a week, fortunately the house was demolished yesterday, we don't even have water to drink, we have to buy some buckets, the water will become muddy when we go late!"
Xiao Qiang paused for a moment, it's not dawn yet! Ma Rui didn't wait for Xiao Qiang, jumping up and down humming a song he hadn't heard before and got out of the thick gate of the shelter, but suddenly poked his head back:
"I didn't tell me a story last night, make up for it tonight~"
After saying that, he grimaced and disappeared outside the gate~
Xiaoqiang was nervous at this startle, when did the girl become so ~ How to say, lively? Doesn't feel right, intimacy? It's a bit reliable~
Xiao Qiang still took off the hard leather clothes, although Xiao Qiang, who was used to the elasticity of the wind, always felt awkward when he wore it, if it weren't for the camouflage, he wouldn't have worn it.
Now there is no need for disguise, so he simply liberated himself and found out the coat he often wears and went out.
However, as soon as I stood at the door, I immediately became the onlookers of the mother and daughter~
"What kind of eyes do you have, what's wrong?"
Zhao Jie's eyes looked at the hair, Ma Rui was a small flower, Xiao Qiang looked at himself in an Adi suit, not fancy~
Zhao Jie looked at it critically and said, "You are ...... It's quite fitted, and it's better than a crusty trench coat. ”
Zhao Jie's words immediately resonated with Ma Rui, and the chicken nodded like a peck of rice, Xiao Qiang also felt that he was really a bit nondescript in a hardskin windbreaker, and the whole person was not good~
"Okay, let's go, eat on the way to breakfast, there is fresh corn, strong!"
Zhao Jie began to give orders, and Zhuang Zhuang ran in front of Zhao Jie, two big corn kernels were stuffed into Zhuang Zhuang's bloody mouth, and then he consciously carried the saddle without Zhao Jie opening his mouth~
Xiao Qiang looked confused throughout the whole process~ You must know that he had to give orders for everything Zhuang Zhuang did before, and in just over this day, this girl actually betrayed!! Zhao Jie will do whatever she wants! It's so undisciplined~
When Xiao Qiang kicked his strong buttocks, Zhao Jie closed the big iron door of the shelter, and every time he opened it, he was tired of watching it with a rocker, but the humanoid motor didn't think it was a problem at all~ Then Xiao Qiang wouldn't think it was a problem~