Chapter 177: Sowing the seeds
The moment the rope was released, Qiao Xingyu felt extremely relaxed, it felt so good to come back to life, Zou Qiqi's hanging heart finally fell, she cried with joy, and threw herself into Qiao Xingyu's arms and sobbed happily.
Twenty-four hours of waiting was extremely torturous, the Grim Reaper seemed to be sitting on the opposite side and kept looking at the watch, and after confirming that the scars on their bodies were not caused by zombies, Qiao Xingyu and Yu Gang's tense nerves were relaxed, and a wave of sleepiness struck, and both of them began to yawn.
"Mom, it's not going to mutate," Cao Shengli looked at the two people who were a little sleepy, and remembered that the person Wei Qiming mentioned last night wanted to sleep before he mutated.
"What are you yelling about, Lao Cao," Qiao Xingyu said lazily, "I woke up yesterday morning and now it's the next afternoon, and I haven't slept for more than 30 hours." ”
"It's okay, it's okay," Chen Bin smiled and patted Cao Shengli's shoulder, "Our quarantine time has been very long, and if it hasn't mutated after twenty-four hours, it means that they haven't been infected, and I estimate that the scars on Xingyu and Yu Gang's bodies may have been scratched by the edge of the shield." ”
Everyone returned to their respective rooms and began to prepare their own affairs, the crisis had passed, and the injuries on Qiao Xingyu and Yu Gang proved to be just a false alarm, but this experience also gave Chen Bin a very profound lesson, making him realize that planning and preparation should be done more comprehensively.
When Qiao Xingyu returned to the room, he lay on the bed and fell asleep, and Zou Qiqi covered him with a blanket. I slept in the dark, and when I woke up, it was already the next day.
"Huh, what about people?" Seeing that the position next to him was empty, Qiao Xingyu looked around, and there was still Zou Qiqi's shadow in the room.
hurriedly put on his clothes and walked out of the room, Qiao Xingyu didn't see a few figures on the second floor of the Jiafu supermarket. He turned around a few times and looked around, and finally saw Ji Wenwen and the two little ones in the classroom.
"Miss Ji, it's early," Qiao Xingyu greeted Ji Wenwen with a smile.
"Early," Ji Wenwen smiled, and Cai Ji and Cheng Zixuan also shouted together, "Uncle Qiao is early." ”
"Early, early, early, what about the others?" Qiao Xingyu asked.
"It's all upstairs, they moved the soil up in the morning, and now they should be sowing seeds." Ji Wenwen pointed upstairs.
"Morning? What is that now? Qiao Xingyu was stunned for a moment.
"I'm going to get out of class for them soon, I'll have lunch later." Ji Wenwen said and looked at his watch, "It's eleven twenty now." ”
"Dizzy, it's noon," Qiao Xingyu waved his hand to the two little guys and hurriedly ran upstairs.
Walking through the office where they gathered yesterday, Qiao Xingyu pushed open the door and walked out. Just like yesterday, the sky was still clear outside.
"Big lazy worm, wake up," Zou Qiqi saw Qiao Xingyu coming out of the office from a long distance, she waved her hand happily over there, and her face was still moist with dirt.
To the south of the rooftop parking lot is a section near the fence, where the ground has been covered with a thick layer of earth and surrounded by a rectangle of discarded bricks and slabs.
"How did you pick this place?" Qiao Xingyu came to the wall and looked outside, this is where they threw the body down yesterday.
"This location is good," Cao Shengli said, "you see there is a drainage channel next to the wall, and the back watering is very convenient, and it is easy to connect the pipe from the second floor." ”
"That's it," Qiao Xingyu's hands had never touched the soil, and he didn't know anything about farming. The boy walked around the paved land and found that the layout seemed to be quite orderly.
"Why don't you spread more area?" Qiao Xingyu asked.
"The soil is all used up, you have to dig it later," Zou Qiqi stretched out her hand and wiped it on Qiao Xingyu's face, and ran away with a grin.
"Hey, can you spread it a little shallower, so that you can spread more places?" Qiao Xingyu wiped his face and threw Zou Qiqi a mischievous look.
"If you spread shallowly, the seedlings will not grow well," Cao Shengli kept loosening the soil with a shovel, "If you sow shallowly, the soil should be at least ten centimeters thick, and if you sow deeply, it will be thicker." Brother Qiao, don't worry, I can't do anything else, I'm not good at farming. ”
"Okay, then the blessing of the mouth will all depend on you," Qiao Xingyu patted Cao Shengli on the shoulder with a smile, "Is there anything I can help with?" ”
"I'm almost busy this morning," Chen Bin looked at his watch, "Let's go down to eat later, and then pick the seeds after eating." Now that there is little land, Lao Cao said that the seeds are best selected. In the past, the seeds were to be dried, but the seeds in our hands have been processed, and the process of drying seeds can be saved. ”
"I also need to prepare some fertilizer," Mr. Chen said.
"Fertilizer? Do we have it? Qiao Xingyu asked.
"Brother Qiao, we don't have chemical fertilizer, there is a lot of organic fertilizer," Cao Shengli said with a smile, "I have to keep all the poop in the future." ”
"Well......, it's about to be dinner, let's not discuss this topic, okay." Qiao Xingyu was disgusted by Cao Shengli's explanation of organic fertilizer.
"In the afternoon, we can start sowing seeds after selecting seeds, and in the morning the soil is turned over, just in time for the sun to dry," Ah Cai raised her head and looked at the sky, the sun shone on her eyes, "The weather is so good, the vegetables must be able to grow well." ”
Although the lunch meal was delicious, everyone was looking forward to the day when they could eat fresh vegetables. After eating, Cai Ji and Cheng Zixuan began to take a nap, the monkey continued to make sand table models in the room, and several girls helped Aunt Luo take care of things in the supermarket.
Qiao Xingyu took his second reconnaissance team downstairs to dig in the community, because the monkey couldn't go, Lao Huan made up for it.
Chen Bin, Da Fei, Cao Shengli and Wei Qiming continued to be busy planting vegetables in the parking lot, and after Cao Shengli sowed the seeds he had selected at noon, he began to teach them how to level the turned soil.
"It's better to make the clods smaller, but don't be too fine," Cao Shengli instructed while demonstrating by himself, "Eh, eh, Brother Da Fei, don't step on the finished soil, let the soil be loose and breathable." ”
"Look at my movements," Cao Shengli took out a handful of seeds and gently scattered them on the soil, "The seeds must not be scattered too densely, otherwise it will hinder future growth." ”
"After the seeds are planted, let's gently pluck the soil with a rake so that the seeds are covered with soil, otherwise some finches will come to eat the seeds." Cao Shengli's carefulness surprised everyone secretly, no one thought that such a rough man could be so meticulous when doing things.
"It seems that there is really a specialization in the art industry, and there are talents everywhere around, just look at how to discover." Chen Bin secretly thought in his heart, and he remembered the conversation between the two of them when he and Zhang Xi were on the way to Lianhua Supermarket. At that time, Chen Bin felt that his art major in college was useless in the apocalyptic world, but now it seems that although he still has not found its role, Chen Bin no longer doubts the value of its existence, and it will always shine if it is gold.
"The work in the field will be handed over to the girls of Jiafu Supermarket, and let Aunt Luo take them to grow these vegetables," Chen Bin said, "Our strength must be invested in the action of the detention center, and we can really breathe a sigh of relief if we take the detention center one day earlier." ”
"The detention center gives us more space, it's almost six times the size of the Jiafu supermarket," Chen Bin said, pointing to the renovated land in front of him, "Compare this to a detention center, then the area of our family is only so small." ”
"When the time comes, we will merge the opposite police station and seal the intersection on one side of Huayi Road, and this place will be completely safe, and if we can find a gun, then no one will dare to attack our idea." Chen Bin continued, "And at that time, we had docks and boats, and we also added waterways, so we could go to more places by boat. ”
"It's much safer on the water than on land," Wei Qiming said, "If you don't have a car on the road, you will die every minute, but you won't have this problem in the water, even if you don't have a boat, you can still swim, and zombies won't go into the water." ”
"What Lao Wei said is that I actually have a plan of action for the detention center," Chen Bin said with a shovel on the soil, "The area of the detention center is so large, for the few of us who participated in the operation, it is like a stone thrown into a pond without any waves." My idea is this, let's fragment the detention center, that is, divide it into multiple small pieces, and how to divide these small pieces, we will worry about it when the monkey's sand table comes out. Each small piece must be within the range of what we can eat at the moment, just like taking medicine, moderate amount is best, and excessive amounts will harm the body. ”
"What do you mean?" Cao Shengli and Wei Qiming both came over and listened carefully.
"After yesterday's incident in the parking lot, I reflected on it. Our current number of people is still too small, and in the face of a large battle area and too many zombies, it will be difficult for us to deal with it, and it is easy to have casualties. I hope we can achieve zero casualties, so I'd rather eat a little bite, even if it is slower, as long as I don't choke. Chen Bin drew a few lines on the soil, "You see, I divided the detention center into several areas, and each time we only targeted one area, the goal was to clear the zombies in the targeted area, and then gradually encroach on the entire detention center one area at a time. ”
"Wonderful," Da Fei said, "It's a lot safer, but we need to know the terrain inside and do more preparations." ”
"Of course, the importance of intelligence is at the highest level in any era, such as our reconnaissance team, whether it is the sand table, it is all intelligence work done in advance for this plan." Chen Bin glanced at everyone, his firm gaze finally fell on the dirt in front of him, and the shovel in his hand was slammed into it, "We must get the detention center in our hands." ”