After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Went To the Countryside and Was Pinched By a Rough Man and Pa

Chapter 63 Lack of food

This plant called Haloxylon ammodendron can only be found in the deserts of the frontier.

 And this plant is even better than coal when burned as fuel.

  It is a very fine firewood, and can be said to be one of the best wood fuels in the world.

It has a calorific value of 4302 calories per gram, and one ton of Haloxylon ammodendron firewood has the same calorific value as nearly 0.7 tons of coal, so it is also called "desert living coal".

 The most important thing is the Haloxylon ammodendron firewood, which is durable in burning. A piece of Haloxylon ammodendron wood can be burned in the furnace all night, so there is no need to get up in the middle of the night to add firewood.

 They didn’t know it before. They just cut some nearby reeds and brought them back directly.

Later, it was Xia Zhi who told them that it was more suitable to cut this kind of Haloxylon ammodendron firewood, especially in winter. This kind of Haloxylon ammodendron firewood does not take up space and is particularly resistant to burning.

At this moment, everyone came to this piece of haoxuo firewood with familiarity.

 Because there is a wetland called a reed marsh nearby, Haloxylon ammodendron grows very luxuriantly here.

It is indeed not tiring to work together. Xia Zhi carried a load of firewood as high as one person and tied it to his shoulders with a rope, turned around and walked back to the den.

This bundle of firewood is basically enough for them for half a month.

While everyone was chopping firewood, they were discussing whether they could apply with the team leader.

 It is best to send them to the county to buy some things.

Mainly because the distance is long, and everyone doesn’t know the way, it’s easy to get lost. However, there is nothing in the supply and marketing cooperative near them. Now when they walk in, the counters are empty and covered with dust.

Seeing that it is going to snow, if we don't prepare something early, this winter will be really worrying. They have been without food for more than ten days.

 So there are no vegetables in winter, but now there are not even pickles.

Everyone encouraged Xia Zhi to find Zhou Zhengan while talking. After all, everyone knew the relationship between Xia Zhi and Zhou Zhengan.

Xia Zhi didn’t refuse the idea. Not only did everyone want to go, but she also wanted to go.

It has been a bit difficult to stay here for the past half month, mainly because they are new here this year and have not prepared anything in advance, so this winter has been extremely difficult.

If you don’t do any physical work, you can eat less food, but if there is no food at all, no one can stand it.

After carrying the firewood, Xia Zhi ran to the brigade headquarters to find Zhou Zhengan.

walked up to him and said hello to the young comrade guarding the door.

 Everyone knows the summer solstice.

Seeing Xia Zhi appear, the little comrade smiled and pointed to the captain's office.

“Comrade Xiaoxia, our captain is inside. There’s nothing to do now. Go quickly.”

"Thanks!"

 “Hi, what are you thanking for?”

 Xia Zhi greets everyone he sees with a smile and a very enthusiastic attitude.

 Everyone likes Summer Solstice, especially because it looks beautiful and the food cooked in summer is particularly delicious.

Zhou Zhengan is worried in the office right now because the canteen here is running out of supplies.

Under normal circumstances, food should be delivered to them once a week, but this time it has been half a month and no food has been delivered.

The canteen tried to reduce the number of dishes and made do for two weeks, but now the canteen has run out of food and supplies.

 No matter what, the normal needs of these comrades who receive training every day must be ensured.

Zhou Zhengan shook the phone vigorously to contact the county vegetable supply station.

“Stationmaster Wang, we haven’t had food delivered here for a week.”

“Captain Zhou, it’s not that we won’t deliver it to you. The road has been blocked after the snow.”

"Two of our cars here are broken down on the road. They have been broken down for a week and cannot be repaired at all." "It's not that we won't send them to you. It's because we really have no choice. Otherwise, you can drive the carriage or the oxen." Come and pull the cart yourself. Now the only things that can go on this road are bullock carts and horse-drawn carriages.

 There aren’t even oxcarts or horse-drawn carriages, so I guess I’ll have to have someone carry it back. It’s really not that I won’t send it to you.

 There is nothing we can do if we encounter this kind of difficulty. We simply don’t have enough manpower now. "

"Stationmaster Wang, okay, I'll arrange some manpower right now and see if I can get rid of the horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts and come out to pull the vegetables. If that doesn't work, I will also bring people over to carry the vegetables back. We can't hold on here anymore. "

“Captain Zhou, I’m really sorry. You also know that the weather is bad. It’s really not that we don’t want to provide good logistics for our comrades.”

 Webmaster Wang gave a very helpless explanation.

His phone has been buzzing with calls, and the food is piled here, but he can’t deliver it.

Zhou Zhengan put down the phone and was about to summon people, but when he turned around, he saw Xia Zhi.

“Xiaoxia, why are you here? Is there something wrong?”

“Captain Zhou, I think it’s going to snow. Let’s go to the county’s supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things.”

 We have been without food here for more than half a month. "

When Zhou Zhengan heard this, he hesitated a little. It turned out that everyone was worried about the same thing.

“You don’t have to go, the food on the team has been cut off, and there was snow on the road not long ago.

The roads are impassable, and several trucks in the county have broken down, making it impossible to send them out for repairs. "

“I’m about to organize people to go over and bring food, so just wait here!

 At that time, I will bring some back for you on the way. You can just go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it. "

When Xia Zhi heard this, he glanced at the sky. The sky was somewhat gloomy, as if the clouds were pressing on people's heads.

This kind of low air pressure makes it difficult to breathe.

I can feel that the heavy snow will fall at any time. If I drive there and back, it will only take three hours, and I will be back soon.

But if we rely on horse-drawn carriages, ox-carts or manpower, we may not be able to return by night.

According to her experience, this snow will definitely fall at eight or nine o'clock tonight at the most.

Zhou Zhengan and the others are taking people there now, and it is estimated that there is a high possibility that they will either be blocked on the road, or they will not be able to come back when they reach the county seat.

 “Can’t the captain drive the truck? Look at the sky.”

 Zhou Zhengan looked at the sky, his brows furrowed.

“The weather looks bad. It is estimated that at eight or nine o’clock in the evening, or at most 10 o’clock, the snow will definitely fall.

 It’s not that I don’t want to drive a truck, it’s that the road is too slippery now, and driving a truck on the road will cause an accident.

 I cannot gamble with the lives of my comrades. "

 Xia Zhi suddenly remembered.

 There are no so-called tire chains these days, nor are there any means of snow plowing or spreading salt to melt snow.

 After a heavy snowfall, it will basically be difficult to walk on the ground.

 The temperature here in winter remains around minus 30 to 40 degrees. Even today's temperature is not too low, but it is still only minus 256 degrees.

 The snow on the road cannot be melted away at all.

 Especially at noon, under the sunlight, part of the water vapor on the surface of the snow will melt and release, increasing the slipperiness of the ground.

“Captain, I have an idea. I don’t know if it works. How about we give it a try?”

 (End of this chapter)