Rebirth of natural disasters at the end of the world

"Everyone, please note that the furrows and ridges are too dense, and the nests should be made sparsely. Four corn seeds are enough in one pit! Be careful not to stack the seeds together!"

"Don't worry! Captain Qiu! We all understand these basic operations!"

While everyone was working, they responded to him cheerfully. Qiu Qiu also felt that these people were good at work. Even worse, there was still Field Manager Wang and the others watching. Qiu Qiu couldn't help but laugh at himself. Was he worrying too much or was he? Addicted to acting?

Thinking about it, he found it funny, so he nodded to those people to express his relief, then greeted Xiao Han, and planned to go and see how An Ning and Xiao Gao were doing with the seed cutting.

When I entered the farm workshop, I saw a lot of cut potato pieces placed on the plastic sheet on the ground.

When everyone saw him coming, they were about to get up and say hello, but he stopped them in time.

"I'm busy with you, I just came to take a look!"

After hearing what he said, everyone smiled with him and continued busy with their work.

Xiao Gao and An Ning raised their eyebrows at him, gesturing for him to see the fruits of their labor. Qiu Qiu smiled and glared at the two of them, then squatted down and randomly picked up a few chopped potatoes. After looking at them, he put them aside. Speak softly.

"These potato seeds cannot be cut too thin. The thickness should be 5-10cm. Each piece has at least 1-2 germs. Please pay attention and pick out those that are too thin."

"So much attention to detail?"

A half-year-old child said curiously and guiltily, "Brother, I'm sorry, the ones we just cut were a little thin. We were thinking of cutting a few more slices so that we could grow more. I..."

The child's eyes were red, and the hand holding the knife uneasily buttoned his trouser leg, "Look, look, how am I going to compensate? Can I work to pay off the debt?"

"No! It's okay. Just pay attention next time. You didn't mean it!"

Qiu Qiu patted his head and said seriously, "But in the future, when you encounter something you don't understand, it's best to ask first before taking action, you know?"

"I know!" The boy nodded heavily. Seeing that he would no longer pursue the issue, he felt relieved. Then he frowned and said, "But I still did something wrong this time. I damaged such a precious seed. My brother should punish me, otherwise someone will do it in the future." If you make a mistake, it’s hard for your brother to discipline him!”

Qiu Qiu and Xiao Gao An Ning looked at each other, feeling a little surprised. This child looked only eleven or twelve years old, but he didn't expect to be so sensible. After thinking about it, Qiu Qiu looked at him with a smile.

"Then my brother will give you a task. From now on, you must pay attention to the seeds that everyone cuts.

If there are any that are unqualified, pick them out immediately and put them aside. When the task is over, you can bring them to me with a few friends who have made mistakes! "

The child raised his hands and patted his chest excitedly, "Don't worry, brother! I will definitely complete the task!"

"Okay! I remember it!"

Qiu Qiu stood up, greeted everyone with a smile, and left in a hurry.

In the following days, with the concerted efforts of everyone, the farm has planted sweet potatoes, corn, cassava, peanuts, cucumbers, beans, eggplants, pumpkins, cabbage, red amaranth, bitter gourd, carrots, mustard greens, peppers, coriander, ginger, and garlic. , green onions, mung beans, sesame and other drought-tolerant crops.

Because rice management is relatively complex and has a long growth period, it has strict water requirements. Now is the time of water shortage. Qiu Qiu and Wang Xuelin discussed and decided to allocate only 20 acres for planting.

Before they came to the safe zone, seedlings had been raised on the farm. In the past two days, Chen Gang and the others had separated 20 acres of land. They finally purified enough water and irrigated the land. Now Zhu Kun is leading people to plant rice seedlings.

During this period, Xiao Gao and An Ning were responsible for cutting and drying the potato seeds, and Qiu Qiu and others planted the potatoes.

Potatoes need to be watered when they are planted. After planting potatoes, proper watering can improve the potato germination rate. Moreover, sufficient water is needed from sowing to potato maturity, and watering must be timely.

But now is the extreme daylight period, the weather is too hot, the sunlight is too long 24 hours a day, and the ground temperature is high, the water will be hot to the touch. If it is poured directly on the plants, the water will become hot when it touches the ground, and the high temperature will Causes plant death.

Moreover, plants under strong light grow slowly. If watered at this time, the plants will not be able to absorb water smoothly, causing the roots to accumulate water, rot and die.

After thinking about it, he had to ask everyone to add a few ice cubes to the water during the early watering to lower the water temperature as much as possible before watering again.

As for the ice cubes, that's none of his business. The big guys will find a way anyway. He just needs to plant the crops.

For this reason, Qiu Qiu sighed in his heart again. It is much more troublesome to farm now than at the base. It is really tiring to engage in such a big battle to hide the secret.

However, seeing the busy scene in the fields, he felt that the hard work was worth it. As Qiu Qiu sighed, the half-grown child Xiaoyu, who was cutting potatoes, came to him with a small half bag of potatoes and his friends.

"Brother! I...we are coming to find you!"

Qiu Qiu looked back at the four somewhat reserved children, smiled and waved to them, "Xiaoyu, come here!"

Xiaoyu happily ran to him, handed the bag to him with both hands, and said with bright eyes, "Brother, these are the bad potatoes, I picked them all out!"

"Yes, Not Bad!"

Qiu Qiu reached out and rubbed the top of his hair, then looked at them and said seriously, "What would you do if my brother gave these potatoes to you?"

Xiaoyu shook his head quickly and hurriedly put the bag into Qiu Qiu's arms, "No, you can't have it! This belongs to everyone!"

The other three, the two older ones also shook their heads, but the rejection was not obvious in their eyes. Qiu Qiu understood that life was hard now, and a piece of potato was already a very precious delicacy for the children.

Xiao Man, who was the smallest and next to Xiao Yu, did not speak. He just opened his big black eyes and peeked at him. Qiu Qiu was a little curious. This child didn't speak every time he saw him. Was he too introverted? .

"Xiao Man, why don't you speak?"

Xiaoyu came closer to him and whispered, "Xiaoman! Don't be afraid that my brother is not a bad person!"

Qiu Qiu's heart tightened, and then he raised his eyes to look at him, wondering what had happened to the child.

Xiaoyu was very sensitive and immediately noticed the scrutiny in Qiu Qiu's eyes. His nervous pupils narrowed slightly, then he lowered his head and nervously whispered, "I, I don't want it, and neither does Xiaoyu!"

Qiu Qiu understood, and then he inquired about their family affairs unintentionally. The two children chatted with him for a while, and they became familiar with each other. Therefore, when he said something, the two children were shocked.

Only then did he learn that Xiaoyu's mother had died of illness a few years ago, and his father was a university teacher and now taught in a base primary school.

Xiaoman is his neighbor's child. The couple adopted Xiaoman after they had been married for many years but were still unable to conceive.

The couple treated him well before, but unfortunately after the end of the world, they felt that he was a waste of food and didn't want him, so they tried every means to get rid of him.

However, the child was smart, and no matter how much they coaxed him, he just didn't want to leave them. For a while, the couple failed to succeed, so they beat and scolded him.

Xiao Man knew that he was young and would definitely not be able to survive without adults by his side, so he endured it until a group of people came to live with Xiao Man's family in the building where they lived.

Someone took a fancy to Xiao Man, so they exchanged two packs of compressed biscuits for him, and then pulled him into the corridor, preparing to commit evil acts. Fortunately, Xiao Yu's father Zhao Huaian met and rescued him when he came back from looking for supplies. Since then, Xiaoman has been following the father and son until now.

Qiu Qiu couldn't help but despise Xiaoman's adoptive parents. At the same time, he admired Zhao Huaian. It was not easy for a teacher to protect two and a half-year-old children in the apocalypse. Of course, his character sounded good so far, and he could be included in his collection for the time being. In the Talents Program, however, appreciation is appreciation, and due inspections are still required.

After making a decision in his heart, he divided half of the several kilograms of chopped potatoes into seeds and gave them to the two children to take home.

As for the remaining half, Qiu Qiu took Xiaoyu and Xiaoman back to their residence, and then carved out an area of ​​about ten square meters in the corner of their front yard, and took the two of them to plant the nearly two kilograms of potatoes. In the extra space, he took some vegetable seeds and let the two of them scatter them.

"Brother Qiu! Can these potatoes survive? Aren't the seeds broken?"

Xiaoman looked at him timidly.

"Don't worry! It can be done!"

Qiu Qiu touched his head and then said, "You know the road, right? From now on, come and see the vegetable fields every day when you are free. These belong to the two of you!"

"What? Ours?"

Xiaoyu's eyes widened in shock, "Brother Qiu?"

"Yes! Yours!"

Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Man in shock, and was about to refuse, but Qiu Qiu raised his hand to stop him, and then patiently explained, "There are less than two kilograms of potato seeds here, and they are still cut.

It's impossible to use the farm, and it won't even give you two meals, so I might as well just give you some seeds.

If they can survive, it will be great if they grow potatoes. If they don't grow, there won't be much loss, right? "

Xiaoman frowned and waved his hands repeatedly, "Qiu, brother Qiu, Xiaoyu and I can't take it for nothing. Uncle An said no reward will be given without merit!"

"Do you still understand this?" Qiu Qiu smiled and touched his head.

"Brother Qiu, Xiaoman is very good at studying. He used to be number one in the last school year!"

Xiaoyu looked proud, then raised his chin proudly, and said, "Of course I'm not bad either, I'm in the top three in the exam! We're in the safe zone now, and my grades are still good!"

"That's it!"

Qiu Qiu touched his chin, and out of the corner of his eye he spotted Dudu, Xiaobao and the other little gangsters hiding in the steel shed, and then he had an idea and looked at the two of them and asked with a smile.

"Look, is this okay?"

He pointed at Dudu and the others, "Those younger brothers and sisters have reached school age, and I will send them to school in a few days.

When the time comes, you two will protect them at school, don't let others bully them, and help them with their homework. This will be your reward, okay? "

He held their hands and shook them, "Please, Brother Qiu and the adults are busy with construction and have no time to take care of my younger brothers and sisters. I can only ask for your help!"

The two children were innocent. Seeing his pitiful look, they softened their hearts and said, "Okay, okay!"

"Thank you!"

Qiu Qiu looked at the two of them, smiling with crooked eyebrows, beckoning the little ones over, and immediately told them about going to school in a few days, making the children jump around him happily, and then pulled the two children over. A brother, clamoring to learn to write, soon became familiar with the two children from top to bottom of the team.

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After finishing the farm work, Qiu Qiu finally had time to go to the breeding farm. When he saw Chen Manjiang, he hurriedly apologized.

However, Chen Manjiang understood the priority of the matter and did not blame him. Instead, he advised him to take a rest.

The news about Qiu Qiu's heatstroke had spread throughout the safety zone, which is why he, Cai Kang and several other big guys never bothered him.

In addition, after his guidance and correction, the poultry at the farm not only survived but also began to improve after taking the medicine he gave them.

All the diseased hairs on the body have fallen out in just two days, and new hairs have begun to grow back. However, they are not all there yet, and they look a bit ugly.

The rotten flesh on the legs had also been cleaned with salt water and sprinkled with medicinal powder. Now it has become scarred and new flesh has begun to grow. I believe it will be healed in a short time.

Those pigs, cows, sheep, and rabbits were basically all well. I don't know if it was Chen Manjiang's illusion. He always felt that these animals were a little fat.

The happiest thing is that Qiu Qiu cooperated with the safety zone and supplied eggs. Except for 7 eggs that were accidentally broken during transportation and 9 eggs hatched, all the others hatched.

There are also chickens, ducks and geese provided. There are 3 hens, 1 goose and 1 duck. They started laying eggs the day before yesterday, one egg a day, which made everyone very happy.

After hearing this, Qiu Qiu felt as expected, not to mention the eggs. When the chickens, ducks and geese were given to them, they were already half-grown chickens. They had raised them for a few months on the way here. Now is the time to lay eggs. It’s not that the stuff from the breeding farm is too bad, the ones that can lay eggs have already laid eggs.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Director Chen, there are few livestock now. When there are more animals in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to supply enough food.

How about... you move the land quickly and raise some bitter vegetables. This thing is cold-resistant and likes high temperatures. It can produce 3 to 4 crops a year. Chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs all like to eat it, and it can also gain weight.

If possible, spread some pasture and mix it with the feed to feed the cattle, horses and sheep. In this way, the farm can economize on growing food, and it is convenient for you to manage it yourself, don’t worry!”

"What you said has touched my heart!"

Chen Manjiang said excitedly, "Logically speaking, how can there be no pasture in a place where cattle and horses are raised, but isn't this a special period? Do we have to leave land to grow food?"

Moreover, before, I was worried that I would be criticized if I took up too much land and gave it to the breeding farm.

So I couldn't change my mind, so I didn't dare to plant grass.

Later, I kept raising animals to death one after another, which made me feel even more uncomfortable. I wanted to die, and I had no time to care about it.

Now it’s better. With your help, these animals will get better and we will have the confidence to do so. If you ask us to plant them, we will plant them!”

"Okay, it's settled then!"

Qiu Qiu smiled and said seriously, "Tomorrow Xiao Han and I will go to the farm to borrow a tiller and turn the land for you. Let's plant bitter vegetables first and then spread the grass!"

Chen Manjiang raised his hand and rubbed his red eyes, choked with a smile, "Hey! You have the final say!"

After coming out of the breeding farm, Qiu Qiu went to the farm to look for Xiao Han. At this time, he just came back from the fields.

Qiu Qiu stepped forward and told him about growing bitter vegetables and pasture in the breeding farm.

Xiao Han raised his hand to wipe the sweat from Qiu Qiu's temples, and looked at him with tender eyes, "Don't worry and do it boldly. As long as you want to do it, I will be with you!"

Qiu Qiu suddenly felt his face heat up, but his heart felt sweet. He raised his head and looked around. Seeing that no one was looking here, he quickly moved forward, raised his head and took a sip on Xiao Han's face, then lowered his head and smiled. He said, "Me too!"

Xiao Han's heart was filled with excitement, and he quickly raised his hand to touch the wet areas on his face, caressing it back and forth, looking at the person in front of him with silly joy.

Qiu Qiu looked increasingly embarrassed by him and couldn't help but raise her head and glare at him, "Stop laughing, you idiot!"

"it is good!"

Xiao Han promised, but the smile on his face still remained. Qiu Qiu had no choice but to let him go.

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