After the Earthquake of Rebirth

After a peaceful night's sleep, Ning Qiyan woke up to a rustling sound.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and was about to get up when Du Cheng who was beside him patted him.

"It's okay, Brother Ning is taking care of his brood of quail." Du Cheng whispered, his voice was still a little hoarse after waking up.

Ning Qiyan moved, "You sleep a little longer, I'll make something to eat while it's cold."

Du Cheng didn't stop him again, and watched him get up and put on his T-shirt, turn over and close his eyes again.

In the early morning, the mountain exudes a cool smell of grass and trees, Ning Qiyan stepped out of the tent, took a deep breath, and stretched.

"So early? Don't you want to sleep a little longer?" Ning Xiaowen, who saw Ning Qiyan coming out and was feeding the quail, asked with a smile.

Ning Qiyan moved his arms and legs again, before saying: "I won't sleep anymore, I slept very well last night."

"Yeah, the smell of the mountains is pleasant, even if you close the doors and windows at home, there is still a bad smell." Ning Xiaowen sighed.

Ning Qiyan smiled, walked to yesterday's fire, lit it and started cooking porridge.I found a flat step to put on the cutting board, and found a pack of bacon and a few preserved eggs from the bag piled up next to it, shredded the bacon, chopped the preserved eggs, and threw them into the porridge.

"I found that you are very particular about food." After feeding the quail and chicken, Ning Xiaowen came over to break the marinated eggs together.

Although he didn't live together for a long time, he found that Ning Qiyan put his heart into every meal. In such an environment, most people do it as simple as possible. .Just like now, if he comes to prepare, at most he will drink eight-treasure porridge with marinated eggs.

Ning Qiyan paused for a moment, did not answer, and continued with the movements in his hands.

In his previous life, he and Du Cheng also made do with each other, always thinking about preparing well when the conditions are better.But life is getting more and more difficult, not to mention Du Cheng, even he himself has not waited until the conditions really improve.It is better to live every day well than to make do with it for several years.

Only when you have experienced it will you cherish it.

Ning Xiaowen just said that, after unpacking the marinated eggs, he turned to the side and found a small jar.

"Let's eat pickles today."

Ning Qiyan had no objection, took the jar and unsealed it, took out three cucumbers, cut them up and put them on a plate.

"came back?"

Ning Qiyan heard Ning Xiaowen speak, looked up and saw Hu Zi walking from a distance, dragging a lot of branches in his hand.

"A lot of trees on the mountain are dead. Taking advantage of the lack of people, Du Cheng and I have gone to cut some more in the past few days." Hu Zi threw the branches in his hand aside.

"Shouldn't we dig the cave first? I don't know how long it will take. What if it rains again?" Ning Xiaowen was a little worried.

Speaking of rain, it hasn't rained since the earthquake. Although Ning Qiyan knew that this kind of weather would last until September, he couldn't say anything. In the end, he decided to dig a cave with Du Cheng and Huzi. Xiaowen is in charge of cutting down trees.

After Du Cheng got up and finished eating together, Ning Qiyan helped Ning Xiaowen tie up a temporary quail cage with branches, while Du Cheng and Hu Zi went down the mountain and handed over the map marked by Ning Qiyan to the staff at the foot of the mountain to register the location , By the way, move the last things in the car up.

After the two came back, Ning Qiyan found that there was an extra plastic bucket in Du Cheng's hand, which contained some light yellow liquid.

Du Cheng explained that it was the gasoline left in the car, and then handed over his new certificate to Ning Qiyan.

It turned out that Du Cheng handed over the car to the government, and the government is now collecting intact idle vehicles for rent to citizens.Citizens with a small surplus of food can rent a car from the government to move house by spending a certain amount of food.But Du Cheng and the others rent their cars to the government, and they can get five credit points every day. After the car is returned, they can park it in the parking lot for free, without having to pay extra car viewing fees.The credit points are directly registered under Du Cheng's new card.

Credit points are newly implemented and are directly bound to the new "citizen ID card".Huzi heard from the staff that the city intends to promote credit points. After all, everyone doesn't trust banknotes now, and it is inconvenient to carry a large amount of food every time you pay or trade.Starting from July [-]st, daily relief food can also be distributed through credit points.

The residential area designated by the government in Cangyun Mountain is too large, and it is impossible to set up a supply point not far away, and it is not convenient for citizens to go up and down the mountain every day to pick up things.After having credit points, the government will convert the relief food into credit points and automatically register it in each person's new certificate every day. Everyone can go down the mountain every few days and use the credit points to receive the relief food for this period in one go.

And the daily relief food for each person is one credit point, that is, one catty of rice or one catty of white flour. If the family has enough food, the saved credit points can be exchanged for various supplies such as medicines.

In this way, most of the citizens who still have food at home will save up credit points in exchange for other supplies, and the food consumption in the hands of the government will be relatively reduced.

Ning Xiaowen felt novel, but Ning Qiyan's expression was very calm. After all, he was used to the life of using credit points.

After figuring out the credit points, the four of them began to officially start working for their future life.

While others were preparing tools to choose a place, Huzi blocked a row of branches that he dragged back in the morning at a position about ten meters below the tent, leaving only narrow stone steps.

"What are you doing?" Ning Xiaowen asked strangely when he saw his behavior first.

Huzi turned his head and smiled at the three people who were puzzled.

"Occupy the mountain and be king."

puff!

Ning Qiyan couldn't help but burst out laughing.Ning Xiaowen was stunned at first, and then laughed too.

Not to mention, with Huzi in such a position, if other people want to go up the cliff, they can only walk the stone steps on the side.And just based on this posture, and the fact that the four strong men who have not been dragged down occupy the space, I am afraid most people would not think of running to live on top of them.It also reduces the possibility of others accidentally digging through the platform.

But even if he figured it out, Ning Qiyan couldn't stop laughing when he recalled Hu Zi's previous reply and his gangster aura.

After the beard came up, Ning Qiyan handed him the shovel in his hand.There are two shovels, which were prepared for him and Du Cheng to use before. Now that Hu Zi is around, let Hu Zi and Du Cheng dig holes.After that, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen walked down with the saw.

Now that the beards have taken up all the land, and the dead trees above are already in their land, they are not in a hurry to cut them down, and they will start from other places first.

The climate in the mountains is much more comfortable than that in the city. Even at the hottest time of noon, as long as you don't work hard, you will at most have a thin layer of sweat on your body.

So except for lunch at noon, the four of them worked non-stop throughout the day.

Compared to Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen's cutting down and dragging trees, Du Cheng and Huzi's physical exertion was particularly high.Digging a cave with bare hands and two shovels is easier said than done.The land on the mountain is not the loose soil in the farmland. Often when you shovel down with all your strength, you can dig out a clod of soil the size of two fists at most.And when you dig inside, you can often touch rocks. Small stones are okay, but two people who are too big dare not dig into the dead. If it is a rock supporting the mountain, you can dig it with two shovels for a year. .So when they encountered this kind of rock, the two of them changed directions and continued.

When the sun started to set at eight o'clock in the evening, Ning Qiyan told the two of them not to dig, but to come over for dinner.

In one day, eleven dead trees were cut down after the earthquake, and the cave was dug to a height of one person and two meters deep.

After dinner, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen walked to the cave they dug.

……

Looking at the "cave" in front of him speechlessly, Ning Qiyan's brows twitched.

"Is this the 'cave' you two dug?" Ning Qiyan asked, pointing to the hole on the ground.

Even Ning Xiaowen, who was gentle and always talkative, looked at the beard who hadn't noticed anything wrong.

"What's the matter?" Beard asked strangely, and then looked at Du Cheng who was also frowning at the moment.

"Are you a field mouse? Live underground? Or do you want to wait for the rain to raise fish?" Ning Qiyan glared angrily at Du Cheng, who was also a member of the digging team.

Du Cheng looked at the hole and didn't say a word, but now Hu Zi also came to his senses.

When they dug, they dug straight down, but they forgot that it should be in an upward direction.

"Come on, pick a place to dig again tomorrow." Hu Zi, who wanted to understand, said funnyly to his masterpiece.

Du Cheng thought for a while, then shook his head, "No need, dig all the sides under the backing, and clear the two sides, so that it can be used as the entrance of the cave. Then dig up the mountain."

Huzi thought for a while, then nodded, and Ning Qiyan had no objection.

The cave in his previous life was dug by Du Cheng alone. No matter whether it was heavy rain or heavy snow, there was no soil in the cave and it was very solid.

So although Ning Qiyan didn't expect Du Cheng to make such a low-level and funny mistake this time, he still believed that Du Cheng could handle the cave.

By the time the government arranged for the mass migration of citizens, their caves had already taken shape.The open space outside the entrance of the cave has been leveled out, and the entrance of the cave has also been supported by two large rocks that were cleared during the digging.The cave is two meters high, and the space in the cave is more than 30 square meters. Because there are hard rocks separating it, it is not regular, but like two spaces, but the beginning and the end are connected.

Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen also set up a row of fences where the beards were blocked by tree branches.The dead trees that were cut down were dragged to the original viewing platform on the cliff and left to dry.When the branches with moisture are burned, there is black smoke. It’s okay to burn in the open air. When you move into the cave completely in the future, you must use dry firewood. Otherwise, every time you cook, there will be black smoke in the cave. no.

The materials they brought were also moved into the cave, but the newly dug cave was still very damp, and they still lived in tents for the time being.