After the Earthquake of Rebirth

For two consecutive days, Ning Qiyan and the others took turns looking for suitable stones in the mountains.Now there are a lot of people who set up tents and dig caves in the mountains. After clearing out many large and small stones, they pick out the ones of suitable size and move them back to the yard.

The stones were almost picked up, and the sand and cement were ready-made. The four of them planned to rest for one night and build the hole with cement the next day.

Early the next morning, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen made noodles in the cave and planned to steam steamed buns, and prepared all the food for the day in advance.When it starts to mix cement and sand, the yard is not clean and it is impossible to cook.

Du Cheng and Hu Zi moved the cement bag to the corner of the courtyard and were about to start work when they saw Wang Yang running up.

"Brother Du, Brother Beard, I'll come up to get the bucket." Wang Yang stood outside the fence and greeted the two.

Beard patted the dirt on his hands and walked over.

"Didn't you fetch water yesterday?" Although Wang Yang and the others helped fetch water, the water was saved at home, and four buckets of water could still be used for two days.

Wang Yang looked at the sky and explained: "I'm afraid you didn't pay attention. The weather today is not good. This is the first cloudy day since the earthquake. It might rain. It hasn't rained for more than two months. If it really rains, we can't It’s too small. Our place is far away from the lake, and it’s too dangerous to go down the mountain in the rain, so we plan to store more water in advance.”

After listening to Wang Yang's words, Huzi raised his head. This side is fine, but the sky in the southeast direction is already full of cloudy clouds, and it might really rain.

"Du Cheng, don't talk to me first, it's going to rain." Huzi turned his head and shouted to Du Cheng who was at the corner of the yard.

When Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen in the cave heard Huzi's words, they looked at each other, put down their work and walked out.

Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, Ning Qiyan frowned.

He did remember that before the temperature rose completely, there was indeed a heavy rain, which lasted for a long time, but the weather has been sunny these days, and he thought it would take some time before it would rain, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

"Brother Qiyan, Brother Xiaowen, I'll get the bucket, and I'll fetch some water as soon as possible." Seeing that Ning Qiyan and the others had also come out, Wang Yang explained his purpose.

"Go back quickly, let's go down and fight by ourselves." Ning Qiyan said, seeing that Wang Yang still wanted to fight, he explained: "Don't waste time, go back and fill everything that can hold water. It hasn't rained for so long , It will take three to five days at least, if it takes longer, you can’t go down the mountain in the rain. The environment is not good now, and the rain is not a last resort, so I dare not drink it.”

After listening to Ning Qiyan's words, Wang Yang hesitated for a moment before nodding his head. They had a lot of people and used a lot of water. If it rained for a long time, if they wanted to drink enough, they would have to call several times.

After Wang Yang left, Ning Xiaowen asked Du Cheng and Hu Zi to wash their hands and change out of their dusty dirty clothes.He and Ning Qiyan cleaned up the idle fish tank.The unused water collected the day before was poured into a clean fish tank, and the bucket was emptied so that Du Cheng and Huzi could go down to fetch water.

Taking advantage of the time when the two of them went down the mountain, Ning Qiyan and Ning Xiaowen put the cement that had been poured out and hadn't been soaked in water back into the bag, and carried it back to the cave, and piled the chopped dry firewood into the cave.

Calculating the daily consumption, the dry firewood was not enough. There was no time to chop wood slowly, so the two simply ran up to the platform on the top of the mountain, dragged down three dry trees one after another, cut off the big branches, and carried the whole tree into the cave.

The middle of the cave is separated by a huge rock, which is divided into east and west chambers.The rock is connected to the roof of the cave, and the bottom is connected to the ground. It is more than eight meters long. The innermost part is the same as the entrance of the cave. There is no interval between the rocks, and the two rooms are connected.

The area of ​​the East House is slightly larger, nearly [-] square meters, while the West House is only about ten square meters.Sandbags, firewood and other things brought in were placed in the west room, and the east room was not only a place for cooking and sleeping, but also food and fish tanks filled with water.

The four buckets of water were not half full, so Du Cheng and Hu Zi went back and forth twice until the water tank was full, and the bucket was also full of water.

By noon, not only the southeast direction, but even the originally clear sky above was covered with dark clouds.

Drive the chickens and ducks in the yard to the west room, and move the quail cages in. Although the noise of the chickens and ducks will scare the quails, it is better than being poked by Du Dabao's three claws in the east room.

After all the preparations were done, Ning Qiyan poured out his hands and started cooking.

The noodles have already been fermented, just cut them open and steam them in the pot.Originally, I thought about making a fire in the yard to cook before it rained, but the wind was blowing outside the cave, and it was getting bigger and bigger. Before I could light the firewood, the fire was blown out by the wind.

The wind had just picked up and the temperature hadn't dropped yet. There was a fire in the cave. Except for Ning Qiyan, the chef, all three of them ran into the yard. With a temperature of more than 30 degrees and firewood, in less than a minute, I was sweating profusely.

Ning Qiyan endured the heat, straightened the pot, added water, and ran out to breathe.Originally, I thought about scrambled eggs, but the conditions did not allow it, so let's eat steamed buns with pickles!

Before the meal was ready, Du Cheng and Huzi got together, picked up the saw, and moved the trunks of two relatively straight dead trees to the platform.In addition to the three trees Xiwu Ning Qiyan said they moved down, if it rains for a long time, they can take the opportunity to build some tables, chairs, benches and shelves for things.

After the steamed buns were steamed, the lid of the pot was opened to dissipate the heat. Suddenly there was a deafening thunder outside the cave.

There was a loud thunder, and the whole cave trembled.

"Brother Qiyan? Brother Qiyan?" The thunder passed, and Ke Chengwei's voice came from outside the cave.

Hearing the eagerness in the voice, Ning Qiyan put down the plate and walked out of the cave, followed by Du Cheng and the others.

"What's wrong?" Ning Qiyan asked.

The humidity in the air was getting heavier and heavier, and Ke Chengwei had no choice but to ask directly.

"Brother Qiyan, do you live in a tent or a cave?"

As soon as Ning Qiyan heard it, he knew why he came.

Wang Yang and his party consisted of six people, only a small beach tent, where two girls, Wang Yuanyuan and Liu Jia, usually stayed at night. The weather was not cold, and the four boys slept directly in the open air.Seeing that it is going to rain now, the cave has not been dug well, and the tent cannot fit in, so I can only come here to ask for help.

"We live in a cave, if you want to use a tent, ask two more people to carry it up." Ning Qiyan didn't hesitate, and directly agreed to lend the tent.

Ever since Wang Yang and the others decided to settle down, the contact between the two parties has increased. Although they often come up to borrow things, they can also be considerate. After all, they are all students who go to school alone in D City. The six families are all in the south. Now Communications were interrupted, roads were blocked, and all the belongings were saved after the earthquake. It is normal to lack some tools.

And sometimes Du Dabao and the others went down to visit, and every time they came back with a round belly.

Feelings are mutual.

As soon as he said a few words, Dou Da's raindrops began to fall.

Du Cheng and Hu Zi simply turned around and lifted the tent in the yard, and directly helped them down.

When the two came back, they were drenched in the downpour.

After drying off and changing into dry clothes, the four of them sat down to eat.

I didn't feel it while eating, but after eating, Ning Qiyan, who had been wearing short sleeves and shorts all this time, rubbed his arms.

"Is it cooling down?"

Du Cheng and Hu Zi were fine, and Ning Xiaowen also felt a little cold. He took out the thermometer from the luggage pile, and the temperature displayed on it was only 23 degrees.

"The temperature drops really fast." Ning Xiaowen muttered, and found two coats, one for each of Ning Qiyan.

The wind was very strong, and the ground near the entrance of the cave was wet with rain. Du Cheng found out the rolling shutter door that had not been installed, and opened it, blocking most of the entrance of the cave.It's just that since then, the already dark cave is almost completely dark.

Connect the charging lamp to the solar panel, and the cave becomes bright again.

There are a total of six solar panels, which are enough for normal use, but if it rains for too long and there is no replenishment, once they are used up, they will have to move around in the dark.

Ning Qiyan found out the remaining gasoline, looked at the stock, and threw in two candles.

Not only Ning Xiaowen, Du Cheng and Hu Zi were also curious.

"what are you going to do?"

Ning Qiyan glanced past Hu Zi and Ning Xiaowen, met Du Cheng's gaze, and paused.

"Make a torch." After speaking, Ning Qiyan lowered his eyes.

"Torch? How to do it?" Ning Xiaowen sat beside him, Huzi and Du Cheng also came over.

Ning Qiyan smiled and began to explain the method.

Simple torches are easy to make. Mix gasoline and candles in a ratio of three to one, then soak cotton cloth in it, soak it thoroughly and wrap it around a wooden stick.

This method was taught by Du Chengxue in his previous life. Turning his head, Ning Qiyan felt an indescribable feeling in his heart as he taught Du Cheng in this life.

Du Cheng's affection for him, which had been left behind by him before, suddenly surged into his heart.

Huzi and Ning Xiaowen waited curiously for the candle to melt, not noticing Ning Qiyan's depressed mood.

But Du Cheng, who was paying attention to Ning Qiyan all the time, discovered it immediately.

He had an intuition that it was related to him, but he couldn't figure out why Ning Qiyan was depressed.

Du Cheng got up, moved the stone he was sitting on to Ning Qiyan's side, put his arm on his shoulders, half-armed Ning Qiyan, and watched him cut the cotton cloth.

Feeling the temperature from his shoulders, Ning Qiyan blinked, suppressed the soreness in his heart, looked back at Du Cheng, and smiled.

Now that he has come back again, he, who was supported and guarded by Du Cheng all the way, has the opportunity to guide Du Cheng in turn, so that they can live as well as possible in such a difficult world, he should be satisfied.

Even if he faced Du Cheng's affection directly in the future, he would have the best response.