After the disaster

Not long after the water was connected here, a team of staff came over there and asked if there was any water pipe problem in their community.

Jiayuan Community is a relatively new residential area in Xinnan City. It has not been seriously damaged in the past five years. There are no problems with the plumbing in every household. This team of staff basically just went through the motions, and soon Go to the next district.

Qiu Cheng was in a good mood that day. In the afternoon, he finished his work early and went back to 1406 with Ah Chang. He opened the field mouse cage, intending to catch two male mice for a tooth sacrifice.

Recently, Ah Chang has eaten a lot of vegetarian food with him, and when he sees the fish, sheep and chickens raised by him, his eyes will glow green. Every time he goes to 1505 to feed the fish, he squats there for a long time.Qiu Cheng thought that he had put in a lot of effort to work with him in the past few days, so he wanted to roast one more for him.

"!" As soon as Qiu Cheng stretched his hand into the field mouse cage, he felt a movement in his heart, and his mind was agitated for a while.

Ah Chang stopped his movements, turned his head to look over, and saw that his brows were slightly frowned, and his eyes were absent-minded for a moment.

"I'm going to meditate now. If I can't get out of meditation after 06:30, can you go to the train station by yourself? Find Zhou Ganxing and give him this note." Qiu Cheng said, from He took out a pen and paper from under the coffee table, scribbled a line, then tore off the paper and handed it to Ah Chang.

"Woo..." Ah Chang just stared at Qiu Cheng in a daze.

"It's nothing, it's my hard work in the past few months, and it will pay off soon." Qiu Cheng smiled at him comfortingly. Of course, he would not tell Ah Chang that without the guidance of a master, it all depends on his personal participation. It is impossible for enlightenment practice to be without risk, especially every time it breaks through and advances.

"Don't go." Ah Chang rarely willfully turned his head to the side. Although he didn't know what happened, he still felt a little uneasy.

"Be obedient." Qiu Cheng patted him lightly, put the note in his hand, and then said nothing more, took a cushion from the sofa, and sat cross-legged at the doorway between the living room and the terrace, and in a moment The time was settled.

Ah Chang walked around him twice anxiously, then walked to the side of the field mouse cage, and closed the field mouse cage that Qiu Cheng had just opened.Qiu Cheng has never been a careless person, but today he even forgot to close the field mouse cage.

He even lied to him that it was all right. A Chang was worried, and then became angry. He just didn't like Qiu Cheng's unshakable meditating twice a day in the morning and evening, as if he just closed his eyes and he went to another place. The world, a world he couldn't go to.

The clock turned from four o'clock to five o'clock, and then from five o'clock to six o'clock, and soon it would be seven o'clock. Ah Chang looked at Qiu Cheng, then at the note on the coffee table, and finally he took the He took the key and went out. Before leaving, he carefully checked the doors and windows of the house. After he went out, he used the key to carefully lock the door of his house again. As for the note on the coffee table, he didn't take it at all.

Ah Chang first went to the [-]th floor and moved the five hundred catties of potatoes that Qiu Cheng had prepared earlier to the downstairs. He was extremely strong, and it was a bit difficult to carry five hundred catties at once. He and Qiu Cheng were usually together. , this time there is only one person.

Five hundred catties of potatoes were filled with four large bags. Ah Chang first carried two bags of potatoes down a few floors, then put them in the corridor, and quickly climbed upstairs to carry the other two bags of potatoes, because he was worried that he would leave the house. If it is far away, someone will take his potatoes, Ah Chang never puts them in a place beyond his control.

Finally moved these potatoes downstairs, Ah Chang took out the key to open the garage, pushed out the tricycle from inside, first took out the electronic scale in the truck, put four bags of potatoes in, and then put the electronic scale on a drop position.

Riding a tricycle is not difficult for Ah Chang. A few days ago, when they went to the river to fetch water every day, Qiu Chengcheng asked him to learn to ride it. Catman's coordination of hands and feet is excellent, and he has an excellent sense of balance. He learned it in just a few times. .

At the railway station square, Zhou Ganxing was waiting anxiously at the moment. More than half an hour had passed since the appointed time, but Qiu Cheng had not arrived yet.

"How do you sell this chicken?" Someone heard the sound of the chicken calling, and followed the sound to find it.

"Not for sale." Zhou Ganxing waved his hand.

"Xing Bo, why don't we sell these chickens in the night market? Several groups of people have asked us about the price." A young man who came with him couldn't help himself.

"What's the hurry, wait a little longer." Zhou Ganxing felt that Qiu Cheng didn't seem like a young man with no promises: "I couldn't do it right now, so something must have caught me."

"Then he should send someone to tell us." The young man said indignantly.

"Wait a little longer." Zhou Ganxing didn't say much, and sat on the edge of the flower pond in the train station square without arrogance or rashness.The two people who went out with him were children of relatives. They were in their early twenties, and they were still capable, but they were a little too edgy.

Ah Chang rode his tricycle into the railway station square, and soon found the three of them, and rode the tricycle straight to them.

"Where's Xiao Qiu?" Seeing that he was the only one coming, Zhou Ganxing was also taken aback. When he met him last time, he felt that the young man who was with Qiu Cheng looked a bit wrong. On this big night, Qiu Cheng How could he be assured that he would carry five hundred catties of potatoes to the night market?

"He's busy." Ah Chang replied concisely, got off the tricycle, lifted four bags of potatoes from the car and piled them on the ground, pointed and said, "Five hundred catties."

After eleven o'clock in the evening, Qiu Chengcai finally got out of the meditation. Ah Chang was delighted at first, and then he was stunned, because Qiu Cheng at this moment made him feel strange.

Qiu Cheng slowly opened his eyes. He clearly felt that the self at this moment was different from a few hours ago. According to the notes in "Wood Repair Notes", he should have succeeded in building the foundation now.

"Buzzing buzzing..." A mosquito flew past him. Even though the house was not lit, the mosquito was completely visible in front of his eyes. Whether it was its constantly flapping wings or the few thin legs under its body, Qiu Cheng could even see the fluff on his legs clearly.

Qiu Cheng stretched out his hand to the worm, put two fingers together, and pinched it in his hand. With a little force, there was a clear "pop", and the worm was crushed to death by him.

Qiu Cheng threw the mosquito into the trash can. Seeing that Ah Chang was still squatting aside in a daze, he turned his head and smiled at him.

This smile was clearly the same as before, and Ah Chang suddenly felt relieved. He lingered close to Qiu Cheng's side, lowered his head and rubbed his cheek against his neck.

"Are you hungry?" Qiu Cheng reached out and touched his ear.

"Hmm..." Ah Chang's voice was full of grievances.

"Then let's cook and eat," Qiu Cheng said.

"Wait a minute." Ah Chang ran to the kitchen and brought out a large cage of chickens. When he came back just now, he was afraid that the crowing of these chickens would disturb Qiu Cheng's meditation, so he carried them into the kitchen and closed the door. Turn it off, and you won't hear much of their voices in the living room.

"How much cornmeal do I need for a chicken?" Qiu Cheng turned on the light and squatted down in the living room to observe these chickens carefully. They were not as strong as the original two chickens in their house, but they were still pretty good, even if Ah Chang Before he took it out, he had already heard the commotion in the kitchen.

"One catty nine taels." Ah Chang replied.When he was at the train station just now, Zhou Ganxing often told him how long he had been arguing with others in order to pay back the price of these chickens.

"51, one of them is a gift." Ah Chang thought for a while, and then said.

"Okay, got it." Qiu Cheng said with a smile.

"There are a lot of hens." Ah Chang said again, Zhou Ganxing said these words at the train station, and he is just learning and selling now.

"Hello, hen." Qiu Cheng said so, and Ah Chang laughed with satisfaction.

"Is there any more cornmeal?" Qiu Cheng asked him again. Five hundred catties of potatoes can be exchanged for more than 51 chickens.

"Upstairs." Ah Chang said.

Qiu Cheng didn't check whether the cornmeal was enough. In his opinion, Ah Chang was good enough if he could do this. Even if the amount of cornmeal was wrong, he would only put the account on Zhou Ganxing.

Before cooking, Qiu Cheng went to the bathroom to wash off the stickiness on his body. It was not easy to build a foundation. After sitting for more than seven hours, he sweated a lot, and his body still had a faint smell. After washing from head to toe, he poured three basins in total. Sewage, even if the water is used to water vegetables, he doesn't want it.

That night, Qiu Cheng cut a pumpkin from the terrace, steamed a pot of pumpkin corn cakes, and cooked a pot of stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut. The vermicelli left over from eating a few days ago has completely dried out and needs to be stewed It takes a while to become soft.

In addition, he roasted three voles, ate one for himself, and gave the other two to Ah Chang.They ate and drank enough, lazily nestled on the sofa and watched TV for a while, until it was almost one o'clock in the morning, and finally went to bed.

The two got up a little late the next morning. After Qiu Cheng got up, he started to meditate in the morning. Ah Chang took care of the crops and livestock at home.

The weather on this day was not sunny, and it was cloudy early in the morning. When Ah Chang was weeding the crops in 1501, he felt that there was a damp smell in the wind. Sure enough, after a while, it was raining outside. It's raining.

When Qiu Cheng came out of the samadhi, seeing that it was another rainy day today, he couldn't help but frowned slightly, hoping that the rain this time would not be like the last time, which lasted for more than half a month.

Although there is tap water now, Qiu Cheng and Ah Chang went to the roof of the building to build a water storage pool with wood and tarpaulin. In any case, it would be good to save some water bills.

That night, it was still raining outside, so Qiu Cheng and Ah Chang went to the night market to set up a stall. These days they had accumulated a lot of pickles and chili sauce. They originally planned to take them out and sell them last night, but they did not expect to catch up with the key to foundation establishment when.

Because it was a rainy day, today was not as lively as usual. Qiu Cheng found his stall along the street and found it was empty. Lao Hu probably had gone to the north for business. Lao Feng and his father and son did not leave the stall. See you last time. The young couple selling bedding that arrived was also there.

"Qiu Cheng, this way." Only that boy Wang Chengliang was still guarding their stove selling booth as usual.

"You are so dedicated to your work, you will stick to your post at all times." Qiu Cheng smiled and rode a tricycle past.

"Rainy days are the time when the stove is easy to sell, so it's okay if you don't stick to it." Wang Chengliang smiled.When it rains this time, the weather will be humid, and many people in the city can't bear to go out to buy stoves. They can light a fire at home and bake their clothes and quilts, so their lives will be easier.

"Put it here today, it's better than shrinking into the eaves." After welcoming Qiu Cheng and the others into his shed, Wang Chengliang moved the front stoves in the middle and asked Qiu Cheng to park the tricycle. there.

"It's fine for me to put this car on the side." Qiu Cheng was embarrassed to get stuck in the middle of the stall.

"It's okay, when the little wind blows, there will be rain splashing on the side, you can just put it here, don't worry, it won't stop my business." Wang Chengliang said indifferently.

"Thank you then." The others vacated all the seats, and Qiu Cheng didn't make any further concessions.

"You're welcome, my elder brother is making your vole cage at home these few days, and it will be another income." With Qiu Chengcai's care, the life of their family in the village is relatively easy now.

"When the weather is better, you can ask them to send me some wood." Qiu Cheng nailed those wooden grooves on the roof a few days ago, and the wood he bought last time is almost used up again.

"How much do you want this time?" Wang Chengliang asked him.

"Half a ton is not much, and one ton is not much. You can let them see and deliver it." Qiu Cheng replied.

"Okay." Wang Chengliang replied, and then he took out a piece of wood from his firewood pile, and put it on the two stoves behind Qiu Cheng and the others: "You stay here and wait slowly, people who shop on rainy days Less than usual."

Qiu Chengdao thanked him, sat down generously, and asked Wang Chengliang: "Two days ago, I heard that there are pests everywhere now. Is the night market business good now?"

"It's okay." As Wang Chengliang said, he threw a piece of wood into the burning stove and said, "Isn't it all broadcast on the news? Now there are pest control and disaster relief everywhere, and it will start on the first of next month." There will be no power limit, and everyone is very happy.”

"Everyone is quite optimistic?" Qiu Cheng asked again.

"Yeah, everyone said that there are still bugs anyway, and the worst thing is to eat bugs, and I will never die of hunger." Wang Chengliang said with a grin.

"I'm afraid sticky worms are not easy to eat." Qiu Cheng couldn't help but also laughed.

"Who cares about the color and fragrance when you are extremely hungry, as long as you can fill your stomach."

"By the way, when there is no electricity limit in the future, is your stall still open?"

"Hey, I heard that electricity costs more than three yuan per hour, but not many people can afford it, and many people will still have to burn the stove."

The two talked to each other, as if they were back in college, and Ah Chang, who was beside him, was bored watching the raindrops dripping on the ground outside the shed. Now he felt that it was no fun to go out and set up a stall. Stay home.

"Boss, do you have any pickled leeks?" At this time, a visitor finally came to their stall.

"..." Ah Chang opened his mouth, just about to say something, but closed it silently, and turned his head to cast his gaze on Qiu Cheng.

"Yes, these cans are all with labels on the caps." Qiu Cheng couldn't care less about talking to Wang Chengliang at this time.

Tonight, what Qiu Cheng and the others brought out for sale was only jars of pickled vegetables and hot sauce. They also saved some potatoes at home, but they didn't sell them because they already had enough cornmeal, and those potatoes could just be stockpiled. .

Because there are not many things brought out, and Qiu Cheng's prices here are always affordable, and it didn't take long for these pickled vegetables and hot sauces to be sold out.

After closing the stall, we bid farewell. Finished, Qiu Cheng stayed with Ah Chang and went to the street west of the night market. There are many decoration and furniture stores in that area. This time, Qiu Cheng and the others entered a lamp shop.

"What do you want to buy? I have all kinds of lights here." The business is deserted on rainy days, and it is rare for customers to come to the door. The proprietress is very enthusiastic.

"Are there any tri-color energy-saving lamps?" Qiu Cheng asked.

This time, the rain did not know how long it would take. Under the condition of insufficient sunshine, the growth rate of their crops would become slow and the yield would drop sharply.

Qiu Cheng didn't plan to sit still this time. Although the lighting couldn't match the sunlight, he still planned to buy a batch of energy-saving lamps to try the effect.It will be June in just two days, and I heard that there will be no more power cuts at that time.