Surviving the end of the world

No matter when, desperadoes are always indispensable, especially in this desperate situation, except for a few safe bases, the so-called state apparatus has lost its original binding effect, and more places are in a state of anarchy, maybe At the beginning, everyone could keep their heads down and live an honest life. When the situation got worse and worse, people's hearts would float. Some caring people directly gathered a group of young people, many of whom were idlers, and usually did some molesting on the street to collect protection money. Hooligans and other things like this, these people are not what to do in the first place, what they are better at is bullying others, extortion and so on, and now they are back to their old business, and they used to get some watermelon knives at most, don’t say anything now Knives are under control, many of them are well-connected, even guns and ammunition are in their hands, and no one is watching them. If they engage in any campaigns such as crackdowns, they will naturally become more arrogant and domineering. It is not a matter of a day or two to do it and kill people.People in China are used to swallowing their anger, and most of them bully the weak and fear the strong. They have knives and guns, are strong, and the old and the young can't let go, so they can only continue to endure.

Because of the lack of restraint, these people acted even more arrogantly, as if they had become the tyrants of one party. However, in this era of scarcity of supplies, natural disasters occurred frequently, and some food and drink are good. If we really want to talk about material enjoyment, It is really not as good as the ordinary well-off families a few years ago. Even so, the price for them to eat and drink is that more people endure hunger and cold, cursing and cursing in secret, wishing that they would be hacked into pieces.

Naturally, there are people like this in Xinxiang, but this place has always been a land of fish and rice after all. If ordinary people can support themselves, they will naturally not take risks. Therefore, the gangs here are not too extreme in their work. They usually monopolize the salt road , sell salt at a high price, collect food every few months, and use it as protection money. They are very measured and will not push people to a dead end. Therefore, although everyone whispers a few words behind their backs, they can only be angry on the surface of.

There are not many people who are not open-eyed here in Xiaohe Village. Bai Jing's reputation has spread all over the country, not to mention there are a few more outsiders who are not easy to mess with at first glance. Maybe they didn't know it at first. , but later someone saw that a few people here often came out to hunt with guns, so they knew that there were enough bullets to go out to hunt, and they probably didn't care how many rounds they fired when they came over.

Moreover, in winter, no one is willing to go out unless necessary. Not to mention the cold weather, but the famished beasts in the fields are enough for people to bear. No one wants to go out and become the prey of the beasts. .Therefore, it is rare to maintain peace here for a long time. Everyone is hiding in the dark room to keep warm, and we must try our best to save food while ensuring consumption, so as to survive this. The end of the harsh winter.

A few months later, the weather became warmer, and the people in the village each received some good seeds. Although the amount was not large, it was usually enough to plant a few cents of land. However, as long as this year passed, everything would be fine. Therefore, everyone cheered up, chose the most suitable place, borrowed the two zebras raised by Chen Jin, plowed the field several times, and applied some fertilizer before planting the seeds, looking forward to Can be harvested early.

In the past, this kind of work was actually very simple, and everyone was familiar with it, such as plowing, fertilizing, sowing, raising seedlings, and so on. In the past, people had to pull the plow to plow the land, but now there are two powerful zebras that can be used. According to the theory, half a month is enough to solve all this. The problem is that today's farmland is not what it used to be, not to mention those jackals, tigers and leopards. Although they like to eat meat, they don't care about where they hunt Are weeds or crops growing?With their size, as long as they ran into the ground, it would be a mess.

Moreover, in this short period of time, all kinds of herbivores in the ground have also multiplied at a jaw-dropping speed. I don't know how they escaped the cold winter, and those who are called ferocious predators.Perhaps, because of this, they seized all the time more vigorously and multiplied for the survival of the race?Of course, it is also because there are no pesticides scattered everywhere, and without human participation, the threats they receive can be said to have been reduced by more than half.Now in the ground, one or two large and small caves can be seen within a few steps. Who knows whether the rabbits or voles live below?Anyway, it’s not something easy to get rid of. If you don’t pay attention, you may be eaten by voles as soon as you sprinkle the seeds on one side. The seedlings of crops must be much more plentiful than weeds, and they should be more suitable for these foods. The taste of grass animals is really a headache.

But we can’t stop planting for this reason. We can only be more cautious. The matter of raising seedlings is simply done in the private plot. Even if it delays the plan to plant some vegetables in the private plot, there is no way until the seedlings can be transplanted. Everyone can't wait to stay in the field all day, for fear that the newly planted seedlings in the field will be ruined.

Fortunately, most animals are in estrus at this time. To give birth to the next generation, they naturally need more food. Therefore, those large carnivores are also more frequent, and these herbivores that have increased in number naturally become them. Humans are not in their normal diet unless they mate. Therefore, as long as humans do not make any intentional provocative behavior, they will not actively attack humans. After the villagers discovered this, they became bolder Many, although they still carry sickles or hatchets for self-defense, but under normal circumstances, they are not very useful.

Of course, night is dangerous for any creature. Even if you are worried about the crops in the field, everyone dare not stay in the wild to watch. After all, what is more important than life?

After a long time, everyone has been able to watch the large carnivores running and hunting not far away, catching rabbits and so on, and gnawing blood all over their faces, as long as they are still a distance away from them Everyone has begun to calm down, and they still worry about whether their land is trampled into a mess or something.

When the various crops in the field are almost on the right track, and those that should be replanted are also replenished. Although the people in the village are still a little worried, they still have to live. The ice wall has already melted. For this reason, the people in the village have to It didn't take two days to drain the water. The next wall can't be fooled like this. It still needs to be fired bricks. Although it can't be made into the blue bricks used in ancient city walls, it can't be too bad. Anyway, the thickness and weight must be appropriate. Nowadays, there is no such thing as lime cement as an adhesive, so it is more troublesome to build walls naturally.

What Xiaohe Village does can't be hidden from others. People in other villages have more or less suffered from wild animals in winter. Now they naturally follow the example of Xiaohe Village and start to shrink the scope of the village. Digging a canal on the outskirts was used as a defense. Dad Chen and his family over there were also well off. They originally lived on the outskirts of the village, but now they have moved to a relatively large house that is relatively inward. Check in, but the next thing is more tossing people.

Father Chen is not young anymore, he will be sixty in two years, and now he is not as good as before. Malnutrition has caused his stomach disease, which was already almost healed, to recur, and he often suffers from stomach pains. The real labor in the family is him and Chen. Zhe and Zhe, of course, they also had to dig the river. Chen Zhe was young and strong at the moment. The tasks that people can accomplish every day are not always so satisfactory.

Father Chen is fine, he is very popular in the village, when he was a teacher at school, he also took care of the children who came out of the village, and they are not too young, so naturally the people in the village will not criticize him.It's just that Chen Zhe is different. Although Yang Xiaoyun changed his surname after he married Chen's father, this does not change the fact that he is not the real Chen family, and more importantly, Chen Zhe has never lived in the town. He just went to school in the city and didn't have much friendship with the people in Xiao Chenzhuang. Now that the boss is old and his work is not as good as Chen's father, some people can't help but see it, so they often reject him.

Chen Zhe didn't know what to do in such a situation. If Chen Zhe's eloquence was used a few years ago, no matter whether it was gags or whatever, he wouldn't be so embarrassed. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to coax such a beautiful woman like Chen Guifeng. The girl with him became a good thing.However, after Chen Guifeng got married, her difficult life made her unbearable. Naturally, the original feelings were almost wiped out due to the pressure of life. Now Chen Guifeng has become fussy, aggressive and irritable. He didn't have a good face towards Chen Zhe. Chen Zhe was not someone who could put on a face and gnaw his old age with peace of mind. He understood the family situation, and he also felt sorry for Chen Guifeng. Habit, he has become more and more silent in the past two years, he is no longer as eloquent as before, and his temperament has become a little forbearing and cowardly. Facing the undisguised exclusion and contempt of others, he has no choice but to keep his head down and continue working. The status quo is useless.

Father Chen is not a careful person, and the heavy physical labor makes him unable to take care of so much. Yang Xiaoyun found out, but the men's circle is different from the women's circle. Although she is quite capable, but for such a But there was nothing to do about it, he could only comfort Chen Zhe after returning home.

Chen Guifeng was not at all surprised by such a thing. In fact, she had a little credit for it. Chen Guifeng was born pretty, and was considered a relatively famous flower in the village before. Go, there are quite a lot of people who are not convinced, especially seeing that Chen Guifeng's life is not going well now. The women who didn't deal with her at the beginning may be hypocritical, but they will be secretly happy. However, for those who once had a heart of love As far as men are concerned, Chen Zhe is particularly an eyesore.

Chen Zhe is not a fool, he knows a lot of things, but at this time, he has no way to pursue it. Maybe he liked Chen Guifeng before, and he had a son with guilt, but it has been so long , Chen Guifeng is an unforgiving person again. After a long time, the feelings he once had have almost faded away now, but Chen Zhe can only continue to endure it. It is hard to say that at this point, he can still get divorced. Do you want to live in Xiaochenzhuang?He no longer has the right to be naive and self-willed. He has reached this point, so he can only bite the bullet and continue living.

If they don't come to look for Chen Jin, Chen Jin won't come to find him uncomfortable. At this time, everyone is very busy, and no one is in the mood to gossip around. Chen Jin is very suspicious. If this environment lasts for a few more years, the society Will the form degenerate to the tribal form of primitive society?In any case, Chen Jin doesn't know anything about Dad Chen's affairs. They are also busy now. Burning bricks, transporting, and building walls are not simple jobs. Moreover, the mold was re-made to make the bricks quite thick. With this kind of bricks, according to the usual method of building walls, the wall built should be more than one foot thick, and the natural defense power has been greatly improved. Yes, it's also more time consuming.

More importantly, there is no coal today, and a lot of firewood is needed to burn bricks. How can there be so much firewood here? There are few trees in this plain area. Maybe there were a lot of them a few decades ago, but later the water canals and roads were built. Yes, all the trees planted on the side of the roads and roads have been cut down, and even the roots have been dug out. Now it is difficult to find a large number of trees for felling.In the past, there used to be a lot of annual reeds growing by the river, and everyone would chop them back and use them as firewood in autumn, but now no one dared to, because I saw many wolves and so on, and they all built their dens there.If people usually ignore you, it doesn't mean that you have come to your door. They still pretend they haven't seen you. Therefore, this acquisition channel has to be unchecked.

The people in the village discussed it for a long time, and finally someone tentatively put forward a suggestion, go to the county town, there are no people there, and, before the city was greened, many trees were planted on the roadside. The age of the trees, let alone those in the community parks.However, the key issue is insecurity. After all, there are wolves and leopards in Xiaohe Village now. There are even lions and tigers in the county. These things are big and powerful, and they have eaten people since ancient times. Say, what to do if you encounter it.

Who will do this task? Everyone subconsciously looked at Bai Jing and Chen Jin. They both went to the county seat, and they were able to escape unscathed at that time. They also brought back two zebras. I'm afraid there will be no problem this time. Well, it would be great if I could get two more zebras back. With this beast, how much work can be saved!Of course, everyone subconsciously ignores the food intake of zebras at the moment. Bai Jing is eating a handful of fried beans at the moment. Feeling the sight, he raised his head and said impatiently: "Why don't you eat it now?" Speak up, if you want me and Ajin to work hard, just say it, but I told you about the matter in the county seat before, and we didn't go deep that time, so I also encountered some dangers, this time I went to hack Chai, who knows which tree is the nest of something, it's no fun to mess with it!"

As soon as Bai Jing said this, the people in the village were a little embarrassed. Although there is a saying that those who are capable work hard, there is also a saying that hard work pays off!People usually do less work than others, and now things are so dangerous that they almost put their heads on their waistbands to work, and it can't be justified if there is no benefit.

After thinking about it, the old captain tentatively said: "Well, Xiao Chen, you also know about the things in this village. Now it is a difficult time, and there is nothing in the village to give you. For you, the matter of burning bricks with soil is overkill, and don’t think that my old man is relying on the old to sell the old, no matter where you go, as long as you get enough firewood, you don’t have to worry about other things, you say, Is that good?"

Chen Jin has never paid much attention to these things. He was about to agree, but he felt Bai Jing's thoughts, and Bai Jing was already a little lazy, and said: "Old captain, what you said, this burning Bricks are no different than other things, they consume a lot of firewood. If you burn bricks here for a day, the two of us have to chop firewood for a day. Even if you want us to take care of other things, we can't do it! No, we're busy After half a year, in the end, others thought that the two of us took advantage of something, and were lazy outside every day!"

To put it bluntly, Bai Jing's IQ is still higher than that of ordinary people, or his EQ was not enough before, and he didn't know the world very well.However, if you hang around a lot in the crowd, even a fool can become an old fritter!Although this matter is easy for him, it is an exaggeration to say that it is easy to do, but if people think so, everyone will think that this kind of thing should be their business in the future!The so-called Shengmien and Doumiqiu, I won’t emphasize it now. If there is something in the future, if my family doesn’t want to, I will immediately be complained openly or secretly, and even resentful. Although they don’t like this kind of thing Need to care too much, but even if it makes Chen Jin feel a little unhappy, then he will not do it.

Chen Jin naturally felt Bai Jing's thoughts, and after thinking about it, it was indeed the case, so he looked at it coldly.

Everyone in the village knows that Chen Jin is a talkative person. At this moment, several people looked at Chen Jin and felt a little uncomfortable when they saw that Chen Jin was silent. However, what Bai Jing said made sense. There are dozens of miles of land, and if you want to cut a lot of firewood, even if you take a zebra there, you can’t bring much back and forth. It is estimated that running one or two times a day is only enough for the brick kiln. If they don't stop burning bricks for a day, the two of them have to go back and forth to the county every day. Moreover, the brick kiln is the kind of earthen kiln many years ago. The scale is small, and the bricks that can be produced in one kiln are limited. It takes several days for a kiln to come out. Although it may not take the first half of the year, it will take at least two or three months. This is not an easy matter.

People's hearts have long been outdated in this world. It's okay to talk about wild beasts. As long as you find the rules, you can always avoid them. What kind of thoughts do you have? You want to get something for nothing, or you want to fight for the benefits of the county. No matter how good Bai Jing is, the so-called two fists are hard to defeat with four hands. Bai Jing can defeat ten people, and even a hundred people. Collecting firewood in the county town is dangerous, and the danger on the road cannot be ignored.

The people in the village here have almost thought of this, and they also know that Chen Jin and Bai Jing are in a dilemma. The previous conditions are indeed too low. Just about to say something, Chen Jin interjected: "It's not just about this problem. , and things in the field, we have to go out to collect firewood, it is normal to go out early and return late, what about the work in the field?"

Several people said that they will help take care of the things in the field, so don’t worry too much. The old team leader took a sip of water from the cup with a hole in it, and finally said: “There are few things that can be done in the village now. We also know that. It's quite difficult, but isn't there no other way? Well, let me decide, the village can provide rations for the two of you while you go out, and the village can't do anything else!"

Chen Jin took a deep breath and said, "Old captain, this is the end of the story, and I have nothing to say to Bai Jing! We have to ask everyone to help take care of our few acres of land. Regarding the firewood, we have nothing to say. The two will naturally do their best!" He said, and he glanced at Bai Jing.

Bai Jing also nodded. They are not short of food, but it is just a gesture. In the eyes of others, even if the two of them are not risking their lives, they are about the same. If they don't take advantage of the opportunity, it is abnormal!And what they want is not too much. For two strong laborers, there is always two catties of grain a day. After three months, it is only nearly two hundred catties, which is far from the bottom line of the villagers. After all, grain It can be planted, but the fence can't be built for a day, and the people in the village can't rest assured for a day. Last year, those hungry wolves staring outside the ice wall made everyone afraid!Moreover, there are a lot of rumors outside. It is nothing more than someone going out for something and can't find it in the end. No one wants to do the same at home. It is better to add an extra layer of protection.

Now that the conditions were agreed, the people in the village also began to prepare. Although it was agreed to use a zebra horse cart, which would pull more, but the cart in the village was so big that it couldn't pull much at all. Therefore, several carpenters rushed They hurriedly made two large carts, Chen Jin and the others took the two zebras with them, harnessed the carts, and drove to the county seat.