Surviving the end of the world

After haggling for a long time, it was finally settled. Each family offered 30 catties of cotton, and then picked 15 catties of cottonseed. It's almost enough to share a bowl. In the future, I will grow cotton and extract oil myself.

As for the food they brought, they didn’t want to take it back either, so they simply replaced it with processed cotton. A good income.

In order to prevent long nights and dreams, after the discussion, I directly took the scale and exchanged cotton with each family. The large bags of cotton were piled up on the carriage. Even if it was pressed tightly, it took up a lot of space. Like a hill, one after another was tied with a rope, and I was still worried that it would collapse.Moreover, such a big goal is really too attractive, so you won't be robbed on the way back!

"Okay, that's it, just tie a few more, and it's fine if you can't fall down, press it down again, don't fall down!" Seeing Li Liwen struggling to jump on the car, hoping to lower the height a little, Chen Jin said .

Li Liwen climbed down from the cotton pile cautiously, and said depressedly: "There is so much cotton, there is no place to sit when I look back!"

"Squeeze it! If it doesn't work, let's walk!" Liu Zi hugged the little thing who had just eaten, coaxing him to sleep, and said, "It also saves the smelly sweat all over the body, which will be difficult to deal with later!"

Bai Jing squatted aside, looked at the pile of cotton, and sighed a little depressingly. Now that there are more things, Chen Jin must plant a batch in the space, and spend a lot of time on it. Hey, why am I not good at refining weapons? If I can get a few puppets out to help take care of the space, it will save a lot of trouble!It's also because Chen Jin has too many worries, if according to Bai Jing's intention, find a few people directly, sign the master-slave contract, throw them into the space, and let them work, that would be convenient!

Seeing Bai Jing's slightly sad eyes, Chen Jin almost didn't laugh. He patted Bai Jing's arm as a comfort.

A group of people spent the night in the village. Before dawn the next day, they borrowed the stove from Old Man Liu’s house to cook a large pot of porridge, mixed it with water, baked some corn cakes, and ate them on the road. Hastily set off on the road back to the village.

Because the conscious goal is too big and worried about being watched, a group of people travel almost day and night, except for stopping to rest when the sun is at its strongest at noon. At other times, they even lie in the car and take a nap before getting away Therefore, on the third day, they returned to Xiaohe Village.

Chen Jin got [-] catties of cotton in exchange for the blueprints. Who asked him to take out the blueprints? They will discuss how to divide the rest.But the whereabouts of the little things, there has been controversy.It's not that no one wants it, but too many people want it.

If the little guy was a girl, naturally he wouldn't be so sought-after. The key point is that she will be able to take care of the old age. After confirming that the child has no defects, except for being thin and weak, and is in good health, a large group of people expressed that they want to adopt her. this child.Although Liuzi and Heizi were interested, they were outsiders after all, and their roots in the village were too shallow, so it was not easy to fall out with the villagers over this matter, so they finally had to let go, not to mention how frustrated they were.

In the end, the child fell into the hands of Third Uncle Li and Aunt Li, and there was also Second Aunt Li. They were crying and making trouble beside them, crying that they were so old that the family didn't even have a queen, although Their family is not the only one who has this kind of situation, but not many people can save their face and make trouble in front of the whole village.In particular, Aunt Li and Aunt Li, the third sister-in-law, showed an amazing combat power that was completely different from the dullness of the previous two years.In the end, they naturally got their wish.

Third Aunt Li and Second Aunt Li rushed to hold the child, the expressions on their faces could almost be described as ecstatic, and Second Aunt Li almost burst into tears.Aunt Li was thinking about what to add, while urging Uncle Li to quickly replace a pregnant ewe and come back. You know, because the winter has been too long for the past two years, the sheep will not grow fat without forage, and their family no longer raises sheep. .

At this time, several carpenters in the village also rushed to build a few simple vertical looms first, and then tried their hands when they had cotton.

Women are naturally good at this kind of thing. After a few men tried it a few times, and the spun thread was uneven in thickness and kept breaking, they quickly got used to it.

Chen Jin, as the person who took out the drawings, naturally became the first batch of people who were allocated the looms, and it was free. Others wanted to pay the carpenter a little hard work.

Chen Jin was not interested in this relatively primitive textile machine, so he directly dug out the blueprint of the hydraulic spinning machine, planning to build a larger one in the space, and then match it with a cotton gin to remove cotton seeds, and make it together with the cotton. , to save trouble every day, he is not in the mood, just like the ancient women he saw on TV before, sitting in front of the loom all day weaving.

Chen Jin wove the first batch of cloth with the cotton that was allocated to her. The first few pieces were still a bit rough, but the latter ones were much better. It's still fine and smooth, but of course, it's not very strong.

Bai Jing and Chen Jin didn't have much interest in this kind of cotton cloth, so it probably had to be used to hold the soles of shoes. After thinking about it, Chen Jin took two bolts of cloth and filled it with about ten catties of cotton. I added two bags of vegetables grown in the ground and sent them to Father Chen and the others.

Father Chen and the others are not doing well as usual. Chen Jin's nephew is now three years old. His first name is Chen Xi. He looks a little yellow and thin, obviously malnourished, and speaks in a soft voice.There were no children of his age in the village, and he looked a little shy. When Chen Jin arrived, it was still in the morning, and he was sitting alone under the crooked locust tree at the door, grabbing the grass leaves on the ground.

At that time, Yang Xiaoyun was squatting by the well to wash clothes. When she raised her head to wipe her sweat, she saw Chen Jin turning in on a bicycle. She looked a little dazed. You know, since that time, Chen Jin only came here After two or three times, the food was still delivered.Although she didn't know why Chen Jin came, she stood up, wiped her wet hands on her clothes, greeted her, and said with a smile: "Xiao Jin is here! Come in and sit down, I'll call your dad! "

Chen Jin nodded, and glanced at Yang Xiaoyun. Yang Xiaoyun was a bit hunched, with many fine lines on her face, and half of her hair was gray. He called auntie, and then entered the room.

Father Chen was sitting in the room, weaving a basket out of bamboo strips. Seeing Chen Jin come in, he put down the bamboo basket that was almost formed in his hand, and said, "Sit first, I'll pour you water!"

"No need, Dad! Where are Chen Zhe and his siblings?" Chen Jin waved his hands, sat down on a small bench that was a bit unstable, and asked.

"Chen Zhe has gone to the ground, and Guifeng is feeding the chickens behind the house!" Yang Xiaoyun quickly poured a glass of water and said.

Chen Jin didn't intend to continue asking. She took out the things she brought and said, "I went to the neighboring county with the villagers to exchange some cotton, and I asked someone to help weave a few cotton cloths in the village. It doesn’t look good, but it’s okay to touch, you can use it to make two clothes! There is still some cotton here, in winter, make a few cotton jackets, or see if there is any plucked cotton nearby, and make bed cotton It's okay to be quilt!"

"It's expensive!" Father Chen hesitated, "It's not easy for you to farm, so take it home and use it yourself!" Yang Xiaoyun wanted to speak, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Chen Jin shook her head: "I don't lack this for the time being, you can keep it! Dad, you are not young now, so don't treat yourself too badly! I'll go back first!"

"Let's stay for lunch!" Yang Xiaoyun said looking at the two pieces of cloth and the cotton in the bag.

"No need, I have work to do in the field!" Chen Jin shook her head, got up and said.

Father Chen sighed, and also stood up: "That's how it is!" He sent Chen Jin out, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Are you and that person okay?"

A smile appeared on Chen Jin's face, and she said softly, "Dad, he's fine!"

Father Chen took a deep breath: "As long as you feel good!" He looked a little tired, but he didn't say anything more.