Surviving the end of the world

Although the color of the newly woven cotton cloth is very single, that kind of off-white, the villagers, who have worn old clothes that don’t fit well for several years and have holes in their underwear, are still very happy to turn these cotton cloths into close-fitting clothes , Each of them had a bit of contentment on their faces.

The sewing machine of Chen Jin's family finally came in handy. Chen Jin took a lot of old clothes to try out. At the beginning, he made twenty or thirty pairs of insoles. At first they were very big, but later he had to cut them slowly. It is a slow repair, and I have to stuff the shoes inside to try the size from time to time.Later, I was able to make a few pairs very quickly and just need a little pruning, and I can use it directly.After making the insoles, Chen Jin started to toss about other things, starting from the simplest sleeves, and then the straight sweatshirts and trousers, which were almost confiscated, and used up all the available fabrics.

Just after the autumn harvest, several trucks drove into Xinxiang.

The people in the car are still soldiers. They came out of the security base. They have not had a good life these years. Although the camouflage uniforms they wear are not damaged, they are still half-worn. They brought a large number of daily necessities from the security base. , such as soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, washing powder, shampoo, etc., as well as some pots and pans, various seasonings, and some conventional medicines, such as aspirin, cold medicine, Xieliding, etc., all in all , mostly in short supply.

In order to save gasoline, they did not go to the countryside, but stayed outside the relatively safe town. When the news reached Xiaohe Village, it was already evening the next day.

The people in the village hesitated for a while, but decided to go and have a look. No matter what, there are still many things to buy.

Chen Jin and Bai Jing didn't need to buy many things, but they still followed the villagers, brought a bag of last year's grain, and drove two carriages to the town.

There were quite a few stalls over there, and a few soldiers were shouting with simple loudspeakers, each of them full of air.

There were quite a few people who came to buy, but the hottest stalls were selling straw paper and sanitary napkins. A large group of women squatted there to choose and bargain, and finally weighed the food they brought out, and put the exchanged things in the store. Put it in the backpack you brought.

A group of children were drooling, staring at the candies on a stand, not fruit candies or toffee, but ordinary brown sugar, which no one would buy in the past, piled up in plastic boxes, full of flies Flying on it, the soldier guarding the stall lazily held a fan to drive away the flies, and yelled with a smile: "One catty of brown sugar is exchanged for ten catties of grain! Buy ten catties and get one catty free!"

This price is really scary, but what can I do, they don’t produce sugar here, so if you want to eat it, you can only recognize it by pinching your nose, this is a monopoly!

A few young children dragged the adults by their arms and legs, crying for candy, and the adults were not hard-hearted. They had just harvested new grain at this moment, and it was barely a bumper harvest. Go back to the innermost place of the adults. Save some, you can always save some, you can't let the children eat so much that they don't want to eat like before, you have to give the children sweet mouths!Buy more. During the Chinese New Year, it is good to make some peanut candy or something at home, even a small pot.

Therefore, while coaxing the children, many adults coaxed the children to promise to be obedient and not to eat too much. Gritting their teeth, they took out the food they brought, weighed it, and then it was almost Dip some sugar granules with your finger and send it to your child's mouth.

Today's children generally know how to be satisfied, and now they are smacking their mouths, reminiscing about the faint sweetness, and their faces are full of joy.

The sugar that Chen Jin and the others used to stockpile is gone now, but they have raised a lot of bees in the space, and they can produce a lot of honey every year, so they don't have any idea about these brown sugar, so they didn't change it at all, and just transferred it to to another stall.

There are a bunch of pots, pans and pans at the farthest stall, and there are all kinds of them. However, no one pays attention to this these days, but a few people have changed a few iron pots. These things are in the house here. I want to use it at home, but I don’t sell it. If it breaks, I can’t find someone to repair it. Now I see that the quality of the iron pot sold here is not bad.

Chen Jin thought about it for a while, and bought two large iron pots, and bought a wok and an aluminum pot. After all, he didn't use the big stove very often, and he used the stove more often. That's it, almost He exchanged all the food he was carrying on the surface, and it was still discounted.

At the same time, Uncle Li persuaded: "Xiao Chen, although there are only two of you in your family, there is no shortage of food, but you still have to plan for the future, what to cook, one or two pots is almost enough, buy so much and go back, isn't that right?" Wasting it?"

Chen Jin quickly explained: "What Uncle San said is true, but you also know that we two big men, with rough hands and feet, inevitably ruined things. Now that we have something to sell, why don't we just buy some and store it up, so that it won't be destroyed in the future?" If it falls off, it needs to be replaced! Like the original aluminum pot in my house, it was left by my grandmother at that time. I repaired the bottom of the pot before. I used it once last winter, and it leaked. The stove has been extinguished, and no one can repair it now, so what will we do if we don’t replace it!”

"Xiao Chen, you just need to know it in your heart!" Uncle Li didn't say any more after hearing this, "Don't think I'm long-winded, I don't know when it will get better these days!"

"Third Uncle, you love me so much, that's why you told me!" Chen Jin said with a smile, "By the way, Third Uncle, the baby is at home, so I didn't bring it here!"

"The baby is still young, what if the wind blows!" Uncle Li said with a loving face when he mentioned the baby, "I came here today to find out, and tomorrow I will bring more food and sell some good things for the baby! "While speaking, he looked at the brown sugar over there. Although he was a little reluctant, he still made up his mind.

"Then third uncle, take your time, I won't bother you anymore!" Chen Jin also smiled.

"Okay, I'll go over there to have a look, just to ask, what's the price of those medicines!" Li Sanshu said, and turned to the side to inquire about the prices of those commonly used medicines.

Chen Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and Bai Jing snickered beside him. Seeing Chen Jin roll his eyes, he hurriedly said with a little flattery, "I just saw what solar batteries are for sale over there, let's go and have a look?"

"Okay, let's go and have a look!" Chen Jin nodded and turned over there.After walking a few steps, he heard a familiar voice.

It was Chen Zhe, holding Chen Xi in his arms and standing in front of the candy stall, hesitating. Chen Xi probably hadn't eaten candy since he was born, so naturally he wasn't entangled like other children at the moment, but he still took A little curious, watching other children carefully hold a handful of sugar in one hand, dip their fingers in the sugar, and send it to their mouths from time to time.

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Zhe bought half a catty of sugar, squeezed a pinch carefully, and brought it to Chen Xi's mouth: "Xiao Xi, try it!"

Chen Xi licked it, his eyes lit up, and he almost refused to let go of Chen Zhe's finger. Chen Zhe was not in a hurry. When Chen Xi let go of his mouth, he pulled out his saliva-filled finger and wiped it casually on his clothes. , smiled and said: "Xiaoxi, let's take the candy back and let you eat slowly, okay?"

Chen Xi looked at the paper bag with candies in Chen Zhe's hand with some reluctance, and finally nodded.

Sensible children are always favored, Chen Zhe finally gave Chen Xi some more, then carefully wrapped the paper bag, wrapped it with a layer of cloth, put it in the back basket behind him, turned to look at the others Then, as soon as he looked up, he saw Chen Jin.He called out embarrassingly, brother, and then hurriedly said to Chen Xi who was savoring the sweetness of candy in his arms: "Xiao Xi, call me uncle!"

Chen Xi glanced at Chen Jin, and after a long time, he called out softly: "Big, uncle!"

Chen Jin secretly sighed in his heart, thought for a while, pretended to take something from the basket, and then took out a small plastic jar, which contained pork jerky made by Chen Jin himself, and there was only half a jar left. Chen Jin took it first A piece came out and sent to Chen Xi: "Xiao Xi, here it is for you!"

In addition to some homemade pepper and salt, honey was also added to the jerky, so the taste is very good, but it is hard, and Bai Jing eats more. Chen Xi took the jerky and slowly ground it with his own small teeth. The look on his face was very satisfied.

Chen Jin simply stuffed the whole jar into Chen Zhe's hands: "This was made during the Chinese New Year last year, so that's all. Take it for Xiao Xi to eat slowly!"

Chen Zhe was taken aback, and just about to evade, Chen Jin said directly: "This is for the children, not for you! We still have something to do, let's go first, if you have anything to look at, go do it yourself!"

Seeing Chen Jin turn around and leave, Chen Zhe didn't know what to say. He looked down at Chen Xi trying to bite the piece of jerky, sighed softly, hugged Chen Xi, and continued walking forward.

This short episode did not affect Chen Jin, and he went directly to the place that sold solar batteries.