Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

After the hydropower station at the base started generating electricity, electricity was quickly delivered to every household in the base.

When you eat dinner, you no longer need to light candles or bamboo sticks, just lightly press the light switch, and the light will instantly fill the room, bringing a bright light.

Almost in just a few days, the windows of every household in the base were filled with incandescent lights.

There was also a lot of laughter in the base at night.

After the call from the base, everyone would finish work later every day, and basically only go home after dark.

After finishing work, many people no longer cook and eat in the dark, but choose to take their meals to the square to enjoy the cool while eating.

A group of people gathered in the square, chatting and exchanging various news while eating.

Xia Lunong was not familiar with the people in the base, so she had nothing to talk about, but she liked the atmosphere very much.

He carried a big bowl for several days in a row, and ran over every dinner time to listen to everyone's news.

This day was also the same, he and Kong Zhi went over with their rice bowls, everyone greeted them one after another, and gave them small benches to sit down.

After a little commotion, people continued the previous topic.

"...If you ask me, don't go back to Longzhen. There are snakes everywhere now. Getting entangled accidentally is not a trivial matter."

"Huilong Town hasn't been flooded yet? I thought it was flooded."

"If it's submerged a little, it's fine if it's completely submerged, but if it's just a little submerged, it will force all the remaining snakes, rats, insects and ants ashore."

One person interjected, "Speaking of ants, I told you last time, it was in Daluo Town, and now it is full of ant nests. When I teamed up with Laoqian and the others last time, I saw an ant from a distance." Wild boars were eaten alive by ants."

"Really? Carnivorous ants?"

"That's still fake? The ant crawled as fast as the tide, and directly submerged the wild boar. After a few minutes, the wild boar had only a skeleton left."

Xia Lunong's scalp tingled when he heard it, and he looked up at Kong Zhi.

"When did such terrible ants come here? Could it be that you misread it, or did you see something else as an ant?"

"Probably not. The waist is just that big, black, wingless, and can only crawl on the ground. What else can it have besides ants?"

Another person interjected, "If you want to talk about this thing, I have seen it too, but I only saw a few of them, and they really look like ants."

"That's right, I guess it's a mutated ant. These days, when something mutates, it becomes weird and strange. For example, the wheat from Deputy Xia's house, doesn't it become weird?"

Xia Lunong didn't expect that the topic would turn to herself, facing the eyes of everyone, she smiled and didn't answer.

There were many gossips in the crowd, and someone immediately asked: "Xiao Nong, is that in your house wheat? We saw that the leaves were so heavy that they all fell to the ground?"

"Xiao Nong, is your wheat safe? Nothing will happen, right?"

"I see that the leaves of the mutated wheat are fat and green, are the leaves edible?"

Xia Lunong said vaguely: "I'm not sure. I'm currently observing the experiment with the help of Professor Yan Mingqing. He didn't judge the danger."

Everyone inquired a few more words.

Kong Zhi said: "Xiao Nong is not a professional, how can he know this?"

Someone in the crowd immediately confronted Kong Kong: "Let's chat casually, why don't you see that Xiao Nong's field is doing well? You don't know the situation of our base from the outside. Let's ask more questions. This winter will not As for starving to death."

Xia Lunong frowned and said, "If there are any special planting techniques, we will hand them over to the scientists in the White House for experimentation. I really don't know now. You say this as if we are hiding it."

The man half-joked, "Isn't it because your land is particularly good? Everyone has been a veteran farmer for so many years, has experience, and has put in a lot of thought, but the cultivation is not as good as yours. If there is any trick, why not talk about it together?"

Someone in the crowd immediately laughed and said, "He has supernatural powers, can he still give them to you?"

"Some people are just talented, but others can't learn it even if they want to. Speaking of this, Lao Xu, isn't your field growing well? I just walked by your field the day before yesterday. That pepper, one tree and one tree Trees, it makes me hungry."

Everyone chattered and moved the topic to other places.

Xia Lunong smiled, lowered her head and continued to eat.

This is the reason why their base has a good atmosphere. Even if they are jealous, most people can clearly distinguish what should be and what should not be, and will not cause those unsightly things.

He heard from his brother that there were thorns when the base was first established, but they were kicked out by everyone because of disturbances. Now I don’t know which base they went to, or they simply turned into dry bones in the wilderness.

Xia Lunong was eating the meal, and everyone had already moved on to the next topic.

The previous turmoil was snuffed out in the cradle before it was born.

Xia Lunong quickly put this matter behind her.

He had just harvested the wheat that day, picked vegetables in the field and returned home, thinking about what to eat for the evening, but when he opened the door, he saw his brother and his old brother were studying with a map.

Xia Lunong took off the back basket and asked curiously, "Brother, what are you looking at?"

"There are more and more snakes, insects, rats and ants outside. Among the people who went out to collect today, six were bitten by snakes, and 87 were bitten by ants."

"So much?!" Xia Lunong widened her eyes in surprise, "Are you alright?"

Xia Huo's channel: "Except for one whose finger was bitten to be amputated, the rest are all fine."

Xia Lunong asked: "There are so many injured people, how many people left the base today?"

This Xia Huoqu is not very clear, he looks at Yan Xiannian.

Yan Xiannian replied from the side: "630 two."

"Then this ratio is not too low." Xia Lunong said, "I went to eat in the square with Kong Zhi these few days, and they also complained that there are more and more ants outside, and they will be bitten if they are not careful."

Yan Xinian rubbed his head, "There are indeed more and more ants and snakes outside, especially outside the base. We have to see how to clean them up these days."

Xia Lunong put down her things and leaned over to look at the map.

I saw that several mountains near the base were circled.

Xia Lunong asked, "How do I clean it up?"

"There is no good way for the time being, I can only try to clear the above vegetation out of a protective belt."

Xia Lunong has seen the fire belt.

First delineate a certain area, and then clear out the plants on it. If the mountain fire burns, it will automatically extinguish when it burns to this bare area, and will not spread to other places.

Judging from his brother's tone of voice, the protective belt probably works in the same way.

Xia Lunong scratched her head, "This is a big project."

"Yes, but it has to be done, otherwise it will be troublesome when the plague of snakes and ants spreads to the base. The city wall can't prevent them at all. There are many old people and children in the base. I'm afraid something big will happen then."

Yan Xi Nian said: "We built the city wall last winter, and we can clean up the protective belt this year, let's arrange the time first."

Xia Lunong lamented everyone's difficulty, thought for a while, and said in a good direction: "If we clean it up and catch ants and snakes, we will have meat to eat every day."

Yan Xinian smiled: "Yes! We must maintain this optimistic attitude. When the time comes, let the people in the cafeteria learn how to cook ants and spicy snake slices, and make more delicious food, and everyone's enthusiasm will rise."

Xia Lunong said: "I think this is feasible. The middle-aged rice in the base is all yellow. Do you want to do this after harvesting the rice?"

"Plant the autumn and winter vegetables after harvesting the rice, and basically we can spare some people to clean up in turn." Yan Xinian said, "Your brother and I are going to go for a walk often recently, collecting information, and you and Kong Zhi may have family affairs. Be more busy."

"No problem!" After Xia Lunong finished speaking, she looked at his brother anxiously, "Brother, be careful when you go out."

Xia Huo channel: "We go out in animal form, with thick fur, ants can't bite us, and snakes can't bite us through."

Xia Lunong immediately said: "This is the best way, anyway, there is a lot of food at home, brothers, don't worry about the animal shape costing too much food, just use it when you need it."

Xia Huoqu nodded, "Understood."

In the next few days, Yan Xiannian and the others really went out frequently, and the maps in their hands became more and more clearly marked.

On this day, when the huge white tiger that Yan had turned into in the past came back, he had a heavy bag hanging around his neck.

He changed back into human form, waved to Xia Lunong who came out to greet him, handed his backpack to him, and said with a smirk, "Xiao Nong, let me show you something good."

Xia Huoqu changed back after him, and immediately said: "There are ants inside, open it slowly."

Xia Lunong was mentally prepared when she saw his old brother's smile, and when she heard this, her hand paused for a moment before slowly pulling it away.

The contents of the backpack were exposed, and it was indeed a black ant the size of a palm.

These ants are one by one, so big that they are a bit hideous.

Xia Lunong met their mouthparts, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she almost threw the backpack out, her face was blank.

His brother came forward quickly and took the backpack in his hand, "I said earlier that I wanted to see if these ants could be eaten, so we brought them back after we saw them today."

Xia Lunong stretched out her hand and rubbed her arms vigorously, she said with lingering fear, "This ant doesn't look very good."

"It's fine if it's delicious." Xia Huo channeled, "It's fine if it's not too tasty, as long as it's non-toxic, the base can be eaten clean."

As Xia Huoqu said, he went to the kitchen with his backpack, picked up the big wooden basin from under the cupboard, opened the backpack, and poured out the big ants inside.

Xia Lunong followed behind and took a rough look, then gasped again.

Each of these big ants weighed at least half a catty, and dozens of big ants filled the tub to the brim. "Are all the ants out there that big now?"

An ant of this size will bite off a piece of meat if it is bitten, right?

"It's the largest species we've encountered. Most ants aren't that big, and we wouldn't be able to survive if they were that big."

Xia Huoqu said as he carefully brushed off the big ants in his hand with a loofah, took it up and put it on his nose and sniffed it.

Xia Lunong was curious, "What's the smell?"

Xia Huoqu handed over the big ant that was still dripping with water and asked him to sniff it too.

The ant shell might be too thick, Xia Lunong gently leaned on it, smelled it with his brother's hand, but didn't smell anything.

He took the big ant lightly, and felt that its shell was very hard, hard, and cool in his hands. If you want to say other feelings, it is basically gone.

Even after looking at it for a long time, this ant looks a little cute.

Xia Huoqu continued to brush ants.

After Xia Lunong tossed and sniffed it carefully, she also came to help.

Yan Xiannian came in from the outside after drinking water, and huddled with them to brush.

Soon, a large pot of ants was cleaned up and placed neatly on the chopping board, which looked pretty nice.

Xia Lunong looked at his brother, then at his old brother, and asked, "The ants are ready, how do we eat this? Deep-fried?"

Yan Xi Nian said: "Open the shell first, see what's inside, and then make a decision."