Survive through the ancient apocalypse

Ye Mingze and his party traveled safely back home.When we got home, it was almost midnight, everyone was a little tired, and fell asleep quickly after washing.

In the next few days, the people of Yejia Village were busy repairing the roof.In the cold weather and staying outside for a long time, the villagers all suffer from frostbite to varying degrees.In order to live with peace of mind, everyone can only endure it, and when the house is refurbished, they can lie on the warm kang and have a good rest.

The days passed quickly, and December soon entered, when it really came to the time when the dripping water turned into ice.All the roofs in the village that can be repaired have been repaired, and the rest can only be put on hold.

Ye Mingze distributed the purchased tents and other materials to various yards.There are three types of tents. The large one can accommodate nearly 20 people, the medium one can accommodate a dozen people, and the smallest one can accommodate four or five people.The material of these tents is very strong, can be protected from weather and sun.Except for long distances, they are generally not used.

It's just that Ye Mingze was worried that in case of an earthquake, if he didn't die on the spot, the tent would be more useful.Buying a tent is also for peace of mind, and it doesn’t cost much dried fish. Are you prepared?

Thinking of the earthquake and the hail this time, Ye Mingze felt that sleeping on the bare kang was not very safe.He wanted to build a strong wooden shelf on the kang as a shelter.Both sides of the kang in his house are against the wall. Ye Mingze planned to use solid wood for the two sides and the top of the wall as baffles, and the other side should only be [-] to [-] centimeters higher than the kang.If it is troublesome, the two sides against the wall can be the same as the side not against the wall, and the top must be made of solid wood as a baffle.

Except for his father-in-law and his family, everyone in Yejia Village is a typical northerner. They are used to sleeping on kangs and have no idea about wooden beds. Even a few carpenters in the village have never made beds.

Ye Mingze told Jiang Jingzhi what he meant, and he drew a simple blueprint first.After Jiang Jingzhi read it, he further improved the drawing according to his requirements.Ye Mingze has only seen canopy beds on TV, and he only has a general framework in his mind, which is incomparable to Jiang Jingzhi, who has slept on complicated wooden beds for nearly 20 years.

The wooden frame must be strong. If it is not strong, if the roof collapses and the wooden frame falls down, wouldn't the damage be superimposed?It's better than doing nothing.Therefore, the design of the wooden shelf is very simple, and there is no need for carving or the like. The only requirement is to be strong. While meeting the requirement of firmness, try to make it as light as possible, just in case.

Jiang Jingzhi's painting skills are much better than Ye Mingze's, so he will naturally complete the final drawing of the wooden shelf.After the blueprints were completed, Ye Mingze recruited Zhang Bo, the chief manager, to give orders, starting with his parents, and each family took turns.Do the top of the wooden frame first, and start work on the rest after the top of the wooden frame is finished.

Now that Ye Mingze had thought of it, Old Master Ye would naturally have to notify him.This time he didn't go, he wrote a letter, and sent two teams of sentinels and guides to rush to Mr. Ye's place.

Since entering the winter break, the people in Yejia Village have been very idle.After the villagers heard the village head's notice, they thought about the leaked roofs from the hailstorm, and most of them started to build wooden frames.In a hurry, the top bezel was rough and planed smooth where others could touch it.

Since it was no longer under the control of the imperial court, many artisans in the village have relaxed the restrictions on accepting apprentices. The craftsmanship that was not easy to spread to the outside world can now be learned as long as the people in the village are willing to learn it with some food.This is also a wise choice made under desperate circumstances.

Now it’s not like before. Many things need to be done by myself. If I want to hire someone else, isn’t this exposing my family background?Doing so will not only be dangerous on the way to invite people, but may even bring unnecessary trouble to Yejiacun.Since it's not easy to get a lover from outside, then you can only do it yourself.There are more than 500 people in Yejia Village, and a few craftsmen alone can't take care of them.

Because of this, every family has one or two people who can do some rough carpentry.It is no problem for these people to make a rough plank. As for the joints, it is natural for experienced craftsmen to make them. Apprentices who have only studied for a year or so are not strong enough.This kind of matter related to life cannot be sloppy at all.

When Ye Mingze's family built fishing boats, they brought out many carpentry apprentices, and many of them have already learned well.With blueprints, not only carpenters, but even shipbuilders can do it without any pressure.A lot of materials were needed this time, and the Ye family didn't have so many high-grade woods, so they had to settle for the next best thing, most of which were first-class and second-class.

Some craftsmen are ordinary people, and now the demand is huge, so Ye Mingze asked them to make zero-grade wooden shelves. They will use them first, and when everyone has them, they will gradually eliminate the low-grade ones.Most of the zero-level and first-level trees are dead wood, which can be used after a little treatment after being cut down.Second-level trees are basically still alive, and they are wet wood, which requires more processes and takes a long time.Therefore, the first thing to do is the zero-level first-level wooden frame, and the second-level wood will be given priority when the second-level wood is available.

The weather is cold, and all the sentries go out to cut trees. They cut for an hour every morning and evening, and they cut enough trees in a few days.After sawing the wood to the specified length, the next work can be done in the house.There is a brazier in the house, and the room temperature is not low. The carpenters are flexible in their hands and feet, so they can get twice the result with half the effort.

The kangs in Ye Mingze's house are relatively large, so it is not a problem to sleep five or six adults.The houses with wooden frames can sleep as many people as they can. In this way, many rooms will be vacant.It's a bit crowded, but it's safe and saves firewood. No one has any objections.

Within two days, Ye Mingze's family had all slept on the new kang bed.After Ye Mingze tested it with his hands, he found that the craftsmen had indeed made it according to his requirements, and the wooden frame was quite strong.The top of the shelf can bear the weight of the roof. As for the walls, we can only hope that they will not collapse inward.With this, at least you don't have to worry about head injuries while sleeping.

Among the relatives of Ye Mingze's family, only his father-in-law's family is more troublesome.No one in the Jiang family knew carpentry, so Ye Mingze sent someone to do it for them, and they provided the wood themselves.Like the Ye family, five or six people live in a room.The Jiang family had a lot of fuss about who would sleep on the kang with whom, and in the end it was decided by Lord Jiang Hou. He didn't care if he could decide on his own, and he appointed those who couldn't make up his mind.As soon as Lord Jiang went out, no one said anything.

Ye Mingze and Jiang Jingzhi were in charge of the family of the father-in-law, uncle, aunt and grandfather, and Ye Zewu took care of the family of the second and third grandfathers.They were not very close to Ye Mingze's family, but they were Ye Zewu's uncle after all, so they had to take care of Yi Er if they had any problems.Fortunately, the two families don't bother them much.Ye Mingze was naturally willing to help when he met such a worry-free relative.

No matter how well a person does, there will always be someone who likes it and someone who hates it, not to mention that Ye Mingze's family is not a saint, but they just want to mention it when they have an idea for the sake of the same village.Since the Ye family's ideas are very useful most of the time, even some villagers who have quarrels with his family will follow it with shame for their own interests.Only a few particularly diehards would twist their necks and pretend to be dismissive.

Ye Mingze had an idea, and Yejiacun was so busy with it.This kind of thing, or no one thinks of it, once the concept of disaster prevention is in the mind, they can't wait for a minute, they want to finish the project as soon as possible, so as not to suffer in the middle, it is more uncomfortable than not being prepared.

None of the Ye family knows carpentry. Other crafts are easy to talk about, but carpentry is very important.Wood has grades, and only sentinel guides of corresponding grades can handle them.Due to the poor strength of guides, there are many sentries, and it is much more difficult to handle wood of the same level than sentries, so most of the carpenters are sentries.

Ye Mingze is the highest-level sentinel of the Ye family. It is very necessary for him to know carpentry. If there is high-grade wood, no one in the Ye family can handle it. Wouldn't it be a waste of resources to leave it alone?The servants of the Ye family were busy making wooden frames of various levels, and Ye Mingze led Jiang Jingzhi to work with ordinary carpenters.

Ye Mingze has no scruples and can learn anything. As a fourth-level sentinel, it is no problem for him to work so hard as a carpenter.Jiang Jingzhi was different, even if he wanted to, Ye Mingze would not allow it.Jiang Jingzhi is now in a special period and cannot be too tired.Usually in the house, it is not for reading to exercise ability, but also for accounting and dealing with the Ye family's internal affairs. After a long time, it is inevitable to get tired.

This time Ye Mingze came to learn carpentry, and Jiang Jingzhi followed.It is inconvenient for him to do things that require strength. He is still capable of some jobs that only require skill but not strength.Ye Mingze worked so hard in the room with the brazier that he couldn't even wear his coat. Jiang Jingzhi was wearing thick clothes and was carefully making all kinds of bolts of various sizes for the joints of wood. Every movement and stillness, the picture was very harmonious.

"In such a cold day, you can still work and sweat profusely!" Jiang Jingzhi made a mortise-and-mortise plug and was about to get up and move around when he looked up and saw Ye Mingze was dripping with sweat.

Seeing Jiang Jingzhi get up, the helper on the side quickly served warm water.After Jiang Jingzhi washed his hands, he took out a clean cotton kerchief from his arms and wiped it for Ye Mingze.When Ye Mingze's work came to an end, he was asked to take a break to replenish his water.

When I get to work, I can sweat all over in the cold weather.I don't feel it when I'm working, but once I stop, Ye Mingze feels sweaty and uncomfortable.Jiang Jingzhi was very sensitive to his sentinel, and as soon as he noticed the clue, he went back to his room and got a set of underwear for him to change into.

Ye Mingze didn't take a bath, but just wiped off the sweat from his body with a wet handkerchief.After such a trip, the heat is almost dissipated.The subsequent carpentry work was not so strenuous, so Ye Mingze didn't ask people to reduce the brazier.In fact, even with three braziers lit, the indoor temperature is very low.If they don't move at ordinary times, everyone is nestled on the kang to do their work.Ye Mingze was afraid that if one was removed, someone like Jiang Jingzhi who didn't need much effort would be frozen.

In this way, Ye Mingze learns carpentry for an hour or two every day, and spends the rest of the time training to improve his abilities and handling various affairs of the Ye family.Except that Jiang Jingzhi didn't accompany Ye Mingze to learn carpentry every time, everything else was pretty much the same.

The days are spent in a busy way.Everyone in Ye Mingze's family slept on kang beds with wooden shelves.Next, there is no need to hurry, you can take your time.The people of Yejia Village officially began to enter Maodong's tired and lazy life.

Until all the kang beds were replaced with new styles, there was no sign of disasters such as earthquakes in Yejia Village except for the heavy snow outside the door.The few villagers who were hoping to get lucky couldn't help but start talking.

"Let me just say, what's the use of putting a wooden shelf on top of the kang. If there is an earthquake, the beams alone can crush such useless things. Besides, it's so lucky, the earthquake happens at night and everyone While sleeping?"

"Yeah, Ye's family has had a lot of things to do in the past two years, and they have to make a fuss every now and then, and the village head and elders actually do it!"

"It's not because there are many Ye family members. Just because of this, the village chief and the others have to be scruples. As long as it is not too outrageous, the village chief and the elders will not object."

"Hey, let me say, have you said enough? The Ye family did something wrong. You have nothing to do. I think we should put on airs. Why don't we just spend some manpower? Everyone is free now." Well, it won't take much time."

"Old man, who are you looking for? His family is so nice, why don't you live with them?"

"You old woman, you're right. Listen to me this time. Other houses have already done it. I'm not comfortable with just a few. I'm going to find my sons to work now."

"Hey, hey! This old man!" Seeing that her man was determined to make a bed frame, the old woman didn't have the heart to talk to her daughter-in-law, so she got up and went back to the room.

This family is the only one who made the decision like this old man, and the rest are happy. There are so many families in Yejia Village that waste time and effort, and the result is a waste of time and no benefit at all.In fact, it is understandable for them to think so, Ye Family Village has not heard of an earthquake for many years, how can it be so unlucky that they just hit it?

There are no absolutes in the world, and what hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't happen.

On this day, the sky was gloomy, and the sun was like a shy little girl hiding behind dark clouds, refusing to show up for a long time.It is rare for people in Yejia Village to go out during the day, but it is a pity that it is freezing cold, and it is snowing heavily outside, so it is difficult to go out now.

It just snowed a few days ago. The snow was not very heavy, but it lasted for a long time. It fell for two consecutive days. The snow outside was so thick that it covered the calves.This has just stopped for a few days, and then the second game.This time the snow was very heavy, the north wind whizzed past the window, the snowflakes swirled and danced all over the sky, and finally became inseparable from the earth.

The snow on the roof has just been shoveled.Jiang Jingzhi opened the door and looked at the snowflakes piled up endlessly through the crack of the door. He couldn't help but sigh, with the momentum of the snow, I'm afraid it won't be long before we have to clean the roof again.The Ye family, who are the masters, don't need to do these small things by themselves.It's just that this job is really not easy. It's bearable to clean the roof once in a while, but several times a day is torture.

Now the highest temperature during the day is less than twenty degrees below zero, and it is as low as forty or fifty degrees below zero at night.It was fine during the day, but dark and cold at night.If the heavy snow keeps falling like this, the villagers of the Ye family will be in big trouble.With Jiang Jingzhi's peaceful mind, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

The doctors in the Ye family village are not as skilled as the doctors in Ye Mingze's family.However, it is not a big problem to deal with frostbite, and if the villagers have problems, they don't need to bother the Ye family.When Jiang Jingzhi came to Yejia Village, he brought a lot of books, including medical books.He's working on this in his free time now.

Generally speaking, the number of doctors in Yejia Village is not enough, and it is difficult to get treatment for some intractable diseases in Yejia Village.Jiang Jingzhi had dabbled in it before, but he hadn't studied it seriously.It doesn't take much trouble to pick it up again now.

Jiang Jingzhi devotes himself to medicine, and consults his doctor at home when he encounters problems. For some problems that the doctor can't solve, Jiang Jingzhi can only ponder by himself in the book, and if he doesn't understand, he has to wait for the winter break to go to Yangshan County to ask other doctors. Ask for advice.

Neither Ye Mingze nor the original owner of his body had studied medicine.As the saying goes, there is specialization in the art industry, so he doesn't get involved in it.

The carpentry that Ye Mingze has learned these days can only be used as a bench. If he wants to continue to study in depth, he can only rely on time to slowly develop proficiency.Now that the wooden frames have been completed, there are not many other usual carpenters. In the carpentry room, there are only a few apprentices who have not been trained to work with the master carpenter.It is inconvenient to go out in snowy weather. During this time, Ye Mingze did not go to learn carpentry.

It was only during the winter break that the Ye family really became a bit of a master.At other times, although they don't need to do laundry, cooking, chopping firewood and carrying water, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done by them.Now, the hostess embroiders and makes shoes on the kang, and the hostess reads and paints, or even does some small handicrafts, each enjoying himself.

Sure enough, the heavy snow fell endlessly, and the roof needed to be cleaned every hour and a half.The snow was knee-deep outside the door, and everyone was too busy shoveling snow from the roof to deal with the snow in the yard.Children want to play in the snow. How can adults allow it in such a cold weather?One may catch typhoid fever, or lose his own life.

By noon, the snow was as thick as an adult man's thigh, and the yard couldn't be done without cleaning it up.The two children, Li Xue and Li Zhen, were thrown into the snow and there was no one to be found. Therefore, the family watched the children very closely, fearing that one carelessness would lead to irreversible disasters.

Ye Mingze and Jiang Jingzhi thought they could enjoy the days to come, but they didn't expect them to do it now.There are as many servants as there are masters in the main courtyard of the Ye family.With such a small number of people, it is very difficult to clear the snow on the roof, and now it is too busy to clean the yard.

Uncle Zhang wanted to send a few people over, but he didn't expect to work so hard to get to the courtyard gate, only to realize that the snow in front of the gate hadn't been cleared, and the gate couldn't be opened at all.The servants were all sweeping the snow from the roof, and the three Ye Mingze brothers and Li Dazhuang had to hold a handful of iron catalpas and shovel the snow by themselves.

Ye Mingze and the others quickly cleared a small area.Seeing that it should be possible to open the courtyard door, Uncle Zhang tried, but it was still not possible.Ye Mingze has great strength, but he is afraid of breaking the courtyard door with too much force.He deliberated and tried hard, but didn't move it for a while.After trying to increase the force a few times, he opened the courtyard door.It is thought that the cracks in the door were soaked in snow water, and the temperature was too low, causing the courtyard door to freeze.

Ye Mingze saw that Uncle Zhang was struggling to walk in the snow, so he simply stopped him, took the roster by himself, and let the killer whale carry it out to call for someone.There are three sentries in each yard, and they go to the main house to help shovel snow during the day.There are nearly 50 people in each courtyard, and the deployment of these people will not affect the various courtyards where they are located.

There are many people and strength, and passages are quickly cleared in each courtyard.The snow from the courtyard gate to the main room of the Ye family's main house was also shoveled clean.The snow from other places in the yard is piled up and pulled to the open space outside the yard with a cart.The whole yard is finally much cleaner.

"Mingze, that leopard is still on the mountain, is it okay?" Jiang Jingzhi suddenly remembered that after bringing a lot of sea fish to the leopard a while ago, he hadn't visited it recently. Looking at the thick snow, he couldn't help feeling a little worried .

"Well, if you don't tell me, I didn't think about it for a while. I'll go and see it now. If it is willing, I will bring it back." Ye Mingze just untied his coat, and put on his clothes again after listening to Jiang Jingzhi's words , put on a leather hat and leather gloves.After being armed, he called Mingxi Mingjiang, and took a shovel, a rope ladder and a solid wooden ladder to the east courtyard wall of his house.

With the heavy snow, it would be too troublesome to open the east gate of Ye Family Village for him alone, so Ye Mingze planned to climb over the wall of his own courtyard.Ye Mingxi and Ye Mingjiang supported the wooden ladder below, and Ye Mingze easily climbed up the wall.The wall is very wide, which is completely built in the way of a city wall. The wall is about one meter higher than the aisle, so there is no need to worry about falling down when standing on it.After Ye Mingze cleared out a small area with iron catalpa, he turned into the wall.

Ye Mingze went up to the courtyard wall, and after clearing a small path, he signaled his two younger brothers to take the wooden ladder and the iron catalpa back. They don't need to worry about the rest. Finally, after thinking about it, he asked the two of them to pay more attention to the movement here.Although in such a remote place and in such bad weather, it is almost impossible for people or animals to climb into Ye's house along the rope ladder, but it is always right to be careful.

When it was first built, there was a special place for the rope ladder on the courtyard wall.Ye Mingze fixed the rope ladder, and quickly went down the courtyard wall along the rope ladder.After this snowfall, it was really a heavy snow that blocked the mountain.It would be very troublesome for Ye Mingze to enter the mountain before the human beings awakened.Now, there are killer whales flying with people, as long as the snow is not thicker than two meters, Ye Mingze can easily travel in the snow.

The mountain where the leopard is located is not very far from Ye's house, and Ye Mingze arrived at the destination not long after.Before the winter break, Ye Mingze sent people to dig a cave behind the wooden house, and the entrance was opened in the wooden house.There is a thick curtain hanging outside the door of the wooden house, and the wooden door is not frozen.

Ye Mingze pushed open the door, the cold wind gushed in, and the leopard raised his head and gave him a sideways glance.Ye Mingze had no choice but to close the door casually.The cabin was very dark, with only a small window on the wall of the cabin above the cave.The cave is not big, and with the faint light, Ye Mingze saw the leopard lying lazily on the thick leather, covered with a sewn fur quilt, looking very comfortable.

"You look like this, prey is hard to find, you can't just eat fish, can you? Do you want to go back with me?" Ye Mingze brought a lot of small sea fish last time, but it wasn't enough for it to feed through the winter.It's freezing outside, and in its current state, it's troublesome to go hunting.

The leopard is also aware of its own situation. When it is fine, it does not want to move, and when it goes out to hunt, it is not as smooth as before.It is asking for something now, and it didn't take long to make a wise decision.As the leopard walked out, it motioned Ye Mingze to help it carry its possessions—fur mattress and fur quilt.As for the unfinished sea fish, Ye Mingze only had one pair of hands, he couldn't hold so many at a time, he only carried a basket on his back, and the rest would be picked up on the next trip.